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  WINNIPEG -- The City of Winnipeg will be offering some Leisure Guide programs this spring, including dance, gymnastics, yoga, pottery, spring break camps and outdoor activities. According to the city, the Leisure Guide will be made available online on March 19, with registration beginning at 8 a.m. on March 23. Residents can register online, by calling 311 or in-person at 395 Main St. The city is reminding anyone that wants to register in-person that they must wear a mask and maintain ph...

Indoor pools in Winnipeg to start reopening before end of March, city announces Winnipeg swimmers rejoice: indoor pools will start reopening at limited capacity by the end of the month, the city announced in a news release Tuesday. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Mar 16, 2021 4:24 PM CT | Last Updated: March 16 Kinsmen Sherbrook Pool is among those that will reopen. Only Eldon Ross Pool and St. James Civic Centre will remain closed, a news release says.(Jaison Empson/CBC)

Winnipeg Free Press Posted: Good morning. Today is the second St. Patrick’s Day of the COVID-19 pandemic. You can still get a (possibly green) beer at a pub, but guidelines require that you order some food with it. Here are five drinks you might want to consider sampling today.  — Adam Treusch, assignment editor What’s happening today A bartender pours a green beer on a past St. Patricks Day. (Jake May / Flint Journal via The Associated Press files) Caution urged amid cris...

CBC Manitoba has compiled the latest information to help Manitoba parents understand which changes are being proposed and what that could mean for students.

Just in time for spring break, the City of Winnipeg is reopening its indoor pools after being closed down due to COVID-19 public health order restrictions.

Winnipeg Free Press Public figure, private giver To most of his thousands of Twitter followers, Winnipegger Howard Wong was pizza Friday guy; to others, he was an unassuming hero By: Melissa Martin  | Posted: 7:00 PM CDT Monday, Mar. 15, 2021 Just after Thanksgiving, Howard Wong sent John Dobbin a message on Twitter to say he was already at the grocery store. The two had met in person once, years before, when Wong had come to take photos o...

Manitoba tech, construction sectors get $50K to boost women in trades The Manitoba government announced supports for programs that promote women in trades on Monday as part of International Womens Day. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Mar 08, 2021 11:37 AM CT | Last Updated: March 8 The Manitoba Construction Sector Council and its partner, the River East Transcona School Division, and the Manitoba Institute of Trades and Technology will get the funding.(Holly Caruk/CBC)

3-line Winnipeg rapid-transit network to cost up to $1.1B over 24 years Winnipeg plans to spend up to $1.1 billion over the next 24 years building out a rapid-transit network that will mostly use existing streets. Social Sharing

Province recognizes International Women’s Day, announces support for women in trades programming Corwyn Friesen, mySteinbach Sport, Culture and Heritage Minister Cathy Cox, announcing support for women in trades programming. The Manitoba government is investing $50,000 for two initiatives that support and encourage women pursuing non-traditional career options, including a program that focuses on increasing Indigenous women’s representation. “As we celebrate International Women�...

Winnipeg Free Press MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Winnipeg Mayor Brian Bowman hosts a press conference with a virtual Ahmed Hussen (pictured on monitor), federal Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Kevin Lamoureux, Member of Parliament for Winnipeg North, and Rochelle Squires, the provincial Minister of Families, Friday morning at City Hall. Minister Hussen announced that a joint effort by the three levels of government will help create, "18 affordable modular apartments fo...