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Ben Waldman :

Landlords apologize for 'extremely insensitive' video mocking displaced tenants forced out by massive rent hikes

JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS</p><p>Charity McLellan and her son, Jaxon, at their apartment building on David Street. The new owners of the Fairlane Apartments have informed McLellan that her monthly rent will be going from $806 to $1400.</p>

Eva Wasney :

Lori Blondeau recognized with Governor General's Award

FADO Lori Blondeau, Feast Famine, 2010, performance documentation, variable dimensions. Artist’s collection.

Brent Bellamy :

'Abilities Village' plan filled with possibility

IMAGE: 5468796 Architecture</p><p>The planned ‘Abilities Village’ development has the potential to revitalize and diversify a historic segment of Provencher Boulevard.</p>

Declan Schroeder :

1960s-era plan would have replaced historic architecture with freeways, highrises

MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS</p><p>A model of the Cultural Centre Renewal Scheme, part of an ambitious proposal to combat what was seen as downtown’s decline in the 1950s and 1960s. Mayor Stephen Juba said the plan would make Winnipeg known as ‘the city of the future.’</p>

Alan Small :

Cheap, portable and easy to learn, the ukulele is having a moment

Winnipeg flight attendant Bev Watson is delighted with her ukulele.

Ben Waldman :

'Sweetener' makes noise as the 'voice' of 15,000 absent Jets fans

As ‘sweetener’ Plested is standing in for more than 15,000 fans who can’t attend. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press)</p>

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