All things newsworthy about the 'peg. The good and the bad. Okay mostly bad.

Edited August 2, 20241 yr by FrostyWinnipeg

23 hours ago, MOBomberFan said:

Will absolutely be worth the money and if the VIP package isn't too ridiculous this year I'd recommend it.

I'd call the $160 upcharge per ticket for VIP too ridiculous. A lanyard, some popcorn, and rush seating within the VIP area is not worth a 200+% increase imo. Pretty sure in 2022 it was maybe $40 or $50 per ticket to upgrade. Oh well, not like I was planning on sitting down anyways

 

Presale started at 10am, presale code BBP24 if anyone wants

30 minutes ago, MOBomberFan said:

I'd call the $160 upcharge per ticket for VIP too ridiculous. A lanyard, some popcorn, and rush seating within the VIP area is not worth a 200+% increase imo. Pretty sure in 2022 it was maybe $40 or $50 per ticket to upgrade. Oh well, not like I was planning on sitting down anyways

 

Presale started at 10am, presale code BBP24 if anyone wants

Dont you also get to use the shitters at the Burt instead of Port a potties?

24 minutes ago, WinnipegGordo said:

Dont you also get to use the shitters at the Burt instead of Port a potties?

Yes there was that as well (I guess I'll hold it lol) and a couple drink tix too. I bet the increase in VIP costs correlates to the number of complaints they get about the biffies

 

Amazing. I almost drove out to the Morden corn and apple festival last year just to see Sloan. Should have even, I heard they rocked. This gets better and better.

10 minutes ago, MOBomberFan said:

Amazing. I almost drove out to the Morden corn and apple festival last year just to see Sloan. Should have even, I heard they rocked. This gets better and better.

At what point does it move to the ball field I wonder. Seems too big.

On 2024-04-16 at 11:28 AM, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Owner at a loss after hat trick of break-ins at his longtime sports memorabilia shop

Collectible stores seem to be common targets. Cancentral has had several incidents since their move to Milt Stegall drive. 

1 hour ago, GCJenks said:

Collectible stores seem to be common targets. Cancentral has had several incidents since their move to Milt Stegall drive. 

So unfortunate. Between the probable hike in insurance premiums & increased cost of security it may force Joe Daley's Sports & Framing Store to permanently close shop. Nothing but scumbags.

https://www.chrisd.ca/2024/04/22/drones-winnipeg-whiteout-street-party-police/

2 hours ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

https://www.chrisd.ca/2024/04/22/drones-winnipeg-whiteout-street-party-police/

I wonder whose drone it was that caputured the videos that the Jets posted on social media.

 

 

 

Winnipeg made it onto the Pat McAfee Show today. He didn't know where the city was but couldn't get over how crazy the Jets fans were.

Edited April 22, 20241 yr by SpeedFlex27

5 hours ago, WinnipegGordo said:

I wonder whose drone it was that caputured the videos that the Jets posted on social media.

 

 

I would think that those were authorized and licensed drones that were flown by licensed pilots.

https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2024/05/10/residents-evacuated-from-structurally-unsound-st-james-apartment-block-to-avert-potential-disaster

Well, that's not good. 

Probably should start a 2024 apocalypse thread  but damn wild fires. 

On 2024-04-22 at 6:11 PM, SpeedFlex27 said:

 

Winnipeg made it onto the Pat McAfee Show today. He didn't know where the city was but couldn't get over how crazy the Jets fans were.

He will show up when WWE raw comes here. 

well the Winnipeg Transit website is down, I can't even get through to telebus (makes me wish they didn't shut down the Text service), either that storm this morning caused some sort of outage or it got hit by a cyber attack (those are my theories anyway)

 

and 311 is down too

computers and printers are down at the libraries

#CityOfWinnipegDown

Edited May 17, 20241 yr by iHeart

7 hours ago, iHeart said:

well the Winnipeg Transit website is down, I can't even get through to telebus (makes me wish they didn't shut down the Text service), either that storm this morning caused some sort of outage or it got hit by a cyber attack (those are my theories anyway)

 

and 311 is down too

computers and printers are down at the libraries

#CityOfWinnipegDown

Maybe the city didn’t pay their Shaw bill. 

On 2024-05-17 at 10:15 AM, iHeart said:

well the Winnipeg Transit website is down, I can't even get through to telebus (makes me wish they didn't shut down the Text service), either that storm this morning caused some sort of outage or it got hit by a cyber attack (those are my theories anyway)

 

and 311 is down too

computers and printers are down at the libraries

#CityOfWinnipegDown

I worked at 311 for 5 years. It’s down more than you know. It’s the system they use. 

1 hour ago, Goalie said:

I worked at 311 for 5 years. It’s down more than you know. It’s the system they use. 

yeah but how often does 311 and the transit site and affiliated apps go down at the same time?

Edited May 19, 20241 yr by iHeart

15 hours ago, iHeart said:

yeah but how often does 311 and the transit site and affiliated apps go down at the same time?

Once every 6 months probably 

https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2024/05/22/takin-care-of-business-bto-bridge-floated

1 hour ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2024/05/22/takin-care-of-business-bto-bridge-floated

Love this.... 

https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/life/sci-tech/2024/05/23/freedom-mobile-enters-manitoba-wireless-market

Edited May 23, 20241 yr by FrostyWinnipeg

Surely this won't end poorly:

https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2024/05/27/klein-to-buy-winnipeg-sun-two-other-newspapers