Your commute this morning was a mess, eh?
Good morning, Winterpeg. We built a city in the coldest place anyone has any business building a city — and it is genuinely wonderful.
Our real-time Civic Intelligence Monitor is showing eight motor vehicle collisions in just nine hours, between 5:56 AM and 9:33 AM this morning. That's a lot, hey? These incidents span Norwood East, Glenwood, Heritage Park, Rockwood, and Canterbury Park. With the City of Winnipeg inviting residents to cool off just two days ago, it's clear the weather has been a factor, making those morning commutes extra tricky for folks all over the city.
### What's Happening in the Neighbourhoods
Beyond the roads, our intelligence monitor shows West Broadway has seen four business closures in the last month alone, part of a cluster that includes Lord Selkirk Park, Wolseley, McMillan, and North Point Douglas. Meanwhile, there's new life bubbling up, with six new liquor license applications posted this week, including Friendly's Grocery Co-op and Taste of Sri Lanka. You see that resilience, hey? Even with closures, new places are always ready to open their doors.
The top complaint to 311 today is "Primary Transit Network Inquiries," with two calls in the last 24 hours, though overall, "Agent / Submission" has 1,941 requests in our system. It's clear people are still trying to navigate the transit system, hey.
Rosie Fontaine, MiTL Sports Desk, Winnipeg.
Rosie and the crew are talking about this on the Morning Wire right now. Tune in at mornings.live.