Rammstein to play here for first time on May 10

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Residents fear mailbox crime sprees

Some North End residents are concerned new community mailboxes will become a target for vandalism and crime after the base of one was recently lit ablaze — before it was even installed.

The community mailboxes started to show up on Andrews Street within the last two weeks. Some have been installed, while at other locations, only the concrete foundation is in place.

“They just dumped them on the boulevard,” said Stephen Giesbrecht, who lives beside one of the boxes in the St. John’s neighbourhood. “They dumped them on the corner and then they were gone.”

One of the concrete slabs has already played host to a fire and some of the hardware needed to install the mailbox melted.

Rammstein to play here for first time on May 10

It took 17 years, but German industrial-metal band Rammstein is finally coming to town.

The six-piece band will play the MTS Centre on May 10 as part of the North American leg of its Made in Germany 1995-2011 tour. Tickets for the show go on sale Nov. 25 for $66 to $133 at Ticketmaster.

Rammstein is known as much for its live show as its music. Concerts usually feature elaborate stage sets, intricate lighting designs and an abundance of pyrotechnics, including frontman Till Lindemann — a licensed pyrotechnician — singing entire songs fully engulfed in flames.

City inundated with thousands of complaints after launch of new transit system

Despite complaints from thousands of dissatisfied users, Winnipeg hasn't hit the brakes on the rollout of its new primary transit network. And it appears that ignoring the public response cost Winnipeg Transit millions of dollars in lost revenue and ridership.