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How quickly a friendly frontier can become a barrier

Rebecca Chambers 4 minute read Saturday, Apr. 5, 2025

I’m sitting in a small room with my best friend, watching through a one-way window as American border officers search our car and belongings.

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                                Roland Gagné s’occupe de l’érablière de Saint-Pierre-Jolys depuis près de 14 ans.
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Sirop d’érable, le trésor de Saint-Pierre-Jolys

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Sirop d’érable, le trésor de Saint-Pierre-Jolys

Lucille Dourlens 5 minute read Saturday, Apr. 5, 2025

L’incontournable Festival du Temps des sucres se prépare à revenir au village de Saint-Pierre-Jolys les 5 et 6 avril. Prenant place dans la Cabane à sucre, une extension du musée, les visiteurs pourront festoyer et célébrer ce fameux sirop local aux teintes ambrées.

Le temps se fait plus doux dans le village de Saint-Pierre-Jolys où les récoltes de sirop d’érable ont doucement commencé depuis la semaine du 17 mars.

En effet, des gelées la nuit combinées à des températures plus élevées le jour créent les conditions propices à la saison des récoltes. Ce type de météo permet d’exercer une pression à l’intérieur de l’arbre favorisant ensuite l’écoulement de “l’eau sucrée” comme aime l’appeler Roland Gagné, le gérant de la Cabane à sucre du village.

“Grâce à Mère Nature, l’eau remonte des racines jusqu’en haut de l’arbre. Ça permet de nettoyer les veines de l’érable et ensuite le liquide s’écoule.”

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                                The internet is bringing hate into homes.

Global extremism, as close as your keyboard

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Global extremism, as close as your keyboard

Editorial 4 minute read Monday, Mar. 31, 2025

An arrest in Winnipeg has provided yet another reminder of just how much extremist attitudes have spread across the world.

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Monday, Mar. 31, 2025
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                                Gabriel Nanacowop (left) and Kendrah Sinclair finish preparing lunch with their 
classmates for guests at Wiisinin Diner.
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Red River course focuses on Indigenous cooking techniques, ingredients

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Red River course focuses on Indigenous cooking techniques, ingredients

Eva Wasney 5 minute read Wednesday, Mar. 26, 2025

With the lunch rush over, the kitchen takes a collective sigh of relief. Jokes are cracked while the flattop is scraped clean and smiles float around the room as prep stations are tidied for the next day’s service.

Gabriel Nanacowop, who had some nerves about overseeing Wiisinin Diner as chef-of-the-day, is feeling particularly satisfied.

“It was good, fast-paced,” says Nanacowop, one of 11 students enrolled in Red River College Polytechnic’s Indigenous Culinary Skills program.

Red River has been offering the yearlong certificate program for nearly a decade. In it, Indigenous students are given a crash course on food preparation, kitchen safety and business basics, with a focus on cultural ingredients and cooking techniques.

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Wednesday, Mar. 26, 2025
SUPPLIED Yude Henteleff on his 90th birthday.

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
The opening page of X is displayed on a computer and phone in Sydney, Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Rick Rycroft

Conservative MPs beat Liberals, NDP on online engagement, study finds

Anja Karadeglija, The Canadian Press 3 minute read Preview

Conservative MPs beat Liberals, NDP on online engagement, study finds

Anja Karadeglija, The Canadian Press 3 minute read Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025

OTTAWA - A new study from McGill University says Conservative MPs far outpace their Liberal and NDP counterparts in online engagement, partly due to the their voices being amplified on X.

The report from McGill’s Media Ecosystem Observatory found in 2024, online posts from federal Conservative MPs garnered 61 per cent more engagement — likes, shares and comments — than those from Liberal and NDP MPs combined.

It found that engagement with Conservative politicians on X has increased 52 per cent since Elon Musk, a key ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, took over the platform previously known as Twitter in 2022.

The report looked at online posts from all members of Parliament on Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube and TikTok between January 2022 and November 2024.

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Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025
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Members of the University of Manitoba Muslim StudentsÕ Association prepare for iftar at the end of their fast during Ramadan in their prayer room at the U of MB Monday, March 3, 2025. 

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Muslim student association serving thousands of meals during Ramadan at U of M

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Muslim student association serving thousands of meals during Ramadan at U of M

John Longhurst 2 minute read Monday, Mar. 10, 2025

The University of Manitoba Muslim Students’ Association is serving more than 7,000 free meals during the month of Ramadan.

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Monday, Mar. 10, 2025
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Winnipeg Muslims focus on giving as Ramadan begins

John Longhurst 3 minute read Friday, Feb. 28, 2025

Winnipeg Muslims may have begun fasting for Ramadan but their minds are on others who may be hungry.

Three city groups are among 45 Islamic organizations across Canada participating in the #FastFeed Ramadan Food Bank Campaign to Combat Hunger.

The campaign, launched by the Canadian Council of Imams, is being supported by the Islamic Social Services Association, the Canadian Muslim Women’s Institute and the Manitoba Islamic Association.

The campaign, which also uses the name Give 30, will take place during Ramadan from Friday to March 29.

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                                Rehman Abdulrehman believes we are seeing obvious examples of racism all over the world these days.
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Anti-racism activist hopes to make our communities mutually respectful

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Anti-racism activist hopes to make our communities mutually respectful

AV Kitching 7 minute read Monday, Feb. 24, 2025

Dr. Rehman Abdulrehman is a clinical and consulting psychologist at Clinic Psychology Manitoba. He has a consulting and coaching firm called Lead with Diversity, he is the assistant professor with the department of clinical health psychology at the University of Manitoba and he has just written his first book, Developing Anti-Racist Cultural Competence, which aims to help people develop practical skills, insight and better empathy when working with diverse groups.

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Monday, Feb. 24, 2025
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                                Jonata Dalayoan est le dessinateur du logo du 56e Festival du Voyageur.
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Le logo d’un francophile de cœur

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Le logo d’un francophile de cœur

Camille Harper 4 minute read Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025

Originaire du quartier Tyndall Park à Winnipeg, c’est pourtant à Saint-Boniface que l’anglophone Jonato Dalayoan a choisi de s’installer il y a 22 ans. “C’était mon premier domicile, et depuis je suis toujours resté ici avec ma femme et mes enfants.”

Lui-même d’origine philippine, et sa femme germano-philippine, ils ont pleinement embrassé Saint-Boniface, sa culture francophone, et bien sûr son Festival du Voyageur. “Mes enfants vont à l’école d’immersion française et parlent couramment le français, affirme-t-il avec fierté. Je les appelle mes francopinos! En fait, ils parlent très bien le français mais pas du tout le filipino.”

Le Festival du Voyageur, la famille Dalayoan y a donc passé de nombreuses journées à travers les années. Jonato Dalayoan raconte: “Je vis proche du parc Provencher et je me souviens que dans mes premières années à Saint-Boniface, il y avait des sculptures de neige du Festival dans le parc Provencher. C’était toujours quelque chose que j’avais très hâte d’aller voir.

“Aujourd’hui, on va souvent au parc du Voyageur avec les enfants. Le Festival a beaucoup changé dans les cinq à dix dernières années, il y a beaucoup de nouvelles activités, de nouveaux spectacles, de nouvelles musiques, c’était vraiment cool pour toute la famille!”

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Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025
Marc Gallant / Winnipeg Free Press. Local- FILE STOCK PHOTO. Canadian flag against blue cloudy sky. 070323.
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National symbols can be problematic, and the Canadian flag has been through a lot in its 60 years

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National symbols can be problematic, and the Canadian flag has been through a lot in its 60 years

Jen Zoratti 5 minute read Friday, Feb. 14, 2025

So, folks, where are we at on the Canadian flag? Is it cool to unfurl the ol’ girl again or what?

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Friday, Feb. 14, 2025
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                                Wilgis Agossa lors du vernissage de la 4e édition de Noir et Fier au Théâtre Cercle Molière.
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Noir et fier met les mots sur les maux

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Noir et fier met les mots sur les maux

Lucille Dourlens 5 minute read Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025

Noir et Fier revient jusqu’au 28 février pour un mois de festivités et d’animations placées sous le signe de l’échange et de la guérison. Wilgis Agossa, directeur artistique, nous en dit plus sur les nouveautés de la quatrième édition.

“Mots sur Maux,” voilà le thème du festival Noir et Fier cette année. La programmation a été pensée de façon à créer des temps d’échanges autour de diverses activités où des histoires touchantes pourront être racontées, celles des personnes noires.

La première nouveauté se tiendra au Théâtre Cercle Molière (TCM) lors des “Dimanches en famille”. Ce rendez-vous hebdomadaire, déjà en place au TCM, s’adapte pour proposer des animations telles que de la danse, du break, des jeux ou encore des contes pour “nous permettre de nous enrichir,” indique Wilgis Agossa.

En parallèle, un autre moment de rencontres se tiendra chaque milieu de semaine avec “Les mercredis je conte,” de 17 h 30 à 19 h. Le public pourra y découvrir des histoires de plusieurs peuples. “Dans les cultures noires, la tradition orale a une grande richesse, explique Wilgis Agossa. Quand on veut faire passer un message et dire les choses, on utilise le conte. Ce rendez-vous nous permettra de voyager vers un autre continent, que ce soit avec les contes d’Afrique centrale, d’Afrique de l’Ouest ou même des Caraïbes.”

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Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025
FILE - Supporters of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol attend a rally to oppose his impeachment near the presidential residence in Seoul, South Korea, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

YouTube election fraud conspiracy theories fuel impeached South Korean president and his supporters

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YouTube election fraud conspiracy theories fuel impeached South Korean president and his supporters

Kim Tong-hyung, The Associated Press 7 minute read Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Thousands have braved the frigid January weather in Seoul protests, waving South Korean and American flags and shouting vows to protect their embattled conservative hero, the impeached South Korean president facing imprisonment over potential rebellion charges.

The swelling crowds in South Korea’s capital are inspired by President Yoon Suk Yeol's defiance, but also by the growing power of right-wing YouTubers who portray Yoon as a victim of a leftist, North Korea-sympathizing opposition that has rigged elections to gain a legislative majority and is now plotting to remove a patriotic leader.

“Out with fraudulent elections and a fake National Assembly!” read one sign, brandished by an angry man in a fur hat during a recent protest near Yoon’s presidential residence, the site of a massive law enforcement operation Wednesday that made Yoon the country’s first sitting president to be detained in a criminal investigation.

Many at the pro-Yoon rallies, which are separated by police from anti-Yoon counter-protests, are significantly influenced by fictional narratives about election fraud that dominate conservative YouTube channels — claims that Yoon has repeatedly referenced in his attacks on election officials.

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Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025
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                                Syed Vakeel, one of two volunteer imams at Morden’s new mosque, speaks to worshippers.
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‘A divine feeling’: Mosque becomes a reality for Morden’s Muslim families

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‘A divine feeling’: Mosque becomes a reality for Morden’s Muslim families

John Longhurst 3 minute read Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025

There’s a new place of worship in Morden — the city’s first mosque.

Operated by the Pembina Valley Islamic Society, the mosque is located in an 1,800-square-foot former commercial space in a downtown strip mall on North Railway Street.

Approval for the mosque, called a masjid in Arabic, was granted by Morden city council on Dec. 23.

The mosque, which will serve about 150 Muslim families in the area, joins 17 other places of worship, all of them Christian, in the city of nearly 10,000 people.

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Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025
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Let’s live peacefully and meaningfully together in this land

John Longhurst 5 minute read Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025

Among the many benefits of being a faith reporter and columnist at the Free Press is a chance to learn more, and write about, the experience of Indigenous people in this country, including their interactions with Christianity.

This has helped make up for my lack of education I received in school about this important history while growing up in the 1960s and 70s.

Like many others of my boomer generation, I learned Canadian history from a colonial point of view. In that telling, Canada was an empty and unsettled land until the Europeans arrived, bringing civilization, progress — and religion — to what they considered to be a backward people.

So while I learned about famous European explorers and the settling of this land, I heard nothing about Kondiaronk, a Wendat chief who lived from 1649-1701. Among other things, Kondiaronk challenged the assertion that Europe and its religion was superior to the beliefs and way of life of Indigenous people.

Baklava is put into a display counter at the bakery in the Adonis grocery store in Mississauga, Ont. on Monday, December 16, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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How changing demographics and tastes are shaping Canada’s grocery stores

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How changing demographics and tastes are shaping Canada’s grocery stores

Rosa Saba, The Canadian Press 6 minute read Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025

It’s mid-December at a large supermarket in Mississauga, Ont., and Christmas music plays softly over the speakers as customers roam the aisles, picking the perfect lemon and eyeing the large olive counter in the middle of the store.

But this isn't just any grocery store. Walk past the produce and the olives, and you'll see trays of tabbouleh, hummus and fattoush, as well as shawarma cooking on rotating spits. Further, you’ll find a large dessert section with neat displays of golden baklava and other sweets. Behind two swinging doors, rows of puffed-up pita bread emerge on a conveyor belt from the oven, ready to be packaged and sold to customers.

This is Adonis, a Middle Eastern grocer that got its start in Montreal in 1978. The grocer is gearing up to open its 16th store, this one in London, Ont., next summer to meet demand from customers who often travel weekly to shop at the Mississauga location.

Specialty stores like Adonis are enjoying growth thanks to not only immigration but also the more diverse tastes of younger generations.

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Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025
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                                The youth group, which has some 50 members, says to give back is to follow their Muslim faith, which teaches charity and service to one’s community.
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Serving — and feeding — the community

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Serving — and feeding — the community

Nicole Buffie 3 minute read Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024

A group of young Muslim men walked up and down Main Street Saturday morning offering sandwiches, loaves of bread and cans of pop to Winnipeg’s homeless population in the spirit of holiday giving.

“This is what I was taught from a very young age, to volunteer for a good cause and to give back,” said Faraad Tahir, who has been a part of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association since he was a boy.

Tahir and others from the 50-person group spent the morning making more than 100 sandwiches before loading up their vehicles and heading downtown. The group handed out the food and drinks to people outside of Main Street Project and Siloam Mission before they planned to give out the remainder — if there was any — at Portage Place.

Tahir, 22, came to Winnipeg from Pakistan as a child and immediately felt the group’s community support.

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Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024
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Pervasive poverty demonstrates an unjust society

Andrew Lodge 5 minute read Monday, Dec. 16, 2024

Althea waits in line at a local food bank in Winnipeg. Her youngest son, less than six months old, is bundled up asleep in a stroller and she holds her two-year-old in her arms. Nearby, her oldest son, now four, plays with a toy car.

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Poll highlights belief in rising corruption

Gabrielle Piché 4 minute read Friday, Nov. 29, 2024

Manitobans’ trust in businesses — and government’s ability to address corruption — is on a downhill slope, a new Angus Reid Institute poll found.

“I feel like things are getting more and more shifty, especially after COVID,” said Will Houston, as he shopped in a Winnipeg supermarket this week.

Prices across the board have skyrocketed over the past few years, he noted.

“I fully acknowledge that there are supply chains and there’s people who need to be paid all the way back to the producer,” Houston said. “But I think that there are people who are taking a higher cut than they used to.”

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                                L’idée vient de la ‘voix des Aces’ Marc Connelly, s’inspirant des soirées thématiques dans les sports professionnels.
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Les Aces de Saint-Anne lancent une soirée francophone

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Les Aces de Saint-Anne lancent une soirée francophone

André Boisjoli 3 minute read Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024

Le Comité culturel de Sainte-Anne lance sa première soirée de hockey francophone. Le 7 décembre à 19 h, les Aces de Sainte-Anne affronteront les Hawks de Notre Dame à l’aréna Maurice-Chaput.

L’idée vient de la “voix des Aces” Marc Connelly, s’inspirant des soirées thématiques dans les sports professionnels. “C’est une manière d’encourager les gens à venir à nos parties,” explique-t-il.

Peu après avoir proposé l’évènement à sa mère, Diane Connelly, secrétaire au Comité culturel, un nouveau sous-comité a vu le jour pour organiser la soirée.

“On veut essayer de mettre autant de français qu’on peut dans la fête, ajoute Diane Connelly. Une grande soirée est planifiée, car on veut que la ville sache, qu’au rural, on fait des choses!”

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Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024
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                                The Manitoba government will conduct its throne speech on Tuesday which kicks off the new legislative session.

Manitoba to consider support for news outlets

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Manitoba to consider support for news outlets

Carol Sanders 6 minute read Friday, Nov. 15, 2024

The Manitoba government says it is dedicated to protecting democracy, journalism and freedom of the press and plans to strike an all-party committee to determine how best to do that.

“If there’s a business landscape that makes it much more difficult for journalists to keep doing that important work, I think there is a need to have a conversation about some form of public support or at least a fair hearing of those issues,” Premier Wab Kinew said Friday.

The promise will be unveiled in Tuesday’s throne speech, which kicks off the new legislative session.

The committee would “look at the future of journalism in the province, including whether there’s public supports that might be needed, or to discuss whether a specific percentage of government and Crown corporation advertising should be dedicated to supporting local media,” Kinew said.

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Friday, Nov. 15, 2024
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                                Lacina Dembélé est né en Côte d’Ivoire et est arrivé au Manitoba à l’age de quatre ans.
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Lacina Dembélé: le chemin vers son identité

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Lacina Dembélé: le chemin vers son identité

Ophélie Doireau 7 minute read Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024

Arrivé à l’âge de quatre ans au Canada, après une étape par le Québec, Lacina Dembélé pose ses valises au Manitoba. Son chemin se passe sans accroc jusqu’à un retour dans son pays d’origine, la Côte d’Ivoire, qui bouscule sa vie et son identité.

C’est une histoire de famille qui a amené Lacina Dembélé au Canada en premier lieu. “J’ai grandi dans le petit village de Kolia, à environ sept heures de route d’Abidjan. Mes parents étaient séparés. Après quelques années auprès de ma grand-mère paternelle, j’ai déménagé chez ma tante à Abidjan pendant une année.

“Mon père était déjà au Canada parce qu’il avait fui le pays en raison de l’instabilité politique. Il m’a donc sponsorisé pour que je puisse le rejoindre.”

Les souvenirs de Lacina Dembélé de son enfance sont heureux. “C’était une nouvelle aventure pour moi. Je vivais mon premier hiver, j’ai des photos de moi avec ma première combinaison d’hiver avec un pantalon vert et un blouson bleu. Impossible de me perdre dans la neige. Quand je pense à mon enfance, j’étais tout le temps content parce qu’il y avait toujours quelque chose de nouveau.”

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Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024
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                                Hafsa Altaf moved to Saskatoon from Pakistan at age four; she came to Winnipeg to study fashion design.
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The gift of hijab: Fashion designer found empowerment in modesty

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The gift of hijab: Fashion designer found empowerment in modesty

AV Kitching 7 minute read Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024

As a Muslim woman living in Canada, Hafsa Altaf faced countless challenges on multiple fronts when navigating the fashion industry as a woman in a hijab.

Rejected by local trade shows and craft markets and criticized by detractors in the South Asian community who disapproved of her sartorial ambitions, the 27-year-old artist and designer remained undaunted.

Undeterred by naysayers, she relentlessly called and emailed event organizers, determined to convey the values and mission of her label, Fashion by Hafsa.

Facing down the conservatism of her community was an altogether different struggle, but it was also one of the “greatest things” she has ever done, says the Pakistani-born Canadian, who moved to Saskatchewan with her family when she was four.

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Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024
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                                Paul-Guy Lavack est le président du musée Pointe-des-Chênes.
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Bientôt un petit musée pour une grande réouverture

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Bientôt un petit musée pour une grande réouverture

Hugo Beaucamp 4 minute read Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024

Le musée Pointe-des-Chênes, situé dans le parc des Rédemptoristes dans la petite ville de Sainte-Anne, pourrait renaître de ses cendres plus de 10 ans après avoir été ravagé par un incendie.

Derrière l’église de la petite ville de Sainte-Anne, par-delà le petit pont piéton qui traverse la Seine, près du grand pavillon métis, quatre piquets ont été plantés dans le sol.

“C’est là que l’on coulera la dalle de béton, indique Paul-Guy Lavack, président du Musée Pointe-des-Chênes. Le nouvel emplacement sera un petit peu plus grand, car l’on prévoit de faire un espace à l’entrée et de le rendre accessible pour les fauteuils roulants.”

Pour rappel, le Musée Pointe-des-Chênes se dressait autrefois de l’autre côté du préau, près de la Villa Youville. En mai 2013, un incendie était venu détruire la bâtisse qui ne sera jamais reconstruite. Depuis cet évènement, Paul-Guy Lavack et le Comité du Musée Pointe-des-Chênes n’ont eu de cesse que de chercher un nouvel endroit où exposer les quelque 2,000 artéfacts qui ont été sauvés des flammes. Ces artefacts consistent principalement en des meubles, des tableaux, des livres, des objets du quotidien des pionniers comme des lampes à huile, mais aussi des outils.

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