WINNIPEG A group of lucky bingo players are heading into the summer $3 million richer. On Saturday evening, Kinsmen Jackpot Bingo called the winning numbers for its record-breaking $3 million pot. It finally went tonight. It is amazing. It is incredible, Raj Phangureh, the bingo chairperson for Kinsmen Jackpot Bingo, told CTV News. It is great to finally give it away, that is for sure. While Phangureh said there are multiple winners, he said Kinsmen Jackpot Bingo is not yet revealing how many. Players have until Monday at 11:59 a.m. to call in or report a winning card. The jackpot has been racking up dollars for more than a year. The last time the jackpot was won was on Feb. 1, 2020. The pot was $640,000 the largest pot Kinsmen Jackpot Bingo had at that point.
WINNIPEG More than 500 Winnipeggers who started their Easter Sunday without power can now turn their lights back on. Manitoba Hydro said in a tweet Sunday morning, around 10:30 a.m., there were outages affecting about 550 customers in the Downtown and Centennial area of Winnipeg. The Crown corporation said in a tweet that power was restored about 40 minutes later, at 11:10 a.m. While the exact cause is unknown, Manitoba Hydro said in a Tweet that it has seen more wildlife – including geese, squirrels and ravens – contacting power lines. The outage came about an hour after Manitoba Hydro restored power for about 500 people in the Fort Rouge area who were in the dark Sunday morning.
She said a map is currently being built to help families find the areas in the city where some teddy bears may be hiding out. The other way to get involved is by putting a teddy bear or stuffed animal in your window for people to find. Especially during COVID, and everyone being isolated, and not being able to do a lot of things with family and friends – I think people are feeling a lack of community, Restall said. This is one of those ways that, even when we are all far apart, we can still feel a sense of community.