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Some of the Exhange District’s fading advertisements will get a shiny new lease on life, beginning at this weekend’s Nuit Blanche festival. The downtown area is home to upwards of 150 ‘ghost signs’ — advertisements painted on the sides of buildings that are in various states of fading and decay, …
Read More »N.S. goaltender to make hockey history when she suits up for Cape Breton Eagles
A 16-year-old goalie from Antigonish, N.S., is set to make hockey history on Friday night. Rhyah Stewart will become the first female player to take the ice for the Cape Breton Eagles in the team’s 26-year franchise history as they take on the Moncton Wildcats in a pre-season fixture at …
Read More »More than 800 items are missing from the Canadian Museum of History
More than 800 items could be lost to historical memory after an audit of the Canadian Museum of History found the inventory missing and the corporation with no plans to deal with the issue. The Office of the Auditor General of Canada produced the report, which was published on Thursday, …
Read More »Black History Manitoba, human rights museum team up for Emancipation Day event – Winnipeg
An event this Friday at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights aims to celebrate the accomplishments of Black Canadians and recognize an important historical day on the calendar. Aug. 1, known as Emancipation Day, marks the anniversary of the Slavery Abolition Act 1833, which ended slavery throughout the British Empire …
Read More »New Chinatown exhibition celebrates Montreal neighbourhood’s history – Montreal
Six new outdoor exhibitions in the busiest areas of Montreal’s Chinatown are as much a celebration of the city’s Chinese heritage as a way to keep the culture alive. “Chinatown and Chinatown stories have been rendered invisible and have been largely erased, from the collective memory and from the history …
Read More »Winnipeg celebrates biggest Pride Parade in history, spreading love and acceptance – Winnipeg
Winnipeg’s Pride Parade saw its largest turnout ever as thousands of people marched through the city’s streets earlier on Sunday, spreading love and acceptance. There was a sea of colour along Portage Avenue as 160 groups and over 10,000 people walked by to celebrate Pride month and those who didn’t …
Read More »Museum exhibit looks at five decades of Winnipeg LGBTQ2 history – Winnipeg
A new exhibit at the Manitoba Museum is showcasing five decades of LGBTQ2 history in Winnipeg. “If These Walls Could Talk,” which opens Friday and runs until early December, is produced in partnership with the Rainbow Resource Centre, and examines major issues and activist campaigns in the city from the …
Read More »WNBA lands in Toronto for first game ever on Canadian soil
On Friday, at the OVO Athletic Centre in Toronto, basketball players from the Minnesota Lynx could be seen practicing hard, gearing up to make history. Come Saturday, this team and their opponents, the Chicago Sky, will face off at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto for the first-ever WNBA game to be …
Read More »New downtown exhibit compares Winnipeg’s COVID-19 response to the Spanish Flu – Winnipeg
A new exhibit in downtown Winnipeg is comparing the city’s response to the COVID-19 virus in 2020 to the Spanish Flu that spread across the world in 1918. It’s in the Millennium centre and run by Heritage Winnipeg every day until March 31. It is drawing parallels between the two …
Read More »Einarson, Jones set out for history books as Scotties Tournament of Hearts opens – Winnipeg
By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted February 17, 2023 8:19 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size Kerri Einarson and Jennifer Jones take a shot at history as the Scotties Tournament of Hearts begins Friday at the Sandman Centre. Einarson, alongside Val Sweeting, Shannon Birchard and Briane …
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