Cierra Bettens

Arts and culture editor  

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  Festival du Voyageur goes virtual

  Cierra Bettens (Arts and culture editor) – February 4, 2021

  Programming includes workshops and eight days of free online concerts

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  Keeping Winnipeggers warm, and more

  Cierra Bettens (Arts and culture editor) – February 4, 2021

  Warming Centre aims to fill gaps in services

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  Plan 20-50 opens up to more voices

  Cierra Bettens (Arts and culture editor) – January 28, 2021

  Regional planners hope to foster collaboration over competition

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  Vaccine confronts ethics

  Cierra Bettens (Arts and culture editor) – January 28, 2021

  COVID-19 vaccine allocation raises ethical implications

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  Tensions between church and skate

  Cierra Bettens (Arts and culture editor) – January 21, 2021

  Queer skate community says The Edge Skatepark’s religious ties exclude many

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  The neighbourhood that never gave up

  Cierra Bettens (Arts and culture editor) – January 21, 2021

  Book highlights the evolution and resilience of West Broadway

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  Unprecedented entrepreneurship

  Cierra Bettens (Arts and culture editor) – January 14, 2021

  Launching a small business in the time of COVID-19

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  When public safety isn’t accessible

  Cierra Bettens (Arts and culture editor) – January 14, 2021

  Barriers arise out of COVID-19 protocol for people with disabilities

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  Historical futures of the downtown Hudson’s Bay

  Cierra Bettens (Arts and culture editor) – January 7, 2021

  Envisioning new life into an almost-century-old building

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  Favourite local social media presence or account

  Cierra Bettens (Arts and culture editor) – December 3, 2020

  Favourite local social media presence or account

  1. Winnipeg Police Cause Harm
  2. It Happens in Winnipeg
  3. MB Poli Drag Race / Pallister is a Vampire (tie)

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  Favourite local publication (that isn’t The Uniter)

  Cierra Bettens (Arts and culture editor) – December 3, 2020

  Favourite local publication (that isn’t The Uniter)

  1. Stylus
  2. Dijon Magazine
  3. Winnipeg Free Press

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  Favourite local achiever under 30 / Favourite new independent business

  Cierra Bettens (Arts and culture editor) – December 3, 2020

  Favourite local achiever under 30

  1. Jordan Cayer
  2. Adam Fuhr
  3. A massive tie

  Favourite new independent business

  1. Never Better Coffee
  2. House of Wonders Recording
  3. Kilter Brewing Co.

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  City of food (in)security

  Cierra Bettens (Arts and culture editor) – November 25, 2020

  Amid COVID-19, more Winnipeggers struggle to afford their next meal

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  Discussing the past, present and future of Indigenous activism

  Cierra Bettens (Arts and culture editor) – November 19, 2020

  U of M hosting virtual roundtable on Dec. 7

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  As rent rises, uncertainty looms

  Cierra Bettens (Arts and culture editor) – November 19, 2020

  Tenants falling through the cracks of an already-faulty system

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  A rude awakening

  Cierra Bettens (Arts and culture editor) – November 12, 2020

  COVID-19 links to sleep troubles

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  A right, not a privilege

  Cierra Bettens (Arts and culture editor) – November 12, 2020

  Newcomers face challenges exercising their rights in the workplace

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  Métis connections

  Cierra Bettens (Arts and culture editor) – November 5, 2020

  Online platforms bring the Métis community together

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  ‘Parks are not for sale’

  Cierra Bettens (Arts and culture editor) – November 5, 2020

  Environmental groups push against privatization of provincial parks

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  Balancing the budget comes at a price

  Cierra Bettens (Arts and culture editor) – October 29, 2020

  The plan for education reform was unveiled in the provincial government’s throne speech on Oct. 7, contending that parents will have “more say” in the new model.