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'I'm losing my retirement': After 24 years, Winnipeg couple shutting restaurant following eviction
Instead of serving up burgers and fries to their regular customers and planning for retirement, two Winnipeg restaurant owners are scrambling to find out why they're being evicted just two months into a year-long lease.
Loud music complaints about bars ignored in Exchange District, says resident
The city of Winnipeg says the current by-law on the books is enough to deal with noise complaints, but one Exchange District resident wants to see loud patios face the music.
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Nuns and the Next Step: Weekly support meetings for inmates changing lives, leaders say
Inside a small, unassuming house on a North End street is a living room where, nearly every Thursday for 17 years, a retired prison chaplain, a group of nuns and volunteers meet with inmates on leave and former inmates to talk about their lives.
Changemakers
Inner-city music program builds community of sound without common language
The Bridge: Music Learning for Life is not only teaching music to kids who might not otherwise have an opportunity to attend lessons, but it's helping them build community and connections and find positive ways to express themselves.