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The Winnipeg public service is asking the City for an additional $16.5 million to complete the South End Sewage Treatment Plant (SESTP), which is expected to be in compliance with nutrient removal by year’s end.
The original council-approved project budget was $335.6 million. The new total, if the ask is approved by city councillors, is $352.1 million. A report by the public service said the extra funds are within the project’s class-three estimate, which ranges from $268.5 million to $436.3 million.
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Winnipeg city councillors are raising the alarm over a possible increase in violent crime in their wards.
Recently in southwest Winnipeg there’ve been several daytime break-ins where doors and windows were kicked in, Coun. Janice Lukes (Waverley West) told the
Winnipeg Sun on Monday, adding the break-ins can happen on busy streets where perpetrators case-out victims. In some instances, power is cut to eliminate cameras and alarms.
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“Which is really quite shocking,” she said. “You would think if the bad guy is coming to break into your house, they’d do it on a less visible street. It’s also happening in bays and cul-de-sacs. Very brazen. I call it bash-and-dash.”
WINNIPEG A city councillor wants to “level the playing field” in Winnipeg between the hotel industry and short-term rental companies. Currently, companies like Airbnb Inc. aren’t subject to the same taxes and regulations as hotels. Councillor Markus Chambers is asking the city to review its accommodations tax by-law to include the short-term rental industry. “They are providing, substantively, the same services,” Chambers said. Since 2008, hotels in Winnipeg have paid a five per cent accommodations tax every month based on their total bookings. Chambers said the tax money supports the tourism industry through Economic Development Winnipeg. Chambers wants the booming short-term rental industry which saw local revenue jump from $1.5M in 2015 to $16M in 2018 to pay its share.
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Winnipeg Police Association president Maurice Sabourin says the spike in cases is very concerning.(CBC News)
The police service s public information office said in an emailed statement there are provisions in place to ensure emergency services aren t impacted.
Sabourin echoed that, but added that the aftermath of processing has greatly been impacted and it has a ripple effect.
Although none of the cases have been confirmed as more contagious coronavirus variants, Sabourin surmises that some may eventually be classified as such because of the rapid transmission. This spike is very concerning, he said.