WINNIPEG A vigil was held Sunday night to remember Jana Williams, a pregnant Winnipeg woman who was recently found dead. Williams’ body was found in the city’s North End, near the Red River, last Thursday. According to vigil organizers, she was six months pregnant and had been missing for a number of days. They said stories like Williams’ are far too common. “It’s really hard doing this almost every second week and it’s been continuing and continuing,” said Alaya McIvor, vigil organizer. “We’ve been posting our sisters online, missing every second, third day.” More details on this case are expected later today.
WINNIPEG The City of Winnipeg has released a plan for what transit service in the city could look like in the next 25 years. The plan, released on Monday, will be presented during the standing policy committee on infrastructure renewal and public works meeting on March 11. The plan proposes an entirely new transit network for the city, and would more than double the number of Winnipeg households that would be located within a short walk of frequent transit service once finished. “Through the public engagement process, we heard that the existing route network was too complex, service was too infrequent, and it didn’t offer enough options for travel within and between neighbourhoods,” said Greg Ewankiw, director of Winnipeg Transit, in a statement. “The Winnipeg Transit Master Plan proposes changes to the transit route network to respond to the needs of residents of Winnipeg, and will enhance connectivity, frequency, and reliability.”
Dollar stores have done particularly well over the last year during the pandemic.
Discount stores are defying the larger trend of retail stores closing in favor of e-commerce.
As many stores close around the US, a few retailers are thriving and opening new locations in 2021.
Discount retailers Five Below, Home Goods, TJ Maxx, and dollar store chains all plan to open new stores as the rest of the industry struggles.
The COVID-19 pandemic made online orders surge, but it wreaked havoc on brick and mortar retailers. Coresight Research found that major retailers closed 8,741 stores in 2020, and predicts as many as 10,000 will follow this year. Other retailers that didn t close filed for bankruptcy, including J Crew, Nieman Marcus, and JCPenney.
Starting today, Bulgarians can send and receive money, instantly for free with an app that requires no top-up. Businesses can accept digital payments using only their name.
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Texas lifted its mask mandate, but stores can impose their own policies.
Workers have already seen a backlash as some customers refuse to accept store policies on masks.
A Trader Joe s customer accused the grocer of violating Texas state law after employees denied the man entry without a mask.
The situation highlights how the state s new rules have put many frontline workers in a vulnerable position as they re forced to impose corporate rules without the support of the government.
Last week, Texas became the largest state to lift its mask mandate. On Tuesday, Gov. Greg Abbott announced that the mandate would no longer be in place as of March 10. Abbott said he plans to open the state 100%. His decision comes just days after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned against reopening states too soon.