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Elusive windsurfer prompts major search on Lake Winnipeg

Environment, Health & Safety, Outside WinnipegBy Noah ErenbergJuly 28, 2014

When high winds and strong waves suddenly kick up on Lake Winnipeg, beach goers in Matlock lose sight of a windsurfer, and a day long search ensues.

Learning about monarchs at The Living Prairie Museum

Environment, Health & Safety, Northwest, Science & TechnologyBy Susan HuebertJuly 28, 2014

The Monarch Butterfly Festival at the Living Prairie Museum was a treat for Winnipeggers who learned what they could do about the insect’s declining numbers.

Prairie communities respond to crisis

Environment, Health & Safety, Our Neighbourhoods, Stories of GivingBy Roger CurrieJuly 14, 2014

More than a million acres of farmland will not produce a crop this year, as we witness once more that people on the prairies respond to those in need.

Flood threatens – again

Environment, Health & Safety, History, Outside Winnipeg, PoliticsBy Elenore WielerJuly 10, 20141 Comment

At Delta Beach along the shores of Lake Manitoba residents fear high water levels will leave them even more susceptible to the devastation they experienced in 2011.

Handbell choir cools things down on hot afternoon

Arts & Entertainment, Environment, ReviewsBy Susan CameronJuly 7, 2014

What do you do on a very hot and humid July day in Winnipeg? Why not go to a Christmas concert featuring a handbell choir.

Downtown food forest to be planted this weekend

Downtown, Economy & Business, Environment, Food, Stories of GivingBy Susan CameronJune 16, 2014

Everyone in our community is invited to help plant Winnipeg’s first food forest at The Forks this coming weekend, which is also the Summer Solstice.

Spruce Woods — a gem waiting to be discovered

Environment, Outside Winnipeg, SportsBy Gregory C. McNeillMay 30, 2014

Sand dunes, pinchushion cactus, blue-green oasis, spring-fed ponds and riverbank forests. It doesn’t sound like Manitoba but it is, and one way to experience it is through an adventure race.

Exciting times in River Heights

Economy & Business, Environment, History, Politics, SouthwestBy Trevor SmithMay 29, 20141 Comment

Academy Road, the main upmarket shopping and dining destination in River Heights is about to get a makeover.

Breeding food security

Economy & Business, Education, Environment, Food, Health & Safety, Outside WinnipegBy Stacy Cardigan SmithMay 23, 2014

Food Matters Manitoba’s April Slater is helping northerners raise chickens – and increase their economic independence.

Spruce Woods hosts Manitoba’s first 100-mile ultra-marathon

Environment, Health & Safety, Outside Winnipeg, SportsBy Gregory C. McNeillMay 13, 2014

The first 100-mile ultra-marathon held in Manitoba attracted veteran long distance racers as well as newly aspiring ultra-marathoners. Just competing in this grueling endurance test is considered a victory.

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