How high is the Red River today? Check this graph Today's river level at James Avenue in downtown Winnipeg By: Winnipeg Free Press Posted: 3:22 PM CST Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019

Curling great, broadcaster Don Duguid dead at age 90

Legendary Manitoba curler and broadcaster Don Duguid, a three-time Canadian men’s champion and two-time world champion, has died at the age of 90.

Councillors propose tighter controls on owners of vacant buildings

City council could consider new measures to crack down on the owners of vacant and derelict buildings that have triggered frequent complaints.

Couns. Cindy Gilroy (Daniel McIntyre) and Sherri Rollins (Fort Rouge-East Fort Garry) want city staff to study ramping up enforcement in such cases.

Their motion calls for city staff to study a mandatory “property maintenance licence” for those problem properties, with an annual fee, regular inspections and requirement that owners provide “proof of ongoing maintenance.”

The program could also impose escalating fines for repeat bylaw offences within a set time period, as well as compliance agreements with timelines and increased monitoring.

How high is the Red River today? Check this graph.

Water levels in Winnipeg are measured in “feet James,” the level above the normal winter ice level as measured at a gauge on the Red River east of James Avenue in the Exchange District, just downstream of The Forks where the Red and Assiniboine rivers meet.

Long-held core values of openness, inclusion, empathy set Convalescent Home apart from the personal care home pack

Life in a personal care home isn’t something many dream of. In fact, these days, it’s more common to dread the idea.

Manitoba has 124 licensed care homes. Some have been criticized for substandard care, chronic understaffing and depressing meals, or flagged for neglect, abuse and lack of transparency.

Though there are provincial standards in place, there is little consistency among them. More than a few are evasive, unwilling to communicate about issues of importance to residents and their families.

So, imagine finding a care home determined to do it right.

PCs cleared of election violation for ‘intimacy coach’ invoice

Manitoba’s elections commissioner has cleared the Progressive Conservatives of wrongdoing after a $3,800 expense for a car rental appeared on an invoice from a company offering “intimacy coach” services.

The findings from the commissioner bring an end to a complaint raised by the NDP in October 2024, when it was alleged the PCs violated the Election Financing Act by forging financial documents related to the previous year’s election campaign.

“I am satisfied that the expense was indeed for a car rental, as the invoice described,” Bill Bowles wrote in a letter addressed to both parties Wednesday.

Concerns over the invoice to Lucid Vitality were first raised by a former PC staffer, whose internal emails with party officials were published in the Winnipeg Sun.