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Johnny Ma never intended to shoot The Mother And The Bear in Winnipeg. When he initially began writing the script he set it in Cincinnati, as that’s where the Korean mother who inspired the film had actually traveled to. “For me, inspiration always comes from real life,” Ma tells Flatlander. “I’d met this woman in […]
The Manitoba government is positioning the province as a future hub for artificial intelligence and data infrastructure, part of a broader shift toward what is being called the “fourth industrial revolution.” The goal is to attract investment built around data, computing power, and digital services. But while data centres promise jobs and economic growth, they […]
BCE Inc., the parent company of Bell Canada, is building a massive data centre outside Regina, one of the largest projects of its kind in Canada. The company says the project could generate up to $12 billion in economic activity, support hundreds of construction jobs, and create dozens of permanent positions, along with hundreds more […]
A proposed data centre west of Regina is drawing attention not only for its size, but for the scale of electricity it would require, an amount comparable to that used by an entire city. The project, planned for a 160-acre site in the Rural Municipality of Sherwood, is part of a major investment by Bell […]
The horror genre has treated Hannah Anderson well. The Winnipeg born and raised actress — who has starred in the terrifying films Jigsaw, What Keeps You Alive, The Curse Of Audrey Earnshaw, and Dark Nature, as well as the horror series The Purge — admits to Flatlander, “Horror has been so good to me.” But […]
More than 15,000 students — including six in 10 children and youth in one Manitoba school division — were chronically absent from class in 2023-24. Leaked government documents expose the troubling state of truancy in elementary and high schools across the province. “Unbelievable” and “mind-blowing” were among the descriptors that came to mind for Kent […]
A growing number of residents in Saskatchewan and Manitoba say they are losing confidence in the public healthcare system, according to responses from The Flatlander’s recent survey. Across hundreds of responses, many described a system defined by long waits, staff shortages and increasing barriers to accessing care, challenges that, for some, have had life-altering consequences. […]
A Flatlander survey reveals long wait times, staff shortages and persistent gaps in access to care across Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
After a yearlong rescue effort, dozens of domestic rabbits in Selkirk have been trapped, treated and rehomed, as volunteers and city officials warn the costly crisis was entirely preventable.
Soldiers from several Prairie reserve units gathered near Prince Albert for winter survival training after a long-closed military training area was restored and reopened, highlighting renewed local capacity for cold-weather operations and Arctic readiness.
