Winnipeg, MB – At 5:42 p.m. on March 6, 2019 Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service (WFPS) crews responded to a fire alarm in a six-storey apartment block in the 400 block of Hamilton Avenue. Upon arrival, crews found a working fire in a main floor suite. A second alarm was called, increasing the number of apparatus and WFPS crew members on the scene, due to the potential for high life hazards when dealing with an occupied apartment block. Crews successfully brought the fire under control at 6:03 p.m., with damage contained to that single suite.

Winnipeg, MB - At 3:08 a.m. on March 6, 2019 Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service (WFPS) crews responded to reports of a fire in a two-storey house in the 1400 block of McDermot Avenue West. Once on scene, crews found a well-involved fire with heavy smoke and flames.

Winnipeg, MB - At 1:23 a.m. on March 5, 2019 Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service (WFPS) crews responded to reports of a fire in a one and a half storey house in the 900 block of Alexander Avenue. Once on scene, crews found a well-involved fire with heavy smoke and flames. An interior offensive attack was launched; however, due to deteriorating conditions, crews were forced to exit the structure and move to a defensive strategy, while protecting the adjacent structures. Crews will remain on scene for the next several hours ensuring all hotspots are extinguished.

WINNIPEG, MB – The 2019 preliminary budgets propose significant investments in both the Winnipeg Police Service as well as the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service whose combined budgets represent 45 percent of the overall tax supported budget.

The 2019 preliminary operating budget proposes to invest $301.4 million into the Winnipeg Police Service, another historic amount of annual funding. This represents an increase of $10 million or 3.4 percent from funding levels adopted by Council in 2018.

WINNIPEG, MB – The 2019 preliminary budgets propose to invest $31 million this year into the city’s combined sewer overflow and basement flood management strategy as part of a $169 million six-year plan to reduce basement flooding and reduce combined sewer overflow events.

WINNIPEG, MB – Restructuring the existing Corporate Support Services department to create an individual department of Innovation, Transformation, and Technology will help prioritize and support the City of Winnipeg’s efforts to build and operate smarter and more efficiently Mayor Brian Bowman said today.

WINNIPEG, MB – The 2019 preliminary budgets allow the next step to be taken in the future electrification of the City of Winnipeg’s transit fleet by proposing a $1 million investment to study how best to facilitate its implementation including a budget estimate for the purchase of 12 to 20 battery-electric buses.

WINNIPEG, MB – Introducing Winnipeg’s first low income bus pass together with other key initiatives and investments proposed in the 2019 preliminary operating and capital budgets will help make the city’s public transit system more affordable, safe, and convenient Mayor Brian Bowman said today.

WINNIPEG, MB – Additional capital support proposed in the preliminary 2019 budgets allow community centres to take centre stage by more than doubling funding available through the Community Centre Renovation Grant Program (CCRGP).

WINNIPEG, MB – The 2019 preliminary budgets propose to invest approximately $432,000 additional funds to better maintain the city’s active transportation network during the upcoming winter as part of almost $35 million budgeted for snow removal and ice control in 2019.

The implementation of the active transportation network winter maintenance strategy was adopted by Council in June 2018.