Fred Penner honoured at DASCH event
Legendary children’s performer Fred Penner was front and centre at this year’s 12th annual DASCH (Direct Action in Support of Community Homes) Recognition Awards Luncheon.
Fefu and Her Friends will be unique theatrical experience
The audience travels to different rooms of this heritage home, watching the story unfold, in a one-of-a-kind production that promises to be an immersive event theatre goers will not soon forget.
Housing-first best way to deal with mental health, homelessness
A groundbreaking Canadian study reveals that it is less expensive and more beneficial to find housing for people with mental illness rather than pay for the social problems that come with homelessness.
Festival of Fools a gut-busting success
Rolling in laughter, crowds of people could not get enough fun at this year’s 14th Annual Festival of Fools.
Manitoba’s Heart … Beats!
Travel Manitoba’s newest advertising pitch for the province has a distinctive pulse to it and it evokes an image that the province is a heart-warming place to be. However, is this notion truly reflective in the actions of its residents?
Festival of Fools brightens up spring break
Kids have been checking off the days on their calendars with anticipation of the 14th Annual Festival of Fools, an initiative of the Winnipeg International Children’s Festival Inc.
They ate, drank and were very charitable
Eat, drink and be charitable is the official theme for Share Our Strength’s Taste of the Nation, and there was a bounty of all three at the sold-out event.
RRC student receives award for series on restorative justice
A Red River College Creative Communications student has won a journalism award for a series she wrote on the subject of restorative justice, which she published on Community News Commons.
Unique gift store and artist resource celebrates opening
Children’s entertainer Fred Penner did the honours of cutting the ribbon in front of a crowd of fifty people who jammed into the unique gift shop and artist workspace, The Scrap Came Back.
The casualties of war
The story of one war widow and her struggle for support highlights the difficulties faced by many of Canada’s veterans and their families in the wake of recent federal government changes to Veterans Affairs services.