Volume 76, Number 12

Published December 2, 2021

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  • Sweet, sweet newsprint

    It finally happened! The Uniter is back in print!

  • Favourite local achiever over 60

    1. Fred Penner
    2. Gramma Shingoose
    3. Dave Barber

  • Favourite local achiever under 30

    1. Adam Fuhr
    2. Mahlet Cuff / Kayla Fernandes (tie)

  • Favourite local activist

    1. Mahlet Cuff (Justice 4 Black Lives)
    2. Omar Kinnarath (FF1)
    3. Kayla Fernandes (Vagina Witchcraft)

  • Favourite local album

    1. Vagina Witchcraft - Vagina Witchcraft
    2. Amos the Kid - No New Ideas
    3. Virgo Rising - Sixteenth Saphire

  • Favourite local athlete

    1. Desiree Scott
    2. Nikolaj Ehlers
    3. John Rush

  • Favourite local barber or hairstylist

    1. Ashley (Burdie) L'Heureux (Sapphire)
    2. "I cut my own hair"
    3. Walter Spooner (Waltz on In)

  • Favourite local comedian

    1. Paul Rabliauskas
    2. Angie St. Mars
    3. Abbie Falvo / Spencer Adamus (tie)

  • Favourite COVID-safe date activity

    1. Taking a walk in the park
    2. Stay home and watch a movie
    3. Picnic

  • Favourite local dancer

    1. Dancing Gabe
    2. Ella Steele
    3. Sophia Lee

  • Favourite film by a local filmmaker

    1. Strong Son by Ian Bawa
    2. Ste. Anne by Rhayne Vermette
    3. PG: Psycho Goreman by Steven Kostanski

  • Favourite local gallery or artist space

    1. (F)Artspace
    2. Winnipeg Art Gallery
    3. TakeHome BIPOC Artist House

  • Favourite local grassroots group

    1. Winnipeg Police Cause Harm
    2. Mutual Aid Society (MAS)
    3. Bear Clan Patrol

  • Favourite local live performance (online or in-person)

    1. Propagandhi at the Park Theatre
    2. Begonia -ArtsJunktion Instagram Live auction
    3. Real Love Mini Fest at the Beer Can

  • Favourite Winnipeg neighbourhood

    1. West Broadway
    2. Wolseley
    3. The West End

  • Favourite new local independent business

    1. Gâto
    2. Willow Press
    3. La Taqueria Mexican Tacos

  • Favourite outdoor gathering place

    1. The Forks
    2. Munson Park
    3. Assiniboine Park

  • Favourite local photographer

    1. Dwayne Larson
    2. Joey Senft
    3. Jess Mann

  • Favourite local place that no longer exists

    1. Forth Bar
    2. The Zoo/Ozzys
    3. The Garrick Centre

  • 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 podcast

    1. Witchpolice Radio
    2. Bikini Drive-In
    3. One Great History

  • Favourite political moment

    1. Brian Pallister resigns
    2. Queen Victoria statue toppled
    3. Wab Kinew interrupts Alan Lagimodiere

  • Favourite local politician

    1. Leah Gazan
    2. Uzoma Asagwara
    3. Adrien Sala

  • 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 publication

    1. Stylus Magazine
    2. Red Rising Magazine
    3. Winnipeg Free Press

  • Favourite local restaurant

    1. Magic Bird Fried Chicken
    2. Roughage Eatery
    3. Yafa Café

  • Favourite local social media presence

    1. wpg_affirmations
    2. Winnipeg Wildin
    3. Faceplam / mbpolidragrace (tie)

  • Favourite University of Winnipeg course

    1. A billion-way tie

  • Favourite local visual artist

    1. Winnipeg Waldo
    2. J.D. Renaud
    3. Annie Beach

  • Favourite Winnipegger abroad

    1. Neil Young
    2. Kenny Omega / Britney Kornel (tie)

  • Favourite local writer

    1. Cierra Bettens
    2. Ryan Thorpe
    3. Madeline Rae

  • 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.

  • Cold Weather Things

    A comic by Talia Steele

  • Shower Art

    A comic by Hely Schumann

  • Campus briefs

    Webinar Wednesdays // Student ID cards // Work-Study Program // Exams // Waitlists // Holiday break & start of winter Term // Tuition fees for winter term // Winter term add/drop period // In-person service resumes // Rent a locker