Festival kicks off special year
As the 45th annual Festival du Voyageur opened this weekend with fun and festivities galore, it was clear this year’s edition would be a special one.
Festival du Voyageur offers huge variety of fun and excitement
On a frosty cold Friday night, with a beautiful full moon overhead, true voyageurs and explorers of Winnipeg braved the weather to come together and kick off the 45th edition of Manitoba’s most famous winter festival.
Navigating the snow – with help from Orienteering Association
With the most recent snowfall, some members of this weekend’s Acif Epica ultra-endurance race and other local sportspeople are focussed on understanding their navigation equipment.
“Don’t BE Afraid” promotes deeper level of acceptance
A tragic attack that left a music student paralyzed has generated community support for the young man and created a campaign to dissolve fear surrounding homophobia.
Winter cycling tips
As delegates gather in Winnipeg for the International Winter Cycling Congress, one brave soul offers a video guide on how to manage the two-wheeled commute at this time of year.
Making the ability connection
For a quarter century, Rob McInnes has been helping connect large and small employers to diverse, skilled people with disabilities who are perfectly employable but may still have some difficulty landing a job.
Remembering Philip Seymour Hoffman
Hoffman’s death from what appears to have been a heroin overdose has shocked the world and those in the local film community who worked on “Capote” with him in Winnipeg ten years ago.
Comparing U.S. and Canadian healthcare
When an American healthcare journalist examines Canada’s medical system and compares it with the U.S., the results are surprising and insightful.
The rest of the story
One day, the details of this failure to communicate will be revealed. Unfortunately for Ms. Melnick, it got her dropped from cabinet grace, ejected from the party and not welcomed at the NDP convention ball.
Changing face of River Heights
A plan to develop the south end of this neighbourhood will see possibly the biggest construction project here in years complete with stores, restaurants, apartments, entertainment venues, a seniors care home and a hotel.