Dear Winnipeg, The quality of snow clearing on sidewalks and bike paths, or lack of it, has been in the news lately. As it should. After all, we know this
Dear Winnipeg, Now that the dust has settled on the latest municipal election, it’s time to take a look at the Mayor and Council we elected, and what the next
Dear Winnipeg, I’ve been meaning to write about this ever since I read a really interesting article this summer by author/journalist Cory Doctorow about Uber’s financial statements, predicting the eventual
Dear Winnipeg, On September 8th, 2022, a healthy, independent 90-year-old woman was crossing the street in her neighbourhood of North Kildonan, on the way to one of the many stops
Dear Winnipeg, Last summer, the Osborne-neighbourhood corner store owned by Jung Ja Shin and her son Jason went up in flames at the hands of an arsonist, who had also
Dear Winnipeg, Looks like it’s time to talk about LRT, aka Light Rail Transit. Or as they’re also sometimes called, trams, tramcars, streetcars, trolleys, urban trains, or trainsit. [Ok, that
[Editor’s note: This is an adaptation of a piece Glenelm Gal wrote a few years ago for Write to Move, an anthology on the broad topic of mobility rights put
Dear Winnipeg, Two days ago, Glen Murray announced he was entering the mayoral race, which prompted Scott Gillingham to issue a press release the following day. I never thought I’d
Dear Winnipeg, In what will come as a shock to absolutely no one who has been reading these letters, the City of Winnipeg’s financial position worsened by $32.2 million in
Dear Winnipeg, Imagine your roof leaks. And imagine it’s in such bad shape that it leaks every year. And every year, you call a roofing contractor to come fix it,