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Local theatre company celebrates International Women’s Week

Arts & Entertainment, Charitable Organizations, Our City, PhilanthropyBy Samantha WaltersMarch 2, 2014

Literary obsessions, teen truckers and fairy tale rejections – find out what ten young women think about the state of the world as Sarasvàti Productions presents ten monologues by Canadian playwrights.

Investigative food journalist serves up tasty morsels of info

Charitable Organizations, Education, Food, Health & Safety, Science & TechnologyBy Noah ErenbergFebruary 28, 2014

Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times investigative reporter, Michael Moss, was in town this week to talk about what food companies do to their products in order to hook us, one nacho chip at a time.

First Nations youth arrive for first-ever food security exchange

Charitable Organizations, Economy & Business, Food, Health & Safety, PoliticsBy Noah ErenbergFebruary 26, 20141 Comment

Aboriginal youth have set out from First Nations communities across the province to convene in Winnipeg for the first-ever Youth Exchange on food security in Manitoba.

Bearded men (and women) compete in beard growing contest

Arts & Entertainment, Charitable Organizations, Downtown, Reviews, SportsBy Doug KretchmerFebruary 23, 2014

The annual beard growing contest has been a favourite of Festival du Voyageur goers for 32 years. More than 70 people entered this year’s contest that included beards of all sizes and shapes.

Voyageur Games held at Club St.B

Charitable Organizations, Downtown, SportsBy Doug KretchmerFebruary 22, 2014

The leg wrestling, voyageur wrestling, pillow fight, tug of war and log sawing are some of the competitions featured in the Games which have been a part of Festival du Voyageur for 38 years.

Videopool hosts screening of members videos

Arts & Entertainment, Charitable Organizations, Culture, Downtown, ReviewsBy Doug KretchmerFebruary 21, 2014

Non-profit, artist-run Videopool, a collective of video and sound artists, hosted a members screening February 19 in the Videopool Studio on the third floor of the Artspace Building in the Exchange district.

Local theatre company to host lively, humorous fundraiser

Arts & Entertainment, Charitable Organizations, Culture, Our CityBy Samantha WaltersFebruary 17, 2014

“So You Think You Can Act” will feature several local celebrities, famous for things other than theatre, testing out their acting chops in front of a panel of judges and a live audience.

Fight back against food giants who lure you to “do their bidding”

Charitable Organizations, Economy & Business, Education, Food, Health & SafetyBy Stacy Cardigan SmithFebruary 16, 2014

Here’s your chance to discover the tactics multi-national companies use to get you to eat processed foods, and to put yourself on an even footing with the $3 trillion a year industry.

Sneak preview circus performance

Arts & Entertainment, Charitable Organizations, Downtown, EducationBy Sara ShyiakFebruary 6, 2014

People at The Forks yesterday were treated to a sneak preview for an upcoming fundraiser that will feature a cabaret of circus performances, all in support of an artistic intervention project that teaches circus skills to at-risk-youth.

#heartsmart sponge hockey tournament in memory of Dad

Charitable Organizations, Health & Safety, Northeast, Sports, Stories of GivingBy Sarah ToneFebruary 4, 2014

After losing her healthy, athletic Dad to a rare heart muscle disease, a young Winnipeg woman is organizing a hockey tournament to raise awareness and funds for the Heart and Stroke Foundation.

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