Category: Spring

Melting Ice on Lake Winnipeg. March 31 2019

The family and I went to Camp Morton and discovered the ice on Lake Winnipeg had a big crack in it, and was making soft tinkling noises. Then…

Geocaching in Assiniboine Forest, April 20 2014

Uncle Trevor found a shrine of some kind in the Assiniboine Forest while out hunting for caches.                      …

Jane’s Walk, WPGxHBC – A Company’s Influence on the City, May 4 2013

“Legendary urban thinker, writer and activist Jane Jacobs Jane Jacobs (1916-2006) was an urbanist and activist whose writings championed a fresh, community-based approach to city building. She had no…

City of Winnipeg James Ave River Gauge, April 30 2013

People sometimes get the “Pumping Station” on James Ave mixed up with the River Level Measurement Station. They are very close together, but not the same thing! Read…

Winnipeg’s Sandbag Making Machine, April 8 2013

The City of Winnipeg was kind enough to arrange a visit to the Sandbag machine out in Transcona. Brent J. Kowalewich, C.E.T. Supervisor of Street Maintenance – East Area City…

Jane’s Walk, Winnipeg, Wolseley 1912, May 5 2012

Winnipeg Walks: Wolseley 1912 Guided by George Tacik Date    Saturday, May 5, 2012 Start Time  10:00 am Duration     2 hours The walk is about a portion of…

Transcona’s 100th, Dedication Ceremony, April 12 2012

On Thursday, April 12, we’ll kick off the celebration of our 100th Anniversary at the Transcona Legion Branch 7 on Regent Avenue at 11:30 where dignitaries will help mark…

Winnipeg Rapid Transit opening ceremony, April 5 2012

From CBC.ca “Winnipeg’s new bus rapid transit corridor was tested out Thursday by hundreds of people who are keen to see the city’s newest way of getting around….