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In 1922 streetcars were still main transportation from Portage and Main all the way to Selkirk, Manitoba and to Headingley, Manitoba. They...

Fionn MacCool's Crossroads Station shopping center is closed today with a notice thanking people for their patronage. The Irish pub ha...

In 1911 the movers and shakers convinced three different railways to partner up and become shareholders on industrial land in St. Boniface...

In the very early 1970s Osborne Village was very much in flux. The area around Roslyn Road remained popular as it connected to Wellington ...

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...

It used to be Manitoba's own Shea's but for many others it was remembered as the Labatt's beer plant across from the Manitoba ...

The three large Sears locations have remained stubbornly closed at Polo Park, St. Vital and Kildonan Place. It stands to reason that all o...

One of the things that many mystery and thriller lovers have gravitated towards is Nordic Noir.  The international fare from Sweden, Norwa...

The last few areas of Linden Ridge mall are set to be developed in 2019. The new Lowe's will see two buildings constructed across from...

A few interesting things to note about the construction of the Union Bank Tower in 1904. The first is that they appear to fill in the floo...

In 1960 Winnipeg still had trolley buses but five years earlier there were still streetcars throughout the city. The middle two lanes were...

The Rec Room restaurant and gaming center is under construction beside the Hyatt Hotel building site. It isn't where I first thought i...

HBC announced that Home Outfitters across Canada will close. At one time there used to be near 70 stores across Canada but that number has...

These pictures from the Festival du Voyageur site show Fort Gibraltar and part of the festival site. At 50 years, the festival is one of t...

Pizza Cones are coming to Winnipeg to the Cityplace food court. The western-based franchise Konz has 10 locations and is presently under c...

The one thing that Netflix has accomplished with great success is making international fare available world-wide. Long in the past this wa...

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...

The construction of the Concourse under Portage and Main was a massive undertaking costing tens of millions of dollars in 1978. It arrived...

The former location of Loewen Piano House on north Portage had sat empty for a while very close to Rae And Jerry's at 1381 Portage. Th...

The True North Square continues to develop. The TDS law firm is already in place with three floors occupied and MNP accounting and Scotiab...