Pembina Trails changing start times in some schools due to enrolment surge, transportation problems

A Winnipeg school division is changing instruction start and end times — in some cases by as much as 45 minutes — in an effort to address enrolment and transportation challenges.

Travellers have more than a few grievances to air when it comes to flight security procedures at Winnipeg's airport

Confiscated corned beef.

Rifled-through dirty underwear.

An X-rayed cat.

These are a few of the nearly 300 airport security complaints filed by passengers travelling through Winnipeg’s Richardson International Airport over the past seven years.

Bowl of Korean tteokguk, a new year tradition, marks passage of time

The sound of an egg cracking brings Yena running into the living room. The three-year-old is eager to help and beating eggs is her specialty.

Downtown loses last commercial movie theatre as Towne 8 goes up for sale

The final credits are rolling for downtown Winnipeg’s last commercial movie theatre, which is on the market six months after what was supposed to be a temporary closure.

Bella, Charlie, Luna top lists of most popular names for cats and dogs in Winnipeg

Charlie is calm, smart and incredibly food motivated. He knows how to sit, shake a paw and play fetch. He’s great with kids and friendly with neighbours. By all accounts, Charlie is a pretty typical Labrador retriever.

Millennium Library reopening next week with on-site police, metal detector

The Millennium Library will fully reopen Monday with enhanced safety measures including police on the ground, more security staff and a metal detector, after closing last month in response to the slaying of a 28-year-old man.

Festival du Voyageur is back with more music, more sculptures and more Métis representation

Hé Ho! And full steam ahead. The mood inside Fort Gibraltar was positively giddy on Tuesday morning as Festival du Voyageur organizers unveiled the program for the first full-scale event in three years.

Local singer-songwriter is unapologetic in his embrace of his home

Jacob Brodovsky is sitting in a West Broadway diner, sipping cheap coffee, talking about music. He is not shy about the artists who make his world turn around, and he lists a few that he just can’t quit, not that he’d ever want to: Death Cab for Cutie, Neil Young, Charlotte Cornfield, the Saskatoon songwriter Ellen Froese, a personal friend to Brodovsky, who he calls one of the best songwriters he knows.

Ever-diversifying city reflected in its night-life options for fun, food and fellowship

It’s 11:30 p.m. Saturday night and most people are tucked up in bed. But in corners of the city, a number of souls brave the frigid weather to seek out spaces hidden below icy pavement and behind closed doors, to gather with night owls like themselves.

If you build it, they will swim

Reannah Hocken brings essentials to a Kenaston strip mall — her purse, her son and his swimsuit.

Comedy fans have been talking up a speakeasy-style club sneakily hidden in a hotel

The west end of Portage Avenue is peppered with hotels — basic, budget-conscious accommodations catering to travellers making their way along the Trans-Canada Highway. One such hotel, however, is hiding a not-so-basic secret.

Peg City breaks out of the red, adds profits, cars and members to its fold

Car sharing has finally taken off in Winnipeg and Peg City Car Co-op is looking to add another 42 cars to its fleet this year — about twice the growth of last year, which was its previous strongest year.

Woman challenges province over reneged medical procedure coverage

A Winnipeg woman suffering from a debilitating disease says the province has reneged on its promise to provide her health coverage, draining her savings and compromising her quality of life.

Stefanson puts positive light on massive exodus from Tory caucus

Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson will shuffle her inner circle, promising rejuvenation for the Progressive Conservative party after batch of longtime MLAs announced they will not run for re-election.

Winnipegger’s costumes speak volumes in Women Talking

When the film Women Talking opens here, two Manitoba-raised artists will be vaulted into the bright lights of Hollywood, their names attached to a film destined to draw both Oscar consideration and provincial intrigue.

Big jump in immigration welcome, accompanied by challenges

Manitoba’s biggest population boost in more a century has come at a time when the province is struggling with a health-care crisis and high inflation.

Winnipeg’s Jewish-style rye bread a unique loaf: bakers

WINNIPEGGERS aren’t the only folks celebrating the fact that local entrepreneurs Chip and Pepper Foster have brought the beloved KUB bakery back to life.

Restaurateur family has eyes on the pies

Gus Vasilarakis bid adieu to his Winnipeg pizza oven, and the city’s restaurant scene, for good — or so he thought.