Moon mission Earth photo could change your worldview

Having a photo of Earth — the whole Earth — taken by a human is an incredible thing, and now we have a new one. It’s a beautiful image. But it’s also a deeply moving one.

Le destin renversé du 261 rue Youville

À défaut d’obtenir des excuses officielles de la part du gouvernement pour la loi Thornton de 1916, ou même l’ensemble des lois et politiques assimilatrices qui ont été en vigueur dans la province pendant des décennies, les jeunes franco-manitobains qui ont posé sur papier leur interrogation dans notre édition du 11 au 17 mars 2026 souriront peut-être à la lecture de ce papier.

L’on apprenait au début du mois de mars 2026 que la Division scolaire franco-manitobaine ouvrirait sa 26e école à Saint-Boniface.

Au 261 rue Youville, ce sont les murs de l’école confessionnelle Springs Christian Academy qui appartiennent désormais à la DSFM.

En réalité, l’établissement est l’un des plus anciens bâtiments scolaires publics de Saint-Boniface. Fermé en 1989 en raison d’une baisse du nombre d’inscriptions, elle n’a rouvert ses portes sous le nom de Springs Christian Academy qu’en 1991.

Grand Chief Stewart Phillip says ‘heartsick’ MLA wife doesn’t support DRIPA pause

VANCOUVER - A First Nations leader whose wife is a B.C. government legislator says she doesn't support Premier David Eby's plan to suspend parts of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, and is "heartsick" over the issue.

Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, who was among B.C. Indigenous leaders who condemned the suspension plan at a Vancouver news conference on Friday, said Eby has "sidelined" his caucus during DRIPA negotiations and the NDP has a "leadership issue."

He said that when the B.C. legislature unanimously passed DRIPA in 2019, the government seemed committed to reconciliation with First Nations.

"Since that time, regrettably, under the leadership of Premier David Eby, the province has steadily backtracked on those commitments," he said.

Carman man tied to swindle says he’s ‘the original’ victim

Roy Scott’s name may be on the cheques that helped leave a Winnipeg woman penniless, but the man says he’s not a scammer — he’s a victim of the same fraud.

Scott, who lives in Carman, said he lost thousands of dollars after fraudsters accessed his TD bank account and credit cards in October.

It didn’t stop there. In the months since, Scott said RCMP told him somebody got hold of a legitimate cheque Scott had deposited into his account. It was then used to open two bank accounts and a credit union account in Ontario — all while leaving his name on it.

Through Scott’s account, the scammers were also able to access money from the account of his daughter, who lives with special needs.

Survey reveals widespread support in province for LGBTTQ+ community’s rights

More than seven out of 10 Manitobans believe the rights of people in the province’s LGBTTQ+ community should be protected by law, new poll results reveal.

Manitoba small-business owners post second-highest rate of concern about rising crime

When Fiona Zhao thinks about the rising cost of safety when running her business, it’s not just dollars and cents — to her, it’s a societal issue.

Zhao began Unique Bunny in 2014 in Winnipeg, an early adopter of South Korean and Japanese skincare retail in the city, before expanding to 10 locations around the country. But Unique Bunny’s longest-running Winnipeg storefront, on Osborne Street, closed after eight years in 2023, with the company citing crime growing out of control in the area.

Data released by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business on Wednesday found 61 per cent of surveyed business owners in Manitoba believe crime in their respective communities has increased over the past year — the second-highest rate in the country.

The news doesn’t surprise Zhao.

Desperate Manitoba First Nation chief pleads for help after string of recent suicides in devastated community

The chief of a northern Manitoba First Nation has declared a state of emergency as the community grapples with a worsening suicide crisis that has claimed five lives in six months, including three in the past two weeks.

Indigenous women’s groups call for funding to limit risks to safety, prosperity

OTTAWA - Advocates are calling for long-term, stable federal funding to safeguard Indigenous women and girls and warning the federal government's major projects push could place them at higher risk.

Hilda Anderson-Pyrz, president of the National Family and Survivors Circle, said groups like hers still don't know if they'll receive continued funding from Ottawa. She said that uncertainty undermines their efforts to address the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.

"When we're looking at the safety and human security of Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit and gender-diverse people, it's really critical that organizations who are doing this important work — and even through the lens of prevention and economic participation — that they receive long-term, sustainable and equitable funding," she said.

"They're severely underfunded. There's a real power imbalance."

Food is food regardless of where it comes from

In the recent budget, the government of Manitoba announced it will remove provincial sales tax from prepared meals sold in grocery stores, while continuing to apply it to the very same meals sold in restaurants.

This change is presented as an affordability measure. However, if the goal is to make food more affordable, then tax policy should reflect a simple principle: food is food.

Food is not a luxury, it is a necessity.

With just one per cent of restaurants classified as high-end or luxury dining, the reality is that the vast majority operate in the mid-market — serving as an essential part of Manitobans’ daily routines and busy lives. In fact, low-income Canadians spend a greater proportion of their income on restaurants than those with a higher income, so a tax on restaurant food disproportionately affects them.

Home gardeners have new way to share bumper crops

Planning a prolific pumpkin patch? A new free online resource lets Winnipeggers list vegetables they’re planning to grow this summer that they will either sell, barter or give away in the fall.