Category: Articles
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Tariffs, explained for Manitobans
Tariffs: the focus of countless headlines and conversations in the last couple of months. But what exactly is a tariff in the first place?
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Winnipeg Centre Green candidate appointed
While talk of tariffs and the economy has been “sucking up all the oxygen in political discourse,” Winnipeg Centre candidate Gary Gervais said climate change is still the priority.
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Three steps to prep for emergencies and low-income safety tips at West End workshop
On one of the coldest days of the year, and as the news of the massive fires in California were wreaking havoc, Ian Desjarlais of Spence Neighbourhood’s Bear Den quickly opened the door to community members arriving to attend an emergency preparedness workshop.
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Exchange Met students’ warming hut is on the ice at now-open Nestaweya River Trail
The Present, a brand new warming hut on The Forks’ Nestaweya River Trail, is now open to the public — and it was built by 10th graders.
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Winnipeg cycling community’s stop-as-yield advocacy unfruitful after nearly five months
On Aug. 22, 2024, the Winnipeg cycling community came together in a demonstration calling for the government to implement a law known as the Idaho stop.
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Contest-winning Winnipeg students begin work on warming hut for The Forks
A group of Grade 10 students from Exchange Met school have begun work on their contest-winning warming hut design, “The Present,” which will soon be found at The Forks.
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Looming nuclear devastation unites global youth
Recent research estimates a 20-50% chance of nuclear war in the next 100 years, youth from four countries were told at a recent summit in Winnipeg.
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Slow fashion: the sustainable approach to style that doesn’t destroy the climate
Source: Winnipeg Sews Fast fashion is the world’s second-largest polluter; its consequences are frightening at an incomprehensible scale. Fortunately, it has a cure: slow fashion. I talked with textile educators and artists to gain an understanding of slow fashion as a lifestyle, business, and mindset. What is slow fashion? “Slow fashion is … a mindset…
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Dead White Man’s Clothes, the result of our superfluous clothing consumption
Photo: velichor Where does clothing go when you’re done with it? A lot of it ends up in Kantamanto Market, one of the largest secondhand clothing markets in the world where over 30,000 vendors attempt to sell the ~15,000,000 garments that pass through it every week. The Journey A stained t-shirt is tossed onto an…
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Manitoba’s First Medicinal Herb Farm
What appears to be the province’s first ever medicinal herb farm has arrived. Awaken Herbs, found 40 minutes northeast of Winnipeg, will be offering a large variety of high-quality herbs through weekly U-Picks, a CSA program, and bulk dried herb sales.