by Colleen Sklar | Sep 24, 2018 | Manitoba, Featured Blog
How to make your vote count: October 24th is municipal election day in Manitoba. All across our province, residents will be able to have their say on who will lead their community into the future by choosing their mayor, reeve, councillors and school board trustees....
by Colleen Sklar | Aug 20, 2018 | Featured Blog
With the smoke in the air in Winnipeg and the prediction from experts that this may be with us until the end of August I reached out to an expert in Hydrology and Climate Change, Bob Sandford, to talk through the issue and to see if this year was really all that...
by Colleen Sklar | Aug 10, 2018 | Manitoba
Economiser oui, s’amalgamer non. Great to be involved with our Francophone community in the Winnipeg Metro Region! I talked to La-Liberte writer Daniel Bahuad for a piece called Economiser oui, s’amalgamer non. The article talks about the development...
by Colleen Sklar | Jul 31, 2018 | Manitoba, Featured Blog
Leaders recently undertook a Fibre Optic Feasibility Study for the Winnipeg Metropolitan Region through the newly established JohnQ Public – an arms-length Development Corporation. The feasibility study provides information to begin to assess the direction...
by Colleen Sklar | Jul 13, 2018 | Manitoba
With summer in full swing in Manitoba, it’s a great opportunity to check out the wide variety of local fruits and vegetables available. According to Peak of the Market, Manitoba produces over 120 varieties of vegetables including asparagus, beets, cabbage, carrots,...
by Colleen Sklar | Jul 5, 2018 | Manitoba
Festivals, whether large or small, add to our community and to our economy. On July 11, 2019 the 46th annual Winnipeg Folk Festival will get under way with an expected 70,000 people attending over four days. This festival is not only a great time that brings...
by Colleen Sklar | Jun 19, 2018 | Manitoba
You can’t seem to turn on the television these days without hearing about the trade troubles between Canada and the United States. The steady ground we once held with one of our largest trading partners seems to be shifting a little each day. Last week...
by Colleen Sklar | Jun 13, 2018 | Manitoba
Avoiding Solo Cities – The benefits of tackling problems as a unified metro region, is an excellent article from the Chicago Forum on Global Cities where a panel of experts talked about the ability of metropolitan area municipal collaborations to solve...
by Colleen Sklar | Jun 4, 2018 | Manitoba
A new report Aftershocks: Remodeling the Past for a Resilient Future released by the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) takes a good look at various disasters from the past and explores the likely impacts that similar events would have if...
by Colleen Sklar | May 31, 2018 | Manitoba
A Clover lawn is worth considering. Here’s why: With summer just around the corner lawnmowers and garden tools are getting dusted off and yardwork is on my to-do list. As I’m looking over my brown, patchy lawn, I wonder how it will make it through the summer...
