Flashing Lights

• Amber light project for Winnipeg school zones still in limbo

  Nearly six years since a local man offered to supply and install flashing amber lights across Winnipeg's school zones, the project remains in limbo.

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  Mar 13, 2022
  
• Five years in the making, first gifted flashing amber light for Winnipeg school zones installed

  'This is the first set of school beacons going up, so yay, after a five-year wait,' said the electric company owner who pushed the city to install flashing lights in school zones.

  Traffic

  Apr 5, 2021
  
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• Moncton tests out a flashy new idea to get rid of nuisance geese

  The CIty of Moncton is trying out a flashy idea in an effort to get rid of its nuisance geese.

  Environment

  Nov 5, 2020
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• Winnipeg scraps flashing traffic lights at night and on weekends

  To keep pedestrians safe, the city is re-programming the lights to stay cycling rather than blinking red or amber in off-peak hours.

  Traffic

  Oct 1, 2020
• EPC votes in favour of flashing school zone lights, despite offer being rescinded week before

  Winnipeg's executive policy committee voted in favour of accepting a gift of flashing amber lights in school zones Monday, despite the fact the offer had been rescinded.

  Politics

  Sep 21, 2020
• Frustrated Winnipegger rescinds offer of free school zone lights, arguing city bureaucracy

  With seemingly no end to winding city bureaucracy in sight, a Winnipeg man who offered four years ago to donate, install, and maintain flashing amber lights across all of the city's schools has rescinded his offer.

  Politics

  Sep 17, 2020
• Winnipeg decides to accept gifted flashing school zone lights four years later

  Flashing amber lights will soon be set up in school zones across Winnipeg at next to no cost to taxpayers, some four years after a man offered to supply the lights and set them up for free.

  Politics

  Jun 12, 2020
• Man robbed after stopping for vehicle with flashing emergency lights: OPP

  A man was robbed after he was pulled over by another man impersonating a police officer, say Frontenac OPP.

  Crime

  Sep 10, 2019
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• Driver warned after failing to stop for school bus in Simcoe: OPP

  Police say that around 8 a.m. Wednesday, a motorcyclist saw a vehicle fail to stop for the bus, followed the driver, stopped the vehicle and contacted police.

  Canada

  Jun 13, 2019
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• ‘I thought the worst’: N.B. boy recovering after being struck while boarding bus

  A five-year-old boy from a New Brunswick community outside Moncton is back home in recovery mode after he was struck while boarding a school bus. 

  Canada

  Nov 30, 2018