be sure to visit Margaret Laurence’s house (the “big Simpson house in A Bird in the House) and the Stone Angel (from that novel) gravesite in the town cemetery. I’ve been there twice. Lots to see in the house. You can also drive by the small Connor house (ABITH). The main street also has references to details in A Jest of God. Laurence called her town Manawaka in her novels. Worth a drive off the Trans-Canada west of Winnipeg.