Folk Fest schedule hits all the right notes
The schedules for this year’s Winnipeg Folk Festival have been released and from the looks of it, there’s much to look forward to.
Winnipeg to be a city of kindness
Hundreds of conscious acts of kindness will be performed on Wed. Jun 3 as part of Conscious Kindness, the first of four Winnipeg Wednesdays celebrating United Way of Winnipeg’s 50th anniversary.
Celebrating active commuters on Clean Air Day
Free coffee or juice and a cinnamon bun to be given to green commuters as part of the week-long Commuter Challenge.
Citizen journalism training focuses on telling great stories
Free multi-media workshops will help turn a story idea into an engaging work of online journalism.
Advertisers use data on internet habits to create custom ads
The insidious nature of targeted online advertising has many internet users concerned about their privacy and about the future of advertising.
Ride For Dad celebrates 15 years and more than $1 million raised
The thunder roared on a sunny day in Winnipeg as 1,400 motorcycle riders started their engines for this year’s annual Ride For Dad.
Donated blood still needed despite closure of collection sites
Responding to changes in the practice of medicine, Canadian Blood Services close some collection sites but are quick to remind us that regular blood donations are still desperately needed.
Country’s ‘most racist city’ responds
After a magazine article shines a national spotlight on Winnipeg’s so called ‘race problem’, a forum held at University of Winnipeg focuses on how to identify racism, confront it and eliminate it.
The city’s prize pickings
Meter maids ride bikes through neighbourhoods teeming with garage sales, on the hunt to ticket illegally parked cars.
Largest women’s soccer tourney in history coming to town
FIFA Women’s World Cup hits Winnipeg just as women’s game takes on more prominence worldwide.