Observations, Reservations, Conversations

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

Sunday, December 28, 2025

What Makes Winnipeg Great?

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A lot of focus has been on the negative aspects of Winnipeg both in mainstream media and social media. Sometimes that results in very public...
Wednesday, December 24, 2025

100 Years of Winnie-the-Pooh December 24

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Winnie the Pooh as most Winnipeggers know, was originally Winnipeg Bear at the London Zoo. The first story by A.A .Milne and illustrated by ...
Friday, December 19, 2025

The Winnipeg Sun Re-Design

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The Winnipeg Sun under the Klein Group has tried to distinguish itself from Postmedia Sun and National Post papers since the purchase in 202...
Thursday, December 18, 2025

The Fight for Warner Brothers and What it Means for Canada

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Warner Bros has gone through so many mergers, acquisition and ups and downs that it is difficult to even keep up with nowadays. It is import...
Monday, December 15, 2025

Hanukah and Bondi Beach Australia Attack

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Bondi Beach is the legendary suburban beach near Sydney, Australia. Often called the lucky country because of the people, the climate, geogr...
Saturday, December 13, 2025

Winnipeg Sun Believes Removal of Covenants Has No Effect on Competition

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The December 13 editorial of the Winnipeg Sun believes competitive food prices only come from tax cuts. Removal of gas tax, business tax, pr...
Wednesday, December 10, 2025

West End Cultural Centre Programming Saved

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In 1987, an old church was turned into the West End Cultural Centre by Winnipeg Folk Fest creator Mitch Podolok and Ava Kobrinsky. The build...
Monday, December 8, 2025

Underdogs Restaurant Parking Becomes Paid Parking

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Okay, it's not Underdog's parking lot. It isn't actually clear who owns the parking lot at 207 Thompson Drive between the strip ...
Saturday, December 6, 2025

Bus Driver Protection

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The bus drivers union has been begging for better shield protection for over ten years. The half shield has resulted in some passengers reac...
Thursday, November 27, 2025

Home Hardware in Winnipeg Finally Opens 2025

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Peavey Mart closed both Winnipeg locations in January of this year. The entire company shut down but in Alberta but is slowly opening locati...
Wednesday, November 26, 2025

New Drive-Thru Concept McDonald's Coming to Kenaston

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It is not the first drive-thru only from McDonald's in the city. That honour goes to Pembina Highway which also became the first 24 hour...
Wednesday, November 19, 2025

What Restaurants Should Locate by Portage Avenue Costco?

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Costco is now open along Portage Avenue. Even as the doors opened and work continued in different places, apartment construction continues. ...
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Saturday, November 15, 2025

The Restaurants in Marcello's Old Hydro Location

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Covid hurt businesses associated with office workers. The Manitoba Hydro building with between 1800-1900 employees went on remote work and e...
Thursday, November 13, 2025

Costco Opening November 13 Portage Avenue

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It certainly took long enough but at 6 am Thursday, Costco will open their newest location on 4077 Portage Avenue near Assiniboia Downs. It ...
Monday, November 10, 2025

Crossing the Floor - House of Commons

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In 2018 Andrew Scheer had no problem with floor crosser when Liberal Leona Allslev joined his party. Now that is Conservatives crossing to t...
Saturday, November 8, 2025

Unique Bunny Expanding Across Canada

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For small vendors sometimes the best place to begin is flea markets and conventions and so it was with Unique Bunny. Started by Fiona Zhao, ...
Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Election 2025?

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 The new budget comes November 4 and the final vote on it comes a few weeks after. It is a confidence vote. If all the parties vote against ...
Saturday, November 1, 2025

Emma Durand-Wood Wins Elmwood-East Kildonan City Election

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The shocking death of Jason Schreyer in April at age 57 triggered a byelection in Elmwood-East Kildonan. Time to mourn the man was short as ...
Saturday, October 25, 2025

Fort Garry Legion to Close

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Two world wars and the Korean War resulted in over a million men and women who had put on a uniform in Canada. The first veteran organizatio...
Wednesday, October 22, 2025

McNally Jackson on Recent Law & Order

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McNally Robinson Books started in Winnipeg in 1981 when bookstores were often found in malls such as Coles and WH Smith. Department stores s...
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