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Monday, March 1, 2010 AT 3:50 pm

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Food, Goldenboy Deals, Traffic

Roll Up the Rim to Win

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Everyone’s favourite game is back. Tim Horton’s Rrroll Up the Rim to ~~Lose~~ Win promotion starts today (March 1, 2010).

This years grand prizes are 40 Toyota Rav4’s (Recall free I hope), 100 $10,000 cash prizes, and 1,000 Toshiba Netbooks (A grand prize is a Netbook?!? Really?!? Aren’t those things like $300?)

They also have the regular food and gift card prizes. As you can tell, I’m a bit disappointed with this years prizes, a more reason to get FREE coffee at McDonalds instead!

Good luck!

SOURCE: Girl driving beside me in a Civic drinking her Tim Horton’s coffee this morning.

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Wednesday, February 10, 2010 AT 11:18 am

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BUStxt for Winnipeg Transit Information

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Winnipeg Transit and Short Message Service (SMS/TXT) users will never miss their bus again with the new BUStxt service.

It looks a bit complex, but the city has published a great guide that will teach you various commands you need to know. All you have to do is txt those commands to BUStxt (287898).

A few examples:

At what times from right now will Route 16 depart stop 10171 (Northbound Osborne@River)?
Command: times nb osborne@river (nb stands for north bound)

What are the nearest bus stops to 421 Osborne Street?
Command: stops 421 osborne St

What are the nearest bus stops to the intersection of Portage Avenue at Donald Street?
Command: stops portage@donald

What are the nearest bus stops to the MTS Centre?
Command: stops mts centre

At what time will Bus 401 arrive at the intersection of Osborne@Morley?
Command: bus 401 osborne@morley

For more information and detailed information on commands head to the BUStxt website.

Image Portage Ave. at Rush Hour Originally uploaded by jimj_wpg

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Wednesday, January 27, 2010 AT 8:45 am

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Overnight Parking Ban In Effect Tonight

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Just a friendly reminder that a Residential overnight parking ban takes effect midnight tonight until 6am tomorrow morning. This means parking is prohibited on all streets not designated as snow routes.

Make sure to move your vehicle or risk being ‘plowed’ in, or even worse, ticketed.

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Monday, January 25, 2010 AT 10:17 pm

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Car Scene, Crime, News, Traffic

New Driver Safety Rating System

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Manitoba’s new Driver Safety Rating System will become effective March 1st with all driver’s being under the system by March of next year.

The new system will have 32 active levels and if you get the highest (25%) discount on your insurance now, you will keep that discount when you move to level 10 on the new system. However, in the next few years you will have the opportunity to earn an extra 5% (to the maximum 30%).

Click “Read More” to follow the rest of my rant.

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Monday, January 25, 2010 AT 9:16 am

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Education, Traffic, Weather

Good Ol’ Fashioned Snow Day

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Schools out and its a good ol fashioned snow day. Winds are supposed to gust up to 80 km/s hour today. We are also scheduled for 5 cms of snow.

If you look hard, its actually not snowing yet, its just the wind blow the snow from the weekend around. So expect it to get a LOT worse.

If your still at home, probably best to stay there. If you’re out and about, drive safe!

Image snow-day-2 Originally uploaded by AccessWinnipeg

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Friday, January 22, 2010 AT 4:57 pm

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Traffic, Weather

Winnipeg Snowplow Map

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Just in time for the heavy snow fall expected this weekend, the city has released a new Snowplow mapping system that will let you know if there is a parking ban in your area.

Simply enter your address at http://cms00asa1.winnipeg.ca/ and watch the magic go!

It also revealed some information on my address that I never knew.

Image snowplow on mcvey street – _MG_6528 Originally uploaded by sean dreilinger

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Wednesday, January 13, 2010 AT 9:55 am

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Traffic

Check Your Washer Fluid

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Probably something you didn’t expect to have to do mid-January is check the washer fluid in your vehicle.

The snow is melting and its really wet out there. A dirty windshield can be very dangerous when the sun reflects off it (pretty much blinding you as a driver)

We are supposed to be blessed with this amazing weather all the way through next week, so make sure you have plenty of washer fluid.

On another note, when Winnipeg freezes again, the Perimeter Highway will probably set a new record for the worlds longest ice rink.

Stay safe Winnipeg!

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Tuesday, January 12, 2010 AT 11:05 am

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Development, Traffic

Pimp My Bridge: Disraeli Edition

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The City of Winnipeg is planning to pimp out the Disraeli bridge that goes over the Red River. The artist rendering above shows the addition of a lower bridge for bikes and pedestrians.

Construction will begin in 2011 and be completed in 2013. The design looks great. Best of all, the bridge will remain open during construction.

Image Disraeli 1.jpg Originally uploaded by AccessWinnipeg

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Roll Up the Rim to Win

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BUStxt for Winnipeg Transit Information

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Overnight Parking Ban In Effect Tonight

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New Driver Safety Rating System

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Good Ol’ Fashioned Snow Day

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Winnipeg Snowplow Map

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