Features
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Defying expectations with honesty
Darla Contois’ passion for theatre was first sparked by a production of award-winning Métis playwright Ian Ross’ Baloney! when it visited her high school.
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Choir is love
Humans primally express themselves with sound. Where there is joy, there is a joyful noise. Where there is pain, there is wailing.
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The bones we’ve saved, and still live in
The Historical Building and Resources Committee (HBRC) met for the first time on July 19, 2014, providing municipal support for heritage sites in the city that had previously been given status and support through the provincial government, or through groups like the Manitoba Historical Society and Heritage Winnipeg.
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We can build it
“We recognize the impacts of patriarchy on preventing women, trans and gender-nonconforming folks from accessing masculine-coded skills. We think it is important to have spaces that are safe, free of judgment and encourage community building.”
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Making art in the summer
Emerging artists have the odds stacked against them, but that hasn’t stopped a surge of initiatives by and for new Winnipeg artists from being created in recent years.
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Favourite Local Athlete
1. Andrew Harris (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
2. Patrik Laine (Winnipeg Jets)
3. Desiree Scott (Utah Royals FC, Canadian national team) -
Favourite Local Winter Activity
1. Skating
2. Staying inside
3. Festival du Voyageur -
Favourite Local Date Activity
1. Go for a walk
2. Eat food together
3. TIE: Drink booze / See a movie -
Favourite New Local Independant Business
1. Tony Chestnut (539 Osborne St.)
2. Little Sister (539 Osborne St.)
3. Grey Owl Coffee & Pub (272 Main St.) -
Favourite Local Place to Eat
1. Clementine (123 Princess st.)
2. Chaeban (390 Osborne St.)
3. Little Goat (2615 Portage Ave.) -
Favourite Local Baker
1. Cora Wiens (Eadha Bread)
2. Amanda Kinden (Oh Doughnuts)
3. Suzanne Gessler (The Pennyloaf Bakery) -
Favourite Local Chef
1. Ana Damaskin (capital broadway)
2. Mandel Hitzer (deer + almond)
3. Honourable mentions: Ben Kramer, Chris Gama, Grant Danyluk -
Favourite Local Gathering Place
1. The Forks
2. Old Market Square
3. Portage and Main -
Favourite Local Place That No Longer Exists
1. Lo Pub
2. Village Cafe
3. The Royal Albert Arms -
Favourite Local Politician
1. Ed Ackerman
2. Wab Kinew
Honorable mentions: Brian Bowman, Nahanni Fontaine, Robert Falcon-Ouellette, Kate Sjoberg
Favourite Local Achiever Over 60
1. Ed Ackerman
2. Sel Burrows
3. Fred Penner -
Favourite Local Political Moment
1. Vote to open Portage and Main
2. Election debate
3. More moments from civic election: Jenny Motkaluk losing, Ed Ackerman calling to dam the Panama Canal -
Favourite Local Activist
1. Annie Beach
2. Sadie-Phoenix Lavoie
3. Uzoma Asagwara -
Favourite Local Grassroots Group
1. Bear Clan Patrol
2. TIE: QPOC Winnipeg / Black Space Winnipeg
3. Meet Me at the Bell Tower -
Favourite U of W Prof.
1. Andrew Burke
2. Jim Silver
3. Lisa Tucker -
Favourite Local Filmmaker
1. Ryan Steel
2. TIE: Solmund MacPherson / Jared Adams
3. Roger Boyer