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Kiwanis project in Victoria shows affordable housing isn’t just a dream
July 28, 2025
A new Kiwanis development on Cook Street near Finlayson. Gene Miller writes that the Kiwanis project shows that while producing affordable housing locally often seems on a par with achieving world peace, if the community really wanted it, there would be lots.
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Try out being a tourist at home — in Winnipeg
July 28, 2025
Many Canadians and Manitobans are rethinking their travel plans to the United States this summer. Rather than exploring the architecture and history of other places, we might take this opportunity to become tourists in our own city, rediscovering Winnipeg — a city that is often underappreciated, but one that is truly unique in Canada.
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A new chapter for Portage and Main
July 2, 2025
Remember that time the entire city of Winnipeg voted on whether people should be allowed to cross the street? That was wild. The whole country looked on in curious amusement as a modern city tied itself into knots over what appeared to be an incredibly mundane issue.
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Finding what’s missing in the Winnipeg housing market
June 19, 2025
Last week, Winnipeg city council spent several long days and late nights debating a sweeping set of zoning bylaw amendments that could fundamentally change how our city is built in the future.
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It’s time for Winnipeg to seize a bold new opportunity
May 20, 2025
Just as it was 140 years ago when the transcontinental railway became Canada’s first nation-building project, Winnipeg’s strategic gateway location along such a corridor, uniquely positions the city to boldly push its way to the front of the line and seize a generational opportunity to play a central role in a national movement to “build, baby, build.”
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Major parties show they recognize the need for housing plans
April 22, 2025
Donald Trump-induced anxiety has overwhelmed Canada’s federal election, but housing affordability has managed to remain a central issue in the campaign. Platforms released by the two frontrunning parties approach Canada’s housing crisis in very different ways.
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