Delegation seeks compassion, will hear Dalai Lama speak
A group of Manitobans are in Louisville this weekend to attend that city’s Festival of Faiths, learn about compassion and spend an afternoon with His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.
Register for CNC training sessions
Community News Commons is offering 17 FREE training workshops from April 22 to May 29 for anyone who wants to become citizen journalists in Winnipeg or Manitoba. Each session is unique and will cover writing, photography, videography and more. New this spring, every Wednesday there will be a practicum session at the Winnipeg Free Press…
“Jail Baby” tackles issues of crime, poverty and motherhood on stage
Imagine a world lived behind bars. No matter the choices you make, it seems you end up making the wrong ones. This is what Sarasvàti Productions examines with its world premiere of “Jail Baby.”
Paying it forward – with panties
The Elizabeth Fry Society wants you to pay if forward by helping women who are involved in the justice system get a new pair of undies.
Winnipeg’s women of distinction honoured
Nearly 1,000 people gathered for the 2013 Women of Distinction awards, hosted by Olympic medallist Susan Auch.
Hit the road and re-live the past
If you want to know what life was like 400 years ago, Creative Retirement Manitoba is expanding its educational programs to include a bus tour of some of the most famous historic spots in North America.
Woodhaven Hill helps build a better community
In 1998, it looked like Woodhaven residents would see their tobogganing hill replaced by housing. But a kind gesture has ensured it will remain the pristine space it has always been in Sturgeon Creek Park.
New youth initiative to provide sustainable, long-term benefit
Growing Active Kids will help young people in less advantaged neigbourhoods participate in all that the city has to offer, ensuring kids have the same opportunities as their peers across the city.
Books I have known and loved
Every Spring, the Friends of the Winnipeg Library ask two people to pick their ten favourite books and tell two hundred brunch guests about those books and why they are known and loved.
Bombing a grim reminder about those who sacrifice
The horrible casualties involving innocent civilians at the Boston Marathon gave us yet another grim reminder of how thankful we should be for the sacrifices made on our behalf by people in uniform.