The Veriasov family, Kate, 29, (centre), Dima, 28, (left) and their two young sons Dima, 4, Timothy, 18 months, and Kate’s mother Larysa, 61, are greeted by Mandy Kwasnica of the Charleswood Rotary Club at the Winnipeg, her husband and two children at the airport on Dec. 4.
Lake of the Woods has a shoreline of 25,000 miles — 65,000 miles if you count the space where the basin’s thousands of islands, large and minuscule, meet the water.
(From left) Shaun Mayberry, gallery director for Mayberry Fine Art; Dana Mayberry, Tuxedo gallery manager; and Randolph Parker, artist; are seen with one of the 220 paintings in Parker’s Islands - Lake of the Woods exhibit. The collection is on display at both Mayberry Fine Art locations until Dec. 24.
NorWest Co-op Community Health is celebrating its 50th birthday with a video series, 50 Success Stories, highlighting its members, clients and decades of achievement.
On a fiercely cold and bright early winter morning, shoppers poured through the doors of the nearly one-hundred-year-old Gothic revival Tabernacle Baptist Church for its first holiday craft and bake sale.
Pastor Dave Heinrichs (left) and congregation member Jacquie Schmitke hosted a craft and bake sale at Tabernacle Baptist Church on Nov. 19. The market will likely be the first of many to come.
The Assiniboia community committee met on Nov. 21 following a hiatus owing to the municipal election. Newly appointed councillors Shawn Dobson (St. James) and Evan Duncan (Charleswood-Tuxedo-Westwood) joined Janice Lukes, three-term councillor for the Waverley-West ward, at City Hall.
The Assiniboia community committee turned down a proposal for seven two-storey detached condos along Apex Street between Elmhurst Road and Cathcart Street in Charleswood. Coun. Janice Lukes voted in favour of the plan, while Coun. Shawn Dobson (St. James) and Coun. Evan Duncan (Charleswood-Tuxedo-Westwood) did not.
Ten years. One hundred and twenty months. Three thousand six hundred fifty days. That’s how you measure the Westwood Collegiate theatre program’s quest to produce Rent.
The Westwood Warriors AAAA varsity girls hockey team had a 7-3-3 record at press time, good for fourth place in the Manitoba Women’s High School Hockey League Division 3.
An event that saw more than 500 students from River East Transcona School division descend upon Transcona Cemetery on a brisk November morning was uniquely poignant for one veteran.
Over 500 students from the River East Transcona School Division took part in the No Stone Left Alone Ceremony at Transcona Cemetery’s Field of Honour on Nov. 7.
A new sculpture in the University of Manitoba’s Elizabeth Dafoe Library is creating a sense of belonging for some students who have been historically underrepresented in the education system.
Paranormal investigator Victor Martin doesn’t believe in ghosts. Or demons. He believes in spirits. When Martin feels cool air on his neck, or when his hand-held electromagnetic field meter flashes red, that’s when he’s in his element.
Local production company Folks Films recently recorded Victor Martin of Victor’s Investigation of Paranormal Inc. during a search for spirits at Seven Oaks House Museum as part of the upcoming Bell Fibe TV show, Ghost Kitchens. The show is scheduled for release in early 2023.
(From left) Restauranteurs and chefs Mary Kate Estanislao, Janel Francisco, Kiko Cadorna opened Kkiko’s Grill (1060 Ellice Ave.) last month. Kkiko’s Grill specializes in authentic Filipino food served in-house and for delivery.
Lee Barringer, 53, recently founded Branch & Pyre, an online, direct cremation service. The River Heights resident has more than three decades of experience in funeral services.
By Katlyn Streilein STAFF REPORTER3 minute readWednesday, Oct. 26, 2022
The Oak Park Raiders AAAA junior varsity boys football team is on a roll in the Winnipeg HIgh School Football League’s JV division, and had posted a 6-0 record at press time.
By Katlyn Streilein1 minute readMonday, Oct. 24, 2022
On a recent warm late October evening, as the haze from the fall harvest settled over the farmer’s fields, Six Pines Haunted Attractions was alive with the screams and shrills of terrified patrons.