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Eadie faces crowded field — including former councillor — in bid for fifth term in Mynarski

The city’s most crowded council race has a little bit of everything: a long-serving incumbent, a former ward councillor in the 1980s, an unsuccessful candidate in the last municipal election seeking a rematch and three political newcomers.

Mynarski has long been led by Coun. Ross Eadie, who was first elected in 2010 and is seeking his fifth term. Five challengers want the job: Natalie Smith, who ran in the ward in 2022 and came in second, Terry Wachniak, Harold Brazil, Laurie Kozak and Ayaz Noor Mohammed.

It’s the city ward with the largest number of candidates this year.

Eadie describes himself as “a dancer, a singer and a city councillor” who has made inroads on garbage pickup, back-lane cleaning and earning the respect of his fellow council members by being the first Mynarski councillor to be appointed to executive policy committee, the mayor’s inner circle, in decades.

Alberta sees its way through the fog

The Alberta separatists were not what they seemed. To be more exact, the doom prophesiers were not what they seemed. They pretended that Alberta separation was a real threat, and they rode that pony to personal aggrandizement and internet fame — and perhaps to some sort of personal gain as well.

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Celebrating WestlandThe Westland Foundation celebrated 25 years of inner-city youth achievements with its inaugural Scholars’ Reception on Feb. 13 at the Millennium Library. The event recognized Westland Scholars’ achievements and their contribution to the foundation’s growth. Created in 1993 to help a group of inner-Winnipeg school parent councils and area organizations raise $10,000 to fund summer school recreation play programs, the Westland Foundation is a volunteer-based and non-profit organization dedicated to empowering inner-Winnipeg youth through post-secondary education. The Westland Foundation Education Fund program works to raise sufficient funds to underwrite the first year of post-secondary studies for inner-city Winnipeg students. For more information, visit westlandfoundation.ca.

Here I AmSarasvàti Productions hosted two performances of Here I Am in celebration of International Women’s Week at the Asper Centre for Theatre and Film at the University of Winnipeg on March 9. Here I Am featured a diverse lineup of monologues by Canadian playwrights, as well as performance pieces by local creators and performers. Founded in Winnipeg in 2000, Sarasvàti aims to inspire artists and audiences through the use of theatre and by providing a place where artists can develop and showcase their skills and celebrate their creativity. For more information, visit sarasvati.ca.