Qaumajuq offering free membership to youth

City woman chose medically assisted death in church where ALS sufferer had raised her family

When Betty Sanguin decided to end her life with medical assistance, one of her final requests was for it to take place at her church.

Her family helped fulfil her wish. Surrounded by loved ones, including her six children, Sanguin, 86, died in March at her “crossing over” ceremony at Churchill Park United Church. The entire procedure took 15 minutes.

A lifelong volunteer, her life changed forever last spring when she was diagnosed with ALS, better known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.

This was the first provision of medical assistance in dying (MAiD) to take place in a church in Manitoba.

Gwen Benaway wins Governor General's poetry prize

When Gwen Benaway found out she had won the Governor General's Literary Award for poetry, she said her immediate reaction was not joy, but "intense fear and panic."

The Toronto writer and scholar says she's shocked to be among the few transgender women to be recognized by a Canadian literary institution, even as she protests another.

News of the honour came as Benaway and others denounce Toronto Public Library for refusing to cancel an event featuring a speaker who has been critical of transgender rights. She's since been fielding a barrage of online attacks for her role in the outcry.

Benaway, who is of Anishinaabe and Metis descent, hopes the awards spotlight on her third poetry collection, "Holy Wild," will amplify her voice to reach other trans women, but fears the attention will also draw out a familiar chorus of people eager to silence her.

The Parade will soon end, but the show will go on

While the Manitoba Home Builders’ Association’s 2026 Fall Parade of Homes comes to an official close on Sunday, that doesn’t mean your chance to visit Manitoba’s newest and finest show homes will end as well. Almost all the show homes that have been part of this year’s Fall Parade will remain open for viewing well after the Parade of Homes ends.

MHBA builders have seen outstanding crowds visit the 130 new homes entered in this year’s Fall Parade. This year’s entrants certainly did not disappoint, providing an amazing array of design, style, quality, craftsmanship and choice for prospective homebuyers or those seeking inspiration.

Our Fall and Spring Parades of Homes are showcase events hosted by the MHBA that demonstrate the best that the new home building industry has to offer. Whether you’re in the market for a new home, considering a change or just looking for ideas for your current home, no other Parade of Homes in Canada provides this kind of opportunity for people to experience such a collection of new home concepts, features and decor.

Nowhere else in Canada can homebuyers visit this many unique show homes. Only MHBA builders can enter show homes in our Parade of Homes, so you know you are visiting homes offered by Manitoba’s best and most reputable builders when you view a Parade show home. Winter is a great time for new homebuyers to visit show homes, because it allows you to see many of the home features in full operation, like the heating system and the lighting.

In basketball, complaining about calls its own Olympic sport

Linda Frum, one of the most high-profile Conservative women in the country, is resigning from the Senate, the Star has learned.

Separatist movements are an indication of dissatisfaction, not imminent collapse

For a country supposedly on the verge of breaking apart, Canada has remarkably few people who actually support it.

You’d never know that from the headlines, with Quebec’s separatist party back in power and Alberta preparing to vote on its future in Confederation. The political noise is loud, but the public appetite for separation is extremely weak.

Roughly 70 per cent of Quebecers have no interest in separating from Canada, and the numbers in Alberta are probably about the same. That will be evident after Albertans vote Monday on whether they want to stay in Canada.

So where’s the crisis? Well, the truth is, there isn’t one.