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Collision between semi, overpass backs up traffic on Portage Avenue near Polo Park
A segment of westbound Portage Avenue in Winnipeg was blocked Tuesday afternoon after a semi truck apparently hit an overpass near Polo Park mall. Traffic was backed up for several blocks in the area mid-afternoon, but Winnipeg police said in an email sent around 3:30 that traffic had returned to normal. A semi with a badly damaged shipping container could be seen just west of the overpass near Empress Street, in front of the Earl's restaurant. Gail Archer-Heese said she was travelling westbound, approaching Polo Park, when she saw traffic trying to merge out of the middle lane at around 2:30 p.m. "I thought there was a deer on the road," she said. "But then we looked up and there was debris hanging from the bridge all the way down."
CBC
3 days ago
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Motorcyclists rev up their bikes in annual ride to raise funds for prostate cancer research
Hundreds of riders took to the streets of Winnipeg on Saturday for the annual Manitoba Motorcycle Ride for Dad, hoping to beat last year's record for money raised toward prostate cancer research and awareness. The 17th annual event began at Polo Park shopping centre before heading west along Portage Avenue to Assiniboia Downs. Riders planned to continue through the communities of Selkirk and Gimli before returning to the finish line in Winnipeg. The event is part of a six-week campaign to spread awareness and education about prostate cancer in the province. Last year, teams raised a record-breaking $650,000 for cancer research. "It's simply amazing. It just blows me away. This ride has never ceased to amaze me," said spokesperson Ed Johner, who survived prostate cancer himself but lost his father and uncle to the disease. "The generosity of Manitobans and the hard work and the effort — like our entire executive, our volunteers, our pledged donors, the riders, you know, our corporate sponsors — it's incredible what we've accomplished." Johner was diagnosed with prostate and kidney cancer after a routine exam ahead of cataract surgery in 2007, when he was 49. He said he had no symptoms at the time, crediting the proactive check to a diligent physician. He's been cancer-free since surgery to remove his prostate and a third of his kidney. The ride organizer said he hears stories about early detection from other men throughout the ride, but on other days, too. "The ones that stick out the most are having perfect strangers walk up to me and shake my hand and thank me for saving their life. And I know what's happened to other guys on our executives, too. Those are the ones that stick with you," Johner told The Weekend Morning Show host Nadia Kidwai 'Emotional experience' "It's a very emotional experience to have this happen … early detection is so critical, just so critical." Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among Canadian men, according to the Canadian Cancer Society. The organization estimates one in eight Canadian men will develop the cancer at some point during their lifetime and that one in 30 will lose his life. Dr. Laurence Klotz, a urologic oncologist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and chair of prostate cancer research at the Toronto hospital, said patients with metastatic prostate cancer — meaning it's spread to other parts of the body — live "roughly twice as long now as they did 10 or 15 years ago, which is really a significant achievement." "The disease can be controlled, often for a long time — but a cure is generally not in the cards," Klotz told Dr. Brian Goldman, host of the CBC podcast The Dose.
CBC
4 days ago
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Teen boy, man charged after store break-ins, security guards bear sprayed at Polo Park
A 15-year-old boy and an 18-year-old man have been charged with multiple offences after break-ins at Polo Park mall earlier this week in which several security guards were bear sprayed. The first break-in happened at a truck in the mall's surface parking lot on Sunday around 9 a.m., Winnipeg police said in a news release Friday. A witness confronted two people and called police. The two then went into the mall, where they broken into a store, and several drawers were pried open and a laptop was stolen, police said. They then broke into a second store and tried to open a cash box, police said. Several security guards were bear sprayed before the two tried to take off, police said. Officers arrested a man and a boy near an entrance to the mall around 9:16 a.m. An 18-year-old man has been charged with 18 offences related to weapons, break and enter and breaches of court orders. He also had five outstanding arrest warrants for court breaches. A 15-year-old has also been charged with 18 offences related to weapons, break and enter, breaching court orders and a warrant for suspension of his conditional supervision. Both remain in custody, police said.
