Observations, Reservations, Conversations

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...

Charleswood has long stretches where there is not much in the way of commercial development. As such, it is a bit of a drive for grocery, ph...

In 2021 many residents of Charleswood protested this 55+ housing development. While all agreed housing was needed for the area, the resident...

After 20 years Brandon-based Pizza Express and Submarine has returned to Winnipeg and had taken up residence in old Charleswood at the site ...

After many years as an outpost of Little Caesar's in Charleswood, a change to the strip mall across from Laxdal came mid January of 2023...

  Kudos to Assiniboia Chamber of Commerce and to the Holiday Inn Airport West for sponsoring and hosting the candidate debates for for two c...

Even as the pandemic continues, it seem every grocer has been renovating. The need for pick up and collect, delivery and other service needs...

The above picture is from 1926 and shows the present University of Winnipeg Collegiate and behind it Sparling Hall. In the time of the pho...

It has been a while since the Nook and Cranny restaurant shut down in St. James. It was a second location for The Nook on Sherbrook with s...

Master's of London has ads up in the news and in their windows that the store is closing. It was the store that took over the Charlesw...