April 2022
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Dorothy Dobbie
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The concrete canyons of downtown Winnipeg could use a green coridor. effects of an urban forest — even tiny ones scattered from here to there. So, she enlisted some help from Colliers and a few communityminded advisors, working to reimagine this space and help us return our downtown to the pretty community place it was in the past.
Why does this matter? To those of you who never venture downtown anymore, maybe not a lot, but what if going downtown was the kind of special thing it used to be? What about visitors to our city? They focus on downtown, and I think pride in our town is an important part of living here. But even more, what about the folks who already live in that area. Some of them have no other home and it shames me to see how they are treated. Why can we not create a friendly space that enables them to breathe air cleaned by trees and greenery? Why can’t they have a place to sit and to rest and to mingle? Let’s close our eyes and think what a little greening might mean to the barren concrete streets that lie between Donald and the Main on the south side of Portage to Graham. This area is very desolate, occupied by government and institutional buildings that look inward. There are tiny pockets of u 6 ‘Green Corridor’
Canada all but defenceless thanks to political wrangling over the years Hon. Bill Blaikie
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he Russian invasion of Ukraine has sparked a new discussion about Canadian defence spending. There is widespread acknowledgement of the fact that for decades both Liberal and Conservative governments have failed to meet Canada’s NATO obligations to spend at least 2 per cent of their GNP on defence. Furthermore, neither have come even close to solving the quicksand and quagmire of military procurement in this country. Decisions on new equipment take years more than they should, and executing the decisions also takes way more time than it should. In the meantime, the cost of everything increases.
June 17 - 26, 2022
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City needs to rally around a Green Corridor downtown
ll great cities have a commitment to becoming green and staying greener. It is not just all about aesthetics, even though green means beauty and beauty means peace and happiness. Civic beautification through greening affects the people who live there, changing behaviour and improving safety. A lovely green environment attracts and calms people and helps visitors enjoy the experience of being in the city. It also shows the kind of civic commitment that excites developers and businesses to invest locally. So, when Cathy Campbell, former minister at the Holy Trinity Church on Smith Street and Graham realized this, she and current pastor, Andrew Rampton, decided to do something about it. For Cathy, this just made sense. A student of trees and how they affect us and our environment, she immediately understood the healing
How will you celebrate the Year of the Garden?
The bane of Ukraine
Will the CF-18 fleet ever be replaced? The prolonged lack of action on deciding the replacement for the CF-18 fighter jets is a good example of what I am referring to, a process that has alu 4 ‘Canada all but defenseless’
Winnipeg’s first full time internet radio station
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ifestyles 55 is adding a new brand of joy for our audience: 24-hour digital radio, a first for Winnipeg. We go on the air with our first live broadcast May 1, 2022. To find us, all you need to do is google Lifestyles 55 digital, but you can also tune in with any of your favourite digital apps. We have been working on this for a year. A group of seasoned broadcasters and radio lovers has been adding an audio feature to our What’s Up Winnipeg – Lifestyles 55 website through a series of podcasts. In total, we have more than 90 episodes online ready for your listening pleasure as you wait out the rest of this month and while we prepare for our fully programmed, 24-hour casting in May. There are eight principles in our company, five with their own shows. Chris Golden present Golden’s Oldies; a lighthearted look back at the British charts through the 60s, 70s, and 80s. Sprinkled with anecdotes of working in the biggest UK venues and unusual song facts, Chris brings a touch of fun from u 14 ‘Internet radio station’