Word test By: Wendy Sawatzky Posted: 3:00 PM CDT Friday, Oct. 19, 2012

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This article was published 19/10/2012 (4719 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

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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.

His traditional name is Wabanakwut, which in the Anishinaabe language means the “early morning grey cloud.” In the Anishinaabe language, words also don’t just describe but articulate actions. “Wab” therefore draws upon “waaban,” which means “dawn” or “the sunrise of a new day.”

He’s a traditional singer (hand drum and big drum) and is a Sundance and Midéwiwin practitioner — ceremonial institutions in Indigenous communities.

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There are 5 First Nations linguistic groups in Manitoba: Cree, Ojibway, Dakota, Ojibway-Cree and Dene.

Cross Lake, Dakota Tipi, Fisher River, Sagkeeng, Nisichawayasihk, Norway House, O-Pipon-Na-Piwin, and Tootinaowaziibeeng have no tribal council affiliations.

Other First Nations include: Bunibonibee, Canupawakpa Dakota, Chemawawin, Keeseekoowenin Ojibway, Kinonjeoshtegon, Manto Sipi, Mathias Colomb, Mosakahiken, Nisichawayasihk, Opaskwayak, Roseau River, Pinaymootang, Pauingassi, O-Chi-Chak-Ko-Sipi, Sapotaweyak, Sayisi Dene, Shamattawa, Skownan, Tataskweyak, Wasagamack, and Waywayseecappo.

The official name of the Icelandic Festival of Manitoba in Gimli is Íslendingadagurinn, although sometimes we forget the accent and write it Islendingadagurinn. While there, people might enjoy the Icelandic prune torte, vínarterta, or Icelandic pancakes: pönnukökur.

Some popular Slavic dishes include borscht, holopchi, perogies, pyrohy, though you can’t buy them at Oseredok Ukrainian Cultural. All were probably loved by Taras Shevchenko. Oooh, and don’t forget about kubasa. Or is it kolbassa? Perhaps kielbasa?

Numbers

Tickets $29.50, $24.56, $38.00 and $79 plus fees at Ticketmaster

It was a 36.5 per cent increase. She is wrong 26% of the time.

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Oft-used names

Some Manitoba Members of Parliament:

• Niki Ashton, who represents Churchill—Keewatinook Aski
• James Bezan, who represents Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman
• Daniel Blaikie, who represents Elmwood—Transcona
• Raquel Dancho,  who represents Kildonan—St. Paul
• Terry Duguid, Ted Falk, Leah Gazan, Dan Vandal

Winnipeg’s city council:

Mayor Scott Gillingham is the mayor of Winnipeg. Coun. John Orlikow is another councillor, along with Coun. Markus Chambers, who represents St. Norbert – Seine River.

Coun. Ross Eadie represents Mynarski, while Jeff Browaty represents North Kildonan.

Coun. Devi Sharma represents Old Kildonan, and Vivian Santos represents Point Douglas

Coun. Matt Allard represents St. Boniface, home to the Manitoba Métis Federation whose president David Chartrand.

Sports & cultural figures

Here are a few Winnipeg Jets: Nikolaj Ehlers, Alex Iafallo, Rasmus Kupari, Vladislav Namestnikov, Nino Niederreiter, Mark Scheifele, Laurent Brossoit, and Connor Hellebuyck.

Here are a few Blue Bombers: Sergio Castillo, Zach Collaros, Nic Demski, Kerfalla-Emmanuel Exumé, and Jermarcus Hardrick.

Star forward E.J. Anosike has left the city’s professional basketball team.

Caelum Vatnsdal heard backlash about the cranial combustion in Cronenberg’s film Scanners before he saw the scene on VHS a year or so later. He’s written a book on filmmaker Guy Maddin.

The Weakerthans, Propagandhi and Bachman-Turner Overdrive are from Winnipeg. Concerts are often held at Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall.

Jorge Requena Ramos works at the West End Cultural Centre, which booked Ayii (10K) Madit.

Shahina Siddiqui, is a freelance writer, author, spiritual counselor, speaker and educator.  Multi-talented Mozambican artist Casimiro Nhussi has made Winnipeg his home since 1997. Uche Nwankwo has lived in Canada since 2008. Winnipeg filmmaker Bisong Taiwo sheds light some on Manitoba’s beautiful worship spaces.

MLAs

Cindy Lamoureux, is the interim leader of Manitoba’s Liberal Party and serves as the MLA for Tyndall Park. Veteran Liberal MLA Jon Gerrard failed to win in River Heights, a legislature seat he’d held since 1999, losing to NDP candidate Mike Moroz.

Union Station MLA Uzoma Asagwara is a first-generation Nigerian-Canadian, registered psychiatric nurse, and former university and national-level basketball player.

St. James MLA Adrien Sala was first elected in September 2019, and served as finance and Hydro critic while in Opposition. Prior to becoming an MLA, Sala worked in the financial sector, as strategy and operations director with Assiniboine Credit Union.

Concordia MLA Matt Wiebe was first elected in a byelection in March 2010, and served as backbencher in premier Greg Selinger’s government. Before being elected, he was premier Gary Doer’s executive assistant.

“Just sticking a pullquote in here to see how it’s handled.”–Wendy

Dauphin MLA Ron Kostyshyn is one newly-elected MLA who joins Kinew’s cabinet with past experience on executive council. He lost his seat in 2016 to former Tory MLA Rick Wowchuk.

St. Johns MLA Nahanni Fontaine also made history as one of two First Nations women appointed to executive council. She is a member of Sagkeeng First Nation. She was also the NDP’s MMIWG2s and veterans affairs spokesperson.

St. Vital MLA Jamie Moses is one two Black lawmakers appointed to Kinew’s inner circle. He was a senior workforce management analyst with IG Wealth Management.

Keewatinook MLA Ian Bushie was first elected to the Manitoba Legislative Assembly in September 2019.

Rookie MLA for Southdale Renée Cable will take over the advanced education and training portfolio.

Notre Dame MLA Malaya Marcelino takes over the labour and immigration portfolio after serving as the NDP’s critic on the file. She is the daughter of former NDP cabinet minister Flor Marcelino.

St. Vital MLA Jamie Moses is one two Black lawmakers appointed to Kinew’s inner circle. Lisa Naylor was first elected in Wolseley in 2019.

Rossmere MLA Tracy Schmidt will bring her perspective as a lawyer, labour relations officer and 42-year-old mother of three to cabinet. She was also a regular volunteer for Elmwood—Transcona MP Daniel Blaikie’s office.

Brandon East MLA Glen Simard is another fresh face at the legislature. The rookie minister comes to politics from the education system, where he was a teacher at École Harrison in Brandon.

Political newcomer Jelynn Dela Cruz — described by her party as “the youngest NDP MLA since Ed Schreyer” — took down a Tory cabinet minister to bring Radisson back into the NDP fold. The 23-year-old Gen Z candidate defeated James Teitsma.

Place names

Many Winnipeg street names that come from French, such as Notre Dame, Lagimodière, Des Meurons, and La Vérendrye, sound nothing like their original French when they are pronounced in English. Des Meurons can go either way. Provencher is pronounced as French.

Some local place names that use anglicized pronunciations include Portage la Prairie, Lac du Bonnet, Agassiz, the RM of Bifrost and some might say Gimli.

Some other odd street names include Plessis, Dugald, Taché, Reenders, and Pembina. Dare we test Cockburn Street?

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Defeated at the Battle of Batoche, Louis Riel was imprisoned in Regina. St. Boniface representative Francine Champagne has once again been suspended from the Louis Riel School Division.

There are too many Indigenous place names in Canada to count — Peguis, Athabasca, Saskatchewan, Toronto, Mégantic, Winnipeg, Ottawa — the list goes on.

Winnipeg city council unanimously approved changing the name of Route 165 to Abinojii Mikanah. Bishop Vital-Justin Grandin (1829-1902), for whom Bishop Grandin Boulevard was named, was a vocal supporter of the residential school system. The St. Vital neighbourhood is also named after him.

Bishop Grandin Trail be renamed Awasisak Mēskanow and Grandin Street be renamed Taapweewin Way.  Theese names can be broken down into easily pronounceable syllables [a-bi-no-jii mi-ka-nah], [a-wi-si-sak me-ska-now], and [ta-pwee-win], so they are not hard to pronounce for phonotactic reasons.

The SCO plans to spend $130 million in the coming years transforming the former Bay building into a mixed-use development called Wehwehneh Bahgahkinahgohn, or “it is visible.”

The river trail was renamed last year to honour the original Cree name used for The Forks. Nestaweya means “three points,” and reflects how people historically came to the area from three directions on the rivers.

The WAG itself was bestowed an additional, unofficial Indigenous name: Biindigin Biwaasaeyaah (BEEN-deh-gen Bi-WAH-say-yah) — “Come on in, the dawn of light is here,” in Anishinaabemowin. Qaumajuq (KOW-ma-yourk or HOW-ma-yourk) is translated from Inuktitut, one of the main languages of the Inuit, as “It is bright, it is lit.”

The advisory circle included language keepers from the four Inuit regions: Nunavut; Nunavik in northern Quebec; Nunatsiavut area of Newfoundland and Labrador; and Inuvialuit Settlement Region of the Northwest Territories/Yukon. People representing First Nations in Manitoba, such as Anishinaabe, Ojibwa, Cree, Dakota, as well as the Métis, are also part of the advisory circle.  Wondering if there is a difference between the pronunciation of Metis and Métis.

Qaumajuq’s entrance hall is Ilavut, which means “our relatives” in Inuktitut; its outdoor plaza is Nutaaq Tummaqtuyuq, “new footsteps” in Inuvialuktun; a gallery is called Pimâtisiwin, “life and the act of living” in Cree/Ojibwa; and the second- and third-floor bridges that link Qaumajuq to the WAG are called Nakishkamohk, “connection” in Michif, the language of the Métis.

Canad Inns on Pembina Highway is not located in the Riel constituency.

What about our names?

Finally, some Free Press folks:

Paul Samyn has been part of the Free Press newsroom for more than a quarter century.

Mike Sawatzky has been working on the Free Press sports desk since 2003.

Gabrielle Piché is a big fan of people, writing and learning.

Malak Abas is a reporter for the Winnipeg Free Press.

Russell Wangersky is an editor, columnist and author.

Jen Zoratti is a Winnipeg Free Press columnist and author of a newsletter.

Niigaan Sinclair is Anishinaabe and is a columnist at the Winnipeg Free Press.

AV Kitching is an arts and life writer at the Free Press.

Raised in the booming metropolis of Altona, Man., Ken Wiebe grew up wanting to play in the NHL.

Joshua Frey-Sam happily welcomes a spirited sports debate any day of the week.

Mike McIntyre grew up wanting to be a professional wrestler.

Colleen Zacharias writes about many aspects of gardening.

Bonus challenge! Boaz Choresh. 😊