$50-Million Lottery Ticket Bought In Manitoba
CityNews: Top Stories (Free subscription) | yesterday
The pot is just $4.3-million shy of the biggest lottery prize ever awarded in Canada.
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Too much Canadian bureaucracy results in Icelandic workers looking for jobs elsewhere
Page F30 (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
It's been a while since I checked for updates on the plans between the government of Manitoba and Iceland to provide jobs to skilled workers from Iceland in the province and it looks like (as of late October) too much bureaucratic red tape has resulted in not a single worker coming to Canada after all this time, and most have gotten tired of the application process and have turned their attention
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Hikes looming for Winnipeg water and sewer
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | yesterday
A report for the city of Winnipeg says substantial rate increases are necessary for water and sewer services and should start with an immediate 2.7 per cent hike.
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$50M lottery prize on ticket sold in Manitoba
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | yesterday
A lottery ticket purchased somewhere in Manitoba is worth $50 million, following Friday night's Lotto Max jackpot draw.
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Buffy Sainte-Marie honoured at Aboriginal awards
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | yesterday
Veteran performer Buffy Sainte-Marie was handed an achievement trophy at the Aboriginal Peoples' Choice Music Awards in Winnipeg, while Inez, from Chilliwack, B.C., went home with three awards including best new artist.
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Curling into the Olympic Trials
Out Of Left Field (Free subscription) | yesterday
by Keith Borkowsky , The Curling Guy There's plenty on the line this week in Prince George, B.C., where 24 of the top Canadian teams battle to determine the four men's and four women's teams that advance to the Canadian Olympic Trials. So much, that there's rumours that some may retire if they don't advance. For those that may know (and you're forgiven), Canada has a multi-step qualifying process to...
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Canada West Round up
CIS Hoops.ca (Free subscription) | yesterday
Alberta (3-0) 74, Winnipeg (0-3) 56 The Bears claim a solid road win at the Duckworth Center as Jamaal Bucknor gets 16 points and 7 boards while freshman Jordan Baker finishes with 15. The Bears led by 9 at 37-28 at halftime and extended the lead to 13 after three quarters. After a Wesmen run got the game back to within 9 early in the fourth quarter, Alberta quickly pushed away to their largest lead...
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The Joys of Canadian Healthcare
Exposing Liberal Lies (Free subscription) | yesterday
Wanna know what socialized medicine is like in Canada? Read from Dick Morris at The Hill : Canada’s healthcare disaster By Dick Morris "After more than a decade of public healthcare with mandatory coverage, so many Canadian doctors have left the practice and so many young people have entered other fields that Canada ranks 26th of 28 developed nations in its ratio of physicians to population...
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Winnipeg closes H1N1 clinics until next week
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | yesterday
Winnipegers won't be able to get an H1N1 flu shot until next Thursday because of a vaccine shortage, the regional health authority announced late Friday.
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Campaign aims to rope in young farmers
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | yesterday
A countrywide campaign is underway to get more young people interested in agriculture to counter a rapid decline in the number of Canadian farmers over the past several years.
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House fire claims 1 life on God's Lake First Nation
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
A late night fire at a home on the God's Lake First Nation claims the life of one person.
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Pavilion to showcase Manitoba at Olympics
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Manitoba is planning to showcase its tourism hotspots and cultural attractions at the Vancouver Olympics and at the Paralympic Games that follow.
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Frosty roads blamed for crashes
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Slippery conditions in southern Manitoba led to a number of crashes in Winnipeg and surrounding communities on Friday morning.
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U.S. healthcare's 'public option': Dumping on Canada
Full Comment (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Full Comment's Araminta Wordsworth brings you a regular dose of international punditry at its finest. Today: Judging by the clips on the evening news, most Americans are out there protesting against Barack Obama's plan to ruin the "best health care system in the world." Evidently this requires ritual denunciations of Canada, whose terrorized citizens are apparently all flocking south of...
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A Little Help with PA Breweries 4?
Seen Through a Glass (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Pennsylvania Breweries 3rd edition came out in 2005. I'm working on the 4th edition now, writing the sad section I call The Boneyard: what happened to all the breweries that were in the 3rd edition that didn't make it to the 4th: the John Harvard's, Iron City (still can't believe that), Johnstown, Independence and Red Bell, and -- woohoo! -- Gettysbrew! What I'm looking for some help on are the breweries...