Finding ‘Bloody Jack’ beyond the perimeter

A startling number of Winnipeggers suffer from perimeteritis, which is an affliction that inhibits 'peg-dwellers from crossing the Perimeter Highway, and, “in extreme cases prevents them from even recognizing that life exists outside of the boundaries of the City of Winnipeg.” Read More

City & Politics, Planning

A safer, less atomized downtown Winnipeg

Downtown Winnipeg is unsafe in some places and at some times. This is and always will be a rough town. But it's one where it's still possible to learn to live together and share the same spaces again. Read More

Business

Ramp Up Manitoba, AssentWorks launch in Winnipeg

Members pay per month to access the facility which they can do 24 hours a day, as long as they take care of the place and don’t break stuff! Read More

City & Politics

Winnipeg’s most perpetuated myth: A response

The assertion that Winnipeg’s downtown is safe is only partly true, and raises issues that need more attention. Read More

City & Politics

Winnipeg’s most perpetuated myth: Downtown is dangerous

My point is this: Winnipeg's downtown is safe, and the suburban idea that it is dangerous is driven not by facts, but by racism. Read More

Food & Drink, Trends

River Pop-Up: A culinary adventure on ice

As they are clearing off the warming huts and shutting down the skating trails on the river, I am inspired to reminisce about the coolest, and coldest, thing I did this winter. Read More

City & Politics, History

Lost Winnipeg: The Royal Alex

The citizenry of the young city anxiously awaited the hotel not only because of the addition of a "world class" hostelry, but because of the outdating and embarrassing blight that it would replace. Read More

City & Politics, Planning

Winnipeg doesn’t need a bigger convention centre

To the boosters and shills, the hope of an expanded convention centre as an economic catalyst is a quixotic faith in megaprojects. Read More

City & Politics, History

Memories from Skid Row: McDino’s

On the edge of a scarred Main Street strip, one of Winnipeg's last real diners lived, thrived, and finally died. Read More

City & Politics

Routing out seedy hotel bars shows disdain for Winnipeg (and all cities)

The Woodbine, and other seedy motels and lounges, are part of the human fabric of downtown Winnipeg for precisely this reason. Read More

City & Politics, Transportation

What we can learn from Winnipeg’s walkability score

Last week, Walk Score released a list of Canada’s most walkable major cities. Walk Score bases their ratings on the number of different services (schools,… Read More

Arts & Life

Professionally playful: Miss La Muse puts Winnipeg on the burlesque map

Despite the glamour, putting Winnipeg on the burlesque map hasn’t been all Swarovski crystals and feathers. La Muse grew up in Cape Breton with her parents and remembers desiring a different life. Read More

Arts & Life

Photo gallery: Opening night of Big Fun

Big Fun kicked off last night at Young United Church featuring Cannon Bros, Doug Hoyer, and The Liptonians. Read More

City & Politics

How to beat the winter blues

But rather than just resigning ourselves to hiding away with Netflix and a pile of blankets until March, here are some ideas on how to survive these cold days. Read More

City & Politics, Planning

Portage Place: Too little; too much

If the troglodytes in the comment sections of local news sites are correct, the Imax Theatre at Portage Place is closing its doors because roving bands of knife-wielding panhandlers are routinely mugging potential customers in the streets below. Read More

City & Politics

A wish list for Winnipeg in 2013

As we look ahead to 2013, here is a list of what is hoped for Winnipeg in what will be the 140th anniversary of its incorporation. Read More