Lifestyles 55 is a monthly print-plus-digital publication presenting topical issues and good information. It is available on community newsstands for a thoughtful audience in Winnipeg and Manitoba.
Lifestyles 55 Radio (digital) serves the same audience providing music of the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, reaching out to other decades on occasion and offering fun and entertaining talk about the issues of the day and more.
One of our favourite times of the year is when we fire up the barbecue for those first few mouthwatering bites of fresh food cooked on the grill. The sounds of sizzling hit the air, the smoke slowly rises, the aroma of the grill bites at your nose, and you know you are in […]
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Celebrating 150 years of Winnipeg by Myron Love The Murray Auto Group, which is just two years shy of Its 100th anniversary, is not only one of our province’s family-run auto dealers, second only in longevity to Ford dealer Metcalfe Garage in Treherne, which was founded in 1911, but also one of the largest […]
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Many Manitobans know that southeast Manitoba is a fast-growing region of the province. Home to our third largest city, Steinbach, it continues to attract new residents from around Canada and around the world. And while growth can be positive in many ways, it is sometimes difficult to ensure that infrastructure and facilities keep up with […]
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[OTT, May 2nd, 2024] – Dorothy Dobbie, the founder of Pegasus Publications, a former member of Parliament(1988-1993) and parliament secretary, has been awarded the prestigious Order of Canada during a ceremony at Rideau Hall. With consistently remarkable contributions, Ms. Dobbie’s dedication to Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Consumer and Corporate Affairs, media and publication industry, […]
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Read the May 2024 Lifestyles 55 To view an archive of Lifestyles 55 issues, click here. For a downloadable version, click here. © 2024 Pegasus Publications Inc.
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By Dorothy Dobbie Issues in the News This is a spinoff of my monthly column in Lifestyles, and I have an interesting lineup for you. Listen to the show with Dr. Hélène Bertrand who talks about how to deal with lower back pain. Dr. Bertrand’s show will also appear in audio on our podcast […]
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One of the wonderful things about the people of Winnipeg,” observes Bob Silver, the longtime president of Western Glove Works, “is that there is a modesty about us along with a collective determination to succeed. As my friend, Sandy Riley, pointed out, after Winnipeg lost its reputation as the Chicago of the North, this […]
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Economic forecasting, often heralded as the crystal ball of financial prognostication, is a area fraught with complexities and uncertainties. Economists, armed with big data, models, and theories, endeavor to decipher the enigmatic dance of global markets and foresee the trajectory of economies. However, amidst the many variables and dynamics, errors lurk ominously, capable of […]
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Many people think of “Blue Switch Day” (May 1, 2000) as the beginning of satellite usage for locating coordinates on the ground level. It actually had its beginning back as far as the early 1960s when US President Kennedy made public his desire to have the US reach the moon before the end of […]
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Reach by Rick Duerksen Dear Dorothy; The title of this column is ‘Reach’ and it is time for me to reach. To reach out to the next thing waiting for me. At the end of the first column I wrote, for the September 2022 issue of Lifestyles 55, you posted this comment. ‘This is […]
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There is an epidemic of obesity in our society and religion is to blame. Diseases associated with obesity are on the rise. These include heart disease, arthritis, hardening of the arteries, rotten knees, and rotten hips. The root cause for people to eat too much of the wrong things is religion. Every person […]
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In Canada there are two basic financial acts the affect us all – The Bank Act and The Insurance Companies Act. I am not a lawyer and I do not give legal advice, but we can all find this on the internet, and you will see approximately 1,000 articles in each act if […]
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By Myron Love I had gotten to know Nathan over the past few years through my friendship with his wife Eva, a fellow (sister?) author and journalist. I found Nathan to be outgoing and welcoming. Just over a year ago, I took the opportunity to interview him on the occasion of his retirement from […]
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By Shauna Dobbie Let me be unequivocal in my answer to this question: No. If you can get past all of the stuff about private payments to hookers (1), about keeping classified documents at home (2), about habitual lying (3), about his bizarre response to the pandemic (4), and his two impeachments – and that’s […]
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by Dorothy Dobbie On the news, in my Facebook feed, on the street, all I hear is hate and vitriol against Donald Trump. Interestingly, I also heard it during the election period when he won in 2016 but had no track record to rail against. I was shocked that when I tried to correct […]
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As the weather warms up and spring creeps closer, Canadian rescues brace for the influx of newborn puppies and kittens that come with the peak breeding season. In fact, this comes on the heels of an urgent call to action recently submitted by 45 rescue organizations to the Manitoba Premier declaring a State of Emergency […]
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A gentleman will leave his pocket stitched . . . By Jim Ingebrigsten I first became aware of Italian tailors while in my mid-twenties. I was in the display business back then. Most of the many retail stores I worked at were menswear locations from Thunder Bay west to Saskatchewan, close to 20 […]
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It’s always special when kids share their health stories to inspire the community to #GiveBetterFutures for families who need HSC Children’s Hospital, and the 2024 Champion Child has been chosen to represent the resilience, hope, and strength of over 140,000 children who rely on our hospital annually. I want to introduce you to Janessa […]
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Time to think outside the box, after all it is April… With the spring coming ever closer, the great outdoors is calling. It will soon be time to tend the garden. I must admit, I am looking forward to once again playing in the dirt. Drip, drip, drop, drop, little April showers bring […]
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