Winnipeg’s mayoral candidates debate food issues
As debates go, it was hardly a food fight. The proposals offered by the various candidates seemed to complement one another, rather than to be at odds.
No one wants to be anyone’s puppet, except stars at Winnipeg Puppet Slam
Friday night at the Gas Station Theatre and the stars of the evening were having their strings pulled by some pretty creative people.
Inaction on missing and murdered creates national shame
The discovery of Tina Fontaine’s remains in the Red River has renewed the call to address the injustice of Canada’s missing and murdered women.
Mad Dogs and Englishmen
As an Arctic explorer, I wondered why Sir John Franklin wasn’t wearing a parka, or least ear muffs. “What a crazy Englishman” I thought as a 7-year-old kid.
Harvest Moon Festival of Dreams
It’s all about dreams – pulling together food and music in a way no individual could on his own – to make an amazing soup of people.
New public space at The Forks melds old with new
Site pays homage to origins of Canada’s community foundation movement while honouring the generosity of Winnipeg Foundation donors.
Artist’s painting depicts “wish list” of 19 basic human rights
Artist Eunice McKay ingeniously uses a collage of images that she places into her painting of a homeless person’s shopping cart, to represent her own personal “wish list” for human rights.
Festival shares culture, way of life
Several months before Manito Ahbee, a unique fundraiser for this festival brought an understanding of traditional knowledge and sacred culture to many non-Aboriginal people.
“All we are saying is give peace a chance.”- John Lennon
Fort La Reine Museum in Portage la Prairie has a collection of photos of the John Lennon – Yoko Ono ‘bed-in’ that not many people have ever seen before.
Many jabs, few punches at downtown mayoral debate
Winnipeg’s Downtown Biz sponsored a two-hour debate featuring five of the 10 candidates in the 2014 mayoral election. Watch the entire debate here.