Big Time Rush hurries past Winnipeg

DEAR MISS LONELYHEARTS: I ran into my boyfriend from Grade 9 at the horse races recently. He’s still really short. I said, “You’re so small you could be a great jockey!” He said, ”And you still talk before you think!”

Ouch! I was just stating what was true. If he doesn’t like being compared to a jockey, he should stay away from the racetrack, where people will mistake him for one, don’t you think?

— Hurt Feelings, St. James

Dear Hurt Feelings: It’s important not to make cracks about personal traits people are sensitive about.

RCMP are investigating after a suspect or suspects broke into the vacant Portage la Prairie Mall and vandalized the building on Monday, causing more than $100,000 in damage.

Mounties were called to the vacant mall on Saskatchewan Avenue West at about 10:30 a.m. on Monday.

Police say the suspect or suspects caused "extensive" damage throughout the building. Most windows inside the building were smashed, a tree was cut down, the general office and several unoccupied storefronts were ransacked and graffiti was spray-painted on walls.

Mounties say they believe the damage will cost more than $100,000 to fix. Nothing appears to have been stolen.

Slow down, save livesRe: Slower speed limits directly ahead (Aug. 31)

I read Maggie Macintosh’s story with frustration at our city’s continued lack of action on pedestrian safety. I was particularly angered by the fact the “WSD board was unsuccessful last year in making an appeal to city council to permanently reduce speeds around its elementary school buildings.”

This alone tells the story of a city administration that cares more about moving cars around schools than it does the children that use those school grounds.

Luna Zúñiga’s story is just one of many (stories of) pedestrians hit at crosswalks and it will not be the last if we do not slow down speeds in our city and in particular around our schools and playgrounds.