Dear Winnipeg, Today is the one-year anniversary of the day the City suddenly and indefinitely closed the Arlington Bridge, having let it fall into disrepair because they didn’t have the
Dear Winnipeg, Since last week was Thanksgiving, l figure there’s no better time to talk about what I’m thankful for. A note to my American readers, I get that you
Dear Winnipeg, This may come as a shock to absolutely no one, but I read a lot of local news. Like, probably an unhealthy amount. I do it mostly for
Dear Winnipeg, The City just released the final draft of Transportation 2050: Reimagined Mobility, which is the master plan for transportation policy in Winnipeg for the next 25 years. According
Dear Winnipeg, I’ve been prepping my A-game ever since the Mayor campaigned on a pledge to widen Kenaston, as long as a business case supported it. “This is not road-building
Dear Winnipeg, Recently, I’ve been seeing something I’ve been hoping for ever since I began writing about municipal finances over five years ago: a broad acknowledgement that our city does
Dear Winnipeg, One of the most talked about issues these days is housing affordability, or rather, the lack of it. Whether talking about the ability to afford housing in general,
Dear Winnipeg, Oddly enough, despite Portage & Main being the main issue that pushed me to start Dear Winnipeg, I have never actually written a single letter about it. Until
Dear Winnipeg, At the risk of being characterized as obsessed with accounting, please indulge me while I show you how municipal budgets work. When we talk about the City budget,
Dear Winnipeg, The fact that you saw the word “accounting” in the title and still clicked through to read this tells me you are a special human being. One that