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Winnipeg is not doing anything by half measures in 2025. Today Portage and Main opens up to pedestrian traffic and on Sunday the entire Winn...

The first Applebee's in Canada was built in 1994 on Pembina Highway. The restaurant was first started in Illinois in 1980 and continues ...

When Arby's closed their Winnipeg locations it was heartbreaking for some of their fans. Covid closures took out the last location at Ki...

In 1979 the most famous corner in Canada was blocked off and went underground. At the time there was about 3000 to 4000 people who worked wi...

We've always been pretty good at public art even the abstract and popular kind. In 2005, the Bears of Broadway art installation took pla...

It went up just before Christmas 2024 but the final plantings in front were done in last month or so. This is the fourth version of the sign...

For most of my life, it was called the Playhouse Theatre but it was one of the early Pantages theatres built in 1913/1914 as part of a vaude...

The present Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg is not very old. However, it was originally built for an AHL hockey team and not a NHL one. It is...

The Costco at Kenaston seen in the above picture never has this empty a parking lot. This was taken during the Covid period. Built in 1992 a...

In the 1970s construction in west Winnipeg was booming. While St. James had commercial activities all way from Polo Park to Headingley, it w...

The word is on June 1st, 2025, the Bay as a department store will be closing their doors forever. Polo Park and St. Vital Centre will once a...

Mark Carney's cabinet is Canada's version of trimmed down. It is 28 full ministers and 10 junior ministers plus the prime minister. ...

I've written how powerful WDAZ/WDAY has been in terms of being watched and recognized by people in Winnipeg. The NBC/ABC affiliate has b...

No matter who wins the upcoming federal election, there are things that should be considered to help us navigate the future of the country. ...

One moment it was there and then the next it was empty. Platinum Auto Sales, an independent car dealer has moved to Transport Road, an indus...