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49 unusual facts about Winnipeg


A New England

In concert, in Winnipeg, Canada, on 27 September 2006, Bragg stated that Simon and Garfunkel had a strong influence on him, and that he took the line from their song intentionally.

Aaron Harstad

His team, the Winnipeg Jets, had just completed a move from Atlanta to Winnipeg.

Al Tomko

Tomko started out as a wrestler in his hometown of Winnipeg on July 9, 1954 with the Madison Wrestling Club, losing his debut match to John DePaulo.

Alfredas Kulpa-Kulpavičius

These include Our Lady's Church, Montreal (1952), St. St. Casimir's Church, Winnipeg and St. Gregory's Church, Toronto (1959), Lithuanian Martyrs' Church, Mississauga, Providence of God Church and Cultural Center, Detroit and St. Thomas Church, London (1978), Corporation Canadien Tire Building, Toronto (1979) etc.

Beppe Gambetta

He has performed in prestigious festivals in the U.S. and Canada such as Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, Kansas, Merlefest in North Carolina, the Kerrville Folk Festival in Texas and those in Winnipeg and Edmonton.

Boyce–Sneed Feud

However, in the month following her incarceration, Boyce "rescued" her, and the two fled to Winnipeg, Canada.

Brookside Cemetery

Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg in Winnipeg, Manitoba holds more than 6500 servicemen and women, includes 470 war graves.

Charleswood Curling Club

Charleswood Curling Club is located in the southwestern area of Winnipeg, in the community of Charleswood.

Clann Zú

Before the band's breakup, it was signed to Winnipeg-based G7 Welcoming Committee Records, an independent record label established by Chris Hannah and Jordan Samoleski—of labelmates Propagandhi—and Regal in 1997.

Colin Inkster

Inkster was educated at St. John's College in Winnipeg.

Dark Horses

It was reworked afterwards during the studio sessions for Vice Verses, and the band debuted the revamped version with a new chorus with different melodies and a re-worked second verse in Winnipeg, Canada in May 2011.

Dorothy, Minnesota

Dorothy initially was established as a railroad station in 1916-17 after the Northern Pacific Railway extended its line from Tilden Junction to Winnipeg and built a spur through Red Lake Falls.

Fan death

We've got people lying in snowbanks overnight here in Winnipeg and they survive.

Fernando de Toro

Fernando de Toro is a Full Professor in the Department of English, Film and Theatre at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.

Fisher River Cree Nation

Fisher River (Ochekwi-Sipi) is a Cree First Nations reserve located approximately 193 km north of Manitoba's capital city, Winnipeg.

Ginny Hasselfield

Although Hasselfield had never run for provincial office, she was known in Manitoba as a prominent organizer for the Liberal Party and was supported by the party's establishment against Kevin Lamoureux, a maverick MLA from north-end Winnipeg.

Lamoureux received more membership votes, but the concentration of his support in north Winnipeg meant that Hasselfield was able to attain a 21-point victory.

Green Party of Manitoba candidates, 2007 Manitoba provincial election

Bennet-Clark moved to Winnipeg in 1999, and has been involved in public debates over malathion spraying and condominium construction in Assiniboine Park.

Harlo Jones

He rejoined the RCAF in 1950 and served for another 20 years before managing a hospital in Winnipeg.

Herbert James Rowse

Simon won an important Canadian commission in 1912, and Rowse worked in the firm's Winnipeg office in 1913.

James Body

Then moved to Winnipeg Manitoba Canada to become the proprieter of a flax-crushing works in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

From there, he went to teach Modern Christianity (history, sociology, philosophy, and theology) in the Department of Religion at the University of Manitoba, in Winnipeg, Canada, rising to the rank of Professor in 1997 and receiving the university's top awards for research and for outreach to the community (via his newspaper column and other media appearances).

Judy Devlin

Judy Devlin (later Judy Hashman) (born 22 October 1935 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a former badminton player who won more major international titles than any other player of her era.

Kasimir Bileski

Kasimir Bileski (September 14, 1908 - January 19, 2005) was a noted Canadian philatelist and stamp dealer based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Libertarian Party of Manitoba candidates, 1995 Manitoba provincial election

There is a Guy Beaudry in Winnipeg who serves as vice-president of the hog production firm Hytek Ltd.

Malathion

Today, Winnipeg is the only major city in Canada with an ongoing Malathion nuisance-adult-mosquito-control program.

Marc Bircham

Bircham was eligible to play for Canada because one of his grandfathers was born in Winnipeg.

Mirudhubashini Govindarajan

On completion of her medical studies in Chennai, she moved to New York and then to Winnipeg, Canada.

New Democratic Party of Manitoba candidates, 1969 Manitoba provincial election

William Thomas Loftus (June 21, 1916–August 6, 2008) was raised and educated in the Norwood area of Winnipeg, and attended the University of Manitoba.

New Democratic Party of Manitoba candidates, 1999 Manitoba provincial election

Dubois worked as curator of mammology at Winnipeg's Museum of Man and Nature 1971 - 2001, and has done extensive research into Manitoba's bat population.

New Democratic Party of Manitoba candidates, 2003 Manitoba provincial election

Ballingal Scotten has worked as a counsellor at the Youville Centre and St. Raphael Centre in Winnipeg (Winnipeg Free Press, 4 May 1998), and has specialized in treatment for sexual addiction (WFP, 29 September 2001).

NOWTV

On November 1, 2004, Trinity Television announced that it was selling CHNU and the licence for CIIT-TV Winnipeg, at that time not yet launched, to Rogers Communications, subject to Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) approval.

Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba candidates, 1969 Manitoba provincial election

Kenneth Pratt focused his campaign around opposition to the Schreyer government's plan to amalgamate the City of Winnipeg with surrounding municipalities, including St. Vital.

Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba candidates, 1995 Manitoba provincial election

McMurren is a small businessman and a former councillor in Rockwood, a rural municipality located outside of Winnipeg.

Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba candidates, 2007 Manitoba provincial election

McLeod is a manager with CanadInns, and has studied political science at the University of Winnipeg.

Her husband is a firefighter, and she received an endorsement from the United Fire Fighters of Winnipeg in the 2006 campaign.

Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario candidates, 1987 Ontario provincial election

Paparo-Stein lived in Winnipeg during the 1970s, and gained local fame for taking the city to court over its use of chemical pesticides (which she believed were responsible for illnesses in her family).

Ryann O'Toole

She also played in her first LPGA tournament in August 2010 when she received a sponsor's exemption to the CN Canadian Women's Open in Winnipeg, but missed the cut.

Saint Vital

St. Vital, Winnipeg, a former independent city in Manitoba, Canada which is now part of the city of Winnipeg

Stanley Grenz

He later worked within the local church context as youth director and assistant pastor (Northwest Baptist Church, Denver, Colorado, 1971-1976), pastor (Rowandale Baptist Church, Winnipeg, Manitoba 1979-1981), and interim pastor on several occasions.

While in the pastorate (1979-1981), Grenz taught courses both at the University of Winnipeg and at Winnipeg Theological Seminary (now Providence Seminary).

Terror in the Sky

Passengers on a plane headed from the Midwest to the West Coast (Winnipeg to Vancouver in the book; Minneapolis to Seattle in the film) get quite ill after eating the chicken pot pie entree.

The Life Channel

The company was a partnership between Winnipeg doctor John Tyson, who became president of the company, Toronto lawyer Michael G. Rinaldo, who became director and secretary, and broadcast company CUC Limited.

The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada Museum

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

Vanderveen

Vanderveen is a rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, founded in 2003 by songwriters Matt Thomas and Phil Bockstael.

Warner elevator row

In 1917 the two companies amalgamated to form the United Grain Growers, with headquarters Winnipeg.

Wildwood Park

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

Winnipeg's Most

This record, titled Goodfellaz, featured artists Krizz Kaliko, The Rupness Monster, Ed E Buk, Zeek Illa, Bubblz, Big Slim, and Inez.

Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

In 1968, on sabbatical from the Near Eastern and Judaic studies department of the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, he joined a group of other Jews in founding a havurah (small cooperative congregation) in Somerville, Massachusetts, called Havurat Shalom.


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.

201 Portage

Having declared bankruptcy and sold its media properties, Canwest has vacated the premises; its main successor Shaw Media will retain only the lease for the 30th floor, where the Global Winnipeg studios are located.

7th Canadian Infantry Brigade

On the Canadian right the II Battalion attacked the Royal Winnipeg Rifles defending the village of Putot-en-Bessin.

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.

Black Bridge

The plethora of metal music featured in the film was generously contributed by Winnipeg metal acts Lawsuit and Labyrinth along with Canadian metal acts Goat Horn, Betrayer, Kick Axe, Thor, Anvil, Helix, Brighton Rock, Trained Bears and the American group Geronimo!

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

The CCPA is based in Ottawa but has branch offices in Vancouver, Winnipeg, Regina, Toronto and Halifax.

Cap-Rouge, Quebec City

Built in 1907-1908 with the participation of Gustave Eiffel, the steel trestle was constructed under the authority of the National Transcontinental as part of the Winnipeg-Moncton trunk.

Centreport

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

CIIT

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

CSLR

Centre scolaire Léo-Rémillard - a French high school situated south of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Danys Báez

Báez defected from the Cuban national team at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada.

Eddy Cobiness

Cobiness died in Winnipeg, Manitoba on January 1, 1996 to the effect of complications from diabetic.

Ex-Soldiers and Ex-Sailors Party of Manitoba

In the provincial election of 1920, the party ran Samuel Cartwright as part of the ten-member labour list in Winnipeg.

George Adam Scott

He prepared for a teaching profession at the Normal School of Winnipeg, after which he taught for seven years, three of which he was the principal of the public schools of Wawanesa, Manitoba.

Hillside Beach, Manitoba

During the fur trading expeditions of the Voyageurs and Coureur des bois the lagoon was part of a portage for traveling between the Winnipeg River and Lake Winnipeg en route from French eastern Canada to the Red River Valley, avoiding the long often choppy route around Elk Island.

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 Henry Ashdown

In 1907, Ashdown was elected mayor of Winnipeg and served for two years before being defeated by William Sanford Evans.

KICK

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

Les Surveillantes

After their success in the Réseau National des Galas de la chanson, the group performed at many festivals, including Coup de Coeur francophone Montreal, and Winnipeg in November 2009, and in 2010 the Festival Vue sur la Relève at Montreal in 2010, the Chicane Albertaine at Nordegg, and the Festival international de la chanson de Granby (out of contest).

Lorne Campbell

That season he played for Winnipeg in its unsuccessful Stanley Cup challenge.

Manitoba Campaign to Ban Landmines

The MBCBL was launched on 1 March 2002 at a ceremony at the Manitoba Legislature in Winnipeg.

Marie-Anne Gaboury

They went first to the area near the confluence of the Assiniboine and Red Rivers near what would later become the Red River Colony, and, eventually, modern Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Mark Summer

Looking for alternative genres, he left the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra playing in an assortment of alternative ensembles until, while in Winnipeg, Summer met violinists Darol Anger and shortly after he was invited by David Balakrishnan and Darol to join Turtle Island, and moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1985 to perform permanently with the band.

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).

Milt Stegall

He also was honoured with a street in Winnipeg adjacent to Canad Inns Stadium formerly called Arena Road (in reference to the former Winnipeg Arena) which was renamed Milt Stegall Drive.

Norris Division

The Winnipeg Jets return to the Smythe Division when the Colorado Rockies move to East Rutherford, New Jersey, to become the New Jersey Devils; the Devils are moved from the Smythe Division to the Patrick Division.

Postage stamps and postal history of the Bahamas

The Bahamians accomplished by overprinting 5d Staircase issues with "SPECIAL / DELIVERY" and sending them to Canada, where they were on sale in four post offices (Ottawa, Toronto, Westmount, and Winnipeg) for 10 cents each.

Richard Waugh

Richard Deans Waugh (1868-1938), Canadian politician, mayor of Winnipeg

Richmond Sockeyes

After four tough games in four days in Comox, the team had only a couple of days of rest before flying to Winnipeg and boarding a team bus to St. Malo, Manitoba to represent British Columbia at the 2013 Keystone Cup – the Western Canadian Junior B Championships.

Royal Winnipeg Ballet

In 2002, The Royal Winnipeg Ballet's interpretation of the story of Dracula, choreographed by Mark Godden, was filmed in a made for television titled Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary directed by Guy Maddin.

Santa's Slay

Pastor Timmons is found dead in a Santa suit and is presumed to be the killer, while in fact the real Santa Claus is boarding a flight from Winnipeg to the North Pole.

Sharon Blady

Blady grew up in the neighbourhood of St. James-Assiniboia in Winnipeg, where she attended Buchanan School, Hedges Junior High School, and Collège Silver Heights Collegiate.

Sylvie

This full-length album was recorded with Juno award winning producer Brandon Friesen at Studio 11 in Winnipeg.

The Week Thus Far

Previous guests have included Winnipeg City Councillor Gord Steeves, nationally syndicated agony aunt Miss Lonelyhearts (Maureen Scurfield), CJOB Traffic Reporter Brian Barkley, and legendary children's performer Fred Penner.

TransCanada pipeline

In late 1957, during a high pressure line test on the section of the line from Winnipeg to Port Arthur (today called Thunder Bay), about five and a half kilometres of pipeline blew up near Dryden.

Under Great White Northern Lights

Exclusive components to the box set includes a live 7" single featuring "Icky Thump" on one side and "The Wheels on the Bus" (records live in Winnipeg on July 2nd, 2007) on the other, a 208-page hardcover book of photographs from the tour, one of six possible silkscreen prints, and a DVD of the band's 10th anniversary show in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, entitled Under Nova Scotian Lights.

WDAY-TV

It must conform its signal to protect CBC Television's Winnipeg station, CBWT, which took to the air on channel 6 a year after WDAY-TV signed on.

Winnipeg Lucania FC

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