News releases issued by the City of Selkirk
Local business renews sponsorship for kids’ programs in 2018 Helping kids in youth programs get to and from events is a big part of Selkirk Transit Authority’s (STA) community engagement mandate. Realizing that goal has been made a whole lot easier thanks to the generous actions of a local business. Early in 2017, Frank’s Pizza…
Art on Ice for Social Housing Selkirk, MB (November 27, 2017) When artists were given the chance to beautify six ice-fishing shacks for a new community project in Selkirk, Manitoba realism artist Mandy van Leeuwen decided it was a chance to talk about homelessness in Canada. Mandy van Leeuwen’s large-scale murals can be seen all…
Holiday Alley’s Chili Cook Off lets you be the judge for the Interlake’s best chili. Fifteen cooks, from firefighters to professional chefs and student cooks, will compete for bragging rights of the Interlake’s best chili during the Manitoba Hydro Heat Up The Street Chili Cook Off, December 2 on Holiday Alley. Anyone hungry enough to…
What could be more Canadian than going to a skating party? Well, if you wear a red sweater, joined in with hundreds of friends from your community, bumped into Santa at the rink, celebrated Canada’s 150th birthday and raised money for a good cause, that would be even more Canadian. If you want in on…
Holiday Alley, a winter street festival in the City of Selkirk’s downtown, is inspiring small-town pride and celebrating downtown revitalization. The free, two-day festival will take over Manitoba Ave. East, a block of the city’s downtown, and will be showered with light, art, sound and creativity for the first weekend in December. The festival will…