Digital Transition
My profession takes many forms from news reporting to writing in a diary. The image of a journalist has changed from a man in trench coat and fedora with “Press” in his hatband, to a chic woman in sundress with microphone in hand. I am a journalist, which is the job of writing things down […]
Horse at City Hall
For several years during my working days I belonged to Winnipeg’s Metro Club, representing Manitoba Farm Vacations. As a member you went to lunch every Wednesday at the International Inn. Once a year you got to promote your company by being guest speaker at lunch. You could be innovative. I cooked up a big deal. […]
Work at The Trib
Whenever I drive through Winnipeg, I have fond memories of events in my life related to a certain building at a specific corner, gone now, but marked by a ghost from the past, hovering above the corner where the building once stood. The other day I drove through downtown Winnipeg on Smith Street and remembered […]
Funt in Winnipeg
People with personality, and places with pizazz flash through my mind when I remember Winnipeg in the 60s. Sometimes I remember a story. Never mind Elvis Presley and the Beatles. I’m talking about longtime mayor Stephen Juba, radio emcee Cliff Gardner, the Playhouse, the Paddock and Winnipeg’s Gingerbread City Hall. If you google the Playhouse […]
Eagle Feather
I Want An Eagle Feather I have always wanted an eagle feather, but in aboriginal spirituality, you can’t just go and find one. You have to have it given to you, preferably by an aboriginal elder. When I was editor of the Rupert’s Land News, published by the Diocese of Rupert’s Land, the Anglican Bishop, […]