Dear Winnipeg, I want to talk to you about a report that came before the Public Works Committee today. It’s about funding for road renewal, and, fair warning, I’m going
Dear Winnipeg, Last Friday, the City released its revised plan to not just reconstruct but also massively expand Route 90 (Kenaston) from Taylor to Ness, a mere six weeks after
Dear Winnipeg, I’ve been crunching numbers on our city’s finances for long enough that I already know the answer to the question posed in the title is a resounding “NO!”
Dear Winnipeg, I know I often come down hard on City staff for doing the wrong thing. That’s why it’s especially difficult for me to witness when they do something
Dear Winnipeg, The City’s proposed annual budget has been released, and the first thing it made me think of was Elmwood Park’s gardener. If you don’t know it, Elmwood Park
Dear Winnipeg, Several years ago, I read a piece comparing urban development patterns to pizza. The fact that I still remember it to this day should say something. [Although I
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