The Wrap: Cannabis-shop theft, teachers’ fund, Demski reaches for 1,000
Plus: We visit Som Legacy Restaurant

Winnipeg cannabis retailers are increasingly suffering from smash-and-grab style break-ins, resulting in tens of thousands in stolen goods, damages and increased costs to consumers.

One shop in the city’s North Kildonan area has been broken into seven times in the last 18 months.

Tyler Searle talks to industry leaders about the problem.

The remainder of Manitoba’s $25-million Teachers’ Idea Fund is in limbo while the NDP conducts a review.

The fund offered teachers, school staff and other educational leaders the opportunity to request up to $25,000 per one-year project to improve student mental health and academic outcomes.

Education reporter Maggie Macintosh looks at the projects that have received funding, and why the program is on hold.

It took Nic Demski eight seasons to achieve 1,000 receiving yards in a season in 2023 — and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers receiver needs just 60 more yards to reach the milestone a second time.

“One thousand yards, it’s a flashy goal, but at the end of the day, it’s not something that I work towards,” he says. “It’s just doing things right and the production will come.”

Sports writer Jeff Hamilton talks to Demski’s coaches and teammates about his playmaking talent and his constant pursuit of perfection.

Sucad Mahamed moved to Winnipeg from Somalia in 2020 in the midst of the pandemic.

“All my family are back home,” Mahamed says of her mother and four siblings. “I came here by myself, looking for a better life.”

She’s done more than look. Since her arrival, Mahamed has finished high school, received post-secondary scholarships, and opened a restaurant to help fund her future goals of becoming a nurse.

Food writer Eva Wasney visits Som Legacy Restaurant on Sargent Avenue.

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