Sarah Lawrynuik
Winnipeg Free Press
Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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Defence network takes shape
LVIV — Svitlana Nahorna arrives most days at her office at the crack of dawn and leaves long after the sun has set. She works in one of those overly modern office spaces, with fancy coffee machines and an open-concept restaurant on the ground floor, and a room where employees can come and chill on communal benches during breaks. → Read More
Trauma after the translation
Freelance Winnipeg writer Sarah Lawrynuik travelled to Ukraine in May to cover the ongoing invasion by Russian forces. KYIV — Early in the morning of Feb. → Read More
Ukrainian ex-pats, foreigners step up efforts to equip country’s military
LVIV — Jonas von Matern pops the tailgate on the camouflage green Nissan Navara to reveal the goods he’s packed up and hauled across the European continent to Ukraine. It’s standard fare: 200 litres of fuel, tactical night-vision equipment, 300 tourniquets, bulletproof armour plates, camouflage netting and a smattering of other things to fill the truck bed. → Read More
Year of climate chaos
Tom Johnson is ending the year much the way he started it: waiting and praying for snow to fall. “I would sure love to see a little more snow on the ground,” Johnson said prior to Christmas. → Read More
Climate change is depriving polar bears of a day’s worth of ice each year
CHURCHILL — With tuques pulled down to their ski goggles and balaclavas and scarves bundled around their chins, runners trekked down the road outside of Churchill last Saturday morning. All of the drivers passing by double tapped their car horns, tooting their support for the participants of the Polar Bear Marathon. → Read More
Churchill tour operator rolls out new kind of polar power
One of the world’s roughest, toughest electric vehicles was unveiled this weekend in Churchill. A ride in any Tundra Buggy is a memorable experience. → Read More
Automakers – including Winnipeg bus-maker NFI Group – are looking forward to an electric future
The Ford F-150 Lightning is making a splash as the electric vehicle that could move the mark forward for a big segment of motorists across the country.Ford is far from alone on the electrification stage, as automakers around the world have been making big shows this year of their latest electric models and new technology. → Read More
The lights are on, but Manitoba Hydro isn't answering the door to offer clarity on greener power plans
Flying above the coast of Hudson Bay west of Churchill, in the furthest northern reaches of Manitoba, you pass over two rivers that offer diametrically opposed narratives on how humans can choose to interact with the natural environment. Further to the west, the mighty Seal River flows unrestricted into the bay. → Read More
Number of Manitoba pedestrians hit by cars increased in 2018-19
The flash of the fire truck’s lights ahead signalled for a slowdown while cruising St. Mary’s Road with the windows down. It was late March, but an unseasonably warm afternoon. → Read More
Morden moves to limit water use
The City of Morden has implemented water restrictions for residents and businesses, as the southern Manitoba municipality prepares to enter the summer months in severe drought conditions. “You can go take a walk out there and see the problem right at the beach. → Read More
Railside development delves deep into geothermal energy
The landscape of The Forks is set to change dramatically in the coming years, as parking lots between the CityTV building and Shaw Park are converted from pavement slabs into an expansive, mixed-use neighbourhood.On Wednesday, work began on the most essential of services: heating and cooling. → Read More
Changing climate, breaking heart
Looking at spreadsheets and map plots of trees is far beyond Rhian Brynjolson’s typical day as a visual artist, but she became entranced and inspired by data collected by Canadian scientists for a new art project. Her hope is to try and bring the numbers, map dots and statistics to life in a new way to help the public better connect to climate science. → Read More
Swoop airlines returns to city a year after suspending service
Even with Canada’s third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic flaring, the country’s airlines are banking on vaccination rates providing a path towards recovery for the industry battered by the pandemic. Sunday, low-fare carrier Swoop, a subsidiary of WestJet, returns to servicing Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport after suspending flights to the city last year. → Read More
St. Vital school moves to remote learning after COVID-19 cases confirmed
A St. Vital K-8 school is shutting its doors and moving to online learning starting Monday after seven COVID-19 positive cases were identified in the school last week across multiple cohorts, with more likely to be confirmed in the coming days. → Read More
Talk of change dominates global climate summit
In a world so often divided, the leaders of 40 of the worst polluting countries stood Thursday in a virtual line, united to speak about the impact and urgency of action on climate change at this week’s global climate summit. They varied in level of fervour. → Read More
Greenhouse gas emissions trending upwards in Canada
THE latest report on Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions is out, and the bad news is in: emissio... → Read More
Lightning strikes may jolt Arctic ecosystems: study
There are two principal triggers for wildfires — human ignition and lightning — and climate change could more than double the amount of lightning seen in Canada’s northern reaches by the end of the century, according to a study from the University of California Irvine. → Read More
Gardeners dig into mixed environmental messaging on peat
It’s been nearly five decades since Janet Epp first tried her green thumb at gardening. Now, countless hours later, as she preps spring seeds, she finds herself contemplating a new — hopefully more sustainable — way of doing things. → Read More
Concern grows as polar bear tourism expands
The expansion of Churchill’s polar bear tourism industry needs to be undertaken with caution, researchers warn, as Manitoba issued new tourism permits for a protected area east of the town for the first time in decades. The Churchill Wildlife Management Area was established in 1978, and was created with the intention of protecting polar bear denning areas, as well as geese and caribou. → Read More
Environmental concerns put kibosh on romantic notions of parenthood
The play opens to the beloved co-stars from The Crown, Claire Foy and Matt Smith, staring at one another incredulously across the stage. This time in Lungs, instead of playing a royal couple, they take on the role of a couple debating a basic, fundamental question: should they have kids? “There’s, what — there’s seven billion people or so, there’s too many people and there’s not enough of… → Read More