If you’re looking for something to do on Labour Day, Oak Hammock Marsh is one place that will be keeping nature lovers busy. The interpretive centre is offering a full slate of activities on Monday, including horse-drawn wagon rides from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and a geocache workshop at 2 p.m. The Free Press’ [...]

The Manitoba Museum’s summer “Shakin’ All Over” exhibit is coming to an end next week, but will go out with a bang with local singer-songwriter Sierra Noble before it does. The museum has been the host of a summer-long celebration of Manitoba’s music. Shakin’ All Over is a multimedia celebration of the many facets and [...]

Saturday is your last chance to see African soccer in Manitoba, as the African Cup of Manitoba (ACM) will be played at Whittier Park. The competition is an opportunity for youths originating from various places to share their passion for the sport, their culture and their country. The annual soccer tournament brings together young African [...]

Posted by Tyler Sutherland Five-time Grammy Award winner Robert Cray is coming back to Winnipeg in support of his record This Time. The American blues guitarist last performed in Winnipeg back in 2007. Tickets for the October 3 show at the Garrick Centre go on sale at 10 a.m. on Saturday through Ticketmaster for $37.50. [...]

Two infant red pandas that were born at the Assiniboine Park Zoo in mid-June were on display to the media Thursday afternoon. Watch: Dash and Slash — two of four adult pandas at the zoo — are the proud parents of the female cubs named Robyn and Steele. But the pair has been hand-raised since [...]

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 [...]

Posted by Brian Schultz Giant tortoises, crocodiles, snakes, lizards and frogs will stop in Winnipeg for a four-day tour at Kildonan Place Shopping Centre next week. Safari Jeff’s “Living Wild” tour will include a variety of reptile creatures with two shows daily from September 9-12 in the mall’s centre court. Along with his wife Shannon, [...]

Winnipeg Blue Bomber fans likely won’t be swarming the Royal Canadian Mint on Friday when a new one-dollar circulation coin commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Saskatchewan Roughriders is made available. Following the official launch of the Mint’s newest commemorative circulation coin in Regina later today, the Mint will be hosting a coin exchange for [...]

Posted by Sarah Klein On Screen Manitoba has started the process of finding a new executive director to head up the innovative, non-profit association. Following the resignation on July 8 of Tara Walker, who left to pursue an MBA degree, the organization that represents the screen-based media industry in Manitoba needs to move forward with [...]

An early morning fire destroyed three portable classrooms at Stanley Knowles School on Wednesday. Firefighters were called to the scene at around 1:30 a.m., where they found two classrooms fully engulfed, and later discovered a third. Classes are scheduled to resume at the school — which houses nursery to Grade 8 students — on September [...]

Friday is when the 2010 season begins for the Manitoba Bison football team, as they take to the road and travel west to Regina. Fifth year veteran running back Matt Henry has been named a captain for the third consecutive season. Henry rushed for over 600 yards last season and is now second in all [...]

CBC Manitoba has four openings in its Winnipeg newsroom for three English reporters/editors and an associate producer. The broadcaster posted the full-time jobs Tuesday afternoon on its website. One of the reporter/editor positions is only temporary, while the others are of regular status. To view the individual postings, select “Current Openings” and then choose Winnipeg [...]