Editor’s Message
The Saint Boniface Cathedral at night. Cover Photo by Dorothy Dobbie. Vol. 6, No. 1
Spring 2020
whatsupwinnipeg.ca Publisher Dorothy Dobbie Design Pegasus Publications Inc. Editor Shauna Dobbie shauna@pegasuspublications.net Art Direction & Layout Karl Thomsen karl@pegasuspublications.net General Manager Ian Leatt ian.leatt@pegasuspublications.net Contributors Dorothy Dobbie, Shauna Dobbie, John Einarson, Kathryne Grisim, David Johnson, Alex Regiec, Royal Caribbean Cruise Line. Advertising Sales 1.888.680.2008 Gordon Gage gord.gage@pegasuspublications.net Published quarterly by Pegasus Publications Inc. 138 Swan Lake Bay, Winnipeg, MB R3T 4T8 204-940-2700 whatsupwinnipeg.ca
Dear readers, Every piece in this magazine, except this one, was written in the Before time. Before COVID-19 came to Canada. Even before it was discovered in China, in some cases. They portray a time of excess, perhaps; or more, a time without worry. No—a time when we weren’t all worried all the time about the same things. And so, as doubt rained down on our little company that publishing things for people’s spare time reading, I had bandwidth to consider every article; the one on taking a transatlantic cruise has been dropped and re-added more than once! The articles on Manitoba pride were easy enough; if anything, Manitobans have more to be proud of than ever. One business closes and a new endeavour starts up to help folks who are hurting, and those who’ve been laid off are busy helping seniors and shut-ins navigate this crisis. The Manitoba articles in this issue are a look back at our 150 years as a province, a part of marking this big birthday for us. The articles on travel were a little different. The cruise piece is one thing, with tragic stories of cruisers being confined to their rooms and becoming ill in the news regularly. Then there is the story on Mumbai, where the virus will take an especially heavy toll on the impoverished. Regardless, who would consider travelling right now? Downtown Los Angeles? You can’t even go there! And as for Charlottetown, you couldn’t eat your way through it like our writer did. But there are so many hard-news stories right now, I’ve decided to keep this magazine a place where you can stop and take a breath. This virus hasn’t always affected us, and it won’t continue forever. You have travelled before and you will again, or perhaps you will for the first time in years to come. The cruise industry will be back, maybe not this year and maybe with slower growth than it’s seen over the past decade, but it will return. So for now, take this magazine and curl up in your big easy chair at home. Every story in here will take you somewhere, whether it’s back in time or around the world. Current events can wait a bit. Shauna Dobbie Editor
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