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Descrease article font size Increase article font size A man from Kitchener, Ont. has done the near impossible, winning two 12-team soccer parlays on Proline while also collecting hundreds of thousands of dollars. Mengsteab Zerai recently collected his combined winnings of $750,048.40 after hitting two separate 12 pick soccer parlays, …
Read More »Winter wallop hitting Winnipeg, Perimeter Highway closed – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Winnipeg’s winter is making itself known. The first significant snowfall of this season has arrived. Weatherlogics said 12.2 cm fell Wednesday before midnight in Winnipeg and another 2.4 cm fell from midnight until 6 a.m Thursday. Another 2 to 4 cm of …
Read More »Winnipeg’s construction season isn’t hitting the brakes until mid-November: city – Winnipeg
Bottlenecks, excavators and simmering impatience behind the wheel: Winnipeg’s construction season of more than 200 projects isn’t slowing down anytime soon. “We haven’t had any notable weather delays this year, so things are going full steam ahead until freeze up,” Ken Allen with the city’s public works department said Wednesday. …
Read More »Rental market report suggests increasing costs hitting Manitobans hard – Winnipeg
On average, Canadians are seeing an upward trend with respect to rent prices, and it’s a trend that playing out in a big way in Manitoba. Nationally, the average cost of rent was at its highest point last month when compared to the last three years – sitting at $2,042. …
Read More »Massive Schneiders meat plant redevelopment in Kitchener moves closer to shovels hitting ground
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The massive housing plan for the old Schneiders meat plant in Kitchener took a step closer to shovels entering the ground when it received unanimous approval from the city’s planning and strategic initiatives committee. The plant was closed by Maple Leaf Foods …
Read More »China nearly hitting U.S. warship is ‘clearly provocative’: ex-navy head – National
China’s close manoeuvring near a U.S. ship in the Taiwan Strait was “clearly provocative,” says retired vice-admiral Mark Norman, former vice chief of the defence staff. Speaking to Mercedes Stephenson on The West Block, Norman — a 39-year veteran of the Royal Canadian Navy and its former commander — said …
Read More »Speeding driver arrested in Surrey after hitting pedestrian: Surrey RCMP – BC
A pedestrian is in hospital with minor injuries and a driver has been arrested following a crash in Surrey Monday evening, which police say may have involved speeding. Around 6:15 p.m., Mounties responded to a single vehicle collision at 140th Street and 88th Avenue, according to a statement by Surrey …
Read More »Suspected impaired driver arrested after hitting worker at Toronto construction site: police – Toronto
A suspected impaired driver has been arrested after they crashed into a construction worker on Allen Road in Toronto overnight causing critical injuries, police say. Toronto police said emergency crews were called to the scene at around 12:45 a.m. on Friday. Police said a driver in a Volvo was heading …
Read More »‘It’s not just low-hanging fruit’: Canada’s Haiti sanctions are hitting some big names
The sanctions Canada announced this weekend against six high-ranking Haitian politicians may or may not succeed in changing their behaviour — but they did show that the government of Canada is not as committed to Haiti’s ruling party as the Haitian opposition has claimed. All six of the sanctioned figures were …
Read More »World ‘nowhere near’ hitting emissions targets, UN says
The United Nations says current pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions put the planet on course to blow past the limit for global warming countries agreed to in the 2015 Paris climate accord. The United Nations climate office said Wednesday that its latest estimate based on 193 national emissions targets would …
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