Rocky Roads: MPI sees 1,200 percent increase in April pothole claims
Winnipeg, Manitoba —Bigger is better–except when it comes to insurance claims. According to Manitoba Public Insurance, there were 871 pothole claims this April. This is a 1,200 percent increase, compared to the monthly average of 64. This beats the previous 479 percent increase in March 2022, compared to 2021. The city has received 3,323 pothole […]
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NOT QUITE THE ROCKIES Buckle up, Manitoban drivers. It’s bumpy out there. In fact, roads in the province are so rutted that Manitoba Public Insurance says it witnessed a 479 percent increase in pothole-related claims this March, compared to March 2021. The public insurer received 324 pothole-related claims in March 2022, compared to 56 in […]
Foreign Exchange: MPI to offer licence exchanges to Ukrainian refugees
Winnipeg, Manitoba — As hundreds of refugees fleeing war in Ukraine arrive in Canada by the planeload daily, Manitoba Public Insurance has announced that they are offering driver’s licence exchanges for newcomers in need of a lift. As of Monday, Ukrainians will be able to exchange their Category B passenger vehicle licence for Manitoba full […]
Preparation is Key: Manitoba reports few collisions despite ongoing snow storm
Winnipeg, Manitoba — Manitoban drivers gave the rest of Canada a crash course in not ending up on a crash course, as officials reported that calls for emergency assistance were uncharacteristically low despite this week’s blizzard. News that 25 centimetres of snow is on the way for mid-April can be hard to accept, but drivers […]
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FIRE AND ICE An early February housing complex fire left about 30 Winnipeg drivers out in the cold after their vehicles fell victim to a war between the elements. The fire broke out at a housing complex behind the Kirkwood Block on Portage Avenue at Langside Street in Winnipeg, melting onslaughts of snow that rained […]
Tools for Training: Manitoba earmarks $1.4 million for vocational equipment, training
Winnipeg, Manitoba — Manitoba has tabbed more than $1.4 million for schools to update vocation learning equipment and improve hands-on training, Education Minister Wayne Ewasko announced last Friday. Thirty-five Manitoba schools will benefit from one-time grants aimed to improve various technical, vocational and industrial arts programs, which include courses teaching techniques in automotive repair. “We’re […]
EV/AV Report: March 28, 2022
Toronto, Ontario – In today’s EV/AV report, provincial governments respond to rising electric vehicle (EV) demand, Ford creates a new autonomous vehicle (AV) subdivision and experts explain why EV sales stagnate, despite rising demand and gas prices. Subsidies fall Want an EV? With these gas prices, so does everyone else–and the government has noticed. With […]
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“We’d like to express our appreciation to all of the individuals, families and businesses that donated to our campaign—it really is a great cause,” read a post from the shop’s social media accounts, announcing the campaign’s success. ’STACHE FOR CASH A Manitoba collision centre came to play in a big way for Movember this year, […]
Fire and Ice: Fire in Winnipeg parking lot leaves stranded cars frozen at the scene
Winnipeg, Manitoba — A fire at a Winnipeg housing complex has left more than two dozen drivers out in the cold and waiting for their ice-encased to be returned to them as they await a full cleanup of the scene. The fire broke out behind the Kirkwood Block, on Portage Avenue at Langside Street in […]
Eye on Safety: MPI releases observation report on rural, urban distracted driving habits
Winnipeg, Manitoba — Wearing a seatbelt on Canadian roads has been mandatory for the past 46 years and yet it’s still a tough habit to get into for some, as Manitoba Public Insurance released the results of a study that observed 10 percent of rural drivers not buckled up behind the wheel. MPI specified that […]
