Happy Terry Fox Day, you guys! While Canadians across the country are enjoying their civic holidays with some family-friendly fun, Manitobans are getting used to wishing each other a Happy Terry Fox Day this August long weekend.
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Manitoba is cuckoo for specialty license plates
Don’t everybody go crazy at once now, but Manitoba Public Insurance are rolling out yet another “specialty” license plate! In an afternoon press conference, Justice Minister Andrew Swan and Bill McDonald of the Winnipeg Humane Society unveiled a new license plate that’s sure to thrill dozens of dog lovers across Manitoba. The new plates are available at $70 a pop, a portion of which goes to the Humane Society, which is all just swell. Great, even. Well, no, let’s leave it at swell.
Based on what judges say about him, Vic Toews will be a terrible judge
As a former lawyer, MP and federal minister, current Court of Queen’s Bench judge Vic Toews might be expected to know a thing or two about the law. In fact, reasonable people would expect him to know many more than two things about the legal system he participated in and helped craft for decades.
Keystone XL company experiences pipeline explosion
A pipeline explosion Saturday outside the town will leave Niverville, MB, without natural gas for anywhere between one and several days. The pipeline is owned by TransCanada, the company that would like to build the Keystone XL oil pipeline from northern Alberta to Nebraska.
Lake Winnipeg finally gets international recognition for being a poisonous death trap
German environmental group Global Nature Fund has singled out Lake Winnipeg, Canada’s sixth largest freshwater lake, as the world’s Threatened Lake of 2013. This dubious honour has previously been held by poisoned lakes in Colombia and Peru.