As we quickly approach graduation season here in Point Douglas, my heart is filled with immense joy for all of those graduating and their families. I want to extend my heartfelt and warmest congratulations to all of you. Whether you are moving on from early years, completing middle school, or graduating from high school or adult education, you have reached a truly significant milestone. You have worked incredibly hard, and your dedication, character, and unique spirit shine brightly across our entire community. Graduating is a magnificent achievement, and you deserve to be celebrated for every single step of your educational journey.

In our neighbourhood, we also understand that success is built on community support, lifting one another up, and overcoming obstacles together. That is why each year, I am honoured to present the Claudette Osborne-Tyo Building Bridges, Breaking Barriers Award. This special bursary is unique in that it recognizes students at every stage of their academic path, early years, middle years, high school and adult education students who show kindness, help others, and work hard to overcome barriers in their daily lives.

This award carries a very personal connection for me and comes from a place of deep love and remembrance. In 2008, my beautiful sister, Claudette Osborne-Tyo, went missing. Her disappearance changed my life forever and set me on a lifelong path of seeking justice and advocating for missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirit individuals. Claudette was a loving mother, a caring sister, and someone who always tried to build bridges between people. I created this bursary in her honor to ensure her legacy of love, connection, and strength lives on through our youth.

For our students and our community, this award is just as important. It reminds our young people that they are seen, heard, and deeply appreciated. It lets them know that their efforts to break through systemic barriers and create a more compassionate world do not go unnoticed. By supporting our amazing students from early years all the way through high school, we are actively investing in the bright future leaders of our province.

4 et 11 juin • Jeudis francos Thursdays • Saint-Boniface

4 juin • Concert LGS • CCFM

4 juin • Club de marche • Henteleff Park

4 juin • Café conversation • Kilter brewing

Feedback sought on Omand’s Creek bridge design

The City of Winnipeg is asking the public to weigh in on designs for a new Omand’s Creek pedestrian bridge.

After an initial input phase, the city is releasing a draft of plans to replace the bridge. The current draft design “raises the bridge to help reduce flooding and rebuilds the pathways to improve safety and accessibility for people of all ages and abilities, while respecting (Omand Park’s) natural setting.”

Residents can review the project boards and complete an online survey open until June 14.

Learn to lawn bowl June 6

Bowls Manitoba will participate in National Bowls Day on Saturday, June 6 with an open house from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the artificial lawn bowling green at Dakota Community Centre (1212 Dakota St.).

There will be equipment and instruction provided to a recommended age group of 10 and up.

Drop in anytime. No advance registration is required.

The Liberals’ environmental policies are falling apart, and they have nobody to blame but themselves.

For years, Canadians were told that carbon taxes, mandates, and regulations were beyond debate. If anyone raised concerns about cost, jobs, investment, or whether the policies were even working, they were treated like the problem. Now the same Liberal government is walking away from major pieces of that agenda. That does not prove Canadians stopped caring about the environment. It proves the Liberals’ policies were never as solid as they claimed.

Since being elected in 2023, I have sat on the environment committee. After hearing hours of testimony and speaking with experts from across the spectrum, one thing became clear. There has never been one unquestionable path forward on climate policy, no matter how often the Liberals pretended otherwise.

Their message was simple. Accept the carbon taxes. Accept the mandates. Accept the endless regulations. Pay more, give up more, and stop asking questions. When Canadians asked for relief at the pump, Liberals answered with hysteria.