Thomas Pashko
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City briefs
Kinew extends fuel tax cut // Around the Kitchen Table // Community orgs react to provincial budget // U of W student films to screen at Cinematheque // Province boosts healthcare spending // Words of a Toole
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The Urban Issue: Addressing violent crime
It’s a tradition here at The Uniter for us to release a special themed issue as our last weekly edition of the publishing year. The Urban Issue, as we call it, is an opportunity for us to look at social, political and street-level issues that are impacting Winnipeg as a whole: as a city, as a community, as a place, as people.
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That’s all, folks!
It’s the end of another publishing year at The Uniter. It’s not, however, the end of the academic year at the University of Winnipeg.
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University of Winnipeg rebuilding services after cyber attack
University of Winnipeg (U of W) staff are working “day and night” to restore the school’s critical web services following what they’re calling a criminal cyber attack they discovered on Sunday, March 24. In the meantime, it’s clear that the outages will have significant repercussions for U of W students and faculty.
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City briefs
Winnipegger sues Uber // Federal ministers visit U of W // Amy Mazowita artist talk at 1C03 // Alleged human smuggler pleads ‘not guilty’ // Ten Ten Sinclair strike ends // Feds probe alleged China spying in Winnipeg
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Critipeg: The Three Musketeers: Milady
Plays at Dave Barber Cinematheque on March 30 in the Alliance Française French Film Festival
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Take a break
My friend Lasha has been telling me for weeks that I need to slow down.
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City briefs
Firefighters’ union sounds alarm // Some pool closures paused for now // The (Video) King is Dead // Winnipeg police beef up retail presence // Tory obstruction // Cop sued for abuse – again
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Profiting off a broken child-welfare system
On Feb. 28, CBC Manitoba published a bombshell investigation that found that a local foster home had been giving cannabis to children in its care on a daily basis.
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Overcoming language barriers for refugees
For many Winnipeggers, it’s easy to take basic services for granted. Relationships with one-on-one service providers like dentists, doctors or barbers are personal and often develop over the course of years. But for the city’s many newcomer refugees, there’s a significant barrier to accessing these services: language.
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Be kind, rewind
Sad news came out of Transcona this week when owner Glen Fuhl announced that his business, Video King, would be closing after 40 years.
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City briefs
Suing for Silence // Kinew calls for Gaza ceasefire // Appeal sought in curling doping scandal // Minimum wage increase coming in October // Transit safety officers assaulted // Sunday library closures looming
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You really like me!
Like many movie nerds, I spent this past Sunday evening watching the Academy Awards. Curled up on my couch with a bowl of popcorn, I settled in for what is essentially my Super Bowl.
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Physician, heal thyself
One’s relationship to their family doctor is a weirdly personal one. On paper, it’s professional, with its own legal dynamics and bureaucracy. But it’s intimate. Your doctor knows more about your body than anyone else. Your life is sometimes literally in their hands. If you’ve had the same doctor since childhood, it can be one of life’s longest relationships. So when your doctor fails you, it’s more than a professional slight – it’s a deep betrayal.
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Winnipeg claims methane sales could lower emissions
The City of Winnipeg claims a proposed plan to start selling methane produced at the Brady Road Landfill could help lower the city’s greenhouse-gas emissions.
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City briefs
UWSA polls close // Severe late-winter snowfalls // Province to expand labour protections // Former PM Mulroney dies // CMHR architect dies // Gillingham supports opening Portage & Main
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A problem of priorities
Anyone who’s been reading The Uniter for a while has probably read me complaining about Winnipeg’s car-centric philosophy more than once. It’s a favourite topic of mine. As someone who doesn’t own a car and relies on sidewalks and transit to get around, it impacts me pretty directly.
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City briefs
Massive airport coke bust // Changes to nursing requirements // Former Blue Bomber Craig Roh dies // Dry winter spells drought for province // Weidman Warehouse destroyed by fire // MP Blaikie resigns
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The obituary from Hell
While editing local news stories for this week’s issue of The Uniter, I was distracted by a news alert on my phone. I usually pay these no mind when I’m deep in production of the paper, but the photo in my peripheral vision caught my eye. The long hair and dark eyes were unmistakably those of comedian and actor Richard Lewis.
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Please read responsibly
In order to write the news, you also have to read the news.
