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🎬🌈 Winnipeg’s Reel Pride Film Festival kicked off its 40th year with record-breaking ticket sales, bold storytelling, and a powerful message of visibility. ✨🙌 As Canada’s longest-running 2SLGBTQIA+ film festival, organizers say the celebration is about joy, resilience, and ensuring queer stories continue to shine.

https://u-channel.ca/canadas-oldest-2slgbtqia-film-festival-marks-40-years-in-winnipeg/

🌿 Tending the Wild, a new exhibit at Galerie Buhler Gallery, invites visitors into a living garden of art, history, and hidden perspectives, blending Métis and Indigenous artifacts with contemporary works by Winnipeg artists. 🎨 Through themes of healing, playfulness, and community, curator Hannah_g hopes each visitor discovers their own story in the collection.

https://u-channel.ca/new-exhibit-explores-healing-history-and-hidden-perspectives/

🧶🇨🇦 At Winnipeg’s 14th annual Fibre Festival, farmers and makers raised concerns over U.S. tariffs, rising costs, and Canada’s shrinking wool infrastructure. 🌾 Yet amid challenges, the event highlighted community, creativity, and efforts to rebuild a sustainable local fibre industry.

https://u-channel.ca/winnipeg-fibre-festival-highlights-tariff-struggles-and-push-to-rebuild-canadas-wool-industry/

🏘️ The City of Winnipeg is moving forward with plans to build supportive housing at five sites, holding public sessions last week to provide information and gain community input. 🤝 These projects aim to provide stability, dignity, and on-site supports for residents facing housing insecurity.

https://u-channel.ca/winnipeg-hosts-public-discussions-on-supportive-housing-at-five-proposed-sites/

🏛️✨ Dalnavert Museum marked its 130th anniversary over the September long weekend with Dalnavert Days, a free community festival featuring tours, crafts, and games. 🎉 The celebration brought Winnipeg’s history to life, connecting families, first-time visitors, and longtime residents with one of the city’s most iconic heritage homes.

https://u-channel.ca/dalnavert-museum-marks-130-years-of-history-in-downtown-winnipeg/

✂️💇🏳️‍⚧️ Free haircuts at Vq Salon gave trans and non-binary youth a safe space to explore their identities. 🌈✨ Stylists Darla, Ava, and Tyler created a space that inspired confidence, community, and celebration.

https://u-channel.ca/local-salon-hosts-free-haircuts-for-trans-and-non-binary-youth/

🎮🦬 The Manitoba Museum launched a free game, Anishinaabemowin with the Amik, teaching 21 animal names in Ojibwe through fun levels for learners of all ages. 🌿✨ This initiative supports Indigenous language preservation and community engagement, aligning with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action.

https://u-channel.ca/new-game-teaches-the-basics-of-anishinaabemowin-to-support-language-revitalization/

🚍⚡ Winnipeg has become the first city in Canada to put 60-foot zero-emission buses on the road, giving riders 30 days to test out the new fleet. 🌱🔋 The trial will help transit officials refine performance before expanding to 90 ZEBs, marking a major step toward greener public transportation.

https://u-channel.ca/30-day-trial-of-60-foot-electric-buses-paves-the-way-for-expansion/

🌾🦬 Manitoba’s Living Prairie Museum is uniting community, art, and Indigenous teachings through a bison sculpture that will help plant native seeds and inspire prairie conservation. 🎨🌱 This interactive project celebrates cultural respect, biodiversity, and hope for restoring the vanishing tallgrass prairie.

https://u-channel.ca/bison-sculpture-carries-hope-for-manitobas-tallgrass-prairies/

🎟️✨ This summer, the Canada Strong Pass is opening doors for youth with FREE entry (17 and under) big discounts for ages 18–24, making museums, parks, & cultural sites more accessible than ever! 🏞️🏛️ It's also an opportunity for greater insights into how these experiences can be improved for youth and young adults.🍁💡

https://u-channel.ca/summer-pass-sparks-new-insights-into-youth-engagement-at-museums/