Winnipeg, MB – Registration for the annual TD Summer Reading Club begins today at all City of Winnipeg Library branches. Children up to age 12 are invited to visit any library branch to register and pick up a free reading kit that includes activities and a calendar to track reading time.

Winnipeg, MB – The City of Winnipeg is now participating in the iCemetery app, a mobile app utilized by municipalities across Canada, which provides members of the public with an easy-to-use search tool for burial records at cemeteries. Transcona Cemetery is the first City of Winnipeg municipal cemetery available on the iCemetery app. St. Vital Cemetery data will be available in late summer 2018, with data for the Brookside Cemetery scheduled to be input at a later date.

Winnipeg, MB – The following Transit routes will be operating on a Summer Schedule effective Sunday, June 17, 2018:

3 Downtown Spirit
14 Ellice – St. Mary’s
15 Mountain – Sargent
18 North Main – Corydon
19 Marion – Logan – Notre Dame
21 Portage Express
22 Assiniboia Express
24 Ness Express
25 Ness Super Express
28 Brookside Express
31 Keewatin Express
55 St. Anne’s

Winnipeg, MB – Committed to a future of providing transportation improvements and a connected network of pedestrian and cycling facilities in Winnipeg, City Councillors Devi Sharma, Old Kildonan Ward, and Jeff Browaty, North Kildonan Ward in partnership with the Government of Canada, celebrated the official ground breaking of the Chief Peguis Greenway Extension Project which will expand the multi-use pathway network and improve transportation options in Winnipeg for people of all ages and abilities.

Winnipeg, MB – On Sunday, June 17 the public is advised to expect traffic impacts and delays during the 2018 Manitoba Marathon. Motorists are advised to allow additional travel time and to detour via Kenaston Boulevard instead of using Pembina Highway.

Winnipeg, MB – Today the City of Winnipeg's Insect Control Branch attended Lavallee Elementary School to deliver an educational presentation about insects and to invite students and their parents to join the fight against mosquitoes this season as honorary Agents of S.W.A.T. (Standing Water Action Team). Students were presented with Winnipeg’s second edition of an action oriented educational comic book that examines the mosquito’s life cycle, and explains what action is required if you want to become an agent of S.W.A.T. and reduce mosquitoes in your neighborhood.

Winnipeg, MB – The City of Winnipeg is inviting the public to view the functional design and provide further input on the widening of Route 90 between Taylor Avenue and Ness Avenue. The route needs to be upgraded to address current and future traffic volumes, to accommodate new and future redevelopment, and to meet the needs of pedestrians, cyclists, and transit users.

Winnipeg, MB – A motion giving Council the ability to provide direction to the Public Service on how to implement one part of the new Collective Agreement with the United Firefighters of Winnipeg, Local 867 (UFFW) will be introduced at today's Executive Policy Committee Mayor Brian Bowman announced today.

Winnipeg, MB – The City of Winnipeg’s Westwood Library (66 Allard Ave) celebrated 50 years of serving the community on June 1, 2018. To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the Library is inviting residents to take part in festivities on Friday, June 15 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., including:

Winnipeg, MB – The City of Winnipeg and Government of Manitoba have started a pilot program that will see the City host provincial data on its open data portal. The first set of data available is enrolment numbers for Manitoba schools. The public can access the free data in machine-readable format on winnipeg.ca.