Manitoba

A large hand with its fingers crossed, spreading seeds on a patch of soil.

November 2022 / Society

When $500,000 Disappeared from a Small Town

October 13, 2022October 13, 2022 - by J.R. Patterson

The heist that tore apart a community—and exposed eroding faith in municipal governments across the country

A hand holds a hat out, as if asking for change. Inside the hat is a small scene of a boarded up house, with people entering on the left. A figure on the right is telling a person to leave, who exist the house and walks down to a tent.

September/October 2022 / Society

No Place to Live

September 21, 2022March 10, 2023 - by Julia-Simone Rutgers

One person’s search for a place to call home shows a public housing system stretched to its limits

A comic of a small green hill with a Hollywood-style sign that says Garbage Hill

Arts & Culture / July/August 2022

The Surprising Appeal of Winnipeg’s Garbage Hill

June 21, 2022June 30, 2022 - by Jonathan Dyck

How I developed an appreciation for a green space with a past life as a municipal dump

Closeup of a woman's crossed arms, holding a photo of a young girl (Tina Fontaine).

Society

The Women Who Stood With Tina Fontaine

October 16, 2019November 1, 2019 - by Joanna Jolly

How the death of a 14-year-old Indigenous girl galvanized a community

Society

Who Can Call Themselves Métis?

December 29, 2017September 23, 2021 - by Chris Andersen

With the latest census surge in the Métis population, it’s time to start talking about how we define the term

July/August 2017

Anger and Indifference on Lake Winnipeg

June 26, 2017June 4, 2020 - by Mark Mann

Is the viscous green sludge that coats the water an ecological disaster—or just a nuisance for beachgoers?

November 2016

Mennonite Pride

October 20, 2016April 1, 2020 - by Josiah Neufeld

Lessons in LGBT rights from a surprising source

Environment / November 2015

Cub Scout

October 20, 2015April 8, 2020 - by Susan Peters

Foster care in Winnipeg’s polar bear orphanage

Environment / March 2015

Sucked Dry

February 23, 2015April 10, 2020 - by Josiah Neufeld

A First Nations suffers so Winnipeg can have water

Arts & Culture / November 2014

Faulty Tower

October 29, 2014April 13, 2020 - by Adele Weder

The Canadian Museum for Human Rights as tourist trap, failed memorial, and white elephant

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When $500,000 Disappeared from a Small Town

The Women Who Stood With Tina Fontaine

Who Can Call Themselves Métis?

Anger and Indifference on Lake Winnipeg

Mennonite Pride

Cub Scout

Sucked Dry

Faulty Tower

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