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Photo gallery: Ringing in the new year around the globe
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People around the world are celebrating the promise and potential of 2025.
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People around the world are celebrating the promise and potential of 2025.
The Free Press kept a finger on the pulse of New Year’s festivities, sharing a collage of celebrations abroad.
Fireworks explode over the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge during New Year's Eve celebrations in Sydney, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP Image via AP)People take smartphones photos of the fireworks exploding near the Petronas Twin Towers during the New Year's celebrations in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)Perfomers ring in the new year during a count down event held in Beijing, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)Fireworks explode over Victoria Harbour to celebrate the start of 2025 at Tsim Sha Tsui in Hong Kong, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)A national flag-hoisting ceremony is held during a New Year celebration at Kim Il Sung Square Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025, in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Cha Song Ho)Sikh devotees pray while standing in the pond surrounding the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine for the Sikhs, on New Year's Day in Amritsar, India, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Prabhjot Gill)Fireworks explode over the Chao Phraya River during New Year celebrations in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)Fireworks explode at the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, during the New Year's Eve celebration in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)Syrians celebrate the new year after the ousting of Assad regime, in a bar in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)Fireworks spark over the historical site of Giza Pyramids, marking the new year, just outside Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)Drones form the year 2025 next the ancient Parthenon temple at the Acropolis hill during New Year's celebrations in Athens, Greece, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)Fireworks light the sky above the Quadriga at the Brandenburg Gate during New Year's celebrations shortly after midnight in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)People celebrate during New Year's celebrations at Madrid's Puerta del Sol square in downtown Madrid, Spain, early Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)A man dressed as Ded Moroz (Santa Claus, or Father Frost) and other people celebrate the New Year's Day outside Red Square with the Spasskaya Tower and the St. Basil's Cathedral in the background, in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024.(AP Photo)People walk in a square decorated for Christmas and the New Year festivities in Donetsk in Russian-controlled Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov)A couple kisses as they celebrate New Year on Cathedral Square in Vilnius, Lithuania, shortly after midnight Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)Dancers from the Berom tribe, dressed in costume, perform during the annual New Year celebration in Vwang, central Nigeria, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)A light show is projected on the Arc de Triomphe as fireworks explode during New Year celebrations on the Champs Elysees in Paris, France, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)Fireworks light up the sky over Elizabeth Tower, also known as Big Ben, and the London Eye in central London during the New Year celebrations Wednesday Jan. 1, 2025. (James Manning/PA via AP)People celebrate as fireworks light up the sky over Copacabana Beach during New Year's celebrations in Rio de Janeiro, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)Revelers celebrate after the ball drops in New York's Times Square, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)People watch New Year's fireworks by the waterfront in Toronto on Wednesday, January 1, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Laura ProctorFireworks explode over the Las Vegas Strip during a New Year's Eve celebration Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/David Becker)
The city wants to know how Winnipeggers get around.
It plans to hire a consultant to conduct a household travel survey next year to provide data deemed critical to planning roads and active transportation routes.
“This (will) help … when it comes to prioritizing road renewal investments because our city is growing, travel patterns are changing. A lot has happened in our city in 20 years. And, especially when we’re a city without freeways, I know there’s some major intersections and major corridors that need refinement,” said Coun. Janice Lukes (Waverley West), council’s public works chairwoman.
The survey will delve into everything from the number of vehicles owned by residents to where they go and how they get there, providing the city’s first such fine-tuned poll since 2007. It will involve a representative sample of households in Winnipeg and surrounding communities.
A teenager riding an e-scooter suffered life-threatening injuries when he was struck by an SUV in southwest Winnipeg on Monday night.
Witnesses provided first aid to the injured rider, who police said is under 18, after the collision happened at Waverley Street and Arbour Meadow Gate/Lake Crest Road at about 9:30 p.m.
“It feels like it happened in slow motion,” said driver Audrey Vanderspek, who was waiting at a red light when she witnessed the incident. “Maybe it’s because you’re helpless, that it just feels like everything slows down in the moment.”
Police said the electric scooter rider was crossing Waverley and was hit by a southbound 2010 Honda CR-V. The posted speed limit on that stretch of Waverley is 70 kilometres per hour.
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New rules could require the owners of short-term rental units, such as Airbnbs and VRBOs, to tell the city every time an emergency responder is called to their properties.
In this high stakes game of chicken, Kevin Cheveldayoff, Connor Hellebuyck or any of the potential suitors for the Winnipeg Jets franchise netminder appear ready to blink.
Morgan Modjeski4 minute readYesterday at 2:01 AM CDT
The safety of Winnipeg Transit drivers was front and centre Monday as the first mayoral debate of the 2026 election focused on public transit.
Kevin Klein, the most experienced of the 10 candidates at the Amalgamated Transit Union 1505-hosted debate, said the time for partial safety shields has passed.
“The partial shields have failed drivers. That’s why we need change,” the former PC MLA and city councillor said, adding driver safety is not a staffing issue, but a “protection failure.”
If elected, Klein said he will bring in full-shield implementation across the city within two years and start a nine-bus pilot project immediately.
