Observations, Reservations, Conversations

Casual commentary about political, cultural and economic issues with a particular interest on the city of Winnipeg by John Dobbin

Sunday, August 31, 2025

The Return of Zellers to Winnipeg

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Zellers keeps trying to make a comeback. After the closure of The Bay where Zellers pop-ups were thought to make the department store releva...
Saturday, August 30, 2025

Bath Depot Now Open Regent West

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In mid August Bath Depot opened their first prairie location on Regent Avenue West. It is the 48th location for the Quebec-based retailer fo...

The Federal NDP Convention in Winnipeg March 2026

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In the last federal election, the NDP was reduced to seven seats with their leader Jagmeet Singh losing his seat in British Columbia. He has...
Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Modern Ambition/Mondetta Coming to True North Square

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  Mondetta has been a fashion brand based out of Winnipeg Winnipeg since the 1980s. Their flag-based shirts and jackets have been a staple f...
Tuesday, August 26, 2025

MSNBC to Become MS Now

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The owner of MSNBC, like a lot of media companies, has been trying to separate their assets into what can bluntly be called legacy media and...
Thursday, August 21, 2025

CBC Manitoba Adds Steinbach Bureau

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  Between CBC Manitoba Radio One and CBC Manitoba Television, CBC has a fairly large presence in the news department. Aside from Brandon, CB...
Monday, August 18, 2025

Housing and Rental Prices in Winnipeg 2025

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The last couple of decades it has seemed that the prices for housing and costs for rent would increase upwards every month. In some parts of...
Wednesday, August 13, 2025

New Bus Service Flixbus Coming to Manitoba

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Bus service has always been a hugely important service in Manitoba and across Canada. Even with all the choices for transportation out there...
Monday, August 11, 2025

How to Make Health Sciences Centre Safer

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I have written about Health Sciences Centre a few times. It is the oldest and largest hospital in Winnipeg covering 39 acres and 800 medical...
Friday, August 8, 2025

Cricket Fields Open at LaBarriere Park

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  LaBarriere Park is outside city limits but is a city of Winnipeg park. It is a legacy of Metro Winnipeg acquired park space they deemed im...
Sunday, August 3, 2025

Rumours of Stores Coming to Headingley Costco Site

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The Costco is already having an impact along Portage Avenue in terms of retail renovations and filling in some of the empty spaces along the...
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Friday, August 1, 2025

The Ten Commandments Returns to Assiniboine Park

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  Many of the things we associate with the greatest contributors to North American social and community well being comes from fraternal orga...
Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Polo Park Billion Dollar Development Stalled

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It should come as no surprise that Polo Park developer Cadillac Fairview along with Shindico went to great trouble to change the zoning arou...
Monday, July 28, 2025

Gaza Starvation

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It is 21 months since the Hamas attacks in Israel. Israel had a right to defend itself and free hostages brought to Gaza. It is fair to say ...
Thursday, July 24, 2025

Old Robin's on Portage to Become KFC

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For the last several years the restaurants west of Moray Street have been closing. First it was the German restaurant Gasthaus Gutenberg aro...
Monday, July 21, 2025

Video Arcades in Winnipeg in the 1970s and 1980s

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In 1972, Atari and Magnavox came out with video games to use at home. For Atari, they came up with versions for bars and arcades. The first ...
Thursday, July 17, 2025

Is Mark Carney a Conservative?

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A short note: Blogging had a moment about 15 years ago more or less. It lasted a while and a few are kicking around today in Manitoba. There...
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