Food And Drinks

A Winnipeg festival of food is celebrating cooking and eating this weekend, with treats ranging from takoyaki (battered octopus balls) to goto (a Filipino rice porridge) and much more."Food, you want to share. It's part of the family…

While grocery bills rise, food is still being wasted in Winnipeg — and a new report says nearly half of that greenhouse gas-producing waste is avoidable.Food waste from single-family households made up about 44 per cent of Winnipeg's waste…

As concerns about COVID-19 increase across Manitoba, Winnipeg Harvest is seeing its supply of food drop. The food bank relies on donations from people and stores, but with people stockpiling and stores not having a lot of extra stock,…

A Winnipeg non-profit will be receiving more than $400,000 worth of food as the federal government moves to improve food security several months into the COVID-19 pandemic. Winnipeg Harvest says the $414,133 investment of surplus food…

While COVID-19 has drastically changed how the Christmas Cheer Board can operate this year, the non-profit isn’t letting the pandemic slow down its annual push to spread holiday cheer to families in need. Instead of handing out…

Since 2016, Compost Winnipeg has been picking up food waste from homes and businesses in the city. As of November 2022, they’ve composted 4 million kilograms of organics — waste that would otherwise go to the landfill, where it would…

Manitoba’s Progressive Conservative government is distributing cheques totalling $200 million to ease pressure on voters’ wallets in an election year, but critics say the tax dollars would be better spent bringing…

With COVID-19 restrictions in Manitoba meaning cancellations across the board for festivals and other large gatherings and events, the prime season for Winnipeg’s food truck operators is considerably less active than it would be in a…

Since 2016, Compost Winnipeg has been picking up food waste from homes and businesses in the city. As of November 2022, they’ve composted 4 million kilograms of organics — waste that would otherwise go to the landfill, where it would…

The Winnipeg Police Service is looking for information on a fatal crash on Portage Avenue on Sunday that left a 24-year-old woman dead. Around 11:30 p.m., police received a report about a crash involving a pedestrian at the…