Live in style at Birchwood Terrace, where comfort and convenience converge on Portage Avenue. This vibrant community at 2440 Portage Avenue offers bachelor, 1‑ and 2‑bed room suites perfectly suited to mod ern renters seeking quality and value.
Each bright suite boasts central air conditioning, spacious walk‑in clos ets, windows with coverings, and full kitchens with fridge, stove, and generous counter space. South‑facing
windows frame river and park views, while north‑facing suites overlook the lively Portage corridor.
Residents enjoy a host of on‑site amenities:
• Outdoor pool and sundeck for summer lounging
• Laundry facilities, secure entry, and elevators for daily ease
• On‑site staff available when you need assistance
• Underground parking with outlet for winter vehicle warming
Nearby conveniences include The Keg, Boston Pizza, Shoppers Drug Mart, Liquor Mart, and Polo Park Shopping Centre. A sheltered, cano pied walkway connects you directly to shops, restaurants, and bus routes – making errands and commutes effortless.
Pet owners will love our cat‑friendly and small‑dog‑friendly policy. Heat and water are includ ed in rent, delivering predictable monthly costs.
Experience the best of Winnipeg living at Birchwood Terrace. Call 204‑794 2236 to schedule your personal tour today and discover your new home on Portage Avenue.
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May 1–15, 2026 | Vol. 39, Issue 9
WINNIPEG REGION GUIDE
27 SPOTLIGHT
LAKEWOOD AGENCIES – BAYLOR PLACE: Enjoy quiet living close to indoor pool, restaurants, shopping, schools & transit.
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Our stunning 15 story high-rise features 1 and 2 bedroom units with spacious balconies for breathtaking river views. The Mayfair is located next to Fort Rouge Elementary School, the Forks Market and trail system. Enjoy modern living with designer kitchens, in-suite laundry, walk-in closets, an exercise room, a multi-purpose room, indoor heated parking, and an outdoor terrace on the river.
AMENITIES:
• Concrete Construction
• Amazing river views
• Outdoor Terrace on the River
• Generously sized Balcones
• Individually controlled central heating & cooling
• Heating, Cooling, Electricity, and Water included
• Designer kitchens
• Kitchen islands available
• In-Suite Laundry
• Exercise Room
• Multi-purpose Room
• Underground parking with heating stalls available
• Walk-in closets
• Balcony storage closets
• In-house management
• Wi-Fi in lobby and common areas
Prince Harold Apartments – 510 Burnell Street
North of Ellice Avenue in quiet residential area. 1 Bedroom and 2 Bedroom available immediately. Rents $1101-$1110, includes heat and water.
Brunswick Apartments – 227 Vaughan Street
East of Graham. Handy to U of W and Red River Colleges. Renovated units available May 1, 2026. Bachelors and 1 bedrooms. Security Building. Hardwood floors. Rents $596-$864, includes heat and water.
Mount Royal Apartments – 36 Navy Way
South of Broadway, off Assiniboine Avenue. 1 Bedroom available immediately. Rent $913, includes heat and water.
St. Vital Between two rivers
BY DAWN PETER
St. Vital is a sprawling suburban area in Winnipeg wading far and wide between two rivers. The Red River marks the west boundary and the Seine River marks the east. Carriere Avenue is the northern boundary and the rural municipality of Ritchot is the southern boundary.
Newer, amenity-oriented neighbourhoods dominate the landscape in clusters in smiling St. Vital. The suburban style of family living close to the country gets richer in the south, but all homes and residents seem fairly prosperous and settled. Old St. Vital has some francophone history, yet it’s largely overshadowed by modern cosmopolitan consumers who want to shop and live in luxury by the river.
As the middle child in a French family of three sisters, St. Vital starts out as gregariously urban with long rows of strip malls braided alongside a huge shopping mall and cosy middle-class lots near the river. Furthest south, the landscape suddenly becomes rural, running past shops into pastures of prairie grass and corn mazes. Professional residents know how to maneouvre around roadblocks from busy Bishop Grandin Boulevard to the farmers’ markets.
Starting out traditionally Francophone, St. Vital has grown and significantly changed over the years. Decades ago, she became overwhelm-
ingly Anglophone, but now there is a lot of variation between neighbourhoods and more ethnic diversity among new residents. More seniors typically reside along the northwest and residents with higher incomes and education are located further south.
St. Vital offers a lot for middleincome families. A smaller budget might find North St. Vital more central and affordable. Big budgets build in the south.
The growing trend toward diversity and demand for new housing has made St. Vital homeownership-competitive. With Baby Boomers retiring, there is also a growing need for multi-family homes and services. Apartments, condos and townhouses situated close to the malls and main
bus routes have much to offer with balconies, granite counters, large suites with lofts and some with a highrise view.
Traffic is constant east to west and on main cross streets, covering large expanses of land by high-speed roads. Buses are frequent, especially at the northern intersections. Pedestrians and cyclists congregate closer to the south by the mall or on residential streets. A trip to the airport could be half an hour.
Major parks and centres include St. Vital Park near the Red River, Maple Grove at the southern tip, plus Jonathan Toews Community Centre and St. Vital Centennial Arena.
St. Vital is loved by residents and visitors. The shopping is stupendous, but a car is a must.
Dawn Peter is an author and freelance writer in Manitoba.
kitchen clutter Master the
BY PEPPER RODRIGUEZ
If the kitchen is the heart of the home, kitchen clutter may be considered the blockage that leads to heart disease. Taking the analogy further, sometimes the cure is all about exercise and good habits.
Alberta’s leading home organizing guru, Megan Golightly, has long advocated for living without clutter to achieve a healthy lifestyle. She preaches the gospel of an organized lifestyle at home trade shows across Canada. Through her business, Go Simplified, she has clients throughout North America.
The cost of clutter is a frequent subject Golightly talks about in her trade show appearances, most recently at the March 23 Edmonton Home+ Garden Show. She gets into the psychology behind letting go of things and offers tools, awareness and the questions to ask to change the way people deal with clutter in daily life.
She spoke with Reno + Decor about how letting go in the kitchen is the key to functioning smoothly in this essential room in your home.
The cost of clutter
Clutter can be costly – not just financially, but also in the way we live. “Clutter takes a toll in our time and energy. You lose money when you buy things that you end up not needing. Clutter adds stress, so it negatively affects our physical health. And when it gets out of hand, it can also put pressure on relationships,” says Golightly.
The kitchen is a likely ground-zero for clutter, especially for busy families with young children. That’s why Golightly says it’s absolutely essential to get a handle on the matter before it becomes a problem.
Sentimentality may be the biggest obstacle in getting rid of clutter or keeping things long after they have outlived their usefulness. “You have to get rid of things to stay organized. Duplicate items, old appliances, things that you haven’t used in the last year; those are all good candidates for the donation bin,” she says.
Take coffee mugs. These can overrun a kitchen cabinet in no time. Most are kept for sentimental reasons or for nostalgia’s sake, even when they are hardly used. Golightly’s rule of thumb for mugs is for each family member to have three, so a family of five will have only 15 mugs.
“Take a picture of the mugs that mean something to you, then put them in a box for donation.”
An organized life
Another key hack is to group similar things; keep utensils together, knives should be arranged neatly in a knife block, food containers in one spot. The old ad-
age “everything has a place and there’s a place for everything” works best in the kitchen.
Getting started can seem like the biggest hurdle, but don’t think it is insurmountable. “Don’t be overwhelmed by the mess, just get started. Get a garbage bag and go through the kitchen – the pantry, the drawers and cabinets – and pick out stuff that is no longer useful or is just taking up space.”
Small appliances used every day stay on the kitchen counter for ease of use, but other ones can be kept out of sight. Coffee makers are a good example of small appliances that need to be on the counter, but clunky appliances such as a toaster oven and food processor are best put away until needed.
For families with young children, Golightly says to designate a kitchen drawer for lunch boxes. Arrange similar food containers in the pantry for a pleasing esthetic and to know where to find items when you need them.
“In my experience, most people are not disorganized, just overwhelmed by having too much stuff.”
Check out Golightly’s decluttering hacks and other tips for an organized life at go-simplified.com.
KITCHEN ORGANIZATION TIPS
Quick steps from Megan Golightly to help you go through and declutter what you’re not using.
POTS AND PANS
UTENSILS
pro-tip
If you really want to live with less but just cannot let go, put a few of the “rarely used” pots and pans in a box in the basement and mark the date on the top. If you don’t need to retrieve them from the box in six months, take the box to a donation centre and don’t look back. Don’t get in your own way; there is freedom in less clutter.
Pull out all your pots and pans
Match lids with pots
Place a pot or pan on each burner. Notice how many extra you have
Ask yourself three questions (Do I like it? Do I use it? Would I buy it again if it broke?)
Donate the remaining pots and pans that don’t have a matching lid or are rarely used 1 2 3 4 5
Put back only what you USE 1 2 3 4 5
Take it all out of the drawer and place similar items together; I call this process putting things into ‘towns’
Toss out broken tools. Kitchen space is prime real estate
Take a look at what you have versus what you use
If you have any gadgets that are rarely used and only do one specific job, it’s a good indicator that you don’t need them
of Stafford. Handy to bus line and Corydon eateries. Gated security building. 1 Bedroom starting at $895-$955 available immediately. Affordable. Includes heat and water. Cats allowed with Pet Deposit. Onsite laundry.
to improve your health Top tips
This is a time when many of us start to think about our goals for the coming year. For some, taking care of our health is a key priority. Building in healthy habits where possible is important to our health. Here are four ways you can get healthier this year.
Eat well
It’s not easy to change a habit. Eating habits are no exception. There are many different factors that make changing your eating habits difficult. But over time and with small steps you can be well on your way. You can make healthy eating habits easier to maintain over the long term by finding options that fit your daily routine. Eating a variety of vegetables and fruits, whole grain foods, and protein foods as well as making water your drink of choice can help you main-
tain your overall health. Remember that everyone’s health goals and individual needs differ. It is important to find healthy food choices and habits that are right for you.
Reduce sedentary time
The Canadian 24-hour movement guidelines have been developed for all age groups to provide Canadians with guidance about how much physical activity, sedentary time and sleep is needed in a 24-hour day. Some physical activity is better than none, and getting started is easier than you think. Making choices like walking to the store instead of driving or taking the stairs instead of the elevator all contribute towards a healthy 24 hours. Try to limit sedentary time to eight hours or less and break up long periods of sitting where possible. Getting enough good
quality sleep can benefit from consistent bed and wake-up times.
Book a checkup
To quote an old saying, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Regular oral and medical check-ups are an important part of your overall health and can uncover potential issues before they become major issues. As we age, there are certain tests we should take, including mammograms and colonoscopies. Be sure to talk to your doctor about the right timing for these check-ups based on your individual health needs.
Quit smoking
Quitting smoking is one of the best things you can do to improve your overall health, and you’ll start noticing positive impacts almost immediately. Start by creating a quit plan that includes the reasons you want to quit and lists the tools and coping mechanisms you will use to manage cravings. Next, be aware of the things that might trigger a craving, and consider using quit aids, such as nicotine gum or patches, to get through them. Finally, reach out for support when needed. Free quit-smoking support services are available across the country. You can chat with a quit coach by phone, online or text.
Find more resources to help you quit smoking, including a quit smoking planner at canada.ca/quit-smoking.
A luxury apartment residence
The centre of South Winnipeg at your doorstep. Bison Pointe, at the intersection of Bison Drive and Pembina Highway, is in the hub of Fort Garry’s best shopping, restaurants and services.
The suites in Bison Pointe are uncharacteristically large, featuring plans with dens, second bathrooms, large windows and private balconies surrounded in glass. We offer a non-smoking environment.
Bison Pointe is an exciting opportunity to enjoy luxury apartment living with all the benefits of a mature South Winnipeg location.
Amenities
• Heated parkade
• Storage Units
• Bicycle storage
• Garbage chute
• Fitness room
• Study lounge
• Residents’ lounge
• Guest suites
• Cat friendly
Area Amenities:
• Ping pong room
• Restaurants
• Close proximity to U of M
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• Coffee shops
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• Shopping
• Groceries
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