Thomas Pashko
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Pioneer Days
The Pioneer Days festival is a longstanding tradition in Steinbach. The annual event, put on by the Mennonite Heritage Village (MHV) museum, celebrates two noteworthy milestones in 2024. While this year marks 60 years of operation for MHV, Pioneer Days will also fall on the 150th anniversary of Mennonites’ first arrival in Manitoba.
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Real Love Summer Fest
The name Real Love Winnipeg is a familiar one to virtually any virtual music fan. The independent concert promotion company, started by Gil Carroll and Adam Soloway in 2012, didn’t plan on starting their own festival. But following an invite in 2014 to organize something on the grounds of the Matlock Festival of Music, Art and Nature, the duo developed what would eventually become Real Love Summer Fest.
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Festival Listings
It’s a gargantuan task to keep track of all of the various festivals taking place in a single province, especially one as committed to merrymaking as Manitoba.
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The Winnipeg Underground Film Festival
Winnipeg is a city with a rich cinematic culture and history. As such, there’s no shortage of local film festivals during the summer season. However, for films that truly can’t be seen anywhere else, local cineastes should set their sights on the Winnipeg Underground Film Festival (WUFF).
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Winnipeg International Burlesque Festival
What exactly is burlesque? It’s a word that conjures up a particular mental image of risqué turn-of-the-century stage acts with sharp wit and sexually charged energy. When asked to define “burlesque,” DD Brassiere, director of the Winnipeg International Burlesque Festival (WIBF), has a more direct response.
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Confessions of a festival apprehensionist
I have a confession to make. It’s something that I’d find embarrassing to admit in any context. I’m particularly bashful sharing it in the pages of the first Uniter festival guide since 2019. But if I’m going to be writing about festivals, I have to fess up.
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The return of the Summer Festival Guide
Manitoba might have a reputation, among both Manitobans and outsiders, as a sleepy corner of the Canadian Prairies. But it’s getting harder for detractors to keep the truth under wraps: Manitoba is party country.
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U of W Palestine encampment digs in heels
Two weeks after setting up camp on the front lawn of the University of Winnipeg (U of W), students and community members are still occupying the space in an act of protest against Israel’s war on Palestine – and according to the protesters, they won’t be going anywhere until their demands are met.
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City briefs
Kinew extends fuel tax cut // Around the Kitchen Table // Community orgs react to provincial budget // U of W student films to screen at Cinematheque // Province boosts healthcare spending // Words of a Toole
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The Urban Issue: Addressing violent crime
It’s a tradition here at The Uniter for us to release a special themed issue as our last weekly edition of the publishing year. The Urban Issue, as we call it, is an opportunity for us to look at social, political and street-level issues that are impacting Winnipeg as a whole: as a city, as a community, as a place, as people.
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That’s all, folks!
It’s the end of another publishing year at The Uniter. It’s not, however, the end of the academic year at the University of Winnipeg.
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University of Winnipeg rebuilding services after cyber attack
University of Winnipeg (U of W) staff are working “day and night” to restore the school’s critical web services following what they’re calling a criminal cyber attack they discovered on Sunday, March 24. In the meantime, it’s clear that the outages will have significant repercussions for U of W students and faculty.
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City briefs
Winnipegger sues Uber // Federal ministers visit U of W // Amy Mazowita artist talk at 1C03 // Alleged human smuggler pleads ‘not guilty’ // Ten Ten Sinclair strike ends // Feds probe alleged China spying in Winnipeg
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Critipeg: The Three Musketeers: Milady
Plays at Dave Barber Cinematheque on March 30 in the Alliance Française French Film Festival
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Take a break
My friend Lasha has been telling me for weeks that I need to slow down.
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City briefs
Firefighters’ union sounds alarm // Some pool closures paused for now // The (Video) King is Dead // Winnipeg police beef up retail presence // Tory obstruction // Cop sued for abuse – again
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Profiting off a broken child-welfare system
On Feb. 28, CBC Manitoba published a bombshell investigation that found that a local foster home had been giving cannabis to children in its care on a daily basis.
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Overcoming language barriers for refugees
For many Winnipeggers, it’s easy to take basic services for granted. Relationships with one-on-one service providers like dentists, doctors or barbers are personal and often develop over the course of years. But for the city’s many newcomer refugees, there’s a significant barrier to accessing these services: language.
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Be kind, rewind
Sad news came out of Transcona this week when owner Glen Fuhl announced that his business, Video King, would be closing after 40 years.
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City briefs
Suing for Silence // Kinew calls for Gaza ceasefire // Appeal sought in curling doping scandal // Minimum wage increase coming in October // Transit safety officers assaulted // Sunday library closures looming