City
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Favourite local restaurant
1. Magic Bird Fried Chicken
2. Roughage Eatery
3. Yafa Café -
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 -
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 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 -
Favourite local grassroots group
1. Winnipeg Police Cause Harm
2. Mutual Aid Society (MAS)
3. Bear Clan Patrol -
Favourite local gallery or artist space
1. (F)Artspace
2. Winnipeg Art Gallery
3. TakeHome BIPOC Artist House -
Favourite local dancer
1. Dancing Gabe
2. Ella Steele
3. Sophia Lee -
Favourite COVID-safe date activity
1. Taking a walk in the park
2. Stay home and watch a movie
3. Picnic -
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 athlete
1. Desiree Scott
2. Nikolaj Ehlers
3. John Rush -
Favourite local activist
1. Mahlet Cuff (Justice 4 Black Lives)
2. Omar Kinnarath (FF1)
3. Kayla Fernandes (Vagina Witchcraft) -
Favourite local achiever over 60
1. Fred Penner
2. Gramma Shingoose
3. Dave Barber -
Expanding the language of performance
For the first time ever, the annual Winnipeg-based performance series Art Holm is hosting acts in both spoken English and American Sign Language (ASL). The show ran in person from Nov. 19 to 21 and streams online from Nov. 21 to 28. Art Holm No. 5 features stage artists from a variety of backgrounds and practices.
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The show must go on
After a year of online learning, students and staff in the University of Winnipeg Theatre and Film Department are happy to be back together in the classroom and on stage.
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Police training for private security?
On Oct. 26, the provincial government made amendments to the Police Services Act. These changes allow approved healthcare facilities and post-secondary institutions to train security guards as Institutional Safety Officers (ISOs).