Volume 73, Number 21

Published March 14, 2019

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  • We’re melting!

    To be clear, the paper itself isn’t melting.

  • Whose House? Bret and Adara’s House!

    Bret Parenteau and Adara Moreau make noise music under the respective monikers B.P. and Body of Intrigue. 

  • Arts briefs

    H.O.M. is Where the Heart Is // MAWA cupcake auction! // CBC Manitoba Open House // Indigenous writers in residence // African Movie Festival in Manitoba // What to Do with Albert?

  • CRITIPEG: Minding the Gap

    The first feature film by 30-year-old documentarian Bing Liu, Minding the Gap has seen its reputation grow from its debut at 2018’s Sundance Film Festival throughout its long trek across the global festival and arthouse circuits.

  • Optimal Lifestyles - Pkew Pkew Pkew

    Pkew Pkew Pkew are a rock quartet from Toronto who have etched a name for themselves within their respective scene over their six-year tenure as a group.

  • Feats of knowledge

    Pub trivia is booming in Winnipeg. 

  • Darkroom / Lightroom

    Through the dramatic change from analog to digital photography, one thing has remained constant.

  • Outdigenous

    “Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?”

  • City briefs

    Laughter is Medicine // Film screening of Seven Sacred Laws // Community Opportunities Panel // World Water Day // Reception in honour of Dr. Diane Santesso // Red River Mutual Trail is officially closed

  • Calculating the cost of CFS cuts

    The Pallister government will cut $108 million to Child and Family Services (CFS) for the 2019/20 fiscal year, according to a press release from the Manitoba Liberal Caucus.

  • Feed the stomach and the soul

    Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre will run Indigenous Farming on the Prairies: Stew & Stories on March 23.

  • The fight to improve Handi-Transit

    The Manitoba Ombudsman released their investigation report on the City of Winnipeg’s Handi-Transit Service, now called Transit Plus, on Jan. 8. The Independent Living Resource Centre (ILRC) filed the initiating complaint against Handi-Transit three years ago in collaboration with the Public Interest Law Centre.

  • Living green through the cold

    Cultivate UWinnipeg is a student group at the University of Winnipeg (U of W) that partakes in green activity year round, even in the winter.

  • Art historians of the round table

    This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Canadian Conference of Medieval Art Historians (CCMAH). The conference is hosted in a different province each year, and in 2019, it’s Winnipeg’s turn.

  • Addressing the opioid crisis begins with shifting attitudes

    The other day, I saw my first government-sponsored commercial addressing stigma around opiate addiction.