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Behind the mic
Google “Winnipeg comedy clubs” and you’ll get one result: Rumor’s Restaurant and Comedy Club.
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Another blow to the Yellow Pages
Food delivery and take-out is just a couple clicks away at SkipTheDishes.ca.
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Shawarma Khan touches down in Winnipeg
Shawarma Khan, the long-awaited shawarma restaurant of Canadian Football League offensive lineman Obby Khan, officially opened its 225 McDermot Ave. location this past Monday, Jan. 21.
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Coffee with French Press
When Chantel Emond - better known by her stage name French Press - finished her shift at a Winnipeg coffee shop, she ran to the back to grab herself a cup of black coffee and came back to sit down with a nervous smile.
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This is better
Hannah Georgas isn’t short on confidence.
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‘Long live Big Fun!’
Huddled around a table in the warmth of Cousin’s Deli, four friends are having a few pints and pondering the blur of a year they’ve had since creating arguably the best thing to hit the Winnipeg music scene in years: Big Fun.
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Sarah Neufeld’s string theory
As people around the world eagerly anticipate the new album from critically-acclaimed Montreal indie rock band Arcade Fire, Winnipeg music fans will have the opportunity to see the group’s violinist, Sarah Neufeld, in concert this week.
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Health gap between rich and poor widening
The gap in health between the richest and poorest Manitobans has grown significantly in the last 20 years.
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City budget a welcome disappointment
On Jan. 9, city council’s executive policy committee - led by Mayor Sam Katz and finance chairman Russ Wyatt - tabled the city’s preliminary operating and capital budgets; two spending blueprints that outline the cost of city services and capital expenditures.
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Bad Religion
When I met with Steve Swan to discuss writing for The Uniter, we sat staring out the large windows at a downtown Second Cup largely perplexed, attempting to whittle down what, exactly, we wished to say about religion - a subject that consistently captivates people, but also consistently bores them.
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Local News Briefs
Feds to appeal Kapyong decision; Lake Winnipeg researchers receive $600K; Papa George’s talks break down; Manitoba dead last in after hours care
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International News Briefs
World’s rich have the money to end poverty four times over; Austrians want conscription; Five dead in New Mexico slaying; Police rounded up on organized crime charges
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Church conversions move forward in the core
While St. Matthew’s Anglican Church might look like a bastion of unwavering tradition from its exterior, on the inside, it, like numerous other churches in Winnipeg, is undergoing a dramatic change.
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Uncertain campus development sparks concerns from Spence community
As the University of Winnipeg continues construction on a pair of expansion projects on the west side of campus, community organizations and residents are raising concerns about the potential loss of housing in the neighbourhood.
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Fashion Streeter
I like to focus on value and warmth. I like dark and tailored.