Winnipeg's famously vibrant art scene has been crated up and transported to Paris, France for the opening of a new exhibition called "My Winnipeg." Prominent Parisian art collector/gallery owner, Antoine de Galbert, has turned over La maison rouge, his contemporary gallery in Paris, to a sweeping survey of Winnipeg's current art scene. [READ STORY]

Winnipeg is more than estatic about the return of the NHL. There's no doubt the city is in the midst of a Rennaissance. Here's a few new reasons why you should be pitching the 'Peg to your editors and planning your next media visit to our capital: hockey superstars will arrive at the spanky new airport terminal (set to open this October), chi-chi ALT boutique hotel and the MTS Centre will soon be neighbours, and the Canadian Museum of Human Rights, in full-steam construction mode (slated for a 2013 opening), is transforming the city's skyline everytime we look.   

With its new Big Five Safari tour, Frontiers North Adventures is showing off how Manitoba's Parkland and Tundra are on par with the African Savannah for wildlife viewing. Scratch the lion, rhino, leopard, elephant and water buffalo. Okay, maybe not the buffalo. But let's call it Bison. Add to that sightings of moose, black bears, belugas and polar bears. [READ MORE]