Category: Winnipeg
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Vintage Manitoba Film Footage
I came across a 2 part “Mantioba Travelogue” video from the 1940s on youtube. An era when Manitoba seemed to have been much more prosperous. Part 1: mainly features Winnipeg. Interesting facts at the time Winnipeg was Canada’s 4th largest city – a position currently occupied by Ottawa-Gatineau (Winnipeg #8 now) – and meatpacking was the #1 industry…
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Google Earth features 3D Winnipeg buildings
Yesterday I noticed that maps.google.com now features a built in Google Earth plugin, was pleasantly surprised to see a few Winnipeg buildings presented as 3D models.
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Pirate Party 0.6% in Winnipeg North
Official results from the Winnipeg Norh federal by-election are in and the Pirate Party candidate Jeff Coleman won 0.6% of the vote! That’s twice as many as the Christian Heritage Party and only 20 votes less than the Green Party. Yes we can! Pro Tip: clean up the red-eye in your political party’s website profile picture.
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Winnipeg’s Mayoral Candidate “Judy” Needs A Web Presence
Judy Wasylycia-Leis, Winnipeg’s only official mayoral candidate announced her candidacy 1/2 an hour ago. At the time of writing, neither her official website or facebook fan page have been updated. Fail.
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Winnipeg’s Golden Era
This post is somewhat outside of the scope of the types of things I normally blog about here, we’ll see if I continue this sort of thing. I came across a great series of photographs from The Winnipeg Transit archives via the Winnipeg blog Rise and Sprawl. Here are some of my favorite photos from what…