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Brenda Suderman :

With the theatre world on lockdown, True North refurbishes the Burton Cummings Theatre

The Burton Cummings Theatre has been mostly silent amid the COVID-19 pandemic, by using the time for upkeep and cleaning the theatre is more than ready for easing of restrictions and the chance to welcome performers and audiences again.
 (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press)</p>

Doug Speirs  :

Take the p-p-p-plunge!

MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS</p><p>Doug Speirs gets ice, water, and snow dumped on him by Special Olympics Manitoba fundraising manager Terry Hopkinson (left), Special Olympics Manitoba athlete Adam Lloyd, and CEO of Special Olympics Manitoba Jennifer Campbell as part of the Virtual Polar Plunge in his backyard in Winnipeg on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021. For Doug story.</p><p>Winnipeg Free Press 2021</p>

Ben Sigurdson :

Three bottles of wine, $33 and it's not vinegar, so... win!

David Sanderson  :

Half-century-old North End family business one of only places in town with VHS

‘Maybe I’ll add a line to our outdoor sign, something like “If we can survive Blockbuster, we can survive COVID, too”,’ jokes Video 1001’s Ken Taylor. (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press)</p>

Joyanne Pursaga :

Boarded-up Bay becomes downtown eyesore

Crews board up the windows at the Bay downtown in Winnipeg Tuesday.

Alison Gillmor :

Separated by 200 years, Forks scenes remind us of human connection to history

Peter Rindisbacher / Library and Archives Canada, e011161354</p><p>Winter fishing on ice of Assynoibain & Red River, by Peter Rindisbacher (1821).</p>

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