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The luthier of La Rivière
For about 15 years, Jeremy Hamm has been crafting custom built guitars and mandolins, his Hamm-tone brand played by the likes of Del Barber, Nathan’s Keri Latimer and Grant Siemens of Corb Lund and The Hurtin’ Albertans.
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Get your pesos worth
La Bamba is heating things up.
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Take Flight takes off
Roll up! Roll up! Take Flight, a new cirque-style aerial acrobatics group, has just started in Winnipeg.
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Fashion Streeter
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No man could define him
Winston Washington Moxam was well known and beloved in the Winnipeg film community.
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Winnipeg Folk Festival cancels Young Artists Program
For eight years, the Winnipeg Folk Festival’s Young Artists Program was an unparalleled experience for festival-goers, participants and organizers alike.
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Friends in low places: Winnipeg’s Lower Companions will get you through it
Local folk rock outfit The Lower Companions released its second recording, the six-song EP Lock & Step, in November.
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Klachefsky and Boats and Hall and Oates?
Last March, local indie pop weirdos Boats released a video of themselves recording their new album. Perhaps the most compelling footage shows lead singer/guitarist Mat Klachefsky decked out in gloves, safety goggles and a helmet, smashing a guitar with a hammer in order to get the desired sound for that particular part of the album.
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Firing of teacher with porn past exposes bigotry
Apparently doing porn makes a person undeserving of respect.
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Our First Nations people
I am born from Upper Canada settlers who came to Manitoba for the land.
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Student loan privacy breach puts students at risk
The federal government waited too long to tell more than 500,000 Canadian students that a hard drive containing detailed personal information had gone missing, a local information ethics and privacy expert says.
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West Broadway Community Organization is one for the people
The West Broadway Community Organization is hoping to get seniors and youth working together to improve their neighbourhood.
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In search of a solution to domestic violence
A recently launched provincial campaign is working to stop violence against women.
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Corydon Avenue business owners want say in new plan
Corydon Avenue business owners want to know why they’re being left out of the information loop.
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International News Briefs
Syrian refugees trying to make their way out; North Korea threatens the US; Ethics of drone attacks under investigation; Troops move into Mali
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Local News Briefs
Downtown casino in the works for years; Winnipeg bus company sells shares; Biker sentenced for murder of rival gang leader; Paddlewheel closes for good
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South African photo project documents unique cycling culture
When Stan Engelbrecht and Nic Grobler decided to set off on a journey across their native South Africa through 2010 and 2011 to document the nation’s commuter bike culture, they knew they were in search of something elusive.
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What do you think of Winnipeg’s cycling culture?
What do you think of Winnipeg’s cycling culture? Is Winnipeg a hospitable environment for cyclists?