Winnipeg Free Press Newspaper Archives Aug 29 2015, Page 12

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 29, 2015, Winnipeg, Manitoba C M Y K PAGE A13 winnipegfreepress. com WINNIPEG FREE PRESS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 2015 A 13 www. parkinsonsuperwalk. ca .. 1- 866- 999- 5558 Saturday, September 12 at 10: 00 a. m. ...... ........ ............ .. .................... .... ................ Join Us in Sponsored by 2015 Notice of Environment Act Proposal Conservation and Water Stewardship has received a proposal pursuant to The Environment Act regarding the following operation and invites public participation in the review process: PRICE INDUSTRIES LTD. - AIR DISTRIBUTION COMPONENTS MANUFACTURING FACILITY – FILE: 5791.00 A proposal has been filed on behalf of Price Industries Ltd. for the continued operation of air distribution components manufacturing facility at 638 Raleigh and 600 Golspie Street in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The facility manufactures heating, ventilating & air conditioning equipment & devices, exhaust fans and ceiling systems for commercial, industrial and institutional buildings. The potential environmental effects of the development are related to noise, particulate matter and volatile organic compounds emissions. Anyone likely to be affected by the above operation and who wishes to make a representation either for or against the proposal should contact the Department, in writing or by E- mail ( Eshetu. Beshada@ gov. mb. ca), not later than SEPTEMBER 29, 2015. Further information is available from the Public Registries located at: Legislative Library, 200 Vaughan St., Winnipeg; Millennium Public Library, 4th Floor, 251 Donald St., Winnipeg; Online Registry, http:// www. gov. mb. ca/ conservation/ eal/ registries/ index. html or by contacting Eshetu Beshada, Environmental Engineer 204- 945- 7023. Information submitted in response to this proposal is considered public information and will be made available to the proponent and placed on the public registry established in accordance with Section 17 of The Environment Act. Environmental Approvals Branch Conservation and Water Stewardship 123 Main Street, Suite 160 Winnipeg MB R3C 1A5 Toll Free: 1- 800- 282- 8069 Ext. 7023 Fax: ( 204) 945- 5229 Website: www. gov. mb. ca/ conservation/ eal Notice of Environment Act Proposal Conservation and Water Stewardship has received a proposal pursuant to The Environment Act from the following operation and invites public participation in the review process: MANITOBA HYDRO - NORTHWEST GAS TRANSMISSION PROJECT - FILE: 5792.00 A Proposal has been filed by Manitoba Hydro for the Northwest Winnipeg Gas Transmission Project consisting of 39 km of new 12 inch diameter steel pipeline connecting the existing Oak Bluff pipeline located at the Rosser Gate Station in the R. M. of Rosser to the Liss Pipeline located in the R. M. of St. Andrews, 10.5 km of new 12 inch pipeline between Lockport Road in the R. M. of St. Andrews to the existing Selkirk Gate Station located in the City of Selkirk and 9.5 km of new 6 inch pipeline from NW 10- 13- 2 EPM to the existing Stonewall Gate Station in the town of Stonewall. The project also involves two new valve sites at NW 30- 12- 2 EPM and SE 5- 13- 3 EPM. Anyone likely to be affected by the above operation and who wishes to make a representation either for or against the proposal should contact the Department, in writing or by e- mail ( darrell. ouimet@ gov. mb. ca), not later than September 28, 2015. Further information is available from the Public Registries located at: Legislative Library, 200 Vaughan St., Winnipeg; Millennium Public Library, 4th Floor, 251 Donald St., Winnipeg; Online registry http.// www. gov. mb. ca/ conservation/ eal/ registries/ index. html or by contacting Darrell Ouimet, Environment Officer at 204- 803- 1389. Information submitted in response to this proposal is considered public information and will be made available to the proponent and placed on the public registry established in accordance with Section 17 of The Environment Act. Environmental Approvals Branch Conservation and Water Stewardship 123 Main Street, Suite 160 Winnipeg, MB R3C 1A5 Toll Free: 1- 800- 282- 8069 Fax: ( 204) 945- 5229 Website: www. gov. mb. ca/ conservation/ eal R HIANNA Saj was 11 when she started rifling through her mother’s makeup bag. She was ‘ borrowing’ concealer to hide the dark circles under her eyes. They looked ugly, she thought, and they must be covered up. “ How sad is that? That I already felt so insecure and not OK with my body.” Saj, now 23, is spearheading a project she hopes will make other girls and young women feel more confident in their own skin. Officially launching in October, # BARE is an online platform that will be composed of blog entries, videos and photos, as well as the Dear Me letters, which will be penned by a cross- section of Winnipeg women to their younger selves. It can be found at www. sheisbare. com. Saj, who is also a singer/ songwriter with Rhia Rae and the Rubies, is heading into her second year of creative communications at Red River College. She wanted to do something on body image for her independent professional project, which is a diploma requirement, and shifted her focus to social media’s role in shaping beauty norms. When we talk about how the media creates, upholds and propagates mainstream western beauty standards, the conversation is often centred on traditional forms of media — particularly advertising, and the ways in which the beauty and diet industries profit off the very insecurities they help create. But social media also plays an increasing role in both reinforcing beauty ideals and dismantling them. My junior high beauty bible was a dog- eared copy of the September 1997 issue of Seventeen ; this generation has Instagram. Young women and girls are effectively able to bypass the editorial gatekeepers peddling clothes they can’t afford, modelled by people they will never look like, and instead get ideas from each other. They have easy access to progressive beauty and body positivity blogs, as well as images of women of all colours and sizes. Still, Instagram feeds can be just as curatorial and aspirational as any fashion glossy. Fitspo and thinspo — images of very fit or very thin women with “ inspirational” phrases such as “ What’s your excuse?” written underneath them — do as much damage as any ad campaign. And with social media comes unrelenting cruelty from anonymous strangers. When beauty blogger and former model Em Ford, who struggles with acne, started posting photos of her makeup- free face, she had more than 100,000 people drop by to casually let her know she was gross — and pretty much every other synonym for gross. When she posted photos of herself in a full face of makeup, the adjectives changed — beautiful, perfect, etc. — but it wasn’t long before people started accusing her of “ misleading the public” or “ false advertising.” She documented her treatment in a video called You Look Disgusting , which has been viewed more than 15 million times since it was released in July. No wonder so many women won’t leave the house without “ putting on their face.” Or add a filter to it later. Saj has been on the receiving end of real- life comments about her appearance. Makeup is not part of her everyday routine, and she recalls unsolicited comments she received about her fair skin while working at a grocery store in Stonewall. Greatest hits include “ You look really tired today” or “ You look like you’re not feeling well.” One woman went so far as to ask her if her was terminally ill. While a large focus of # BARE is about feeling good about presenting one’s bare face to the world — free of makeup and/ or Instagram filters — Saj is careful to note it’s not meant to be an anti- makeup project. “ That’s not what I’m trying to impose at all,” she says. “ I love makeup. It’s more about feeling like you have to wear makeup.” Indeed, makeup can feel more like a requirement and less like a choice, especially when makeup is used as, in Saj’s case, an indicator of health or, as a much- publicized 2011 study suggested, an indicator of competence at work. It’s tough not to internalize the message you look ill, or incompetent, or gross if you’re not wearing the right shade of blush. That there is something wrong with you if you don’t adhere to a certain cultural standard. That you aren’t enough. Saj hopes # BARE will inspire young women by showing them images of confident women at home in their bodies. It’s about more than feeling beautiful. It’s about feeling like you are enough. jen. zoratti@ freepress. mb. ca Twitter: @ JenZoratti Celebrating 30 years of inspiring families and communities to grow together through the joy of learning. BARING their souls Online platform lets women, girls feel confident in their own skin JEN ZORATTI PHIL HOSSACK / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Rhianna Saj is spearheading a social- media platform called # BARE, aimed at young women and girls, that encourages them to embrace their natural beauty. A_ 13_ Aug- 29- 15_ FP_ 01. indd A13 8/ 28/ 15 6: 49: 32 PM