The City of Winnipeg has a survey open from November 16 to 30th, seeking feedback on the city’s blue box recycling program. When I first saw the news item about the survey and open houses, I had the impression that it was only looking for comments on the proposed automated bins. Happily, the survey asks [...]

It’s official. High demand has made it necessary for us to create a Winnipeg O’ My Heart glossary of terms unique to Winnipeg and Manitoba. During a recent conversation with CBC Information Radio host Terry MacLeod, he asked us about the unique phrases we coin through the blog. A bit stumped, we fumbled through an [...]

A few weeks ago there was a lot of buzz about Manitoba being the worst recyclers in the country. In some ways, I am surprised. In others, not so much.
One of the consequences of living in lots of different places is that you start to compare them to each other. I’m sure everyone I know [...]

When I moved to Vancouver five years ago, I gave up my car. Not having a car is pretty easy there – the weather is mild, the transit coverage is thorough, and the cost of paying to park makes you avoid driving downtown at all costs (not to mention the mess of bridges for anyone [...]