Observations, Reservations, Conversations

Just a short time ago, the Winnipeg Free Press asked its readers to tell the paper which stores did they want to see come to Winnipeg next a...

Picture from the Winnipeg Free Press of the McDermot Street buildings Manitoba Hydro had intended to gut One development after another in th...

Sign from Ottawa that goes up when they have planned snow removal. The issue of a snow removal parking ban comes up every year and every yea...

Although it has been closed since October 31, 2008, it looks like the deal to buy the hotel has been completed. The 44 year hotel built in 1...

Once again the Black Rod blunders in with his usual aplomb. He gets the Superbug wrong by calling it HRSA. Sorry, it is MRSA. As for his c...

A mentioned in Part 1 , the section of Highway 75 running through Morris has to about the worst part in terms of crumbling and heaving concr...

The sections of the Forks considered for development Source: Winnipeg Free Press Welcome to 2009! The Forks North Portage Partnership has an...

Picture 1: Construction of the first link of the Winnipeg Walkway from Eaton's to the Somerset building Picture 2: The east bridge of th...

Well, it has finally happened. Ikea is coming to Winnipeg . It will be one of the largest stores in Canada at 350,000 square feet. It will ...

The Tuxedo Safeway became the primary Safeway for River Heights Tuxedo residents when the Safeway at Corydon and Lanark closed in the 1970...

First picture: The A&B Sound Building back in its heyday. Second picture: The University of Winnipeg As mentioned in Portage Avenue Part...

First picture of the former Mitchell Copps jewelery building from the Free Press , Second picture from Winnipeg Love and Hate . The north si...

Pictures of the opening Nygard on Broadway and Sherbook on November 17, 2007. Pictures from Nygard's website. Back in January, I w...

As I predicted, the Tories won the election. Equally predictable was that Dion announced a week after the election that he would be stepping...

Pictures of the present and future location of the Red River Co-Op Gas on the site of the Charleswood Hotel I have been writing about Roblin...

Picture 1 Formally, the Bank of Montreal Tower (333 Main Street) opposite Winnipeg Square (also owned by Crown Realty), it is now one of tw...

As the election heads into its last days, it appears that the Winnipeg Free Press is headed to a strike. The union has set up a website . I ...

The Taman Inquiry listed its final recommendations. The government went one further and asked the RCMP to take over the troubled East St. P...

Thereasa Oswald at the announcement of the new hospital. In the election in 2007, the NDP promised to build a new Women's Hospital for a...

From The Second City Book Lorimer p 107 and posted on Flikr and credit to Mr. Christian who has some great pictures. Winnipeg Square was bu...