So, what’s the saying? All good things come to those who wait? Winnipeg will soon be home to the country’s biggest ever Ikea store. A company spokesperson says they plan to have the store up and running as early as late 2011. As we told you yesterday, Ikea will be built on a large piece of land at Kenaston and the Sterling Lyon Parkway. And, it’s gonna be huge…..some 350 thousand square feet.
The fire commissioner’s office has determined that deadly house fire in Stonewall, which took the life of a 48 year old woman, was caused by a ceramic heater that came into contact with combustible materials.
Well, it’s hoped a new web based referral service in the province will reduce wait times for patients. Doctors using the Catalogue of Specialized Services will be able to find the specialist that best meets a patient’s needs. Right now, family doctors rely on their own network of specialists because there hasn’t been a central, accessible database.
An update now on this wicked cold snap we’re having. Looks like we’re all gonna be shivering for at least another week or so. Forecasters say it’ll be mid week-next week, before there’s any relief from the cold which has gripped pretty much all of the prairies, and a dozen U.S. states.
Good news for those flying south. Our loonie soared by more than 2 cents yesterday to close the day at 83.21 cents U.S. Traders cite yesterday’s move by the U.S. Federal Reserve to drop its key interest rate to a record low of almost 0 per cent. The cut is aimed at boosting the sputtering U.S. economy. Stock markets by the way soared on the news, with the Dow Jones surging 359 points, and Toronto’s TSX rising 262.
