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Ditchball — a Manitoba tradition for almost 40 years

Education, Our City, Southwest, SportsBy Trevor SmithApril 4, 2014

Imagine a game that’s a cross between UFC and a bar brawl with all participants wearing full hockey equipment. Then try and imagine what would happen if such a game got out of hand.

All the news that’s fit for supermarket rags

Arts & Entertainment, CultureBy Roger CurrieApril 4, 2014

What on earth should we believe when it comes to so-called mass media these days? The answer is ‘not very much’, if you’re reading the pages of most supermarket tabloids.

A little known piece of Manitoba paradise

Environment, Health & Safety, Outside Winnipeg, SportsBy Gregory C. McNeillApril 2, 2014

Grand Beach can be busy, but for those who don’t know, a short trip from the traditionally visited areas reveals a priceless gem – the Grand Beach Ski and Trail system, now a magnet for avid Fatbikers.

Local runners honoured, share their gifts of living life to its fullest

Local Heroes, Our City, SportsBy Gregory C. McNeillApril 1, 2014

The Manitoba Runners’ Association inducted three more runners into its Hall of Fame at a banquet that celebrated the athletes and the positive attitudes they promote.

Bachman returns to take care of business

Arts & Entertainment, History, NorthwestBy Doug KretchmerApril 1, 2014

Randy Bachman was back in town over the weekend and he kept himself very busy. In fact, he seemed to be in overdrive — Bachman-Turner Overdrive that is.

When missing work is justified

Culture, SportsBy Roger CurrieMarch 31, 2014

When Winnipeg Jets captain Andrew Ladd recently missed a game to be with his wife for the birth of their daughter, it touched off a debate over what really matters in life.

Festival of Fools brightens up spring break

Arts & Entertainment, Charitable Organizations, Culture, Downtown, EducationBy Marie LeBlancMarch 29, 2014

Kids have been checking off the days on their calendars with anticipation of the 14th Annual Festival of Fools, an initiative of the Winnipeg International Children’s Festival Inc.

Veteran prog rockers YES deliver triple blast from the past

Arts & Entertainment, History, ReviewsBy Doug KretchmerMarch 28, 2014

The grand-daddys of Progressive Rock, YES, were at the historic Pantages Playhouse this week where they performed three albums in their entirety.

They ate, drank and were very charitable

Arts & Entertainment, Charitable Organizations, Food, PhilanthropyBy LuAnn LovlinMarch 26, 2014

Eat, drink and be charitable is the official theme for Share Our Strength’s Taste of the Nation, and there was a bounty of all three at the sold-out event.

Sobeys delivers pink slips to long time Lucerne employees

Economy & Business, Food, Our City, SouthwestBy Sean ConwayMarch 25, 2014

Sobeys recent purchase of Safeway will see the closing of the Lucerne cheese and ice cream plant in Winnipeg. The 41 workers to be laid off were told the company wants to ‘improve efficiencies’.

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