Word test

TESTING

Premier Wab Kinew is an imported Manitoban, born in Kenora and raised on Onigaming First Nation in Treaty Three (in northwestern Ontario) before his family moved to Winnipeg. He’s the son of well-known Anishinaabe leader and traditional knowledge keeper Tobasonakwut Kinew and Kathi Kinew.

These are the words we provided feedback on: Boniface, Cockburn, Dauphin, Dene, Hellebuyck, Iafallo, Íslendingadagurinn, Kinew, Kildonan, Malak Abas, Métis, Newfoundland, Orlikow, Pembina, Portage la Prairie, Premier, Regina, St. Vital, Samyn, Schiefele, vínarterta, Wiebe, Generation Z.

Mayor 2 puts positive spin 3 on city’s less-than-edsfxpected share of federal housing fund

The city will receive $122 million in federal government housing money, falling about $70 million shy of the municipal government’s original request. However, Winnipeg’s mayor stressed the amount is substantial and should leverage millions of dollars of additional investment.

Local dance pioneers leap, pirouette into hall of fame

CBC sitcom The Newsroom, created by Winnipeg-born Ken Finklemen, is unjustly forgotten, despite being years ahead of its time in terms of its shaky handheld-camera style and its biting parody of Toronto-centric CBC culture.

“But Winnipeg’s supposed to have a great symphony,” one character reassures a despondent colleague who has been reassigned to anchor in the Manitoba capital.

“Hear Winnipeg’s got a great ballet. You’ll have a good time, I swear,” says another.

Empty encouragement this may be, but Finklemen’s characters were spitting facts: Winnipeg’s orchestras and dance companies have among Canada’s most significant lineages.