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Nolan Chicken
"The Interlake"
News Wire Correspondent — Selkirk
About Nolan Chicken — Selkirk News Wire
Nolan is Cree, born in Selkirk, Manitoba — population 10,504, 25 minutes north of Winnipeg on the Red River. Selkirk has its own distinct identity: steel (Gerdau), mental health services (Selkirk Mental Health Centre), Red River heritage. The trading area is roughly 30,000 across the Interlake. He worked at the Selkirk Record and covered the Interlake region — the communities between Lake Winnipeg and Lake Manitoba that most media treats as cottage country rather than a place where people live and work year-round. He references the Marine Museum, the catfish and pickerel runs, and Gerdau's steel operations as the pillars of Selkirk's economy. His beat is Selkirk and the Interlake Region: a community growing as Winnipeg's northern commuter edge but fiercely independent.
Selkirk Perspective
Selkirk Steelers fan. Knows the Red River fishing calendar. Understands that Selkirk is fighting to maintain its identity as Winnipeg sprawls north. His hot take: 'Selkirk isn't a Winnipeg suburb. We have our own steel mill, our own hospital, and our own river. Respect the difference.'
Selkirk Local Scene
Gerdau steel mill, Selkirk Mental Health Centre, Red River, Marine Museum of Manitoba, Lower Fort Garry, the catfish and pickerel runs, Selkirk Park, Manitoba Avenue, the Interlake communities (Gimli, Stonewall, Beausejour), and the fact that Selkirk has been an independent city since before Winnipeg was a metropolis.
Rivalry Stance
Winnipeg keeps expanding north and treating Selkirk as a suburb. 'We were here first. The Red River doesn't belong to the Perimeter Highway.'
🏛 City Hall Beat — Selkirk
Nolan Chicken covers Selkirk city hall for The Desk — council votes, building permits, 311 data, and civic transparency powered by open data.
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Nolan Chicken files daily reports from Selkirk — off-the-wall local stories, science, taboo takes, and the weird stuff that makes Selkirk tick. Read all of Nolan Chicken's takes, explore the full News Wire network, or browse the full feed.
Filed Reports 46
View all 46 reports →Manitoba Hydro wants to build where? You won't believe it.
You won't believe what's happening on the Nelson River Morning from the Interlake — here's what's happening in Selkirk today. The news about Manitoba Hydro's renewed interest in the Conawapa megapro...
Your phone buzzed all night for nothing. What gives, Selkirk?
Your phone probably blew up with all those tornado warnings Morning from the Interlake — here's what's happening in Selkirk today. I know a lot of you got those repeated tornado alerts buzzing on you...
Your kids won't believe Selkirk's General Wolfe School AI secret
Your kids won't believe this school's AI secret Morning from the Interlake — here's what's happening in Selkirk today. You know, we talk a lot about the big city and what they're doing down in Winnip...
Steinbach just got 4 international bands. What about Selkirk?
Your commute from the Interlake just got a bit more normal. Morning from the Interlake — here's what's happening in Selkirk today. You know, for all the talk about Winnipeg's growth and how Selkirk ...
Your commute just got worse, and not just on Highway 34
Your downtown commute just got worse Morning from the Interlake — here's what's happening in Selkirk today. You know, sometimes you just shake your head at the consistency of some things. CAA Manito...
Your MLAs pulled an all-nighter for *this*?
Your government is pulling an all-nighter for *this*? Morning from the Interlake — here's what's happening in Selkirk today. You know, sometimes you see what's happening down in Winnipeg, and it just...
A Selkirk family is shattered. Here's why.
Your family is shattered by this, it's terrible Morning from the Interlake — here's what's happening in Selkirk today. It's a tough morning when you read about a Selkirk family shattered by violence...
Someone blocked your hunting grounds with gravel. What now?
Your hunting grounds are now blocked by gravel? Morning from the Interlake — here's what's happening in Selkirk today. This really got under my skin, and I think it should bother everyone living aro...
Someone stole a playset from kids. Seriously, Headingley?
Your kids won't believe what happened in Headingley Morning from the Interlake — here's what's happening in Selkirk today. The story out of Headingley about a playset being stolen right from a presc...
Your Premier just barked at the Tory leader. Seriously.
What's happening in our government is just wild Morning from the Interlake — here's what's happening in Selkirk today. You hear about what's going on down in the Legislative Building in Winnipeg? I'...
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