Australian country music stars Jetty Road were in town Wednesday night for the first of two shows at the Pyramid Cabaret. The band is no stranger to Manitoba, having previously performed at Dauphin’s Countryfest in 2008. The country music “Group of the Year” is made up of identical twin sisters, Lee and Paula Bowman, and [...]

This particular horse did not want to be rounded up Sunday during the yearling auction at Assiniboia Downs. Its handler had to bring it extra help when the animal decided to fall down on its butt and create a scene. Eventually the horse was brought back to its feet, and all was well. The animal [...]

It was all about the past over the weekend as the 38th Annual Cooks Creek Heritage Day was held Sunday in the RM of Springfield. The yearly event highlights the prominent Ukrainian settlement in Cooks Creek, and recognizes the other handful of ethnic members in the community. The skies cleared from the dreary weather which [...]

The first ever River Barge Festival at The Forks is in the books and organizers couldn’t be more pleased. Despite the rainy weather on Saturday, the festival pushed forward as planned, albeit under the canopy to keep the performs and their equipment dry. Thousands of people made The Forks a stop on their schedules, as [...]

Funny man Rick Mercer invaded Canwest Park on Saturday to try his hand at becoming the next player on the Winnipeg Goldeyes. As you can likely guess, it didn’t go so well. The host of the popular CBC television show “The Rick Mercer Report” was in Winnipeg with a film crew to learn everything from [...]

Hundreds of people at The Forks took in a number of stellar performances on Wednesday from the many bands in this year’s River Barge Festival lineup. The first-ever event is unique for Winnipeg, and one that Arts for All hopes will return next year based on its early signs of success. On the first day, [...]

The 100th anniversary of Lockport’s St. Andrews Lock and Dam was celebrated over the weekend, complete with a commemoration delivered by a stand-in for former Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier on Saturday. The main stage provided free family entertainment all weekend long under bright skies and warm Manitoba air, including performances by the Foster Martin [...]

Unless True North Sports and Entertainment has a deal with a cell phone company in Calcutta, they better get their lawyers on the phone. The above photo was taken by a tourist recently of a billboard for a cell phone company named MTS, the mobile service brand of Sistema Shyam TeleServices. The background image is [...]

Aspiring journalists, photographers, and professionals looking to brush up on their talents, filled the Shaw TV Winnipeg studio Thursday evening for a three-hour workshop. Reporter Meera Bahadoosingh and photojournalist Lynsay Perkins taught a packed class how to shoot, report, conduct an interview and some fancy camera tricks. The workshop originally only had room for 20 [...]

Fantastic weather graced the 15th annual Great Woods Music Festival in early August just on the edge of Beausejour. The three-day festival held at the Great Woods Park and Campground saw a 20% increase in attendance compared to last year, say organizers. One of the major draws this year was the Chicago Blues Reunion (above), [...]

A Winnipeg photographer has received the well-deserved honour of “Photo of the Year” as judged by the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF). Maurice Bruneau is probably best known for shooting the famous black and white photo of Brian Sinclair — the man who died after waiting more than 34 hours in the Health Sciences [...]

Local band Johnny Pancreas & The Diabetics lit up J-Fox’s Restaurant & Local this past weekend, bringing with them a guest burlesque performance by starlet Miss Angela La Muse (left). The band is known for not sticking to one specific genre and plays everything from bee bop and Latin, to dixieland, jazz, blues and swing. [...]