Features
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City support for libraries is overdue
Libraries are intersections of cultures, knowledge and accessibility within cities.
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Shaving, waxing, tweezing
I keep checking under my chin for this one persistent hair that grows in fits and starts.
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Graffiti and beyond
With more than 20 years of experience, Winnipeg graffiti artist Sean McRae has successfully created a safer space for the graffiti community, hip-hop enthusiasts and creative minds alike to gather and restock on paint supplies and new ideas with zero judgment on skill level.
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Up in flames
In the middle of the night on Saturday, Feb. 11, Point Douglas resident Candace-Rae Hamilton awoke to the sound of sirens.
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Standing with Ukrainians
Svitlana Poliezhaieva comforted her two children while hiding in the basement.
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Frozen streets paved with gold
Here in the dead of a frozen Canadian winter, the palm trees of Hollywood can seem lightyears away.
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You gotta see it to believe it
In the 1960s and ’70s, country and blues music dominated the Main Street strip in Winnipeg.
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Out of the closet and into the streets
The term “safe space” can be traced back to lesbian and gay bars in the 1960s.
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Winnipeg lesbians and their ‘ring of keys’
Alison Bechdel, a lesbian graphic novelist, published her memoir Fun Home in 2006, where she both processes her grief over her dad’s death and notes moments where she comes face-to-face with her dad’s queerness and her own budding sexuality.
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Beading beyond bars
A little over three years ago, Sandra Burling’s daughter started dating a man whose mother, Tryli Anderson, was incarcerated.
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Growing a new Leaf
The line to purchase tickets to enter The Leaf is long.
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Colonizing skating in Winnipeg
Winter in Manitoba can last for six to eight months, which leaves little time for residents to enjoy outdoor summer activities.
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Uniter 30 Outtakes
Give people a place to write – any place, be it the margins of a notebook page, the wall of a bathroom stall, an internet form entry – and people will write the most inane, puerile thing that pops into their head.
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Favourite Winnipegger abroad
1. Tim Gray
2. Ryan Steel
3. Neil Young
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Favourite local visual artist
1. J.D. Renaud
2. Hanna Reimer
3. Adelle Rawluk
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Favourite local social media presence
1. @winnipegwildin (Instagram)
2. @faceplam (Twitter)
3. @mbpolidragrace (Instagram)
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Favourite local restaurant
1. Bonnie Day
2. Nola
3. The Tallest Poppy
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Favourite local publication (that isn’t The Uniter)
1. The Winnipeg Free Press
2. Stylus
3. Border Crossings / The Manitoban (tie)
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Favourite local writer
1. Jessica Seburn
2. Bartley Kives
3. Madeline Rae -
Favourite local music venue
1. The Good Will Social Club
2. The Park Theatre
3. The Handsome Daughter