Intimacy, efficiency and a lot of windows
The Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport opened the runways to 747s and small carrier planes alike last October. Now that the snow has sprinkled…
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Construction starts at U of M library
Students could face difficulty studying in the Elizabeth Dafoe Library this semester as the early phases of construction started in December and is expected to…
Shoppers expansion draws ire
In the coming months, Osborne Village may undergo a dramatic facelift. On Wednesday, Dec. 21, Winnipeg’s Board of Adjustment, a body comprised of citizen appointees…
Fact sheet: crime and punishment in Canada
Police reported crime In 2010, police reported overall crime in Canada reached its lowest level since 1970s, according to Statistics Canada; since 1999, police-reported violent…
Worthy of attention
Inspired by the Cannes Lions International Film Festival, the International Advertising Film Festival was first established in 1954. The name has since changed to the…
Music, politics and morals
Last month Canadian music legend and children’s entertainer Fred Penner stopped by the UMFM studios to help promote his upcoming December shows in Winnipeg. Penner…
Winnipeg’s first-ever We Day celebrates youth activism
On Nov. 23, 16,000 youth gathered at the MTS Centre to witness Winnipeg’s first We Day, an initiative of the charity Free the Children to…
Transit fares to increase
Transit users could be paying for the second leg of the city’s rapid transit corridor with a new bus fare increase of 25 cents. Cash…
Enough about Paterno
Unless you live underneath a rock, you’ve probably heard of the Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) sex abuse scandal that has rocked the football-centric University….
Saying goodbye
The day was August 14, 1953. Queen Elizabeth II was two months into her reign. Seventeen days earlier the Korean War had ended. On that…