Russell T.A.Y.O. Lottery Winners
The draws for the 2025 Russell Take-a-Year-Off lottery were held today and here are the winners:
The Grand prize of $1000 a week for a year went to D...
Two Women Killed in Separate Crashes Near Stonewall
There have been two fatal collisions near Stonewall, Manitoba in less than 24 hours.
RCMP say a 66-year-old woman died in a single vehicle rollover yesterday morning on Highway 67, about 5 kilometres west of Stonewall.
According to early investigation, an eastbound Ford Explorer lost control, struck an approach in a ditch, and rolled.
On Tuesday evening, a woman was killed in a head on collision involving a pickup truck and a semi on Highway 7, north of 67. A male passenger in that crash was also taken to hospital with unknown injuries.
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Canada to Add More Visa Offices in China Due to Increased Tourism
The Canadian government plans to open an additional seven visa offices in China to handle a sharp rise in tourism from the Asian country.
Canadian ambassador Guy Saint-Jacques says Chinese tourist travel to Canada rose 24 per cent in the first six months of this year, helping make China the third-highest source of visitors after the United States and the United Kingdom.
Saint-Jacques says Quebec has seen a dramatic increase in Chinese tourists since Air China added a direct flight to Montreal from Beijing.
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Mothers Call for Better Addictions Support in Manitoba
Two Winnipeg mothers who lost their sons to fentanyl overdoses have staged a rally at the provincial legislature.
Arlene Last-Kolb and Christine Dobbs want the province to put more supports in place to help people fighting addictions.
In January, the province launched a task force to combat the problem, including an awareness campaign and a pilot project with the Street Connections outreach program.
The organization hands out kits with naloxone to drug users, which can reverse effects of an overdose if given in time. Last-Kolb says she believes naloxone would have saved her son's life.
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Bad Second Quarter for Canadian Economy
The economy recorded its worst performance in seven years during the second quarter.
Real gross domestic product fell at an annualized rate of 1.6 per cent in the quarter, largely because of the huge wildfires that levelled parts of Fort McMurray, Alberta earlier this year.
The Opposition Conservatives and the NDP have seized on the figures as evidence that the Liberal government's election promises of jobs and prosperity are falling well short.
