Winnipeg families enjoy week-long festival including magic, circus acts during spring break
Jugglers, clowns and acrobats were some performers who entertained Winnipeg families at The Forks on Sunday during the 23rd annual Festival
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Former Winnipegger Jennifer Jones, Brent Laing win 1st Canadian mixed doubles curling title
Jennifer Jones didn’t talk about her clutch deuce, the $40,000 winner’s cheque or a trip next month to the world mixed
Continue readingManitoba refugee advocates fear change to border policy will hurt people, not help them
Advocates for refugees in Manitoba fear a recent change in Canada-U.S. border policy will hurt more people fleeing persecution than reduce
Continue readingSteinbach-area ag consultant becomes new leader of Manitoba Green Party
The Green Party of Manitoba has a new leader for the first time since 2008. Steinbach-area farmer and agricultural consultant
Continue readingHanover School Division plans to cut teachers, programs to make up for revenue shortfall
Southeastern Manitoba’s Hanover School Division is the latest in the province to declare it doesn’t have enough revenue to meet
Continue readingManitoban places 9th in New Zealand triathlon despite leg cramping
Canadian Tyler Mislawchuk finished ninth Sunday at the New Plymouth World Triathlon Cup on Sunday. Despite cramping in his legs,
Continue readingGimli’s Einarson tops Sweden for 2nd straight year to earn women’s world curling bronze
Kerri Einarson and her Canadian teammates are back-to-back world championship bronze medallists following Sunday’s 8-5 victory over host Sweden in
Continue readingMillennial Canadians dealt generational losing hand, layered in debt: insolvency trustee
Insolvency trustee Doug Hoyes encounters a lot of Canadians with money troubles, but he’s become particularly sympathetic to the plight
Continue readingIndigenous minor hockey tournament draws hundreds of players and fans to compete, make connections
When the Manitoba Indigenous Cultural Education Centre’s annual Indigenous minor hockey tournament rolls into Winnipeg, Pimicikamak becomes a “ghost town,”
Continue readingStory steeped in family trauma, humour at heart of Rosanna Deerchild’s 1st play
The story at the heart of Rosanna Deerchild’s first play and the inspiration behind it both start with something familiar
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