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A Winnipeg city councillor is trying to make it easier for the city to remove vehicles that are no longer operational and are falling apart.
A well-known advocate is pushing the city to speed up work to make Winnipeg safer, arguing a current...
Winnipeg Free Press By: Cody Sellar Last Modified: 7:28 PM CDT Tuesday, Apr. 20, 2021 | Updates Save to Read Later Winnipeg police Const. Rob Carver shows off the cash, jewelry and drugs seized during Project Matriarch. (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press) It took 17 years, but Point Douglas residents were able to celebrate Tuesday after an alleged drug trafficker and her underlings were charged with running a crack cocaine ring that menaced the neighbourhood. It took 17 years, but Point Douglas residents ...
Winnipeg Free Press 'I have moved, but I am not leaving' Point Douglas community leader Sel Burrows has downsized, saying it's time to pass the torch to a new generation By: Ben Waldman | Posted: 7:00 PM CST Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021 Last Modified: 9:05 AM CST Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021 | Updates The house on the corner of Grove Street and Rover Avenue is a landmark in North Point Douglas: its scrambled-egg hue makes it hard to miss, but the people who’ve lived in it make it nearly impossible to ignore. That’s exactly...
Winnipeg Free Press COVID messages missing vulnerable Manitobans, community advocates say Low-income residents without stable housing, access to TV and internet, people who don't speak English at higher risk By: Dylan Robertson and Katie May | Posted: 7:00 PM CST Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020 Winnipeg Free Press Nine months in to the COVID-19 pandemic, lowest-income Manitobans are among the hardest hit by the virus and public-health advisories haven't made their way to all vulnerable groups. Manitobans who don't have stable housing, credit c...