Saudi coronavirus work stymied at Canadian lab
Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Winnipeg :: Canada | updated 2013-05-19 18:22:58 -0700 | green-news
The National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg is working with a sample of the new coronavirus that's causing clusters of infections abroad - but can't share the material with other researchers across the country despite the public health urgency. more »...
Wildfire situation improving in Manitoba, evacuees hope to return home soon
Source: Macleans
Winnipeg :: Canada | updated 2011-12-10 21:32:36 -0800 | travel-news
Wildfires continue to burn in southeastern Manitoba, but the threat of flames engulfing two communities is lessening. Duane Boutang, who is the Reeve of the municipality of Piney, says the situation is "getting more and more under control." Continued Below...
Canada: No Privacy for Winnipeg Peregrine Falcon chicks.
Posted by: northsunm32
Winnipeg :: Canada | updated 2012-07-26 04:04:45 -0700 | green-news
The first chick hatched on Monday May 23 with the latest Thursday morning. They are on the roof of the Radisson Hotel in Winnipeg. They have no privacy as they can be viewed on the CBC Falcon Cam. Peregrine Falcons...
Winds pose flood risk for homes on leeward shores of Manitoba lakes
Source: Macleans
Winnipeg :: Canada | updated 2011-07-27 03:10:19 -0700 | travel-news
The Manitoba government says strong winds that are forecast for many Manitoba lakes could put communities on their leeward shores at extra risk for flooding. The forecast calls for easterly winds up to 40 km/h on Lake Manitoba and Lake...
Manitoba expects worst floods in 300 years
Source: United Press International
Winnipeg :: Canada | updated 2011-11-07 11:43:24 -0800 | political-news
Canada's central province of Manitoba braced Thursday for the worst seasonal flooding in 300 years, local officials said. All of the rivers in the southern part of the province are flooding and the Assiniboine River is among the worst --...
Flood-plagued Manitoba farms must wait for fields to dry off
Source: Leader Post Online
Winnipeg :: Canada | updated 2011-07-06 11:07:46 -0700 | technology-news
Most Manitoba fields are still too wet for planting if they're not covered in water and that's got grain growers worrying. Farmers who toil along Red River are becoming used to flooding, and their land usually drains on time to...
Manitoba Floods Force CP Rail to Reroute Trains
Posted by: anonymous
Winnipeg :: Canada | updated 2013-06-08 07:38:35 -0700 | green-news
The spring floods in Manitoba have forced the Canadian Pacific Railway to reroute trains in the Red River Valley. The area is prone to spring flooding, but this year the ice jams on the rivers have pushed the crests higher...
Flooding shuts Manitoba's main road link to U.S.
Source: Leader Post Online
Winnipeg :: Canada | updated 2011-06-19 13:54:50 -0700 | technology-news
Manitoba is closing its main road link to the United States because of rising flood waters, the province announced Monday...The move was not unexpected, and in fact came later in the season than the province had predicted. Flooding is an...
Rain and warm weather could worsen flood situation on Manitoba rivers
Source: Macleans
Winnipeg :: Canada | updated 2011-06-10 00:10:39 -0700 | travel-news
Dozens of homes were evacuated north of Winnipeg after an ice jam on the Red River shifted overnight, causing fears of further flooding. Chuck Sanderson of Manitoba Emergency Measures says the voluntary evacuations in the Rural Municipality of St...Continued Below...
Pregnant woman rescued from fire
Source: Delhi News-Record
Winnipeg :: Canada | updated 2011-06-06 14:06:19 -0700 | travel-news
Emergency crews reportedly saved a woman from a burning home in the city's north end Wednesday morning. Early media reports say a pregnant woman was rescued from the second floor of a two-storey house on Pritchard Ave. after it caught...
Chance of Red River flood Increases
Source: Delhi News-Record
Winnipeg :: Canada | updated 2011-05-25 22:03:23 -0700 | travel-news
Though Winnipeg was spared the latest winter storm that hit Red River areas in the U.S. this week, there is concern about how that added snowfall will affect local flooding levels as the river flows upstream. The latest Grand Forks-East...
Spring flood threatens Manitoba industry
Source: Delhi News-Record
Winnipeg :: Canada | updated 2011-04-19 23:10:17 -0700 | political-news
A spring flood could put the growth of Manitoba's agricultural industry in "jeopardy," one of Canada's largest think tanks said Friday. The Ottawa-based Conference Board of Canada issued its winter 2011 provincial outlook Friday morning, forecasting that Manitoba's gross domestic...
Flood forecast predicts repeat of 2009
Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Winnipeg :: Canada | updated 2011-03-25 19:45:51 -0700 | travel-news
ET A resident of the Red River Valley in Manitoba is forced to canoe to dry land in 2009. (CBC) Manitobans should expect a flood on par with that experienced in 2009. Provincial government officials said Monday that with average...
Manitoba turkey farm quarantined after bird flu found
Source: Leader Post Online
Winnipeg :: Canada | updated 2011-01-30 01:51:44 -0800 | sports-news
A turkey farm in Manitoba has been quarantined by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency after several birds tested positive for an H5 strain of bird flu, officials said Wednesday. Provincial officials stressed there is no evidence it is the Asian...
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