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Neil Young shakes things up

Arts & Entertainment, Economy & Business, Environment, Health & Safety, PoliticsBy Roger CurrieJanuary 20, 2014

One thing I do remember about Neil, he always managed to rub people like teachers and principals the wrong way. Nowadays, he is challenging politicians and oil executives, while shaking the rest of us out of our comfort zone.

Perceived scarcity helps increase sales

Culture, Economy & Business, FoodBy Roger CurrieJanuary 17, 2014

With the Super Bowl just two weeks away, Kraft put out an alarm: there’s a shortage of Velveeta! How can this be? The notice came just after New Year’s. Can you say marketing opportunity?

‘Super users’ of health care system the target of reforms

Economy & Business, Health & Safety, Outside Winnipeg, PoliticsBy Ryan MeiliJanuary 10, 2014

Building on local strengths is the key to cooling medical hot spots, which are areas where just a handful of citizens cost the health care system millions of dollars per year.

Working together is the Canadian way

Economy & Business, Health & Safety, Stories of GivingBy Roger CurrieJanuary 8, 2014

Whether it’s sharing natural resources or helping out during nasty weather, taking care of each other is what a country like Canada is all about.

CEO earns more before lunch than most of us earn all year

Economy & BusinessBy Roger CurrieJanuary 2, 2014

Executive compensation is one of those issues that comes and goes regularly, but the numbers move in only one direction it seems and that’s up.

Gambling seniors looking for company more than big win

Arts & Entertainment, Economy & Business, Northwest, Outside WinnipegBy Bonny HillDecember 20, 2013

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?

Christmas shines light on what it’s like to be poor

Charitable Organizations, Economy & Business, Health & Safety, Our CityBy Marianela AvendanoDecember 19, 2013

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.”

Closure of Heinz plant will throw hundreds out of work

Economy & Business, FoodBy Roger CurrieDecember 17, 2013

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.

Formula fundraiser on Facebook honours recently-deceased baby, brings ‘Peggers together

Economy & Business, Education, Food, Health & Safety, Local Heroes, Our City, Our Neighbourhoods, Stories of GivingBy Stacy Cardigan SmithDecember 13, 2013

A Facebook formula drive is mobilizing Winnipeggers to give big, raising $7,000 in just eight days. And things don’t seem to be slowing down.

Changes to Canada Post will hurt those most vulnerable

Economy & Business, History, Our Neighbourhoods, Science & TechnologyBy Roger CurrieDecember 12, 2013

Most of us will grumble and accept the new reality without giving it a great deal of thought, but that reality will be a hardship for a lot of people including the disabled and the elderly.

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