Lifestyles 55

In the mid 1980s, the hottest of the downtown music clubs was The Rorie Street Marble Club located at 65 Rorie Street at Bannatyne Avenue. And the entertainment that drew the crowds was Winnipeg vocal group The Argyles. The quartet’s brand of superb vocal harmony, clever song selection, and onstage fun was infectious. Formed in… Read More »The Argyles even toured Asia!

Lifestyles 55 is often about retirement for most of us and often pictured on TV as being a continuous vacation. The people involved in the ads are perfectly healthy, good looking, and carefree. Whereas this might be something to strive for, it may be an impossible expectation for most people. It could be like living… Read More »Who are we after we retire?

A very versatile meat, cold, hot, boiled, roasted, or fried, barbecued chicken can be cooked just about any way you can think of varied with an abundance of different seasonings and toppings including sauces. Most of the time we tend to grill when using the barbecue. After all flame food is good food. But sometimes… Read More »We all really love it: Barbecue roasted chicken

By Volker Beckman Part one of a two-part piece. Have you heard? There is a tsunami coming! Or as some say, a major disruption in transportation around the globe. Well, how about in Manitoba, or not? Hold that thought! The rapid growth of electric vehicles (EV) in the past five years is truly remarkable and… Read More »Electric vehicle development

By Wayne Douglas Weedon I used to live in Holman Island, now known as Ulukhaktok, a hamlet in the Canadian Arctic. In the spring of 1966, on a daily basis, aeroplanes were landing at Holman Island and other settlements, bringing students from residential schools who had never returned home in the ten to twelve years… Read More »Let the people know

Flin Flon, MB is now a small town though to be completely truthful, it was never very big. It reached a population of approximately 13,500 in the 1960s and was designated as a city in Manitoba. We still refer to it as the City of Flin Flon though our population has shrunk to about 5,150… Read More »Pride in Flin Flon extends beyond hockey and the arts

By Darlene Ronald Timing is everything it’s said, which is why it’s so encouraging that Taylor McCaffrey picked 2021, pandemic and all, to become a Manitoba Opera sponsor. “Manitoba Opera, like so many organizations, has had to reinvent itself during COVID-19,” says Remo De Sordi, a managing partner at the firm. As a Performance Sponsor… Read More »Taylor McCaffrey brings passion for opera centre stage

Thirteen years with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and ten years with the Winnipeg Folk Festival have flown by. I often wished for even one boring day, but for twenty-three years my days were filled to the brim with meetings, performances, reports to write, board meetings and committee meetings to attend, funds to raise, grant and… Read More »People of Influence…

July 24th is National Self-Care Day. Self-care is an important aspect of living well, whether we are engaging in regular activities that keep us healthy, such as sleeping and feeding ourselves, or learning new skills that help us get through difficult times. For many people, mindfulness is an important component of self-care. Mindfulness is the… Read More »Mindfulness