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27/02/2024

When I grew up in St. Boniface in the 60s and 70s francophones would quickly switch to English in my company, not out of respect, but fear that French was not welcome. These were the years of rights advocate George Forest and the firebombing of the Société de la francophonie manitobaine offices. Today I’m grateful that people like dedicated SFM Executive Director Daniel Boucher have made it possible for even members of my family to spend years in French education and now be considered a francophonie. The diversity that is now St. Boniface is because people like M. Boucher had the wisdom to look far into the future and see what was needed. Merci M. Boucher! Enjoy your retirement.

Une nouvelle douce-amère. Après 30 ans à la barre de la Société de la francophonie manitobaine, Daniel Boucher a annoncé qu'il prendrait sa retraite à titre de directeur général.

Daniel a consacré quatre décennies à la promotion de la langue, des droits et de la culture des francophones. Il est l'un des plus ardents défenseurs de la francophonie au Canada, et il est reconnu pour les progrès importants que la SFM a réalisés pour devenir une organisation pleinement inclusive pour toutes les personnes d'expression francophone au Manitoba.

Daniel, nous tenons à t'exprimer notre profonde gratitude pour toutes ces années de dévouement inlassable. Nous te sommes infiniment reconnaissants pour ton leadership exemplaire, ta vision audacieuse et ton engagement infatigable envers notre communauté.

Merci Daniel. Tu vas nous manquer. Profite de ta retraite bien méritée.

Nous vous invitons à lire notre communiqué de presse pour plus de détails sur la carrière remarquable de Daniel : https://www.sfm.mb.ca/un-dirigeant-de-la-sfm-prend-sa-retraite-apres-quatre-decennies-consacrees-a-la-defense-des-droits-des-francophones/

Crédit photo : Dan Harper

14/02/2024

We’re not in a “moment” … “Manitoba is the moment.” The best quote you’ll hear on The Current today from . Other amazing guests Boldness leader The Premier award winning singer songwriter …. Stop what you’re doing and take it in today. It’s full of hope, faith, courage, pride. It’s worth 60 moments.

24/12/2023

It takes a village to raise a festival and hundreds of volunteers over seven years make possible ... ... we're all so deeply honoured to make the Top 100 Most Fascinating Manitobans 2023. Thanks

Take a moment and treat yourself to 2 minutes of pure joy and watch the wrap video holidayalley.ca

Nod to festival event planners and our founding director who got us here. And dozens of amazing sponsors who believe in community like lead sponsor .

Photos: / Melanie Daniels

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23/12/2023

We know it takes a whole village to raise a festival. So this one belongs to the hundreds of volunteers over the seven years who have built Holiday Alley in Selkirk's historic downtown. BRAVO to all the volunteers. (holidayalley.ca)

"Top 100 Most Fascinating Manitobans in 2023 by Ace Burpee"

• Shirley Muir, Andraea Sartison & Jennie O’Keefe: Holiday Alley is a four-day celebration of art, music, light and creativity in Selkirk. It’s incredible. The event has been named Travel Manitoba’s Event of the Year, Interlake Tourism Association’s Event of the Year and has become a must-attend for thousands. Muir and Fête Jockey Events’ Sartison and O’Keefe make the magic happen.

https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/2023/12/23/ace-burpees-top-100-most-fascinating-manitobans-for-2023

I hope all is well with you. Writing this fascinating list each year thing is always an incredible process. I never struggle to find amazing people and amazing stories. The hardest part is keeping it...

08/03/2023

Kisses & hugs… for the years of courage telling us how it is and how it ought to be. Who do you want to thank today on International Women’s Day? Shout out!

Del Simon (CBC); Sophia Rabliauskas (Pimachiown Aki Poplar River First Nation), Elder Ruth Christie (Peguis First Nation), Elder Barb Nepinak (Pine Creek First Nation), Michelle Jean-Paul (Louis Riel School Division), Angela Casssie (National Gallery of Canada), Joy Loewen (National Screen Institute) and to so many future bright minds and hearts - Kit and Malaika National Screen Institute - Canada (NSI)

15/02/2023

Tip 10: Step up to be a cheerleader
Every award-winning project needs a cheerleader. Maybe it’s our long dark cold winters, but Manitoba has a lot of champions. It’s how we got The LEAF . Thanks Margaret Redmond! It’s how we got the first national museum outside of Ottawa. Thanks Gail Asper . It’s how we got Qaumajuq. Thanks . It’s how the World Trade Centre came to Winnipeg, thanks to Mariette Mulaire. And of course Mark Chipman and the . All Manitobans. All raised in winters! Coincidence?

To learn the rest of the 10 Tips on How to Build an Award-winning Winter Festival (like Holiday Alley) join us at the Winter Cities Conference Feb 15-17, Winnipeg. Link in bio.

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13/02/2023

Tip 1: What’s the goal?
When building a community festival know your goals. And if the plan doesn’t work, change the plan but never the goals.
For example when a pandemic interrupted the 4th live festival, Holiday Alley still supported musicians, artists and artisans and went from a 2-day live festival to 12-days of virtual activities. It launched with 2-hours of Holiday Alley TV with performers coming from their homes and a few messages from the Santa kids did not get to see over the pandemic. Holiday Alley even engaged other cities named Selkirk around the world to create a joint sing-a-long with submissions from Selkirk, Scotland; Selkirk, New York State and Selkirk, Ontario. The song? The 12 Days of Holiday Alley, of course.

Learn 10 Tips on How to Build a Great Winter Festival at the Winter Cities Conference Feb 15-17, Winnipeg.

13/02/2023

Imagine a prairie city of 10,000 with a magic recipe that draws 5,000 people to its decaying downtown to celebrate art, culture and creativity…. in winter. If you can see that then you’re seeing Holiday Alley .
If you want to know HOW to create that same excitement join us at the Winter Cities Conference Feb 15-17 in Winnipeg. The PRHouse and Holiday Alley share 10 Tips on How to Build a Great Winter Festival.

20/01/2023

The talent in Winnipeg never ceases to amaze me. The PRHouse team toured The LEAF this week, a project almost everyone of us touched in some way over the years - from branding to campaign strategies to logo development to event planning to video production. It was a joy to work on and even more fun to breath in. How lucky are we. #

26/10/2022

LONEY…. ONLY LONEY.

18/09/2022

Recently I met a drug dealer …….turned construction manager. Meet Joey and see how gang members can go from being a tax on society to tax-paying citizens.

Shaun Loney shared a post on Instagram: "Joey joined me at our Public Safety and Homelessness Forum. This is what actual public safety looks like. The virtual forum will take place Sept 21st. ". Follow their account to see 72 posts.

10/09/2022

What are you reading today? Me?
Shaun Loney’s “Dear Winnipeg” letter in the Winnipeg Free Press. He’s invited us to dig deep and talk about safety and homelessness Wed. Sept. 14 - 7 PM . I’m going. See you there?

25/05/2022

May 27 is National Road Trip Day! Who knew! Well actually some amazing women-owned businesses did and they have the perfect day mapped out for you in their historic downtown. Stop 1 - get caffeinated and get the map. Then shop and . Lunch and over a smoothie go on-line to check out . Continue your shop and . Just 40 minutes north of Winnipeg makes it a perfect Road Trip Day with a chance to win $500 of goodies. What’s your most memorable Road Trip?

13/05/2022

Environmental leader Sophia Rabliauskas of Poplar River FN and Murray Sinclair, judge, senator, mentor (born & raised in Selkirk, Manitoba) at the Selkirk Heritage Endowment Fund (SHEF) event. A community together on a continued path of reconciliation is a hopeful thing.

05/05/2022

Full house at cityhall today as Shaun Loney took the first step to becoming Winnipeg's next mayor.