News
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Portage Place marks 25th anniversary
On Sept. 17, 1987, Portage Place Shopping Centre - a $300 million retail, office and residential development meant to revitalize the north face of Portage Avenue - opened to thousands of frenzied customers in downtown Winnipeg.
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Osborne House idles in funding limbo
A local emergency shelter for women and children escaping domestic abuse sits in limbo as it awaits the results of a provincial review that could determine the future of its funding.
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Can Winnipeg afford an adequate level of bus safety?
Unions representing transit workers in Winnipeg are calling for the development of a transit police system, but municipal budget pressures are preventing its development.
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Such great heights
The inability to lift your own body weight is embarrassing, even crushingly so, without an audience. You can imagine then, my reaction to the suggestion of trying out an aerial fabrics class during Culture Days.
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Development on Donald Street
While it’s virtually impossible to miss the massive CentrePoint construction project currently in the works at the corner of Donald Street and Portage Avenue, Winnipeggers may be unaware just how many other changes are also taking place down the street.
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All walks of life, for life
It’s been 20 years since Ken Mumford was diagnosed with HIV, but Sept. 23 was the first time he found himself among hundreds as part of the 2012 AIDS Walk for Life downtown.
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Local News Briefs
Manitoba’s deficit nears $1B; Chief of staff nets six-figure severance; Liberation therapy comes to Winnipeg; More legal aid lawyers needed
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International News Briefs
Gay therapy tossed in ‘dustbin of quackery’; Greek recession continues; Eurozone unemployment rises; Japan passes piracy laws
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Winnipeg student associations push for yearly transit pass
Student associations at several Winnipeg universities are aggressively pursuing the possible creation of an annual transit pass.
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Heading off early struggles
The move from a small conference to the CIS this season has the Wesmen soccer teams feeling some growing pains.
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Campus News Briefs
Chartrand to receive honorary doctorate; Wong elected to scientific body; U of W receives $500K for residential school research
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Wesmen Briefs
Wesmen women add to losing record; Wesmen men come away with a tie, a loss in homestand
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Global College changes hands
After six years of service, former principal Marilou McPhedran has left the University of Winnipeg’s Global College, leaving the organization in a state of flux.
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Walking the Red Road
Léo sits across from me, his paintbrush casually swirling reds and yellows as he describes his history with the lodge - the place he’s called home for the past 18 months.
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Wesmen Briefs
Women’s soccer team “schooled” by B.C.; Men’s soccer team shut out twice by Alberta; Women’s volleyball come out 4-1 after 5-game tournament
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Campus News Briefs
U of W in China and Hong Kong; Chief Darcy Bear shares success story at U of W; Mental health symposia at U of W; U of W to be pesticide-free in 2013
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The future of print journalism
How do you feel about the future of print journalism given the recent Winnipeg Free Press layoffs?
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Refining the East Exchange
To Noel Bernier, the streets and shops of the East Exchange are Winnipeg’s exciting new residential epicentre and the source of a strong community with a vision of the neighbourhood’s future.
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Winnipeg Free Press faces major layoffs
In a surprise move last week, Manitoba’s largest print media organization laid off seven editorial staff members, causing many to question the viability of print journalism in Winnipeg.
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Don’t close the book on them yet
Aimee Peake has seen many bookstores close their doors in the 11 years she’s been in the business.