At RRC Polytech’s Paterson GlobalFoods Institute in the Exchange District, the new Late Lunch Menu from the Global Kitchen is taking some staff and students back to their roots — serving up meals that remind them of home.


“That first bite made me feel like I was back in China,” said Ming Shi, an international student at Red River College Polytechnic. 


Shi has only lived in Winnipeg for a year and a half after moving here from China. He says that finding good Asian food in the city has been...

The Linden Christian School (LCS) Wings are making their return to the Winnipeg High School Hockey League (WHSHL) after a four-year hiatus. The Wings, which had been in operation with the WHSHL for eight years prior to the 2019-2020 season, were forced to abandon its hockey program after the COVID-19 pandemic struck the city. “Once we lost that momentum, it was hard to get back,” team manager Rod Bruinooge said in an interview Sept. 23 at Sam Southern Arena. “With COVID’s disruption, that was en...

In 1977, a team of quadriplegic wheelchair basketball athletes in Winnipeg created an alternative sport to accommodate people with reduced function in their arms and hands. They called it murderball.
Almost 50 years later, the game, now officially known as wheelchair rugby, has become one of the most popular gateways for those with a disability who want to remain in sport.
An example is Reese Ketler, a 24-year-old member of Team Canada’s wheelchair rugby team.
“It (wheelchair rugby) gives me som...

Eleven years ago, Chris Okell made a promise — and it is one he plans to keep.
Each October, the Pumpkin Promise showcases massive gourds outside Okell’s River Park South home and raises funds for CancerCare Manitoba, an organization dear to his heart.
He lost his mother, Marietta Okell, to pancreatic cancer in 2010.
“This is all because of her,” said Okell. “Mom loved pumpkins, and she loved Halloween even more, so this is what I’m doing in her honour.”
The initiative has raised more than $69,0...