Is Winnipeg a compassionate city?
This month, CNC explores the subject of compassion through a series of articles and a unique CNC Town Hall Forum that asks how we can be more giving and caring to our fellow citizens.
Growers of world’s most perfect food can’t afford to buy it
United Nations has declared 2013 to be “The International Year of Quinoa” but this “grain of the Gods” has now tripled in price making it more difficult to buy for those who grow this staple food.
Another day, another bus ride, another chance to care
The opportunity to be compassionate comes in all shapes and sizes. For one CNC journalist, it presented itself as an over-burdened mom on a bus who had a child and a cat in tow.
Brandon’s bid to host Canada Games rejected outright
Manitoba is scheduled to host the Summer Games in 2017, and it looked like Brandon would be the place.But the size of their pool seems to have derailed the Wheat City’s bid.
Heart of the continent
For graphic designer Ty Johnston, Winnipeg is a vibrant city, full of heart. And that’s why he’s drawn it that way.
The value of our daily bread
It’s fascinating to follow the evolution of this basic food and how it has been valued over the decades, especially here in what many still regard as the breadbasket of much of the world.
The month we wouldn’t miss
So, if we can put a man on the moon as the old saying goes .. why can’t we do something to eliminate the month of January? Most of us would feel so much better if that 31 day endurance test could simply be wiped off the calendar.
Fringe performers score Rhodes scholarships
Two Winnipeggers who graced the stages of Winnipeg’s Fringe Festival are the latest recipients of Rhodes scholarships and will soon be on their way to study at Oxford University.
Public concern divided on homelessness
While public concern about homelessness continues to be high, that concern depends on your gender, where you live and what experiences you have had with poverty.
With a song in your heart
Spirit’s Call Choir, a mixed non-audition community choir, enters its second decade in 2013 of singing for pleasure and staging two benefit performances every year.