With summer comes beaches, pools, patios, and festivals. I’ve already been to a couple festivals this summer, but it was my first time embarking on the Winnipeg Folk Festival, a four-day weekend festival held in July every year in Bird’s Hill Provincial Park, a stone’s throw from my hometown, Winnipeg. Folk Fest, as us Winnipeggers […]

Four more days!!! If you know me, you’ll know I’m crazy about new store openings and Boxing Day.  When it comes to shopping, I don’t mess around.  I am that girl that wakes up at 5 a.m. to hit the stores bright and early to get the best deals (or 4 a.m. if it’s an […]

There’s a reason they call Winnipeg, “Winterpeg”. Being in the centre of Canada, this prairie city (the largest between Toronto and Calgary) is notorious for having -40 weather (celsius, of course). Yes, it’s cold, but we get used to it. Another thing we are known for?  Having a large aboriginal population.  The CBC reported in […]