When he and his family moved to Steinbach, he was surprised not by the many churches but by the diversity, which "adds some spice, if you wanna say that," he says with a smile. Those visitors sold him on the Manitoba city. As a teenager, he was a chauffeur when Mennonites from Steinbach would visit Jamaica on mission trips to help build or repair schools, churches and the homes of elderly people. His ties to the people of Steinbach stretch back decades, even though he only moved to the city seven years ago. Neville Hamilton, who owns the Di Reggae Grill Restaurant in Steinbach, works to help support newcomers in the city. I do what I can to portray the Steinbach I know, and the changes I've seen." "I continue to work to get the story out. Steinbach Mayor Earl Funk prefers to focus on reflecting that change, rather than getting too worked up about what others say of his city. "The community as a whole probably changes slower than other places, but it is still changing. "Believe it or not, there's individual people in Steinbach that are very progressive or want to see changes in Steinbach and are working hard toward those things," said Unger. "The exact same rallies took place in Winnipeg, and when that happens very few people are saying, 'Well, that represents the community,'" he said. Steinbach struggled with a relatively low vaccination rate compared to many other parts of Manitoba, and anti-restriction protests in the southeastern Manitoba city seemed to validate assumptions it was a haven for those ideas, Unger said. Steinbach has almost 18,000 people, according to the 2021 census.
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