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Local company wins green pitch prize

Whitney Morgan (from left), Heather Roscoe (MEIA), Andrea Aiello (Manitoba Innovates), and (far right) Patrick Campbell (MEIA) presented the award to Amalia and Francesco Zurzolo of. Naturel Elm Bu…

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Food forest at Omand’s Creek brings beauty, biodiversity, and food to “under-utilized space”

Community tree planting October 3rd was attended by all ages. Photo Provided In the face of rapid tree loss in Winnipeg — and especially Wolseley — volunteers of the Wolseley Residents’ Association…

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Roots in Harmony about great music, and community

Members of Roots in Harmony Photo Provided “I just wanted a space where people, like me, and who look like me, could just get together and sing songs outside of your kind of typical choral configur…

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Telling it true; Winnipeg Story Slam Grand Slam to celebrate year of great storytelling

You can’t fake a good story, in person, that is. Photos Winnipeg Story Slam (provided) Winnipeg Story Slam founder Nicole Dube (above) wanted an event to share stories, whether off the cuff or some…

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Original Winnipeg comedy musical Afterlight back on stage by popular demand

Duncan Cox (left) was inspired to sing when he and Sharon Bajer (right) wrote their original Winnipeg theatre production Afterlight, now back on stage by popular demand. Like many plays, it starts …

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Global Order In Flux

In the eight months since the beginning of the Trump 2.0 era, much has been written about his attempts to alter global trade patterns through tariff policies. Disruption has been the order of the d…

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Climate change comes in ‘great, and profound leaps;’ Concert supports Manitoba evacuees

Clayton Thomas-Muller speaks to the crown with stories from Manitoba’s north. Photo Cohen Berg As the effects of climate change accelerate wildfires both locally and worldwide, Seniors for Cl…

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New name hopes to invite more people through the door

Resilia executive director Abdi Ahmed, and staff member Wanda Yamamoto. Photo Terese Taylor When newly named Resilia Centre decided to take the leap to a new name, it was hoping to bring together t…

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Rapid transit route ruining their street, say residents

Photo Richard T Freeman Arlington Street residents have told The Leaf that some of them will have to move if no changes are made to the City’s new transit overhaul that has made their residential s…

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Fire evacuees forced onto Sherbrook St. for temporary shelter

Wasagamack resident Saul Harper, has mostly elected to stay in his community through the summer months, when cooking is often done outdoors, and people can enjoy the hot weather, but this summer, w…

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Local talent at the GIFF

Lydia Venema remembers always being creative, and using almost anything she could get her hands on to set up a story. “I would make videos of my American girl dolls,” she says, “I and was kind of m…

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Building community in the West End for 26 years, one supper at a time

Originally published in print May 2025. When Travis and Stephanie Unger bought a rooming house in the West End in the summer of 1999, their intention was simply to live with others. Well aware of t…

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