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Potahto Week is upon us, and restaurants all over Winnipeg are serving up creative interpretations of every Manitoban’s favourite vegetable; the humble-yet-mighty potato.

Borrowing a cup of sugar from a neighbour is commonplace. But it’s rare when a neighbour comes knocking for a sourdough starter to add to a batch of beer.

Hippy. Dippy. Trippy.
Thirteen years ago, Lisa Tjaden was not any of these things. Today, the owner of Radiance Gifts is happy to label herself as all three.

Shea Ritchie grew up in the hospitality industry, helping with his father’s food service company. When he was 12, he was a dishwasher. And it wouldn’t be completely out of the ordinary to find him in the dish pit these days, either.

Every family comes with baggage. For U.N. Luggage owners and siblings Jon Thiessen and Jen Goreski, it’s literal.

The Local Frequency app launched in 2016 as a shop-local rewards program to keep money in the local economy, where it can have the most impact. Every little shift to local counts.