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In 1970 Portage Avenue was still a going concern commercially. The Bay and Eaton's were still packing them in. There were several 20 s...

Osborne Village is going through a transition of new services, restaurants and shops. Fitness and cannabis stores have located to the high...

1950s picture shows a Salisbury House in a Texaco gas station beside a Shea's building. Shea's was Winnipeg's beloved beer com...

The record store is dead. Long live the record store! The demise of HMV Canada has been exploited by Sunrise Records Canada. Initially t...

Wheelhouse Cycle Club is scheduled to open this winter at Seasons of Tuxedo. The building is well under construction right now and signage...

I have been following Bishop Grandin Crossing moves through city planning but it has been a long, slow process. It goes back nearly five y...

The Manitoba Legislature started to be built in 1913 and was complete in 1920. The quarried stone was often stolen as it was stored beside...

Pho Hoang Vietnamese restaurant has opened fat 235 Portage Avenue. The previous tenant Kim Long Chinese food closed a while ago. A steady...

Palatal Express has been closed at 3128 Portage Avenue for a bit now. It one is several closed restaurants along Winnipeg's main corr...

185 Smith under construction in 1971 for Manitoba Housing and done in 1973. Background Canadian Grain Commission completed in 1972. The 2...

Once upon a time the University was one block square. Portage Avenue was it's beautiful face although for years it was a bit crumbly d...

There was talk about it in July at a zoning meeting but no major announcement till now that a major fitness center was set to be built in ...

In the windows at Portage Avenue at Craig Street is the promise of Blady Middle Eastern coming soon. And the signage has gone up on the bu...

Photo courtesy of University of Winnipeg Archives. In 1949, it was proper to have a hat and step inside the protection of the bollards whe...

Taken in 1930 from the air, The Bay was very prominent in the city. A surface parking can be seen at the rear. Eventually an Imperial gas ...

In 1976 just ahead of the demolitions that lead to the building of the Trizec building across the street (You can see Wilson's Furnitu...

March 2018, Fast Fired by Carbone Opened  Brandon The former Subway in old Charleswood closed and paper in the windows indicates that ...

Steakhouses are staking out Winnipeg. In the last weeks Mr. Mike's SteakhouseCasual has opened on Kenaston and coming on the heels of ...

July 2017 It has been a fixture on Kenaston for more than 50 years. The Inland Cement plant was constructed in 1963 and complete...

Over the last few days two restaurants in different parts of the city closed suddenly. Barley Brothers shuttered their Pembina Highway loc...