History
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Favourite date activity
1. See a local comedy show
2. See a movie
3. Visit the Manitoba Museum
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Thoroughly modern milliner
Tucked away in a quiet corner at the Winnipeg Art Gallery and Qaumajuq’s 2023 CRAFTED show, couture milliner Helen Gair of Helen Gair Millinery selects a red beret from her display and carefully places it on the head of a curious attendee.
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The 1906 streetcar strike
A black-and-white photo of a crowd of strikers overturning a streetcar has become one of the most endearing images of the 1919 General Strike. When the event was memorialized with a statue on Winnipeg’s main street, it became one of the signature images associated with the city.
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The streetcar emerges
The terms “suburbs” and “suburbanization” often bring to mind the period after the Second World War, defined by rows of bungalows on tree-lined streets. Another image of the suburbs are the more recent stucco McMansions in far-flung areas of the city with garages standing guard over sidewalk-less streets.
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A people’s history of streetcars
In September of 1955, a streetcar made its final run down Portage Avenue. This was the last time a streetcar went down a Winnipeg street – nearly 70 years ago.
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Ghosts of Winnipeg past
As I write these words on Wednesday afternoon, the Windsor Hotel is on fire.
The hotel and music venue on Garry Street, built in 1903, has sat vacant since March, when it was closed due to a provincial health hazard order. Its future remained in doubt before the fire. Now, its fate is sealed.
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Hancox’s feminist interventions into Canadian socialist organizing
Edith Hancox was a high-profile feminist involved in the Communist Party in Winnipeg as both an organizer and a writer.
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‘Police really do one thing’
Winnipeg community groups and members have criticized the local school resource officer (SRO) program, especially in the wake of an equity-based report researcher Fadi Enaab released through the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives in October 2022.
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Loss prevention at a cost
As more Canadians struggle to afford groceries, the country’s supermarket chains are enjoying record profits.
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Slow ride to safety
In a city that relies on its single major mode of public transportation, the issue of safety on Winnipeg Transit is frequently in the public consciousness.
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Tough talk at tea
Sitting down with family for dinner or coffee can often lead to awkward conversations.
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City briefs
Death records for residential-school children// True North proposal for Portage Place// Renaming three Winnipeg streets// HSC to open minor-treatment clinic// ntroduction of Addiction Services Act// Release of 2022 fatal overdose data
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Kern-Hill Furniture stands the test of time
While students may not remember the glory days of local commercials, many Winnipeggers can’t forget Kern-Hill Furniture’s high-energy TV advertisements.
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Embracing the curl
Growing up a curly girl in Manitoba was a struggle.
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The need to reconnect
Conversational Threads opened at Gallery 1C03 at the University of Winnipeg on March 2.
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Arts briefs
What le funk is up?// Indigenous artisans welcome spring// Hot soup, warm hearts// On the rock// Learn the Victorian way// ‘All the world is a very narrow bridge’
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The political evolution of Edith Hancox
In last month’s “A people’s history of Winnipeg” column, I introduced Edith Hancox, a socialist and feminist organizer involved in the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike and activism throughout the 1920s.
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Up in flames
In the middle of the night on Saturday, Feb. 11, Point Douglas resident Candace-Rae Hamilton awoke to the sound of sirens.
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The value of informed decisions
Only 57 per cent of young Canadians say the sex education they received at school was or will be useful, according to a study published last year.
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Arts briefs
Hého, let’s go!// An afternoon brew-ski// Taking care of business// Writing on Western Canadian art// Our Fathers, Sons, Lovers and Little Brothers @ PTE// STAGES Speaker Series: Ekene Emeka-Maduka