Pickleball booming in ’Peg
The pickleball boom is taking a huge leap forward in Winnipeg. Local entrepreneur Nicholas Rush and four partners have secured a lease for a 24,000-square-foot facility...
World Alzheimer’s Month: Support Changes Everything
September is World Alzheimer’s Month, an opportunity to talk about dementia to help reduce the stigma that still exists. Throughout the month, the Alzheimer Society of...
Potential class-action lawsuit takes step forward
A potential class-action lawsuit over employment standards for food couriers has taken another step forward in Manitoba. SkipTheDishes’ latest attempt to block the 2018 lawsuit, which...
NDP candidate touts workers’ rights at Labour Day march
Union members and workers from the province gathered in Memorial Park Monday for the Winnipeg Labour Council’s Labour Day march. The afternoon marked the council’s 130th...
Wildfire prompts state of emergency on remote First Nation
A remote First Nation has declared a state of emergency as a wildfire continues to threaten the community. A 3,000-hectare wildfire has cut off hydroelectricity to...
‘Memorable Manitoban’ a prolific painter, and more
Listed as one of the Manitoba Historical Society’s Memorable Manitobans, Donald McMaster will be remembered as an artist, naturalist and outdoorsman who worked tirelessly to protect...
Crash closes Hwy. 59, STARS air ambulance activated
On the eve of the August long weekend, the main highway to Lake Winnipeg’s eastern beaches was closed for more than an hour after a crash...
MPI paid more than $10M in retroactive wages after strike
As MPI battles a $130-million loss and seeks a three per cent rate hike, recent figures show last year’s 10-week strike cost the Crown corporation more...
Defence beyond dominant
Put your hand up if you had the Winnipeg Blue Bombers beating the B.C. Lions on Thursday night? Few would have predicted a victory for the...
Gaping hole on city pathway remains ‘disgusting, a danger’
A massive hole on a city pathway that has triggered safety complaints for more than a year has grown even larger, amid hope a permanent fix...