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3/10/2010
The City of Winnipeg is testing a new product to fill potholes. Public Works director Brad Sacher says the asphalt-based product is supposed to work in cooler, wet weather.
Crews have been out fixing potholes by hand since last week. But Sacher says the weather has been too damp and the temperatures are too inconsistent so far this March to send out the pothole patching trucks.
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3/10/2010
Sid the Kid's missing Olympic hockey equipment has been found. Hockey Canada says Sidney Crosby's stick and glove from the 3-2 gold medal game against the U-S was misplaced, not stolen. The items disappeared in the chaos following Crosby's overtime goal that gave Canada the win on February 28th. The stick was intercepted in Toronto in part of a shipment to the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in Russia.
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3/10/2010
A Private member's bill calling for the re-instatement of the "Executive Curl" on Canadian Naval Officers' uniforms is expected to pass in the House of Commons. The curl is the circle of gold braid on the rank insignia worn by other Commonwealth country Navies but lost by ours in unification in 1968. The motion is timely as this is the 100th anniversary of the Canadian Navy.
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3/10/2010
A 48-year old man has died in a single vehicle rollover near Inwood. Teulon RCMP say it happened Tuesday night just after 9 o'clock on highway 229. Road and weather conditions are not considered contributing factors. Police say the man who has not yet been identified.. was not wearing a seat belt, and was ejected from the vehicle. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
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3/10/2010
The mother of a disabled Manitoba man who was beaten in Australia is expressing shock at the brutality. The 35-year-old who is confined to a wheelchair was waiting for a train in Sydney late Tuesday. Video of the incident shows him being punched in the face, stomped on and hit with metal bars. He's asked his name not be released. His mother, Shellan Proden of Winnipeg Beach tells CJOB he's awaiting surgery.
Two boys, aged 15 and 16, have been arrested.
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3/10/2010
Dense fog is expected to return to Southern Manitoba tonight.
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3/10/2010
Taxpayers' money won't be going to support the Manitoba New Democratic Party this year. While the party is entitled to the funds, Party President Lorraine Sigurdson tells CJOB, now is not the time:
The Party's executive made the decision this past Monday. Siguardson says no decision has been made on whether the party will apply next year. She also says the party will continue the private fundraising it's done for the past ten years. The Manitoba Conservative Party won't be taking the funding either.
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3/10/2010
There's no point in having an immobilizer in your vehicle if you're going to leave the keys for the thief to use. Manitoba Public Insurance is telling us nearly 300 immobilizer equipped vehicles were stolen last year because keys were left in the ignition or in the glove box or under a floor mat. MPI says "don't do that." The province's mandatory immobilizer program for most at risk vehicles was implemented in 2006. Currently, nearly 400,000 vehicles throughout the province are equipped with a factory installed, or aftermarket, approved immobilizer.
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3/10/2010
Hotel staff in Manitoba are going to be trained to recognize how to spot children at risk of sexual exploitation. The Hotel Association and Manitoba's Family Services Minister Gord Mackintosh rolled out the program Wednesday morning:
Formal training begins next month.
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3/10/2010
The combination of melting snow, moist mild air and light winds is creating ideal conditions for the development of fog and drizzle once again. Environment Canada says the stagnant weather pattern is expected to persist over southern Manitoba for the remainder of the week. Some light rain showers or snow flurries moved across the south early this morning and helped to improve visibility by clearing away the fog. Some fog patches will linger through today.
However, dense fog creating poor visibility will become widespread again this evening and visibilities are forecast to drop to only a few hundred metres until late Thursday morning. Visibilities will improve on Thursday when another band of rain sweeps across southern Manitoba.
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