Fewer residents in Manitoba and Saskatchewan are close to financial insolvency than they were a few months ago, according to the MNP Consumer Debt index. The index, which is a quarterly survey conducted by Ipsos on behalf of MNP, measures Canadians’ attitudes toward their consumer debt and gauges their ability to pay their bills. According to the results,… Read More »
Winnipeg’s Point Douglas area is one of the city’s oldest neighbourhoods — one that has a rich history, but also faces its own challenges. But as we look to its future, Winnipeg can lead with a new model of urban development in North and South Point Douglas. A model based on inclusion. A model of reconciliation. A model… Read More »
St. Mary’s Academy stands tall on Winnipeg’s Wellington Crescent today, but the crosses and Catholic iconography that jut out from its old brick exterior haven’t been there for the entire 150-year history of the private school. The story of how St. Mary’s got its start — one year before Manitoba was officially a province and four years before the… Read More »
Sila Kisoso has called Winnipeg home for 18 years, but in that time, the Kenyan-born Canadian’s immediate family has never been approved for a travel visa. “Can you imagine how many families are distressed because of not been been given the advantage of having their families visit them?” she said. “It’s quite stressful.” Since 2011, Kisoso has applied… Read More »
Ah, Earth Day: that one day a year devoted to patting ourselves on the back for recycling our milk jugs and installing LED bulbs. But most of us spend as much time thinking about the Earth on Earth Day as we do woodchucks on Feb. 2. The focus of last year’s Earth Day was to end the use… Read More »
Ah, Earth Day: that one day a year devoted to patting ourselves on the back for recycling our milk jugs and installing LED bulbs. But most of us spend as much time thinking about the Earth on Earth Day as we do woodchucks on Feb. 2. The focus of last year’s Earth Day was to end the use… Read More »
Ah, Earth Day: that one day a year devoted to patting ourselves on the back for recycling our milk jugs and installing LED bulbs. But most of us spend as much time thinking about the Earth on Earth Day as we do woodchucks on Feb. 2. The focus of last year’s Earth Day was to end the use… Read More »
Members of Winnipeg’s Sri Lankan community gathered Sunday to pray for the victims of Sunday morning’s deadly bomb attacks that left more than 200 people dead in Sri Lanka. Roughly 50 people came to a Buddhist ceremony acknowledging those who have departed called a puja, held at the Manitoba Buddhist Vihara and Cultural Association. “We wanted to have special… Read More »
Beth Macdonell, CTV Winnipeg Published Sunday, April 21, 2019 9:46PM CST Last Updated Monday, April 22, 2019 10:44AM CST A father and his two sons were sent to hospital in critical condition after an incident at a swimming pool in a St. James apartment complex. It happened just before 5 p.m. Sunday at Courts of St. James on… Read More »
Two children and a man were sent to hospital in critical condition after an incident at a swimming pool in a St. James apartment complex. It happened just before 5 p.m Sunday at Courts of St. James on Ronald Street. According to the city, Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service responded to an emergency involving three individuals at a swimming… Read More »