Inner-city blues
On March 9, representatives of CentreVenture, Winnipeg’s supposed vanguard of development in the downtown area, appeared at City Hall to elaborate on their three-year business…
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Crime Beat
In the month of February, Security Services reported one incident where items were taken from a vehicle. Several lockers were also broken into in the…
A Guide for the Urban Voyageur
One of Manitoba’s proudest traditions is the Festival du Voyageur. Known for a while as the world’s largest kitchen party, the Festival du Voyageur was…
U of M avoids strike
The University of Manitoba recently dodged a strike, but now workers for the City of Winnipeg face a similar battle. The University of Manitoba and…
Judge’s ruling on sex-assault case sparks angry opposition
Last Friday, an estimated 200 protestors gathered in front of the Manitoba Law Courts building to rally against Justice Robert Dewar’s recent ruling in a…
Go Jets go
Since 1996, the year Winnipeg lost its beloved professional hockey team, the most popular and polarizing topic of sports bar conversation has been: “Will the…
Escape from Winnipeg
i was born in Winnipeg. Or rather, the wrong part of Winnipeg. Growing up in the North End isn’t the greatest way to spend one’s…
Elvis in a bell jar
If the city is a blight, and the suburbs a cancer, then the empty husks of brick and mortar must be the atrophied heart, beating…
Winnipeg ghost-fish in winter
Manitoba? it used to be a lake — a sea, nearly, and Winnipeg was a swamp. It teemed with life: fish, mammals, sea monsters. Today,…
What’s my excuse?
We were born here, what’s your excuse? having moved to Winnipeg almost five years ago from my hometown of Dawson Creek, B.C., this is a…