WINNIPEG The Winnipeg Police Service responded to multiple stabbings over the May long holiday weekend that sent five people to hospital with injuries. Police said on May 22 around 1:30 a.m. officers responded the stabbing of a 35-year-old man in the 200 block of Fountain Street. He was transported to hospital in unstable condition, but has since been upgraded to stable. Then on the morning of May 23, a 25-year-old man took himself to hospital around 10:45 a.m. after being stabbed. Police said they were called after the fact and met with the victim, who is in stable condition. No arrests have been made in either of these cases.
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Investigations are ongoing after several violent incidents that occurred during May Long Weekend.
The Winnipeg Police Service says starting early Saturday, the first of four reported stabbing incidents in Winnipeg occurred.
At around 1:30 a.m. in the 200 block of Fountain Street, Central Division officers responded to a stabbing call. When they arrived, a 35-year-old man was brought to the hospital in unstable condition, where he remains stable.
The next day around 10:45 a.m, a 25-year-old man walked through hospital doors, telling the staff he was stabbed. The man is in stable condition and spoke with police after hospital staff contacted them.
WINNIPEG The Manitoba government is reporting a number of possible COVID-19 exposures that occurred on transit buses and in various taxis in Winnipeg. According to the province, a number of potential exposures took place on the following Winnipeg Transit routes between May 3 and 7: Winnipeg Transit Route 33 from Portage Avenue and Vaughan Street to Mandalay Drive and Jefferson Avenue from 6:36 a.m. to 7:10 a.m. on May 3; Winnipeg Transit Route 33 from Mandalay Drive and Jefferson Avenue to Sherbrook Street and William Avenue from 3:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. on May 3; Winnipeg Transit Route 29 from Sherbrook Street at William Avenue to Portage Avenue and Maryland Street from 4 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. on May 3;
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Confusion Corner sign fails miserably as a directional aid, but its twisted arrows point to a particular kind of Winnipeg quirk
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A traffic sign attempts to direct vehicles on south bound Pembina through confusion corner where Pembina Hwy Corydon Ave and Osborne Street intersect.
Last Sunday, I went for my vaccination at the RBC Convention Centre. From my parking spot on Edmonton Street all the way to the chair where I sat to get my jab, I was guided by a series of signs, directional arrows, desks with numbers, stanchions with dividers and a recent COVID-19 design feature paths on the floor made by circles indicating a two-metre distance.
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NDP Leader Wab Kinew says Bill 35 is part of a larger plan by Premier Brian Pallister and his cabinet ministers to partially privatize certain aspects of the Manitoba Hydro portfolio.
The NDP has vowed to delay legislation tabled by the Progressive Conservative government that it says will weaken the role of the Public Utilities Board and lead to higher bills for Manitobans.
The NDP has vowed to delay legislation tabled by the Progressive Conservative government that it says will weaken the role of the Public Utilities Board and lead to higher bills for Manitobans.