Uniter 30
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It’s the Uniter 30!
It’s the final Uniter issue of the calendar year, which means this issue is dedicated to the results of our annual Uniter 30 readers’ poll.
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More Uniter than you asked for
It’s November. Winnipeg has a new mayor, the leaves (or what few are left) have a new colour, and, on Sunday, the clocks will wind back an hour as daylight savings time ends.
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Uniter 30 Outtakes
It happens every year. It’s part of the nature of a poll that allows voters to type whatever they want into their ballot. We get some weird ones. We get some funny ones. We get some that are essentially the newspaper version of bathroom-stall graffiti.
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Favourite local writer
1. Cierra Bettens
2. Ryan Thorpe
3. Madeline Rae -
Favourite Winnipegger abroad
1. Neil Young
2. Kenny Omega / Britney Kornel (tie) -
Favourite local visual artist
1. Winnipeg Waldo
2. J.D. Renaud
3. Annie Beach -
Favourite University of Winnipeg course
1. A billion-way tie
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Favourite local social media presence
1. wpg_affirmations
2. Winnipeg Wildin
3. Faceplam / mbpolidragrace (tie) -
Favourite local restaurant
1. Magic Bird Fried Chicken
2. Roughage Eatery
3. Yafa Café -
Favourite local publication
1. Stylus Magazine
2. Red Rising Magazine
3. Winnipeg Free Press -
Favourite local public art piece
1. The toppling of the Queen Victoria statue
2. Bloody Saturday by Bernie Miller and Noam Gonick / Forever Bicycles by Ai Weiwei (tie) -
Favourite local politician
1. Leah Gazan
2. Uzoma Asagwara
3. Adrien Sala -
Favourite political moment
1. Brian Pallister resigns
2. Queen Victoria statue toppled
3. Wab Kinew interrupts Alan Lagimodiere -
Favourite local podcast
1. Witchpolice Radio
2. Bikini Drive-In
3. One Great History -
A place you can’t wait to visit when the pandemic ends
1. The Good Will Social Club
2. Anywhere other than Winnipeg
3. A buffet -
Favourite local place that no longer exists
1. Forth Bar
2. The Zoo/Ozzys
3. The Garrick Centre -
Favourite local photographer
1. Dwayne Larson
2. Joey Senft
3. Jess Mann -
Favourite outdoor gathering place
1. The Forks
2. Munson Park
3. Assiniboine Park -
Favourite new local independent business
1. Gâto
2. Willow Press
3. La Taqueria Mexican Tacos -
Favourite Winnipeg neighbourhood
1. West Broadway
2. Wolseley
3. The West End