Free Press Community Review: East

Funding for community projects approved

Sheldon Birnie STAFF REPORTER 3 minute read Friday, May. 26, 2023

The East Kildonan-Transcona community committee met on May 23, though Coun. Jason Schreyer (Elmwood-East Kildonan) was absent, leading to a number of items being held over until June.

A $900 per capita grant was approved for Valley Gardens Community Centre’s family fun day on June 24, with funds split evenly between the three wards, along with a $2,000 per capita grant from the Elmwood-East Kildonan ward to help with costs for Happy Days on Henderson, which is to be held on June 10.

In addition, the committee approved its semi-annual summary of delegated authority to award per capita, land dedication, and community incentive grants outside of community committee meetings between July 1 and December 31, 2022, which included $250,000 from Transcona’s land dedication reserve for Buhler Recreation Park improvements and a $99,438 community incentive grant from North Kildonan’s allocation for community enhancements at John Pritchard School, among others.

Coun. Russ Wyatt (Transcona) made a motion to eliminate the delegation of authority over such items, preferring to deal with them at committee meetings in the future.

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Peg City Car Co-op launches fleet of new vehicles

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Peg City Car Co-op launches fleet of new vehicles

Sheldon Birnie STAFF REPORTER 2 minute read Yesterday at 10:03 AM CDT

Peg City Car Co-op is making a big splash throughout the central part of the city.

On May 17, the car-sharing co-operative launched its new “free floating” car-share program with an event at City Hall.

In the coming weeks, members can book one of 35 new “FLO” vehicles throughout the downtown core and beyond for short trips with a few clicks on a smartphone.

“The introduction of one-way car-sharing is a game-changer for Winnipeg,” CEO Philip Mikulec said in a statement.

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Back on song

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Back on song

Simon Fuller STAFF REPORTER 3 minute read Thursday, May. 25, 2023

A St. Boniface-based choir is preparing to return to the public stage after a pandemic-induced hiatus.

La chorale Les Blés au vent is set to perform on Saturday, May 27 at 7:30 p.m. at La Paroisse des Saints-Martyrs-Canadiens (289 avenue Dussault).

Aline Campagne, the choir’s director, said the ensemble is keen to let the community know it’s still active and looking forward to resume performing in public as the world continues to adjust and adapt in light of COVID-19.

Campagne — who has been involved with the choir consecutively since 2006 having initially becoming involved briefly in the 1980s — said Les Blés au vent traditionally held an annual concert at this time of year before the pandemic protocols curtailed that. The last in-person-concert was in 2019; it was cancelled in 2020, then broadcast online in 2021 and 2022.

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Thursday, May. 25, 2023

High schoolers to compete in big science fairs

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High schoolers to compete in big science fairs

Terry Duguid 3 minute read Wednesday, May. 24, 2023

Two students from Fort Richmond Collegiate in South Winnipeg are representing their community at national and international science competitions this month.

16-year-old Keerthan Kamala Krishnamoorthy will represent Team Canada at the 2023 Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair, held in Dallas, Tex. He is one of eight students selected by Youth Science Canada to represent the nation at this world-renowned competition.

Keerthan’s project – called “Detection of Harmful Microorganisms in Drinking Water using Deep Learning” – aims to make safe drinking water more accessible. In his research proposal, Keerthan plans to make a mobile phone app that can take a photo of water, analyze the photo, and determine if it is safe to drink. The app requires the use of a paper microscope to magnify the water sample, which Keerthan says is inexpensive and widely accessible around the world.

Another Fort Richmond student, 12th grader Annika Paliwal, is heading to Edmonton to represent Team Bison Manitoba at the Canada-Wide Science Fair, hosted by Youth Science Canada.

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Wednesday, May. 24, 2023

Celebrating 100 years of dance

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Celebrating 100 years of dance

John Hindle 3 minute read Wednesday, May. 24, 2023

The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society, headquartered in Edinburgh, Scotland, is dedicated to promoting Scottish dancing and music to present and future generations. It has been around since 1923.

The Winnipeg Scottish Country Dance Society began in 1959 when Archie Nixon and David Williams, both newly settled in Winnipeg, decided to form a group. With a leap of faith and an advertisement in the Winnipeg Tribune, the society was born, receiving branch status in May of 1963, with two certified teachers and membership of 60.

You can do the math — 2023 marks the 100th and 60th anniversaries of these two societies.

The focus, both locally and of the parent society, is fun, fitness and friendship. Scottish Country Dance has societies in over 40 countries, and many have participated in a special initiative to mark the 100th anniversary. Scottish dancers around the world have been filmed performing a dance called the Flying Scotsman. The Winnipeg group danced at Union Station on Main Street. Video was sent to Scotland, where a montage of dancers from across the globe was compiled.

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Wednesday, May. 24, 2023

‘A comedy of errors’

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‘A comedy of errors’

Sheldon Birnie STAFF REPORTER 3 minute read 2:03 PM CDT

The whole world’s a stage, and Winnipeg Mennonite Theatre is bringing it home with its latest production.

From June 1 to 4, the long-running community theatre group, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, will bring J. B. Priestley’s When We Are Married, a British farce, to the stage at the Université de Saint-Boniface’s salle Martial-Caron (200 Ave. de la Cathedrale).

Set in the early 20th century, When We Are Married concerns three upwardly mobile British couples who were all married on the same day by the same pastor in the same church who learn, on their 25th anniversaries, that the pastor had not, in fact, legally married any of them.

“It’s a comedy of errors,” explained director Luis Reis, who has been involved with the Winnipeg Mennonite Theatre with his wife Monica for 35 years.

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Manitoba Golf Hall of Fame & Museum nomination deadline May 31

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Manitoba Golf Hall of Fame & Museum nomination deadline May 31

Staff reporter 1 minute read Wednesday, May. 24, 2023

There’s still time to nominate a prospective Manitoba Golf Hall of Fame & Museum entrant for this year.

According to Golf Manitoba, the organization is “dedicated to the recognition of extraordinary contributions and accomplishments in the sport of golf” in the province.

Applications are currently being accepted into the hall, and individuals or teams can be nominated.

The application deadline is May 31. Visit www.manitobagolfhalloffame.com for more information.

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Wednesday, May. 24, 2023

There’s still time to nominate a prospective Manitoba Golf Hall of Fame & Museum entrant for this year.

According to Golf Manitoba, the organization is “dedicated to the recognition of extraordinary contributions and accomplishments in the sport of golf” in the province.

Applications are currently being accepted into the hall, and individuals or teams can be nominated.

The application deadline is May 31. Visit www.manitobagolfhalloffame.com for more information.

‘United by the spoken word’

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‘United by the spoken word’

Simon Fuller STAFF REPORTER 2 minute read Wednesday, May. 24, 2023

As the world continues to re-emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, one upcoming event will speak to the importance of re-igniting the passion of employees and re-establishing workplace culture.

The inaugural Elevate MB half-day conference will take place at The Leaf in Assiniboine Park (145 Locomotive Dr.) on Friday, May 26 from 8:30 a.m. to noon. Organized by the Prairie Shield Chapter of the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers, the event is intended to help leaders explore solutions and strategies designed to shift post-pandemic paradigms, said Anders Boulanger, the chapter’s president and a key event organizer.

Boulanger, a professional speaker who lives in St. Boniface, said returning to the workplace after the pandemic has presented challenges for many organizations and their teams; whether it’s working from home, or making the transition back into the office, many businesses are struggling with employee engagement and poor workplace culture.

“We wanted to put on an event to recognize that many people are still coming out of the pandemic slowly, and we wanted to bring together three speakers with different perspectives and experience,” he said.

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Wednesday, May. 24, 2023

Let the agricultural adventures begin

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Let the agricultural adventures begin

Simon Fuller STAFF REPORTER 3 minute read Wednesday, May. 24, 2023

A number of Windsor Park residents are enjoying getting their hands dirty this spring.

At press time, almost all of the 38 raised garden beds at Winakwa Community Garden had been rented, as local individuals were embarking on their agricultural adventures at the start of this year’s growing season.

Key organizer and garden committee chair Christine Mousseau said recently that the committee has now completed its three-year phased plan for the garden’s fruit orchard, which was finished last fall and is now in the hands of Mother Nature as different trees and plants grow and mature.

It’s hoped the orchard will help bring food security to the community — operating on a first come, first served “take what you need and leave some for the rest of the community” basis — and eventually yield fruits such as apples, cherries, haskap berries, pears, raspberries, and Saskatoon berries.

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Wednesday, May. 24, 2023

Royalwood welcomes bargain hunters June 3

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Royalwood welcomes bargain hunters June 3

Tanya Misseghers 3 minute read Wednesday, May. 24, 2023

The Royalwood community garage sale has traditionally been held on the last weekend in May. Over the pandemic, Sage Creek claimed that time-frame. So Royalwood residents and organizers have now chosen the first Saturday in June as our date — which falls on June 3 this year.

The event will begin at 8:30 a.m. Watch for any home with the garage door open and you will find treasures galore. Some residents may be open for business on Friday, June 2 but the officialsale takes place on the Saturday.

Lori Rosche, one of the administrators of the Royalwood Facebook group which has helped to organize the event, is excited to see all the activity.

“It’s a great way to meet your neighbours,” Rosche said. “I’ve lived in the area for 20 years and it brings a smile to my face to see so many families out and about.”

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Wednesday, May. 24, 2023

It takes a village of love…

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It takes a village of love…

Laurie Gydé 3 minute read Wednesday, May. 24, 2023

When 38-year-old Crystal Lynn Lowe’s cancer spread like wildfire, she asked her cousin Nancy Squire and husband Jeremy Squire to promise to keep her four girls together.

Crystal succumbed to an aggressive form of cancer in April. Three weeks later, the Squires, married just seven years, who always longed for children of their own, applied for legal guardianship of Crystal Lynn’s girls, aged 13, 10, seven and

two.

“It felt like someone above knew we needed them as much as they needed us,” Nancy said. “It’s been a blessing.”

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Wednesday, May. 24, 2023

IG Wealth Management Walk for Alzheimer’s set for May 27

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IG Wealth Management Walk for Alzheimer’s set for May 27

Staff reporter 1 minute read Wednesday, May. 24, 2023

It’s nearly time to get walking for a good cause.

The IG Wealth Management Walk for Alzheimer’s will be held on Saturday, May 27 at Assiniboine Park.

According to the society’s website, check-in will be at 10 a.m., and the warm-up will be at 10:45 a.m. The walk will start at 11 a.m., and lunch will be at 11:45 a.m.

Go online at alzheimer.mb.ca for more information.

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Wednesday, May. 24, 2023

Happy 102nd birthday!

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Happy 102nd birthday!

FP Community Review staff 1 minute read Wednesday, May. 24, 2023

Jacqui Setter of Victoria, B.C., wrote us to say that her mother, Frances Paul, celebrated her 102nd birthday on May 22.

She commemorated the milestone with a small gathering of family and friends at Devonshire Green, in Transcona. Jacqui asked if we would mention it in the paper — and we are happy to oblige.

Frances was born in 1921. To give you a sense of perspective, these things happened that year:

• The New York Yankees purchased 20 acres in The Bronx to build the first Yankee Stadium;

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Wednesday, May. 24, 2023

Welcome to the 2023 golf season!

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Welcome to the 2023 golf season!

Ryan Desjarlais 3 minute read Wednesday, May. 24, 2023

With the May long weekend now behind us, we can now declare Manitoba’s summer golf season unofficially open.

Courses were a bit slow opening this year but, seemingly overnight, the snow disappeared, and the fairways have greened right up.

Before heading out into rural Manitoba this year for some golfing road-trip adventures, it is always a good idea to work on your game. In keeping with this column’s theme, there are some nine-hole courses in and around Winnipeg you can visit to iron out the kinks.

In the northeast part of the city, Harbour View’s nine holes are all par 3s. Hole 4 is a long effort to get there in one, but the hole right after has a green that can be reached with a sand wedge. You can find this facility on Springfield Road, off Lagimodiere Boulevard.

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Wednesday, May. 24, 2023

Track renewal collaboration

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Track renewal collaboration

Brian Mayes 3 minute read Wednesday, May. 24, 2023

In a typical running relay, four runners must pass the baton between them before the final runner gets over the finish line. After a four-year process, I am pleased to say that four elected representatives from this area have collaborated to fund a running-track renewal project in Windsor Park.

The current ‘track’ is a 300-metre dirt oval that, we think, dates to the early 1970s and which, with ongoing weed growth, appears to be returning to the elements. After the City of Winnipeg funded a new 400-metre track at Victor Mager School in St. Vital in 2019, I became interested in the track shared by Collège Béliveau and Windsor Park Collegiate, as students from new parts of my ward, such as Sage Creek, Royalwood and Bonavista attend these schools.

In 2019, it was estimated that it would cost $503,000 to pave and rubberize the track. By 2022, this estimate had increased to $600,0000. Meanwhile, tracks have been rebuilt in Garden City and River East while we attempted to get funding for Béliveau/WPC.

The Louis Riel School Division expressed support for the project back in 2019. In 2022, the federal government provided about $7.5 million through its Economic Response and Recovery Plan (ERRP) to be allocated by city councillors across the city. I have used my ward’s share of these funds, with the support of MP Dan Vandal, to fund an upgrade of Fountainview Park in Royalwood, and modernization of Bonivital Soccer Club’s clubhouse at St. Vital Memorial Park, on Fermor Avenue. Earlier this year, Minister Vandal authorized $285,000 in federal funds for the track project, and I have added $15,000 from city funds.

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Wednesday, May. 24, 2023

calendrier communautaire 233-ALLÔ

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calendrier communautaire 233-ALLÔ

Calendrier communautaire 1 minute read Wednesday, May. 24, 2023

24 mai • Soirée de jeux vidéo – Tournoi 1 • Patio 340

25 mai • Open Mic avec Barney Morin • Patio 340

25 mai • Vernissage de l’exposition Exploration • Galerie d’art du CCFM

25 mai • Cercle de perlage au Salon Empire • CCFM

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Wednesday, May. 24, 2023

Miles Mac student wins Schulich Scholarship

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Miles Mac student wins Schulich Scholarship

Sheldon Birnie STAFF REPORTER 4 minute read Tuesday, May. 23, 2023

Hard work and good study habits have paid off for one local student.

Maxwell Nganyadi, 18, is a Grade 12 student in Miles Macdonell Collegiate’s International Baccalaureate program who has been awarded one of this year’s Schulich Leader Scholarships. The prestigious national scholarships are awarded to 100 graduating high school students focusing on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, and are valued at $100,000.

“I’m excited for the future,” Nganyadi said. “It’s a huge weight off my shoulders, off my parents’ shoulders. That’s what I was thinking about, that my mom wouldn’t have to worry about paying for anything. My brother will have more freedom, more money for his studies if he’s not as lucky as me with scholarships.”

Born in Italy, Nganyadi moved to Winnipeg with his mother, father, and younger brother, Pascal, in 2013. Apart from his studies, Nganyadi is an avid breakdancer, coder, chess and video game player. He even started a coding club at Miles Mac, to share his passion with others.

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Tuesday, May. 23, 2023

Dance, dance, dance

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Dance, dance, dance

Sheldon Birnie STAFF REPORTER 3 minute read Tuesday, May. 23, 2023

Dust off those dancing shoes, it’s showtime!

On Thursday, May 25, staff and students at Miles Macdonell Collegiate (757 Roch St.) will come together for the fifth annual Dancing with the Staff, a one-of-a-kind show in support of the school’s dance program.

“The last performance was in 2019, so we’re super excited for it to be back again,” explained Katherine Ybanez, dance teacher at Miles Mac. “I have 24 staff members participating this year. Math teachers, biology teachers, librarians, secretaries, they’re all in there. There are usually four or five staff members with four or five students. They come in every lunch hour and I teach them a dance.”

This year’s theme, Ybanez added, is one-hit-wonders from the 1980s and ‘90s.

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Tuesday, May. 23, 2023

Competition fierce for junior baseball crown

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Competition fierce for junior baseball crown

STAFF REPORTER 2 minute read Friday, May. 19, 2023

The crack of the bats, the glow of the big lights, and the thrill of the grass are once again filling baseball diamonds around Winnipeg.

On May 14, the Manitoba Junior Baseball League opened the regular season with a round of double-headers. Defending champs the Elmwood Giants split wins with the Pembina Valley Orioles, while the St. James A’s doubled up on Ws against the Carillon Sultans. St. James notched another 3-1 win on May 17 against the Interlake Blue Jays to take an early undefeated season lead on the standings, with a +19 run differential at press time.

While St. James is off to a hot start this year, Elmwood are looking to make history as they try to win a sixth straight league championship. But the other clubs aren’t going to sit back and let “the Evil Empire” retain the title without a fight.

Since 2014, Elmwood has won seven championships, and appeared in the final each year but one. Top challenger to the Giants’ dynasty in recent years has been the St. James A’s, who have not only battled the Giants throughout the regular season but have taken Elmwood on in the finals without success in 2022 and 2018. In 2017, St. James defeated Elmwood for the title.

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Friday, May. 19, 2023

The demise of the Highland Park subdivision

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The demise of the Highland Park subdivision

Christian Cassidy 3 minute read Wednesday, May. 17, 2023

City street names can disappear for many reasons, including new waves of urban development. That was the case with Old Kildonan’s Highland and Foley avenues. One was swallowed up by a neighbouring suburb and the other by the anticipated Chief Peguis Trail extension.

In 1906, the Michael L. Foley Company began marketing the Highland Park subdivision on Main Street, just north of what is now the North End sewage treatment plant, as a future investment opportunity. At the time, there was no development on the land between Main and McPhillips streets, as these were former river lots, likely of Selkirk Settlers, which had been used for farming or as pasture.

Highland Park looked like a great investment on paper. There was a ferry service to North Kildonan at the river that was expected to be replaced by a bridge one day, a Winnipeg to Selkirk street car service opened along Main Street in 1908, and the City of Winnipeg began buying land for Kildonan Park in 1909.

If Foley’s “advertorials” in local papers were to be believed, hundreds of lots were pre-sold and plans for an extension to the subdivision were in the works. For reasons unknown, Foley was unable to turn the investment deal into reality and mentions of Highland Park disappeared from newspapers after 1907.

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Wednesday, May. 17, 2023

Apprenticeships a viable option for students

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Apprenticeships a viable option for students

Adriano Magnifico 3 minute read Wednesday, May. 17, 2023

Decisions. Decisions. Decisions.

With high school graduation ceremonies just around the corner, students will leave the friendly confines of their schools and begin new chapters in their lives.

Some will go to university or community college; others will go directly to work. Many will try to figure out a next move, stymied, unsure what’s available to them.

They may not be aware of an opportunity right under their noses in which the tuition costs are cheap, the wages excellent, and the jobs plentiful.

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Wednesday, May. 17, 2023

Pro baseball’s rich Winnipeg history

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Pro baseball’s rich Winnipeg history

T. Kent Morgan 3 minute read Wednesday, May. 17, 2023

When the Winnipeg Goldeyes play their first home game of the 2023 season at Shaw Park on May 19, independent professional baseball will return to the city for its 30th season. In 1994, the team owned by Sam Katz joined the Northern League and won the championship under the leadership of manager Doug Simunic.

Before the independent-league Goldeyes arrived, Manitoba baseball fans enjoyed watching teams that were part of the large organized-baseball umbrella, usually sponsored by major league teams. In the early years of the 20th century, Winnipeg had teams that first played in the old Northern League and then the Northern-Copper County, Western Canada and Central International Leagues. Both Brandon, in 1908, and St. Boniface, in 1915, played in the Northern League.

Calling Sherburn Park home, the Winnipeg Maroons played an entertaining level of ball in the Class D and C Northern League from 1933 until 1942, when several leagues folded owing to the Second World War. Older Winnipeg fans will remember the first version of the Goldeyes, a farm team of the St. Louis Cardinals, which played at the Winnipeg Stadium from 1954 to 1964. The city last had an organized baseball team when the Montreal Expos organization moved its AAA International League team from Buffalo to Winnipeg partway through the 1970 season. The Whips lasted one more season in our city.

Sports collector Burnett Konsmo recently sent Memories of Sport a copy of an article about Winnipeg baseball published in the September 1987 issue of Sports Collectors Digest. Author Paul Gertsen, whose journalism credentials are not listed, claims that minor league baseball is an oft-forgotten chapter of Winnipeg’s sporting legacy. Take that statement for what it’s worth from a writer who spelled Sherburn Sherbourne, had the Whips playing in the American Association, and tells his readers that Dale Hawerchuck, not Hawerchuk, can really skate.

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Wednesday, May. 17, 2023

Explore history during Doors Open Winnipeg

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Explore history during Doors Open Winnipeg

RoseAnna Schick 3 minute read Wednesday, May. 17, 2023

Visiting historic sites is one of my favourite things to do when travelling. I find it fascinating to get glimpses of the people and places that helped lay the foundations wherever I happen to be.

It’s also interesting and eye-opening to go back in time in your hometown, in order to gain a greater understanding of and appreciation for the place you call home.

Here in Winnipeg, we have a trove of heritage treasures that are architecturally, historically and culturally significant. Doors Open Winnipeg, organized by Heritage Winnipeg, is a designated weekend that allows visitors to take free tours of unique locales all over the city.

This year’s 20th anniversary event happens May 27 and 28, with 50 buildings and a dozen outdoor spaces open to visitors. All you have to do is review the doorsopenwinnipeg.ca website, decide where you want to go, note the opening times and policies, and then show up. Tickets are not required, but some locations do request pre-registration (with instructions listed on their page). Several options are designated as being wheelchair accessible.

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Wednesday, May. 17, 2023

Good debts are tools to improve your situation

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Good debts are tools to improve your situation

Christine Ibbotson 3 minute read Wednesday, May. 17, 2023

Dear Money Lady,

I’m in my 30s, not married and in a dead-end job. I’m thinking of going back to school but will have to get a loan to do so. Do you think it is okay to go into debt?

Jessica

Dear Jessica,

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Wednesday, May. 17, 2023

Active, loving pup seeks forever home

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Active, loving pup seeks forever home

Manitoba Mutts 2 minute read Wednesday, May. 17, 2023

Hi, I’m Hughie!

I am an active, energetic boy who loves to play hard and then relax beside you on the couch for cuddles.

I am fully house-trained, I will go to the door once I know where it is, or I go out when my foster sister goes out.

I am not crate-trained and really don’t like it, even with the door open. I like to nap on the floor or on the couch. I sleep in my dog bed in my foster’s bedroom and sleep through the night.

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Wednesday, May. 17, 2023

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