Tackling education opportunities
The West End Football Futures Clinic helps West End youth develop important life skills – and now its even helping some pay for post-secondary education.
Looking past stereotypes: Counsellor helps at-risk youth avoid harmful labels
Wahbung Abinoonjiiag Inc. counsellor Casey Ludwick helps at risk-youth find their voices by giving them a chance to set their own paths.
3rd annual Folk Fest in the City gala dinner fundraiser a huge success
Winnipeg Folk Festival honours David Lindley with Artistic Achievement Award at last Friday’s successful fundraising event at the Fairmont.
Inaccessible realities made accessible
The Arts & Disability Network of Manitoba is breaking down barriers to make our community accessible to artists of all abilities.
Standing in Unity: concert and art auction
With awareness growing for the issue of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, local musician Raine Beth Hamilton has rallied together artists who want to act.
Breaking the silence
Nearly 10 years after a PTSD diagnosis, artist Daniel Lemire releases “Rantings of a Mad Man” and hosts a fundraising symposium on mental health.
World Kindness Day promotes compassion and caring
Today’s international event reminds us that through kind actions, we can brighten the world for others.
Winnipeg musician aims to make a difference
Born with cerebral palsy, bullied much of his life, NIc Dyson says he “writes songs to create something positive out of the extreme negatives that I have to experience in my life.”
Señora Leone makes the workplace fun
The challenge of learning English after immigrating to Canada from Argentina, gives local woman insight into teaching Spanish to her colleagues at work.
A ring tells a First World War story
A thin yellow band, two small diamonds and an elegant pearl; it’s not the stones, or gold that’s special, but the letters behind the ring.