Winnipeg Free Press • 10th March 2026

Winnipeg drivers feeling financial impact of Mideast war

Winnipeggers are starting to feel the financial burden of soaring gas prices linked to the recent U.S. and Israel attacks on Iran that have disrupted supply chains around the world.
Since the fighting began Feb. 28, the average price of gas in Canada has increased to 155.9 cents per litre, from 133.6/L, with the average in Winnipeg sitting at 143.9/L, according to sector observer website Gasbuddy.com.
“It’s outrageous,” Rennee Batson, 53, said while filling her tank at 204 Fuels on Salter Street...

Winnipeg Free Press • 4th November 2025

Winnipeg woman who fled Darfur in 2007 fears for relatives, friends amid famine, bloodshed in hometown

After seeing satellite images of her home in war-torn Sudan, Amira Ibrahim was unable to eat for two days.
El-Fasher, the state capital of North Darfur and Ibrahim’s hometown, was seized by paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces last week as the country’s civil war continues to rage.
Ibrahim was born in el-Fasher and lived there for 20 years before moving to Winnipeg in 2007, having endured four years of civil war. In 2021, the most recent Statistics Canada census, Canada had welcomed a total o...

We Hungry (But Them Belly Full): Food inequality i • 5th January 2026

Winnipeg Food Council struggles to make progress due to lack of funding

The Winnipeg Food Council is struggling to meet their mandate to develop a food and agriculture strategy due to lack of funding, and is seeking an extra $26,000 in the city’s 2026 operating budget to get it done.The food council is recommending $10,000 for developing a food and agriculture strategy and doubling the money for their community grants program from $15,000 to $30,000.The request and breakdown is articulated in the food council’s most recent public report.The city is in the process of...

We Hungry (But Them Belly Full): Food inequality i • 26th February 2026

Small Manitoba communities left without food programming because of reduced provincial funding

Red Deer Lake and Barrows are two of many small Manitoba communities taking the brunt of reduced provincial funding from the Northern Healthy Foods Initiative — provided to the communities through the Northern Association of Community Councils (NACC).The communities had workshops for fish canning, salsa making, jam processing and baking classes, says Irene Chamberlain, assistant senior executive officer for the Barrows community and part-time recreation director for Red Deer Lake.“We liked that...

The Projector • 4th March 2026

RRC Polytech students left with fewer places to study after shortened library hours - The Projector

By: Tiago Rekso


RRC Polytech students at all Manitoba campuses are struggling to find quiet places to study after campus library hours were cut back at the start of the semester because of funding issues.


The college announced Jan. 5 in an email library hours would be cut back to 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. for all campuses.


The original hours at the Exchange District Campus library were 7:45 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday.


The Notre Dame Campus library was open 7:45 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday to W...

Winnipeg Free Press • 27th January 2026

Winnipeg sculptor breaks ice with prehistoric creations — and tales of unexpected police visits

Lendrum Keast smashes ice out of his bucket before heading next door to grab some additional supplies.
“The neighbours never complain about me stealing their snow,” Keast says with a laugh.
The 61-year-old has been making ice sculptures for 14 years, attracting thousands of people to his homes — first on Leila Avenue and now on Aberdeen Avenue — and gaining attention on social media.
His sculpting started as a way to get him outside during the winter.
“You don’t want to sit in, you can get reall...

We Hungry (But Them Belly Full): Food inequality i • 10th November 2025

New Winnipeg bus routes make accessing grocery stores harder for inner city residents

Even with a bad hip and pain in both knees, Doug Unger prefers to walk half an hour to get groceries instead of taking the bus.“It’s shorter,” says Unger, 62. “It used to be one bus, now it’s two or three.”He says the new bus routes made it harder for him to get from Point Douglas to Donald Street where he buys groceries, and shopping was easier with the old routes.“It was much better. There was more buses that travelled that area,” says Unger.He has to walk longer, and there’s fewer stops where...

We Hungry (But Them Belly Full): Food inequality i • 6th October 2025

Manitobans on EIA still struggling – small steps made since Livable Basic Income proposed last year

Going to food banks like Freedom House regularly is one of the only ways Sherri Bluebird can afford food.Bluebird is one of 62,000 Manitobans on Employment Income Assistance (EIA). As of July 1, 2025, single house holds receive $911 to pay for rent, food, transportation and other necessities.Last year Make Poverty History Manitoba, a coalition working to change government policy and public perception around homeless people, proposed a plan to the provincial government to turn EIA into a livable...