That Winnipeg firefighter who had some “fun time” with a woman while on duty here in Osborne Village, says at no time was the public ever in jeopardy. But the man has been demoted from his current position, and will be transferred to another fire hall.
We told you about this a few weeks ago, and now, the town of Killarney hopes to have a curfew in place by October 1st to try and stop a huge vandalism and crime problem. Under the bylaw, all young people 17 and under would have to be indoors in their parents homes no later than 1 a.m. Violators would be subject to a 250 dollar fine.
World leaders are paying tribute this morning to the late U.S. Senator, Edward Kennedy. Kennedy passed away at his home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts after a long battle with brain cancer. Ted Kennedy had spent 47 years in the Senate, and was only 77 when he passed away.
A problem with a critical fuel valve has scrubbed the latest launch attempt of the space shuttle Discovery. Engineers suspect it may be a problem with instruments, which would mean a quick fix, and the bird could lift off this Friday.
U.S. police say they can’t yet speculate on what might have happened between former reality show contestant Ryan Jenkins and his ex wife, that led to her murder in California. They can only say for certain there was a serious domestic violence incident between Jenkins and Jasmine Fiore. Fiore’s body was found mutilated in an L.A. dumpster earlier this month. Jenkins later fled to Canada and was found dead of an apparent suicide in a motel near Hope, B.C.
Election fever got a boost following a private meeting in Ottawa yesterday between Prime Minister Harper and NDP leader Jack Layton. Layton came out of the meeting to say that Harper doesn’t seem to understand how severe the country’s unemployment problem really is. As a result, the NDP leader suggests that he’s willing to support any attempt to bring down the government this fall.
Cross border shoppers are gonna hate this news. The Bank of Canada says it’s willing to act to make sure our dollar doesn’t continue its recent rise. The central bank says a higher loonie hurts exporters because it makes their goods more expensive in the U.S. Right now our loonie is worth just over 92 cents U.S., which is a 6 cent jump in just over 6 weeks.
Thanks to mounting public pressure, Manitoba is expected to announce a task force to look into the disappearance and murder of aboriginal women. Sources say the province could make the announcement as soon as today. Right now there are 520 cases of missing or murdered aboriginal women in the country….72 of those cases come from Manitoba.
