The family farm in 2020 Posted: 5:07 PM CDT Thursday, Sep. 17, 2020 Last Modified: 10:19 AM CDT Monday, Oct. 19, 2020 Updates

The family farm in 2020

The Winnipeg Free Press is heading beyond the Perimeter in 2020 to look at modern farm life and the province’s next generation of food producers.

Reporter Eva Wasney and photojournalist Mike Deal are following three sets of young farmers through the inevitable ups and downs of this year’s growing season.

Find the stories in the series below.

Medical supplies, equipment distribution firm unpacks new, larger local hub

Seven red robots were some of the main attractions as Canadian medical equipment and supplies distributor Stevens Company Inc. celebrated the grand opening of its new 42,000-square-foot distribution centre in northwest Winnipeg.

The company invested more than $4 million to create the new space, which includes what it believes to be Manitoba’s first AutoStore automated storage and retrieval system — a robotic technology that will help employees fill about 20,000 orders annually.

More than 80 employees, vendors and customers gathered for the grand opening Monday afternoon. It was held fewer than four years after the celebration for the Stevens Company’s previous Winnipeg facility, a 33,000-sq.-ft. warehouse in Transcona the company quickly outgrew.

Company president Jay Stevens noted the Stevens Company’s long history in Manitoba.

Confronting racism: Photos challenge negative stereotypes

For one night only, KC Adams' anti-racism campaign had a pulse.

The nearly two dozen models who posed for her Perception portrait series were on hand Thursday for its official launch in the foyer of Manitoba Hydro's downtown headquarters. It's hoped they'll give the campaign a life of its own and shed light on Winnipeg's racism troubles.

The goal is to counter common media portrayals of aboriginal people -- as a burden on taxpayers, as victims of crime and poverty, as homeless panhandlers -- and instead show them as the normal, middle-class people that many Métis, First Nations and Inuit people are.

Each model has two pictures -- one where they're not smiling accompanied by a negative stereotype, and another where they're smiling and described as mothers, fathers and business people who are focused on the community.

Today’s horoscope

MOON ALERT: There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today. The moon is in Aquarius.

ARIES (March 21-April 19)

This can be a lovely, friendly and romantic day if you can avoid intense discussions about shared property, inheritances and anything jointly held. Focus on what works. Avoid people who are intent on getting their way – not yours.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)

Big screen escapism still exists — just beyond the hand sanitizer and social distancing

I’ve watched plenty of films in the last five months. But they’ve all been on my computer screen.

Last weekend, I ventured back to a real-live movie theatre to see one of the few new releases out right now, The Burnt Orange Heresy (more on that later).

On a Saturday night, the doors at the Landmark Cinemas 8 in Grant Park are opened but not fully retracted, giving the theatre a slightly hesitant air. The swanky lounge area is closed.

There’s a hand-sanitizing station immediately inside, and masked staff members with spray bottles are cleaning high-touch surfaces.