GRAFFITI OF THE DAY: Now THERE’s a deterrent to speeding!
Spotted on Roblin Blvd in Winnipeg. It’s one thing to spray-paint your message on a sign somewhere, but quite another to break the locks on an electronic traffic sign and change the message to a...
View ArticleCOMMENT OF THE DAY: It takes a lotta balls to ban ‘em!
From: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/breakingnews/soccer-balls-booted-from-east-toronto-school-after-parent-injuried-133976508.html Though I couldn’t find Earl Beatty Public School on a map,...
View ArticleThe Jets? They’re that baseball team, right?
In a recent poll posted by the Winnipeg Free Press, a whopping 76 per cent of respondents answered the question “How are you celebrating the one-year anniversary of the Jets’ return?” with “I’m sorry,...
View ArticleThey called him Dr. Love, I presume…
A Winnipeg doctor was not only prescribing Oxycontin to a pair of massage-parlour workers in exchange for sexual favours, he was also billing Manitoba Health “for reported house calls which he made for...
View ArticleIt might not be as dangerous as Detroit, but there are certainly sections of...
True story: Several years ago, when I was still living in Calgary, I drove with my dad into Winnipeg, about a 12-hour trip. Note that I was driving his van. You’ll know once you hit Winnipeg on the...
View ArticleRemind me never to shop in Winnipeg…
The Canadian Press is reporting that 12 unsuspecting shoppers were rounded up by the Winnipeg sheriff’s office, hog-tied and dragged off to the courthouse to stand for jury duty. Because apparently,...
View ArticleCOMMENT OF THE DAY: Smoke signals show the Bombers are stuck with Buck for now…
From: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/story/2013/04/02/mb-fire-canad-inns-stadium-winnipeg.html Last night, a “massive” fire broke out at Canad Inns Stadium, where someone set the artificial...
View ArticleCOMMENT OF THE DAY: Not even in Winnipeg?
From: http://o.canada.com/2013/05/02/the-joint-head-shop-in-winnipeg-raided-for-copyright-violation/ The RCMP and Winnipeg Police joined forces to bust a head shop yesterday—but not for what you think....
View ArticleCOMMENT OF THE DAY: Winnipeg Greenpeace sez… Save the snake, dumpster-cage...
From: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/Live-python-found-in-garbage-bin-206562041.html Big story outta Winnipeg today: A live python was found in a dumpster along with a broken aquarium. Good...
View ArticleBecause if something’s making noise at 4 am, it must be a bear…
The Canadian Press is reporting that “A teenager who was mistaken for a bear outside a tent has been shot and killed in a remote area of northeastern Manitoba by a fellow camper.” But unlike that guy...
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