Power of forgiveness resonates this Christmas
Ah the ‘Joy of Christmas’ … and the ‘Sadness of Christmas’. No other time of year manages to invoke both extremes so completely.
Gambling seniors looking for company more than big win
What compels our seniors to gamble? Is it the need to seek others for social contact? Or the need to hang around a large, noisy building? Or the chance to win the big one?
Breakfast club brings good friends together
What started as two friends going for breakfast a few years ago has grown tenfold into a vibrant group that meets every Friday for support and networking, while sharing the most important meal of the day.
Christmas shines light on what it’s like to be poor
Holiday season allows us to see what poverty really means to those we know as Winnipeg’s poor. “It makes me feel unworthy in the world, like a third class person in my own city, in this rich country.”
Love locks bridge in River Heights
Several dozen padlocks are attached to steel mesh on the side of the bridge, most of them engraved with the names or initials of lovers, the keys no doubt tossed into the murky depths of the Assiniboine River fifty feet below.
Neighbourhood book store offers more than just books
McNally Robinson, the city’s premier bookstore, is a regular host to a myriad of events, many of which are literary, and still others that are musical and educational.
Closure of Heinz plant will throw hundreds out of work
While trying to get the ketchup out of a bottle the other day, I thought of the not-so-joyous Christmas it will be for employees of the Heinz plant in Leamington, Ontario.
Christmas concert delights, donates to worthy cause
Celebrating a Christmas Festival with classics, carols and cookies, the Winnipeg Pops Orchestra was a hit under the direction of Mary Ann Taylor at the Holy Redeemer Church.
This mysterious thing called willpower
What could you do if you had more willpower? Here are some tips and techniques for strengthening your self-discipline.
Winnipeggers affirm “Human Rights and Religious Diversity for All Canadians”
About 200 people gathered in Winnipeg to celebrate the UN Declaration of Human Rights and to voice objections to Quebec’s proposed Charter of Values.