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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Local news co-anchor Olivia Jaquith went ahead with a three-hour morning newscast even after her labor contractions began and her water broke, keeping viewers updated about the coming birth of her first baby.

“We do have some breaking news this morning -- literally,” co-anchor Julia Dunn said at the top of the CBS6 Albany broadcast Wednesday morning. “Olivia’s water has broke, and she is anchoring the news now in active labor.”

“Early labor, early labor,” replied Jaquith, who was two days past her due date.

Jaquith stayed on air as Dunn kept recording on Facebook Live.

Demonstrators demand overpass at dangerous Carberry intersection

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Demonstrators demand overpass at dangerous Carberry intersection

Alex Lambert 4 minute read Friday, May. 23, 2025

CARBERRY — More than 150 people stood near the Trans-Canada Highway and Highway 5 to denounce the preferred option for a redesign of the intersection in response to a collision two years ago that killed 17 people.

They carried signs that read “safety not shortcuts,” and “how many more accidents before they listen.” The group opposes a U-turn option, which is called an RCUT.

Jordan Dickson, 31, one of the organizers, said the RCUT model isn’t safe for the farmers and truckers who live in the area.

“There’s hundreds, if not thousands of trucks … plus all the other everyday passenger traffic coming through here,” she said.

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Friday, May. 23, 2025

More than 150 people gathered to protest proposed changes for the Trans-Canada Highway and Highway 5, where 17 people died in a crash in June 2023.

More than 150 people gathered to protest proposed changes for the Trans-Canada Highway and Highway 5, where 17 people died in a crash in June 2023.

Increase in sextortion cases prompts call for legislation to combat predators

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Increase in sextortion cases prompts call for legislation to combat predators

Chris Kitching 6 minute read Thursday, May. 8, 2025

The spike in online sextortion cases in Winnipeg has alarmed police and augmented advocates’ calls for Canada to begin regulating social media platforms to help protect children from predators.

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Thursday, May. 8, 2025

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Jacques Marcoux, with the Canadian Centre for Child Protection, says the Winnipeg Police Service’s online exploitation stats are not surprising, as this type of crime is rampant.

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                                Jacques Marcoux, with the Canadian Centre for Child Protection, says the Winnipeg Police Service’s online exploitation stats are not surprising, as this type of crime is rampant.

Little pictures, big ears, and bad examples

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Little pictures, big ears, and bad examples

Jordan Laidlaw 4 minute read Monday, Apr. 28, 2025

One of the pillars of a thriving democratic society is exemplified through the civil conduct of our elected political leaders. The ethos of honesty, humility, and empathy are becoming increasingly relinquished in lieu of posturing public vitriol and moral indifference.

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Monday, Apr. 28, 2025

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on April 17, as Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick listens.

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                                U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on April 17, as Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick listens.

Despite ease of digital media, candidates still rely on old-fashioned campaign lawn signs

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Despite ease of digital media, candidates still rely on old-fashioned campaign lawn signs

Malak Abas 10 minute read Tuesday, Apr. 22, 2025

When the federal election was called last month, candidates across Canada quickly arranged to have lawn signs printed and placed in willing supporters’ yards. Does all of the the planning, care and consideration that go into such an old-fashioned aspect of the democratic process pay off in the end?

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Tuesday, Apr. 22, 2025

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Incumbent Conservative candidate Marty Morantz (left) holds a large re-elect campaign sign with his campaign manager Michael Kowalson while the duo are pictured alongside Portage Avenue in Winnipeg, Man., Thursday, April 17, 2025. Morantz, who is a two-term Conservative incumbent, is running in the federal riding of Winnipeg West.

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                                Incumbent Conservative candidate Marty Morantz (left) holds a large re-elect campaign sign with his campaign manager Michael Kowalson while the duo are pictured alongside Portage Avenue in Winnipeg, Man., Thursday, April 17, 2025. Morantz, who is a two-term Conservative incumbent, is running in the federal riding of Winnipeg West.

‘Special to the world’: Supporters hope to save beloved Drumheller dinosaur

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‘Special to the world’: Supporters hope to save beloved Drumheller dinosaur

Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press 4 minute read Monday, Sep. 22, 2025

DRUMHELLER - A plan to send Tyra the tyrannosaurus, the popular tourist attraction that towers over the skyline in Drumheller, Alta., into proverbial extinction has sparked demands that she be spared.

The town of 8,400 northeast of Calgary bills itself as the Dinosaur Capital of the World. Home to the famed Royal Tyrrell Museum, the community also has statues of dinosaurs that look like they've crawled out of "The Flintstones" cartoon greeting people on the streets.

There's an extinct reptile riding a motorcycle. A triceratops in a frilly dress sits on a bus bench. Another dinosaur wearing a fireman's hat and holding a hose is poised outside a fire station.

The biggest is Tyra, standing across from the intersection of Gorgosaurus Street and Tyrannosaurus Drive near a visitor information centre. A nearby ice cream stand offers fossils, T-shirts and dino toys.

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Monday, Sep. 22, 2025

Tyra the Tyrannosaurus, the lovable landmark that towers over the Drumheller skyline in the heart of the Canadian Badlands, is facing an extinction-level event and is pictured in Drumheller, Alta., Tuesday, April 1, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Tyra the Tyrannosaurus, the lovable landmark that towers over the Drumheller skyline in the heart of the Canadian Badlands, is facing an extinction-level event and is pictured in Drumheller, Alta., Tuesday, April 1, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Lawyer, philanthropist had a fierce sense of social justice

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Lawyer, philanthropist had a fierce sense of social justice

Janine LeGal 7 minute read Saturday, Mar. 22, 2025

A luminary in human rights advocacy, Canadian lawyer Yude Henteleff was a natural explorer both in his travels and in his daily life. Henteleff lived 97 years with passion and dynamism.

He died Dec. 8, 2024.

Henteleff’s accomplishments and list of awards and accolades began at age 16 when he was elected president of the Jewish Youth Council and then to the youth division of the Canadian Jewish Congress. His activities in the Jewish community were extensive and lifelong.

The father, grandfather and partner lived life to the fullest, propelled by a fierce sense of social justice and belief in “tikkun olam,” a Hebrew phrase meaning “to repair the world.”

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Saturday, Mar. 22, 2025

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Yude Henteleff on his 90th birthday.

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Woody’s Barbershop opens doors, fulfils personal dream

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Woody’s Barbershop opens doors, fulfils personal dream

Aaron Epp 5 minute read Wednesday, Sep. 4, 2024

For his birthday this year, Adam Woodbury treated himself to a business.

On June 30, the Red Seal hairstylist celebrated turning 32. The next day, he got the keys to 558 Academy Rd.; after almost two months of renovations, he opened Woody’s Barbershop late last month.

“I’m so happy,” Woodbury said Tuesday during some downtime between clients. “My life has changed forever and it’s going to be so exciting.”

A barber’s pole spins in the front window of the 850-square-foot shop, located near Lanark Street.

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Wednesday, Sep. 4, 2024

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Adam Woodbury, who formerly rented a chair at Waltz On In, has started a place of his own. ‘My life has changed forever and it’s going to be so exciting,’ he says of the new venture.

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                                Adam Woodbury, who formerly rented a chair at Waltz On In, has started a place of his own. ‘My life has changed forever and it’s going to be so exciting,’ he says of the new venture.

Four-week program injects staff into city’s home-care ranks

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Four-week program injects staff into city’s home-care ranks

Tyler Searle 3 minute read Tuesday, Jun. 25, 2024

Efforts to bolster the roster of professionals who work in the city’s home-care sector are paying off as the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority celebrates the addition of hundreds of new employees.

Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara said Monday that 256 health-care aides have been hired by WRHA since February, when the city had a 24 per cent vacancy rate among home care workers.

“Home care is about providing dignified, compassionate services to the folks who need it most,” Asagwara said in a news release.

“The WRHA has put in a huge effort to recruit home-care workers and it’s paying off. It’s all good news: fewer vacancies, more visits and less frustrating cancellations for people.”

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Tuesday, Jun. 25, 2024

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Winnipeg Regional Health Authority Community Area Director Luba Bereza at the uncertified health care aide, or UHCA, ceremony held at the Masonic Memorial Centre on Monday afternoon.

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                                Winnipeg Regional Health Authority Community Area Director Luba Bereza at the uncertified health care aide, or UHCA, ceremony held at the Masonic Memorial Centre on Monday afternoon.

Spending on private health-care aides skyrockets

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Spending on private health-care aides skyrockets

Carol Sanders 4 minute read Monday, May. 27, 2024

While the province tries to rein in the soaring costs of private agency nurses, spending on private health-care aides has also skyrocketed.

Freedom of information requests show spending on private agency health-care aides is way up in at least two Manitoba health regions.

The Interlake-Eastern Health region spent $8.7 million on private health-care aides in 2023-24, more than double the $3.4 million spent in 2021-22. The Prairie Mountain Health region spent almost $14.8 million for the first nine months of the 2022-23 fiscal year, nearly triple the $4.8 million spent in 2021-22.

Nearly half of what the Prairie Mountain region spent on agencies went toward travel costs, said Kyle Ross, president of the Manitoba Government and General Employees’ Union that filed the freedom of information requests.

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Monday, May. 27, 2024

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“Here we are again with the same offer for another group of MGEU members,” union president Kyle Ross said in a news release.

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                                “Here we are again with the same offer for another group of MGEU members,” union president Kyle Ross said in a news release.

Cellphones have messages about learning

Ken Clark 4 minute read Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024

Distractions. I recall, decades ago, two high school lads riveted by the random outcomes of a surreptitious, they thought, game of cards, rather than attuned to my teaching of the Canada Food Guide. Message received — think about how I teach the Canada Food Guide.

Classrooms don’t have to be smartphone-free zones, tech-fluent educators tell province

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Classrooms don’t have to be smartphone-free zones, tech-fluent educators tell province

Maggie Macintosh 5 minute read Friday, Feb. 9, 2024

A group of tech-savvy teachers is calling on the province to create guidelines on cellphone use in schools and offering to help get it done.

The Manitoba Association of Education Technology Leaders has taken a firm stance against introducing a sweeping ban of personal wireless devices in kindergarten-to-Grade 12 buildings.

Manitoba Education has no policy in place. School divisions create their own appropriate use policies, while most buildings allow teachers to make rules for their own classrooms.

Tuxedo’s Laidlaw School, Collège Béliveau in Windsor Park and West Kildonan Collegiate are among Winnipeg facilities that have imposed stricter measures this year.

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Friday, Feb. 9, 2024

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Grade 12 student Amy Klos puts her cell phone in a cell phone storage pouch fastened to the wall while in her pre-calculus classroom at West Kildonan Collegiate in Winnipeg, Man., Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. West Kildonan Collegiate is one example among a number of schools across school divisions in Winnipeg that are implementing strict cell phone guidelines for the second semester.

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                                Grade 12 student Amy Klos puts her cell phone in a cell phone storage pouch fastened to the wall while in her pre-calculus classroom at West Kildonan Collegiate in Winnipeg, Man., Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. West Kildonan Collegiate is one example among a number of schools across school divisions in Winnipeg that are implementing strict cell phone guidelines for the second semester.

36 jours en mer : récit des naufragés qui ont survécu aux hallucinations, à la soif et au désespoir

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36 jours en mer : récit des naufragés qui ont survécu aux hallucinations, à la soif et au désespoir

Par Renata Brito Et Felipe Dana, The Associated Press 23 minute read Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025

FASS BOYE, Senegal (AP) — Un mois s’est écoulé lorsque les quatre premiers hommes ont décidé de sauter.

D’innombrables cargos sont passés à côté d’eux, pourtant personne n’est venu à leur secours. Ils n’avaient plus de carburant. La faim et la soif étaient insoutenables. Des dizaines de personnes sont déjà mortes, dont le capitaine.

Le voyage de Fass Boye, petit village de pêche sénégalaise en difficulté économique, jusqu’aux îles Canaries en Espagne, porte d’entrée de l’Union européenne où ils espéraient trouver du travail, était censé durer une semaine. Mais plus d’un mois plus tard, le bateau en bois transportant 101 hommes et garçons s’éloignait de plus en plus de la destination prévue.

Aucune terre n’est en vue. Pourtant, les quatre hommes croient, ou hallucinent, qu’ils peuvent nager jusqu’au rivage. Rester sur le bateau «maudit», pensaient-ils, était une condamnation à mort. Ils ont ramassé des récipients d’eau vides et des planches de bois, tout ce qui pouvait les aider à flotter.

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Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025

Papa Dieye, 19 ans, au centre à droite, parle à son père, Badara Dieye, alors qu'ils regardent des photos de son sauvetage sur un téléphone portable, entourés d'autres membres de la famille à Diogo, au Sénégal, le lundi 28 août 2023. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Papa Dieye, 19 ans, au centre à droite, parle à son père, Badara Dieye, alors qu'ils regardent des photos de son sauvetage sur un téléphone portable, entourés d'autres membres de la famille à Diogo, au Sénégal, le lundi 28 août 2023. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Low-cost Temu goes head-to-head with Amazon

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Low-cost Temu goes head-to-head with Amazon

Brett Bundale, The Canadian Press 5 minute read Saturday, Sep. 20, 2025

It started with a video of a postal worker sorting a mountain of orange packages from Temu.

Rachael D'Amore hadn't heard of the online shopping site, but after watching the video she found good reviews, affordable products and free shipping on most orders — what she called "a unicorn in Canada these days."

"I had to double check the URL to make sure that I wasn't on the U.S. site," she said.

Temu also offered a $5 credit if an order took longer than 12 days to arrive — a quasi-insurance policy that gave D'Amore the confidence to place a $30 order for seven items, including an 89-cent necklace, earrings for $1.78 and hair clips for $3.59.

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Saturday, Sep. 20, 2025

A person navigates the Temu website on a smartphone in Toronto, Tuesday, April 4, 2023. Temu launched in Canada in early February, the same month it aired a Super Bowl ad with the tagline "shop like a billionaire," and offers consumers an alternative to online juggernaut Amazon. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Giordano Ciampini

A person navigates the Temu website on a smartphone in Toronto, Tuesday, April 4, 2023. Temu launched in Canada in early February, the same month it aired a Super Bowl ad with the tagline

As elites arrive in Davos, conspiracy theories thrive online

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As elites arrive in Davos, conspiracy theories thrive online

Sophia Tulp, The Associated Press 5 minute read Saturday, Sep. 20, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — When some of the world’s wealthiest and most influential figures gathered at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting last year, sessions on climate change drew high-level discussions on topics such as carbon financing and sustainable food systems.

But an entirely different narrative played out on the internet, where social media users claimed leaders wanted to force the population to eat insects instead of meat in the name of saving the environment.

The annual event in the Swiss ski resort town of Davos, which opens Monday, has increasingly become a target of bizarre claims from a growing chorus of commentators who believe the forum involves a group of elites manipulating global events for their own benefit. Experts say what was once a conspiracy theory found in the internet’s underbelly has now hit the mainstream.

“This isn’t a conspiracy that is playing out on the extreme fringes,” said Alex Friedfeld, a researcher with the Anti-Defamation League who studies anti-government extremism. “We’re seeing it on mainstream social media platforms being shared by regular Americans. We were seeing it being spread by mainstream media figures right on their prime time news, on their nightly networks.”

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Saturday, Sep. 20, 2025

A Swiss national flag waves on a building in Davos, Switzerland, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023. The annual meeting of the World Economic Forum is taking place in Davos from Jan. 16 until Jan. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

A Swiss national flag waves on a building in Davos, Switzerland, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023. The annual meeting of the World Economic Forum is taking place in Davos from Jan. 16 until Jan. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Little things in life can take on big meaning

Shelley Cook 4 minute read Monday, Aug. 9, 2021

Every once in a while, I have to try extra hard to look for the good things around me, especially lately.

I remind myself to poke my head outside of my echo chamber, and remember that even though the world seems to be on fire (literally and figuratively) there is still goodness and my soul needs to be nourished by it.

Sometimes, the brightest spot on my day is a jackpot — something like going on a vacation or finding a $5 bill in my pocket.

It’s the days that I easily make a connection with someone or have so much fun doing something that I forget about all the chaos around me.

Dove is the latest company to raise people's ire with a tone-deaf ad

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Dove is the latest company to raise people's ire with a tone-deaf ad

Doug Speirs 10 minute read Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017

Talk about getting under people’s skin.

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the past week, you’ll know skin-care giant Dove sparked a firestorm with a Facebook ad that depicts a black woman transforming into a white woman after using its body wash.

Dove quickly pulled the offending video clip after outraged social media users branded it racist and said it reminded them of soap ads from the 19th or early 20th century that showed black people scrubbing their skin to become white.

In the three-second video, posted on Dove’s U.S. Facebook page late last week, a young black woman smiles as she peels off her dark brown shirt to reveal a white woman in a beige shirt, who then lifts her own top to reveal another woman.

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Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017
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Cordova: petits plats pour grands moments

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Cordova: petits plats pour grands moments

Barbara Gorrand de La Liberté pour le Winnipeg Free Press 5 minute read Saturday, Sep. 2, 2017

 

Ouvert au début de l’été par Grégoire Stevenard et Gaël Winandy, le bar tapas de la rue Albert a déjà conquis une clientèle d’habitués séduits par cette bodega qui fleure bon l’authentique. Un succès qui ne doit rien au hasard, mais bien à la réflexion menée depuis deux ans par ces amis qui se sont rencontrés sur les bancs de l’Université de Saint-Boniface.

“Et si on ouvrait notre propre bar?” Qui n’a jamais lancé cette phrase, emporté par la grisante euphorie d’une soirée étudiante, lorsque les petits bonheurs de la vie se comptent au nombre d’amis rassemblés autour de quelques verres et de petits plats en équilibre sur la table du salon?

Grégoire et Gaël sont en passe de donner vie à ce vieux rêve qui, bien souvent, ne survit jamais aux lendemains difficiles. Une concrétisation qui leur a demandé tout de même deux années de préparation intensive, de recherches, et un plan d’affaires solide.

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Saturday, Sep. 2, 2017

À 25 et 28 ans, Grégoire Stevenard (à gauche) et Gaël Winandy se lancent à la conquête de la bistronomie winnipégoise avec leur concept de bar à tapas authentique.
‘J’avais envie d’une expérience internationale, et je m’étais fait des amis ici. Je savais que c’était une ville pleine d’opportunités,’ précise Gaël.

À 25 et 28 ans, Grégoire Stevenard (à gauche) et Gaël Winandy se lancent à la conquête de la bistronomie winnipégoise avec leur concept de bar à tapas authentique.
‘J’avais envie d’une expérience internationale, et je m’étais fait des amis ici. Je savais que c’était une ville pleine d’opportunités,’ précise Gaël.
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Peut-on se fier au narrateur?

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Peut-on se fier au narrateur?

Daniel Bahuaud de La Liberté pour le Winnipeg Free Press 3 minute read Saturday, Jun. 24, 2017

En l’espace d’un an, Max et son père déménagent cinq fois. Le père change non seulement de ville et d’emploi, mais de prénom et de nom de famille! Un mystère qui est au cœur de Max Lastname, le premier roman publié par Thea Wortley, auteure de 16 ans.

Pour Thea Wortley, l’auteure du roman pour ados et jeunes adultes Max Lastname écrire, c’est avant tout “jouer avec les points de vue.”

“Quand j’ai lu Les portes tournantes de l’auteur québécois Jacques Savoie, j’étais fascinée par le personnage d’Antoine Blaudelle. C’est un des deux narrateurs du roman, un naïf en qui il ne faut pas mettre toute sa confiance. Au bout de quelques pages, comme lectrice, je commençais à me demander si ce qu’il disait collait vraiment à la vérité,” Thea dit.

D’où l’idée de créer Max, un garçon de 10 ans.

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Saturday, Jun. 24, 2017
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‘Mes origines sont tatouées sur ma peau’

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‘Mes origines sont tatouées sur ma peau’

Elisabeth Vetter de La Liberté pour le Winnipeg Free Press 5 minute read Saturday, Apr. 15, 2017

Il a réchappé au spleen des venus “d’ailleurs.” Ces autres, qui sans trop savoir pourquoi, jamais ne se sentent apaisés. De cette douleur de déraciné, André Bila en a fait un livre. Ne le dites pas aux Africains retrace son parcours jusqu’à aujourd’hui. Jusqu’à la guérison.

En quittant la République démocratique du Congo, il était aux étoiles. Comme on peut l’être à 17 ans, la tête pleine de rêves et d’espoirs à profusion. En 1996, Bila déménage au Canada avec sa mère, sa sœur et ses deux frères. “Les raisons qui nous ont fait partir à l’époque sont les mêmes pour lesquelles on quitte encore l’Afrique aujourd’hui. L’instabilité, la précarité sociale surtout,” résume-t-il.

Depuis, le Zaïre de Mobutu n’est plus. Et pourtant la jeunesse subsaharienne songe toujours à un ailleurs, biberonnée aux séries U.S., aux Romney Studios et aux magazines sur papier glacé. La famille se pose ainsi à Montréal. “On y parlait français: le choix s’est présenté naturellement.” Vite, la flamme qui l’avait fait s’éloigner de son pays vivote. Pour brusquement s’éteindre. “Tout ce dont j’avais rêvé n’était pas faux. Seulement erroné.”

Sans l’admettre réellement, le jeune homme survit. Sans finir ses études de cinéma, il s’improvise aide-maçon. Sa première emploi. Avec les années, il plaisante: “Ça a duré trois jours! J’ai très vite été démasqué.”

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Saturday, Apr. 15, 2017
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Un festival qui fait confiance aux enfants

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Un festival qui fait confiance aux enfants

Ruby Irene Pratka 4 minute read Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016

Depuis 20 ans, le Festival international de films pour enfants de tous âges Freeze Frame valorise la perspective des plus jeunes et les incite à penser. Le cofondateur du festival, Pascal Boutroy, est un cinéphile de longue date.

“J’ai découvert le cinéma pour enfants dans les années 1990, quand j’ai travaillé comme critique de cinéma à Montréal. Surtout, j’ai découvert quelque chose d’extraordinaire: des films intelligents et sensibles. Et j’ai vu l’effet que cela pouvait avoir sur les enfants. Quand ils sortent de la salle, ils ont appris des choses à propos d’eux-mêmes.”

En 1996, nouvellement arrivés à Winnipeg, Boutroy et sa conjointe, Nicole Matiation, cofondent le festival Freeze Frame. En 20 ans le festival, qui met à l’affiche des films en plusieurs langues, y compris le français, est devenu le festival de cinéma le plus fréquenté au Manitoba, avec entre 6,000 et 8,000 participants chaque année.

Boutroy attribue le succès du festival à la diversité de la programmation.

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Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016

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Pascal Boutroy, le cofondateur du Festival international de films pour enfants de tous âges Freeze Frame, invite enfants et adultes à élargir leurs horizons cinématiques.

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Pascal Boutroy, le cofondateur du Festival international de films pour enfants de tous âges Freeze Frame, invite enfants et adultes à élargir leurs horizons cinématiques.
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Le Parc Windsor arrive au 21e siècle

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Le Parc Windsor arrive au 21e siècle

Daniel Bahuaud de La Liberté pour le Winnipeg Free Press 3 minute read Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015

Une nouvelle bibliothèque un étage, prévue sur le terrain de la piscine Bonivital, verra le jour en 2016. Le nouvel immeuble, conçu selon des normes écologiques, remplacera l'actuelle bibliothèque du Parc Windsor, ouverte en 1961.

"La nouvelle bibliothèque, bien que limitée un seul étage, aura 8,000 pieds carrés d'espace, soit 1,500 plus que celle de 1961, fait remarquer le gérant des services bibliothécaires de la Ville de Winnipeg, Rick Walker. Notre but, en concevant le nouvel édifice, est de mieux répondre aux besoins des Winnipégois. La bibliothèque du Parc Windsor livre des services environ 28,000 résidents du quartier. Elle offre 90 programmes gratuits par année au public. Un édifice de près de 55 ans avec un terrain de stationnement limité, construit une époque où le quartier avait moins d'habitants et se trouvait littéralement la périphérie de la ville, n'est plus la hauteur des demandes du public. On pourra augmenter la capacité de livres et de ressources disponibles la bibliothèque. En ce moment, la capacité maximale du vieil édifice est limitée quelque 30 000 livres."

Le projet de construction, qui se chiffre $4.4 million, a été proposé en 2013 et approuvé dans le budget municipal de 2015. L'édifice aura plus de tables, d'aires de lecture et d'étude et proposera plus d'ordinateurs que l'actuelle bibliothèque. L'immeuble sera muni d'une salle polyvalente qui accueillera la programmation pour les enfants et pour les adultes. Il aura également une petite salle capable d'accueillir quatre six personnes.

"Cette pièce servira aux besoins de gens qui veulent rencontrer un tuteur dans un endroit tranquille," précise Rick Walker. "Et pour ceux qui aiment lire en toute tranquilité au grand air, il y aura un patio de lecture extérieur, destiné la clientèle l'été. Nous espérons que le b¢timent obtiendra une certification écologique LEEDS de niveau argent."

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Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015

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Le g��rant des services biblioth��caires de la Ville de Winnipeg, Rick Walker, souligne un des ��l��ments d�un dessin architectural de la future nouvelle biblioth��que du Parc Windsor �� une r��sidente de Southdale, Cheryl Bennet.

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Le g��rant des services  biblioth��caires de la Ville de Winnipeg, Rick Walker, souligne un des ��l��ments d�un dessin architectural de la future nouvelle biblioth��que du Parc Windsor �� une r��sidente de Southdale, Cheryl Bennet.
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Un quart de siècle d’efforts en continu

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Un quart de siècle d’efforts en continu

By Daniel Bahuad 5 minute read Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015

Le président de Sauvons Notre Seine, Denis Gautron, et un ancien président de l'organisme, Jean-Pierre Brunet, se souviennent des luttes menées depuis 25 ans pour améliorer la qualité de l'eau et des berges de la rivière Seine. Une série d'initiatives qui a rehaussé la qualité de vie des riverains et de tous les Winnipégois.

Le 13 octobre 1990, un groupe de résidents du chemin Egerton Saint-Boniface, en avait ras le bol du piètre état de la rivière Seine qui longe leurs arrière-cours. Il s'est donc mobilisé pour nettoyer les berges. Réunis sous le nom du Save Our Seine River Residents Committee, ces propriétaires avaient décidé de passer l'action collective.

Un quart de siècle plus tard, l'organisme qu'ils ont fondé -- Save Our Seine / Sauvons Notre Seine -- reste aux aguets pour améliorer la qualité de l'eau et des espaces verts qui longent cette rivière historique.

Quatrième président de l'organisme, Brunet était la barre de l'organisme lorsqu'il a été incorporé en 1994.

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Jean-Pierre Brunet, �� gauche, et Denis Gautron.

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Jean-Pierre Brunet, �� gauche, et Denis Gautron.
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Mise en place de St. Boniface Street Links

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Mise en place de St. Boniface Street Links

By Daniel Bahuaud 3 minute read Saturday, Sep. 26, 2015

Ils passent peu près inaperçus Saint-Boniface. Pourtant, les sans-abris sont l. Francis Labossière en sait quelque chose. Le Bonifacien est membre du conseil d'administration de St. Boniface Street Links, un tout nouvel organisme incorporé début aoªt. Et il espère que Street Links pourra améliorer le sort des itinérants du quartier.

"Ä Saint-Boniface, quand on pense aux sans-abris, on est porté croire que c'est un phénomène de 'l'autre bord de la rivière Rouge'. On pense la rue Main et puis on s'en lave les mains. Mais c'est une fausse perception. La réalité est qu'il y a au moins 65 personnes sans-abris qui fréquentent notre quartier."

"Street Links a pris connaissance des endroits qu'ils fréquentent. On les aperçoit près du centre commercial Dominion Centre, et tout près des ponts Norwood et Provencher. Ils se tiennent souvent le long de la rivière Rouge, aux abords du parc Whittier. Et Street Links les croise la banque alimentaire de la paroisse Holy Cross.

"Les sans-abris sont donc l. Nous voulons les identifier, les rencontrer et les aider, tout en nous assurant qu'ils aient un visage dans le quartier. Il faut que les gens et les organismes bonifaciens se rendent bel et bien compte qu'ils existent. Pour ensuite agir. Ce sont l les deux grands objectifs de Street Links."

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Saturday, Sep. 26, 2015

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Francis Labossi��re

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Francis Labossi��re