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“On that warm summer evening, the excite ment growing on the Railway Street (Main Street) was a stark contrast to the rest of Win nipeg, which was peacefully drifting into sleep. With their talk and laughter, the young showed impatience waiting for the Moonlight Special to take them on a trip of excitement, long-awaited meetings and the joy of dancing at Winnipeg Beach. The train pulls into the station and an nounces its arrival with the horn. Boarding be gins. The conductor will have to keep an eye on lights in the train as switching off is favorite pas time for the youthful passengers while traveling to the beach. Dispatcher is wagging his red hat - it’s time to go…” Sanja Rossi The magnificent crescent of sandy beaches at Lake Winnipeg became the favorite place during summertime in the early 20th century. Some enjoyed peace and rest in nature spending quality time with families and friends, while others were look ing for little excitement and fun. The rapid industrial development of Winnipeg at the beginning of the 20th century and increas ing population of both the middle and upper class gave rise to the need for quality social gatherings, outings and vacations. of the Garden all year long with Canada’s Local
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The train arriving at Winnipeg Beach. Photo courtesy of Archives Manitoba.
Anita Neville named Lieutenant governor of Manitoba
Dorothy Dobbie Fourteen citizens have put their names forward for may or, some of them virtually unknown and a handful with some experience. All come with a litany of promises for a better Winnipeg but few of their ideas are based on any real experience or knowledge of how the city works. Most of the proposals fit the category of wishes with no credible plan to deliver. That is understandable if you are basing your plans by looking from the outside in. Three of the candidates have been inside, however: former mayor (18 years ago), Glen Murray; current sitting councillor and finance chair, Scott Gillingham; and current sit ting councillor and former chair of the Police Board, Kevin Klein. Two others have had some political ex perience: former MP and mayoralty nominee, Robert Falcon-Ouellette and former leader of the Manitoba Liberal Party, Rana Bokhari. The others include another for mer candidate for mayor, Jennifer Motkaluk, and seven other individ uals: Don Woodstock, Christopher Clacio, Rick Shone, Shaun Loney. Idris Ademuyiwa Adelakum, Des mond Thomas, Jessica Peebles, and Govind Thawani.
Congratulations to our new Lieutenant Governor, Ani ta Neville. She will be a wonderful successor to Her Hon our, Janice Filmon, who was so well respected in vice-regal circles. Anita comes to the role with a long career in political diplomacy behind her. She was the Liberal member of Parliament for Winni peg South Centre in the govern ment of Paul Martin from 2000 to 2011. She served as the Parliamen tary Secretary to then Minister of Canadian Heritage, Pablo Rodri guez. In opposition she served as Critic for Indigenous Affairs and Critic for the Status of Women. Prior to her election, she served as a school trustee for Winnipeg School division Number One for manyAnitayears.has a history of communi ty service behind her. She was a di rector of Workforce 2000 and the Winnipeg Core Area Initiative and Employment Training Program and has also been involved in the Law Society of Manitoba and the Winnipeg Jewish Child and Fam ilyMoreorganization.recently, she has been one of the founding chairs of the Manitoba chapter of Equal Voice, an organization designed to help women become actively engaged in politics, both behind the scenes and as Anitacandidates.becomes the first Jew ish woman to serve as Manitoba Lieutenant Governor and only the third in Canada. She is also only the third woman to be named Lieutenant Governor for Manito ba. The first was Pearl McGonigal, who served from 1981 to 1986. The Lieutenant Governor serves for a term or no less than five years. During her tenure, Her Honour Janice Filmon, who served from 2015 to this year, was very active in involving members of the com munity to visit and learn more about the history of the office.
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September 2022 whatsupwinnipeg.ca 3 ISSUES IN THE NEWS Follow us online Facebook:whatsupwinnipeg.caat:Lifestyles55Twitter:@Lifestyles55 PUBLISHER Pegasus Publications Inc. EDITOR Dorothy dorothy@pegasuspublications.netDobbie ART DIRECTOR Karl karl@pegasuspublications.netThomsen GENERAL MANAGER Ian ian.leatt@pegasuspublications.netLeatt CONTRIBUTORS Dorothy Dobbie, Shauna Dobbie, Rick Du erksen, Hon. Myrna Driedger, John Einarson, Michael Gibbens, Stefano Grande, Hon. Scott Johnson, Jim Ingebrigtsen, Kevin Klein, Lor raine Lambert, Ian Leatt, Marty Morantz, Fred Morris, Manitoba Seniors Coalition, Manitoba Association of Senior Centres, Connie Newman, Peggy Pendergast, Brent Poole, Sanja Rossi, Senaka Samarasinghe, Trudy Schroeder, Elly Spencer, Wayne Weedon, Nathan CanadianZassman.Publications mail product Sales agreement #40027604 ADVERTISING info@pegasuspublications.net1-888-680-2008 SUBSCRIPTIONS If you would like to receive Lifestyles 55, we offer both monthly newspaper and online formats. To place your order, call 204-940-2700. Subscriptions are $48.00 per year, plus tax. American Express, MasterCard, Visa and cheque accepted. To view a back issue online visit lifestyles55.net Published monthly by: Pegasus Publications Inc. 138 Swan Lake Bay, Winnipeg, MB R3T 4T8 whatsupwinnipeg.ca204-940-2700 DISTRIBUTION Available at over 100 locations from Winnipeg, Brandon, Steinbach, Morden, Selkirk, Flin Flon and The Pas. If you would like bulk copies of this publication, contact Ian Leatt at (204) 940-2707 or ian.leatt@pegasuspublications. net. Also available digitally at whatsupwinnpeg/ lifestyles and on Facebook: Lifestyles55 EDITORIAL SUBMISSIONS Call Dorothy Dobbie at (204) 940-2716 or email dorothy@pegasuspublications.net for more information and guidelines. Any opinions expressed in columns by our contributors are their own opinions entirely and are not necessarily shared by Pegasus Publications Inc. All information presented by the contributors is the responsibility of the writers. Lifestyles 55 is published monthly. Reproduction in part or in whole is prohibited without seeking permission in writing from the publisher. Copyright Pegasus Publications Inc.
The high cost of inertia
For the past two and a half years, Canadians, indeed peo ple around the globe, have been living in a world of sus pended animation. Worse, the suspension has been over a cauldron of fear and imminent disaster. One false move, we were told, and we risked landing in the cauldron and boiling to death. We suddenly stopped the world and couldn’t even get off. We just hung there. Now, we have decided to start the engines again. Like fledgling birds, we are leaving the safety of our nests, tentatively, some fearful ly, some just poking their heads out. And the world is not the same. There is a sense of loss, a sense of anger, a sense of pent-up frustration because we expected to be celebrating the mo ment, and instead we are wandering aimlessly back to life outside where there is bad weath er, criminals, high prices, shortages of goods we took for granted. Along with this are new fears to confront: the virus is morphing – will the next variant be more deadly or simply more virulent? Even the word, “virulent” strikes fear into sheltered hearts. And lo, there is another threat – monkey pox, no matter that it largely affects men who have sex with other men – what if it too can change and become moreAnd“virulent”?thedaily disaster news always carries a dose of the in evitable ending of the world through climate change. We are creating too much of the stuff of life, carbon, say the experts and that will precipitate sharp changes in the weather that will cause one catastrophe after another, but not before we punish everyone by making them turn off the air conditioner and turn down the heat, learn to ride bicycles or drive electric cars, cut our meat consumption to half of what it is now, eat less overall because farmers are being instructed to reduce fertilizer to slow plant growth and I guess raise fewer animals for us to eat. (I wonder if we are supposed to kill the bison we have nurtured back into herds and how about the bears and birds – I guess some won’t miss the geese – and foxes and wolves not to men tion the deer . . .) But here’s the good news! If you can afford it, you can still fly all over the world or take a carbon spewing ocean liner . . . but then . . . maybe not, because you have no passport and only half the planes are flying. And if you didn’t vaccinate, then you can’t go, anyway. And even if you did, you have to figure out how to fill out that pesky and pointless ArriveCan app every time you leave the country and come back! And why is it that planes aren’t flying, civil services aren’t keeping up, nurses and doctors seem to have be come as rare as dodo birds? Why can’t we find workers to do the everyday jobs that need to be done? Well, unbelievably, regaining the momen tum we deliberately halted two and a half years ago is not an easy thing to do. Besides half the population cowering in fear – the management half, I might add, because the worker class were out there keeping the lights on and the grocery stores stocked, there was another group having a jolly good time working at their own pace and sometimes not at all. It is hard to regenerate that energy after so much inertia. So that’s all of it, right? Well, no. There is the ever-present mourning for the sins of the past. There is the constant reminder that Europeanbased populations, the ones that created the fine world we left, are basically evil, racist, mi sogynistic, greedy, cruel, unfeeling brutes (that’s most of us, especially the blonde ones) who deserve to be re placed, displaced and cancelled. No wonder we are in the grips of So,dysphoria.thequestion is, which will destroy the world first, the changing climate, the raging viruses, or the complete collapse of the civilized world due to its cancellation? I don’t know about you, but I would find the whole thing laughable if it weren’t for the fact that so many otherwise sane people seem to have bought into the current narrative like lem mings plunging to the death in the sea, driven by some univer sal urge toward self-destruction. Except there is a glimmer of hope here and there. I see it in your eyes, you, the ones who silently resist because railing against the dark is pointless and we have lost the energy to fol low the advice of Dylan Thomas when he wrote “Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”You may not rage, unless you are a trucker, but I know you won’t give up either and this absurdity will pass as we either dodge the beginning of a dystopian future – or escape to Mars with Elon 24 940-2700 she will be only too pleased
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There are no easy answers to the challenges facing people who are hardest hit by first the pandemic and now infla tion. Provincial governments are the least equipped to solve these global is sues, but your Manitoba Government is trying to do what it can. Reducing child poverty
Summertime is MP time for summer with constituents
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For most people, summer is a time to kick back and relax. But for politicians, summer is a time to kick it into high gear. The very purpose for politicians is to represent their constituency, and we cannot do that without visiting just about as many people as we can in our community. I see summer as the very best time to do that, and I sure covered a lot of ground these past few months. I kicked off my summer with the Walk to Make Cystic Fibrosis History at the Wood haven Park Community Club to raise funds and awareness for cystic fibrosis treatment, research, and support. Next up I had the pleasure to tour Perim eter Aviation with their President and CEO James Lindsey. He told me about the chal lenges they faced due to the pandemic and the incredible ways they overcame them to support Manitoba and Ontario's northern communities.Folklorama is something I always look forward too. I was glad to attend the Israel Pavilion this year and catch up with some old friends. I spoke and handed out medals at the All-Seniors Games closing cer emonies at Sturgeon Creek retirement residences and was even the parade marshal for the Metropolitan Kiwanis Courts Fair Week. I connected with a ton of members of our community at events such as the ground-breaking for the Assiniboia Residential School Commemorative Mon ument and Gathering Place, Pioneer Days at Grant’s Old Mill, the St. James 100 mural unveiling, and the Hong Kong Veterans Association’s ceremony at Brookside Cem etery for Victory over Japan Day. Over 300 jobs were created in Charleswood-St. JamesAssiniboia-Headingley thanks to the Canada Summer Jobs Program. Given this, one of my favourite things to do during the summer is visit students who were able to find valuable work placements because of the grant. I had the pleasure to visit places all around the community such as the YMCA on Portage, Jim’s Vintage Garages, Grace Community Church, Camp Manitou, Metro Kiwanis Courts, the Historical Museum of St. James – Assiniboia, and Headingley Library. It was such a pleasure to meet youth in our community and see how impactful the Can ada Summer Jobs Program is. We have so many hidden gems in our community, you just need to keep an eye out and I promise you will find them. It goes without saying that I also did a lot of eating this summer. To make myself feel better about all the food I was eating, I tried my best to only eat out when it was for charity. I shared a Dairy Queen Blizzard with my friend Dorothy Dobbie on Miracle Treat Day as well as some Teen Burgers for A&W’s Burgers to Beat MS campaign. It was great to attend St. James Burger versus Willy Dogs donation match day for the Bruce Oake Foundation as well. I might be biased, but they seriously have the best burgers and hot dogs in the city. One of my favourite days of the summer was when my colleague and Shadow Minister of Transport and Chair of Outreach MP Melissa Lantsman came to tour Charles wood-St. James-Assiniboia-Headingley. We met with the CEO of the Winnipeg Airports Authority Nick Hayes and VP Tyler MacAfee, sat down with my friends Gustavo and Adam at the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg, took a tour of Perimeter Aviation, but most importantly, shared a burger from St. James Burger & Chip Co. My favourite event of the summer, however, was my BBQ with MLA Scott Johnston. I had the opportunity to catch up with so many old friends as well as make some new ones. It’s days like those that make me so thankful for what I do. I would not have traded the memories I made this sum mer for anything. I had the pleasure to find countless hid den gems in our community and meet so many wonder ful people. We have such a beautiful community here in Charleswood-St. James-Assiniboia-Headingley, and I am always grateful for the opportunity to represent its amaz ing citizens who help make Canada such a great country in which to live, work and play. Marty Morantz is MP for Charleswood-St. James-Assini boia-Headingley.
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Hon. Scott Johnson
Marty Morantz
Scott Johnston is the Minister of Seniors and Long-Term Care.
Accordinglockdowns.toStatistics Canada’s low-income data for 2020 that re sponse was successful in helping Man itobans in need. The child poverty rate in Manitoba declined from 19.3 per cent in 2015 to just six per cent in 2020. This represents a 69 per cent improvement. In real terms, there were 35,000 fewer Manitoban children living in poverty in 2020 than in 2015. Now the Manitoba government is focused on the goal of reducing child poverty by 25 per cent by 2025, relative to the 2015 baseline. Reducing taxes and fees To improve life for all Manitobans since first being elected in 2016, the Manitoba government has provided $886 million in tax savings, includ ing $607 million to families and indi viduals and $279 million to business es. This includes reducing the sales tax to seven per cent, phasing out education property taxes, and passing on savings of $90 million through the elimination of sales tax on resi dential and non-residential property, insurance premiums, the preparation of wills, the preparation of personal income tax returns and on personal services. Relief has also come in the form of fee reductions such as pro bate fees. Non-commercial vehicle registration fees were reduced by 20 per cent with additional reductions in the 2022 budget Feeding kids and kudos to food banks
“It takes a village to raise a child,” they say. This means a combination of government and commu nityTheinitiatives.Manitoba government is boosting fund ing to the Child Nutrition Council by $200,000 to fund school nourishment programs in more schools throughout the province. This new fund ing is in addition to the $976,000 that Manitoba provides annually. It will help address the increased demand for healthy food programs in schools. In addition to government programs, there are food banks throughout the province that provide food to Manitobans in need. In 1985 when it start ed, Winnipeg Harvest collected and shared food inside the city limits. Over time they grew, and in their 35th year, Harvest officially amalgamated the Manitoba Association of Food Banks into the Harvest family. They joined forces and resources to become the 4th largest food distributor of its kind in Canada – and the best and only provincial food network Manitoba has ever had. Their new name, Harvest Manitoba, better reflects who they serve.Thanks to amazing community spirit and gener ous hearts, Harvest Manitoba collects and shares 11 million pounds of healthy and nutritious food to hungry Manitobans every year. With this food, they prepare Harvest Hampers in the Winnipeg Warehouse, which are then distributed to feed more than 83,000 Manitobans – hungry children, hardworking families and struggling adults – every month. Volunteers donate almost 200,000 hours of hands-on service annually to make this happen. A sincere thank you to everyone involved in making life more affordable for all Manitobans.
As Minister for Seniors and LongTerm Care, I am working hard every day to help provide better care, a more meaningful quality of life to seniors who live in personal care homes and to represent Manitoba’s seniors and advocate for seniors’ issues Last month, I launched a public en gagement to ask Manitobans to weigh in on personal care home (PCH) standards together with Health Minister Audrey Gordon.Informed by the quality input received from thousands of Manitobans, our gov ernment is tailoring the initial phase of its new seniors strategy to meet the specific needs of Manitoba seniors and those who support them and will continue consulta tions to develop future phases of the strat egy.As the next phase of the seniors strat egy is being developed, Manitoba Seniors and Long-Term Care invites Manitobans to participate in further consultations in cluding additional surveys and public en gagement sessions. To ensure the unique needs of Indigenous seniors are being ad dressed, the department will also consult directly with Indigenous organizations. For those who prefer to provide their input in an in-person setting, Community Engagement Networks will be inviting members of their communities to provide input at various consultation events across Manitoba.Iwillpersonally be meeting with se niors and their caregivers over the coming months to hear how our government can enhance the supports and services needed. Our government is determined to make Manitoba an ideal place for healthy aging in Canada and internationally, and these in-depth consultations will provide criti cal insight as we build the seniors strategy.
During the initial phase of the pan demic in 2020, the Manitoba govern ment worked with the federal govern ment and community organizations to support vulnerable Manitobans ex periencing difficulties caused by CO VID-19
Hon. Myrna Driedger is MLA for Roblin and Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. is the Manitoba government helping people though inflation? quick
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Trudy Schroeder RandomNotes
Singing about fall rituals
I have spent considerable time researching and speak ing with members of the choral community in Winnipeg and else where. All of the people I spoke with had a passion for the art form, and genu ine joy in the process of working with a group of people to prepare to sing to gether. Many of our choirs are in a re building phase at this time because they sustained significant disruption during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a per fect time to join a choir. There are many personal benefits to singing regularly and joining a singing ensemble. I have attached a chart of benefits developed by Choral Canada to encourage people to consider all of the ways that singing in a choir is beneficial for them. They divide the benefits into four main sections, physical benefits, psychological benefits, educational ben efits, and social and emotional benefits. Perhaps the thing that I find the most encouraging is that people who sing
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On Kevin Klein for Mayor My name is Glenn Aitchison. I read Lifestyles 55 every month and while I may have felt like writing to you, I haven’t until now. It is regarding your support for Kevin Klein in his run for mayor. I am in perfect agreement with that. Please allow me to give a short perspective on this. About me I am a 70 year old life-long Winnipeg ger, a retired CPA and while I am proud of our city, we know it can be bigger and better. About Winnipeg At the end of the Second World War and for several decades after that, Win nipeg was the fourth largest city in Can ada, with all the economic importance, influence and prosperity which that brought. We now find ourselves strug gling to stay in the top ten largest cities. We need more people, way more peo ple! Over and over, we have heard from our current mayor, who seems to have checked out of his job about a year ago, that we will soon have a million people, but we never seem to get there. Growing through immigration is great and we need many more immi grants, but it is time-consuming. We need to give people who live here rea sons to stay and those elsewhere in Can ada, a reason to come here. The easiest target really would be former Winnipeg gers who have moved away. How do we get them to come home? I think Kevin Klein can help the city regain its posi tion as a major Canadian city Let’s have grown-up conversations! Is it possible for politicians and people in general to have conversations about the future of our city without the dia logue deteriorating into childish namecalling? There is nothing worse than be ing called an “ist”, practicing some kind of “ism” simply because one disagrees with certain point of view. I believe that Kevin Klein can rise above the rhetoric of certain special in terest groups and do what is best for Winnipeg. An opportunity to show leadership lost Several weeks ago, a newly arrived ref ugee from Ukraine was stabbed at The Forks. True mayoral leadership would have been for the mayor of the city to visit the young man in hospital, assure him that what happened is not us and to ask him to reconsider moving away from Winnipeg. The current mayor did none of those things. It is, to be blunt, one of the worst cases of a lack of leader ship is our city. I am hoping that Kevin Klein, if elected mayor, would show what being a leader actually means, if a similar situ ation arose again. Thank you for taking the time to read my email.
Sometimes it seems that Winnipeg people have several bursts of in credible productivity, and we all have to catch that productivity wave if we want to get anything done in our community.
Donna E. McElroy Enjoys Lifestyles, both the paper and his own I picked up a copy of Lifestyles 55 and read it. Interesting articles and excerpts and local news stories. I am 52 years old (only 3 years away from 55) and I’ll be a future senior citi zen. I really enjoy my own lifestyle. I remember Dorothy Dobbie, I used to listen to her on CJNU and she’s a wonderful personality. The mayoral election is coming in two months, won’t be long. Have a nice day. Sincerely, Jason Kudos to Al Wiebe I enjoy the Lifestyles 55 paper you put out.Ispecifically want to say thank you for ‘poverty is’ (Poem by Al Wiebe, page 17) article in July’s publication. A good eye opener. Marlene Plett
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We teach our children to be kind and respectful to animals. This article has certainly made it clear that there are adults also in need education regarding care and compassion for those who can’t help themselves, be they animal or hu man.Ialso feel that Lifestyles 55 should be a little more sensitive when choosing articles for publication. This article was definitely unnecessary.
Of little dogs and crazy women
The months of September, October, and November are the height of productivity in our community. People of all ages return to the city after a summer of vacations, travel, family events, cottage time, and general relaxing after the Labour Day weekend. Children return to school, parents return to their workplaces, and grand parents who remain in the city participate actively in community events, cul tural life, connect with family and prepare for their winter breaks. December is a write off because of all of the holiday events and celebra tions. January to the end of March has people disappearing for warmer climates for as long as their budgets and sched ules will permit. The end of March to the Victoria Day weekend is another brief productive period, before vast chunks of our community start their cottage pe riod in their year. Somehow, September seems to her ald a period of activities. Courses begin, boards hold meetings, exercise programs start new cycles, training courses wel come new participants, and charitable organizations hold their fall fundrais ers. There is no shortage of activities to keep us all occupied and engaged with our community. One of the very posi tive things you might consider adding to your schedule this fall is participation in a choir.Winnipeg has no shortage of choirs for every musical taste and level of devel opment. The Manitoba Choral Federa tion told me that there are more than a thousand choirs in Mani toba. There are choirs in schools, choirs in places of worship, commu nity choirs, recreational choirs, seniors’ choirs, professional choirs, and developmental choirs. This is a wonderful indi cation of vitality in our community. In choral circles, Manitoba has be come known as “the sing ingThisprovince.”summer
Jerry Storie associationsprofessionaland
LETTERSwithother people become happier. The process of learning and singing music together, along with all of the other ben efits listed in the chart, just make people happier. To me, that is a winning combi nation. Consider joining a choir, I know that I plan on doing that this fall. Trudy Schroeder provides project planning and management services to the community through Arts and Heritage Solutions.
I am writing to you today regarding a story in the August 2022 issue of Life styles 55. The article was written by Jim Ingebrigtsen.Iwasappalled and disgusted to read that the death of a little poodle was fod der for a column titled Misadventures in the Media. What happened to this poor little dog was no misadventure. This was a tragedy caused by negligence. This dog did not drift off to sleep at the vet’s office, warm and loved in his hu man’s arms, but instead froze to death, terrified and alone, a fate that no living creature should have to endure. In what world would a sane person try to cremate their pet in a barbecue sta tion in a park? According to the article she discovered that “frozen dogs don’t burn” and thought to herself “what am I going to do with this thing.”
Glenn Aitchison
Just when I thought that this woman couldn’t be any more callous and inhu mane she made the conscious choice to throw her pet’s body onto the frozen river, where, in the spring it would, “float down the river like so much jet sam and flotsam.”
I was interested to read Jerry’s article in the last lifestyles 55 on professional as sociations. I think they need more than oversite but actually should be overseen by an independent body which is free to criticize and recommend changes when irregularities or injustices are seen. The Dental Association, the Law Society, the Medical Association are not independent bodies and frequently make judgments with far reaching con sequences by people who may have an “axe” to grind. It would be enlightening to have an independent columnist exam ine those processes. You are doing a good job; keep up the good work!
Jim Ingebrigtsen Is It Just Me...
Besides writing about music histo ry (19 books so far and working on numbers 20 and 21 at pres ent), I’ve been conducting music history classes both in-person and virtually for more than ten years at the University of Winnipeg, McNally Robinson Book sellers, the Creative Retirement Centre, and the Manitoba Conservatory of Mu sic and Arts. These extremely popular multi-media classes (photos, music, vid eo and commentary) cover a wide range of music his tory-related themes and topics and are always fun and informative as the testimonials above attest. Classes are available to anyone across North America with access to a Thiscomputer.fallI’m offering virtual classes (via Zoom) ex clusively for the Manitoba Conservatory of Music and Arts (MCMA). You can enjoy the classes in the com fort of your own home. All classes run on Thursday evenings from 7:00 to 9:00 pm CST. The cost is $25 and registration is at https://mcma.ca/programs/adultprograms/Hereare the classes I’m offering this fall. Hope to see you there.
September 29 – Eagles: The Long Run: From country rock to hard rock: an examination of the his tory and musical evolution of one of the 1970s most successful rock bands. We’ll look at the individual his tories of the band members and how they shaped the sound of the band as well as the albums and singles that the group released.
November 17 – Lennon and McCartney: how two working class lads from Liverpool went on to become the most successful songwriting team of the 20th cen tury. We’ll exam their evolving personal relationship in words and music and discover what they had in com mon and how they differed. Those differences created a creative dynamic that inspired the music of Lennon & McCartney. November 24 – The Monterey Pop Festival: the turning point when rock ‘n’ roll transitioned to rock music and a groundbreaking and influential celebra tion of the many branches of the rock music tree. The three-day event that a profound impact on the course of popular music and also launched the careers of sev eral music superstars.
Jimmy on the job
Iwas heading north over the Mary land bridge recently when I was stuck by a wave of melancholic memories. I was now in my old part of town. A flood of old fac es, some names and vari ous events I experienced as an impressionable ado lescent eager to learn the ways of the world came to mind. More specifically, I remembered some of my first employment oppor tunities.Thefirst one was de livering the Star Weekly around the neighbour hood we called the Westend. After that, in October as I recall, I snagged another regu lar gig delivering flyers for a local gro cery store. That ended soon after I was caught stashing most of them under a freshly raked pile of leaves. The winter of 1963, I delivered prescriptions for lo cal drug store one evening a week and all day Saturday. My main memory of that period of time was walking for miles in the frozen months of winter wearing lousy galoshes that, if anything, made my feet even colder. But the payoff came on Saturday afternoon before going home when I was handed a two-dollar bill. That’s $2.00 for about eight hours work or 25¢ an hour. As the drug store was in the same building as the new mo tor hotel, I got to know many of the people who worked there. When school ended in June, I was offered a full-time job as a dish washer for which I was now earn ing ninety cents an hour. Rolling in dough. Every once in a while, on a slow night, a friend of mine and I would take turns sending each other up and down in the dumb wait er. The main cook in the restaurant would often have temper tantrums and throw knives around. The chef downstairs in the “finedining” room was from Denmark. He was a terrific guy and was always smil ing. I soon realized he was always happy because he was always drunk. He hid it very well for a long time. Soon though, I was offered a promo tion, I guess. I was still making the same amount of money but the raise I received was in status. I was now working behind the front desk. I was not only one of the
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From pioneers like Muddy Waters and Little Walter a distinctive and exciting electric blues sound grew and spawned a whole new generation of blues artists, both black and white.
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October 20 – Where The Action Is: An examina tion of how television has presented rock ‘n’ roll music. Initially included merely to draw teens to various televi sion shows, we’ll explore the changes that took place to make rock ‘n’ roll on television a major attraction in the 1960s including The Ed Sullivan Show, Shindig, The Monkees, Where The Action Is, The Partridge Family, In Concert, Midnight Special, Video Hits and more.
September 2022 “John’s classes are always both fun and casual, but very informative. I appreciate being able to join from the comfort of my home, that is far from Winnipeg.”
December 8 – Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree: a fascinating and fun look at some of the Holiday Season’s best-known and most enduring songs. Christ mas albums and singles remain a lucrative market with many current recording artists releasing their own ver sions of well-known Christmas songs. We’ll look at the familiar and less familiar Christmas recordings.
November 3 – Second Fiddles: Garfunkel, Oates, Messina, Gordon, Sylvia, Cher plus more. A look at many successful duos in pop music from the contribu tions of the “and” members to those successful duos. Each brought a unique talent, influence or style to these duos that contributed to their success.
people checking guests in, I answered the phones on what must have been one of the last remaining old-fashioned switch boards. Once a week I was called into the “office” and drew up all the employees’ paycheques. I think that’s when I learned everyone was making more money than me. Still, I was afraid to mention any thing lest I lose my job. I remember arriving one day, looking dapper in my new and inexpensive only sport coat, being told to go home and change and come back with my bathing suit. Some city inspector was showing up at some point in the day and they were expecting, by law, to see a life guard on duty. I returned about a half hour later ready to go. I was shown how to oper ate the pool vacuum and told to just tidy the area up so it looked proper when the inspector arrived. I should mention, I would not have been able to save my life let alone anyone else’s. I don’t swim. On more than one occasion, after the chamber maids left for the day, I was called to go to a room and clean it all up after a regular “guest” from a nearby in surance company and his “female guest” left to return to work after a mid-day dal liance.One day I was told to go to the vendor and help the gentleman who was the boss of that area. He dealt with the custom ers and I carried the boxes of beer from the cooler to the counter. I did that for a couple of weeks until some liquor inspec tor showed up and knew immediately I wasn’t 21 years old. Remember, the legal drinking age in Manitoba didn’t change to 18 until 1970. No big deal. The next day I was informed the janitor quit and I was now taking over that prominent position until they found someone per manent.Iwasthe go-to guy for everything from the daily cleaning and setting up ban quets to fixing most anything broken. I became a jack of all trades of which there were some challenges. I was one called to attend to one of the guest rooms to clean up the bathroom. That is where the “exotic” dancer kept her snake that would leave its “waste” in the tub or on the bev erage room stage which I also cleaned up. Lots of stories yet to tell including very tame escapades spent with various “go-go” dancers under the leadership of the late/great Entertainment Consultant, Gladys Balsillie. But I’ll save that for an other time. Jim was a writer-broadcaster, producer and presenter on television and radio for 40 years. He is also a host on Lifestyles 55 Digi tal Radio. Find Radio Redux and MidCentury Memories it at www.whatsupwin nipeg.ca
“I love all the side stories and info that John provides along with the history of the music. Also love the“Johnmusic.”has a friendly personality and is very knowledgeable without being pedantic. I thoroughly enjoy his classes”
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October 27 – Born in Chicago: From country blues to electric, how blues music helped to shape rock ‘n’ roll. In post-war America, African-Americans from the rural South began migrating northward to urban areas in the North to take factory jobs. They brought with them their country blues but that music needed to adapt to the reality of urban juke joints and nightclubs.
October 6 – 1964: The year pop music and pop culture exploded into our consciousness and changed the world. In 1964, Beatle mania, Merseybeat and the British Inva sion all had an impact far beyond British shores that involved the music, fashion, expressions, magazines and the way in which music was presented.
John Einarson is author of Heart of Gold: A History of Winnipeg Music.
Senaka Samarasinghe Ven. Balangoda Sugathasiri Thera, the resident monk of Manitoba Vihara and Buddhist Cultural Association (MBVCA) invited devotees of Sri Lankan Seniors Manitoba to of fer morning pinda-patha. Food being offered to the Bhikkihus (pinda); Bowl (patha) is one of the series of events of the ceremonial occasion named as Ka tina (three-month rainy season retreat) Pinkama (Buddhist ceremony) is the most merit-making event of the year. All devotees offered Pindapatha for the two resident monks of MBVCA namely, Ven. Balangoda Sugathasiri Thera and Gampaha Rathana Thera. Other than SLSM devotees we invited president and office bearers of MBVCA and three young families took the re sponsibilities to conduct three-month chain of meritorious events. Further, we called few other disciples from our com munity.
October 13 – Rock ‘n’ Roll Ser endipity: An examination of a number of seemingly random events or chance encounters that would go on to reshape popular music. It’s a fascinating look at the impact these unplanned events had on popular music and speculate about what might have happened if, for exam ple, Mick Jagger had taken a later train and not met Keith Richards on a train platform or if Neil Young and Stephen Stills had been looking in opposite directions when they passed each other in traffic on Sunset Boulevard. We’ll examine some 40 such serendipitous moments.
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November 10 – One Hit Wonders: Can you iden tify these famous one hit wonder songs? What makes a song a hit? We’ll hear the opening snippet of each hit one by one and ask you to guess the song title and the artist. Always a fun class.
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Apart from above, we requested to be with us three long-standing friends during this religious and cultural event namely, Terry Duguid, Member of Par liament in Canada, Jon Reyes, Member of Legislative Assembly, Province of Manitoba and Janice Lukes, City Coun cillor, City of Winnipeg. After the ceremony Ven. Sugathasiri Thera conducted lengthy discussion at the Temple with three of them about future planned improvements of MB VCA.
Wayne Weedon Food Thoughtfor
To celebrate the 100th Anniversary of St. James (starting just west of St. James Street to Sturgeon Road) breaking away from Assiniboia to form their own municipality, I am doing street profiles. College Street in St. James is first listed in the 1907 Henderson Directory. The St. James street quick ly became confused with College Avenue in Win nipeg’s North End. Prior to the formation of St. James, a 1918 petition was presented to the Assiniboia Council to change Col lege Street to Exmoor. The change did not happen. However, in 1959, the name was changed to Collegiate. Let us look at a lit tle bit of the history of College/Collegiate. Terrifying moments On July 16, 1917, a couple of College Street children, Robert Sims (age 11), and Ernest Hunnisett (age 13), rescued two other children from drowning in the As siniboine River at Assiniboine Park. On April 16, 1950, a small plane at tempting to make an emergency landing crashed into a College Street garage. The pilot was seriously injured. Lorimer Fairh all was killed. Gilbert Hughes suffered a slight head injury. Mr. Fairhall and Mr. Hughes were College Street residents. College Street residents Verna La Roche, a registered nurse, and Don McLardy were some of the first people on the scene. On Sunday, Feb. 17, 1957, the skating rink at Airways Community Club was in use. A RCAF Mitchell Bomber crashed into several College Street homes and garages. The plane came to rest against the Ferry Road (the next street to the west) home of Clarence and Fanny Camp bell. The Free Press used the headline word miracle in a story stating, “without serious injury on the ground or in the plane.” (Page 1, Winnipeg Free Press February 18, 1957). College Street residents Joan Mair, Mary Mair, James Mair, Vince Orchard, and Charlie McMunn are mentioned in the Free Press story. Recreation and businesses
A Bird in the Hand
“Let’s have some fun! But, how do we work this thing?” Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress.
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Abird in the hand is worth two in the bush. Why are people willing to trade what they have for an uncertainty? Is it the challenge and the excitement of a possible win? When I was a child, my father, on sev eral occasions, advised me not to gamble. He stated that gambling is a scam, “The House always wins”. In my childhood, slot machines were referred to as “one-armed-bandits”. After inserting a coin, one had to pull an arm on the side of the machine to start the wheels rotating. Even though slot machines were illegal, it was common knowledge that Manitoba’s notorious gambling ring leader, Stanley Zedd, had a few dozen “one-armedbandits” installed on the second floor of a restaurant on Winnipeg’s Main Street, and in several other places throughout Manitoba and Saskatchewan, including the back room of the Margaret Rose Tea Room at 124 Osborne Street in Winni peg, which served as Zedd’s headquar ters.Slot machines are designed so that “The House” never loses. The old “one-armed-bandits”, being fully me chanical, needed to be opened up in order to change the odds of a pay-out. These odds could be adjusted between very low to quite high. A 90 per cent pay-out would give back $90 for every $100 put into the machine. Pay-outs are always less than what is put into the machine. “The House” never pays money from its own pocket. If a player leaves a machine and the next player immediately gets a win, that win comes from the previous player’s pocket. Newer slot machines are computer ised. Most do not have an arm to pull. The player just pushes a button to start the wheels spinning. The odds on these machines can be changed remotely, usually in a room removed from the players’ sight. Using dozens of cameras, casino workers are able to watch every player, and, with the click of mouse, are able to change the odds on any slot machine. Players are played like a mouse is played by a cat. If a player is looking dis couraged, odds can be changed so their machine would give a pay-out in order to encourage the player to continue to play. Players who are winning may start to lose when the odds are lowered on their machine. Let me stress this, a machine always pays out less than what is put into that ma chine. The House always wins. Years ago, mobsters like Stanley Zedd were scamming the public. Today, governments are running the casinos. Throughout history, governments have regularly exploited citizens. This is why we had the French Revolution. During the Dark Ages, the rulers had abused the populace too long and the citizens rebelled, taking over the country. Many of the upper class were executed. How ever, with a little subterfuge, the former wolves, wearing sheep’s clothing, re gained power. With the constant worry of invasion, people looked to Napoleon Bonaparte to organise surprise attacks against their perceived enemies. In the end, with Napoleon as king under a dif ferent title, things went back to what they were before the revolution. Many countries are republics in name only. Justin Trudeau, knowing that gam blers simply forget about the thou sands they lose but remember the $50 or $100 jackpot they win, has come up with a tax strategy. He has implement ed the Carbon Tax. Everyone pays this new tax. However, Trudeau is return ing a portion to the taxpayers. Nobody will take the effort to figure out how much “Carbon Tax” they pay; most of it is hidden. However, they will re member how much their “Carbon Tax Rebate” cheque is. Many people who are receiving this rebate cheque will believe they have just won the jackpot, never considering they are only getting back a small portion of what the tax man took away from them. “Carbon Tax” is just another scam and we are being taken for fools. Trudeau is trying to buy our votes with money he has taken from our pockets. That is food for thought. Next month: Peace at Last, The War is OverWayne Douglas Weedon is a Manitoba author. Some of his works may be down loaded, free of charge, in various formats, at https://archive.org.
Ted Taylor, Harold Hanstead, Kathleen Kelman, Frank Minton and many others formed a large core of dedicated Airways Community Club volunteers. In 1975, Airways merged with Border Community Club. A refurbished tennis court is currently on the southeast corner of Silver and Collegiate. The merged Club is Bord Aire not Bord Air (another made-in-St. James spelling controversy).OnNov.26, 1922, St. James Anglican Church held its first service in their new building at 195 College Street. In 1942 a rectory for the Pastors was built on Col lege just south of the church. The house was expanded in 1958 and upgraded in 1983. George Findlay, George Davidson Morse Goodman, William Peeling, James Palmer, Paul Smith, and John Caird and their families lived in the rectory. Morse Goodman (pastor between 1953 and 1960) hosted a six-day-a- week CBC Ra dio Family Worship programme, wrote a column for the Country Guide peri odical, and founded Ste. Bede’s Anglican Church in Silver Heights. In 1995, St. James Anglican sold the house. A parish hall was added in 1955. Many church and community events have been held in the hall. These events include some of the Mary Wright Lilac Teas, Shrove Tuesday Pancake Suppers, art classes by James and Hazel Birt, and square danc ing. Anita Schmidt’s book, “On the Banks of the As siniboine”, is an excellent comprehensive history of St. JamesAfterAnglican.almost a century, the Royal Bank at 1863 Portage has closed. The Chapman Goddard, Kagan law office is located at 1864 Portage Avenue. Prior to 1950, the distinctive looking building was home to Dominion Business College. The people of College Street The first residents listed in the 1907 Henderson Di rectory were Teley, Susans S., John Dickson, Robert Newell, William Bathino, and John Irvine. (1) College Street residents have had a tremendous impact on the history of St. James. John Irvine founded a fuel company. His sons Bill and Bob later took over the company. Mary Irvine, John’s wife was a nurse. (2) David Shearer was the building supervisor for the construction of the Fort Gary Hotel and the Bay Downtown. William Garthside served as the chief of the St. James police department. His wife Mary hosted many Legion meetings in their College Street home. Samuel Morgan served 14 years as a St. James Al derman.BillMoir grew up on Collegiate Street. Bill played for the 1967 68 MJHL Champions St. James Cana dians. On March 10, 1968, Bill scored the tying goal late in the 3rd period on an end-to-end rush setting up Andy Van Hellmond’s winner in the second overtime in one of the most memorable St. James Civic Centre hockey games. Between 1990 and 2014, Bill based in Ontario, was a Tim Horton’s executive. Since 2018, St. James Collegiate has awarded the Bill Moir Scholarship to a student who excels in hockey and academics. Co-Owner Sanjay Sewpaul of the St. James Burger and Chip (established in 2017) sponsors a scholarship for two students (one at St. James Collegiate, and one at Sturgeon Heights Colle giate) who displays community activism and is a posi tive advocate for women’s rights. The College Street children are frequently noted in the newspaper archives. In 1926, Hannah Harrison and Jean Pike won Winnipeg Free Press Colouring Contests. In 1927, Kathleen Fuller won the Free Press Colouring Contest. In 1930, Mildred Morgan won the diamond medal in the Royal Templars Elocution Contest. In 1937, Alberta Shearer of St. James Colle giate Institute won the Governor General Medal, and the Daughters of the Empire Minnie Campbell Gold Medal.Many Collegiate Street residents hold impressive longevity records. Beginning in Scotland, John Rossie a union executive, served for 68 continuous years in the Carpenters Union. James Hutchinson was a hard ware manager for 38 years at Eatons. Chris Tomes worked in food services for three different racetracks: Whitter Park, Polo Park, and Assiniboia Downs. Chris lived to be 103 which included 58 years on Collegiate. Calvin and Lorna Jackson were married for 72 years. For the first time in this series, I have mentioned more than 50 residents. Please let me know about ant I have missed. In the next story, I will summarize the City Council candidates’ responses to the Campaign to Reinstate Vopni as a street name. 1. As written in the 1907 Henderson Directory. 2. The Irvine family is a distantly related to me 3. In many places in this article, I could have referred to the street as College Collegiate. In order to maintain the flow of the article I often used only 1 street name. Fred Morris is a grandfather, sports fan and political activist.
On September 19, 1953, Airways Community Club officially opened. The day’s activities included kiddie rides, playground baseball games between Air ways and Deer Lodge, and a dance. In 1967, Airways won first prize in a Red River Ex Parade with the Air plane Float. The float was designed by Lloyd Stankey and decorated by Barbara Stankey, Betty Milne and the Stepettes.
College/Collegiate Street Fred Morris From the desk of a gadfly
Growing up as one of three kids with a single mother who had her own challenges, Kevin had to learn early to fend for himself. His moth er’s murder by her partner at age 42, shortly after becoming a registered nurse, solidified his determination to take her advice and keep on fighting, to never give up. In his business life, he worked closely with North America’s top cor porate leaders both in the C-suite as a top executive and CEO and later he spent several years responding to re quests to help solve internal structural problems for major companies. He was a finalist in Canada’s Top Forty under Forty. To complement his corporate suc cess, Kevin’s personal experience has been all about giving back, teaching Tae Kwon Do (he has a three degree black belt) to kids from the inner city, coaching and refereeing hockey, and being father to a blended family of six in his spare time. On City Council he served as Chair of the Winnipeg Po lice Board until he resigned out of the frustration of being merely a pawn in a greater scheme where the strings were pulled by the current Mayor.
Platform: Demand accountability from staff through management re forms, encourage councillors to be more engaged and involved, and in cluding them in the budgeting pro cess; ditch EPC; remove barriers to investment and development, includ ing changes to permitting, to encour age growth of the tax base; keep the helicopter but revise police budget to put more officers on the streets and to remove city’s artificial claw backs (which currently leaves police only about 15% of the total “budget” for operations) and use savings to hire cadets; utilize empty city-owned buildings to house homeless and get them out of transit shelters; target the six bus routes where transit safety is an issue, focus on strategies for clean green streets, and rationalize the in frastructure maintenance and street repair system. Glen Murray Former mayor, Glen Murray was born and educated in Montreal. When he came to Winnipeg, he worked in social services. He was elected to City Council in Winnipeg in 1989 and was elected Mayor in 1998. Midway through his second term in 2004, he resigned as mayor to make an unsuc cessful bid for Parliament for the Lib eralDefeatedparty. by Conservative Stephen Fletcher, he then moved to Ontario where he was appointed by Paul Mar tin to the Round Table on the En vironment and Economy. In 2010, he ran successfully for the Ontario Legislature, serving for seven years and resigning in his second term to run for leader of the Ontario Liberal party in 2017. When that failed, he announced that he would run for the leadership of the Green Party but was again unsuccessful. He then spent one year as executive director of the Pembina Institute Alberta from 2017 to 2018, when he returned to Win nipeg.Inall, he says, he has spent 35 years in politics. Platform: Mobilize communities to combat crime, ground the heli copter and replace it with drones; expand neighbourhood programs to address crime, gangs, drug houses; deal with vacant houses, build more recreation centres; offer employment to inner city youth and advocate as mayor for reducing absenteeism from schools; review City governance plan (a review has just been completed); improve bus safety with better com munication equipment, bigger safety shields for drivers; safety training and the ability to call 911 when in trouble. Scott Gillingham Scott Gillingham is a very wellliked, two-term City Councillor and a trusted member of Mayor Bowman’s inner circle on the powerful EPC (Ex ecutive Policy Committee). Prior to his election to Council, Scott was Pas tor of Grace Community Pentecostal Church and a part time student at the Canadian Mennonite University. He ran as a Progressive conservative can didate in the 2011 election, losing to NDP Deanne Crothers in St. James. He was elected to Council is 2014 and returned in 2018. Prior to put ting his hat in the ring for mayor, he publicly mused about making a bid for premier when Brain Pallister stepped down last year but aban doned the idea after making the usual inquiries about support. Scott is 46. According to the CMU Commu nity Alumni blog, Scott “believes it is every Christian’s responsibility to be involved in the political process.” He was chair of the city Finance commit tee from 2016, until he stepped down in May of this year to run for Mayor. Platform: Increase funding by 25% a year to 311, more robotic interac tion and allow some departments to respond individually. Axe the two extra people of EPC, freeze police funding, and sit on Police Board as chair, hire a homeless and safety advi sor, create three “Community Action Teams” of 10 people each to do work the city employees don’t get done (“plant, plow, patch, cut clean, move and mend”); build two temporary homeless shelters, have city plant two trees for every one removed. Other candidates Robert Falcon-Ouelette: Former MP and mayoralty candidate, Robert would restore trust in City Hall by electing members of EPC; freeze the police budget and create a Commu nity Safety and Innovation Fund to deal with addictions; review the Po lice Board; encourage development of empty lots and downtown surface parking.
Kevin Klein
Of these three, my money is on Kevin Klein. Why? Because his plat form shows a depth of understand ing about corporate structure, good management, and corporate reform that the others lack. He combines this with lived experience as a person who made a life for himself from noth ing, building a career as a corporate problem solver and by living life as a compassionate individual who com pletely understands the plight of the homeless and those whose chances of success are slim to none.
Robert Falcon-Ouellette. Rana Bokhari. Shaun Loney. Jenny Motkaluk.
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Rick GovindShone.Thawani. Christopher Clacio. Jessica Peebles. Idris Ademuyiwa Adelakum. Rana Bokhari: Former leader of the Manitoba Liberal Party, Rana would put a surcharge on vacant homes, dedicate $100 million for youth programs; buy electric passen ger vans for service to non-bus routes and work to create a net zero emis sion city. Shaun Loney: Wants to install thousands of solar panels on cityowned structures, speed up building permits; focus on net zero and relo cate the rail lines away from the cen tre of town.
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Not to disparage the campaign of any hopeful (and there are some very fine people vying for the position), the three with council experience are likely to be in the top of the run.
Aug. 25: Addressing knife-related violent crime
Aug. 11: More than $5.4 million in new funding to support homelessness initiatives To read more detail on such announcement, please go to: https://news.gov.mb.ca/news/ Justice Minister Kelvin Goertzen.
The Winnipeg Police Force is under increasing criticism due to the prevalence of crime including petty theft, break-ins, and violent attacks, as high lighted by the knifing of an innocent bystander at the Forks. That this individual was a person who had just arrived from war torn Ukraine to our province where there was supposed to be safety makes the attack all the more appalling, she says.
Aug. 9: Expand opiate agonist addictions treatment in Interlake
Controlling crime
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Aug. 2: Increased support to Bear Clan chapters to enhance community safety initiatives
August measures taken Justice to reduce crime
Aug 3: Provide 100 supportive recovery housing beds at Riverwood house
Aug. 9: Combats money laundering by expanding criminal property forfeiture branch
In July, the premier made a statement of support for our beleaguered police force. “I want to offer my unwavering support for our front-line police officers. Every single day you put your lives on the line to protect the people of our city and province. Thank you for the critical work you do to keep our communities safe and enforce the law. She continued, “The recent crime activity on the streets of Winnipeg is deeply concerning. Let me be clear, violent attacks against innocent civilians will never be acceptable. Manitobans deserve to feel safe and protected in their community.”
Social service measures
Aug. 9: More than $8 million to Manitoba businesses through Canada Manitoba job grant to support workforce training
Aug 16: Targets guns used in crime
Despite the current concerns about policing, crime was down for the two years of the pandemic, says Justice Minister Kel vin Goertzen. Now with a return to normal activity, it feels like there has been a sharp increase, and through out North America, the feeling is the same. “Numbers one and two on the concern list are affordability and crime and crime and affordability,” he said. This may be partly the result of the “defund the police movement” and the resulting media focus on vio lent crime as well as the large number of mass shootings in the US in recent months.InWinnipeg, though, says Kelvin, the vast majority of violence occurs between people who know each oth er rather from than random attacks. Random attacks usually have their genesis in mental illness and drugs. He also says the incidence of gun violence is far behind knifing in our town.“For most local criminal, knives are the weapons of choice,” he says. “Car rying a gun puts you at risk of arrest and knives are easier to conceal.” Also of concern is the number of crimes committed by people who are at will on bail. If you do commit a crime and get arrested, carrying a gun restricts bail access, while no such law applies toTheknives.minister is working to con vince the Federal government, which administers criminal law, that as far as bail goes, knife crimes should be treat ed the same as those committed with guns. You would have to prove why you should be allowed out on bail. We hear a lot about gangs and gang violence, he says, but most local gangs are loose affiliations of younger people rather than the seriously or ganized criminal gangs such as the Hell’s Angels. That doesn’t mean that organized crime doesn’t exist or that these loose affiliations are less danger ous. They can be harder to control by cracking down on the leaders because the easily Recentlyre-form.Operation Divergent, a multinational and Canada-wide oper ation, led by RCMP in Manitoba, has crimped organized activities, at least for the time being. In this recent case, more than $70 million in drugs and cash were seized and 20 people, 17 from Manitoba, were arrested. On the less organized scale, our po lice have done a good job in closing drug manufacturing in Winnipeg, but it is very easy to bring drugs in from the west coast. You can’t check every car that travels down the highway. Opiates also come in through a po rous border, brought up from Mexico. The deadly fentanyl is still a major concern.Abiproduct of illicit drug use is the impact on our health system, says the minister. And it isn’t just a Win nipeg issue. While property crime and drug use are more visible in the city, he says, this a significant issue in rural communities as well. Today, cybercrime has become ram pant as fraudsters from outside our borders can easily reach individuals with all sorts of nefarious schemes – everything from luring kids to defrauding seniors of hard-earned savings. The province has recently boosted funding to hire specialists and acquire the technology needed to deal with tracing the use of crypto currency used in internet frauds and scams.While social programs supporting addiction, mental health, poverty and disadvantage are all important, there will always be those who are looking for a way to get what others have. There will always be those who have hate in their hearts and are out to do damage. There will always be those who are unhappy and take it out on others.Atthe end of the day, says the min ister, “some people are just intent on committing crime.” We have to deal with this and do the best we can to protect the innocent. Despite all that, he has hope. Even though our society right now is all about immediate gratification, Kelvin Goertzen knows that patience and de termination can, over time, succeed in curbing the worst excesses and will, he believes, achieve the premier’s goal to make people feel safe going for a walk again.
“Ijust want people to be able to feel safe when they go for a walk. They shouldn’t have to worry,” said Premier Heather Stefanson about her goals to bring our city and province back to a place where we can feel care free when we go out. While responsibility for dealing with vari ous levels of crime falls under the purview of all three levels of govern ment, the Premier feels strongly about the role of the province in pro tecting Manitoba’s citi zens.“First, we need to make sure the police have to tools need to do their job,” she said. To that end, Justice Min ister Kelvin Goertzen recently made a number of announcements to improve access to technology and support staff for policing in Manitoba. The Premier believes that this can be backed up by community organizations such as the Downtown Community Partnership and the Bear Clan Patrol. Other strategies such as the use of the police cadets and specially appointed sheriffs could help alleviate the burden on the force in areas such as hospital waits and escorting prisoners to incarceration.
Aug. 3: Targeting cyber criminals by providing additional tools, training to Winnipeg Po lice Officers
Justice Minister Kelvin Goertzen sees hope for the longer term
The premier also notes that criminal activity is not restricted to the City of Winnipeg. The prov ince is working with both the Winnipeg City Po lice, the RCMP and the other ten community po lice agencies in the province to find better answers. This is part of a five-year strategy initiated by the current government in 2019, and includes look ing at better ways to deal with mental health and substance abuse to allow police to focus on serious offenders.
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For the fish: Coating fish with flour enhances its natural gentle quality, creating a crispy outer crust while preserving its inner texture. A bonus to this is that the coating also adds flavour and binds the juice inside. Place the flour on a flat plate, then add the paprika, salt and pepper. Stir together. Place the fish on the flour and press firmly then flip over and do the same again, repeat until all the fish is coated accordingly. Place a large pan on the stove on a medium heat, then add the flour covered fish to it. Cook on one side for 5 minutes then flip over and cook for a further 5 minutes. Once cooked place on a tray with a little paper towel to soak up any excess oil. To serve, place the cod on a plate, then generously top with the fresh warm tapenade. Garnish with fresh herbs and lemon slices. You can have this dish on its own or with salad, vegetables of the day, rice or even, dare I say, GreekSometimespotatoes.the best things in life are simple and easy. All we need do is explore our surroundings. Mediter ranean life is easy, and this always shows in their food. This meal couldn’t be more perfect, right? Grab your favourite glass of white wine, sit down and enjoy a little piece of Mediterranean heaven with family and friends in your garden. Ian Leatt is general manager of Pegasus Publications and a trained chef.
1 lb fresh cod ½ cup extra virgin olive oil ½ teaspoon paprika 3 cloves garlic 2 cups fresh picked cherry tomatoes
For the tapenade: Roast the red peppers and set aside to cool or until you can handle to chop them. While it is cooling chop the garlic, black olives, capers, and fresh herbs. Slice the cherry tomatoes in two. Heat olive oil in a pan and sauté the cherry tomato halves and garlic for a couple of minutes on medium heat. Once you start to smell the garlic, add the now chopped red peppers, stir and cook for a further 2 minutes. Add all the chopped herbs and stir through. Finally add the chopped olives and capers, along with a half a freshly squeezed lemon with a little more olive oil and cook for a couple of minutes.
“It is incredibly important to know if urban gardeners are being exposed to lead when they consume their produce,” says Sara Perl Egendorf, a researcher at Cornell Uni versity.Egendorf is the lead author of a new study that shows washing lettuce grown in urban gardens can remove most lead contamination. The study was published in the Journal of Environmental Qual ity, a publication of the American Soci ety of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America.Urban gardeners grow a wide variety of crops. This study focused on lettuce because predicting lead levels in leafy greens – like lettuce – can be tricky. “Leafy greens often have intricate sur faces,” says Egendorf. These surfaces can trap lead-containing soil particles that may be hard to wash off. “We really didn’t know if washing lettuce could ef fectively remove contaminated soil.” Egendorf and her colleagues grew let tuce in an urban community garden in Brooklyn, New York and in a rural field site in Ithaca, New York. The lettuce was grown in soils containing either high or low levels of lead. The researchers tested different washing strategies: rinsing with tap water, soaking in water, soaking in vinegar, or soaking in a commercial veg etable wash solution. The conclusion? Washing effectively removed lead contamination from let tuce leaves. “All the wash methods we tested worked,” says Egendorf. “We also found that washing lettuce grown in low-lead soils was still important to reduce lead levels before consuming.”
What comes to mind when you think of the Mediterranean? Clear blue water, cool wine, hot sun, or even the many colours of the landscape? Having travelled lots through the Med, I always recall the food, the friendliness of the people, the surroundings, and the atmosphere.Beingalover of fresh sea fish, especially cod, this dish will expose you to a taste like no other; freshly cooked cod with tapenade.Whatis isfish.reallybruschetta.crustyspreadorigin,Tapenadetapenade?isofFrenchmostlyeatenasaortoppingonfreshbreadsimilartoItalsoblendswellwithchickenorInthisdish,tapenadethehero.Thepunchit
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gives the fish will excite your palette to another level. The end result is a fantastic meal that is healthy for the mind and body.
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Don’t forget to clean the lawnmower, removing dead grass and debris from the underside and drain the gasoline. Inside Inside the home the first check is in the basement, making sure you start the fur nace up and clean the filter system. Then check the basement for signs of an intrud er.Finally, I always check the loft/attic space, several of my friends have endured unwanted guests and it has been hard try ing to evict them once they have settled inside.After all is said and done, fall clean up is important and can save you in the long run. Good luck, and Happy Thanksgiving.
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Urban gardens offer many ben efits for individual health, com munities, and ecosystems. They promote sustainable agriculture, reduce food transportation costs, and reduce water runoff. However, urban gardeners also face several challenges, one of which is dealing with contaminants like lead. Lead is a neurotoxin that can damage multiple organ systems.
Another way to try cod – and Keto friendly too! that time of year again…
We all love the summer, but with fall now just around the corner, there are still many things to do outside before the harsh winter ar rives. Eaves toughs Check the roof and the eaves troughs. This time of year, the leaves blow and tumble, many getting trapped inside the gut ters. Unless you are lucky enough to have installed a gutter cover, you will inevi tably have to climb a ladder and get to cleaning. Have someone with you to be safe. Start with the roof, checking to see that the shingles are all okay. Move on to the actual gutters. Once all the debris is cleared, wash through with a hose, ensuring all down spouts are clear and running smoothly. Critter holes Check the perimeter walls of the home. I always check to see if there are any holes. Remember this time of year those little outdoor critters are looking for some where warm to overwin ter: a mouse can squeeze through a hole the size of a pencil eraser. Plug the holes. Some recommend adding steel wool to the plugging material as mice can chew through many fillers. Windows and doors Next step is to check all the windows. Make sure the seals are good and that there are no visible cracks. Ensure that all windows are operating properly and that all screens are clear of any debris. Another good idea is to check any egress windows – the seals and covers need to be clear. If we have a winter like this last one, we really need to be careful. Doors may need weather strip ping replaced. The garage Ensure that the garage floor is clear of any holes, another place for those sneaky critters to burrow into. Block all holes, clear the floor of debris. If you own a snowblower, now is a good time to en sure that it is working correctly. You will inevitably be using it during the upcom ing months. The seal of the garage door is often overlooked. It should be sitting flush to the floor. The outside will for sure have many leaves strewn around, some people leave them be but leaving whole leaves can cause problem in springtime by forming mats and harbouring grass killing fungus. You can mulch them with a lawn mower to prevent this. Others like myself, who have an over abundance of them, clear up as many as they can. The leaves that collect on the lawn are typically raked up, some are blown into the flower beds and laid to rest there, helping to protect the perennials. The drive is cleaned and lies in wait for the first spots of white to fall when another season comes to an end. The hose If you have an outdoor hose, disconnect it from the wall and store inside the garage or shed, then turn the water pipe off from inside, this is a potential hazard waiting to happen. The lawnmower
Brent Poole is the owner operator of Handy Hands Construction, which he has run with his father Jim since 1997. A carpenter by trade, Brent enjoys all types of projects. “We’re not happy until you are happy!”
Some unwashed lettuce grown in lowlead soils had elevated lead levels. All un washed lettuce grown in high-lead soils had lead levels above government stan dards. Washing reduced lead levels to be low these guidelines in all cases. “Lettuce grown in bare soil can be contaminated with lead in different ways,” says Egendorf. The plants can ab sorb small amounts of lead through their roots. Soil particles contaminated with lead can splash on to the plants, during watering for instance. Finally, lead par ticles from pollutants in the atmosphere can land on the lettuce leaves. The good news is that much of this lead can be washed off. According to this study, 97% of lead from splash and 91% from atmospheric deposition were washed off lettuce.Mulching the soil around lettuce can prevent lead-contaminated soil particles from splashing. Hoop houses can protect plants from lead contaminants in the at mosphere or dusts being blown by wind. Both practices reduce lead contamina tion of lettuce grown in urban gardens. Combining effective management practices and washing gave the best re sults. For example, mulching alone re duced lead levels in unwashed lettuce by 76 percent. Washing alone reduced lead levels by a further 85 percent. Together, mulching and washing reduced lead lev els found on lettuce by almost 97%. Children are especially at risk from lead exposure because lead can cause major harm to brain development. In adults, long-term exposure to lead can cause many issues, which include kidney damage and a decline in cardiovascular and nervous system health. like following some gardening best practices
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2 red peppers roasted ½ cup black olives ¼ cup capers 2 lemons 3 sprigs fresh rosemary 4 sprigs fresh thyme 4 sprigs fresh oregano 6 tablespoons regular flour ½ teaspoon salt and pepper each
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Join A O: Support Services for Older Adults to celebrate Grandpar ents’ Day: Connecting the Genera tions and Celebrating Diversity event on Sunday, Sept. 11 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at Assiniboine Park, Lyric stage, and surrounding field. Bring the friends and family in your life for this fun filled day of intergenerational ac tivities, exhibits and entertainment! This event will raise awareness about ageism, reinforce the value of respect while promoting the programs and services of A & O and those of our partners. Hosting this event is an im portant step toward intergenerational sensitivity and understanding. A & O is grateful for the financial support provided by the Winnipeg Foundation in helping us offer this event to the community!Theaging process is a shared ex perience, people want to age well no matter where they are along the life course. We have a responsibility to deliver meaningful work and educa tional events regarding the issue of ageism due to population aging. It is only through increased education and awareness that progress will be made in establishing meaningful policy and directing funding to support people in aging well. 16.9 % of the Canadi an population was 65 years of age or older in 2016, this number is expected to double by 2036 (Statistics Canada, 2016).This event is free of charge, there will be community resource booths, break out sessions, active living demonstra tions, story telling, music, scavenger hunts, face painting, and so much more that appeal to people of all ages! Brown bag lunches will be available for purchase in addition to a variety of food trucks that will be on site for peo ple to choose from. Plan on joining us, bring your lawn chairs, water bottles and hats and get ready to celebrate an intergenerational, multicultural day in beautiful Assiniboine Park! Stage
- Entertainment • University of Manitoba, Faculty of Music • Assiniboine Chorus • Simpson’s Folly • The Steamers Lyric Field - Booths • A & O: Support Services for Older Adults (A & O) • Active Aging in Manitoba (AAIM) – Active Living Demos • Before the Bridge Senior K9 Rescue • Businesses & Organizations Sup porting Seniors (BOSS)) Help celebrate Grandparents Day on Sept. 11 STAY ACTIVE • EXERCISE • SOCIALIZE Programs for Older Active Adults leisure GUIDE winnipeg.ca/leisureonline • City of Winnipeg Library • City of Winnipeg Community Services Dept. • Face Painting • Manitoba Association of Senior Communities (MASC) • Master Gardeners • MOSAIC Newcomer Family Resource • Men Sheds • Open Ended Makers Space –Ecole Viscount Alexander • Prairie Velo • Senior Resource Finders • St. John Ambulance • Winnipeg Police Service • Winnipeg Transit Travel Trainer Lyric Field – Grounds • The Bubble Man • Food Trucks • Living Library – Storytelling Tent • Manitoba Classic & Antique Cars • Winnipeg Transit Travel Trainer • Butterfly Interactive Cart • Scavenger Hunt We look forward to celebrating Grandparent’s Day with you on Sunday, September 11, 2022! A & O has many supports that can assist older people in aging well. Phone: 204-956-6440. Web: aosuppportservices. ca. Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter!
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Centro Caboto Centre (Italian Seniors) 1055 Wilkes Avenue W. / 204-487-4597 ext. 30 info@cabotocentre.com / www.cabotocentre.com
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Archwood 55 Plus 565 Guilbault Avenue / archwood55plus.wildapricot.orgarchwood55mail@gmail.com204-416-1067
Crescent Fort Rouge United Church 55+ 525 Wardlaw Avenue / www.crescentfortrouge.ca204-489-1925
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Headingley Senior Services 5353 Portage Avenue / 204-889-3132
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St. Mary’s Rd. Seniors 613 St. Mary’s Road / 204-257-0678 www.stmarysroad.ca Transcona Council for Seniors 845 Regent Avenue / 204-222-9879 tcs@mymts.net / www.transconaseniors.ca Transcona Retired Citizens Org. 328 Whittier Avenue W. / 204-222-8473 trco328@shaw.ca Vital Seniors 3 St. Vital Road / stmary@mymts.net204-253-0555/www.stmarymagdelenewpg.org Winnipeg Chinese Senior Association 204-291-7798 / www.winnipegchineseseniors.cawcsa.wpg@hotmail.com Beyond Winnipeg Beausejour Beau-head Senior Centre 645 Park Avenue / beauhead@mymts.net204-268-2444 Brandon Brandon Seniors for Seniors Co-op 311 Park Avenue E. / executivedir.sfors@wcgwave.ca204-571-2052/www.brandons4s.ca Carman Carman Active Living Centre 47 Ed Belfour Drive / www.activelivingcentrecarman.ca204-745-2356 CranBerry portage Jubilee Recreation of Cranberry Portage Legion Hall 217 2nd Avenue / 204-472-3031 Crystal City Crystal City & District Friendship Club Inc. 117 Broadway Street / 431-867-0122 dauphin Dauphin Active Living Centre Inc. 55 1st Avenue SE / www.dauphinseniors.com204-638-6485 eriCkson Comfort Drop In Centre 31 Main Street / areas@mymts.net204-636-7895 Flin Flon Flin Flon Seniors 2 North Avenue / 204-687-7301 gilBert plains Gilbert Plains and District Community Resource Council Inc. PO Box 567 / 204-548-4131 / www.gpdcrc-newhorizons.wix.com/gpdcrcgpdcrc@mymts.net gimli Gimli New Horizons 55 Plus 17 North Colonization Road / 204-642-7909 gimli55@mts.net / www.gimlinewhorizons.com grand marais Grand Marais & District Seniors 36058 PTH gmdseniors@gmail.com12 grandview Grandview Seniors Drop In 432 Main Street / 204-546-2272 hamiota Hamiota 55+ Centre & Restore Community Co-op Inc. 44 Maple Avenue / 204-764-2658 killarney Killarney Service for Seniors 203 South Railway / wanderson@killarney.ca204-523-7115 manitou Pembina Community Resource Council 315 Main Street / pembinacrc@gmail.com204-242-2241 minnedosa Minnedosa Senior Citizens Assoc. 31 Main Street S. / mdsasca@gmail.com204-867-1956 morden Morden Activity Centre 306 N. Railway Street / www.mordenseniors.camordenactivitycentre@gmail.com204-822-3555 neepawa Neepawa Drop In Centre 310 Davidson Street / www.neepawa.ca/district-drop-in-center204-476-5103 pilot mound Pilot Mound Fellowship Club 203 Broadway Avenue / 204-825-2436 plumas Plumas Senior Citizens Club Inc. 102 White Street / 204-386-2029 portage la prairie Herman Prior Senior Services Centre 40 Royal Road N. / www.hermanprior.comhermanpriorcentre@gmail.com204-857-6951 Portage Service for Seniors 40A Royal Road N. / https://portageservicefors.wixsite.com/psfs204-239-6312 riverton Riverton Seniors Activity Centre 12 Main Street / 204-378-2800 rdfc@mymts.net / www.rivertonfc.com sandy lake Municipality of Harrison Park - Age Friendly Initiative Committee 204-585-5310 Sandy Lake Drop In Centre 100 Main Street / 204-585-2411 selkirk Gordon Howard Centre 384 Eveline Street / www.gordonhoward.caexecutivedirector@gordonhoward.ca204-785-2092 snow lake Snow Lake Seniors Centre 71 Balsam Street / snowsrs@mymts.net204-358-2151 steinBaCh Pat Porter Active Living Centre 10 Chrysler Gate / ed@patporteralc.com204-320-4600/www.patporteralc.com stonewall South Interlake 55 Plus 374 1st Street W. - Oddfellows Hall 204-467-2582 / www.si55plus.orgsi55plus@mymts.net swan river Swan River & District Community Resource Council 126 6th Avenue N. / resourcecouncil@srseniorservices.com204-734-5707 the pas The Pas Golden Agers 324 Ross Avenue / djdlake@mymts.net204-623-3663 thompson Thompson Seniors Community Resource Council Inc. 4 Nelson Road / thompsonseniors55@gmail.com204-677-0987 treherne Treherne Friendship Centre 190 Broadway Street / jstate1066@gmail.com204-723-2559 viCtoria BeaCh East Beaches Social Scene 3 Ateah Road / ebssinc1@gmail.com204-756-6468/www.ebseniorscene.ca East Beaches Resource Centre Traverse Bay / www.ebresourcec.weebly.comebresourcec@mymts.net204-756-6471 winkler Winkler & District Multipurpose Senior Centre 102-650 South Railway Avenue / 204-325-8964 www.winklerseniorcentre.comoffice@winklerseniorcentre.com nnn www.manitobaseniorcommunities.cainfo@manitobaseniorcommunities.ca Get Connected - Join a Centre Join the conversation with Lifestyles 55 online! Facebook:whatsupwinnipeg.caLifestyles55Twitter:@Lifestyles55 Manitoba Association of Senior Communities
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Make It a Treat, the principle described in chapter two shows us how to apply this principle to purchases major and mundane as they profile companies that have transformed products from rental cars to toilet paper into treats. They also describe new research showing that driv ing a luxury car provides no more hap piness than an economy model, and that commercials can enhance the pleasure of television. The authors demonstrate the value of turning our favorite things back into treats, thus making that afternoon latte a special indulgence rather than a dailyOnenecessity.ofthemost interesting reads in the book is Chapter four: Pay Now, Consume Later where there are many examples and different scenarios dis cussed as to why this is a principle in the first place. The digital age and that of technology has allowed the phenom enon of consuming before payment to grow and this chapter delves into the social science of why paying first breeds a happier customer and even affects relationships such as marriage and customer satisfaction. Personally, it has made me much more aware of the value of my debit card. Although I en joy the convenience of my credit card and always pay in full when the balance is due; I am going to enjoy my added happiness level when using my debit card.Investing in Others, Chapter five is the hardest to summarize. The authors go into many different aspects of our living to explain both investing in and giving to others. Many areas of study are touched on and social science seems at time to smooth the edges of what the reality of what happiness really is. Are we fooling ourselves much of the time or are we really happier taking the advice of science in defining our objec tives for happiness? It is worth the read and worth the questioning you will have with yourself and others? The last Chapter is the discussion I just mentioned “Zooming Out.” I will leave you with this advice: Apply as many principles as you can in your daily spending. It is even possible to apply multiple principles with a single purchase. Remember that the goal is to achieve the most happiness possible from each purchase: the more princi ples used the more happiness. It is all about how you spend!
Dr. Saranchuk will include comments on progress in developing the Urologic Center; on the impact of the covid pandemic on diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer patients; and on other relevant topics. The audience will have opportunity to ask questions well as
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Last month I initiated a discussion on an article in a recently pub lished Saturday Free Press writ ten by David Christianson, the CEO of Dollars and Sense, commenting on some of the Principles of Money Happiness stated in “Happy Mon ey: The Science of Hap pier Spending”, a book written by Dr. Elizabeth Dunn, a social scientist, professor, and researcher into happiness, and Dr. Michael Norton. I now have a copy of the book and would like to share some of the findings I found enlightening as a retiree who lives on a pension with a small amount of savings. After reading this book I am now asking myself not only: “Do I have enough income for the rest of my life?” but also: “How can I use the money I have to get more happiness?” To me that means: “How can I spend my money to receive the happiness I am seeking?” As all of us know, both time and money are our key resources. One of the Principles of Money Happiness is: Buy yourself time. The authors show the wisdom of asking ourselves a quick question before buying: “How will this purchase change the way I use my time? “When people focus on their time rather than their money, they act like scientists of happiness choosing activi ties that promote their well-being. As I see it one of my choices is, and has been when I was working, hiring someone to do some of the household chores that need to be done on a regular basis for me to engage in activities I find make me happier. Another option the authors explore is the use of robots. The cost of a Roomba for $300 may be well worth the pleasure of watching the vacuuming getting done while reading a book, playing your guitar, or volunteering at the local Community Centre. The authors found through their research, that shifting from spending on self to spend ing on others can have a dramatic impact on happi ness.In each Chapter the au thors focus on one of the Principles of Money Happi ness: Buy Experiences is one of the five key principles of happy money to help us un derstand how, when, where, and why it works, so that if we choose, we can apply it to our own personal and professional life. Although the examples cited are for the American lifestyle, they are also common to the Canadian way of life. “Most Americans (Canadians} describe owning a home as an essential component of the American (Canadian) dream. But recent happiness research suggests that home ownership is far from dreamy. Material things (from beautiful homes to fancy pens) turn out to provide less happiness than experien tial purchases (like trips, concerts, and special meals)”. Whether you’re spend ing $2 or $200,000, buying experiences rather than material goods can inoculate you against buyer’s remorse.”
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MO, Mayor’s CSA Presentation, July 2022. formance of “You are My Heart’s Delight” (“Dein ist mein ganzes Herz”) from the operetta, The Land of Smiles.Board of Trustees Chair, Judith Chambers and Gen eral Director & CEO, Larry Desrochers accepted the Ballet In The Park began with students from the Professional Division performing the classical Span ish-flavoured divertissement, Paquita pas de Trois. The Recreational Division also presented beautiful performances: Burgeon, choreographed by former Company artist Yosuke Mino and Sparkling Dia monds, choreographed by Recreational Division Prin cipal, Nicole Kepp.
Katie Bonnell, Second Soloist with RWB Company artists, Rodeo. Photo by Michelle Blais. Creative Movement class. Photo by Michelle Blais.
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The presentation was made at a luncheon hosted by the Mayor’s Office at City Hall. About 40 people were in attendance for the event and included mem bers of the current and previous boards of trustees, staff, donors, sponsors, volunteers, artists, and sup porters.Tenor James McLennan, accompanied by pianist Laura Loewen, kicked off the proceedings with a per
Manitoba Opera receives mayor’s community service award award on behalf of the organization.
“We are honored to have the mayor’s office recog nize our good work in the community,” commented Ms. Chambers in her address. “Manitoba Opera got its start when the late Justice A. Kerr Twaddle attend ed a production of Otello in Montreal in the 1967 and fell in love with the art form. He asked himself, as so many Winnipeggers who have accomplished great things to enrich our community do, why can’t we have that here? So, in 1969, he invited seven couples to his house to plan a fledging opera company in the middle of the prairies. With a further couple of years of planning, in 1971 the Manitoba Opera Association presented the Canadian Opera Company’s touring production of Così fan tutte. Now, 50 seasons later, we walk in the shadows of these great pioneers. We celebrate the vision they had for an opera company in the middle of the prairies, and we carry on the tradition of using the power of voice to share beautiful music and stories.”
Thank you for making Ballet in the Park a resounding success!
RWB School Professional Division students perform Paquita pas de Trois. Photo by Michelle Blais. RWB School Recreational Division students perform Burgeon. Photo by Michelle Blais. Dailia Martin, RWB School Recreational Division student, performs in Sparkling Dia monds. Photo by Michelle Blais. Jaimi Deleau, with Logan Savard & Tymin Keown, Company artists - Rodeo. Photo by Michelle Blais. Ballet in the Park. Photo Courtesy of CJNU 93.7 FM.
On Friday, July 22, Mayor Brian Bowman hon oured Manitoba Opera with an Organization Community Service Award in recognition of the company’s 50th anniversary season. The City of Winnipeg Community Service Award was established by the Mayor’s Office in the 1950s. This award is presented to give recognition to indi viduals or organizations of the City of Winnipeg, who through their dedication, have demonstrated excel lence and achievement in any field of endeavor, ben efitting in an outstanding manner the social, cultural, or economic well-being of their community.
After three long years, Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet returned to the tradition of Ballet in the Park – our gift to the community that supports us! And we did not let inclement weather on Wednes day, July 27 put a damper on the Thursday, July 28th and Friday, July 29th performances! Take a look at our Ballet in the Park panoramic story, as we share a capsulized retrospective of a treasured tradition at Assiniboine Park’s Lyric Theatre. We are featuring highlights from the 50th anniversary event that attracted thousands of Manitobans, along with tourists, to watch performances by the RWB Company and RWB School under the prairie sky! Prior to the start of Ballet in the Park, there was a free Creative Movement class each night for kids – budding dancers - which was fabulous fun!
And to those who came out to the Lyric Theatre at Assiniboine Park...we thank you for joining us as we kicked-off the 2022-23 season - and we also want to express our deep gratitude for your generous dona tions.
The Company artists dazzled the stage with Agnes de Mille’s delightful ballet Rodeo, a theatrical story about love triangles and empowerment. We wish to once again thank our Presenting Spon sor, Manitoba Liquor Mart, for its continued support of the RWB and Ballet in the Park. Their financial sup port, combined with the volunteer efforts of their em ployees, played a huge role in making it possible for our dancers to take to the stage and perform for our amazing crowd on both nights!
There is no such thing as a brown thumb, only busy people who don’t have time to fuss over the green things in their homes. So, to help you, we have compiled a list of a few plants that are never-miss. They can tolerate ne glect and spring right back when you think they are on the brink of death and gratefully un-wilt, drop a sad leaf or two, but smile on you with perky leaves and even some blooms when you turn your attention to them for a moment. Philodendron Number one in my home is a plant that doesn’t look its thirtysome years. It has no drainage and has not been repotted for at least two decades. I am speaking of the pretty little philodendron in my bedroom. It is never fertilized and watered only occasionally when it looks very dry. If I ne glect it too long, it will transform a leaf into yellow as a signal. Philodendron hederaceum, also known as heartleaf philodendron, is a mildly vining plant, tumbling pleasingly out of its pot. Give it a haircut once in a while and put the cuttings in a glass of water. They will grow roots and can stay in that water as long as you like. Repotted, the cuttings can provide a gift for a lonely friend. Philodendron has some important relatives that are almost as tough. Philodendron bipinnatifidum, a large-leafed variety will fill an empty corner that doesn’t get direct sunlight. On the other hand, Philodendron ‘Birkin’ is a cultivar much in the news these days as the new kid on the block. It is not easy care, needing lots of humidity, so if you are one of the busy ones, shun this shiny little, striped beauty. Pothos vs. Philodendron Philodendron is easy to confuse with pothos, Epipremnum aureum, also called Devil’s ivy anoth er hardy, vining plant that has variegated markings of gold, white or yellow on its leaves. The leaves are narrower than those of the heart-shaped leaf of the philodendron, but larger, thicker, and waxier. Philodendron leaves are also a darker green. Pothos tolerates even less light than philodendrons. Both are easy to grow. My pothos is probably 20 years old and takes just as little care as the philo dendron.
Elly Spencer The arts from up here
Flin Flon's Blueberry Jam Music Gathering, our annual three-day celebration of all styles musical, has come and gone once more. It was nerve-wracking even in the very latest planning stages as the organizing commit tee got ready for the second go-round of the festival’s ‘growth year’ but for most participants and audi ence members, it was a rousing success. Per haps one needs to ex plain why that might be important enough to write a column about.Flin Flon is a very musical community, it has been so almost from the beginning. We began as a rather rough and tumble mining town over a century ago, in the wilds of north ern Manitoba. It was hard to get here from there, still is, because the land is not hospitable or particularly welcom ing. Located on the north-western tip of the Canadian Shield, the rocks and lakes are beautiful but forbidding. We are also surrounded by muskeg swamps which are incredibly challeng ing to build around and are a haven for every kind of biting bug. Makes one itch just to write about it. Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Company which morphed eventually into HudBay knew that to get people to live here they needed to build more than just jobs for miners (though that thinking has now gone by the wayside-but that’s a tale for another day). So, they did. There was a Dixie land-style jazz band here in the 1920s and by the time of the Second World War, folks were performing musical theatre and choral concerts. The brilliant operatic tenor, Jon Vickers lived in Flin Flon in the late 1940s and found his voice here. What a thrill it must have been for the citizens of our town to go to a show and hear Jon Vickers sing out.Our musical tradition only grew through the 1960s,’70s and ’80s. Lo cal rock and roll group Out of the Blue performed in Montreal at Expo ‘67. Several local singers like Donna Hen ry and Susan Lethbridge had musical careers in Winnipeg and beyond but things were beginning to wane a little when Mark and Crystal Kolt arrived, again for work and reanimated every thing. Mark Kolt has written original Broadway-style musical productions. We have had performances of “Les Mis erables” and “Mamma Mia” performed to sold-out houses that attracted many visitors to Flin Flon. Crystal Kolt has led the Flin Flon Community Choir to New York several times to perform in Carnegie Hall and in Lincoln Centre. All this to say, we come by our music honestly and by hard work. Blueberry Jam Music Gathering is in some ways the culmination of that. It has been a completely volunteer-run and per formed event which was initiated in 2018, got huge in 2019 then was rude ly interrupted by COVID-19 in 2020 and 2021. We like to think it exempli fies Flin Flon’s relationship with music. Performers come from all over the north but mainly from Flin Flon, to play on two (in 2019, three) different stages for audiences that vary in size, make-up and sophistication. Some of them are professionals like Jennifer Hanson whose Winnipeg-based band, ‘Jenerator’ has an ongoing gig with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers organization but many of them are amateurs who perform out of love or are beginners trying out their material in front of an audience. All of them though, do it for free.There is no cost at Blueberry Jam for the audience and no pay for the mu sicians. This may have to change be cause of course there are costs incurred in producing a three-day event (don’t get us started on porta-potties!) and the Jam has relied on grant funding to this point which is becoming more and more dependent on creating paid work opportunities, especially for art ists. Will it change the nature of the Blueberry Jam? Perhaps, but this may or may not be a bad thing. We need economic drivers in our town since mining has significantly downsized and music and in fact, the arts more generally seem to fit that bill at least historically. Over 3,000 people passed through the gates of this festival in 2022 so one could certainly claim it was a success. Will monetizing it work?
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Blueberry Jam – Much more than a spread for bread!
Peace Lily Spathiphyllum is the formal name for the peace lily which hales from South America and didn’t come to the attention of the west unless the late 1870s. But what a blessing this discovery was to plant shy householders. Here is a tough, but beau tiful plant that needs the smallest amount of atten tion to bloom in gratitude. Neglect watering and it may wilt, but it will spring back right away when you get around to it. Let it dry out too long and it will turn some of its leaves brown, but it sheds them happily and puts out new ones with a little attention. If leaves turn yellow, chances are you are giving it is too much water. It also enjoys a few periods of drought. As for light, Peace Lily doesn’t like the sun’s rays striking it directly, so give it an empty corner and a little extra light if you want it to bloom. As for the blooms, they look like white flags of peace, hence the name. The white is called a spathe which protects the spadx, the spike of tiny flowers at the centre. Propagation is through division. If you are determined to baby this plant, per haps fill the watering can and leave it overnight. Although peace lily is pretty good at pulling gases such as benzene and formaldehyde from the air, it is a little sensitive to chlorine in city water. These plants come in sizes small, medium, and large. ‘Petite’ is only eight to 10 inches tall. ‘Mauna Loa’ which received the Award of Garden Merit at The Royal Horticultural show, is medium sized at two to three feet. ‘Sensation’ is four to six feet tall. ‘Nojo Lime’ has – you guessed it – lime leaves, and ‘Domino’, another medium, has variegated leaves. Spider plant Indomitable might be the other name for spider plant, the intrepid and cheerful outreach plant. So named for the spider-like plantlets the mother plant flings out, Chlorophytum comosum is one of the most popular houseplants there is. It too is in different about light, although more indirect light will lead to more plantlets and a happier, more exu berantOnceplant.again, fertilization is a luxury it seldom needs – too much of this treat can turn leaf tips brown. Water when the soil dries out. Let the water run through the pot and you have a happy plant.There are both variegated and unvariegated va rieties, although the pretty white and green leaves of the variegated type are a cheerful sight in the middle of winter. Propagation is simple. Just snip off one of the babies, called spiderettes, and set it on top of some moist soil. Thank you, South Africa, for this gift to the plant-starved winter world. All four of the above plants are good for the household air, cleaning up gasses and restoring oxygen. They are a perfect addition to the apart ment or home.
Three of the four plants listed are mildly toxic to pets, most causing mouth irritation, probably enough to keep your pet at bay. Spider plants are listed as non-toxic to dogs and cats, although spider plants have a mild hallucinogenic effect on cats who can get diarrhea from ingesting the leaves. Hang a spider plant from the ceiling where it is out of reach if pets are a concern.
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Shauna Dobbie The Gardener Pothos is easy to confuse with philodendron.
Sir William White, general manager of all CPR lines west of Lake Superior in 1896, was the first who had recog nized and discovered the potential of Lake Winni peg Beach. In 1900, he discovered a three-milewide arch of fine sand beach on the west shore of Lake Winnipeg, and he had the CPR purchase 330 acres of beachfront land. By 1925, Winnipeg Beach was Western Can ada’s greatest resort. CPR officials planned to build a dancing pavil ion, cottages and a hotel. The first dance pavilion was built in 1902, about 300 yards north of the station and it could ac commodate 2,500 dancers. The pavil ion included a restaurant and confec tionery, offices, kitchen and lunchroom, moving picture theater and billiards.
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The remarkable Terry Sawchuk ManitobansMemorable Terry Sawchuk. The Winnipeg Beach Train. Photo courtesy of Archives Manitoba. Empress Hotel at Winnipeg Beach. Lyall Commer cial Photo Co., Ltd., Winnipeg, MB (1912)
Terrence Gordon “Terry” Sawchuk (1929-1970) NHL Hockey Player, Goalie Terry Sawchuk was born in Win nipeg on December 28, 1929. He was the son of a Ukrainian immi grant who met Terry’s mother while working together in a burlap fac tory.He started skating at the age of four and was soon playing hockey on an ice rink his uncle built in his back yard. Sawchuk left home when he was sixteen to play in junior leagues. It wasn’t long before he would spend the next three years playing in the minors until, now at age twenty, playing his first National Hockey League game on January 8, 1950 for the Detroit Red Wings. He received the Calder Cup as rookie of the year.In his first five years in the NHL, Sawchuk won the Vezina Trophy (for fewest goals allowed per game) three times (1952, ‘53, ’55) producing 56 shutouts. He collected his fourth Vezina Trophy while playing with the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1964-65 season. In the 1952 Stanley Cup play-offs and se ries, Sawchuk allowed only five goals in eight games and had four shutouts. Sawchuk began his NHL career with the De troit Red Wings in 1949. He was traded to the Bos ton Bruins in 1955 and played with them for two seasons before being trad ed back to the Red Wings in 1957. He later played with the Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–67), the Los Angeles Kings (1967–68), the Red Wings again (1968–69), and the New York Rangers (1969–70), by which time he was a relief goalie. His career re cord of 103 shutouts was broken in 2009 by Martin Brodeur. Sawchuk was a very troubled man off the ice. He suffered a dislocated el bow playing rugby as a kid but hid it from his parents. The lack of medical attention caused his right arm to be six inches shorter than his left. It was ex tremely crooked, and caused him con siderable pain for the rest of his life. He was distant, angry and miserable with teammates and fans alike. He suffered from what we would now call depres sion or anxiety. In fear of losing his job, he kept injuries to himself and suffered quietly through many elbow prob lems, appendicitis, a collapsed lung, severe hand problems, and a broken foot. Before he started wearing a mask in 1960 he received more than 400 stitches during 16 years in the National Hockey League. His playing style of an extremely low crouch left him with a permanently bent back and ruptured discs. As a result, he couldn’t sleep lon ger than two or three hours at a time. Sawchuk also sustained a slashed eye ball requiring three stitches and 70 per cent loss of function in his right arm because 60 bone chips were removed from his Terranceelbow.Gordon Sawchuk’s awards were received posthumously, including his inductions to the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame, Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame, Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame, the NHL Hockey Hall of Fame as well as selection as Manitoba’s Hockey Player of the Century in 1974 (as part of Winnipeg’s Centennial) and again in 2000 to mark the new millennium. A Winnipeg hockey arena is named after him.Terry Sawchuk died in New York City on May 31, 1970, from injuries he suffered accidentally in a scuffle with a teammate. He was 40 years old. He is still considered one of the greatest goal ies of all time. Jim Ingebrigtsen is a council member of the Manitoba Historical Society and sub mits the stories of Memorable Manitobans each month to Lifestyles 55. Visit MHS. mb.ca and discover more than 12,000 oth er notables in our archives.
Soon, this first pavilion proved to be too small. The second pavilion was built with a concrete foundation and fir frame construction. Af ter the World War danc ing became very popu lar. A new pavilion that housed a 14,000 square foot dance floor opened in June 1924 and was considered the largest dance hall in Western Canada.Winnipeg Lake west ern shoreline became so popular that 13 trains a day would take people to the beach. The Moon light Special train ran every Saturday evening in summer for over 50 years from Winnipeg to Winnipeg Beach. The train was indeed “special” back in the heydays. After a long week, it would take both young and old to the promenade, dances, concerts and swimming, all that for 50 cents.There were also another two trains, the Picnic train and Daddy’s train. Pic nics were another way of making sure that people regularly came to the beach and were held by ethnic or church groups to bring their communities to gether and nourish the sense of belong ing.The boardwalk along the beach, piers, a wooden roller coaster (which was one of the largest in the country), a pavilion …all that was built to provide an oa sis of peace in nature for people from the city who wanted to break free from the constraints of urban life. Weekend boat regattas used to attract as many as 10,000 people to the shores. The beach was colonized by the middle class. Families of businessmen used to spend summer on the beach. On weekdays, fathers traveled to work in the city, and on Fridays, the family eagerly awaited Daddy’s train to bring them all together for the weekend at the beach. CPR did have earlier plans to develop the hotel, but it was Ed ward Windebank who suggested this project to the CPR. Whyte supported the idea of building the Empress ho tel both financially and as an idea to provide high-class accommodation for Winnipeg’s elite, thus making sure that they were among the regular clientele of the beach. The Empress hotel, with its 80 rooms, became the symbol of the resort. Its facade was surrounded by a large veranda. It burned down in 1935. The arrival of the economic depres sion, changes in the way of life and the world war thwarted the happy summer days on Winnipeg Beach. Moonlight and Daddy’s trains no longer returned. The popularity of the beach began to decline in the 1950s, and in 1961 the CPR suspended passenger service com pletely. The amusement park was closed in 1964. The beach was redeveloped by the Provincial Parks Branch into dayuse recreation until 2011 when a full service campground was opened. era of and the joys of Beach
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A simple flower with a simple mean ing, the daisy says farewell. It also rep resents peace and hope. This humble flower mixes well with others and is often used to give a mixed bouquet va riety and heft. Lilies A popular choice for funerals, lilies suggest peace. There are many types of lilies, each with a specific meaning. White stargazer lilies are associated with sympathy. Calla lilies symbolize rebirth and give hope to grieving fami lies. Calla lilies represent holiness, faith and purity in feng shui.
Funeral flower arrangements are often the most impactful design element of a memorial or funeral service. Whether standing tall around a casket at the front of a room, surrounding an urn for an outdoor ceremony or serving as table centerpieces dur ing a celebration of life, the floral arrangements you choose for your ser vice—or that of a loved one—create a look and feel that speaks to the life being honored. In addition, friends and family of the de ceased loved one often send sympathy flowers to a memorial service, as well as to visitations and wakes. For years after a loved one is memorialized in a cemetery, family and friends will continue to take or send flowers to the gravesite.
The hidden messages in funeral flowers
The phone rang… Ibelieve everyone has a story. I’ve spent countless hours listening to stories, have found myself exclaiming, ‘You should write a book!’ This brings one of two reac tions. The first one is usu ally a gasp of shock and a firm ‘Not!’ The second re action is a sad shake of the head and the admission that they can’t spell, have terrible grammar, and no idea of where to even be gin.I believe there is a magic to story telling. Who doesn’t enjoy sitting around the kitchen table, a hot cup of tea at hand, listening to stories? We talk, we laugh, we empathize, we learn. If you’re very lucky, one of your elders will share what they’ve experienced over the years. Or one of the youngsters will share their tale and ask advice or knock your socks off. Either way is good.
Carnations These long-lasting blooms come in many colors, each with a dif ferent meaning. In gen eral they stand for love, loyalty, esteem and care. Pink carnations have special symbolism for Catholics and Christians. White and yellow carnations are a common choice in the Asian culture. As sympathy flowers, they are often used in funeral wreaths and standing sprays. They're easy for florists to work with, so they're used to design very personalized arrangements, such as a sports logo or animal.
Roses Among the most recognizable flow ers is the rose, and roses are a very pop ular choice for funerals and memorials. They come in many colors and can mean many things. Each color rose has its own meaning, but most commonly, roses stand for love.
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For over thirty years, I taught creative writing to middle years students. Let me tell you, I’ve heard some stories. When I retired, I took a creative writing class. Most of my fellow writers were in terested in writing their memoirs. Over the years, they’ve written some in credible books. I was more interested in creative writing. I got back in the saddle and began teaching creative writing to seniors. I held classes at Pembina Active Living, Riverwood Square, and The Parkway. I can tell you this, no one has better stories than seniors. At Riverwood Square, we published a book of their sto ries.When I asked my senior residents why they were interested in a writing class, the answer was almost universally the same. Most senior centres and residences of fer a myriad of physical activities. Yoga, aerobics, bocce, bean bag toss. Very few programs offered mental and creative ex ercise. With a wry smile, they informed me that while it’s important to keep your body functioning, it’s equally important to keep your mind functioning. They needed stimulation, they needed a challenge. One of the most attractive benefits was the friendships that were built. It’s one thing to greet a neighbour coming down the hall, it’s quite another to sit down and share your story with them. Sharing creates a bond. Sharing a story opens up meaningful conversations. The loneli ness of being a minister, the technological changes when working for the telephone company, the importance of getting in volved in volunteer work, the days when teaching meant simply teaching, the grief experienced when a spouse dies. Memo ries. Empathy. Laughter. Shared goals. Writing impacts not only your mind, but also your heart and soul. It’s good medi cine.For me, the writing coach and mentor, it was life changing. I have always been a writer. Yet the day came when one of my seniors pinned me to the wall. She wanted to know where she could find my pub lished work. I did a lot of navel gazing. How could I ask her to trust my judge ment when there was nobody on the wit ness stand? I wrote my novel, Fort. I self-published it on Amazon. It’s the story of a young man raising a child from infancy to his mid-teens. Where did I get the idea? From years of listening hers would spend qual ity time with their adolescent boys. From watching sit-coms on television where the father is an object of ridicule and scorn. From understanding that it takes a village to raise a child. Absentee fathers is one of the most critical social issues of our day. Single parenting is tough business. Chil dren are essential to our future. We need to get it Everyoneright.has a story. Don’t take it with you. Challenge yourself and write it down.
Chrysanthemums Chrysanthemums, or mums, are as sociated with sympathy, grief and sad ness in some parts of the world. That's not necessarily true in North America, but they're still popular funeral flowers.
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Personalizing flowers for a funeral When it comes to choosing funeral flowers, your options for personaliza tion are extensive. Dignity Memorial® professionals can guide and assist you with meaningful floral tributes. Did your loved one have a favorite flower? You may consider choosing that flower as the most prominent with other complementary flowers accom panying it. How about a favorite color? If they loved purple, our professionals will show you a range of purple-hued options to fulfill your unique vision. Would you prefer a traditional or contemporary look? Are there any shapes or symbols that you would like to include, such as a cross or a heart? What about a standing wreath of yel low roses in the shape of the Lone Star State for a favorite Texan? Or a red, white and blue standing spray honor ing a veteran? The possibilities are end less.Dignity Memorial funeral planning experts can help design and arrange flowers for your service with the as sistance of our floral partners. It's our goal to help you create a memorable end-of-life ceremony for a loved one.
That was the start of the end, the end of a lifestyle that I had been using to try to end my life for far too long. Af ter Christine’s call and the resulting ride to the Critical Care Unit at the Victo ria Hospital came a series of events that occurred with perfect timing. If one of those steps not occurred, if the timing of the steps had changed, I wouldn’t be where I am today. When talking about the RAF fighter pilots who flew during The Battle for Britain, Winston Churchill said, “Never in the field of human conflict has so much been owed by so many to so few.” In my case it would read “Never in the field of personal struggle has so much been owed to so many by just one.” A year ago, I was perhaps one drink away from being beyond recovery, or more than likely, death. I stood one step from the edge of hell and was quite willing to take that step. But when I tried, something kept me from falling. I looked back and behind me was some one holding onto my belt, and behind that person was a long line of people. They were all shaking their heads and saying, “Not today, Rick.” I owe so much to so many, yet I am indebted to no one. What I was given, was given to me as a gift. The gift I was given helped me achieve sobriety, but I was not given the gift of sobriety. Sobri ety cannot be given as a gift and sobri ety is not free. Sobriety is expensive and comes only with work. Hard work. I cannot pay back what was given to me, but I can repay it by paying forward. Reaching out, telling my story, letting people know that a life free of chains is available to them. The poet Robert Browning wrote “Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, Or what’s a heaven for?” What I still want to accomplish cannot be completed today. So, I reach. I reach for tomorrow. I will go to sleep tonight, content, and wake up tomorrow deter mined. And I’ll continue to reach. Next month I will talk about the steps I took, the people involved, and the gifts that helped me to reach not just sobriety, but recovery. I can be reached at hangar14@telus.net Ed: This is the first in a series in a new column by recovering alcoholic Rick Du erkson. If you feel that you are about to fall off a cliff, perhaps Rick’s experience will give you hope.
The phone rang and I looked at the clock on the end table. It was just past 8:30 in the morning. I looked at the call display on my phone. ‘PRIVATE NUMBER’. Right on time, and by the call display, I knew who it was. I had only a few sec onds to decide if I was go ing to take the call. This was on Tuesday, August 3 last year. I had woken up on the couch that morning, where I had more or less been living for the past six months. The combination of too much alcohol the night before and not enough first thing in the morning had left me with a case of the shakes worse than any I had experienced before. I was unable to stand up, let alone walk. I was in trouble, serious trouble. I had previous ly gotten myself into similar situations, but this was by far the worse position I had put myself into. I had already tried, unsuccessfully, to unlock my phone. I could not enter the code to unlock my phone. I could however accept the incoming call by merely swiping the screen. Answering the phone might be the only chance I would have. I swiped the screen and using both hands I held the phone up.TheHello?person on the other end of the line was Chris tine Leger, a counsellor at Centre de Santé, who had been working with me for a while. Christine didn’t say hello. She just said, “I’m not even going to ask how you are, Rick. You are in rough shape.” Well, she didn’t say rough. She used a more descriptive word, words actually, that can’t be printed here. My lifestyle choices had land ed me in the ER four times already, and I had promised myself that I would die on the couch rather than call 911 again. Christine knew this. We talked for a few minutes and then, with an apology she put me on hold. She came back a min ute later. “Rick, you didn’t break your promise. I called 911 for you.”
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Funeral flowers and their meanings Whole books have been writ ten about the language of flowers. Throughout the ages and around the world, different types of flowers have been assigned certain sentiments. The kinds you choose for a funeral floral ar rangement can carry subtle meanings, and those meanings can vary from culture to cul ture.Some of the most popular flowers for fu nerals are lilies, daisies, roses, carnations and chrysanthemums.
“Comorbidities” The term “comorbidities” is used to in dicate how one disease is often accompa nied by another. People with arthritis have a higher rate of depression, anxiety, heart disease, kidney disease, insomnia, eye con ditions, hearing loss, and skin conditions.
A clinical trial was designed by doctors in Finland to determine if the procedure is actually more effective than “sham” sur gery. A randomized, double-blind, “shamcontrolled” trial of 146 patients compared the results of “real” vs “sham” surgery. Dur ing normal APM, damaged parts of the meniscus are removed with specialized in struments, while preserving as much of the meniscus as possible. With the placebo surgery, the sensations and sounds of a real procedure were the same, and the same knee manipulations were performed, but no actual changes were made to the meniscus. Following both types of surgeries, patients received the same post operative care, including walking aids and an exercise program. Both groups were advised to take pain reliev ers if necessary. After twelve months, researchers found no significant differences between those who had undergone the APM and those who had the sham surgery. Treating torn menisci My interest in joint health was sparked by an injury. Performing leg extensions at the gym (an exercise I later learned was famous for causing knee damage) resulted in torn menisci in both of my knees. The pain was unlike any I had experienced. I took a combination of anti-inflammatory and Type-2 collagen supplements, niacina mide, and collagen-stimulating vitamin C, proline, lysine, and silica. I also used a knee brace designed to boost circulation and wore therapeutic shoes developed by Swiss kinesiologist Karl Müller. This com bined approach helped to reduce the pain and improve mobility in less than a month, and I’ve seen continual improvement since then.After discussing my problems with Karl Müller, he provided me with a series of exercises to be performed with the kybun shoes he designed to help rebuild the car tilage. According to Müller, cartilage is a “living tissue,” and damaged cartilage can be rebuilt in as little as six months. I was also given instructions from a physical ther apist on how to strengthen my muscles by focusing on a corrective walking technique, where you gently press on your heel (which is enhanced with the design of kybun foot wear) as you arch your foot upwards at the beginning of the step (dorsiflexion) and push off at the end of the step (plantarflex ion). Practicing walking with Müller’s foot wear has contributed to my gradual but significant improvement. I can now go up and down stairs without pain, something that was impossible following my injury. The “rewards” of a sedentary lifestyle Osteoarthritis of the knee is now twice as common as it was 70 years ago, and while many blame age and obesity, one recent study showed that our sedentary lifestyle is the primary cause. As Müller said, cartilage is living tissue, but unlike other tissues, it lacks a blood supply that serves to provide nutrition and remove waste. Synovial fluid helps lubricate our joints, and with exer cise, there is a natural “squeezing” which eliminates waste materials and improves absorption of the nutrients required to re store cartilage. These processes help reduce pain and increase range of motion while preventing the calcification and deteriora tion of the joints that result from limited movement.Exercise (including walking in properly designed shoes with the correct technique) is the key to lasting pain relief. While sim ple movement like walking helps to keep our joints healthy, I also recommend aer obic and weight-bearing exercise, which strengthen the connective tissues and mus cles that support and stabilize the joints, reducing the risk of injury. I found that Müller’s kybun footwear provided me with an easy way to exercise my entire leg mus culature and virtually eliminate my pain over time. I have also had a history of back pain and realized that also disappeared after I began wearing kybun footwear. Eating well It’s also important to understand the role of nutrition in keeping our joints healthy. The grain-based diet that is so common to day, paired with animal foods that are low in collagen, leaves many people without the critical amino acids necessary to build healthy joints. Studies have confirmed that our ancestors didn’t suffer from the same level of osteoarthritis, even when we ac count for obesity and age. I recommend choosing foods that are high in collagen like organ meats and bone broths, and to supplement with marine and chicken ster numCollagencollagen.isthe most abundant protein in the body and is critical to body structure. The collagen found in bovine and marine formulas is primarily Type-1 and Type-3. Type-1 is essential for connective tissues like skin, tendons, and ligaments. Type-3 is reticulate collagen which supports soft tis sues including the liver, bone marrow, and the lymphatic system. To help rebuild joint cartilage, Type-2 collagen is required. It’s important to choose a marine colla gen product with a low molecular weight for improved absorption. Look for marinesourced products with a maximum molecu lar weight of 500 Dalton; Type-2 collagen should be 1100 Dalton or lower. If the molecular weight is higher (as with bovinesourced), the collagen will be digested in the stomach like other proteins, while more bioavailable products with a lower molecu lar weight are absorbed before they reach the gut, leading to better collagen produc tion in the body.
As obesity is strongly associated with OA (obesity raises the risk of OA, and makes existing OA worse), if you have symptoms or want to reduce the risk of OA, losing weight and lowering blood sugar levels are critical.Studies confirm that high blood sugar levels are associated with chronic inflam mation and can contribute to osteo- and rheumatoid arthritis. High blood sugar can also lead to metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance, and Type 2 diabetes. To lower your blood sugar, look to reduce consump tion of high glycemic foods, and focus on foods that are low glycemic (which don’t stimulate insulin production). High gly cemic foods to avoid include sugar (all types, even maple syrup, agave syrup, and honey), carbohydrates (pasta, bread, rice, corn, most breakfast cereals), dried fruit, and starchy vegetables like potatoes. I rec ommend purchasing a blood glucose me ter to test your blood sugar level; a read ing of higher than 6.0 indicates you have prediabetes. In addition to reducing high glycemic foods, supplements including fen ugreek, berberine, benfotiamine, gymne ma sylvestre, mulberry, bitter melon, and brown seaweed can provide support. Options I’ve seen a number of people who’ve opted to have joint replacement surgery, and many have not been pleased with the final result. While it does take longer to re build or repair joint cartilage through life style modifications, I know now from my own personal experience that it is possible. Combining regular exercise (resistance and aerobic) with dietary changes can reduce pain and improve overall health. Consum ing collagen, eating more high-fibre foods, and managing your blood sugar levels can help you lose weight, feel better, and re duce the symptoms of arthritis.
In 2020, Gillian and Eoghan received the heartbreaking news that what was causing their little guy, James, just two years old at the time, to be “off” was acute lymphocytic leukemia, a type of cancer in the blood andJamesmarrow.has had numerous hospital visits to the oncol ogy unit since. (You can read more about his journey at goodbear.ca/james.) Despite all the challenges and pain, he is buoyed by the incred ible Child Life team, who play an important role in supporting sick kids’ emo tional and developmental needs, providing positivity and a safe space for kids to just be kids. During his stays, the Child Life team is highly attuned to what James needs and when he needs it. Gillian tells us that when James was feeling sick, they brought in soothing lights; when he was having his port accessed for chemotherapy, they brought toys to distract him. And when he was feeling good, they played with him. His favourite: music therapy, where he can play a drum and sing along. While chemo is hard on his body, this happy, bub bly, cuddle-loving toddler is always excited to see the staff and go to the playroom when he’s in for treatment. He loves playing with his su perheroes and often pretends to be his favourite characters. What he doesn’t realize is that he himself is a super hero.And so are the incredible caregivers who help make the hospital a special place for kids like James. The Child Life team is just one group of superheroes donors are cur rently supporting in the Foundation’s his toric $75 million Better Futures campaign. Child Life programming – which includes music therapy, the library and book cart, CHTV (the hospital’s free station for kids, which also features a daily live show with shoutouts and games) and the playroom – is 100% funded by donors. It’s Winnipeggers’ generosity that ensures kids can have a bit of fun during some of the toughest times. People see numbers like $75 million (yes, it’s a big goal!) and wonder how they can make a difference. It’s easier than you might think: one dollar at a time. For example, Michael gives $10 every month and has been doing so for years. He became a Monthly Miracle Maker be cause it was a simple way to make an ongo ing, meaningful contribution. He was also happy to spread his gifts out as he felt he could contribute even more than on a onetime basis. It all adds up and we are so very grateful for his commitment. In fact, more than 1,500 people like Mi chael choose monthly giving, which is a terrific way to ensure sick and injured kids have important programs like Child Life, so that superheroes taking the form of music therapists, librarian, playroom staff, CHTV hosts and NoName (the hardest-working sock puppet in town) can continue making miracles for kids like James. And this year, monthly miracles are su perhero-sized, thanks to our friends at Max im Truck & Trailer who will match every new monthly gift until December 31, 2022, up to $50,000. Thank you to Doug Harvey, Jan Shute and the Maxim team for your lifechanging generosity. Our community is full of superheroes and miracle-makers like Michael, Doug and Jan. You too can make miracles, and #Give BetterFutures for kids like James. Your pres ent can change his future. Visit Goodbear. ca/BetterFutures to learn more.
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Stefano Grande is the president and CEO of Children’s Hospital Foundation of Manitoba.
Nathan Zassman is the owner and president of Aviva Natural Health Solutions.
Miracles and superheroes
Joint health increasingly becomes a con cern as we age, as degenerative joint disease can impact our quality of life. While the benefits of aerobic exercise are widely appreciated, many don’t realize that our joints also require regular resistance exercise to remain in good health. Some people with in creasing pain and declining mobility come to see surgery or even joint replacement as inevitable, but there are less invasive ways to help heal and strengthen our joints.
Osteoarthritis Osteoarthritis (OA) is the leading cause of adult dis ability, and OA of the knees represents 80% of the total burden. Around 87% of knee replacement surgeries are due to OA. The most common orthopedic pro cedure in North America, arthroscopic partial meniscectomy (APM) is the technical term for repairing meniscus tears in the knee. The meniscus is the carti lage that cushions the impact between the femur (thighbone) and tibia (shinbone). The goal for APM is to relieve pain by re moving torn meniscal fragments and trim ming the meniscus as required. Despite the frequency with which this procedure is performed, the post-surgery experience doesn’t always match the patient’s expecta tions.
Aging and arthritis: maintaining joint health naturally
Nathan Zassman Natural Health Stefano Grande HealthyLiving James gets musical.
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