Observations, Reservations, Conversations

  The attacks on Israel by Hamas have been particularly brutal. The death toll is rising fast and nothing quite like it has happened before....

First of all congratulations are in order to Wab Kinew who led his NDP to a victory over the two term Progressive Conservatives. The NDP stu...

Unifor's message on Red Dress Day October 4 https://archive.ph/20231002000903/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/10/01/canada-pra...

Advance polls opened on Saturday, September 23 and there has been a fairly brisk turnout ever since. Tens of thousands have voted using the ...

It was only in March that the Windsor Hotel was boarded up for safety and health reasons. This could have been far more tragic than losing a...

Fires have ravaged Point Douglas. Accident or arson? There are so many lately that we often don't hear if they are or aren't. Police...

Mitzi's has been a restaurant for the last 45 years but the pandemic and remote work has been difficult for this downtown institution. J...

Canada is 156 years old as of this July 1st.  Canada Day has been an evolving thing. Formerly, Dominion Day, it didn't even have federal...

Inspector Morse was the creation of Colin Dexter, a British writer who began his mysteries in 1975 while employed at Oxford University. Much...

  We saw plans in 2018 for a Costco by Assiniboia Downs and were told by their chief executive in a visit that a fourth store was coming but...

1030 St. James Avenue Avenue has always found success by proximity to Polo Park. But it doesn't mean things stay unchanging. The luxury ...

Bell Media laid off 1,300 staff on June 14, 2023. In Winnipeg, it means CFRW Funny 1290 AM has been closed down. The 60 year old station had...

The above is the cover of USA Today first publish on September 15, 1982. For those Winnipeggers looking to get a copy at the international n...

Twice now Swiss Chalet, one of Canada's major chains, has come to Winnipeg to great fanfare and twice it has died. The closure on Kenast...

The Victoria Day weekend in Canada and the Memorial Day weekend in the United have followed one another almost the entire history of our two...

The ideas presented by True North and Architecture49 for Portage Place in this series of pictures is a far better proposal than we have seen...

Photo above supplied by Alston Properties. Warehouses are not the only buildings being converted to residential units in Winnipeg and around...