Melissa Martin

Hosting services of many faiths, Knox United quietly models what downtown can be

It’s the last Sunday before Christmas, and though the weather outside is bitter, the inside of Knox United Church is almost a little too warm. Mostly, that’s the fault of the building’s overzealous old radiators, which minister Lesley Harrison jokes have a mind of their own; but also, it’s that the church is filling up with the global village of faithful who make it their home.

Once more into the downtown

In the opening decades of the 20th century, optimism for the bustling Portage strip, and the blocks lined up neatly around it, was overflowing. The City of Winnipeg was growing, booming with new European settlers and new business, signs of the wealth being extracted from the land in a young colonial country, and the promises of more wealth to come.

Roger Roulette spent a lifetime dedicated to understanding, analyzing and preserving his native Ojibwe language

It’s hard for Pat Ningewance to guess how many times it’s happened, that she’ll be working on a translation and find herself stuck. It’s never easy to translate between tongues, especially two as different as English and Ojibwe; so even Ningewance, a renowned University of Manitoba professor and translator, sometimes comes across a term that leaves her stumped.

Santos secures second term in Point Douglas

Vivian Santos is headed back to city hall for her second term as the councillor for Point Douglas.

The incumbent comfortably held off challenges from businessman Moe El Tassi and former real estate broker Joe Pereira.

In a victory speech to her supporters Wednesday night, Santos said it had been a “challenging” four years, especially as the COVID-19 pandemic made it difficult to hold in-person community events. As a result, some constituents felt she hadn’t been visible enough during that time, Santos said, vowing to focus her second term on building those connections.

“Moving forward, my reassurances to you, the residents of Point Douglas: I will not let that happen again,” she said, after celebrating with supporters at her headquarters in the Meadows West neighbourhood. “I will be more readily available. I have plans to open a constituency office, so that I will be more accessible within the community.”