Category: news writing
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Over 100 films to be screened at Manitoba’s premiere film festival
Canada’s biggest rural film festival is bringing five days of films, workshops, music, and more to Gimli this summer.
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Avi Lewis’s election win, explained
A profile of the man set to lead Canada’s NDP.
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Fatal fires in Winnipeg ‘predictable and preventable,’ says union president
Winnipeg house fires are a ‘public health crisis’ — and a solvable one.
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Food production ‘behind a veil,’ say young farmers
Every day, Canada loses seven of its small farms.
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Winnipeg charity fights growing food insecurity with an expanded operation
Agape Table, a Winnipeg food charity established over 45 years ago, serves around 1,000 people most days.
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Local film festival getting ready to connect emerging filmmakers, musicians, artists
Local filmmakers, musicians, and artists will work in teams to produce a short film from start to finish in just 48 hours.
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Food forest at Omand’s Creek brings beauty, biodiversity, and food to “under-utilized space”
In the face of rapid tree loss in Winnipeg, volunteers are working to preserve the neighbourhood’s remaining trees.
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Change comes in ‘great, and profound leaps;’ Concert supports Manitoba evacuees
As the effects of climate change accelerate wildfires both locally and worldwide, Seniors for Climate Manitoba is taking action.
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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.