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unusual facts about Morris, Manitoba


Paul P. Enns

Enns was born in Morris, Manitoba, where he graduated from Morris Collegiate Institute.


1874 in Canada

Anabaptists (Russian Mennonites) start to arrive in Manitoba from various Russian colonies.

1978 Air Canada Silver Broom

The 1978 Air Canada Silver Broom, the men's world curling championship, was held from March 27 - April 2 at the Winnipeg Arena in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Arthur Lobb

He first ran for the Manitoba legislature in the 1914 provincial election, and lost to Conservative Isaac Riley by fifty-nine votes in the constituency of Rockwood.

Ashley Hutchings

The Morris On project has spawned several sequels across his career: Son of Morris On (1976), Grandson of Morris On (2002) and Great Grandson of Morris On (2004).

Bill Heindl, Jr.

Heindl began his junior hockey career in Winnipeg, Manitoba, playing for the Winnipeg Braves, and then joined the Oshawa Generals of the OHA for the 1965–66 season.

Blood Knot

The play was most recently performed in Johannesburg, South Africa in 2010 as part of Mandela Day celebrations, with Michael Brando playing the lead role of Morris.

Bulbine crassa

Coast Lily (Bulbine crassa), also known as the Crassa Island Leek Lily (D.I.Morris & Duretto) is a species described in 2006 which occurs on the Furneaux Group of islands between Victoria and Tasmania.

Capital Disney

The final line up of presenters at closure was Adam Morris, known on air as The General, James Beckingham, Matt James, Val Mellon, Leigh Purves, Nigel Mitchell, Andrew Rendle, known as Radio Rendle, Adam O'Neill, Saffron Oddy and Sophie Bruce.

Centreport

CentrePort Canada, an inland port in Winnipeg and Rosser, Manitoba, Canada.

CIIT

CIIT-DT, a religious television station in Winnipeg, Manitoba

Collin Peterson

In 1998, Peterson gained attention by proposing a constitutional amendment that would allow the residents of Minnesota's Northwest Angle to vote on whether they wanted to secede from the United States and join the Canadian province of Manitoba.

Fred Sutherland

In retirement he became Deputy Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism for the Province of Manitoba and then Corporate Vice-President Human Resources with McCain Foods.

Freddie Silva

Silva was born Halpeliyanage Morris Joseph de Silva in Puvakaramba, Moratuwa an only child.

Fries with That?

One notable instance involved a particularly attractive exchange student from Flin Flon, Manitoba who caught their eyes.

Gillian Gilbert

In 2007, Gilbert and Morris remixed two tracks for the Nine Inch Nails remixes album Year Zero Remixed.

Greg Morris

While in college, Morris was active in theater and hosted the late afternoon Jazz radio show, "Tea-Time," on the University of Iowa's station, WSUI.

Halltown, Missouri

Halltown has been in existence since about 1833, when original founder I.V. Morris and the first settlers came to the area from Lawrence County, Tennessee.

Heron Lake, Minnesota

Inkpaduta, a Mdewakanton Sioux Indian leader in the area from the 1850s until his departure to join Sitting Bull's band in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, camped at at the south end of the lake that gives the town its name both before and after his participation in the Spirit Lake massacre of 1857, and the Dakota War of 1862, also known as the Sioux uprising.

High Bridge Branch

1990s: Columbia Gas Transmission of West Virginia construct a gas line under the former rail bed, and the surface rights for the former High Bridge Branch line are transferred to the Hunterdon County Department of Parks and Recreation and Morris County Parks and Recreation for use as a recreational trail, known as Columbia Trail.

Jackson Dodds

Born in Hornsey, Middlesex, England, Dodds first went to Canada in 1901, but did not finally settle in Winnipeg, Manitoba, until after serving with the British Army in World War I.

James Robson

James Wells Robson, Manitoba politician active early in the 20th century

Jerry Fontaine

Fontaine rejoined the Manitoba Liberal Party after the FPP's dissolution, and became a candidate for the party's leadership in 1998 following the resignation of Ginny Hasselfield.

John Christian Schultz

Outside of politics, Schultz, Henry Septimus Beddome, Curtis James Bird and others were the founders of the Medical Health Board of Manitoba which was incorporated in 1871 and became the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba in 1877.

KICK

CKIC-FM, a radio station (92.9 FM) licensed to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, branded as KICK-FM

Manitoba general election, 1914

Although Education Minister George R. Coldwell insisted the amendments were only meant to clarify existing provisions, many voters believed the Roblin government wanted to re-introduce funding for separate Roman Catholic schools.

Marty O'Neill

Marty O'Neill, born June 6, 1964 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, is a former lacrosse player and former general manager of the Minnesota Swarm of the National Lacrosse League (NLL).

Mystery Mountain Winter Park

It is located 20 minutes north of Thompson on Highway Provincial Road 280, BOX 246, Thompson, Manitoba.

Nancy Morris

Rabbi Morris also called on the incoming Chief Rabbi to demonstrate his commitment to repairing divisions between different Jewish traditions by publicly criticising the detention of Emily Wolfson for wearing a Tallit at the Kotel.

Nice Work

Morris Zapp makes a cameo appearance in the last part of Nice Work, to add a plot twist where he tries to arrange for Robyn to have a job interview at his American university, Euphoric State (a fictionalized UC Berkeley), in order to stop his ex-wife from being a candidate for an open faculty position.

Parker Burrell

Burrell was educated at The Pas, Manitoba, and received a Certificate of Communications in Cranberry Portage.

Quincey Morris

In the full motion video based game Dracula Unleashed, the protagonist is Quincey's brother Alexander Morris.

Robert Tuttle Morris

Morris was one of the doctors that have promoted the construction of an hospital at Ithaca, the Memorial Hospital, which was finished in 1889 (but the formal opening of the Hospital was on January 1, 1892) and later on a College Infirmary.

Rod Beattie

Other productions include The Loveliest and Sylvia in Victoria, The Crucible and Blessings in Disguise in Manitoba, Oleanna at the National Arts Centre opposite Sandra Oh, and Love Letters opposite wife Martha Henry in an Ontario tour.

S. Brent Morris

Morris has served as Executive of the Cryptologic Mathematician Program at the National Security Agency and as U.S. representative to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in the area of computer security.

Sheffield Socialist Society

The Society began organising stalls on Fargate, with speakers extolling the virtues of socialism, and organised meetings with a wide range of speakers, including Hyndman, Morris, Annie Besant and Peter Kropotkin.

Sydney Cockerell

He acted as private secretary to William Morris, becoming a major collector of Kelmscott Press books; was secretary also to Wilfrid Scawen Blunt; and was Thomas Hardy's executor.

The Ethiopians

The Ethiopians were a ska, rocksteady, and reggae vocal group, founded by Leonard Dillon (b. 9 December 1942, Port Antonio, Jamaica, d. 28 September 2011), Stephen Taylor and Aston Morris.

The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore

The book was inspired by children's books publisher at HarperCollins and Joyce's mentor William Morris.

The Kid Comes Back

The title may be meant to remind audiences of Kid Galahad, a smash hit prizefight movie released the previous year starring Edward G. Robinson, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, and Wayne Morris in the title role as a young boxer very similar to his part in The Kid Comes Back.

The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada Museum

The Queens Own Cameron Highlanders Museum is a military museum in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Thomas Morton

Thomas Lewis Morton (1846–1914), English-born farmer and politician in Manitoba, Canada

Thomas Wardlaw Taylor

From 1872 to 1883 he was Master of Chancery, and from 1883 to 1887 puisne judge of the Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench.

Toby Morris

An unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1960 to the 87th Congress, Morris served as judge for the Oklahoma State Industrial Court from July 1, 1961, to July 17, 1963.

Walter Hekster

In 1965 he accepted an appointment for professor of clarinet and composition at Brandon University in Manitoba, which he held until 1971.

Wildwood Park

Wildwood Park, Winnipeg, a suburban community in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Willie Morris

One of Morris' books, Good Old Boy: A Delta Boyhood was made into a TV movie for Public Television by Disney and PBS Wonderworks and later re-titled The River Pirates in 1988 not far from where Morris lived.It starred Richard Farnsworth, Maureen O'Sullivan, Dixie Wade, Ryan Francis, Caryn West and Richard E. Council.

Winnipeg Lucania FC

Winnipeg Lucania Football Club is an amateur soccer club based in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Winnipeg Route 42

Henderson Highway was named for early Manitoba pioneer Samuel Robert Henderson, Disraeli Freeway was named for Benjamin Disraeli, and Princess Street was named for Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, while King Street was named for John Mark King, a local clergyman, and Donald Street and Smith Street for the 1st Lord Strathcona.

YBR

Brandon Municipal Airport (IATA 3 letter airport code: YBR), municipal airport near Brandon, Manitoba, Canada

ZGI

The Gods River Airport, (IATA: ZGI, ICAO: CZGI), located adjacent to Gods River, Manitoba, Canada


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