In pictures: Springtime Colorado low blows through the city

A Colorado low moved into Winnipeg Tuesday night and is expected to peter out Thursday.

With Environment and Climate Change Canada saying about 15 centimetres of white stuff was on the ground by Wednesday at noon in Winnipeg, an army of plows were out working in the city and across the province to clear the snow.

RWB's next season is a work of, and ode to, CEO André Lewis’s 50-year career

A new season at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet always bears the fingerprints of André Lewis.

Mordens’ of Winnipeg readies for 65th anniversary next year

It’s uncommon these days to make it to 65, as a business. But it’ll happen next year for Mordens’ of Winnipeg. Since 1959, the Morden family has owned and operated Mordens’ Chocolate Manufacturing & Custom Nut Roasting Company, the iconic candy store at 674 Sargent Ave., serving up an array of popular chocolates, nuts and candy treats.

‘This is me not feeling any shame for declaring I’m happy and feeling fulfilled,’ William Prince says

William Prince's new album Stand in the Joy, comes out April 14.

Former miner, logger, salesman drives bus No. 18 where he dispenses pure joy

Joseph Fullmer was being interviewed for an operator position with Winnipeg Transit in late 2020 when the topic turned to customer service. Given pre-pandemic, daily ridership was in the neighbourhood of 170,000, the person posing the questions wanted to know if Fullmer felt comfortable dealing with people from all walks of life.

Golden Boy Bistro breathes new life into shuttered Blondie’s

The first time Nikhil Thakkar set foot in Blondie’s Burgers was in 2018, not long after he and his wife Kiran moved to Winnipeg from their native India. Nikhil, a classically trained chef, had read about the iconic spot online, and couldn’t wait to sink his teeth into what was billed as some of the most gargantuan fare in town.

Surge in theft leaves business owners struggling to cope

To reach the Easter chocolate aisle, shopper Kaylee Goerzen must pass through two rounds of sliding doors and then a security gate.

Winnipeg Philharmonic Choir marks centenary in gala with WSO, guests

A convergence of anniversaries takes place tonight at the aptly named Centennial Concert Hall.

New Qaumajuq exhibition spans more than 2,000 years across circumpolar Arctic

Darlene Coward Wight has been the curator of Inuit art at the Winnipeg Art Gallery — and now, Qaumajuq — since 1986.

Ceramics shaped a life of acclaim, accomplishment and love of learning for artist Grace Nickel

Grace Nickel was working on her bachelor’s degree at the University of Manitoba School of Art in the late 1970s when a fateful decision steered her to a career in working and teaching ceramic art.

DIY spirit drives city’s inaugural punk rock flea market

This isn’t going to be your grandparents’ flea market.

While participants at large, urban markets are typically chosen based on the number of Instagram followers they boast, or how professional-looking their booth is, organizer Em Curry took a different approach, while poring over applications for the inaugural Winnipeg Punk Rock Flea Market, which runs this Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Valour Community Centre’s Orioles site, 448 Burnell St.

Pushing boundaries in pointe shoes

When you think of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, you probably think of beautiful, classical story ballets such as Swan Lake or Romeo and Juliet. Maybe you think of ballerinas in pointe shoes dancing to Tchaikovsky, as performed by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, on the stage at the Centennial Concert Hall.

Anglican church a Holy Trinity of function, form and faith

In a sermon to mark the anniversary of the dedication of Winnipeg’s Holy Trinity Anglican Church, the Rev. Andrew Rampton states, “The church is not a building. The church is the people who gather in the name of God.”

Jeweller Maison Birks closes up shop after 120 years

After 120 years, Maison Birks — known to some as Birks Jewellers — is exiting Winnipeg. On Monday, blue signs peppered 191 Lombard Ave., steps from Portage and Main, advertising “last chance” sales and announcing the shop’s closure.