Lura Wilson, originally from Silver Bay, fuels her passion for artistic performance with flames. 8:00 am, Feb. 3, 2021 ×
Lura Wilson, originally of Silver Bay, performs with fire fans during a show with the Smokin Phoenix Steampunk Circus in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo courtesy of Lura Wilson)
Lura Wilson knew that she wanted to be an artist, but she wasn t sure what kind of artist. Growing up in Silver Bay, she was very involved in theater. From a young age, she acted in Prairie Fire Theater and Silver Bay Area Community Theatre productions and always loved being on stage.
At age 15, she moved to Minneapolis to attend the Main Street School of Performing Arts, where she focused on theater and dance. That same year, she went to her first music festival, The Winnipeg Folk Festival, where a performance lit a flame in her.
WINNIPEG A folk singer from Manitoba considered one of the pioneers of Indigenous music has died from COVID-19. Shingoose, born Curtis Jonnie, passed away from COVID-19 at the age of 74 on Jan. 12, according to his daughter, Nahanni Shingoose. He was a resident of the Southeast Personal Care Home in Winnipeg. “His impact and his legacy is incredible,” Nahanni said from her home in Ontario on Wednesday. “I’ve been honoured with so many great stories and gifts from people, the stories that they had to share about his legacy.” Shingoose, an Ojibwa from the Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation in Manitoba, was a survivor of the Sixties Scoop, being adopted at the age of four. He was sent to a boarding school in Nebraska at the age of 15, and began singing in the choir there. “It’s one of fortunately/unfortunately moments where music came into his life, but I think that, through his experiences, he was able to harness somewhere, through his spirit, that feelin
Posted: Jan 12, 2021 8:48 PM CT | Last Updated: January 13
Curtis (Shingoose) Jonnie was a legendary musician, his friend and publicist Carolyn Sabourin said. He s pictured here performing at a Winnipeg Folk Festival workshop in 2016.(David Quiring/Winnipeg Folk Festival)
Longtime folk musician and activist Curtis (Shingoose) Jonnie died Tuesday morning at the age of 74 after testing positive for COVID-19, his daughter says.
Shingoose, who is Ojibway from Roseau River Anishinaabe First Nation, had been living at the Southeast Personal Care Home in Winnipeg for the last decade, Nahanni Shingoose said from her home in Hamilton, Ont.
Her siblings all live in Ontario, and when her father s health began to deteriorate on Sunday, she said one of the most difficult things was being so far away.
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A new CEO will take over the Winnipeg Foundation when it celebrates the start of its second century of operation on April 27, 2021.
A new CEO will take over the Winnipeg Foundation when it celebrates the start of its second century of operation on April 27, 2021.
Sky Bridges will become the sixth CEO, replacing Rick Frost, who will retire after leading the foundation for 23 years.
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Sky Bridges After a widespread and thorough search process, the board vote was unanimous in favour of Sky’s selection, said Doneta Brotchie, board chairwoman. Rick Frost has been an exceptional and exemplary CEO, and we are confident that our choice of Sky Bridges will prove to be the right one for the future of the Winnipeg Foundation.
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Patrollers act as extra eyes, ears for community By: Aaron Epp
Debra Kutcher (right) and Shivam Moudgill of the community group, St. Boniface Citizens on Patrol Program, walk along the Norwood Bridge. The two are active volunteers. (Mike Sudoma / Winnipeg Free Press)
Debra Kutcher has volunteered in Kenya and Thailand, but St. Boniface is where you’ll find her helping out these days.
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Debra Kutcher has volunteered in Kenya and Thailand, but St. Boniface is where you’ll find her helping out these days.
Kutcher is a patroller with the St. Boniface Citizens on Patrol Program. The group aims to keep the neighbourhood safe by acting as extra eyes and ears for the community.