Winnipeg, MB – Winnipeg Public Library is pleased to announce the launch of the Sun Life Musical Instrument Lending Library program at the Millennium Library (251 Donald St.). Sun Life is sponsoring the lending library by donating more than 150 instruments, cases, and accessories. “We are excited to provide more Canadians with access to music
Winnipeg, MB – The City is searching for a large spruce tree for this year’s City Hall Christmas tree display and is asking Winnipeg homeowners to contact us if they are interested in donating their tree. The City received information about a number of potential Christmas tree candidates for this year’s holiday display, but none
Winnipeg, MB – The Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service (WFPS) has launched its use of the PulsePoint Respond app, empowering Winnipeggers to help save the lives of those experiencing sudden cardiac arrest. Using the WFPS computer-aided dispatch (CAD) system, app technology, and the GPS on smartphones, PulsePoint alerts CPR-trained bystanders about sudden cardiac arrest incidents in
Southwest Transitway (Stage 2) project realizes more budget savings and comes in eight weeks ahead of schedule Winnipeg, MB – The newly-widened and reconstructed Pembina Highway Underpass opened today, as part of the Southwest Transitway (Stage 2) and Pembina Highway Underpass Project, and will improve safety, traffic flow and travel times for motorists. Initially budgeted
Winnipeg, MB – Today, City Council approved the Community Safety and Crime Prevention Program. The program will provide funding to community groups to strengthen local crime prevention and community safety efforts by promoting the exchange of information between residents, and helping build closer relationships between communities and the Winnipeg Police Service. “A hybrid approach to
Released: 9:34 a.m. Winnipeg, MB – Meetings with international bond rating agencies Standard and Poor’s and Moody’s next week in New York will provide the City of Winnipeg with an opportunity to underscore an ongoing commitment to fiscal discipline Mayor Brian Bowman and Councillor Scott Gillingham (St. James), Chair of the Standing Policy Committee on Finance
WINNIPEG, September 17, 2019 – Executive Policy Committee unanimously approved the prioritization of several major City of Winnipeg infrastructure projects for cost-sharing with federal and provincial governments Mayor Brian Bowman said today. “The last time we collaborated as a Council to prioritize major infrastructure projects, and worked with our federal and provincial government partners, we
Winnipeg, MB – The City of Winnipeg invites residents to come in and cool off in civic facilities during regular operating hours, as high temperatures are forecasted over the next few days. City facilities that are normally open on weekdays and weekends are available to act as ‘cooling areas’ where the public may come in
