Danton Unger

1 week ago | ctvnews.ca | Danton Unger

The finger-pointing has begun in the wake of a $4 billion lawsuit launched by several First Nations against the feds, the province and the city over a massive sewage leak in Winnipeg last year. All three levels of government have asked for the lawsuit to be tossed out, while also filing their own counterclaims against each other. The original lawsuit was launched in April 2024 by eight First Nations bordering Lake Winnipeg.

1 week ago | ctvnews.ca | Danton Unger

Manitoba is bracing for the possible impact of American-imposed tariffs on the movie industry. Film crews were hard at work turning a St. Boniface street into a magical New York Christmas. It’s the latest hallmark movie shot in Winnipeg but the film’s producer, Ian Dimerman, worries all this could soon be put at risk.

2 weeks ago | ctvnews.ca | Danton Unger

WINNIPEG — Thousands of women and children from Winnipeg were loaded onto trains to escape the rising waters of the great 1950 flood. For a young girl – the memories of one of Canada’s largest evacuations are vivid and still linger in her mind 70 years later. Over the course of the 1950 flood, the Province of Manitoba estimates 100,000 residents (about one-third of Winnipeg’s population at the time) were evacuated from their homes. This mass evacuation was one of the largest in Canada’s history.

2 weeks ago | ctvnews.ca | Danton Unger

Winnipeg — It was the spring of 1950 in Manitoba and urgent warnings were being sent to thousands of Winnipeggers - get out of your homes and head for higher ground. One of the worst floods in the province’s history had arrived. By the time the flood waters would recede – millions of dollars’ worth of damage would be left behind, thousands would have their homes destroyed, and one man would lose his life.

2 weeks ago | ctvnews.ca | Danton Unger

The city says it can’t set speed limits for electric bikes on Winnipeg pathways despite concerns these faster vehicles are creating conflicts with pedestrians and other cyclists. It’s a conundrum for which the city’s public works department has been struggling to find a solution – what to do about the rise of electric bikes? It’s not just e-bikes the city is concerned about. Electric scooters and other e-devices are becoming more common on shared pathways.