tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164078924663772502024-03-18T09:08:37.153-05:00West End DumplingsLocal history and urban thoughts from a West End WinnipeggerChristian Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691310860448400887noreply@blogger.comBlogger1340125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716407892466377250.post-56729727751718153722024-03-09T03:39:00.002-06:002024-03-09T06:30:03.970-06:00Another week - more historic buildings lost to fire<p style="text-align: left;"><span class="aCOpRe" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span><span>© 2024, Christian Cassidy</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkivLU988-QnDvHZ8IZUbrgRT09ZiqqSuUuCvSIb1a-PW9Eau0j_gFgBcqr6vB6Lcu5qYjWNfJbO4lku729iG2p7aB7CYWVSCUk1ik6hJyYdtPoAJricnlJj4LlCs9s83v3Br9nLnvZ3LWwGyrsnqCtx0sHGkZCjdyV-8LWVoH5o3JeNiFkUXo_Ca44zZd/s619/Allman%20Guest.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="419" data-original-width="619" height="136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkivLU988-QnDvHZ8IZUbrgRT09ZiqqSuUuCvSIb1a-PW9Eau0j_gFgBcqr6vB6Lcu5qYjWNfJbO4lku729iG2p7aB7CYWVSCUk1ik6hJyYdtPoAJricnlJj4LlCs9s83v3Br9nLnvZ3LWwGyrsnqCtx0sHGkZCjdyV-8LWVoH5o3JeNiFkUXo_Ca44zZd/w200-h136/Allman%20Guest.png" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Google Street View</span><br /></div><div><p></p><p><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Another week has passed and a couple more substantial buildings have been destroyed by fire.</span><br /><br /><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">On Tuesday, </span><a href="https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/apartment-building-destroyed-following-fire-residents-displaced-1.6796185" target="_blank">Glenora Apartments on Toronto Street</a> and last night the <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/main-street-fire-1.7139125" target="_blank">Guest Block on Main Street</a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">, (the middle building in the above photo). These weren't the only fires this week, just the largest buildings destroyed.</span><br /><br /><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I'm gonna be an uppity inner-city person here and ask the question 'when do these fires raise a flag with politicians, police, etc?' </span><br /><br /><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">We are well past the point of it being the odd vacant house going up in flames. Over the past couple of years, substantial and inhabited buildings have gone up in flames every couple of weeks and that span seems to be getting shorter.</span><br /><br /><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I can't imagine that if this was happening in St. James or East Kildonan or St. Boniface it would be greeted with what seems like just a shrug.</span><br /><br /><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I'm not sure what can be done but could there be a meeting of officials to discuss ideas or if resources could be redeployed. Do we know if there are dozens of random people lighting fires annually or are we talking about a couple of firebugs responsible?</span><br /><br /><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">This is not normal and I don't get a sense that people in charge share that feeling or a sense that something must be done.</span><br /><br /><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">This isn't helped by the fact that when a big fire happens, the media will cover it because it is a great news story and the city will issue a release to warn about the traffic implications. Rarely will you ever get a follow-up story about the cause of the fire. </span><br /><br /><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Are some of these fires down to wiring issues, as most tend to be century-old buildings, or is it arson? It is hard to tell.<br /><br /><i>For more about <a href="https://winnipegdowntownplaces.blogspot.com/2024/03/598-main-street-guest-fish-block-rip.html" target="_blank">the history of the Guest Block</a>.</i></span><br /></p></div>Christian Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691310860448400887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716407892466377250.post-24672384895908764642024-03-03T16:47:00.009-06:002024-03-04T13:14:09.553-06:00Opening Soon: Portage and Main<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://winnipeginfocus.winnipeg.ca/i01843" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="476" data-original-width="480" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMaeKPumbfMC9UufalOPhrFeT0cb6FD4n2t-kywa8WLgcryIaC3JBsAkujeyjyepRAgvw1jdXaBu9PYgGcIMPiqR-o231NuTM2jgxqGZqfDERvGBW6QS9L4bf0nagvEKKEMMFNoujPszxS-K2PzBKgvFLK2hho01ugYugLn8LZZNrM9awuPOf3S2WCE6bP/w200-h198/Portage%20and%20Main%20CoW%20archives%20Hugh%20Allan%201979.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Portage and Main, 1979, by Hugh Allan (City of Winnipeg Archives)</span><br /></div><div><p></p><p>It looks as if <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/portage-main-winnipeg-1.7130493" target="_blank">Portage and Main will reopen</a> after all. <br /><br />I've done several skywalk tours of Winnipeg that end at Portage and Main with a discussion about its history and future. Whenever I am asked about it still being closed to pedestrians, I always say that when the cost to repair the concourse becomes known, it will reopen.<br /><br />The issue of the pending redevelopment came up several times during the plebiscite debate but it got so emotional and divisive that it was largely ignored in favour of what's going to happen right now.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrZadSOxlNJJ4ecjG9EYPEr_f7ebDnqJaUhkaKy7X8S8rpNARKMspK3MZnAcVcelOT-0bQsodLgIcIOFuwkPyizMNu9-690REid68sPSPUXCDmJlhDAPMh6WFgnJ_69vzQ66Bha7cyjs0iextcoknKY-0SyUn8huoEvPd9TWGjxruBxZHVb5nPMK-wUUSQ/s1024/concourse.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="766" data-original-width="1024" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrZadSOxlNJJ4ecjG9EYPEr_f7ebDnqJaUhkaKy7X8S8rpNARKMspK3MZnAcVcelOT-0bQsodLgIcIOFuwkPyizMNu9-690REid68sPSPUXCDmJlhDAPMh6WFgnJ_69vzQ66Bha7cyjs0iextcoknKY-0SyUn8huoEvPd9TWGjxruBxZHVb5nPMK-wUUSQ/w200-h149/concourse.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><p>I haven't read the details of what the $73 million estimate entails but it seems much of it has to do with the cost of tearing up the road to replace the membrane above the concourse. Then there will be the often out-of-service escalators and wheelchair elevators that will need to be replaced. The lighting, electrical and tiles are also more than 40 years old.<br /><br />Above ground are the street access points, most of which are crumbling and none of which are wheelchair accessible. (The city got around this by issuing the building permits for the concourse months before introducing sweeping accessibility regulations for new buildings.)<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/christiansphotos/5310046297/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="868" data-original-width="1024" height="169" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8oXXsadX_1NwRTI5JA-u0N4phQJWVgQ4-0-cr-WLmE5TKRTTYYEC4yzlQA6HCanjJDMWe_UChnYaBA7-vx58X8eqZV0C3-tyUBHu_D1bs_AfLThT-cj05afEd6k9qBAeMpxKgU3itAZV7zGY13eG_RzUlvXsy68WuWvQVuFDsMTBi7PMFcyPgHZIWI49_/w200-h169/concourse%202.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><p>Deciding against replacing the membrane will mean abandoning(?) or filling in(?) the concourse which is a surprise. Even the most ardent supporters of opening the intersection, I think, assumed that above and below grade would both be options.<br /><br />As for me, I support opening the intersection to pedestrian traffic. Like it or not, the downtown is transforming into a much more residential neighbourhood with thousands of new units being added over the past couple of decades. <br /><br />One-time office buildings like the Avenue, Lindsay, Somerset, Dreman, Medical Arts, are now all residential. Many of the warehouses in the Exchange have at least some residential component to them. The recently-opened tallest building in the city is mostly residential as is one of the True North towers. A new residential development at the Forks slated for later this decade will continue on the work already done on Waterfront Drive and if/when Portage Place gets redeveloped, a residential tower will likely be part of it.<br /><br />The future of downtown, and not just Winnipeg's, is not in new retail or office space, it is residential. As this becomes a bigger part of the picture, the city has to think about things like walkability, trees, parks, etc. and not just how to get traffic to and from the suburbs as quickly as possible.<br /><br /><b>Related:</b><br />Here's a look at vehicles and people sharing the intersection <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1340022339550" target="_blank">from back in 1958</a>!<br /><a href="http://westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2012/06/seven-stories-about-portage-and-main.html" target="_blank">Seven stories about Portage and Main</a> West End Dumplings<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p></div>Christian Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691310860448400887noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716407892466377250.post-27427320735851623142024-03-01T14:05:00.002-06:002024-03-03T15:45:39.584-06:00Farewell to 244 Jarvis Street<p> <span class="aCOpRe" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span><span>© 2024, Christian Cassidy</span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/christiansphotos/2540692530/in/photolist-4SvHnC-4aXHeB-4SvHnu" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4PAc5Nbzl3SSUsFwMlP2tZglZdU6ZSdxQ6pPGL0-lgx7ZcXG6Wld6LXV9VL_a19mGtjZggm838MCF0CxjMT1yuJiON46DivmX1RB_5w_jvhoReIkTkoHRT039cnjTvQlUwYU1TxZw8EIheXChEH3-hrry9Ll3kdbAQLbt1Mw6EzDD2ugsmv0koi46Gv_k/w150-h200/244%20Jarvis.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><p>The burning down of the North End continues,<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/christiansphotos/2540692530/in/photolist-4SvHnC-4aXHeB-4SvHnu"> this time with 244 Jarvis Street</a>.<br /><br />The building was home to Chaim and Mordecai Weidman’s Weidman Bros. wholesale grocery business from the time of its construction in ca. 1910 to 1967. <br /><br />It appears the family may have owned that land prior to this as there is a Weidman residence and a Weidman Scrap Metal at 230 and 232 Jarvis Street (or sometimes just listed as Jarvis and King) dating back to at least 1900. By 1908, it became "Weidman and Co. Grocers and Scrap Metal" which is an interesting combination of businesses.<br /><br />In Alan Levine's 2012 feature in the Winnipeg Free Press titled "<a href="https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/featured/2012/05/26/the-jews-of-manitoba-or-the-centre-of-its-own-diaspora" target="_blank">The Jews of Manitoba, the centre of its own diaspora</a>", he describes the brothers as being among the first wave of Russian Jews to come to Manitoba in the early 1880s and, "They went from working as labourers to becoming, within a few decades,
successful entrepreneurs and leaders of the Jewish community."</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu6wil9ERciXk8cC2_BBpon6fjuZPLdwvJM_Mto_TQIN13gyUDZyBeS3ziGxDuUq4YsUfYZgMw-BpViqPGbwym0MrXhPXvHymWCWs1XqM7O8sW0mhIn_WuQJE1nFp1sKtftFMDESBdIjQUZVt3gDO93MkW3S5-1B-RQuQdMpItOvZfq-GXGFglHrjjhF2f/s574/244%20Jarvis%20Oct%206%201923.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="447" data-original-width="574" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu6wil9ERciXk8cC2_BBpon6fjuZPLdwvJM_Mto_TQIN13gyUDZyBeS3ziGxDuUq4YsUfYZgMw-BpViqPGbwym0MrXhPXvHymWCWs1XqM7O8sW0mhIn_WuQJE1nFp1sKtftFMDESBdIjQUZVt3gDO93MkW3S5-1B-RQuQdMpItOvZfq-GXGFglHrjjhF2f/w200-h156/244%20Jarvis%20Oct%206%201923.jpg" width="200" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">October 6, 1923, Winnipeg Tribune</span><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">Over the decades, the Weidmans distributed everything from Van Dyck cigars to
Canada Dry in Winnipeg. They also packaged specialty products like spices under their own name.<br /><br />In 1966, the company built a new, 50,000 square foot warehouse in the Inkster Industrial Park at <a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/1N6Evx8WYbn9JhEx7" target="_blank">60 Bunting Street</a> and left the north end. By 1971, it recorded $13 million in sales.<br /><br />The company remained family-run. In the 1960s, John P. Weidman, a son of Mordecai, was president of the company. When he died in 1971, <a href="https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-314174/WEIDMAN_DONALD" target="_blank">Donald Weidman</a> took over. Bert Weidman, the company's board chairman, died in 1972.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj43ly-WwXg4iHdDpJUsuQVdHyVIegFGvXeMSKPIB2bkdnOjsCz0WlCq-LlfjnOw5DgGLl8XkhrmKitqaYLICzBPq-bUIJyoo7-t7z_UXpL76gQhOKJH6T5Y3pW328ehj8xtxLEqc16aqNwt1HAaOgd10spgcEui-WmLxGCHdPKPb34EtapmD2KAa5GI-sz/s944/weidman%20ebay.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="635" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj43ly-WwXg4iHdDpJUsuQVdHyVIegFGvXeMSKPIB2bkdnOjsCz0WlCq-LlfjnOw5DgGLl8XkhrmKitqaYLICzBPq-bUIJyoo7-t7z_UXpL76gQhOKJH6T5Y3pW328ehj8xtxLEqc16aqNwt1HAaOgd10spgcEui-WmLxGCHdPKPb34EtapmD2KAa5GI-sz/w134-h200/weidman%20ebay.jpg" width="134" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Source: eBay</span></p><p style="text-align: left;">National food conglomerate <a href="https://schneiders.ca/" target="_blank">J. M. Schneider Ltd.</a> bought a 51% stake in Weidman Brothers in 1971. <br /><br />The following year it purchased the remaining 49%. Weidman was then merged with another Schneider acquisition, A and A Frozen Foods of Winnipeg, and the company became Schneiders' regional distribution wing for its products.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/christiansphotos/2081788641/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-gTKV5WKQlMbwoWo3rCPmBIV1H066w0uM4fRsRibeGmsCto1GuG91SEQWgsfX_W7n0fNSM0LY1mQA7_xWnGwtt2UthjS4Q8hpSghqGSVJDzdl22OSa5_bKy1QhfAeOLOSuq3OPnQgijfHOvNZWJUhpcOxmeZQeSddMez0AxZKC7iorXh_Gc5q18ao6tcC/w200-h150/jarvis%20soap.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">Imperial Soap and Supplies, a janitorial supply company, moved into the building circa 1968.<br /><br />According to <a href="https://imperialsoap.com/" target="_blank">the company's website</a>, the firm has been around since 1963 when Ernest Tessler and Leonard Paul purchased the existing Imperial Soap on Logan Avenue and moved it to Provencher Boulevard.<br /><br />Imperial Soap moved to a larger facility on Inskter Boulevard in 2003.<br /><br />Most recently, <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/jarvis-avenue-fire-business-destroyed-1.7128752" target="_blank">a carpenter had been renting the building</a> to house her cabinetry building. the fire began in a neighbouring building and spread to 244 Jarvis and both buildings and her business have been destroyed.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFCgj7ToCiXf7ZYVoWH-Tpt1iSKzuKHX1EBe8-n0d6xe-r49Vb-QmoTwrdUxHu_5aYi4ocybOci3AAopLRvxdqRnXMpQp31t0WUys2mY0t3hNBSscKmILUmL4tjR7OS0xOZYCs6NAPSD7cMYdr-uAmj7EGytMkwRe60keV93mbEIKpD_XSv4wRFBpGiZtv/s673/244%20Jarvis%20May%2027,%201947.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="473" data-original-width="673" height="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFCgj7ToCiXf7ZYVoWH-Tpt1iSKzuKHX1EBe8-n0d6xe-r49Vb-QmoTwrdUxHu_5aYi4ocybOci3AAopLRvxdqRnXMpQp31t0WUys2mY0t3hNBSscKmILUmL4tjR7OS0xOZYCs6NAPSD7cMYdr-uAmj7EGytMkwRe60keV93mbEIKpD_XSv4wRFBpGiZtv/w200-h141/244%20Jarvis%20May%2027,%201947.jpg" width="200" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">The building has had fires before the one that destroyed it in February 2024. There were smaller ones in 1923 and 1933, then a massive two-alarm blaze in May 1947. <br /><br />The 1947 blaze started on the main floor and moved up the staircase to gut the second and third floor and cause the roof to collapse. <br /></p>Christian Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691310860448400887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716407892466377250.post-68722837100182488212024-02-27T13:13:00.002-06:002024-03-03T15:46:05.859-06:00Farewell to 149 Spence Street<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDBNHbDIzwfrGo3wCLSDHp9Rl3u975XWGGWRaEak6GMAGYA16PYlCXVO8hLq5iDlD5I_ev3y5YWO_eO1u0Z6p2pi6RtCqeNihD6HDF7m4T5pufITZRlZutbCB6SPpNg6RJExNAWHWrkefQserVgfZhOu-bMcwMysPWvrWQ09oKf8tJuf2WmhE0m4SQZ30j/s706/149%20Spence%20GSV.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="642" data-original-width="706" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDBNHbDIzwfrGo3wCLSDHp9Rl3u975XWGGWRaEak6GMAGYA16PYlCXVO8hLq5iDlD5I_ev3y5YWO_eO1u0Z6p2pi6RtCqeNihD6HDF7m4T5pufITZRlZutbCB6SPpNg6RJExNAWHWrkefQserVgfZhOu-bMcwMysPWvrWQ09oKf8tJuf2WmhE0m4SQZ30j/w200-h182/149%20Spence%20GSV.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />149 Spence in 2015 (<a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/X49qGzCYoEiVdzqe8" target="_blank">Google Street View</a>)</span><br /></p><div class="" dir="auto"><div class="x1iorvi4 x1pi30zi x1l90r2v x1swvt13" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message" id=":rf0:"><div class="x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u"><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">It is sad to see that 149 Spence Street <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/spence-street-vacant-house-fire-1.7125885" target="_blank">burned down</a>, even though it was vacant and set for demolition <a href="https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2024/02/27/vacant-house-fire-stalls-development-plan" target="_blank">to make way for an apartment block</a>.<br /><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">It must have been quite the house in its day as it was advertised for sale at $8,000 soon after its construction in 1906. That's more than three times what a decent-sized West End house would have sold for at the time. This ad from October 1906 notes "suitable for doctor". <br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHmNVLmTAhTUwIb6Zu4Vj9N_4rNq161QyDEXjDb4dII-zGa6FFhtrlI1p82H7En5-OEtIWfyQWPVvAqXxOaxzJ_QHXB4A1KvahPe8dchzYZaOKp2hi-PQyKkJ_3KA9KtJZZ_-caEbaKxh6xcP6KOq6y726j6vUANIHJTw3Fze68FI0T1RGnsyXbwHGLA0a/s612/149%20Spence%20Oct%204%201906%20WFP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="155" data-original-width="612" height="51" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHmNVLmTAhTUwIb6Zu4Vj9N_4rNq161QyDEXjDb4dII-zGa6FFhtrlI1p82H7En5-OEtIWfyQWPVvAqXxOaxzJ_QHXB4A1KvahPe8dchzYZaOKp2hi-PQyKkJ_3KA9KtJZZ_-caEbaKxh6xcP6KOq6y726j6vUANIHJTw3Fze68FI0T1RGnsyXbwHGLA0a/w200-h51/149%20Spence%20Oct%204%201906%20WFP.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br />A "restricted zone" means "residential zone". <br /><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="text-overflow: unset;"><br />Back then, it was not uncommon to have a residential street with a factory or warehouse plonked in the middle of the block belching coal smoke and with smelly stables for its horses. Residential-only streets and districts were often advertised as "restricted".</span><br /><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">The house spent many decades as a boarding house with a family on the main floor, (the Forbes' from the late 1930s to 1960s), and rooms for rent <span></span>with optional light housekeeping and a meal included with rent.</div></div></span></div></div></div></div>Christian Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691310860448400887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716407892466377250.post-4343699836180191632024-02-25T14:52:00.007-06:002024-02-25T18:09:25.992-06:00The back story of Winnipeg's Rae and Jerry's Steak House<p><span class="aCOpRe" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span><span>© 2024, Christian Cassidy</span></span></span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHYC6WtlCYmAWrlPEskUudVaOHotx6ANrdVM1ITGMcq-lg_1XyspfrRg35ngMuOk0BfohozRCQsZJ-Iqj3KVKWL8bDZvTmm0NBSUaVEL3lFqCRPwcQRs0F6Gvzbg0fntcKo6apt2F8a8mnei-Sm8Tyt7gaQfIV85ya_Cz4DbnD8Q0UcDaEiz20pVcETkyf/s1765/Rae%20and%20Jerry%20collage_page-0001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1065" data-original-width="1765" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHYC6WtlCYmAWrlPEskUudVaOHotx6ANrdVM1ITGMcq-lg_1XyspfrRg35ngMuOk0BfohozRCQsZJ-Iqj3KVKWL8bDZvTmm0NBSUaVEL3lFqCRPwcQRs0F6Gvzbg0fntcKo6apt2F8a8mnei-Sm8Tyt7gaQfIV85ya_Cz4DbnD8Q0UcDaEiz20pVcETkyf/s320/Rae%20and%20Jerry%20collage_page-0001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Winnipeg has lost several iconic local restaurants in recent times after the owners could not sell them to a new generation of restaurateurs. There is good news that <a href="https://www.raeandjerrys.com/" target="_blank">Rae and Jerry's</a> will be around for years to come as it was <a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/10235255/nothing-changes-at-winnipeg-landmark-rae-and-jerrys-except-ownership/" target="_blank">recently purchased by new owners</a>.<br /><br />The Rae and Jerry's we think of today at its iconic Portage Avenue building near Polo Park dates back to 1957 but the partnership of John Rae and Gerald "Jerry" Hemsworth goes back much further than that.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYh5hjkuG1K1FBANBuVK1LMLWuK3QH91Bq7wziEHiJW-TxXJ40g7zkc9ZOZmj5wqQGFwZZEMqEbcHgqZH46GkeE6saIPzd_sspg1EvMcOkyT4RzJ3vkTH8r4oPBumHOpCPxUYzJOQCV0u7tHzhQPpQLvWy5NBoPiI2pitFSmzrtJCtYLn8S5GNt5tXRsuf/s258/rae%20jerry%20images.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="162" data-original-width="258" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYh5hjkuG1K1FBANBuVK1LMLWuK3QH91Bq7wziEHiJW-TxXJ40g7zkc9ZOZmj5wqQGFwZZEMqEbcHgqZH46GkeE6saIPzd_sspg1EvMcOkyT4RzJ3vkTH8r4oPBumHOpCPxUYzJOQCV0u7tHzhQPpQLvWy5NBoPiI2pitFSmzrtJCtYLn8S5GNt5tXRsuf/w200-h126/rae%20jerry%20images.jpg" width="200" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">John Rae (left) and Jerry Hemsworth</span></div><p>Gerald "Jerry" Hemsworth was born and raised in Winnipeg and began working on CN dining cars as a young teen during the Depression. He then landed a job at the first Salisbury House restaurant on Fort Street where he met lifelong friend and business partner John Rae. <br /><br />John Porteous Rae was a businessman by trade who was born in Alberta in 1914 and came to Winnipeg as a child. He was a clerk at Federal Grain when he met Hemsworth. <br /><br />The duo moved to Fort William (now Thunder Bay) in 1935 with other partners Gordon Hill and Casey Byron to run a small restaurant together. It was then on to a brief stint operating a restaurant in Toronto before Winnipeg called them home.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe1FnYWJSYBk4oPB2FQbGrgws9LFcITbq6_vSHOH45nJ-CfbJ2EzCLcACP1nRpjYsqrJyDNBHQkOF7KAzU-r42j2yNcJLkl-CjjcpfU6Y5S-xOZ4f7d1nVaO04sGijbGRwN0xlq1dbLt2DZ18bNF1t2gEnnsosFoyVb1gUrofMpHyfCxlEYRGMSvEPew7B/s871/Rae%20Jerry%20October%2027%201937.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="871" data-original-width="819" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe1FnYWJSYBk4oPB2FQbGrgws9LFcITbq6_vSHOH45nJ-CfbJ2EzCLcACP1nRpjYsqrJyDNBHQkOF7KAzU-r42j2yNcJLkl-CjjcpfU6Y5S-xOZ4f7d1nVaO04sGijbGRwN0xlq1dbLt2DZ18bNF1t2gEnnsosFoyVb1gUrofMpHyfCxlEYRGMSvEPew7B/w188-h200/Rae%20Jerry%20October%2027%201937.jpg" width="188" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">October 27, 1937, Winnipeg Free Press</span><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">Rae and Hemsworth returned to Winnipeg in 1939 and took over the tea room located inside Brathwaite's Pharmacy at Portage
Avenue and Vaughan Street across from The Bay. <a href="https://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/chipman_au.shtml" target="_blank">Art Chipman</a> was a financial partner in the venture. <br /><br />Brathwaite's was established in 1902 and billed itself as Winnipeg's oldest operating drug store and is <a href="https://www.brathwaites.ca/about-us" target="_blank">still in business today</a>. Its
eatery was a popular place for lunch, afternoon tea, or to get your
tea leaves read, and underwent extensive renovations in 1937.<br /><br />After a successful decade at Braithwaite's, Rae and Hemsworth relocated to their own space at 251 Kennedy Street
just south of Portage Avenue in 1947. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMd7MafzhDuUgbjoHNCpGiIEnQM17ff-sw6R-HxZsPKPW6RWstRj6ZDF6S5cbf_H-C9fg-hh1LKTCYshUAUAIzMa7MmYXvlM4SZzPn-HkPsXRTeb9QV48wIwUf_P9-Bcvi9rmlc_j41CrvOCJOhr3TzZV2-1hliIEDV4KZuBsZ-tSwtT0RkfOQJpZqIMJb/s1950/Rae%20and%20jerry%20now%20and%20then%20571%20Portage%20Avenue_page-0001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="698" data-original-width="1950" height="115" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMd7MafzhDuUgbjoHNCpGiIEnQM17ff-sw6R-HxZsPKPW6RWstRj6ZDF6S5cbf_H-C9fg-hh1LKTCYshUAUAIzMa7MmYXvlM4SZzPn-HkPsXRTeb9QV48wIwUf_P9-Bcvi9rmlc_j41CrvOCJOhr3TzZV2-1hliIEDV4KZuBsZ-tSwtT0RkfOQJpZqIMJb/s320/Rae%20and%20jerry%20now%20and%20then%20571%20Portage%20Avenue_page-0001.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">The new restaurant became popular and prompted the duo to open a second location in 1951 at 571 Portage Avenue at Langside. <br /><br />The Kennedy Street location was referred to in street directories as Rae and
Jerry's Restaurant and the Portage Avenue location was called Rae and Jerry's Steak
House. It was the only eatery in the directory at the time to bill itself
as a 'steak house'.<br /><br />Business was good at the steak house under head chef Joe Matenchuk. It became an "in"
place to be and had no need to advertise in local papers. Its back room hosted countless anniversary dinners, business luncheons, and other special events. <br /><br />Due to the success of the new venture, the Kennedy Street restaurant was closed in late 1953 and it wasn't long before Rae and Hemsworth were looking for a new, larger location with plenty of on-site parking.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: left;">In 1956, they purchased a lot that may have been as large as four and a half acres <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/1405+Portage+Ave,+Winnipeg,+MB+R3G+0W1/@49.8831617,-97.1937734,526m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x52ea73816305e52f:0xe9a62a440e3eaf09!8m2!3d49.8829945!4d-97.1925537!16s%2Fg%2F11c5d0lw62?entry=ttu" target="_blank">at 1405 Portage Avenue</a> near the newly opened Winnipeg Arena. The site was unusual in that it bordered a residential neighbourhood that was established by the 1920s but this land was mostly vacant.<br /><br />This had to do with its former use.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdhuXXthFTpf23m_17daRW0IbwiDxgluB7rGR9YfwU-hwY60gBC-3gXjHLaFCcpZimf_k7dEsY6shbJmsXt2enTaSbQGoxEG2zWrvLQrlfDWtAXSet6YL3dm0sEALGB2NtohLFcPo6sD0E4Hdm8KtOsgevjIo7uYftUSW3V88K4BRl0ei9B76gzqbRnJ7s/s565/1405%20Portage%20Mar%2019%201932%20Tribune.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="565" data-original-width="512" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdhuXXthFTpf23m_17daRW0IbwiDxgluB7rGR9YfwU-hwY60gBC-3gXjHLaFCcpZimf_k7dEsY6shbJmsXt2enTaSbQGoxEG2zWrvLQrlfDWtAXSet6YL3dm0sEALGB2NtohLFcPo6sD0E4Hdm8KtOsgevjIo7uYftUSW3V88K4BRl0ei9B76gzqbRnJ7s/w181-h200/1405%20Portage%20Mar%2019%201932%20Tribune.jpg" width="181" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">March 19, 1932, Winnipeg Tribune</span></div><p style="text-align: left;">The David Swail Company was a heating fuel retailer established in 1919 with its main yard for the wood, coal, and coke it sold located on Logan Avenue. David Swail had previously run the Duncan Fuel Company and either branched off on his own or renamed the company.<br /> <br />By the late 1920s, Swail had moved the main fuel yard from Logan Avenue to 1405 Portage Avenue and branched out into the ice business. The company also had smaller depots in Elmwood and Weston.<br /><br />The space required for storing the various heating fuel products, a fleet of delivery vehicles, a <a href="https://winnipeginfocus.winnipeg.ca/i03652" target="_blank">storage shed</a>, and presumably a small ice house, meant that the company required a lot of open land on which to operate.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGwmrXHDrGd6ANdpp2G0n3yFbiKYg1W2H-BHJnqrKbUuQZ1j-nKMmU86QN_YNgI7VKY-EcmvfhnKkWSZuf_AZ6Oq3vquvY9qdpA3XlmwOB3qmgR6IKmzsdNSUb6Iv_fHTpbGtwZ-VfS6f_ZMH8h3ctS1CTiu4JudgRHCAKAnoxVr6gUb6YHViwW_4X-rO9/s901/1405%20Portage%20Jan%208%201954.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="851" data-original-width="901" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGwmrXHDrGd6ANdpp2G0n3yFbiKYg1W2H-BHJnqrKbUuQZ1j-nKMmU86QN_YNgI7VKY-EcmvfhnKkWSZuf_AZ6Oq3vquvY9qdpA3XlmwOB3qmgR6IKmzsdNSUb6Iv_fHTpbGtwZ-VfS6f_ZMH8h3ctS1CTiu4JudgRHCAKAnoxVr6gUb6YHViwW_4X-rO9/w200-h189/1405%20Portage%20Jan%208%201954.jpg" width="200" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">January 8, 1954, Winnipeg Tribune</span><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">The move to 1405 Portage was not a coincidence as David and Bessie Swail bought the house and land in 1922 just a year after they married. It was originally built in the 1850s by John Omand for whom neighbouring Omand's Creek is named. <br /><br />The Swails carried out major renovations to the interior and added a kitchen, bathroom, and basement before moving in. An office was added behind the house to administer the fuel yard when it arrived.<br /><br />Winnipeg Tribune reporter Lillian Gibbons featured the house in one of her "Stories Houses Tell" columns in 1954. Mrs. Swail noted in the interview that her husband sold his fuel and ice business, including the house, to Arctic Ice in 1946.<br /><br />Street directories show that the company then split. Swail Coal and Cartage managed by M. Roy Swail popped up on Wall Street at Wellington Avenue and the ice business, now owned by Arctic Ice, carried on at 1405 Portage under the David Swail name until around 1951. <br /><br />The house was then put up for rent and Watson Swail, a son of David and Bessie who grew up in the house, decided to rent it. He lived there and ran W. E. Swail Real Estate from the office.<br /><br />Advertising for the real estate office ended in December 1956 after Rae and Hemsworth bought the property for their new restaurant.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEgcHFfeKI078VZSf6BUswkRJdaKi3nOIoxZg7dVs9eFHkglwUJEhWY6PAK_eze-1CTO3unswRGQc6BQXMSmXIBpHQkYZSLxwoiBpano7sE-p9eSRBZGiT5RFcsC1fOSYVqvMXqCzWM1MjP6t_Yw78S4GN2qQGUAkwRbg25LYhxV67e7EwoqJKY0C-A91I/s700/rae%20gerry%20WAF.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="467" data-original-width="700" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEgcHFfeKI078VZSf6BUswkRJdaKi3nOIoxZg7dVs9eFHkglwUJEhWY6PAK_eze-1CTO3unswRGQc6BQXMSmXIBpHQkYZSLxwoiBpano7sE-p9eSRBZGiT5RFcsC1fOSYVqvMXqCzWM1MjP6t_Yw78S4GN2qQGUAkwRbg25LYhxV67e7EwoqJKY0C-A91I/w200-h133/rae%20gerry%20WAF.jpg" width="200" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Source: <a href="https://winnipegarchitecture.ca/1405-portage-avenue/" target="_blank">Winnipeg Architecture Foundation</a></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio7_MsZoFergSdFA491E83_h9wzfO0rUwdzWh21iIFq0AEylEz-MNhrM-zbaP9XluIeekk2YZ6VPW3OY2JpKeh6cyVWOr_60kvHR7cYkLJ3ojZhEEQLwB46KmXja9PMUj2EGesaxoauobvjhVAZMmyoTjSwxuhZDflG2dHOs4BL9J0EurNZdY093ptaGL1/s1226/rae%20and%20Jerry%20plans%20cropped.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="424" data-original-width="1226" height="72" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio7_MsZoFergSdFA491E83_h9wzfO0rUwdzWh21iIFq0AEylEz-MNhrM-zbaP9XluIeekk2YZ6VPW3OY2JpKeh6cyVWOr_60kvHR7cYkLJ3ojZhEEQLwB46KmXja9PMUj2EGesaxoauobvjhVAZMmyoTjSwxuhZDflG2dHOs4BL9J0EurNZdY093ptaGL1/w210-h72/rae%20and%20Jerry%20plans%20cropped.jpg" width="210" /></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />Source: <span><a href="https://winnipegarchitecture.ca/1405-portage-avenue/" target="_blank">Winnipeg Architecture Foundation</a></span>, David Carter fonds</span></div><p style="text-align: left;">Rae and Hemsworth closed the old Portage Avenue steak house in early 1957 so that they could concentrate on their new
and much larger venture. <br /><br />They hired up-and-coming local architects <a href="http://winnipegarchitecture.ca/smith-carter/" target="_blank">Smith Carter Katelnikoff</a> to <a href="https://winnipegarchitecture.ca/1405-portage-avenue/" target="_blank">design the new building</a>. (The firm would go on to design the Pan-Am Pool and Centennial Concert Hall the following decade.) <br /><br />The design took advantage of the space by setting the restaurant toward the back of the lot which provided parking
for 200 cars and required customers to take along driveway that ended at
a covered entrance on the east of the building. <br /><br />The above drawing by Dennis Carter and the black and white photo by Kalen do not show the 24-foot by 60-foot extension that was added to the front (south side) of the building in 1958 to expand the cocktail lounge. The building initially displayed its original brick colour though it has been painted white for several decades.<br /><br />The building was constructed by Semmler Construction Co. at a cost of around $130,000. The Winnipeg Architecture Foundation was told by Dennis Carter that Rae and Jerry's was one of his favourite projects.</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/christiansphotos/53542342606/in/dateposted-public/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigCcc71y5OtnBa4Idbzmh03mdfAxKr-pEMKKJbF2vQ2Nqu_nDdj8PSUNPHQoNRjAcDk4AwjoCPhtF-uWsA2ka4IoEO9ZK9qswwKr_3_h65z8vRnLjravlKSFSwOJpItIdR_90V7LTwtCiHKZai9Erl8zKGD-OaHBH09W_qGnXYI1CYlgFmRYdSbsm_rRwY/w200-h150/Rae%20and%20Jerry%20Interior.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Interior in 2018 (C. Cassidy)</span><br /></div><div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;">Rae and Jerry's is known for its timeless interior. Its original interior designer, New York-trained <a href="https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-265946/Girling_Leslie" target="_blank">Leslie Girling</a>, created what was the epitome of an upscale 1950s steak house with soft lighting, plush carpets, dark woods, and red upholstery. <br /> <br />The restaurant was redecorated in 1967, likely again by Girling who had a freelance firm at the time. His aesthetic has stayed largely intact to this day.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiArH_e_jvDbnhM7Prt0ap3gRiIOG82eigiY3dxrXcyi4K5X_G9Obtalj-2vdVb6BAf19i42Zfm7_v_NrgClLYBRCD4NnCgeCjwWho09DN0ldIK3nEsjEtoS15rtTcaqJlWXvbO52G8RkUGGLirMBolviqRfg-eZWq6RNRMTfLp6syQFALDzYkQ41F6BKXx/s1265/Rae%20and%20Gerry%20ads_page-0001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1076" data-original-width="1265" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiArH_e_jvDbnhM7Prt0ap3gRiIOG82eigiY3dxrXcyi4K5X_G9Obtalj-2vdVb6BAf19i42Zfm7_v_NrgClLYBRCD4NnCgeCjwWho09DN0ldIK3nEsjEtoS15rtTcaqJlWXvbO52G8RkUGGLirMBolviqRfg-eZWq6RNRMTfLp6syQFALDzYkQ41F6BKXx/w200-h170/Rae%20and%20Gerry%20ads_page-0001.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">There are some online mentions of Rae and Jerry's being "Canada's first steak house" and it is unclear where that accolade originates. It is not mentioned on the restaurant's website and going back through nearly 70 years of newspaper archives, including the time of its construction, there is no mention of this. It does not appear to have ever received a national award from a restaurant association or similar organisation recognizing this achievement.<br /> <br />It is hard to imagine that a city like Toronto, Vancouver or Calgary, with its visiting American oil executives, would not have picked up first on this American restaurant trend. In fact, <a href="https://www.hyssteakhouse.com/history" target="_blank">Hy's says</a> its first restaurant opened in Calgary in 1955 followed by a Winnipeg location in 1958, though both restaurants have moved locations since they first opened.<br /><br />If the statement implies that Rae and Jerry's is "Canada's oldest <i>operating</i> steak house", that is much more plausible. For any restaurant outside of a hotel, operating continuously from the same location for 67 years is quite an achievement. A national survey could look into multiple cities and their oldest continuously operating restaurants and could verify if any other steak houses are still around from that era. The online claim, however, does not seem to be the result of such a study.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ydMNDgWlcWUBhQ6_4xjzcQL_mieNzR-2WUTWY6lmdRyXCyGLQZZpT3-8cvbgJ1xODKsTx8Sa0CyBJFTfczVsMQ4WsOBICi-Je5GmFWClpFKp-w0GUHRPDWP8L13MQ0UY1_xAqywBE29iLoL3b5DpsKzAbLoG6L_qgaRy96hPdszfbEX8frtLC8Vx3iex/s599/Rae%20and%20jerry%20November%206,%201957,%20Winnipeg%20Free%20Press.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="398" data-original-width="599" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ydMNDgWlcWUBhQ6_4xjzcQL_mieNzR-2WUTWY6lmdRyXCyGLQZZpT3-8cvbgJ1xODKsTx8Sa0CyBJFTfczVsMQ4WsOBICi-Je5GmFWClpFKp-w0GUHRPDWP8L13MQ0UY1_xAqywBE29iLoL3b5DpsKzAbLoG6L_qgaRy96hPdszfbEX8frtLC8Vx3iex/w200-h133/Rae%20and%20jerry%20November%206,%201957,%20Winnipeg%20Free%20Press.jpg" width="200" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">November 6, 1957, Winnipeg Free Press</span></p><p style="text-align: left;">The new Rae and Jerry's was advertising for staff by June 1957 and a text only "now open" ad appeared in local newspapers on July 31, 1957. More detailed ads featuring the Rae and Jerry's logo did not run until early November.<br /><br />Aside from its first year in operation at the new address, Rae and Jerry's rarely
advertised in local papers. It didn't need to as its customer base knew where to find it. It is also difficult to find a photo of either man, much less the two of them together, in newspaper archives. They seemed to have let the restaurant speak for itself.<br /><br />Jimmy King, in his Free Press Night Beat column of March 29, 1975, noted that Rae was the PR person and Hemsworth handled the business side. He also wrote that: "Both John and Jerry
could be considered among the best dressed men in the city. They are
always suave and impeccable. They even talk alike." <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAdk41ydphQB1LCk_HgEGaGGX4xIxVaotD2ENdUmFHD0e0t0x0deZH_2miW2PKaomLSR0LZjY26q8q1ojQAXxYb4Qv3Y_PQvDgvnhN_FpvJtWhJRU4cd0xDfalZna81YIce9OjSSIBxluVLCOb3JuVFCmS61Gf0Wta5O2GFmE4i23iMQRMfF6Xkw6LbeYa/s436/Rae%20Marjorie%20Oct%201,%202011.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="436" data-original-width="404" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAdk41ydphQB1LCk_HgEGaGGX4xIxVaotD2ENdUmFHD0e0t0x0deZH_2miW2PKaomLSR0LZjY26q8q1ojQAXxYb4Qv3Y_PQvDgvnhN_FpvJtWhJRU4cd0xDfalZna81YIce9OjSSIBxluVLCOb3JuVFCmS61Gf0Wta5O2GFmE4i23iMQRMfF6Xkw6LbeYa/w186-h200/Rae%20Marjorie%20Oct%201,%202011.jpg" width="186" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">Rarely included in the story of the restaurant was the role of the spouses, Judy Rae and Marjorie Hemsworth. <br /><br />Though their names were not on the marquee they shared the load by working regularly at the restaurant. In a 1967 Free Press column, Bill Trebicole noted that since the restaurant opened: "...when diners walked into Rae and Gerry's they were greeted by either Johnny Rae, Jerry Hemsworth, or their wives Judy and Marge."<br /><br />Marjorie Hemsworth's obituary noted that Rae and Jerry's meant working 364 day a year with only Christmas Day off.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3I8lc5r_puApWi8LK_ZAdDDUFPlBCvTS9pKFEwvqMd-xfGkazdkQm2IR08j0jVAzMgo5b7uFPOTI53nnZukkMGWFNKLUqaM86z-PaWUorg_uW-1CbH935DbgCIg2znZOMxmTbAl4XOcWj_BEXV63Lv6MI5p25ziFZGeWgxII0zx8IGBRYZ7_CS9STZ7AQ/s372/rae%20matches.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="372" data-original-width="310" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3I8lc5r_puApWi8LK_ZAdDDUFPlBCvTS9pKFEwvqMd-xfGkazdkQm2IR08j0jVAzMgo5b7uFPOTI53nnZukkMGWFNKLUqaM86z-PaWUorg_uW-1CbH935DbgCIg2znZOMxmTbAl4XOcWj_BEXV63Lv6MI5p25ziFZGeWgxII0zx8IGBRYZ7_CS9STZ7AQ/w167-h200/rae%20matches.jpg" width="167" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">Though it catered to Winnipeg's well-to-do, most restaurant reviews noted that what made Rae and Jerry's a popular place to dine for decades was the simplicity of its menu. <br /><br />Andrew Allentuck wrote in a 1979 review for the Winnipeg Tribune: "Rae and Jerry's cuisine is prairie steakhouse - lots of beef, ribs, chicken and fresh fish. There's no French on the menu and no pretense at doing anything more than serving simple things prepared as well as possible." <br /><br />A 1980 review by Winnipeg Free Press food critic Marion Warhaft called the restaurant's fare "straightforward" and added: "...the menu at Rae and Jerry's is sensibly limited to what the restaurant does best."</p><div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBAZYIYncVJSlZ8S2kdFQJsBO-jLdwNe9CLtnZOKXC5g177x2-YTUAWCxh54QcnygIaLcEJtDaYHBiHhupBGmjGWFF9et1GOiDC7zjrXTHYzOLxUrunD5rSHmQkeb_AMlp-vA1asqZrPR8NxxdjCLtyxtN7-dPrTJvUU0XN_Zdu4kIiNWIZ8hZOurU9v6I/s200/rae%20hrousalas.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="197" data-original-width="200" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBAZYIYncVJSlZ8S2kdFQJsBO-jLdwNe9CLtnZOKXC5g177x2-YTUAWCxh54QcnygIaLcEJtDaYHBiHhupBGmjGWFF9et1GOiDC7zjrXTHYzOLxUrunD5rSHmQkeb_AMlp-vA1asqZrPR8NxxdjCLtyxtN7-dPrTJvUU0XN_Zdu4kIiNWIZ8hZOurU9v6I/w200-h197/rae%20hrousalas.jpg" width="200" /></a><br />Steve Hrousalas (<a href="https://ca.linkedin.com/in/steve-hrousalas-9a4abb95" target="_blank">Linkedin</a>)</span></div><p style="text-align: left;">When Rae and Hemsworth entered their early sixties, they sold the restaurant to Steve Hrousalas and John Petrakos, as Steer Holdings Ltd., in 1975. In <a href="There was another long-time partnership associated with this restaurant. Leon and Henry was the house band in the Scarlet Lounge from 1963 to 1983. They even recorded a live album there in 1980 that you can listen to here. Leon Isenberg was from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan and settled in Winnipeg after the Second World War. He soon formed the Leon Quintet and became a fixture on the local night club scene. Ellsworth moved to Winnipeg from his native Montreal in 1958. The two met at an evening of performances at Rae and Jerry's Scarlet Lounge in 1962 and hit it off. It was not long before they created their own jazz / easy listening duo and were signed on as Rae and Jerry's house entertainment. The pair retired in December 1983. One reporter speculated that their 20 years together likely broke the longevity record for Winnipeg's night club scene." target="_blank">this Free Press article</a>, Hrousalas, who was 30 at the time, said he approached the owners to ask if they wanted to sell and to call him with a price when they were ready. <br /><br />The two men, both Greek, grew up in restaurant-owning families. <br /><br />Petrakos' father owned the <a href="https://winnipegdowntownplaces.blogspot.com/2014/03/564-12-main-street-original-food-bar.html" target="_blank">Original Food Bar</a> on Main Street and the family were co-founders of the Junior's Drive-Inn chain. Hrousalas grew up working in his father's Paris Restaurant on Portage Avenue and at the original Juniors on Main Street before going to the University of North Dakota to study business. He was later the food services manager for The Bay.<br /><br />Gene Telpner wrote in his entertainment beat column at the time of the sale that the rumoured purchase price, which included the restaurant and 4.5 acres of land, was around $1 million. He added that the men had no plans to change anything about the restaurant. The name, Leon and Harry (see below), and the 85 staff would carry on as usual, though they speculated that the restaurant might branch out into catering in the future, (it did.)<br /><br />Hrousalas bought out Petrakos in 1978 and by 2014 he had owned Rae and Gerry's for longer than Rae and Gerry did!<br /><br />It was announced in January 2024 that Hrousalas, now 79, sold the restaurant. He <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/rae-jerrys-sold-new-owners-winnipeg-st-james-1.7088448" target="_blank">told the CBC</a> that he gave the new owners similar advice to what he received from the original owners 49 years earlier: "Keep it the same. People want to know what they're going to get. They want consistency. They want the same food. They want the same service."<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE5vhr_YbnGZAcPx0SKVcBbnHS3eyoYpBEd7pVK1yMQDcuEI9I8qwe3qWCt7HPGGACxQn3-tzagJdCBiPEWqZ8lM0C8cSTFLpH3FuuT4q1upu6OkF26lpbXAkD9Qxh6ChSbQAhD77ODaC6kvmA0B_ZPjBlCrz7-B9-b9D7ViHRXTByJduvj2Xe_l0zo3CY/s1143/Leon%20and%20Harry%20in%201946%20and%201980%20album%20cover_page-0001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="781" data-original-width="1143" height="137" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE5vhr_YbnGZAcPx0SKVcBbnHS3eyoYpBEd7pVK1yMQDcuEI9I8qwe3qWCt7HPGGACxQn3-tzagJdCBiPEWqZ8lM0C8cSTFLpH3FuuT4q1upu6OkF26lpbXAkD9Qxh6ChSbQAhD77ODaC6kvmA0B_ZPjBlCrz7-B9-b9D7ViHRXTByJduvj2Xe_l0zo3CY/w200-h137/Leon%20and%20Harry%20in%201946%20and%201980%20album%20cover_page-0001.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />There was another long-time partnership associated with this restaurant. <br /><br />Leon
and Henry was the house band in the Scarlet Lounge from 1963 to 1983.
They even recorded a live album there in 1980 that you can <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sf8KIlZ7RlI" target="_blank">listen to here</a>. <br /><br />Leon
Isenberg was from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan and settled in Winnipeg
after the Second World War. He soon formed the Leon Quintet and became a
fixture on the local night club scene. Ellsworth moved to Winnipeg from
his native Montreal in 1958. <br /><br />The two met at an evening of
performances at Rae and Jerry's Scarlet Lounge in 1962 and hit it off.
It was not long before they created their own jazz / easy listening duo
and were signed on as Rae and Jerry's house entertainment. At times, they brought in additional musicians and singers to accompany them.<br /><br />The
pair retired in December 1983 at which time one entertainment reporter speculated that their 20
years together likely broke the longevity record for any act in Winnipeg's night
club scene.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/christiansphotos/53551909536/in/dateposted-public/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="3368" data-original-width="2099" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxF4VxOLK1M77eIcIqT1FpMcNt1Kv1AefmO7eVVPQbG0jBYivIWPEh83hG_x6UinDDTGNDtau_V-SaNK97V36GbdxDv3iEdkMPXev6GjZ8owxuag_oj0qO18wCN7duXtLWsGbI1IugfqentFZteU4hrgmNYelXs3fjbqvJKBcGPYMRgeMummYXOZHEEZzK/w124-h200/rae%20and%20jerry%20sign.jpg" width="124" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><b>Further reading:<br /></b><a href="https://www.raeandjerrys.com/story" target="_blank">Rae and Jerry's</a><b> </b>website<br /><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/rae-jerrys-sold-new-owners-winnipeg-st-james-1.7088448" target="_blank">Outgoing owner of Rae and Jerry's advises new owner</a> CBC. Jan. 18, 2024<br /><a href="https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/this-iconic-winnipeg-restaurant-is-under-new-ownership-retro-style-will-stay-1.6731854" target="_blank">Iconic Winnipeg steak house is now under new ownership</a> CTV Winnipeg, Jan 18, 2024<br /><a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/10235255/nothing-changes-at-winnipeg-landmark-rae-and-jerrys-except-ownership/" target="_blank">Nothing to Change at Rae and Jerry's - except the ownership</a> Global, Jan 18, 2024<br /><a href="https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/food/2024/01/18/new-owner-for-rae-and-jerrys" target="_blank">Longtim fan buys Rae and Jerry's</a> Winnipeg Free Press, Jan. 18, 2024<br /><a href="https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/food/2022/07/07/well-done-and-rare" target="_blank">Well done and rare</a> Winnipeg Free Press July 7, 2022<br /><a href="https://winnipegarchitecture.ca/1405-portage-avenue/" target="_blank">1405 Portage Avenue</a> Winnipeg Architecture Foundation </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p></div></div></div></div>Christian Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691310860448400887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716407892466377250.post-19795797635127171132024-02-16T12:11:00.004-06:002024-02-16T12:11:52.726-06:00Black History Month 2024<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXP3AUdU8EBM-5o3tL-ekscjdWb9XGr46oLM4v6MhoRHeQPmzfrw3HVaprht5erMtf2EzqVD-kToXcoyy9L1MLf199-POsEEUHq69mS45KFojgbO3sPRXY8ZhGKVH-XzMerUjcmj2FiITGLQgB41_VdcX-3NQ_2Yrpjf2guZzL8ypiHUvxYiGZataxn7en/s940/BHM%20poster%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="940" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXP3AUdU8EBM-5o3tL-ekscjdWb9XGr46oLM4v6MhoRHeQPmzfrw3HVaprht5erMtf2EzqVD-kToXcoyy9L1MLf199-POsEEUHq69mS45KFojgbO3sPRXY8ZhGKVH-XzMerUjcmj2FiITGLQgB41_VdcX-3NQ_2Yrpjf2guZzL8ypiHUvxYiGZataxn7en/w200-h168/BHM%20poster%202.jpg" width="200" /></a><br /><br />I was honoured to be asked by the Black Manitobans Chamber of Commerce to speak during this year's Black History Month Celebrations. Join me Friday, February 16, 2024, at 6 pm for a free, online presentation to <span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="text-overflow: unset;">learn about some interesting people and places that help tell the history of Manitoba's Black community. <br /><br />All are welcome. To register: </span><a class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1loqt21" dir="ltr" href="https://t.co/aA6nOJC6kK" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" role="link" style="color: #1d9bf0; text-overflow: unset;" target="_blank"><span aria-hidden="true" class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-hiw28u r-qvk6io" style="text-overflow: unset;">https://</span>bmbcc.ca/events/<br /><b><br /></b></a><b>For a link to my blog posts and columns celebrating Black history, go to this link: <br />https://westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2023/02/celebrating-manitobas-black-history.html</b><br /><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="text-overflow: unset;"></span></p>Christian Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691310860448400887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716407892466377250.post-34644219946639224952024-02-14T07:23:00.006-06:002024-02-17T09:35:36.492-06:00Seeking family of Hartney's John Day White *FOUND*<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWFkEGU2EmRGgJ12QXCBP1K4_OJ2Y3Gc1Pf2yQFT5nKSjSY62SDPdOrbrUZj3HM5242f-QNKR1GRzHNF2Zic8pBAHrl_8lAYll_m1PJoaM4Y6lizIkkjFAiQAJXEn2D3EDVdc8H-ExFH5N3jqUaCs_5h_Hi8B0FiFY17Y2_bjSPJgoktHAR1EQQTeJBGFG/s315/white.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="250" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWFkEGU2EmRGgJ12QXCBP1K4_OJ2Y3Gc1Pf2yQFT5nKSjSY62SDPdOrbrUZj3HM5242f-QNKR1GRzHNF2Zic8pBAHrl_8lAYll_m1PJoaM4Y6lizIkkjFAiQAJXEn2D3EDVdc8H-ExFH5N3jqUaCs_5h_Hi8B0FiFY17Y2_bjSPJgoktHAR1EQQTeJBGFG/w159-h200/white.png" width="159" /></a><br />John Day White (<a href="https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2233018?John%20Day%20White" target="_blank">Canadian Virtual War Memorial</a>)</span><br /></p><p>People often send me historical inquiries to help track down. This one was quite important and a little beyond my area of expertise so I reached out with this blog post, sent it around on social media, and contacted CTV News. Many people shared the story around and, thanks to the news story, a distant relative in rural Manitoba saw it and contacted a nephew of Day who lives right here in Winnipeg!<br /><br />Here's an updated version of the blog post with some additional information added by John Day White's nephew:<br /><br />I was contacted by a group in The Netherlands looking for relatives of the RCAF's Flt. Sgt. <a href="https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2233018?John%20Day%20White" target="_blank">John Day White</a> of Hartney, Manitoba. His <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handley_Page_Halifax" target="_blank">Handley Page Halifax bomber</a> had <a href="https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/52049" target="_blank">crashed</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vierlingsbeek" target="_blank">Vierlingsbeek, the Netherlands</a> on April 3, 1943. All crew members were killed and White is buried in Groesbeek Canadian Military Cemetery. <br /><br />John Day White was 21-years-old.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwtQEYCzSn29zBdJrpeR5Xjsm70c9-7TtpuV-3d-IzdQx7704w9swdccOMLYxhGRxG7PvqfJaxg9B8nt20mbuE9Ukw62xrS41aLELco0fkVacfYQD-DB-tDVGdwCB1xEjrwjlMcY3XYj0pUGqjGmo3k2gu80sm0m2M3a3jxEixCAGQG_NBEQPEnphCk3J8/s1033/John%20Day%20White%20Hartney_page-0001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1033" data-original-width="1013" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwtQEYCzSn29zBdJrpeR5Xjsm70c9-7TtpuV-3d-IzdQx7704w9swdccOMLYxhGRxG7PvqfJaxg9B8nt20mbuE9Ukw62xrS41aLELco0fkVacfYQD-DB-tDVGdwCB1xEjrwjlMcY3XYj0pUGqjGmo3k2gu80sm0m2M3a3jxEixCAGQG_NBEQPEnphCk3J8/w196-h200/John%20Day%20White%20Hartney_page-0001.jpg" width="196" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Winnipeg Free Press, September 18, 1943</span></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p>The crash, as described by the organization seeking the relatives:<br /><br /> <i>"On the night of April 3 to 4, 1943, a large group of RAF bombers (348) took off from the English airfield at Leeming and the surrounding area in the center of England. This also includes a Handley Page Halifax III, with an entirely Canadian crew, call sign LQ-V, Serial Number DT808 and belonging to the 405th Squadron. <br /><br />The aircraft was part of a joint bombing raid and was hit by Major Werner Streib, stationed at Fliegerhorst Venlo, shortly before they were to fly to Essen to drop their bombs (2X1000lb + approximately 600 fire bombs). The tactic used was Schräge Musik, where the bomber was attacked from below by the (night) fighter. <br /><br />The two gunners were able to leave the burning aircraft in time. <br /><br />Pilot - W/OII W.J. McAlpine, mil.reg. R/93277 <br />Fl. Engineer - Sgt. H.J. McQueen, mil.reg. R/10748 <br />Navigator - W/O II J.D. White, mil.reg, R/91819 <br />Bomb aimer - F/Lt. F.E. Luxford, mil.reg. J/15434 <br />W.op / airg. - W/O J.W. Halikowski, mil.reg. R/95419 <br />M.U. Gunner – P/O E. Bradley, mil.reg. J/90044 <br />R.U. Gunner – F/Lt. W.L. Murphy, mil.reg. J/15166"<br /></i> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0FDbbxoH8-cRMJXLyJbZkG5YFal-4vKp7RJyPkCKNfB68zEL96PoxbOjE53ujdf7vONGbrTCbo0DUfgV-AvDDqMbHS1Yk0XB4LDfV4rNGS8Uz65mSsXSEGZUmDixOWVngl_KDicYU3mQ97rfRpv5ervG0vmm2XEidLyUwIiuqC04xRgGO6YW3PXaBkARr/s1152/John%20Day%20White%20Hartney%202_page-0001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="708" data-original-width="1152" height="123" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0FDbbxoH8-cRMJXLyJbZkG5YFal-4vKp7RJyPkCKNfB68zEL96PoxbOjE53ujdf7vONGbrTCbo0DUfgV-AvDDqMbHS1Yk0XB4LDfV4rNGS8Uz65mSsXSEGZUmDixOWVngl_KDicYU3mQ97rfRpv5ervG0vmm2XEidLyUwIiuqC04xRgGO6YW3PXaBkARr/w200-h123/John%20Day%20White%20Hartney%202_page-0001.jpg" width="200" /></a><br /></p><p>White's father, Abram James White, was living in Arcola SK when he died
in 1982 and was buried at Hartney. Three of his siblings have passed away: Anna
Pearl White (1923-2019), Phyllis Vera White (1925-2020), and William
Robert White (1933-2018). A fourth, Roy Edmond (1928- ), lives in Winnipeg.<br /><br />The reason the group wants to track down relatives of White is that they will be unveiling an memorial shield for this crew in Vierlingsbeek on April 6, 2024 and would like to invite family members.<br /><br /><b><span style="color: red;">UPDATE: </span>Thanks to <a href="https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/winnipeg-blogger-looking-for-relatives-of-fallen-wwii-soldier-1.6770706" target="_blank">this story on CTV News</a>, a nephew of John Day White has contacted me. I have put him in touch with the organisation that is planning the memorial!<br /><br /><span style="color: red;">UPDATE 2:</span> CTV News did a <a href="https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/nephew-of-fallen-second-world-war-airman-found-in-winnipeg-1.6772719" target="_blank">follow-up story</a> with Gregory White, the nephew of John Day White.<br /></b></p>Christian Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691310860448400887noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716407892466377250.post-78265122654345122312024-02-08T04:18:00.002-06:002024-02-08T04:18:16.035-06:00562 Balmoral Street - Rooming House (R.I.P.)<p> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2V9N3xZ19ujJ1jW1IsPoFJ76Jvwwyh1-rHuQDg7rjw3aFixzRdzhyknT1quTXANIndiQ5e2wls4TsWzW0YFpJaQrg9_-CA7wFOIy4XlqPriabycXrdPeZAUZUBERrkGFSOZOK49ICJUbEoCLqy5K97XME7omcvF7QWieuSdSqmVLA5qumVl7RWD_A8ySt/s843/562%20balmoral%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="604" data-original-width="843" height="143" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2V9N3xZ19ujJ1jW1IsPoFJ76Jvwwyh1-rHuQDg7rjw3aFixzRdzhyknT1quTXANIndiQ5e2wls4TsWzW0YFpJaQrg9_-CA7wFOIy4XlqPriabycXrdPeZAUZUBERrkGFSOZOK49ICJUbEoCLqy5K97XME7omcvF7QWieuSdSqmVLA5qumVl7RWD_A8ySt/w200-h143/562%20balmoral%202.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">362 (left) and 364 Balmoral Street (2017 Google Street View)</span><br /></div><div><p>Two houses on Balmoral Street <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-balmoral-house-fire-1.7108502" target="_blank">were destroyed by fire</a> yesterday. <br /><br />I feel bad for that stretch of Balmoral. There are many early 1890s houses along it as this was the unofficial western limit for the city until neighbourhoods like the West End and Wolseley were subdivided between 1904 and 1910. <br /><br />It would have been a nice neighbourhood for a time. It was out of the constant traffic and belching smokestacks of what we now call the Exchange District, yet offered easy access to both the Exchange and downtown. It was also just a block from the urban oasis of Central Park.<br /><br />In the 1950s, more people began moving to the suburbs and Balmoral Street would have become a major thoroughfare for these folks to get to and from downtown. Many of these large, old homes became rooming houses and rental properties.<br /><br />The house that seems to have been the focus of the fire was 562 Balmoral
Street which was built in 1905. It was boarded up in 2018 and sitting
vacant. (Neighbouring 564 Balmoral, built in 1891, was still lived in as
of May 2021.)</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT1bhwxFQeJ-MLEGs7OA36MxXwJEinQVtmWVSKlJwpe2BC3XlnnoMQXhYTYGXNuvA-0s5DWc1JN-VqmmlqU7VHuTlg0wPj30JhLOywEbynvKMxMdeo6JpKuY4UjS3QLtXtsNZcLkzwdKrMP3Dmvzlmu-8gzKz6MLNjbbry1Ctdzs2dUcTEWQg2-l1D6FAa/s776/562%20balmoral_page-0001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="776" data-original-width="611" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT1bhwxFQeJ-MLEGs7OA36MxXwJEinQVtmWVSKlJwpe2BC3XlnnoMQXhYTYGXNuvA-0s5DWc1JN-VqmmlqU7VHuTlg0wPj30JhLOywEbynvKMxMdeo6JpKuY4UjS3QLtXtsNZcLkzwdKrMP3Dmvzlmu-8gzKz6MLNjbbry1Ctdzs2dUcTEWQg2-l1D6FAa/w158-h200/562%20balmoral_page-0001.jpg" width="158" /></a></p><p>It appears the first owner of 562 Balmoral was James Love and family. James ran the Love Skirt and Blouse factory on Gertie Street. As an extra source of income, they rented out a room. In 1906, the tenant was Laurie Wilson, a clerk at Robinson and Co. department store.<br /><br />A couple of years later, Orrin E Jones and family moved in. They greatly expanded the number of rooms for rent to six or seven. Mr. Jones ran the family butcher shop on Logan Avenue while Mrs. Jones raised the children and ran the boarding house.<br /><br />The Jones family relocated to Eriksdale around 1912.<br /><br />The house changed hands often over the next few years but the renting out of rooms, which reduced to a more manageable three or four through he 19-teens and 1920s, remained. By the 1950s it was back to a half dozen rooms or more. <br /><br />Around 2007, the house became vacant and was partially boarded up. In 2010, the city gave the owner the ultimatum to properly board it up or it would seize it under the vacant buildings bylaw. It is unclear if that happened but from 2012 to 2017 the house was again operating as a room house.<br /><br /></p></div>Christian Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691310860448400887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716407892466377250.post-77063210390247780812024-02-07T08:13:00.002-06:002024-02-07T08:13:13.495-06:00Architect Charles Barber<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxye6RJDg7OuE1e3D1dVVk4Ri0e0-0tzO7oxQcLQEQms3f9f0hjY1zC7e7aQi2hPsY6_9YcCp3Jp0QDmoW9FyDiZgHNux2RJj4YR9sigXRmdRGPUxYLffSllA8LE3RXJCdHIocC9_2CjCx9tejQG9F3xTlcrNFFtwMlGFhL823yQrLPdb6cBQc7iukUUvM/s3121/Barber%20%20City%20fo%20Winnipeg%20Archives.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3121" data-original-width="2272" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxye6RJDg7OuE1e3D1dVVk4Ri0e0-0tzO7oxQcLQEQms3f9f0hjY1zC7e7aQi2hPsY6_9YcCp3Jp0QDmoW9FyDiZgHNux2RJj4YR9sigXRmdRGPUxYLffSllA8LE3RXJCdHIocC9_2CjCx9tejQG9F3xTlcrNFFtwMlGFhL823yQrLPdb6cBQc7iukUUvM/w146-h200/Barber%20%20City%20fo%20Winnipeg%20Archives.jpeg" width="146" /></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />Source: City of Winnipeg Archives</span><br /></p><p><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto">My
latest Free Press Community Review column is about architect Charles
Barber. He transformed Winnipeg's skyline in the late 1870s and early
1880s, yet today only one Barber-designed building remains - the
derelict Bathgate Block on Princess Street.<br /><br />You can read about it here: https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/our-communities/column/2024/02/07/charles-barber-designed-winnipegs-early-skyline <br /></span></p>Christian Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691310860448400887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716407892466377250.post-22625808913394219252023-12-14T06:47:00.002-06:002023-12-18T06:52:38.496-06:00Farewell, Nutty Club<p><span class="aCOpRe" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span><span>© 2023, Christian Cassidy</span></span></span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/christiansphotos/3917448205/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="845" data-original-width="1024" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4qiYkaSIrRzg0FhJmrBPhYWc0DCCa0jR1CTLNqvHJQUl6UDof58FnFFBGQ3nIjnEwvC-Of5U9QgKiIqyBZzCtN1bbAwWAPhuzrbY0UO3V_Jrhr6pYMr6aKRcN7s6tOOzcDHqBdQZ1pvWucb0wNwY3a8qkwI2Lp2CFk7tIsbf361Q4cDC2KnNWhFEIndik/w200-h165/nutty%20club.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><p>Rumours have been swirling for the past few days that Scott-Bathgate (Nutty Club) is shutting down and the <a href="https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2023/12/13/sour-economics-ends-nutty-clubs-sweet-winnipeg-history" target="_blank">Free Press now confirms</a> that employees have been told that operations will cease at the end of January. Another iconic Winnipeg brand will disappear from the retail landscape.<br /><br />Nutty Club is a brand name, the corporation behind it that is shutting down is <a href="https://scottbathgate.com/Home.html" target="_blank">Scott-Bathgate Ltd.</a>. Here's a look back at its 120-year history.<br /> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0g4lTjlx_-h9LldQB3ZuHoGOw78XV9qCRnkxuQ6zLDlD5aHybyqw1C257bv4fmVM5eDbNPFaY3Rrj_dOqEZ-X-T8_zMSd666eacFbA-VGUyXZXcL3YjWyLP8NldS-KAHx_ISjAaoQ7Kc0czacSyVKq5qL0mX2NZm3fbsoB0jdlaONBjz6_trgfZOG7qRQ/s2047/Nutty%20Club%20Cdn%20Grocer%20April%201920.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="673" data-original-width="2047" height="66" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0g4lTjlx_-h9LldQB3ZuHoGOw78XV9qCRnkxuQ6zLDlD5aHybyqw1C257bv4fmVM5eDbNPFaY3Rrj_dOqEZ-X-T8_zMSd666eacFbA-VGUyXZXcL3YjWyLP8NldS-KAHx_ISjAaoQ7Kc0czacSyVKq5qL0mX2NZm3fbsoB0jdlaONBjz6_trgfZOG7qRQ/w200-h66/Nutty%20Club%20Cdn%20Grocer%20April%201920.jpg" width="200" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Canadian Grocer magazine, April 1920</span></div><p>Scott-Bathgate was formed in 1903 as Scott-Bathgate and Co., brokers and commissioned agents. It was a partnership between long-time salesmen James L. Bathgate and Albert E. Scott. Several members of the Bathgate family worked there as well. <br /><br />As commissioned agents, the company did not manufacture products of its own. Instead, it was contracted by manufacturers to sell their product lines in Western Canada. At one point, the list of products represented ranged from rat poison and cleaning cloths to jams and canned pies. One of the longest associated product lines was that of <a href="https://www.clubhouse.ca/en-ca/mccormick-canada" target="_blank">McCormick's Ltd</a>., a biscuit and confectionery manufacturer based in London, Ontario. <br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgzvT3eMP1SpH8yB7w3rzCfjqrqocJyBPLwN9ZfoVDNlxLPx2gf42mrkJSHf76XCWbc5Uy6U4VIl_TtS0hmidf-McgQZbGJI9oQ_cA1es_8jROH6rPZrVS0xGxrWHpnRBfAcl4pHAICwyRBd_UPyEUUuD5w53lnigSMfZMBw7eh2In6rrU-dwtKjLM3CT2/s977/Nutty%20Club%201943.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="977" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgzvT3eMP1SpH8yB7w3rzCfjqrqocJyBPLwN9ZfoVDNlxLPx2gf42mrkJSHf76XCWbc5Uy6U4VIl_TtS0hmidf-McgQZbGJI9oQ_cA1es_8jROH6rPZrVS0xGxrWHpnRBfAcl4pHAICwyRBd_UPyEUUuD5w53lnigSMfZMBw7eh2In6rrU-dwtKjLM3CT2/w200-h166/Nutty%20Club%201943.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />March 27, 1943, Winnipeg Tribune</span></p>Scott
and Bathgate hired architect J. H. G. Russell to
design a new head office and warehouse building on Pioneer Avenue that
is <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/christiansphotos/4085145662/" target="_blank">familiar today for its Nutty Club logos</a>. It contains the corporate offices, a showroom floor to display product samples, and warehouse / packaging space. <br /><br />Interestingly,
the building was constructed in two identical halves. The first was constructed in 1905 and the second in
1907. The only hint that the structure was built this way is
to <a href="https://legacy.winnipeg.ca/ppd/Documents/Heritage/HeritageResourcesReports/Pioneer-149-long.pdf" target="_blank">look at the centre of the building</a> to see the extra space between the window columns. <br /><br />This wasn't uncommon for buildings to be built in stages, many around the Exchange District have had additional floors or adjacent buildings added to them over time. The fact that Scott-Bathgate built its expansion just two years after the original building opened indicates how successful the young company was.<br /><br />The company grew even larger in 1912 when it incorporated to become the Scott-Bathgatge Company
Ltd. with Scott as president, Bathgate as vice president, and dozens of
salesmen who travelled the west.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMobGFzqq-o_GryvRhm7S8Izw8m6Y0hU7nkcFaN03IgqJ3dgM6n2G1BTshgR1awMzmDsb9XOKZ6qjqxbqgO1Fe5OlQq7a-sE_Xwo4u11o5oMYVGUviKvBAQnV_7uycn2vfzNHxdDhONl93xxDYahdGvlMTUcFfi5-gfRjcfxKBvJkyOoeKcxgXrbXh6Y8B/s600/scottbathgate.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="600" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMobGFzqq-o_GryvRhm7S8Izw8m6Y0hU7nkcFaN03IgqJ3dgM6n2G1BTshgR1awMzmDsb9XOKZ6qjqxbqgO1Fe5OlQq7a-sE_Xwo4u11o5oMYVGUviKvBAQnV_7uycn2vfzNHxdDhONl93xxDYahdGvlMTUcFfi5-gfRjcfxKBvJkyOoeKcxgXrbXh6Y8B/w200-h133/scottbathgate.jpg" width="200" /></a><br />K. Elder Collection, <a href="https://wpgfiremuseum.ca/" target="_blank">Winnipeg Firefighters Museum</a></span></div><p>The company was almost put out of business in February 1917 when a spectacular fire gutted its building. It caused $200,000 in damage, took 4.25 million gallons of water to put out, and was the first test of the fire department's new gasoline-powered water pumper. Four firefighters nearly lost their lives then the fourth floor of the building collapsed beneath them. They were found alive but badly bruised.<br /><br />Rumours began to swirl about the nature of the fire.<br /><br />The building was so large that the company leased out the unused portion of its warehouse to Owl Metal Company and the fire started in that portion of the building. During the war, Owl had a contract to make components for munitions and some speculated that "enemy agents" started the blaze to stop production. A subsequent inquest confirmed that it was likely sparks from the cargo elevator motor that ignited nearby debris.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzJviQztTQAws7aU_Ar3aaeCQiOLAoRuSFfL_zBfFomWBJkBovX4XzvhFcSiWI0TPaVZPjNvLTDqOB9CAxcY4swZM5yU9BIpApNUORftFdHMLlQFsDxjPoQWpu63AtrOIbThBo4n-tEXmOuXPd04bRdl9t7-cn2twwgP6I-BQ93DsG9ch4EKjC7p1ba0tm/s594/nutty%20club%20october%2024,%201953.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="594" data-original-width="516" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzJviQztTQAws7aU_Ar3aaeCQiOLAoRuSFfL_zBfFomWBJkBovX4XzvhFcSiWI0TPaVZPjNvLTDqOB9CAxcY4swZM5yU9BIpApNUORftFdHMLlQFsDxjPoQWpu63AtrOIbThBo4n-tEXmOuXPd04bRdl9t7-cn2twwgP6I-BQ93DsG9ch4EKjC7p1ba0tm/w174-h200/nutty%20club%20october%2024,%201953.png" width="174" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">October 4, 1953, Winnipeg Tribune</span></div><p>The man credited for making Scott-Bathgate a regional powerhouse is Joseph K. May.<br /><br />May joined the company as a salesman in 1920. When Scott retired in 1932, he became vice president under Bathgate. Two years later, Bathgate left and he became president. In 1937, May bought a controlling interest in the company and decided to keep the Scott-Bathgate name.<br /><br />In the early 1930s, spearheaded by May, Scott-Bathgate expanded its presence in the West by opening four regional warehouses in Regina, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver. By the 1940s, it had sales offices in 23 different cities and towns.<br /><br />May took great interest in mentoring his staff. He noted in a 1953 Tribune interview that the four branch managers and all of its company executives had started working for the firm before they were 19 years of age.<br /><br />May also gave staff a greater stake in the company by selling them shares. By the 1940s, the company's 39 employees owned 70% of the company, including May's stenographer and four other women. A 1948 Tribune article noted that the head office was friendly and easy-going, "But it is underlined with the pride of possession and an alert and attentive attitude to promotion and goodwill" . <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGIrh0CkIl5CYtCjWyYlYmvoCIyxCfkqEbgvSngGzHgxFgzAN6bKygxvak6Wmqbt6OUv2bmd-FyFo0U5973l0nysqBl84nMoMQh9XAEKrdn63RMpo9hlLAB6ye98FowUtDcHpxaBCq5-VhcEitaMt4U793lmzrYX5Uo9WOpuYw7IHzRse_jKiqzw3QpuKS/s710/Nutty%20club%20October%2024%201953%20full%20page.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="710" data-original-width="535" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGIrh0CkIl5CYtCjWyYlYmvoCIyxCfkqEbgvSngGzHgxFgzAN6bKygxvak6Wmqbt6OUv2bmd-FyFo0U5973l0nysqBl84nMoMQh9XAEKrdn63RMpo9hlLAB6ye98FowUtDcHpxaBCq5-VhcEitaMt4U793lmzrYX5Uo9WOpuYw7IHzRse_jKiqzw3QpuKS/w151-h200/Nutty%20club%20October%2024%201953%20full%20page.jpg" width="151" /></a><br />October 23, 1953, Winnipeg Tribune</div><p>The Nutty Club brand was introduced in the mid-1930s, around the same time May was leading the company's Western expansion. The name may have been based on the Nutty Club, a popular two-hour musical radio program produced in Chicago and carried on Winnipeg radio stations in the late 1920s and early 1930s.<br /><br />As Scott-Bathgate was a wholesaler, not a retailer, it did not advertise Nutty Club directly to the public. The first mention of Nutty Club products being sold by a retailer come in January 1935 with the HBC grocery store listing packages of Nutty Club marshmallows. <br /> <br /> A 1943 "advertorial" celebrating the company's 40th anniversary noted that Nutty Club consisted of candies and nuts (packaged in cellophane
bags to keep them fresh), fruit cordial drinks, fountain syrups, crispy
corn, popcorn, trimettes, and cake decorations. They also made Dan Dee
brand pickles and plant seeds. Soon, the Food Club brand would be introduced with its mustards, dipping sauces, and pancake syrup.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir7Osk7HQqTLA7yAcC9ZJF-dcoG6qMCEzFaIyh5Mw-pexfxHRdHhXq6tP3rO9xKtdHvG3zmg8ADvKE38Aajmpmcowt7ViWUAXE1ArThUi8S6lHQg-OxpKp5zKwjxtnA7IxYmm1NSF7qVqplTtvlqrXeSxSz_PH9k6E_KnCQAoIDUhu4Eh-eZx5VWI1yBqY/s972/nutty%20club%201962%20WBI.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="972" height="118" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir7Osk7HQqTLA7yAcC9ZJF-dcoG6qMCEzFaIyh5Mw-pexfxHRdHhXq6tP3rO9xKtdHvG3zmg8ADvKE38Aajmpmcowt7ViWUAXE1ArThUi8S6lHQg-OxpKp5zKwjxtnA7IxYmm1NSF7qVqplTtvlqrXeSxSz_PH9k6E_KnCQAoIDUhu4Eh-eZx5VWI1yBqY/w200-h118/nutty%20club%201962%20WBI.png" width="200" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Scott-Bathgate building in 1962, (U of M Archives, Winnipeg Building Index)</span></div><p>Joseph May died in 1971 while still president of Scott-Bathgate and by that time the glory days of Nutty Club were coming to an end.<br /><br />There were a variety of reasons, including centralization within food manufacturing industry into national and international conglomerates that made Nutty Club a small, regional player. Also, its old-fashioned British-style candies in their clear bags may have seemed old fashioned to a new generation more familiar with American candy bars and snack foods.<br /><br />A 1975 Tribune article about the candy industry in Winnipeg listed
several local candy companies still in operation, including Cavalier, Morden's, and <a href="https://winnipegdowntownplaces.blogspot.com/2017/09/814-main-street-grand-opera-house.html" target="_blank">Progress Candy</a>, that churned out millions of pounds of candies and
chocolates per year. Large cookie manufacturers such as McCormicks and Paulins
also had candy or chocolate bar production lines of their own. <br /><br />The article noted that Nutty Club was not a candy manufacturer but a packager of candies it purchased in bulk from local candy companies.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.scottbathgate.com/ScottBathgate/Home.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="554" data-original-width="727" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQzGb20YxOP6dkTFG9ccsZJTECxftXAWMhVgTJoCpIv8wo6CJXYBe2j8iWhWO7IU_QX2g4_rr3PuM56IGXJ8BjlnUGcvOoZzREipkEMo5ZU3syQVuP7AJoyJn3yAC24LniKuGOsxGQBSKJkLKEJzZEcHpVrgNWewzwypkOuBJiE-4Nz4wyinEOtKhLpmVt/w200-h153/nutty%20club%20website.png" width="200" /></a></div><p>By the early 2000s, Scott-Bathgate centralized its operations in the old <a href="https://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/sites/eatonswarehouse.shtml" target="_blank">Eaton's railside warehouse</a> on Galt Avenue and in 2023 still lists sales branches in Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary and Regina. It has continued to represent outside product lines like Walker's Toffee. <br /><br />Nutty Club still packages a variety of candies, nuts, and baking decorations that are usually found at independent or small chain stores. Food Club products include mustard and dipping sauces.<br /><br />The statement released by the company in December 2023 <a href="https://www.netnewsledger.com/2023/12/14/end-of-an-era-scott-bathgate-ltd-to-cease-operations-by-january-2024/" target="_blank">reads in part</a>: “...the company can no longer sustainably operate the business without
significant investments to increase its scale and scope, to compete with
national distributors.”<br /><br />Farewell, Nutty Club.<br /><br /><b>Related:</b><br />- For a great insight into the history of Canadian snack foods and candies, including Scott-Bathgate and other local producers, see <a href="https://uofmpress.ca/books/snacks" target="_blank">Snacks: A Canadian Food History</a> by Janis Thiessen.<br />- City of Winnipeg historic buildings report on the <a href="https://legacy.winnipeg.ca/ppd/Documents/Heritage/HeritageResourcesReports/Pioneer-149-long.pdf" target="_blank">Scott-Bathgate Building, 149 Pioneer Avenue</a><br /></p>Christian Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691310860448400887noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716407892466377250.post-78444080483829598292023-12-02T18:19:00.000-06:002023-12-02T18:19:29.318-06:00The 2023 Local History Buff's Christmas Gift Guide <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBWj2WfcSvRSilIuIgIhY9mgXBbrhvwptmDZrnbYrQwHckM9PVoGdfSMNgDsdAOzj3AfksEUG9829fMt5RPpwMIn7KyLLFeagTgLyIZRxOE7mK_fhtt5SPPs14aPGlLdeTy1btFbUcxL_Z/s1600/Christmas+Gift+Suggestions.bmp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="85" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBWj2WfcSvRSilIuIgIhY9mgXBbrhvwptmDZrnbYrQwHckM9PVoGdfSMNgDsdAOzj3AfksEUG9829fMt5RPpwMIn7KyLLFeagTgLyIZRxOE7mK_fhtt5SPPs14aPGlLdeTy1btFbUcxL_Z/s1600/Christmas+Gift+Suggestions.bmp" width="320" /></a></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: black;">Here is my fourteenth annual Christmas gift guide for the local history buff in your life</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: black;">!</span><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /><span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><u><b>BOOKS</b></u></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Books are a must for any history buff!<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> H</span>ere is a list of some great <span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">local
history titles. Those with a "***" indicate that they are new for 2023. Also see the list of <a href="http://www.mhs.mb.ca/news/mcwilliams2021/nominees.shtml" target="_blank">2021 </a>and <a href="http://www.mhs.mb.ca/news/mcwilliams2022/nominees.shtml" target="_blank">2022 </a>Margaret McWilliams Awards nominees for more regional titles.<br /><br />Please support local and independent bookstores! <br /><br />Locally, we have <a href="https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/home" target="_blank">McNally Robinson</a> and the book shops at a number of museums and galleries. </span></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">There are also some bricks and mortar chain stores still around, such as </span></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><a href="https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/home/storelocator/?link-usage=Header%3A%20Stores" target="_blank">Chapters</a> and even a <a href="https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/home/storelocator/storeDetails/153/" target="_blank">Coles</a>. </span></span></span></span>At used book stores, such as <a href="https://bisonbooks.ca/" target="_blank">Bison Books</a> and <a href="http://www.lysecki.com/" target="_blank">Burton Lysecki</a>, you will find gently used and out-of-print local history titles. </span></span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></b></span></span></b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtGbe2rg4T5afiH1GLYNwl2v7hMEVZNzF9K0iY53l36PqBD7Wulh19E9hHOnQ-0TkobIH7z5TtBcynrnye4vM-HSMKxX9BxaoPIgLEsf0milm_N7kZtQLNXmHco7A34PcMSjdJqeMUg5e7aNnJ6V2FSZYJuebJ5qVKhmLwL5nZJBegpUb5pYEjIap8eMLS/s1200/on%20the%20road.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1200" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtGbe2rg4T5afiH1GLYNwl2v7hMEVZNzF9K0iY53l36PqBD7Wulh19E9hHOnQ-0TkobIH7z5TtBcynrnye4vM-HSMKxX9BxaoPIgLEsf0milm_N7kZtQLNXmHco7A34PcMSjdJqeMUg5e7aNnJ6V2FSZYJuebJ5qVKhmLwL5nZJBegpUb5pYEjIap8eMLS/w200-h170/on%20the%20road.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>***<a href="https://greatplainspress.ca/books/on-the-road-to-abandoned-manitoba/" target="_blank"><b>On the Road to Abandoned Manitoba</b></a> is the third instalment of this series by Gordon Goldsborough, which is also a CBC radio segment. More unusual and overlooked historical people, places and objects from Manitoba's history. Also see <a href="https://greatplainspress.ca/books/abandoned-manitoba/" target="_blank">series one</a> and <a href="https://greatplainspress.ca/books/more-abandoned-manitoba/" target="_blank">series two</a>. (<a href="https://greatplainspress.ca/books/on-the-road-to-abandoned-manitoba/" target="_blank">Publisher's store</a>, <a href="https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/on-the-road-to-abandoned-manitoba-taking-the-scenic-route-through-historic-places/9781773371078.html" target="_blank">Chapters</a>, <a href="https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/9781773371078/gordon-goldsborough/on-the-road-to-abandoned-manitoba" target="_blank">McNally</a>)</span></span></span><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></b></span></span></b></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_wfn3OcjL6A5pUS93ajIP6a5-Mke3P1f3AKiBvfxXMsHUPAh_mw_91n3OtxG8_ldR7YtDkgG_CvwRuzg-_SikgFHHlp-IwXkUXHfHltfxmiD9-3q2ocQ0EBIR9x1AUyP_ymJ_ZJYZtC-LHeQuKJpdcG1Yb9sISMJAmMU_HE3d1F4t7MAjyBKIziFixw/s764/book%209.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="764" data-original-width="749" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_wfn3OcjL6A5pUS93ajIP6a5-Mke3P1f3AKiBvfxXMsHUPAh_mw_91n3OtxG8_ldR7YtDkgG_CvwRuzg-_SikgFHHlp-IwXkUXHfHltfxmiD9-3q2ocQ0EBIR9x1AUyP_ymJ_ZJYZtC-LHeQuKJpdcG1Yb9sISMJAmMU_HE3d1F4t7MAjyBKIziFixw/w196-h200/book%209.jpg" width="196" /></a></div></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><a href="https://winnipegarchitecture.ca/shop/merchandise/publications/osborne-village-an-architecture-tour/" target="_blank"><u><b>Osborne Village: An Architectural Tour</b></u></a><u><b> </b></u>Explore
this historic and contemporary architecture of this dynamic Winnipeg
neighbourhood with the latest tour book form the Winnipeg architecture
Foundation. (<a href="https://winnipegarchitecture.ca/shop/merchandise/publications/osborne-village-an-architecture-tour/" target="_blank">WAF Shop</a>, <a href="https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/9781988321066/susan-algie/osborne-village-an-architectural-tour?blnBKM=1" target="_blank">McNally Robinson</a>)</span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic02mDwldkMS8dk3SyN2p_fwKyKzWS47I3-Xj2XND_Q_KR8jopy3qTyCzSO6JEvi-Kd5cogx0Nyr6D7ED18JAalu2HiYaF3C8kz_fi9eR81ZoxnQgQBK8mVDIpiogJDi2wxlMwi4_QJFamlvqotHKZmTmNN1cvdh1OxBqiVUydpjJPmrsqu9EbceccE-_T/s600/gorilla.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="400" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic02mDwldkMS8dk3SyN2p_fwKyKzWS47I3-Xj2XND_Q_KR8jopy3qTyCzSO6JEvi-Kd5cogx0Nyr6D7ED18JAalu2HiYaF3C8kz_fi9eR81ZoxnQgQBK8mVDIpiogJDi2wxlMwi4_QJFamlvqotHKZmTmNN1cvdh1OxBqiVUydpjJPmrsqu9EbceccE-_T/w133-h200/gorilla.jpg" width="133" /></a></div></span></b></span></span></b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><a href="https://books.friesenpress.com/store/title/119734000241616533/Alvin-A.-J.-Esau-The-Gorilla-Man-Strangler-Case" target="_blank"><b>***The Gorilla Man Strangler Case</b></a> is great for true crime fans. Earle Leonard Nelson, a serial killer form the U.S. fled to Winnipeg where he continues his spree and met his end. (<a href="https://books.friesenpress.com/store/title/119734000241616533/Alvin-A.-J.-Esau-The-Gorilla-Man-Strangler-Case" target="_blank">Friesens</a>, <a href="https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/9781039146297/alvin-a-j-esau/gorilla-man-strangler-case-serial-killer" target="_blank">McNally</a>, <a href="https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/the-gorilla-man-strangler-case-serial-killer-earle-nelson/9781039146303.html" target="_blank">Chapters</a>)<br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtSoLkQAkge2_eAsp1CF6dkhAADeKlnKIYosVUiKhzWU_aGK6whP6tw_BX1M5FD_ubVIy_csN97wjZ4Yk8BL1RiCMTGIxLCjV8791epRGejR-7I02SXA0hfO4GlLWJN8JL8MjvRPoMnvBYVVHbwcdGYtLP-JuX1JwUCcalb4XASJud926AyaL9KVbXlpjb/s600/PrairieOdyssey.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="400" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtSoLkQAkge2_eAsp1CF6dkhAADeKlnKIYosVUiKhzWU_aGK6whP6tw_BX1M5FD_ubVIy_csN97wjZ4Yk8BL1RiCMTGIxLCjV8791epRGejR-7I02SXA0hfO4GlLWJN8JL8MjvRPoMnvBYVVHbwcdGYtLP-JuX1JwUCcalb4XASJud926AyaL9KVbXlpjb/w133-h200/PrairieOdyssey.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><b>***A Prairie Odyssey: Alan Beaven and the Tree Planting Car, How Tree Planting Transformed the Prairies</b> is a 2023 reprint of a 2011 book with a new forward by Alan Beaven's daughter. Proceeds go to helping restore the Tree Planting Car which <a href="https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/manitoba-s-historic-tree-planting-car-gets-new-roots-1.6144851" target="_blank">is now at the Manitoba Agricultural Museum in Austin, Manitoba</a>. (<a href="https://mbagmuseum.ca/visitor-information/souvenirs/ag-museum.com/contact-us/" target="_blank">Manitoba Ag Museum gift shop</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dauphinrailmuseum/posts/pfbid0NmQWxe9xGhDidoqHjsRDFiBKARRyY5AVr7jRudzTCWBsgWUugdYnTW2K4k6rnBwYl" target="_blank">Dauphin Rail Museum shop</a> - both open year round but contact in advance for hours)<br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtNMfNvNXzkvyG2m-hCE1CxI1sKDifBLqZLNAYrTlHUUGsCx3dYWtSZqVMHfXvxBEiDORoSv5NO7Q4Q6HXlom6zzwiO045b2QiUSq-IR87bPrW750Prdq2XvMUlTI2-MDOVVwMQPuy_-qBrNCyC6hwK4SmWPtIvJI9NHLzUOohY-sKET2xNHIDU5ucQtEU/s635/ecto.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="635" data-original-width="600" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtNMfNvNXzkvyG2m-hCE1CxI1sKDifBLqZLNAYrTlHUUGsCx3dYWtSZqVMHfXvxBEiDORoSv5NO7Q4Q6HXlom6zzwiO045b2QiUSq-IR87bPrW750Prdq2XvMUlTI2-MDOVVwMQPuy_-qBrNCyC6hwK4SmWPtIvJI9NHLzUOohY-sKET2xNHIDU5ucQtEU/w189-h200/ecto.jpg" width="189" /></a></div>***<a href="https://uofmpress.ca/books/the-art-of-ectoplasm" target="_blank"><b>The Art of Ectoplasm Encounters with Winnipeg's Ghost Photographs</b></a> is perfect for the supernatural fan. It explores the research and photographs of T. G. Hamilton and Lillian Hamilton at their Henderson Highway home. (<a href="https://uofmpress.ca/books/the-art-of-ectoplasm" target="_blank">Publisher's store</a>, <a href="https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/9781772840377/serena-keshavjee/the-art-of-ectoplasm" target="_blank">McNally</a>)<br /></span><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3o9pnlwv5OYOdxk6OM6511yCZ5gn4QkkEuQ8xWRUbBLRCmAC-quWS6OjuqyLOgQduDxqvOUbFfsait-QNNaubr03ac7xFKJWsYEmx70avInzgmt1GZL-wbaKS9azXy6Sl3Vc1sAlPGeqt1Da4vf2kic1AbZayN4l38A1ucvpWmF86SIRXHKKba_TKJQ/s251/Blank.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="251" data-original-width="201" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3o9pnlwv5OYOdxk6OM6511yCZ5gn4QkkEuQ8xWRUbBLRCmAC-quWS6OjuqyLOgQduDxqvOUbFfsait-QNNaubr03ac7xFKJWsYEmx70avInzgmt1GZL-wbaKS9azXy6Sl3Vc1sAlPGeqt1Da4vf2kic1AbZayN4l38A1ucvpWmF86SIRXHKKba_TKJQ/w160-h200/Blank.jpg" width="160" /></a></div></span></b></span></span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><a href="https://winnipegarchitecture.ca/max-blankstein-architect-book-launch/" target="_blank">Max Blankstein, Architect</a> </span></span></b></span></span></b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">was
the first Jewish architect registered in Canada and designed at least
200 buildings. Many of his theatres, apartments and commercial blocks
are still around today. (<a href="https://winnipegarchitecture.ca/max-blankstein-architect-book-launch/" target="_blank">Winnipeg Architecture Foundation</a>, <a href="https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/9781988321059/murray-peterson/max-blankstein?blnBKM=1" target="_blank">McNally</a>)<br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAE5sKZWFY6Jj4f8NXuq3skkgq-MBz3ZkboNYXfgOxGleInXqJ7eMJCEEMtjPhl4DmbSmnFzR8DYH10VSZ5hUBsWGHonC0XiNReAjxJlQX73b2Mvp-d4NsVp3oG0Ptqjt_OGNp_yMpjbeObElszhABuGmROL-QupCEDaGXiniO_Io14rKth2ees7ie0h0T/s1281/WSD%20history.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1281" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAE5sKZWFY6Jj4f8NXuq3skkgq-MBz3ZkboNYXfgOxGleInXqJ7eMJCEEMtjPhl4DmbSmnFzR8DYH10VSZ5hUBsWGHonC0XiNReAjxJlQX73b2Mvp-d4NsVp3oG0Ptqjt_OGNp_yMpjbeObElszhABuGmROL-QupCEDaGXiniO_Io14rKth2ees7ie0h0T/w200-h113/WSD%20history.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>***<a href="https://www.winnipegsd.ca/page/14416/wsd-150-celebration-book"><b>WSD 150 Celebration Book</b></a> is a 224 page, full colour, hardcover book outlining the history of Winnipeg School Division's first 150 years. Each school past and present gets a write-up. It's also a bargain at $10 per copy! (<a href="https://www.winnipegsd.ca/page/14416/wsd-150-celebration-book" target="_blank">WSD Office</a>)<br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuGSpNCqKHGTxWlSs4x99YyhPg9R5XTPFgrlHWGi97KISlAtY6hLCWEYRpQWY9FpjlSa6ngyqRCp0KeNjOJQxipmeTAhUZxDqTEJJfvMqhagdb_noPBtFg_68NC8CuKYddK_2k1gPVbA2EwuR96kxxpOUYIR12tB1h6D8vAREsJ3SRu7i1TVXgNJZJGv5X/s225/talesfromthehomestead.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="150" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuGSpNCqKHGTxWlSs4x99YyhPg9R5XTPFgrlHWGi97KISlAtY6hLCWEYRpQWY9FpjlSa6ngyqRCp0KeNjOJQxipmeTAhUZxDqTEJJfvMqhagdb_noPBtFg_68NC8CuKYddK_2k1gPVbA2EwuR96kxxpOUYIR12tB1h6D8vAREsJ3SRu7i1TVXgNJZJGv5X/s1600/talesfromthehomestead.jpg" width="150" /></a></div>***<b><a href="https://www.heritagehouse.ca/book/tales-from-the-homestead/" target="_blank">Tales from the Homestead: A History of Prairie Pioneers, 1867-1914</a></b> is a compilation of first-person accounts by English, Dutch, German, Russian, Ukrainian, and American homesteaders to the Canadian prairies. (<a href="https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/9781772033892/s-rollings-magnusson/tales-from-the-homestead" target="_blank">McNally</a>, <a href="https://www.heritagehouse.ca/book/tales-from-the-homestead/" target="_blank">publisher's store</a>)<br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi71Ye13dT2H0WOJD7-EGQyyHadzZYs_ccPXJJkgitL1PQns8vXwyNl-WzwOzILc3Qyn7vNxgFycryZGDgYg3oy0dA-FzqeOkQyBcXuSIoaLuKKSFxJg4yClryJGZWkecA7x6N720zkMiF8dziIOTmMP9bMiXT-fg_w48zqkmanZDVpPjjmLIS6ZK26aii_/s226/valleyofthebirdtail.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="226" data-original-width="150" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi71Ye13dT2H0WOJD7-EGQyyHadzZYs_ccPXJJkgitL1PQns8vXwyNl-WzwOzILc3Qyn7vNxgFycryZGDgYg3oy0dA-FzqeOkQyBcXuSIoaLuKKSFxJg4yClryJGZWkecA7x6N720zkMiF8dziIOTmMP9bMiXT-fg_w48zqkmanZDVpPjjmLIS6ZK26aii_/w133-h200/valleyofthebirdtail.jpg" width="133" /></a></div>***<a href="https://www.harpercollins.ca/9781443466301/valley-of-the-birdtail/" target="_blank"><b>Valley of the Birdtail: An Indian Reserve, a White Town, and the Road to Reconciliation</b></a> looks at the 150-year history between the white town of Rossburn and the Waywayseecappo Indian reserve. The story reflects much of what has gone wrong in relations between Indigenous Peoples and non-Indigenous Canadians. It also offers, in the end, an uncommon measure of hope. (<a href="https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/valley-of-the-birdtail-an-indian-reserve-a-white-town-and-the-road-to-reconciliation/9781443466301.html" target="_blank">Chapters</a>, <a href="https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/9781443466301/andrew-stobo-sniderman/valley-of-the-birdtail" target="_blank">McNally</a>)<br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNxj5yOBybZocI8HK2LIf_tYpEieuDhKC-izJBNhhSfjrwJIZl-mL9Ky66rxh52tMJF8FURKz2KAJn6P04-2AuLfV8RyNIIbWaKhCbtwGydR-KVerl9ZckLMENrKrp3EkSFMOSJP-_fqUyfM7GfcOJBK2dhAlA6wtHusIJJQTasGgmJFS0cc3WRnbYkWYQ/s225/medicareshistories.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="150" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNxj5yOBybZocI8HK2LIf_tYpEieuDhKC-izJBNhhSfjrwJIZl-mL9Ky66rxh52tMJF8FURKz2KAJn6P04-2AuLfV8RyNIIbWaKhCbtwGydR-KVerl9ZckLMENrKrp3EkSFMOSJP-_fqUyfM7GfcOJBK2dhAlA6wtHusIJJQTasGgmJFS0cc3WRnbYkWYQ/w133-h200/medicareshistories.jpg" width="133" /></a></div>***<a href="https://uofmpress.ca/books/medicares-histories" target="_blank"><b>Medicare’s Histories: Origins, Omissions, and Opportunities in Canada</b></a> looks back at the origins and evolution of Canada's most cherished social program. (<a href="https://uofmpress.ca/books/medicares-histories" target="_blank">Publisher's store</a>, <a href="https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/9780887552809/esyllt-w-jones/medicares-histories" target="_blank">McNally</a>, <a href="https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/medicares-histories-origins-omissions-and-opportunities-in-canada/9780887552809.html" target="_blank">Chapters</a>)<br /><br /></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.plaines.ca/product-page/l-universit%C3%A9-de-saint-boniface" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="767" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiixTTtyUj_8sHQ39Xb6w4Q3ztRL0EUHumi5uE-BO7SVc4gEiTjjkUkPI4n5PwCQxCt2zpaQsKa58YSoPH9fst0DJ-qypUhP__VX9deXuAPu9sazY_wOmX2vxlnBt7s3m1aIlzxcGIx3a6vXm1amDg660A21oSCf7Yt8JB1Oka2lyyuvm7Vgv0IM5M4Kg/w160-h200/book%2010.jpg" width="160" /></a></div></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><a href="https://www.plaines.ca/product-page/l-universit%C3%A9-de-saint-boniface" target="_blank"><b>L'University de Saint-Boniface</b></a> This french language book </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h">by retired USB historian Michel Verrette </span></span></span></span></span></span></span>explores 200 years of the evolution of the first higher education institution in Western Canada.</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h"> </span></span>(<a href="https://www.plaines.ca/product-page/l-universit%C3%A9-de-saint-boniface" target="_blank">Éditions des Plaines</a>)<br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQDtbm9kw7iRc0cGfo5OVJpqKcpYFP2ggc3dceECPGy4hV9fPKxDhJg0oQTeTESkQWEFHdTCnfgl8svNwfYCgLGthg5SPsZ6or71ozEKsRL8ShrSoihiQlmE-kjIjID_uKsJ_p_jZXRtlC9LCGWtJS_3GHPRhlMJKMKxKDuHYn12uLIq3LalqRe23RTw/s187/book%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="187" data-original-width="130" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQDtbm9kw7iRc0cGfo5OVJpqKcpYFP2ggc3dceECPGy4hV9fPKxDhJg0oQTeTESkQWEFHdTCnfgl8svNwfYCgLGthg5SPsZ6or71ozEKsRL8ShrSoihiQlmE-kjIjID_uKsJ_p_jZXRtlC9LCGWtJS_3GHPRhlMJKMKxKDuHYn12uLIq3LalqRe23RTw/s1600/book%203.jpg" width="130" /></a></div></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><a href="https://books.friesenpress.com/store/title/119734000239199006/Cathie-Eliasson-Falcons-Forever" target="_blank">Falcons Forever The Saga of the 1920 Olympic Gold Medal Ice Hockey Team</a></b>. Written by a </span></span></span></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">granddaughter of Falcons’ defenseman Konrad “Konnie” Johannesson, this book </span></span></span></span>chronicles the Winnipeg Falcons’ journey to the VII Olympiad in Antwerp, Belgium. For <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BJaeyWfo3k">video of the book launch</a>. (<a href="https://books.friesenpress.com/store/title/119734000239199006/Cathie-Eliasson-Falcons-Forever" target="_blank">Friesen Press</a>, <a href="https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/9781039144767/cathie-eliasson/falcons-forever" target="_blank">McNally Robinson</a>)<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC5xsCSbJeJryCYGiYo_jn1wsNYN4q_0o1m1VNuk5PZi_PXCKAtIh0th6aDWODgByuWiPNoqSb3d7Mjr9kle54QzQ-YKlkhf3leE5EEDNzOafS14aNBVZiAtUjVpoQzZJ55mmoL_Pp58GTS-tkbqpfGvy4r2CPVlLhwaMvUPT2WBwgDnOodH5wBLvcXg/s600/book%204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="400" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC5xsCSbJeJryCYGiYo_jn1wsNYN4q_0o1m1VNuk5PZi_PXCKAtIh0th6aDWODgByuWiPNoqSb3d7Mjr9kle54QzQ-YKlkhf3leE5EEDNzOafS14aNBVZiAtUjVpoQzZJ55mmoL_Pp58GTS-tkbqpfGvy4r2CPVlLhwaMvUPT2WBwgDnOodH5wBLvcXg/w133-h200/book%204.jpg" width="133" /></a></div></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><a href="https://uofmpress.ca/books/detail/did-you-see-us" target="_blank">Did You See Us? Reunion, Remembrance, and Reclamation at an Urban Indian Residential School</a></b></span></span></span></span><b> </b>The
Assiniboia Indian Residential School in suburban Winnipeg was was one
of the few such institutions to be located in a large urban setting and
operated from 1958 to 1973. These are the stories of many survivors of
the school.<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.greatplains.mb.ca/product/thinking-big-a-history-of-the-winnipeg-business-community-to-the-second-world-war/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="600" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZZlVp_0xaNYjjzenamyM-Rk19crTjZ_5MzVAfMoXoehHNuw-cBgHf_wA2F57xFRjcORvN6EZMoI73KAxuZtZkTYr9A7csAHKe0nC3JSFRJsipfYLnJKlhsQ-8syqOytS3UR0yTBP7MMMc5bOFC9qERwmNIHTSRHUHa0km2OsERAAG87j83XTZVpicVw/w133-h200/Book%206.jpg" width="133" /></a></div></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><a href="https://www.greatplains.mb.ca/product/thinking-big-a-history-of-the-winnipeg-business-community-to-the-second-world-war/" target="_blank">Thinking Big: A History of the Winnipeg Business Community to the Second World War</a></b>
is, sadly, Jim Blanchard's last book about the history of Winnipeg as
the prolific author died in September 2022. Thinking Big examines the
history of Winnipeg’s business development through profiles of Manitoba
industries and personalities, dating from the days of the HBC to more
modern enterprises. (<a href="https://www.greatplains.mb.ca/product/thinking-big-a-history-of-the-winnipeg-business-community-to-the-second-world-war/" target="_blank">Great Plains</a>, <a href="https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/9781773370583/jim-blanchard/thinking-big" target="_blank">McNally</a>)</span></span></span></span></span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9R3Dl2kjwQI-7_xLNhUBFcmxZ19VwbAZiH8LgiCguTa5sln4dmEd4HboGS-W9_qculLoP7GbSpfocqmGFIwV2S-fv62QXgrwEF20Qk5DO7DYrHQ9dKkAMdDiLxrYs6cuZWla7YCblTt1jeXVfGSyQ8IF81ZyRWMIqolFSCsI4-8nh6RZqFZ4WIDoMiA/s450/book%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="300" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9R3Dl2kjwQI-7_xLNhUBFcmxZ19VwbAZiH8LgiCguTa5sln4dmEd4HboGS-W9_qculLoP7GbSpfocqmGFIwV2S-fv62QXgrwEF20Qk5DO7DYrHQ9dKkAMdDiLxrYs6cuZWla7YCblTt1jeXVfGSyQ8IF81ZyRWMIqolFSCsI4-8nh6RZqFZ4WIDoMiA/w133-h200/book%202.jpg" width="133" /></a></div></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><a href="https://uofmpress.ca/books/detail/for-a-better-world" target="_blank"><u><b>For a Better World</b></u></a>
depicts key events of the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike, detailing the
dynamic and complex historiography of the Strike and the larger Workers’
Revolt that reverberated around the world and shaped the century
following the war. <a href="https://winnipeg-can.newsmemory.com/?publink=0140ef7ba_13486ea" target="_blank">Read a book review</a>. (<a href="https://uofmpress.ca/books/detail/for-a-better-world" target="_blank">U of M Press</a>, <a href="https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/9780887552991/james-naylor/for-a-better-world?blnBKM=1" target="_blank">McNally Robinson</a>)<br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/9781039145993/curt-keilback/2-minutes-for-talking-to-myself?blnBKM=1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="247" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKjm2TJEQp838aknvQKKYz7Hokx7tkwKMQ6nx36FaNU6B4_GzQkBte4fTht6qJNgTQGOkzQ0Zqd1DetkyCqD_tPv9E3amYdIPERkrwYIAVPf7TOh0oc5qtkg0mgbKG1EfwatE2PVIW3122Wba7AMgw0b588zMc2APMbJ31ba11SHNRDRMpmVGTjl3sLw/w124-h200/book%207.jpg" width="124" /></a></div></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><a href="https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/9781039145993/curt-keilback/2-minutes-for-talking-to-myself?blnBKM=1" target="_blank">Two Minutes for Talking to Myself: Jets, Coyotes, Tales, Opinions</a>. </span></span></b></span></span></b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">For
a couple of generations of sports fans, Curt Keilback was the voice of
hockey in Winnipeg. This is a compilation of short stories looking back
on his decades covering the game. (<a href="https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/9781039145993/curt-keilback/2-minutes-for-talking-to-myself?blnBKM=1" target="_blank">McNally Robinson</a>)<br /></span></span></span></span><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiljGO0_Nmp3TnL-E38FHgMPNCP2vpgNimp-Cb2Tog19YYBHemBDX3_VLTcDWPl8XTcqLA5qVF9FUQK4hheUDgDiiXbHCMsZki13-YxKfM1BEP_2ZDNNk0CuWcinKYPrZx7jud_J_inLqyND7O9n0pCSbOoRaHDvFbvvyJs4l4yusCMp7a43SaN1tKFqg/s400/book%208.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="308" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiljGO0_Nmp3TnL-E38FHgMPNCP2vpgNimp-Cb2Tog19YYBHemBDX3_VLTcDWPl8XTcqLA5qVF9FUQK4hheUDgDiiXbHCMsZki13-YxKfM1BEP_2ZDNNk0CuWcinKYPrZx7jud_J_inLqyND7O9n0pCSbOoRaHDvFbvvyJs4l4yusCMp7a43SaN1tKFqg/w154-h200/book%208.jpg" width="154" /></a></div></span></b></span></span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOdmoyFY4pw" target="_blank">Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences in Manitoba: A History</a> </span></span></span></b></span></span></b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto">tells the story of more than 150 years of </span></span></span></span></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"> women’s health care in Manitoba. For <a href="https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/2022/10/15/winnipeg-doctors-innovation-a-boon-for-postwar-baby-boom">a book review</a>, video of the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOdmoyFY4pw" target="_blank">book launch</a>. (<a href="https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/9781896150994/allan-levine/obstetrics-gynecology-reproductive" target="_blank">McNally</a>)</span></span></span></span></span><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBf7FACNa7hhYan7-M99X1PmRF-kJtbe44hDV_xzIS9b6pSri1dAIGpmw99UNnmnaHPIb1bKUKrnG_qMsgAXxWlbyTz1IzcKe4X3gT4kDTcCfc4LkmOqZnlQxn9OpjLvm-w4-WuJSKyRsI/s2048/WAF-0039_Ghost-Signs_Cover_r1-scaled.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2018" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBf7FACNa7hhYan7-M99X1PmRF-kJtbe44hDV_xzIS9b6pSri1dAIGpmw99UNnmnaHPIb1bKUKrnG_qMsgAXxWlbyTz1IzcKe4X3gT4kDTcCfc4LkmOqZnlQxn9OpjLvm-w4-WuJSKyRsI/w197-h200/WAF-0039_Ghost-Signs_Cover_r1-scaled.jpg" width="197" /></a></div></span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><a href="https://www.winnipegarchitecture.ca/shop/merchandise/publications/ghost-signs-an-exchange-district-walking-tour/" target="_blank"><b>Ghost Signs: An Exchange District Walking Tour</b></a>
tells the story behind the mostly long-forgotten companies or products
that these signs advertised. Check out the <a href="http://www.ghostsigns.ca/tours/" target="_blank">accompanying website</a>. (<a href="https://www.winnipegarchitecture.ca/shop/merchandise/publications/ghost-signs-an-exchange-district-walking-tour/" target="_blank">WAF Shop</a>, <a href="https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/9781988321042/matthew-cohen/ghost-signs-an-exchange-district-walking" target="_blank">McNally Robinson</a>)</span><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /> <br /></span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigjSK0udbi5xGWD8NpIIkfxaDqLAzI5GtJ5B1Dqs6RK6jAKMf1SXhXhmRuliHdnwOtHFXYmH2aoCBY5buMT6cmTIHyNONinhfKRsAiV7lGHMXAchbg17R7QEyQwJMA4qCqjBNb5KB6lyo/s499/Mosienko.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="334" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigjSK0udbi5xGWD8NpIIkfxaDqLAzI5GtJ5B1Dqs6RK6jAKMf1SXhXhmRuliHdnwOtHFXYmH2aoCBY5buMT6cmTIHyNONinhfKRsAiV7lGHMXAchbg17R7QEyQwJMA4qCqjBNb5KB6lyo/w134-h200/Mosienko.jpg" width="134" /></a></div></span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#" target="_blank">Mosienko: The Man Who Caught Lightning in a Bottle</a></span></span></b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">
tells the story of a Manitoba legend, from his childhood spent skating
on the rinks of Winnipeg's North End in the 1920s and 30s to his
illustrious fourteen-year NHL career to his return to Winnipeg to play
with the Winnipeg Warriors to his post-retirement career as the owner of
the iconic Mosienko Bowling Lanes.<b> </b>See <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89owmf2qNfg" target="_blank">video of the book launch here</a>. (<a href="https://www.greatplains.mb.ca/product/mosienko/" target="_blank">Great Plains Publications</a>, </span></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><a href="https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/9781773370620/ty-dilello/mosienko?blnBKM=1" target="_blank">McNally Robinson</a>, <a href="https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/mosienko-the-man-who-caught/9781773370620-item.html?ikwid=mosienko&ikwsec=Home&ikwidx=0#algoliaQueryId=851d300e7b1bc768596027f9af332f20" target="_blank">Chapters</a>)</span></span><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /><br /></span></span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiWsm3UYwnd57NudokRPl0yh5mkT6DrzoViTaYBHclYeuQdq-R8ozN8VXm_LXeLCfVOJXvhTS_dGTl74Dv6uxKp2cRlG2fsKk6oSSCgUssA9OQ32ZgtYSGTVfRRjbFFIvTzj9XTLIzXLdbhr0_fPD0SJSPPaORrIERZ_YJzdJztUT5SiYAFyBII4Yhddw=s554" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="554" data-original-width="475" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiWsm3UYwnd57NudokRPl0yh5mkT6DrzoViTaYBHclYeuQdq-R8ozN8VXm_LXeLCfVOJXvhTS_dGTl74Dv6uxKp2cRlG2fsKk6oSSCgUssA9OQ32ZgtYSGTVfRRjbFFIvTzj9XTLIzXLdbhr0_fPD0SJSPPaORrIERZ_YJzdJztUT5SiYAFyBII4Yhddw=w171-h200" width="171" /></a></div></span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><a href="https://www.historyofmusic.ca/" target="_blank">Heart of Gold: A History of Winnipeg Music</a> </span></b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">is
the latest release by music historian John Einarson. It looks at the
background of all genres of the music scene in Winnipeg and their
influence nationally and beyond. See <a href="https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/new-book-dives-into-winnipeg-s-music-scene-over-the-decades-1.5706816" target="_blank">an interview with the author here</a>. (<a href="https://johneinarson.ca/publications" target="_blank">Order online</a>)</span><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6iyYfl_CAj69IAPIk_7CZeRq2maWBsKfGTTcTrO6zKy3YMm3mgg5a040hOA5Xaz74u3iA1RhkTudpdKUKRBHVw7z9pXekLwgPOAy_LnNredbGPKbuhNVTDszG_aUOktty5IEqUg9EN0g/s450/Coutts.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="300" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6iyYfl_CAj69IAPIk_7CZeRq2maWBsKfGTTcTrO6zKy3YMm3mgg5a040hOA5Xaz74u3iA1RhkTudpdKUKRBHVw7z9pXekLwgPOAy_LnNredbGPKbuhNVTDszG_aUOktty5IEqUg9EN0g/w133-h200/Coutts.jpg" width="133" /></a></div></span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#" target="_blank">Authorized Heritage: Place, Memory, and Historic Sites in Prairie Canada</a> </span></b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">analyses
the history of commemoration at heritage sites across western Canada
and argues that heritage narratives are almost always based on national
messages that commonly reflect colonial perceptions of the past. See the
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=297041775321603" target="_blank">virtual book launch</a>. (<a href="https://uofmpress.ca/books/detail/authorized-heritage" target="_blank">U of M Press</a>, <a href="https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/9780887559266/robert-coutts/authorized-heritage" target="_blank">McNally Robinson</a>)<br /><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQhjk7ekxf9Rph1Fy1ZZ4y_KCjw4W5q9JQjn7zYsyr7O5LO1mZ26BRWUKNxBwQm_onQQuGOP_5Hwf1lHAqQFMbCOOpFidWnthZJlKrWrRO4GcYVklDXiu7TZSnUP6yhnALRapd0Wf1T2g/s1126/musume.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="965" data-original-width="1126" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQhjk7ekxf9Rph1Fy1ZZ4y_KCjw4W5q9JQjn7zYsyr7O5LO1mZ26BRWUKNxBwQm_onQQuGOP_5Hwf1lHAqQFMbCOOpFidWnthZJlKrWrRO4GcYVklDXiu7TZSnUP6yhnALRapd0Wf1T2g/w200-h171/musume.jpg" width="200" /></a></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><a href="https://www.woollymammothpublishing.ca/Fire-Folly-Fiasco/" target="_blank">Fire, Folly and Fiasco Why It Took 100 Years to Build the Manitoba Museum</a> </span></span></b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">explores the century-long journey to open the Manitoba</span></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> Museum. (<a href="https://www.woollymammothpublishing.ca/Fire-Folly-Fiasco/">Woolly Mammoth Publishing</a>,<a href="https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/9780986737701/james-a-burns/fire-folly-and-fiasco" target="_blank"> McNally Robinson</a>)</span></span></span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjClEfr6YwFpvq6sTysQh4OxRtPzWD3pcLC0r8aATh-PzayDgvLholjXipKje6HdzCPTBcp5XKcG-NqcM1E1c_XIlD-ZxohH4Q1BxrL_MZMNerc-0TfJpFQbEwJA1cWn_eqnc8CVuJ9TSM/s2048/40741-GP-The-Lesser-Known-highres-scaled.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1593" data-original-width="2048" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjClEfr6YwFpvq6sTysQh4OxRtPzWD3pcLC0r8aATh-PzayDgvLholjXipKje6HdzCPTBcp5XKcG-NqcM1E1c_XIlD-ZxohH4Q1BxrL_MZMNerc-0TfJpFQbEwJA1cWn_eqnc8CVuJ9TSM/w200-h156/40741-GP-The-Lesser-Known-highres-scaled.jpg" width="200" /></a></div></span></span></b></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><a href="https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/event-18026/Darren-Bernhardt-Online-Book-Launch" target="_blank">The Lesser Known: A History of Oddities from the Heart of the Continent</a></span></span></b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b> </b>by Darren Bernhardt explores some of the lesser known aspects of Manitoba's history. (<a href="https://www.greatplains.mb.ca/product/the-lesser-known/" target="_blank">Great Plains</a>, <a href="https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/9781773370484/darren-bernhardt/lesser-known?blnBKM=1" target="_blank">McNally Robinson</a>, <a href="https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/the-lesser-known/9781773370484-item.html" target="_blank">Chapters</a>)</span></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<b><a href="https://uofmpress.ca/books/a-diminished-roar" target="_blank">A Diminished Roar</a></b> is the late Jim Blanchard's third instalment of his series on Winnipeg's history. He's taken us through the boom of <a href="https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/9780887556845/jim-blanchard/winnipeg-1912">1912</a>, the turbulence of <a href="https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/9780887557217/jim-blanchard/winnipegs-great-war">World War I</a> and now the uncertain <a href="https://uofmpress.ca/books/detail/a-diminished-roar">1920s</a>. (<a href="https://uofmpress.ca/books/detail/a-diminished-roar">U of M Press</a>, <a href="https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/9780887558399/jim-blanchard/a-diminished-roar">McNally</a>, <a href="https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/a-diminished-roar-winnipeg-in/9780887558399-item.html">Chapters</a>)<br /><br /></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://www.greatplains.mb.ca/product/assiniboine-park/"><img alt="https://www.greatplains.mb.ca/product/assiniboine-park/" border="0" data-original-height="653" data-original-width="768" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgza0dpYiDx1ajnAQ7u4oPyASb9kVwJY23dq2i8lttNSoVjWYemBUV25jUwy_dcsWLXARrQrP6H3pUqdwBTAY3s_Ymuxt8bPSJg-vVNLHnxdqHSdLjGslWs68WJwtLF_QrZq2acnPDsqZw8/s200/ExpBooAssiniboinePark768x653.jpg" width="200" /></a> </span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><a href="https://www.greatplains.mb.ca/product/assiniboine-park/">Assiniboine Park: Designing and Developing a People's Playground</a></b> is the definitive book on the sometimes controversial history of Winnipeg's favourite park. <a href="http://westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2019/06/assiniboine-park-designing-and.html">My review</a>. (<a href="https://www.greatplains.mb.ca/product/assiniboine-park/">Great Plains</a>, <a href="https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/9781773370125/david-spector/assiniboine-park?blnBKM=1">McNally</a>, <a href="https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/assiniboine-park-designing-and-developing/9781773370125-item.html?ikwid=assiniboine+park&ikwsec=Home&ikwidx=0">Chapters</a>)<br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><a href="https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/9781896150536/allan-levine/coming-of-age">Coming of Age: A History of the Jewish People of Manitoba</a></b> This nearly 500-page book tells the story of the small but influential Jewish community of Winnipeg. (<a href="https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/9781896150536/allan-levine/coming-of-age">McNally</a>, <a href="https://www.jhcwc.org/about/publications/display,publication/1/coming-of-age-a-history-of-the-jewish-people-of-manitoba-hardcover">Jewish Heritage Centre</a>)</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b>North East Winnipeg Area History</b> parts one, two AND three are limited-run books produced by the <a href="https://www.newpghs.com/">North East Winnipeg Historical Society</a> that explore the history of Elmwood, East Kildonan and North Kildonan. (<a href="https://www.newpghs.com/events" target="_blank">Contact the NEWHS for purchases</a>) <br /><br /></span></span>
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the story of the life and death of this largely Metis community that
stood near where the Grant Park Shopping Centre is now. Companion pieces
about the research that went into this book can be found <a href="http://roostertown.lib.umanitoba.ca/">here</a> and <a href="https://uofmpress.ca/blog/entry/mapping-rooster-town-back-in">here</a>. (<a href="https://uofmpress.ca/books/detail/rooster-town">U of M Press</a>, <a href="https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/9780887558252/evelyn-j-peters/rooster-town?blnBKM=1">McNally</a>, <a href="https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/rooster-town-the-history-of/9780887558252-item.html?ref=item-page%3aother-books-byauthor">Chapters</a>)<br /><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b>Memories of the Moonlight Special and Grand Beach Train Era</b> takes you back to the firsts half of the 20th century when trains brought eager tourists to these resort beach communities. (<a href="http://www.borealispress.com/memoriesofthemoonlightspecial.html">Borealis Press</a>, <a href="https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/9780888877024/barbara-lange/memories-of-the-moonlight-special-gr?blnBKM=1">McNally</a>)<br /><br /></span></span></div>
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In <b><a href="https://uofmpress.ca/books/detail/snacks">Snacks: A Canadian Food History</a></b>
Janis Thiessen tells the back story of Canadian party favourites such
as Old Dutch Potato Chips, Hawkins Cheezies and Ganong
chocolates. (<a href="https://uofmpress.ca/books/detail/snacks">U of M Press</a>, <a href="http://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/9780887557996/janis-thiessen/snacks">McNally Robinson</a>)<br /><br /></span></span></div>
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Jeffrey Thorsteinson (architectural historian) and Brennan Smith (art historian) team up in <b><a href="http://www.winnipegarchitecture.ca/green-blankstein-russell-an-architectural-heritage-book-launch/">Green Blankstein Russell and Associates: An Architectural Legacy</a></b>. This local company went on to become one of Canada's preeminent modernist architecture firms of the 1950s and 60s. (<a href="http://www.winnipegarchitecture.ca/green-blankstein-russell-an-architectural-heritage-book-launch/">WAF shop</a>, <a href="https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/9780987809308/jeffrey-thorsteinson/green-blankstein-russell-and-associates" target="_blank">McNally</a>, <a href="https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/gbr-an-architectural-legacy/9780987809308-item.html" target="_blank">Chapters</a>)<br /><br /></span></span></div>
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Bryan
Scott and Bartley Kives are back with their second instalment of unique
photos and commentary. (See below for their first offering.) <b><a href="https://www.greatplains.mb.ca/product/stuckinthemiddle2/">Stuck in the Middle 2</a></b> ventures where <a href="http://www.stuckinthemiddle.ca/">Stuck in the Middle</a> didn’t: outside the Perimeter. (<a href="https://www.greatplains.mb.ca/product/stuckinthemiddle2/">Great Plains</a>, <a href="http://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/9781927855805/bartley-kives/stuck-in-the-middle-2">McNally,</a> <a href="https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/stuck-in-the-middle-dissenting/9781926531847-item.html" target="_blank">Chapters</a>)<br /><br /></span></span></div>
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Photographer John Paskievich revisits the places he photographed in the 1970s – 1990s for his book in his book <a href="https://uofmpress.ca/books/detail/the-north-end">The North End</a> in <b><a href="https://uofmpress.ca/books/detail/the-north-end-revisited">The North End Revisited</a></b>. (<a href="https://uofmpress.ca/books/detail/the-north-end-revisited">U of M Press</a>, <a href="http://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/9780887557972/john-paskievich/the-north-end-revisited">McNally Robinson</a>, <a href="https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/the-north-end-revisited-photographs/9780887557972-item.html?s_campaign=goo-DSA_Books&gclid=Cj0KCQjwlvT8BRDeARIsAACRFiWzy0MMmRWXUHkyX4BEYBG5bH7WSug00hoYAWBOW_aRXNeRUq5iEs8aAhTGEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds" target="_blank">Chapters</a>)<br /><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The <b><a href="http://www.winnipegarchitecture.ca/">Winnipeg Architecture Foundation</a></b> continues to add items to its bookshelf. Check out the <a href="http://www.winnipegarchitecture.ca/shop/merchandise/publications/colour-your-city/">Colour Your City</a> colouring book featuring dozens of Winnipeg's best known buildings. There is also a children's guide <span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">called <a href="http://www.winnipegarchitecture.ca/shop/merchandise/publications/exchange-marks-the-spot-child/">Exchange <span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Marks</span> the Spot</a> and their ever-growing collection of </span><a href="http://www.winnipegarchitecture.ca/shop/printed-tours/">illustrated walking tour pocket books</a> as well.<br /><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://drawnandquarterly.com/books/louis-riel/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="329" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlx7yxsZdzjOS9_pzrSarhUhAxrRIM9zNT_u8X9RC0iy6uQHuSYUcrj0bHtHxCgNRPIU5ZVvcYhBPzp-suAJcMlzs8t1R5YbeDWGL26XYCD0bI2XGvALJGw7QkJXPtJDkCa-nXi5y82eNyapZ1DgqQrWeMBkv07pXvyPjDXqOHNPdlhghRWW4HSUcpo5Vo/w137-h200/Riel2.png" width="137" /></a></div>First published in 2006, <b><a href="https://drawnandquarterly.com/books/louis-riel/" target="_blank">Louis Riel: A Comic Strip Biography</a></b> is back in print! The history of Riel in graphic novel form. (<a href="https://drawnandquarterly.com/books/louis-riel/" target="_blank">Publisher's shop</a>, <a href="https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/9781894937894/chester-brown/louis-riel-a-comic-strip-biography?blnBKM=1" target="_blank">McNally</a>, <a href="https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/louis-riel-a-comic-strip-biography/9781894937894.html" target="_blank">Chapters</a>)<br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Portage and Main Press' <b><a href="https://www.portageandmainpress.com/product-category/indigenous-literature/tales-from-big-spirit/">Tales from Big Spirit</a></b>
series of graphic novels tell the stories of key Indigenous figures in
history, including Tommy Prince, Gabriel Dumont and Thanadelthur. (<a href="https://www.portageandmainpress.com/Books/T/The-Scout" target="_blank">Portage and Main Press</a>, <a href="https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/searchresults?txtSearchSearchType=keyword&txtSearchFulltextCriteria=Tales+from+Big+Spirit&txtSearchMode=books">McNally Robinson</a>)<br /><br /></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">This is from 2013, but a book every Winnipegger should own. <i><b><a href="http://uofmpress.ca/books/detail/imagining-winnipeg" target="_blank">Imagining Winnipeg</a></b></i> a collection of some of L. B. Foote's most interesting photographs of early Winnipeg, many never before published. (<a href="https://uofmpress.ca/books/detail/imagining-winnipeg">U of M Press</a>, <a href="http://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/9780887557354/esyllt-w-jones/imagining-winnipeg">McNally</a>, <a href="https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/imagining-winnipeg-history-through-the/9780887557354-item.html" target="_blank">Chapters</a>)<br /></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /><br /></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">
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museums have their own shops where you're sure to find something
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contact the museums first to check out their winter hours. </b><br /><br />Here are links to some of them: <a href="https://msbm.mb.ca/shop-in-person/" target="_blank">St. Boniface Museum</a> - <a href="https://manitobamuseum.ca/visit/museum-shop" target="_blank">Manitoba Museum</a><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> - <a href="https://dalyhousemuseum.square.site/" target="_blank">Daly House (Brandon)</a> - </span></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><a href="https://mennonite-heritage-village.com/" target="_blank">Mennonite Heritage Village (Steinbach)</a><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> - <a href="https://transconamuseum.square.site/" target="_blank">Transcona Museum</a> - <a href="https://new-iceland-heritage-museum.square.site/" target="_blank">New Iceland Heritage Museum (Gimli)</a> - <a href="https://airmuseum.ca/services/tiger-moth-gift-shop/" target="_blank">British Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum (Brandon)</a> - <a href="https://discoverfossils.com/" target="_blank">Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre (Morden)<br /><br /></a></span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://shop.winnipegarchitecture.ca/shop/home/8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="347" data-original-width="574" height="121" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0jZyaywDYDDy2NsYbnIBvB5k8BadCA6RypH2t30lFnhMOcrbSFPOlCNIk6Zugw-4hOaqRNsuXkicPM9iqth8JD2jkTdWwCS-dYBw3vJrDekT9sKrIllQp4An5_iykzGi81yoiGoJNRccTg4LHmEdzZvfLd5vKtKAa8pLwrhMpxDCoePN25snSX6NwF6L7/w200-h121/wadd.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Besides their <a href="https://shop.winnipegarchitecture.ca/shop/publications/16?page=1&limit=60&sort_by=category_order&sort_order=asc" target="_blank">book collection</a>, the <b><a href="http://www.winnipegarchitecture.ca/shop/merchandise/">Winnipeg Architecture Foundation</a></b> has a wide selection of merchandise <span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">featuring</span> <span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">iconic</span> <span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Winnipeg buildings, such as p</span>ins, fridge magnets, mugs, and new this year are <a href="https://shop.winnipegarchitecture.ca/shop/stationery/27" target="_blank">holiday greeting cards</a>. Available for delivery or at their NEW location at 177 Lombard Street.</span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The <a href="https://www.belleboutiqueblanche.com/" target="_blank"><b>St. Boniface Museum Boutique</b></a> has a wide range of items, including Metis flags, mugs, voyageur sashes, toques, and replica Red River carts. Yes, <a href="https://www.belleboutiqueblanche.com/collections/clothing-vetements" target="_blank">Keeping it Riel</a> t-shirts are back!</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The <b>Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada's </b>new<b> <a href="https://royalaviationmuseum.com/plan-your-visit/landing-zone-boutique/">Landing Zone Boutique</a></b> has clothing, toys, models, books and more that celebrate our aviation heritage.<br /></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The <a href="https://goldenboygiftshop.ca/" target="_blank"><b>Golden Boy Gift Shop</b></a> at the <span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Manitoba Legislature celebrate<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">s everything <span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Manitoba</span>. From <span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Manitoba crested glasses and mugs to Golden Boy scarves<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> and toques<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">.<br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Heritage Winnipeg</b> has an <a href="http://www.heritagewinnipeg.com/store/">online store</a> that includes <a href="https://heritagewinnipeg.com/store/robert-sweeney-prints/" target="_blank">a collection of prints</a> by Robert J. Sweeney.</span></span></span><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7pJZbZQ1RR2ijlG-h89Krgz3n-IoTtSMLTyuT75SEKon7Pyg2XzWG54chHx54BquzKPClbdX02x8ZCX-Tslz6f-oRUg05B5WHC9rP-GaTidX8nM9pUgZBSTMHZ3DdfFJlZLURvGxyQMw/s563/f7341d_9bccd1d92ea347a5b818729975ac5342%257Emv2_d_1800_1800_s_2.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="563" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7pJZbZQ1RR2ijlG-h89Krgz3n-IoTtSMLTyuT75SEKon7Pyg2XzWG54chHx54BquzKPClbdX02x8ZCX-Tslz6f-oRUg05B5WHC9rP-GaTidX8nM9pUgZBSTMHZ3DdfFJlZLURvGxyQMw/w200-h200/f7341d_9bccd1d92ea347a5b818729975ac5342%257Emv2_d_1800_1800_s_2.webp" width="200" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">From <a href="https://www.dimigallery.com/" target="_blank">a</a><a href="https://www.dimigallery.com/" target="_blank">rtist Kristina Dimitrova</a> you can buy prints of maps for your <a href="https://www.dimigallery.com/copy-of-assiniboine-collection" target="_blank">favourite neighbourhood</a>, small
town, provincial park or lake. She also has watercolours of city
streetscapes, including the gone but not forgotten Winnipeg Arena. </span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><a href="http://www.artelstudio.com/index.htm">Elaina El's beautiful paintings</a> capture iconic Winnipeg streetscapes. Original artwork and prints are available.</span></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><u><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></u></b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><u><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisgWsg5iwzPuJQ7YEdc-1sf_-2WHdopp_xVRF_2QV6PKrGtd7QwVJ2i3ZFfoctW2MgnSsnyKflOIAFi298UHdzXyeJ6kTuY8YD_6EuvVo-bz2uuibPCylxDlK6tWcadOKwX6yVB15_eM2ueHXtPjnnXthVjbazWesO91lqhlzkqYs71B4fBlgve8sb2A/s1478/map-small-file.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="1478" height="135" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisgWsg5iwzPuJQ7YEdc-1sf_-2WHdopp_xVRF_2QV6PKrGtd7QwVJ2i3ZFfoctW2MgnSsnyKflOIAFi298UHdzXyeJ6kTuY8YD_6EuvVo-bz2uuibPCylxDlK6tWcadOKwX6yVB15_eM2ueHXtPjnnXthVjbazWesO91lqhlzkqYs71B4fBlgve8sb2A/w200-h135/map-small-file.jpg" width="200" /></a></div></span></u></b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">At the <b>City of Selkirk</b>'<b>s</b><a href="https://shop.myselkirk.ca/" target="_blank"> online shop</a>
you can purchase <a href="https://shop.myselkirk.ca/product/heritage-postcards/?swcfpc=1" target="_blank">historic postcards</a> and this <a href="https://shop.myselkirk.ca/product/onefortymap/" target="_blank">1914 Planning Scheme Map of the Town of Selkirk</a>. If you like more modern history, they also have items featuring Chuck
the Channel Cat and the newly repainted water tower.<br /><br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><u><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">ET CET<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">ERA</span></span></u></b></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://www.fortgarryhotel.com/offers/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1484" data-original-width="2048" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1wxl28wEGE5j7Bc6czSzO92E53xMebEXGhUqAKqB-xWKvj2KSkwyAR6JnVw_kkNy_VUuYPQpH6K1pBWaMjBn56z7h-ueGK1YaeKFOUQYAmUSAdLhlSwNJE-5yUdshBNzY-l2-FY5BfAk/w200-h145/CNB72Exterior01_1.jpg" width="200" /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">How about a stay in one of the city's oldest hotels? <b>The Hotel Fort Garry</b> still oozes the charm of early 20th century railway hotels and <a href="https://www.fortgarryhotel.com/packages/" target="_blank">offers packages</a>. It's pet friendly, too ! Dress up old school and make a weekend of it.</span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"><br /></a></span></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><a href="http://www.heritagewinnipeg.com/contact/member_form.html">Heritage Winnipeg</a> - <a href="http://www.mhs.mb.ca/info/membership.shtml">Manitoba Historical Society</a> - <a href="http://www.dalyhousemuseum.ca/member.htm">Daly House Museum</a> (Brandon) -</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> <a href="http://brandongeneralmuseum.ca/" target="_blank">Brandon General Museum and Archives</a> - </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><a href="https://dunnottarstation.org/museum/">Dunnottar Station Museum</a> - <a href="http://www.svhs.ca/">St. Vital Historical Society</a> - <a href="https://www.travelmanitoba.com/listings/swan-valley-historical-museum/594/" target="_blank">Swan Valley Historical Museum</a> - <a href="http://www.friendsofdalnavert.ca/become-a-member-1/">Dalnavert Museum</a> - <a href="http://www.mtha.ca/">Manitoba Transit Heritage Association</a> - <a href="https://royalaviationmuseum.com/" target="_blank">Royal Aviation Museum of Western Can<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">ada</span></a> - <a href="http://argylemuseum.wixsite.com/argylemuseum">Settlers Rails and Trails Museum</a> (Argyle) - <a href="http://joiedevivremanitoba.com/en/destinations/southwest-region/category/st-joseph/the-saint-joseph-museum">Musée St. Joseph Museum</a> - <a href="http://www.wpgrailwaymuseum.com/page6.html">Winnipeg Railway Museum</a> - <a href="http://www.margaretlaurencehome.ca/">Margaret Laurence Home</a> (Neepawa) --<a href="http://www.winnipegfiremuseum.ca/" target="_blank"> Winnipeg Fire Fighters Museum</a> - <a href="http://www.neepawa.ca/main.asp?fxoid=FXMenu,8&cat_ID=2&sub_ID=240&sub2_ID=151" target="_blank">Beautiful Plains Museum</a> (Neepawa) - <a href="http://marinemuseum.ca/">Marine Museum of Manitoba</a> (Selkirk) <a href="http://www.transconamuseum.mb.ca/">Transcona Historical Museum</a> - <a href="http://heritagenorthmuseum.ca/about-heritage-north-museum/gift-shop.html">Heritage North Museum</a> (Thompson) - <a href="https://www.sportmanitoba.ca/hall-of-fame">Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame</a> - <a href="http://ag-museum.mb.ca/">Manitoba Agricultural Museum</a> (Austin) - <a href="http://www.fortlareinemuseum.ca/">Fort la Reine Museum</a> (Portage) - </span></span></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://www.micec.com/">Manitoba Indigenous Cultural Education Centre</a> - <a href="https://nihm.ca/contact-us/give/">New Iceland Heritage Museum</a> - <a href="https://winnipegpolicemuseum.ca/" target="_blank">Winnipeg Police Museum<br /><br /></a>There are several active restoration projects taking place around the province. (If you know of others, let me know!)<br /><br />- <a href="https://heritagewinnipeg.com/streetcar-356/" target="_blank">Winnipeg Streetcar 356 Restoration Project<br /></a>- <a href="https://riverstrainstation.ca/about/" target="_blank">Rivers Train Station Restoration Project</a><br />- <a href="https://www.transconamuseum.mb.ca/cn-2747-preservation-project" target="_blank">Transcona CN 2747 Preservation Project<br /></a>- <a href="https://mbagmuseum.ca/event/pine-to-prairie-relic-run/" target="_blank">Manitoba Agricultural Museum Forestry Rail Car Restoration</a><br /><br /><br /></span></span></span>Christian Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691310860448400887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716407892466377250.post-57348416759951941582023-11-22T06:07:00.005-06:002023-12-02T05:02:10.120-06:00Last call for the Arlington Bridge?<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span>© Christian Cassidy, 2023</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/christiansphotos/1349020339" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="642" data-original-width="970" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPK-kzOKHNAwfCmD96gAAakKIuWIxiSHksj5cFMjUQyQoK5XZ996_NoBVYisgQtwkh64ZJ8MwHKwslK8gNS8uj8Xxba7Zex08fCdR6FDs2WjTlaZ5BMuLHWueSeEl_oqfFdptRini_Ly2SQZPbDIJSc8yv1J7x2vJEobzHgB7OoU9I30r8AHl-ua1sGAir/w200-h133/AB.jpg" width="200" /></a></p><p>It was <a href="https://www.winnipeg.ca/news/2023-11-21-arlington-bridge-indefinitely-closed" target="_blank">announced earlier today</a> today that the Arlington Bridge has been closed indefinitely after it failed its latest inspection.<br /><br />This is hardly a surprise. Back in 2018, I was part of a <a href="https://legacy.winnipeg.ca/publicworks/construction/projects/arlingtonBridge.stm#tab-projectadvisorycommittee" target="_blank">community panel</a> that worked on the replacement of the Arlington Bridge. At that time, engineers were adamant that the bridge was at the end of its functional life and it would be decommissioned in 2024. <br /><br />Below, you can see the design the public process came up with and what it looked like after the city hall bean counters got through with it.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/christiansphotos/53348416901" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="791" data-original-width="642" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnbmArVIV-NBm3H35jZHU7m9-IhrqFbeQEjsLPOJvyrp1f9LWecFZzo38htYldEY03UYJh6Xon7WSs_8fWAt2XME5zBD4Of7s73FjptDXlqJn0QV5zZLCm0eguqfrDRYe4kxWeY5x0frQRrFPxNjOlibdB6HKXGNP2MW8s2sXPw9aCpM_vlrjN3aInRVwO/w163-h200/Arlington%20Bridge%20design.jpg" width="163" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>Will the Arlington Street Bridge ever reopen?</b><br /><br />The reports of its condition sound damning, but it has been counted out as being at the end of its life a few times before only to be repaired and put back into service. There would be a lot of people in the city's history dating back to the 1940s who would be shocked to see that the bridge is standing today!<br /> <br />If it cannot be repaired, hopefully the structure can stay as a pedestrian and cycling bridge as it is normally the weight and vibration of vehicles that cause the most stress to bridges. It is important to keep a walking link open to this part of the North End as crossing over the tracks is a deadly option.<br /><br />A further study is taking place to see if it can be salvaged and what that price tag would be.<br /><br /><b>Will the Arlington Street Bridge ever be replaced?<br /><br /></b>I think it is doubtful that the construction of a new span at Arlington Street will ever take place given the number of issues working against it. <br /><br />A new bridge is is not even on the radar of the city's multi-year capital budget and it would take years to get this funding in place. Add to that the time needed to buy/expropriate the dozens of pieces of land needed for the new bridge and it could be decade or more before a new bridge would open for traffic. <br /><br />The $250 - $300 million price tag for a new bridge is from "Before Times". The cost of construction has increased considerably since COVID which could push this bridge project towards the half-billion dollar range.<br /> <br />There are other bridge projects that some would argue are in line ahead of the Arlington Street Bridge. <br /><br />The Louise Bridge, built the same year as the Arlington but opened a few months earlier, has been touted for replacement due to its age and as a way to end the huge bottleneck it creates getting people to and from Elmwood and Transcona. If the Arlington did beat out the Louise, it would then have to take on non-bridge transportation projects such as the Chief Peguis Trail extension and the widening of Kenaston Avenue along Route 90. <br /> <br />The Arlington Street Bridge is not very busy compared to other bridges in the city with just 13,000 - 15,000 vehicles travelling over it per day. This ranks it last in terms of traffic volume amongst the city's fifteen vehicular bridges. (<a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/710190/which-winnipeg-bridge-is-the-busiest/" target="_blank">See here for a full list</a>.) <br /><br />The issue of the relocation of the of the CPR rail yards also hangs over this bridge even though it has been just talk since discussions between the parties ended in the mid-1970s. Those opposed to funding a new bridge, as well as people who feel they have the neighbourhood's best interests at heart, both point to rail yard relocation as if it is anything more than just a concept. This could keep the approval of a new bridge in limbo for decades to come waiting for a project that may never happen.<br /><br /><b>Concluding remarks</b><br /><br />I must admit that I have a soft spot for the Arlington Bridge. Our family used it when I was a kid and I live just minutes from it today and travel over it fairly regularly. <br /><br />The bridge has been controversial since its planning stages and the first calls to tear it down came in the 1940s. Despite this, it has stubbornly survived for another eighty years and has seen THREE iterations of its nearest neighbour, the Salter Street Bridge, in its lifetime. You have to at least give it grudging respect for being a survivor!<br /><br />I have written a lot about the history of the bridge over the years and in 2023 I have been going over the posts to correct broken links, formatting issues, and typos. Below, you can see some of my related columns and blog posts. I imagine there will be more to come!<br /><br />I have also conducted <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/christiansphotos/53348709619/in/dateposted-public/" target="_blank">walking tours</a> of the bridge in the past when it has closed for its annual inspection, the latest one ion September 2023. I hope to do more of these if the bridge reopens to pedestrians in spring 2024.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/christiansphotos/1349020339/in/album-72157625130854530/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="692" data-original-width="965" height="143" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6kJ0hx3pTS8uMTA3N5xdalZHXcmDrk8RJO34CHFvc_8Nv-BtuIypj8swZ6GY5VmWA2zOBwfNQr-kuHzl2HME7lZLUfuVvgwul-bjR71fbenbAHpR0nDl27CJu_3lMTyGFQUiswYmYaBK8gcVARx9h3y-qFtuRHeklqwEa4y5LkmQAudveVFipNV99MFYl/w200-h143/Arlington%20Br.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>A History of the Arlington Street Bridge (2012 and currently being updated)<br /></b>Part 1: <a href="http://westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2011/08/history-of-arlington-street-bridge-part.html" target="_blank">Spanning the Tracks</a><br />Part 2: <a href="https://westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2011/08/history-of-arlington-street-bridge-part_11.html" target="_blank">Construction and Controversy</a><br />Part 3: <a href="https://westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2011/08/history-of-arlington-street-bridge-part_16.html" target="_blank">The Bridge as "bugbear"</a><br />Part 4: <a href="https://westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2012/02/arlington-bridge-what-about-that-nile.html" target="_blank">What about the Nile River connection</a><br />Part 5: <a href="http://westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2013/02/part-5-some-thoughts-about-arlington.html" target="_blank">The Future of the Arlington Street Bridge</a><br /><br /><b>Other posts and columns written by me<br /></b><a href="https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2023/12/01/arlington-bridge-troubles-span-nearly-a-century" target="_blank">Arlington bridge troubles span nearly a century</a> Winnipeg Free Press (2022)<b><br /></b><a href="https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/our-communities/column/2022/02/01/arlington-streets-great-lengths" target="_blank">Arlington Street's great lengths</a> Winnipeg Free Press (2022)<a href="https://westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2021/04/west-end-street-oddities-part-1-how.html" target="_blank"><br />How many lanes does Arlington Street Have?</a> West End Dumplings (2021)<br /><a href="https://westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2020/05/the-arlington-bridge-dodges-another.html" target="_blank">Has the Arlington Bridge dodged another bullet?</a> West End Dumplings (2020)<br /><a href="https://westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2014/12/process-to-replace-arlington-bridge-has.html" target="_blank">The process to replace the Arlington Bridge has begun</a> West End Dumplings (2014)<br /><a href="https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2015/07/05/bridging-the-past" target="_blank">Bridging the Past</a> Winnipeg Free Press 2015<br /><b></b><a href="https://westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2012/07/moving-cp-yards-early-years.html" target="_blank">Moving the CP Yards, the early years</a> West End Dumplings (2012)</p><p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/christiansphotos/albums/72157625130854530" target="_blank">My Flickr photo album of the Arlington Bridge<br /><br /></a><b>Other media:</b><br />- A <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xI0gBcmZjL0" target="_blank">feature interview with me</a> on the future of the Arlington Street Bridge on CBC Radio, November 29, 2023. (See the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOsGUDlDHcQ" target="_blank">whole morning show</a> with many other guest talking about the subject.) <br />- <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/arlington-bridge-history-winnipeg-1.7036403" target="_blank">Arlington Bridge: A long history of promise and disappointment</a> CBC online interview<br /></p>Christian Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691310860448400887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716407892466377250.post-74224996019691881762023-11-06T23:59:00.004-06:002023-11-07T00:26:22.926-06:00New life for the Balmoral Hotel<div></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX7EL1ToCj3zp10mggaEuUnPhTUJVad58YnqGap4VVaOdeT09reHM8xeTWb_R-ldCLrPbAUyVin_lxWce_oOi1CoJym9IsopQmQCh668suEPV-5qfvCILMZNUG2s5gZRDhg3ub5SiKO8F3zK-JmDZg43s8Xi9rkrvOtr4dc-WHS6MDbfeMyiTq6T-lW6OC/s1551/The%20Balmoral%20Hotel%20in%201966%20and%202023_page-0001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1551" data-original-width="1265" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX7EL1ToCj3zp10mggaEuUnPhTUJVad58YnqGap4VVaOdeT09reHM8xeTWb_R-ldCLrPbAUyVin_lxWce_oOi1CoJym9IsopQmQCh668suEPV-5qfvCILMZNUG2s5gZRDhg3ub5SiKO8F3zK-JmDZg43s8Xi9rkrvOtr4dc-WHS6MDbfeMyiTq6T-lW6OC/w163-h200/The%20Balmoral%20Hotel%20in%201966%20and%202023_page-0001.jpg" width="163" /></a></div></div><div><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b></b></span>A story in yesterday's Free Press notes that as of November 1, 2023, <a href="https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2023/11/06/new-owners-transforming-dangerous-hotel-into-indigenous-focused-wellness-centre" target="_blank">new investors have taken over the Balmoral Hotel</a>
on Notre Dame Avenue at Balmoral. They will renovate the space into Pimicikamak
Wellness Centre, a medical clinic and medical boarding house for
residents of northern First Nations visiting Winnipeg for medical treatment. <br /><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b><br /><a href="https://winnipegdowntownplaces.blogspot.com/2023/11/621-balmoral-street-balmoral-motor-hotel.html" target="_blank">For a look back at the building's history</a>.</b></span></div>Christian Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691310860448400887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716407892466377250.post-28762403113416339372023-11-01T11:19:00.001-05:002023-11-01T11:35:02.579-05:00Valour Road's forgotten hero<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_oWu6N6NToewSpC6wt1XU79TftvBo6aDU_fJe7UdlCVjy8zHgAo0CpH2DTfc7aRuZCasBWRKieFU6wm7xWJqYiYITF-BZw6t3LuO98fWBe0ma27RjYl-dEkmIGInPZQ6NffCUJ6u1JvDZBiakUroQCCDPzvLDfXmAu9vEPJTlS9ajRQWiK4amSj507kbv/s809/Mather%20Aug%2010%201916%20Tribune.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="809" data-original-width="425" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_oWu6N6NToewSpC6wt1XU79TftvBo6aDU_fJe7UdlCVjy8zHgAo0CpH2DTfc7aRuZCasBWRKieFU6wm7xWJqYiYITF-BZw6t3LuO98fWBe0ma27RjYl-dEkmIGInPZQ6NffCUJ6u1JvDZBiakUroQCCDPzvLDfXmAu9vEPJTlS9ajRQWiK4amSj507kbv/w105-h200/Mather%20Aug%2010%201916%20Tribune.png" width="105" /></a><br /></p><p><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="text-overflow: unset;">My latest column is about Carl Mather who lived just a few houses down from the 700 block of Pine Street where three Victoria Cross recipients had once lived. His agonizing death on the battlefield earned him no medals and his sacrifice was overshadowed.<br /><br />Read about Valour Road's forgotten hero: <a href="https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/our-communities/column/2023/11/01/valour-roads-forgotten-hero " target="_blank">https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/our-communities/column/2023/11/01/valour-roads-forgotten-hero </a></span></p>Christian Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691310860448400887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716407892466377250.post-42880766218414000932023-10-12T03:41:00.002-05:002023-10-12T03:41:25.918-05:00The founding of Winnipeg's public library system<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/our-communities/column/2023/10/11/j-p-robertson-founded-citys-library-system" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="622" height="101" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgApBLF3C-iOvVqzo7-Iq-bK6asLCZ61rmtW2vQKbrxJVvbtbw-kKiNb4yjJf49tJD2CeNXOUJOx9xbrJ22xI7wLMdBz-QdJUcez-oM76XNn_9dqhwemu76mzqQQg5Ut7HN4BkxItp8kbbrKOrsYQzquzA6fPSnQBbXzVvfZ3bi4P9zUHdQbqQ2JtR43EDw/w200-h101/Library.jpg.png" width="200" /></a><a href="https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/our-communities/column/2023/10/11/j-p-robertson-founded-citys-library-system" target="_blank"><br /></a></p><p><a href="https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/our-communities/column/2023/10/11/j-p-robertson-founded-citys-library-system" target="_blank">My latest column</a> in the Winnipeg Free Press Community Review looks back at the founding of Winnipeg's public library system in 1905. It was created by two Scottish-born men, neither of whom ever worked for the city. <br /></p>Christian Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691310860448400887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716407892466377250.post-92073808446514241292023-09-25T09:02:00.001-05:002023-09-25T13:25:02.077-05:00The death of little Willie Dilworth<p><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span>© Christian Cassidy, 2023</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/christiansphotos/53213269308/in/dateposted-public/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="3185" data-original-width="2073" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnoh1b25eMcKSQXeYr7ATcc9rwKApG5oDmzq-WiWaLt17XsdgYpQpcG6ek6kP9P6C4CnJYpcez51dOQ_O6SldlcwLvzeflbxF63JE015npRzpU1Y4D1sH6L81XO4zX90gSFEqpPZjOaRUPsVpn7VVCT1TxcjJoqHahS7wR70d9kzmclXUtQMv0vAX_3FQD/w130-h200/Dilworth%20grave%20tree.jpg" width="130" /></a></div><p>I participated in a tree planting at <a href="https://stjohnscathedral.ca/about/our-past/cemetery/" target="_blank">St. John’s Cemetery</a> in the North End on Saturday. St. John’s is the oldest non-Indigenous burial ground in Western Canada dating back to the Selkirk Settlers. <br /><br />Twenty new trees were planted to replace many that have been lost, and soon will be lost, primarily to Dutch Elm Disease. One of the trees I helped plant was atop this grave. The headstone was badly worn but seemed to read “__lie Dilworth aged 11 years, 5 months”. I confirmed with the cathedral that the first name was William Dilworth who died July 31, 1899.<br /><br />Here is what I could find about the life and death of Willie Dilworth.<br /><br /> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/christiansphotos/53211262880/in/dateposted-public/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW0W27R44XvQeW5OIJdgYXBmxVY_wGqReVJtWuyl1tzkMwgoL1Yt7X1Cu39EmoLWbvpz36f3XHYehXpOzf5Kz748qanvqjyZaalP3ubo44J95G_tB8uo9kLUCBNN3ekN21lp7wAv40fESnO_tI3vlI16ACkdR0-tT2CCfW03-KbRPiG8N89u8P6aJiS4qT/w113-h200/Willie%20Dilworth.jpg" width="113" /></a><br /></p><p>Willie was the son of Barbara Dilworth. She was born around 1853 to Mr. and Mrs. William Stevenson, early settlers in the Headingley area. She married William Dilworth in 1872. <br /><br />William Dilworth came from Ontario and settled in the Portage la Prairie district in the 1860s. He and his brother John were jailed for a time by Riel’s men during the North-West Rebellion.<br /><br />The couple lived for many years near Headingley before moving to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEiHLueZk4pfrKzpfakQJFRV2-JfCGTufcCj7qSnMpNSb6UpqBuCnYvVkRSdTUjg5QWEMSUjMOsNvFKQSW6Nqh9r_0QgIOFLB1iDZyGyZk7Ds03vLLcfF_-BHOmoHuULRdc4U1mzkiMcpNfz_459jqwGCQSyMkPHUIWzLY779w49u0n2XMkfhVSyZX4Jnf/s761/Dilworth%201891%20census.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="246" data-original-width="761" height="103" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEiHLueZk4pfrKzpfakQJFRV2-JfCGTufcCj7qSnMpNSb6UpqBuCnYvVkRSdTUjg5QWEMSUjMOsNvFKQSW6Nqh9r_0QgIOFLB1iDZyGyZk7Ds03vLLcfF_-BHOmoHuULRdc4U1mzkiMcpNfz_459jqwGCQSyMkPHUIWzLY779w49u0n2XMkfhVSyZX4Jnf/s320/Dilworth%201891%20census.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">1891 Census of Canada, Library and Archives Canada</span></div><p>The above entry from the 1891 census shows the Dilworth family in Saskatchewan. At the time they had seven children ranging in age from three, little Willie, to Isabella aged seventeen. (It is likely that they had one more child after this.) <br /> <br />Interestingly, this census entry does not include Mr. Dilworth and Mrs. Dilworth is not listed as being a widow. <br /><br />This could mean that Mr. Dilworth lived elsewhere (perhaps for work) and was counted in the census at that location, that they were separated (which is not very likely in those times), or that she may have been widowed by then and the "M" for married instead of "W" for widowed was made in error. <br /><br />I could find no information about the death of William Dilworth Sr.. This <a href="http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/newspapers/PAT/1892/01/27/1/Ar00110.html?query=newspapers%7C%22william+Dilworth%22%7C%7Cscore" target="_blank">notice in the Prince Albert Times</a> suggests he was alive in 1892 as he lost a lawsuit against a Thomas O. Davis and his land was sold as a result.<br /><br />The first sign of the Dilworth family in Winnipeg comes in the 1899 street directory, the data for which would have been compiled in 1898. Barbara Dilworth is listed as a widow living in a house in at 156 Bannatyne Street near the Red River (now demolished.) . <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3tfC3XIHyqQWPweWylPLQFd9a4yFN-c7WptpIhQXJFJ1g34oC1EU1WdyredqvaAlAaB3ZSBxCQUu2oKRS5wIvh4mBNEt9TyqI1Wa7XswQ9Ge_A_agoPUxqGpFhLDyRkrwR1gjjf9E6K6Lx6cQSKSezc04V-2YE8axxdRnw3NvFq7D-Yei2JKQByVYzzZi/s352/dilworth%20headline.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="276" data-original-width="352" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3tfC3XIHyqQWPweWylPLQFd9a4yFN-c7WptpIhQXJFJ1g34oC1EU1WdyredqvaAlAaB3ZSBxCQUu2oKRS5wIvh4mBNEt9TyqI1Wa7XswQ9Ge_A_agoPUxqGpFhLDyRkrwR1gjjf9E6K6Lx6cQSKSezc04V-2YE8axxdRnw3NvFq7D-Yei2JKQByVYzzZi/w200-h157/dilworth%20headline.jpg" width="200" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Winnipeg Free Press, August 1, 1899</span></div><p>On July 31, 1899, Willie, along with one of his older brothers and a couple of friends, went swimming in the Assiniboine River near the junction with the Red. <br /><br />The group had climbed up to the deck of the <a href="https://pastforward.winnipeg.ca/digital/collection/robmcinnes/id/1885/" target="_blank">CNR bridge</a> which crossed the Assiniboine River, at what is today known as The Forks, to get dressed. Willie, according to one of the three news articles about his death, tripped on his shoelace and fell into the river below. He struck his head on the woodwork on the way down and never resurfaced. <br /><br />Emergency crews were summoned and it took until 2:30 in the afternoon for them to find his body. <br /><br />Mrs. Dilworth was working in Headingley as a nurse at the time of the accident. A telegram informed her of the tragic news and she immediately returned to Winnipeg. Willie's uncle John, who lived in high Bluff, also came to Winnipeg. <br /><br />All three of Winnipeg's daily papers wrote about Willie's death, though none wrote about the funeral or had any follow-up stories about him. One source, the Morning Telegram, mistakenly wrote that Willie was to be buried at Brookside Cemetery.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuKcnJYs0Buoe1YD3CCJA3fzwaHw0qPpz2FHO7q-mBTfghhCmS_etyU5oxWn64uOR_uuWiQyDHyhjEBGJhgkpqMJDC4wgVwZtqqSeWYFU8e0n6kaTtkiYbIajleOlny6TP6OoDzvLYayUQ3ndCcn6h7UTdoDKMHuU4hZFHh5MUgok3ffm06vMeAyNvhZG8/s330/Dilworth%20jan%2029,%201938,%20Winnipeg%20tribune.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="278" data-original-width="330" height="169" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuKcnJYs0Buoe1YD3CCJA3fzwaHw0qPpz2FHO7q-mBTfghhCmS_etyU5oxWn64uOR_uuWiQyDHyhjEBGJhgkpqMJDC4wgVwZtqqSeWYFU8e0n6kaTtkiYbIajleOlny6TP6OoDzvLYayUQ3ndCcn6h7UTdoDKMHuU4hZFHh5MUgok3ffm06vMeAyNvhZG8/w200-h169/Dilworth%20jan%2029,%201938,%20Winnipeg%20tribune.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Winnipeg Tribune, January 29, 1938</span><br /></div><div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p>The Dilworths continued to live at 156 Bannatyne for a couple of years. By 1903, Barbara had moved to a house on Ross Avenue as the number of children still living at home dwindled. In 1916, census records show that she was living with her daughter Sarah and her family <a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/7fWRQqtzTd4CK2ma8" target="_blank">at 263 Chalmers Avenue</a>.<br /><br />Barbara appears infrequently in street directories through the 1920s and 1930s at different addresses. The year before her death she was living in apartment 7, <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/christiansphotos/5010590254" target="_blank">Victoria Court</a>, 471 William Avenue.<br /><br />Barbara Dilworth died on January 22, 1938, in Winnipeg at the age of 85 and is buried at Headingley, Manitoba. She was survived by her remaining seven children. <br /><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL29DgAhPWfXnXyt1-HApNuMIpW9sXfB4BeWzIwAtLSfO4Xc1BBuh-QkhwX4y_60jNejLB5qgpW9LXeRpllPHh9EEYKrJf9ohSsK6UsjDFO63OFgzszMUIyO_HnlEdY1yCYhF79R8_HxYhw3y2ZVYuRvNzE1mtDnCCcqxlTZHmUXuZxwUwrYf2whEDvbp2/s955/Dilworth%20Morning%20Telegram,%20Aug%201,%201899.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="955" data-original-width="470" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL29DgAhPWfXnXyt1-HApNuMIpW9sXfB4BeWzIwAtLSfO4Xc1BBuh-QkhwX4y_60jNejLB5qgpW9LXeRpllPHh9EEYKrJf9ohSsK6UsjDFO63OFgzszMUIyO_HnlEdY1yCYhF79R8_HxYhw3y2ZVYuRvNzE1mtDnCCcqxlTZHmUXuZxwUwrYf2whEDvbp2/s320/Dilworth%20Morning%20Telegram,%20Aug%201,%201899.jpg" width="157" /></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />Morning Telegram, Aug 1, 1899</span><br /></p></div>Christian Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691310860448400887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716407892466377250.post-29000015772457518492023-09-16T04:37:00.001-05:002023-09-17T04:41:03.185-05:00Arlington Bridge Tour<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZH7XfLf9q9D-bpimRY3prOK_Opve6icXrzkXdm7f2dvO_NHoOJicYsd2981f-EGwAk7KrQYHpzWon9kjmLYeXYqJoNr1-pCrVz6M-tcdl4K88R1gkVNoz6NS50igneEe1PByO7gjBClCQfKkhXI9bSDt86XL1SVa1ekn4n4cucicUk49ivXmM_42V9-yU/s1024/Arlington%20Br.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZH7XfLf9q9D-bpimRY3prOK_Opve6icXrzkXdm7f2dvO_NHoOJicYsd2981f-EGwAk7KrQYHpzWon9kjmLYeXYqJoNr1-pCrVz6M-tcdl4K88R1gkVNoz6NS50igneEe1PByO7gjBClCQfKkhXI9bSDt86XL1SVa1ekn4n4cucicUk49ivXmM_42V9-yU/w200-h150/Arlington%20Br.jpg" width="200" /></a><br /></p><p>Join me for a free tour of the Arlington Bridge on Sunday, September 17th at 2 pm. We met at the north foot of the bridge at Arlington and Dufferin. No registration required!<br /><br />For more about the bridge, read my <a href="http://westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2011/08/history-of-arlington-street-bridge-part.html" target="_blank">five part series</a>!<br /></p>Christian Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691310860448400887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716407892466377250.post-52310838188592068712023-09-07T21:02:00.005-05:002023-09-07T21:02:32.001-05:00The Manitoba Brick and Block Collection in Argyle, Manitoba<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/our-communities/column/2023/09/06/museum-exhibit-tells-the-story-of-our-provinces-building-blocks" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2256" data-original-width="4000" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-rrjwhzBOoy22H2Pay5_aOfF7d77BeqO1nyMbFPHNAtEj-k9IAPvz6Bl86EgibY6tcl1ZYpawzvqnXEyV8Ikr2KmGLFr1w0usf2e4SOX_RHvhRY5iaUf9TsUpeixqu7HvBWmsTnz1vIrF1eTGPwHJqEwP2epj_Y3LvM-02QHprzOny_7OI8qpg7cXHu9j/s320/bricks%201.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /></p><p>I can't post news content on Facebook anymore, so <b><a href="https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/our-communities/column/2023/09/06/museum-exhibit-tells-the-story-of-our-provinces-building-blocks" target="_blank">here is a link</a></b> to my latest column in the Free Press Community Review that looks at the new Manitoba Brick and Block Collection exhibit at the Settlers, Rails and Trails Museum in Argyle, Manitoba.<br /></p>Christian Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691310860448400887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716407892466377250.post-79351815816671435272023-09-05T22:04:00.002-05:002023-09-07T00:32:49.068-05:00Odeon Park traffic island gone!<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMvXSuxYcvABZeDdBd3ztVpJeEYxU6xQ6q3qQx_nKEK2QvABGBdloiokuAHhzHEXXBc9gLsfqAIMZ9s3FeZ433dolPKP3XOt0LiBH2jmwruCBjtSpWG4X06oNY6sO9ggSTUyWyefOWpTlxgtt4zGCdGx2H5ETixC4UzRiTsK5pI-gNCdBBPpk0b9k-OUzR/s1880/odeon%20island%20then%20and%20now_page-0001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1880" data-original-width="1003" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMvXSuxYcvABZeDdBd3ztVpJeEYxU6xQ6q3qQx_nKEK2QvABGBdloiokuAHhzHEXXBc9gLsfqAIMZ9s3FeZ433dolPKP3XOt0LiBH2jmwruCBjtSpWG4X06oNY6sO9ggSTUyWyefOWpTlxgtt4zGCdGx2H5ETixC4UzRiTsK5pI-gNCdBBPpk0b9k-OUzR/s320/odeon%20island%20then%20and%20now_page-0001.jpg" width="171" /></a></p>After nearly 90 years, the Odeon Park traffic island is gone! <br /><br />Land from the revised curve in the road was <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/christiansphotos/53167736914/in/dateposted-public/" target="_blank">added to the sidewalk area at Donald Street & Notre Dame Avenue</a>. The city says that in time it will be made park-like. <br /><br />I wrote about the history of the park <a href="https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/our-communities/column/2023/07/05/odeon-park-to-lose-island-status" target="_blank">here</a>. <br /><p></p>Christian Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691310860448400887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716407892466377250.post-59445523729889928762023-08-29T02:05:00.004-05:002023-08-29T10:05:55.966-05:00Brandon's former Central Fire Station<p><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span>© 2023, Christian Cassidy</span></span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKEfaZVkfBeRMA3wnrxjyMaSs9SCu2VCfz9j5-oiCcTKTZue_046JNHAWdUOrPYpic_GikT0WEyK1H3-iZp3jk4iHgrD3slELMGwLvuxP2w5oVZBY0E1SqBAZBDLReU1WmtD4gEeGr9B7TNTKNiC-nUyGKaTyLM0GYDGRDPXTUF-QxOrze6YIfrWyiD7kt/s1000/brandon%20fire%20hall_page-0001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="725" data-original-width="1000" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKEfaZVkfBeRMA3wnrxjyMaSs9SCu2VCfz9j5-oiCcTKTZue_046JNHAWdUOrPYpic_GikT0WEyK1H3-iZp3jk4iHgrD3slELMGwLvuxP2w5oVZBY0E1SqBAZBDLReU1WmtD4gEeGr9B7TNTKNiC-nUyGKaTyLM0GYDGRDPXTUF-QxOrze6YIfrWyiD7kt/w200-h145/brandon%20fire%20hall_page-0001.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><p>Brandon’s former Central Fire Station is up for sale again, <a href="https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/25989390/637-princess-avenue-brandon" target="_blank">this time for $1.35 million</a>. Here’s a look back at the building that served Brandonites as a fire hall for 99 years.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4WDIS2ipCa7gT9kU0AMMyv9BEOpe5oaK3jE0dz7UdEVdFkvYfHUz435yHRFZog7gFbd-GiqJbFfivxs3BEzjdynsX2bdicv_f7PhKsZz3aPMX7V43kk5kF2ixQVx4zsx-CRPOr-ql1OI/s1600/Brandon+Fire+Hall+Brandon+Daily+Sun+--+April+5%252C+1910.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="200" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5774904834454015922" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4WDIS2ipCa7gT9kU0AMMyv9BEOpe5oaK3jE0dz7UdEVdFkvYfHUz435yHRFZog7gFbd-GiqJbFfivxs3BEzjdynsX2bdicv_f7PhKsZz3aPMX7V43kk5kF2ixQVx4zsx-CRPOr-ql1OI/w127-h200/Brandon+Fire+Hall+Brandon+Daily+Sun+--+April+5%252C+1910.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 320px; width: 204px;" width="127" /></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />Brandon Weekly Sun, April 7, 1910</span><br /></p><p>The City of Brandon saw unprecedented urban growth during the first decade of the twentieth century and with all that new development came an increase in the number of fires. <br /><br />The city’s volunteer fire service was professionalized in late 1909 under its first salaried fire chief <a href="http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/melhuish_j.shtml" target="_blank">John Melhuish</a>. Next on the agenda was to replace the old fire hall that dated back to 1882. <br /><br />In July 1910, taxpayers voted in favour of a spending bylaw that permitted the city to borrow $27,000 to build a new central fire hall. (Unfortunately, this was too late for it to be in service for what is likely the city's largest fire - the <a href="https://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/mb_history/21/brandonasylumfire.shtml" target="_blank">destruction of the Brandon Asylum for the Insane</a> in November 1910.)<br /><br />With several large buildings slated to start construction in 1911, including a new <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/christiansphotos/52492457623/" target="_blank">CPR passenger depot</a>, the six-storey <a href="https://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions8412" target="_blank">Prince Edward Hotel</a>, and a new collection of asylum buildings, having a modern fire hall was more important than ever.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzuFsyZO29r1VN_u4WTd8Rd4FCC0s8q-nKTseJAPQe05kpT1VYx2rtiiXEM3JWLXNPZEHcwnS98zZFCbhVZaW13gQaM-iHGXTO-gxTDl1I_tZMEk9qFnEqjU7hIj-sjieUHWw3PpDhJkDqt03bC2PJ16V__C0NoSD9UbeEloc3rlRnibreerHgJEjACQQn/s516/Brandon%20fire%20hall%20March%2031,%201911,%20WFP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="516" data-original-width="470" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzuFsyZO29r1VN_u4WTd8Rd4FCC0s8q-nKTseJAPQe05kpT1VYx2rtiiXEM3JWLXNPZEHcwnS98zZFCbhVZaW13gQaM-iHGXTO-gxTDl1I_tZMEk9qFnEqjU7hIj-sjieUHWw3PpDhJkDqt03bC2PJ16V__C0NoSD9UbeEloc3rlRnibreerHgJEjACQQn/w182-h200/Brandon%20fire%20hall%20March%2031,%201911,%20WFP.jpg" width="182" /></a><br />March 31, 1911, Winnipeg Free Press</span></div><p></p><p>Prominent Brandon-based architect <a href="http://dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/node/1554" target="_blank">William A. Elliott</a> submitted his plans for the new fire hall in late 1910. The city's power and light committee made a few alterations before the building was put to tender in March 1911. <br /></p><p>The tender called for a three-storey building with basement measuring 43 feet x 88 feet with a 90-foot hose drying tower topped with a bell deck. It would be constructed of brick with reinforced concrete and located on the site of the old fire hall. The reinforced concrete beams carrying the floors above the main floor measuring 41 feet would be the longest such beams in the province. </p><p>The winner of the contract was local builder A. E. Bullock with a bid of $33,000 which did not include plumbing and electrical work. At first, the committee refused to award the contract thinking that the bids they received were inflated but after further study came to the realization that it had vastly underestimated the cost of the project. It would have to find ways to make up the $15,000 shortfall compared to what it was allowed to borrow under the spending bylaw.<br /><br />Demolition on the old fire hall took place in April 1912. This included its tower which the Brandon Sun said "was regarded as the finest piece of architecture and brick work in the city." <br /><br />It appears that some bricks from the demolished hall were used to built a temporary structure nearby for the fire department used until the new building was ready.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6NW2eTifW-7OYvJqlMsDsnZNvvY8HM7v1qOef13crMjzPKtdR4yoYsvmQ0NOsWs7Qt9lsvgfCKwSabhb8EkNAKL_XdUdQKsNcYG_9GOkReTSjdVEfkIp3wGYwTV7bSMAy5cWCbAA7JVvkiUX4bUeV6G2GppRInwhx_YKGq33jtev7ZFBgHGQ1YwfX0d_e/s1107/Brandon%20fire%20hall%20November%2030,%201911%20Brandon%20Sun.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="545" data-original-width="1107" height="99" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6NW2eTifW-7OYvJqlMsDsnZNvvY8HM7v1qOef13crMjzPKtdR4yoYsvmQ0NOsWs7Qt9lsvgfCKwSabhb8EkNAKL_XdUdQKsNcYG_9GOkReTSjdVEfkIp3wGYwTV7bSMAy5cWCbAA7JVvkiUX4bUeV6G2GppRInwhx_YKGq33jtev7ZFBgHGQ1YwfX0d_e/w200-h99/Brandon%20fire%20hall%20November%2030,%201911%20Brandon%20Sun.jpg" width="200" /></span></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">November 30, 1911, Brandon Sun Weekly<br /></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: left;">Slated to be completed by November 15th, 1911, construction fell behind schedule but the fire department had to relocate o a permanent building before the winter came. On Monday, November 27, with just the first floor finished, the move to the new fire hall was made. <br /><br />On January 31, 1912, an official opening banquet attended by 200 VIPs was held on the main floor of the building which was christened "Central Fire Station". <br /><br />The finishing touches on the building, such as the installation of ornamental iron work, was not completed until May.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSgCky1IX8KDO56TkNSBWBJO_rmej7m1-KL5kfxU93F8qptMRAjYaYkTmmWQDyOgO3oAJiFZMkDhzjaXCUUlMYQCe2B59gkwlujznyxWI2fKxtK1InFv9UwxtW1uzhWtkv3XtGLWLJp-C4M6K9TfuaqYXwTQeu0MUUC4xrLHd6zxbHZ9HhKOC3PiEqxGcx/s3010/Brandon%20peel's.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1871" data-original-width="3010" height="124" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSgCky1IX8KDO56TkNSBWBJO_rmej7m1-KL5kfxU93F8qptMRAjYaYkTmmWQDyOgO3oAJiFZMkDhzjaXCUUlMYQCe2B59gkwlujznyxWI2fKxtK1InFv9UwxtW1uzhWtkv3XtGLWLJp-C4M6K9TfuaqYXwTQeu0MUUC4xrLHd6zxbHZ9HhKOC3PiEqxGcx/w200-h124/Brandon%20peel's.jpg" width="200" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Central Fire Station, ca. 1940, <a href="https://archive.org/details/PC000193" target="_blank">Souvenir Folder of Brandon</a></span></div><p style="text-align: left;">The main floor of the building was divided between stables and apparatus. Chief Melhuish had travelled to an international fire fighting convention in Milwaukee during construction to check out the latest in motorized fire fighting vehicles but the department wouldn't be fully motorized until the 1920s.<br /><br />The Central Fire Station served the citizens of Brandon for 99 years.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/christiansphotos/52491965106/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="681" data-original-width="1024" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXwDM9YWODjuWSLKNuN3XI09k41z70peeIi3f5LJUB3ed0gLhj70DpnrxfgV9bMNWRPx_OpKeolPRuP46fykhY3ETphHrAMZl1upSy-ua3nSgp6s34El5MrexuFMe69j4TJJzpSnqa_2PZw2HN0uGaX0hcy4V1dpCeb6-jjBO5LRho06UT9VgRZT8iW7cT/w200-h133/Brandon%20Fire%20hall%20me.jpg" width="200" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Under renovation in 2015</span></div><p style="text-align: left;">In 2004, Brandon city council began the process of finding a site for <a href="https://winnipegarchitecture.ca/fire-hall-1brandon/" target="_blank">a new central fire hall</a>. The building opened in 2010.<br /><br />The former Central Fire Station continued to be owned by the city until 2014 when Sampson Engineering of Brandon bought the building for $100,000 and began extensive renovations.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/christiansphotos/52492430043/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_gx6tyWHPyVBCFAs50e3fAfVM0BWxhHg5qgs_GzBmTpLg6TlrH_kfPIy8CAayxRE2x02Hk1picBHDRyGNT6MTelXQ8-4Dhsg4JShbD6YnAx7MZlxm3DgTArv0IrHxFDsDz_1KM_9hLYGmOf18DA1eB67dvUPiW9_CgBmTyl11NHcAgWKcfdvQ_NLeF8rX/w200-h150/brandon%20fire%20me%202.jpg" width="200" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">As Prairie Firehouse, September 2016</span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/prairiefirehouse" target="_blank">Prairie Firehouse</a>, a locally owned restaurant, opened in the building in 2015. The lease ran out in 2020 and the space became <a href="https://thefirehallvenue.com/" target="_blank">The Firehall Event Venue</a>.<br /><br />The building was put up for sale in summer 2023.<br /><br /></p>Christian Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691310860448400887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716407892466377250.post-4252123484875991132023-07-05T02:36:00.002-05:002023-07-05T02:36:52.585-05:00Farewell to the Vulcan Iron Works building<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ9bYGPZvRvF5cOwgmRdO-jZaZfqMgBMBUQNtQIDwY5d6hHXZhDl8G-KwxZbwNKElLoXNQaTft1SjtO37n-whvmkZOSc8zq6KUWbbgCZX4twiAr4j9HGU_dOIasdonSGczXavb_x657qPSvyv-ZjAhQUWTjueMryLnxd6g29M-W9XDnN8RNy2G2B3zcXOe/s1816/Vulcan%20Iron%20Works%20then%20and%20now_page-0001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="789" data-original-width="1816" height="139" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ9bYGPZvRvF5cOwgmRdO-jZaZfqMgBMBUQNtQIDwY5d6hHXZhDl8G-KwxZbwNKElLoXNQaTft1SjtO37n-whvmkZOSc8zq6KUWbbgCZX4twiAr4j9HGU_dOIasdonSGczXavb_x657qPSvyv-ZjAhQUWTjueMryLnxd6g29M-W9XDnN8RNy2G2B3zcXOe/s320/Vulcan%20Iron%20Works%20then%20and%20now_page-0001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />The former Vulcan Iron Works building on Maple Street at Sutherland <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/point-douglas-fire-1.6896251" target="_blank">went up in flames today</a> which led to the evacuation of a large part of the neighbourhood. Though the building was occupied as warehouse space and home to a towing company, thankfully there have been no reports of deaths or injuries.<br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM3XABn23xJlpiwJnZSz96ivC0M0IlZsNBSZVH0Mq16fGFtFs9vbSEkZZcvBKNym4VshRMYmJ0aIlaZucA5Xu7dMHE4PNSA-ytdT6W_D-3SoifagrbZZQbIWr-JQcYQ7zn0LEWG-R3pEzECBPJY3OvQ7ui1JukMZi9ZnHI2qVNzLeLqzEQekFjIn_WAVZM/s720/Vulcan%20MB%20Free%20Press%20Mar%2025%201881.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="578" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM3XABn23xJlpiwJnZSz96ivC0M0IlZsNBSZVH0Mq16fGFtFs9vbSEkZZcvBKNym4VshRMYmJ0aIlaZucA5Xu7dMHE4PNSA-ytdT6W_D-3SoifagrbZZQbIWr-JQcYQ7zn0LEWG-R3pEzECBPJY3OvQ7ui1JukMZi9ZnHI2qVNzLeLqzEQekFjIn_WAVZM/w161-h200/Vulcan%20MB%20Free%20Press%20Mar%2025%201881.png" width="161" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Mar. 25, 1881, Manitoba Free Press</span><br /></p><p>The company was created in 1874, the same year the city was established, as the Winnipeg Foundry and Machine Shop which did a lot of work in the mining and steamship industries. In March 1881, it opened at a new location on Maple Street with a new name: Vulcan Iron Works.<br /><br />The company grew quickly and the Vulcan site was soon a campus of foundries and manufacturing shops that took up about three blocks. The men who worked there made the materials that helped build Western Canada - everything from structural steel to cast iron stoves to nuts and bolts. <br /><br />It is sometimes said that the Winnipeg General Strike "started" at Vulcan but that is not the case. In early May 1919, the employees of the city's three big foundries -Vulcan Iron Works, Manitoba Bridge and Iron Works, and Dominion Bridge Co. - all went on strike together. The size of their collective workforce and their importance to the regional economy was a significant blow to local business leaders.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDxeqpQlcZOR-ERt55h9RESft5UGS7p3xc98uGU3ZLUnyR-tEFRF45ttNfC0f5OMUclXwJ1PRUMzKOn7xRUZGUD1GphmYC1Dx8tLwekMR2A4Bv8WvN2valjkrbjFxL-tZbvjaC3YTxma3WH7gpYBotsaXYa2oDh5PQmhYX0gzEmjnSwBvoZUJCXDr3-mEV/s862/vulcan%20Feb%2026%201930%20Trib.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="595" data-original-width="862" height="138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDxeqpQlcZOR-ERt55h9RESft5UGS7p3xc98uGU3ZLUnyR-tEFRF45ttNfC0f5OMUclXwJ1PRUMzKOn7xRUZGUD1GphmYC1Dx8tLwekMR2A4Bv8WvN2valjkrbjFxL-tZbvjaC3YTxma3WH7gpYBotsaXYa2oDh5PQmhYX0gzEmjnSwBvoZUJCXDr3-mEV/w200-h138/vulcan%20Feb%2026%201930%20Trib.jpg" width="200" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Feb. 26, 1930, Winnipeg Tribune</span><br /></p><p>Vulcan Iron Works was sold to Toronto's James A. Gairdner in 1947. In 1955, he created the Bridge and Tank Co. of Canada to merge it with his Hamilton Bridge Co. and the Vulcan Iron Works name disappeared. The company relocated to Transcona in 1961.<br /></p>Christian Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691310860448400887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716407892466377250.post-29451083964562197672023-06-18T20:15:00.004-05:002023-06-19T10:06:33.284-05:00Manitoba's deadliest highway crashes<div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span>© 2023, Christian Cassidy</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=566929718946531&set=a.268746128764893" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="940" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1dpVH3FgkYqtbZkvF-p7UQg4PZaWtu0a5e8kT0UxfcByKiodI17evRT8szG0MnVmMVkGzwkjKyW2Ev1tPBxblUkjLc0UAJTghHj0lJNka0Rg98_EW_8ad16wg8BtifAinNfQV-Bz7UOiKdyEfU4XK0ZQYkBx7yLnT28wxmFFpyK974MJgR-QJ_dJsVA/w200-h168/dauphin.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />City of Dauphin Facebook Page</span></div><p>The <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/dauphin-residents-await-answers-fatal-bus-crash-1.6880501" target="_blank">tragic bus / truck crash</a> near Carberry, Manitoba last week was likely the deadliest vehicle crash ever to happen on a Manitoba highway. Newspaper archives show that there have been several other
terrible highway accidents involving Manitobans. Here's a look
back at three of them.<br /><br />While doing the research for this article, I found a May1980 newspaper article that claimed the deadliest road accident in Canadian history was in August 1978 when 40 disabled people on their way to a theatre outing were killed when their bus plunged into a lake near Eastman, Quebec.<br /><br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><u>July 3, 1952, Highway 75 near St. Norbert<br /></u></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT1-ZO6RBcZVJz8Jm--HweBIyzfWk0OhHSKM8XcC01_9ZE1oDVopr6lNaNX0bMoRZXaydBX2FRSbVnJKg-prgJzf7oT9k0SeaJctMs3J2jdQDU0WONdgHRB8ODrymyrNO11-bFA3ZfxVL1ZCPjxWemsJCrZ8xAD2snKBlyOseJ8vLOHYudj5ysWpbEcg/s650/crash%20July%203%201952%20Tribune.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="536" data-original-width="650" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT1-ZO6RBcZVJz8Jm--HweBIyzfWk0OhHSKM8XcC01_9ZE1oDVopr6lNaNX0bMoRZXaydBX2FRSbVnJKg-prgJzf7oT9k0SeaJctMs3J2jdQDU0WONdgHRB8ODrymyrNO11-bFA3ZfxVL1ZCPjxWemsJCrZ8xAD2snKBlyOseJ8vLOHYudj5ysWpbEcg/w200-h165/crash%20July%203%201952%20Tribune.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />July 3, 1952, Winnipeg Tribune</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p>Prior to June 2023, what was believed to be the deadliest highway crash on Manitoba roads happened at around 2 a.m. on Thursday, July 3, 1952.<br /><br />A Northland Greyhound coach was travelling northbound along Highway 75 from the U.S. to Winnipeg when it plowed into the back of a Royal Transportation truck filled with farm machinery stopped on the road. This happened about 18 kilometres south of Winnipeg near St. Norbert. <br /><br />Eight people were killed and nearly thirty were injured, several of them seriously. Thirteen of the injured were Canadian soldiers coming back from leave.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPSPlTNO7grHj67Q2o26gjD1HeHFro2nyjkHUXfb5Sp7U_242u-65U8847XoLM47brnR15H7bCDWKtAV2AHmC1NA_r9BZfIjEi0PDyxjZgckuLn0IacnSTJTGrcNZbRfPIsZ9rgOawNEv4Oo34AWnoLGM2DcKWlJ-QELNJUyUnUgd6pE0XDugKvdyflg/s539/Crash%20victims.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="277" data-original-width="539" height="103" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPSPlTNO7grHj67Q2o26gjD1HeHFro2nyjkHUXfb5Sp7U_242u-65U8847XoLM47brnR15H7bCDWKtAV2AHmC1NA_r9BZfIjEi0PDyxjZgckuLn0IacnSTJTGrcNZbRfPIsZ9rgOawNEv4Oo34AWnoLGM2DcKWlJ-QELNJUyUnUgd6pE0XDugKvdyflg/w200-h103/Crash%20victims.jpg" width="200" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><b><u>The Eight Dead:</u></b><br /></div><div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Bert John Miller (55) and Esther Bessie Miller (53) of Winnipeg</b> <br />The
husband and wife lived at suite J of the Whittier Apartments, 410
Ellice Avenue, where John was caretaker. The couple was originally from
Pipestone, Manitoba and were returned there for burial. <b><br /></b><b><br />Gladys McIntyre (around 40) of Winnipeg </b><br />The
United Grain Growers clerk who lived in suite 4 of the Lorraine
Apartments at 543 Ellice Avenue. was returning from the U.S. after
two-week holiday. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Agnes McHale of Waverley, Minnesota </b><br /><br /><b>Louis Roseman of Minneapolis, Minnesota </b><br /><br /><b>Dorothy Mabel Bundy (54) and Zena Fay Bundy (12) of Troy, Ohio</b><br /><br /><b>Levina E. Rice of Delhi, Ontario</b><br /></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVaVKqNDxA20G9dxnCAVNJIpMhsTDmedTOlhWvtqr1V9Zx6gyfBgBQdSp3eYByiT2W4jQ5nCYyZJP8KXRb8reudnndAuzfOUGB81EPr7ybgnPuA_2dZYcZN5rFabXs8AdRqATJwltidNJBtaJorFJAmUEqzZojIfi1iVb6PqOtpb_a8pCJwQmB-_QvKQ/s985/Crash%20July%203,%201952,%20Winnipeg%20Tribune.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="516" data-original-width="985" height="105" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVaVKqNDxA20G9dxnCAVNJIpMhsTDmedTOlhWvtqr1V9Zx6gyfBgBQdSp3eYByiT2W4jQ5nCYyZJP8KXRb8reudnndAuzfOUGB81EPr7ybgnPuA_2dZYcZN5rFabXs8AdRqATJwltidNJBtaJorFJAmUEqzZojIfi1iVb6PqOtpb_a8pCJwQmB-_QvKQ/w200-h105/Crash%20July%203,%201952,%20Winnipeg%20Tribune.png" width="200" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">July 3, 1952, Winnipeg Tribune</span><br /></p><p>On such a busy highway, which was not twinned in those days, there was traffic even at 2 a.m.. The first to see the accident was another Greyhound bus travelling southbound. Its driver radioed for help and further down the highway crossed over to the northbound lane so that the vehicle could come back and shelter survivors. By the time it reached the scene, a couple of motorists had already stopped at the scene and were helping those they could.<br /><br />Within the hour, doctors, ambulances, police cars, and hearses began to arrive.<br /><br />The fact that the bus was a heavy-duty highway coach meant that most passengers remained within the vehicle during the accident and it took many hours for first responders to extricate them from between crumpled seats and other debris with acetylene torches.<br /><br />Five of the dead were found squeezed into a small area at the
front right side of the bus. Both the driver and little Zena were thrown through the shattered windshield onto the road. George Doyle, a 23 year old Canadian soldier, was in his seat wedged between two dead bodies for two hours while he waited for rescuers to cut away at the twisted metal to release him.<br /><br />A Tribune night reporter who was at the scene wrote that "it was a night of horror and no one who was there - event as a spectator - will ever forget it."<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtQgW4VzkVH9blH9vDRBoi88ViOO3MOtO-I0ZjP3axrg5W3yhmJ1km21Ba8Vpk3g5GcuTZTfHQUpMZKxCtwdQFg3-eCsQ99h8E6pMkw4xf0zBxHGtXmVMCLmxRN5IWdM9-WCNPSdk1w9doEF-Suia289N59e1No7miCfcf3W1KM7jiur1FBN4_oQtjRw/s6179/Crash%20Stockton_Daily_Evening_Record_Fri__Jul_4__1952_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4466" data-original-width="6179" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtQgW4VzkVH9blH9vDRBoi88ViOO3MOtO-I0ZjP3axrg5W3yhmJ1km21Ba8Vpk3g5GcuTZTfHQUpMZKxCtwdQFg3-eCsQ99h8E6pMkw4xf0zBxHGtXmVMCLmxRN5IWdM9-WCNPSdk1w9doEF-Suia289N59e1No7miCfcf3W1KM7jiur1FBN4_oQtjRw/w200-h144/Crash%20Stockton_Daily_Evening_Record_Fri__Jul_4__1952_.jpg" width="200" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">AP wire photo, July 3, 1952</span></div><p>Both drivers survived and were eventually able to tell police their stories.<br /><br />The driver of the truck, 22-year-old Joseph Sopko of Charleswood, said that he had been transporting farm machinery north to Winnipeg in a Royal Transportation truck that night when a bolt broke on one of his right rear wheels and it came off the truck. He tried to repair it but the wheel started coming off again further down the road. <br /><br />After the second incident, Sopko decided to wait until morning to fix it. He set off three highway flares on the road behind his stricken truck and climbed into the cab to take a nap. He did not pull onto the shoulder due to its steep grade as he thought the truck with its problem wheel might tip over into the ditch.<br /><br />While this was happening, Greyhound driver Robert Stavos, 30, of Crookston, Minnesota, crossed the U.S. / Canada border and was heading north to Winnipeg. He was running almost an hour late and was travelling at about 80 kilometres per hour.<br /><br />Stavos said that he did not see any flares, only the truck in the lane when it was just a couple of bus lengths away. He didn't have time to take corrective actions.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzXDTCKNGD2trXWpnkA6k6fjw0uk8RBfk9_4qRAfNE0-wYYZi31cN8PNkuLlaWlPkkGF6vh_dQQChdBEuNb8Kn3gQ0cp5-VjqirrANsoRwmJNfjaVGDBfAUZhYiXxz9s9t2bjS0l5YpPjz2XnwB-oFclqA5home8C5oq5Aqnp2Az6DeJfaXjdkr20WCQ/s350/crash%20July%207%201952%20Free%20Press.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="304" data-original-width="350" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzXDTCKNGD2trXWpnkA6k6fjw0uk8RBfk9_4qRAfNE0-wYYZi31cN8PNkuLlaWlPkkGF6vh_dQQChdBEuNb8Kn3gQ0cp5-VjqirrANsoRwmJNfjaVGDBfAUZhYiXxz9s9t2bjS0l5YpPjz2XnwB-oFclqA5home8C5oq5Aqnp2Az6DeJfaXjdkr20WCQ/w200-h174/crash%20July%207%201952%20Free%20Press.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />July 7, 1952, Winnipeg Free Press</span></div><p>The first of the official hearings into the crash was the coroner's inquiry under Chief Coroner Dr. I. O. Fryer. Both drivers were held under a coroner’s warrant as material witnesses and released on bond. <br /><br />The first phase of the inquest took place on Saturday afternoon after the crash once the bodies had all been identified. The names of the dead were read into the record and the hearing was adjourned until July 18th in Winnipeg.<br /><br />The coroner's jury exonerated Sopko the truck driver as his actions fell within the Highway Traffic Act. Stavos the bus driver came under a great deal more scrutiny. <br /><br />The speed at which Stavos said he was travelling was questioned as was the existence of road flares behind the truck. Some other drivers testified they had seen flares and an RCMP officer who helped clean up the scene said he collected three burned out flares amongst the debris on the highway.<br /><br />In his defence, Stavos said he was dealing with oncoming traffic, including a bus, in the next lane just before the accident. He testified: "I dimmed my lights, he dimmed his. Suddenly I noticed an object in front of me. I tried to swerve left but I was too close by that time". He was adamant that "There were no lights on the back of the truck and I saw no flares."<br /><br />The coroner's jury found Stavos at fault for the accident, ruling that "Cause of the accident was a momentary distraction on the part of Stavos occurring when he acknowledged an oncoming southbound bus salute by dimming his lights." <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7vlOiyWrbwTZ_Jwk67ucvry45Mxzqq9eMpg1eIrRGmsblFUpNqOKpkKjFYABcIX7_0OdsJWOvzpArOnX_uKAB1xF121ZxDMolsVS_8aWJXfSxJqmeDfsGndAqVrnA8Ha6UiTV3Y6OWEwFBST7XIrJ48NVcYdo7Z6o_xQAGRw0IkKIFfVvNnhM2o8jjw/s433/crash%20brandon%20sun%20July%2019%201952.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="362" data-original-width="433" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7vlOiyWrbwTZ_Jwk67ucvry45Mxzqq9eMpg1eIrRGmsblFUpNqOKpkKjFYABcIX7_0OdsJWOvzpArOnX_uKAB1xF121ZxDMolsVS_8aWJXfSxJqmeDfsGndAqVrnA8Ha6UiTV3Y6OWEwFBST7XIrJ48NVcYdo7Z6o_xQAGRw0IkKIFfVvNnhM2o8jjw/w200-h168/crash%20brandon%20sun%20July%2019%201952.jpg" width="200" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Brandon Sun, July 19, 1952</span></div><p>As soon as the inquest ended, RCMP moved in and charged Stavos with criminal negligence. He was released on $10,000 bail and his trial started on December 18, 1952 and lasted barely two days.<br /><br />Again, the flares were the major issue with the truck driver saying he set three of them around the truck and other drivers on the road that night testifying that they saw them on the road. The bus driver maintained that he did not see flares and a passenger on the bus who said he was awake and looking out for the lights of St. Norbert testified he saw the headlights from oncoming traffic but didn't notice the flares.<br /><br />Once the witnesses had been heard, Judge C. B. Philip asked the Crown if it would be willing to stay the charge of criminal negligence and he would rule on the charge of driving in a manner dangerous to the public. The Crown agreed and Stavos was sentenced to four months in Headingley Jail. <br /><br />The estate of Bert and Esther Miller went after Northland Greyhound and Robert Stavos in Court of Queens Bench seeking damages of $100,000. They were awarded $5,000 in March 1954 but appealed. In January 1955, they were awarded double the amount.<br /> <br /><br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><u>October 9, 1952, rural road near Warren, Manitoba</u></span></b><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3XLS6tGW-Jgs8L2pG4sRX4t7hRojzxD9QVbkF2o8o2gitYTV9j9UmMsYE4ganNhBigt_hidqLq9QamHtuj0ZKrCULu6_Wc02LHyxZygmiSYuyTqTM28mXWhSmDQB0mN17Ns8fM1lfnDt_803j8kFSqsZujKp3RnM0b9iJPYJhflDMRV7pA2PKk1hEEw/s822/Crash%20October%2010,%201952,%20Winnipeg%20Tribune.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="474" data-original-width="822" height="116" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3XLS6tGW-Jgs8L2pG4sRX4t7hRojzxD9QVbkF2o8o2gitYTV9j9UmMsYE4ganNhBigt_hidqLq9QamHtuj0ZKrCULu6_Wc02LHyxZygmiSYuyTqTM28mXWhSmDQB0mN17Ns8fM1lfnDt_803j8kFSqsZujKp3RnM0b9iJPYJhflDMRV7pA2PKk1hEEw/w200-h116/Crash%20October%2010,%201952,%20Winnipeg%20Tribune.jpg" width="200" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">October 10, 1952, Winnipeg Tribune</span></div><p>Remarkably, a second road accident happened later in 1952 that almost equalled the Highway 75 disaster for the number of deaths.<br /> <br />On October 9, 1952, at around 6 p.m. on a rural road four kilometres north of Warren, Manitoba, two cars, a Chevrolet and a Pontiac, crashed killing seven people. The carnage was so bad with car parts and bodies strewn across the road and ditch that RCMP couldn't say for sure which direction each car was travelling in. The Chevrolet's engine was found in the front seat of the Pontiac.<br /><br />Six people were found dead at the scene and a seventh died a few days
later in hospital. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1IRiVu8Kwr-TbfoK-XOo-EUO0SXCCbgRzcMPC6Wawy0Z7j68S4drXBUTq20dJdqpJnOLQxPvdTmATb2BAE9Parchvn1WUws2hnuWm2JG_a-po7mEwXN6FWCqS2mgtt9OvOh8Fcym55NBV04NaR0aAqwHqS_eXxgUM0_zicVRNEazKmfW2WhH7aVyZig/s1028/crash%20dead%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="514" data-original-width="1028" height="100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1IRiVu8Kwr-TbfoK-XOo-EUO0SXCCbgRzcMPC6Wawy0Z7j68S4drXBUTq20dJdqpJnOLQxPvdTmATb2BAE9Parchvn1WUws2hnuWm2JG_a-po7mEwXN6FWCqS2mgtt9OvOh8Fcym55NBV04NaR0aAqwHqS_eXxgUM0_zicVRNEazKmfW2WhH7aVyZig/w200-h100/crash%20dead%202.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><u>The Seven Dead</u></b><br /><br /><b>David Gall (60) of Winnipeg</b><br /> The driver of the Cehvrolet and a retired captain with Winnipeg Fire Department<br /><br /><b>John Millar (70) of Winnipeg</b><br /> A retired fireman from the Winnipeg Fire Department<br /><br /><b>J. H. G. Ross (70) of Winnipeg</b><br /> A former foreman with the City of Winnipeg's parks board<br /><br /><b>James Henderson (68) of Arglyle</b><br />A former Winnipeg fireman who retired to Argyle to farm<br /><br /><b>Alfred Vincent of Stony Mountain<br /></b>Worked for the engineering department of City Quarries<b><br /><br />Edwin Vincent of Stony Mountain<br /></b>Son of Alfred, a world War II veteran who worked at the penitentiary<br /><b><br />Robert Vincent (29) of Stony Mountain</b><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-eVuwgBWQqU3uEs08wENKWzr6Lr27Prw7SP_-5AXc_vApw0QLH6lh7_uLuWFqbSw1stkehuJkqHQsp16QNwIkXEeBEfC7YZ4SYIMtBoyuyQ_Ocep0XmlE2qFY0Vd_DJWPKGKJFjNb3nTZQTp3_p1Z6JHBXyywqawVDPYvZynVd_2X1DoooiZiWGcKqw/s945/crash%20Stonewall%20Argus%20October%2015,%201952.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="212" data-original-width="945" height="45" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-eVuwgBWQqU3uEs08wENKWzr6Lr27Prw7SP_-5AXc_vApw0QLH6lh7_uLuWFqbSw1stkehuJkqHQsp16QNwIkXEeBEfC7YZ4SYIMtBoyuyQ_Ocep0XmlE2qFY0Vd_DJWPKGKJFjNb3nTZQTp3_p1Z6JHBXyywqawVDPYvZynVd_2X1DoooiZiWGcKqw/w200-h45/crash%20Stonewall%20Argus%20October%2015,%201952.png" width="200" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">October 15, 1952, Stonewall Argus </span></div><p style="text-align: left;">The Chevrolet was full of men with ties to the
Winnipeg Fire Department, all of whom died. It is believed they were staying at the Argyle farmhouse of former fireman James Henderson and drove together to visit another friend in Warren. The four men were good friends and were known to travel together on road trips.<br /><br />The Pontiac had members of
the Vincent family who were likely returning to their home at Stoney Mountain after a hunting trip. Only a family friend, Elmer Ashworth of Elm
Grove, and a five-year-old child, Robert Vincent Jr., survived the crash.<br /><br />The Stonewall Argus wrote, “A pall of gloom fell over our district Thursday evening when news of the tragic accident became known.”<br /><br />A coroner's inquest was started by Dr. W. F. Eveyln so that the identities of the dead could be read into the record and the bodies released to family members. There are no follow-up stories as to further hearings. With no eye witnesses and just one adult survivor, it is likely that the events of that tragic evening were never pieced together. <br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><u>May 28, 1980, Trans Canada Highway near Swift Current SK<br /></u></b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEZzv-16h9DAcOZHmRdOADJ-u9EG2_WbRrsUKLEdUs3Vh2SayT-X5b6FvbAU1HvFtKPJyfPkviTRqtsnY48ZPYSG_r95iFBPy8nkgmdniztYnHpUlcxbZzH130Jl81h6xLiZVcJruZ6FGl5iO6XVhE4r91onvjaxItin7c3wl7dt7kB-KRTYLYnimrXA/s848/Crash%20May%2029,%201980,%20Lethbridge%20herald.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="616" data-original-width="848" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEZzv-16h9DAcOZHmRdOADJ-u9EG2_WbRrsUKLEdUs3Vh2SayT-X5b6FvbAU1HvFtKPJyfPkviTRqtsnY48ZPYSG_r95iFBPy8nkgmdniztYnHpUlcxbZzH130Jl81h6xLiZVcJruZ6FGl5iO6XVhE4r91onvjaxItin7c3wl7dt7kB-KRTYLYnimrXA/w200-h145/Crash%20May%2029,%201980,%20Lethbridge%20herald.jpg" width="200" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">May 29, 1980, Lethbridge Herald</span></span></b></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span>Prior to June 2023, what may have been the deadliest road accident for Manitobans took place 32 kilometers east of Swift Current, Saskatchewan at around 2:30 pm on Wednesday, May 28, 1980<br /><br />A chartered school bus carrying around 30 members of a CP Rail construction crew was returning the men to their accommodation car near Webb, Saskatchewan when an oncoming car with Ontario licence plates crossed the centre lane forcing the bus onto the shoulder of the highway. It sideswiped the car, went off the road and rolled. <br /><br />Travelling behind the bus was a tanker truck loaded with nearly 30,000 litres of boiling asphalt. Its driver tried to avoid the accident but also ended up off the road after hitting the shoulder. It clipped the bus as it passed, spilled its load, and caught fire.<br /> <br />The 22 men killed were all CP Rail employees from the bus. (It was originally reported that 23 people had died, but it was later
discovered that two of the bodies counted were actually one that had been
severed.) The driver of the bus, truck and two occupants of the car survived. A second bus with additional CP Rail employees stayed on the road.<br /><br />Eleven of the dead were from Newfoundland, nine from Manitoba, and one each from Ontario and Nova Scotia. <br /> <p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><u>The Dead Manitobans</u></b><br /><br /><b>Mark Berard (20) of Horace Avenue, Winnipeg </b><br />Single, survived by six sisters and three brothers.<br /><br /><b>Michael Beach (24) of Oxford Street, Winnipeg</b><br />Single, survived by his parents and three sisters. He worked on the CP steel gang for seven years.<br /><br /><b>Robert Reimer (22) of Rosenort, Manitoba </b><br />Single, survived by two brothers and a sister. It was his second summer working for the railway.<br /><br /><b>Kevin Tanner (22) of Johnson Avenue, Winnipeg </b><br /> <br /><b>Walter Tanner (20) of Johnson Avenue, Winnipeg </b><br /><br /><b>Bernie Gosselin (24) of St. Malo, Manitoba</b><br />Single, survived by his parents and a brother.<br /><b><br />Peter May (19) of Swan River, Manitoba </b><br />Single, survived by his parents and a brother and sister. He worked for the railway for six weeks.<br /><br /><b>William Lemon (23) of Swan River, Manitoba</b><br />Single, survived by two brothers and three sisters. He worked for the railway for about four years.<br /><b><br />Lesley Ducharme (38) of MacGregor, Manitoba</b><br />Married father, survived by his wife and two daughters aged 13 and 11. He worked for the railway for about three years.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi5p7OonyYTdHz4MjIp5iKtYDgCYI94U_2YWpLvwz6nAMqPoNZO0fXefhIqg9w7KmTRZrsYD-AK5kvwk4Dj1nRjK1XJ8Hlwk_gx4eQWq5_TqgPS9HXmMBdakksm6An0hUILcV5jpDtz3rDVbbn8s8arQo3AHHru20BgIVGbxrzboNKd1S9rz9i7TP4kg/s803/Crash%20May%2029%201980%20Tribune.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="803" height="106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi5p7OonyYTdHz4MjIp5iKtYDgCYI94U_2YWpLvwz6nAMqPoNZO0fXefhIqg9w7KmTRZrsYD-AK5kvwk4Dj1nRjK1XJ8Hlwk_gx4eQWq5_TqgPS9HXmMBdakksm6An0hUILcV5jpDtz3rDVbbn8s8arQo3AHHru20BgIVGbxrzboNKd1S9rz9i7TP4kg/w200-h106/Crash%20May%2029%201980%20Tribune.jpg" width="200" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">May 29, 1980, Winnipeg Tribune</span></div><p>Eleven others were injured, most were in stable condition, some with burns from the asphalt, and were taken to hospitals around the region. <br /><br />The chassis of the bus was ripped away in the accident leaving just the floor and seats and men were strewn over a long distance. Rescuing or recovering those closest to what was left of the bus was impossible as it took over two hours to extinguish the burning asphalt.<br /><br />When all the bodies had been recovered they were sent to an arena in Swift Current and pathologists were brought in to perform the autopsies. It was revealed during the coroner's inquest that 21 of the 22 victims were found to have died from severe trauma caused by the bus crash rather than burned to death.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWLO_x7FKcwy3_T1ZFpSqVmX8iPSQkSsTqSn0gfP8lZk1EmfVpECZHecKqZD40qIn0Wh3j5HihmacNcRft72aKXLqtim00pG6uvSkzFF7FGrVnNjoUWS2qfRZMXpYKIUNxOroHsEjDlJsN-zMQsg7bJLPp-fPWgRXv3-bJtFy1MUsb6xtkpjdU0-8diQ/s892/Crash%202%20May%2029,%201980,%20Lethbridge%20herald.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="892" height="109" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWLO_x7FKcwy3_T1ZFpSqVmX8iPSQkSsTqSn0gfP8lZk1EmfVpECZHecKqZD40qIn0Wh3j5HihmacNcRft72aKXLqtim00pG6uvSkzFF7FGrVnNjoUWS2qfRZMXpYKIUNxOroHsEjDlJsN-zMQsg7bJLPp-fPWgRXv3-bJtFy1MUsb6xtkpjdU0-8diQ/w200-h109/Crash%202%20May%2029,%201980,%20Lethbridge%20herald.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />May 29, 1980, Lethbridge Herald</span></span></b></span></div><p>At the coroner's inquest, which took place in stages in early June as survivors were released from hospital, the owner of the car said that he and a friend were taking turns driving from Hamilton to Vancouver. The friend was driving at the time of the accident and the owner had dozed off only to be awakened by the jolt of the crash.<br /><br />The men stopped earlier at the Swift Current Legion for lunch and a couple of drinks before heading off. How intoxicated the driver of the car was came up later in the coroner's inquest. In the mayhem following the crash, police waited hours to administer a blood alcohol test and the man passed with a level of 0.01. It was felt that if the test had been administered around the time of the accident, he would have been near the restricted level of 0.08.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5UEG9ZKbPXH2EEpvjwtxUy6NIy0eYsyeRMBwMYGAS26tmt77DzCbJyR2okgit14H8LLVUMEpPKD3uV17vF-iqLimYO4hsUDF9GGZnzo92QAAMG290_iD16GuG_jIgIZaN9hV6i2dR2jT3H8gY1fyrYrZOTS8V2Cje0FYpYbrh-_FmRxDydgy0sfGelA/s550/Crash%20August%209,%201980%20WFP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="364" data-original-width="550" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5UEG9ZKbPXH2EEpvjwtxUy6NIy0eYsyeRMBwMYGAS26tmt77DzCbJyR2okgit14H8LLVUMEpPKD3uV17vF-iqLimYO4hsUDF9GGZnzo92QAAMG290_iD16GuG_jIgIZaN9hV6i2dR2jT3H8gY1fyrYrZOTS8V2Cje0FYpYbrh-_FmRxDydgy0sfGelA/w200-h133/Crash%20August%209,%201980%20WFP.jpg" width="200" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">August 9, 1980, Winnipeg Free Press</span></div><p>The coroner's inquest wrapped up on August 8, 1980, after the equivalent of six days of testimony. The jury found no one person or item at fault but made a series of recommendations to prevent future accidents of the sort. <br /><br />Some had to do with improvements to "school type" bus safety, such as strengthening the chassis and the addition of energy absorbing seats and seat belts. It also recommended that all drivers of these types of buses need a Class 1 licence, (at the time only drivers transporting students needed a Class 1 licence, when used on private charters these buses only required a regular Class 5 license.)<br /><br />It came out during testimony that the bus driver had only five hours of sleep and drove almost 1,000 kilometres in the 24 hours before the crash. It was recommended that transport companies review their workload policies for work charters.<br /><br />The jury also felt that drinking and driving laws needed to be strengthened and that the law should require drivers to have to take a blood alcohol test immediately after an accident.<br /> <br />There was also a recommendation that the Trans Canada Highway from Swift Current to the Alberta border be twinned.<br /><br />Coroner's juries were not allowed to assign guilt or lay charges, but police and the Crown usually stepped in once the inquest was completed if they felt the need to do so. <br /><br />In this case, however, charges were not laid against the driver of the car due to a lack of evidence that he was impaired. One Saskatchewan lawyer told a reporter anonymously that "I guess it will go down as an accident - bizarre, tragic and unacceptable - but an accident nonetheless."<br /><br />A <a href="https://teamsters.ca/blog/2020/05/27/40th-anniversary-of-the-prairie-steel-gang-tragedy/" target="_blank">memorial was erected</a> at the site by Teamsters Canada in 2018 to mark the 40th anniversary of the accident.<br /><br /></p></div>Christian Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691310860448400887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716407892466377250.post-60396288721710643852023-06-15T21:10:00.006-05:002023-06-17T04:26:27.702-05:00The "Catelli Kids" of 1950<div><p><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Text <span>© 2023, Christian Cassidy</span><br />Images © Listmayer Family Archives<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaObJ42Slw4gVAYRVClDnZrN8tUvF8SQ_W4K428rsSKmuwplwKG-2S_aNG5X6AWJsG1gtdpzjGSmnjuSaU1fQXi1QwjSnl3YnPlJvIl_cQ8AGZILYoc-2_yuTOfQZyKOhuX5CAF-SPyA8b_nySe0pm7Q0F8vvOW_brcxgTdWRpliVNPVc-T-6OTD_DQw/s866/425%20henry%20then%20and%20now.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="317" data-original-width="866" height="117" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaObJ42Slw4gVAYRVClDnZrN8tUvF8SQ_W4K428rsSKmuwplwKG-2S_aNG5X6AWJsG1gtdpzjGSmnjuSaU1fQXi1QwjSnl3YnPlJvIl_cQ8AGZILYoc-2_yuTOfQZyKOhuX5CAF-SPyA8b_nySe0pm7Q0F8vvOW_brcxgTdWRpliVNPVc-T-6OTD_DQw/s320/425%20henry%20then%20and%20now.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><p>A couple of weeks ago, I posted about the history of the <a href="https://winnipegdowntownplaces.blogspot.com/2023/05/425-henry-avenue-turner-and-walker.html" target="_blank">Turner Walker Block</a> at 425 Henry Avenue. It served as a warehouse for various companies from 1912 to 1979 and then took on new life as a residential block in the early 1980s.<br /><br />From 1929 to 1961, it was home to <a href="https://www.catelli.ca/en/about-us/" target="_blank">Catelli Macaroni </a>Products of Montreal. Catelli was created in 1928 when eight companies, led by C. H. Catelli Ltd. of Montreal, merged in a bid to create a national pasta manufacturing company. One of the eight companies in the merger was <a href="http://westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2014/09/a-brief-glimpse-at-constant-macaroni.html" target="_blank">Excelsior Macaroni Products Co.</a> of 254 Dumoulin in St. Boniface. <br /><br />Excelsior's plant was unsuited for Catelli's needs as it wanted to make Winnipeg its Manitoba / Saskatchewan manufacturing and warehouse centre. The much larger Turner Walker Block with its direct access to a railway spur line fit the bill and the company purchased it in 1929.<br /><br />Not a lot has been recorded in local papers about what happened on the floor of the Catelli plant. Some companies were happy to show off their facility to newspaper reporters or even took out ads with photos to show off their manufacturing process. Catelli, it seems, preferred to quietly go about its business.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9aId2TxczAYYwrLrERQEw8EaL72iP9Dh3I70dYtIVzi9XK-bHN8ux4vxhLYZE7RzbAm55wkqxE9tV5j5Sf4Yirex7JDG4N0XO9uH4p3H210e6BtOyNoXzV0PbOmvz1ifFRle-MMsQBxL1BqyaM7TZkxOoJqeR9PxvnQUM9R_8vw-XIz_UrXXZNpQ6CQ/s1075/425%20Henry%20Ave%20Images%201950s%204%20marked.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1075" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9aId2TxczAYYwrLrERQEw8EaL72iP9Dh3I70dYtIVzi9XK-bHN8ux4vxhLYZE7RzbAm55wkqxE9tV5j5Sf4Yirex7JDG4N0XO9uH4p3H210e6BtOyNoXzV0PbOmvz1ifFRle-MMsQBxL1BqyaM7TZkxOoJqeR9PxvnQUM9R_8vw-XIz_UrXXZNpQ6CQ/w200-h134/425%20Henry%20Ave%20Images%201950s%204%20marked.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />Image source: Listmayer Family Archives (Mary marked by circle)<br /></span></div><p>A rare glimpse at the workforce of Catelli can be found in the photo archives of one of its employees, <a href="https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-268350/STEVENS_MARY" target="_blank">Mary Listmayer</a> (1926 - 2019).<br /><br />Listmayer was born and raised in <a href="https://goo.gl/maps/VEBjt5AuZzfoABCR6" target="_blank">Clarkleigh, Manitoba</a>, one of eleven children of Elizabeth and John Listmayer. Around 1948, at the age of 22, she moved to Winnipeg and a boarding house at <a href="https://goo.gl/maps/RCCZgjcPM1nT2tEX6">35 Lenore Street</a> in Wolseley and found work at the Catelli plant. <br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRB41e8Q4-FjK_DBjXbcNrEsPlt78WdtTsAAcxcnytmEqnbatXEHm6mzgsRfQumeKJVN4O1k8FvUgtB5pm7kaaR6jhlSLOGLJ-ATsv-UODKKUEkmJbMoroLWxJJV9ka4Mcl9TCrztKN4ZqmO2jFqp2ql0UgPx0tEWNWsaCkMZmyxeBnm8ptjOOt8aOPA/s3126/425%20Henry%20Ave%20Images%201950s%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3126" data-original-width="2200" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRB41e8Q4-FjK_DBjXbcNrEsPlt78WdtTsAAcxcnytmEqnbatXEHm6mzgsRfQumeKJVN4O1k8FvUgtB5pm7kaaR6jhlSLOGLJ-ATsv-UODKKUEkmJbMoroLWxJJV9ka4Mcl9TCrztKN4ZqmO2jFqp2ql0UgPx0tEWNWsaCkMZmyxeBnm8ptjOOt8aOPA/w141-h200/425%20Henry%20Ave%20Images%201950s%202.jpg" width="141" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkGGPfm9Ihh4_Ht4tSq2mL4tS0G-6RTthXiLZxj5Uq8ozknXpTW1Mn1lgpYPC9XdIGj9KkkiF_NntNMbc1UbNc9Lvo9F0TpoiUApUEbPslSl9_7uxCDvS_0oR_TZg-FVlQVM1hMvfKLn3ZPkxlU-tgsAhQgQBWTrlSpW1u6DGtqvkrAN1qa7HsYa66Ww/s1432/425%20Henry%20Ave%20Images%201950s%207.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1432" data-original-width="960" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkGGPfm9Ihh4_Ht4tSq2mL4tS0G-6RTthXiLZxj5Uq8ozknXpTW1Mn1lgpYPC9XdIGj9KkkiF_NntNMbc1UbNc9Lvo9F0TpoiUApUEbPslSl9_7uxCDvS_0oR_TZg-FVlQVM1hMvfKLn3ZPkxlU-tgsAhQgQBWTrlSpW1u6DGtqvkrAN1qa7HsYa66Ww/w134-h200/425%20Henry%20Ave%20Images%201950s%207.jpg" width="134" /></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj36_btl9SEjwHlgvVn7utJe5i-HRdlaUxQVPfOzaYpR4TSyXKtuDIaREUwGhd-uPHKfpCP6WZxy5oqI2-bSCTCga6xeAs-iXI9FCK2dBgGYaFBNtR04mirPxK0dqpfJoDNcnFtRvD8h_yUaWUOuD8586pGM11spnO4S7fYLte1BymIgiQ30BIrQ2Y3VQ/s5003/Catelli%20Kids6%20Small.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2803" data-original-width="5003" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj36_btl9SEjwHlgvVn7utJe5i-HRdlaUxQVPfOzaYpR4TSyXKtuDIaREUwGhd-uPHKfpCP6WZxy5oqI2-bSCTCga6xeAs-iXI9FCK2dBgGYaFBNtR04mirPxK0dqpfJoDNcnFtRvD8h_yUaWUOuD8586pGM11spnO4S7fYLte1BymIgiQ30BIrQ2Y3VQ/w200-h112/Catelli%20Kids6%20Small.jpg" width="200" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Images source: Listmayer Family Archives</span><br /></div></div><div><p></p><p>Listmayer owned a camera and the family has many photos documenting her life, including her brief time at Catelli. It is unclear what year these photos of the "Catelli Kids", as she called them, were taken, but it was most likely 1949 or 1950.<br /><br />Street directory entries indicate that if these were taken in 1949, some of the others in the photo could be: Olga Mrygold of 535 Bowman; Mary Rekdal of 54 Schultz; and Joseph Paul of 151 Masson. If they were taken in 1950, the others might be: Ruth Knight of 292 Sherman; Doreen Knight of 552 Henry; Steven Finster of 312 Ellen; Norma Carlson of 59 Guay; and Joyce Borkowsky 496 Logan.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI_Rquk7Xu9-MstxS_r0TgPJBld_bSWVISIP6oEYwvlHEQpnJWpXxa6LFE2cQ8O-p0UN83-6WgB2waa0ZS7NMWP8PIxhsznShksKw0crkHp8-Ml1PA4Scgo2JCak-6WUR-ITUn2JSqRyPSIMW0Pw3wPcGT3XEHMAaxfhyW4SMAKs7fcfIaqSaT-krf4A/s1600/Catelli%20Picnic%2010%20small.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1600" height="114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI_Rquk7Xu9-MstxS_r0TgPJBld_bSWVISIP6oEYwvlHEQpnJWpXxa6LFE2cQ8O-p0UN83-6WgB2waa0ZS7NMWP8PIxhsznShksKw0crkHp8-Ml1PA4Scgo2JCak-6WUR-ITUn2JSqRyPSIMW0Pw3wPcGT3XEHMAaxfhyW4SMAKs7fcfIaqSaT-krf4A/w200-h114/Catelli%20Picnic%2010%20small.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZMeQHKSjJLNV9v-UOwi6ZgvLntzNXIQINN19Z0Tot8u_F_7Rl9J8DP0p0VKvT1gZ1JToWTVmAiCuDz8MLpMFA2pm4-DmwOBrSWt6HhUsWXxqlexwMU4Rv6Z5p7hdL_3IsIknU0maU7DCVwjXlrBznb07lKhYzOEmHWCpsgHCevzenK6nNCqeQFdt-ZA/s1658/Catelli%20Picnic%202%20small.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="911" data-original-width="1658" height="110" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZMeQHKSjJLNV9v-UOwi6ZgvLntzNXIQINN19Z0Tot8u_F_7Rl9J8DP0p0VKvT1gZ1JToWTVmAiCuDz8MLpMFA2pm4-DmwOBrSWt6HhUsWXxqlexwMU4Rv6Z5p7hdL_3IsIknU0maU7DCVwjXlrBznb07lKhYzOEmHWCpsgHCevzenK6nNCqeQFdt-ZA/w200-h110/Catelli%20Picnic%202%20small.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_aEZ9GMVnH1HSynpPOcYwHFCN_UY1MrlHB5HYlFt-bAlUOMbOmIkxWZBMGU4Gux9GUCKJCry1VAxu41YRhSfIqNYJGqIVjlo2C-2oJ89Mn1bGA2xEtUf3bcB2Gz_n6GRHbHB0Zjdkoxa2bCSGzcsvBGlBaeMCuWq93oLQuNVA8IjzO_xOc-IJ2gbIuA/s2005/Catelli%20Picnic%205%20small.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="2005" height="110" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_aEZ9GMVnH1HSynpPOcYwHFCN_UY1MrlHB5HYlFt-bAlUOMbOmIkxWZBMGU4Gux9GUCKJCry1VAxu41YRhSfIqNYJGqIVjlo2C-2oJ89Mn1bGA2xEtUf3bcB2Gz_n6GRHbHB0Zjdkoxa2bCSGzcsvBGlBaeMCuWq93oLQuNVA8IjzO_xOc-IJ2gbIuA/w200-h110/Catelli%20Picnic%205%20small.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibDqSQEwdyxyv4PgXnKVRDPqQDcGX1HLN735hL3IZxIOpZtagIL7IaKauYnc_JStuhJGXVoW8UyAv64PAJ4_eaZGM54zID-RVYhdLPKoD_NczrajYWQBXuDYeVRxD5kyyLETOMwaY7IucXRx_17f6KLJ1kz3yMxxfd2MqMO6nRulHr9x2XHZZLYGwHEg/s1983/Catelli%20Picnic%207%20small.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1112" data-original-width="1983" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibDqSQEwdyxyv4PgXnKVRDPqQDcGX1HLN735hL3IZxIOpZtagIL7IaKauYnc_JStuhJGXVoW8UyAv64PAJ4_eaZGM54zID-RVYhdLPKoD_NczrajYWQBXuDYeVRxD5kyyLETOMwaY7IucXRx_17f6KLJ1kz3yMxxfd2MqMO6nRulHr9x2XHZZLYGwHEg/w200-h112/Catelli%20Picnic%207%20small.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQcevle3TUSCcnwMJe6uOmOqTbFvDt9RPgLFvBSRXDtzooXvY5UtQ8foNhcD9aeADhAwtTB0kcWSHPng4u15ZcJGcrgGqOFiaDKI8-Yr6VswaZHzlm0diIjvLR5oVpcixBBjbxZrfoSSHB6YA4cfviCwnMT3yaCt-pOrDM_fmzZmXk9PGRucRW5oKfMA/s1996/Catelli%20Picnic%2011%20small.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1131" data-original-width="1996" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQcevle3TUSCcnwMJe6uOmOqTbFvDt9RPgLFvBSRXDtzooXvY5UtQ8foNhcD9aeADhAwtTB0kcWSHPng4u15ZcJGcrgGqOFiaDKI8-Yr6VswaZHzlm0diIjvLR5oVpcixBBjbxZrfoSSHB6YA4cfviCwnMT3yaCt-pOrDM_fmzZmXk9PGRucRW5oKfMA/w200-h113/Catelli%20Picnic%2011%20small.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Images source: Listmayer Family Archives</span></div><p>One series of photos shows the Catelli employees off on a picnic. <br /><br />This is likely from the fifth annual Catelli employees picnic at the <a href="http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/sites/lidoplage.shtml" target="_blank">Lido Plage resort</a> near Headingley, Manitoba on August 23, 1950. The plant closed for the day so that staff could board a chartered Grey Goose bus for a good time at the beach.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1NvhESNia-tnxA47oEvsFMRlrPduHYgXP44KzTPc4q0v9pMuZQfv_i6pL6knnX4FO7CNSZBqmU1bvJdpXOkg_y7FBKtEoOMflV4EGm0fxEcMipXo4i18kGi5XHzTvGqG7U09WOQLebbylUJEjbStOBvr2G2Ele1YAHk9n8gN51QGFi5nHMn1_u2HqBw/s220/Listmayer%20Obit%20image.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="203" data-original-width="220" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1NvhESNia-tnxA47oEvsFMRlrPduHYgXP44KzTPc4q0v9pMuZQfv_i6pL6knnX4FO7CNSZBqmU1bvJdpXOkg_y7FBKtEoOMflV4EGm0fxEcMipXo4i18kGi5XHzTvGqG7U09WOQLebbylUJEjbStOBvr2G2Ele1YAHk9n8gN51QGFi5nHMn1_u2HqBw/w200-h185/Listmayer%20Obit%20image.jpg" width="200" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-268350/STEVENS_MARY" target="_blank">Mary Listmayer obituary</a> photo</span><br /></div><div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p>Mary Listmayer left Catelli and Lenore Street in 1951. She moved in with her sister Eva at <a href="https://goo.gl/maps/nP1JLFg6VQG22xCb8" target="_blank">294 Beverley Street </a>and began working at <a href="http://westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2017/04/belated-bye-bye-to-blue-ribbon-tea-1897.html" target="_blank">Blue Ribbon</a>, which produced and packaged teas, coffee, spices, baking powder etc. It was located at 334 McDermot Avenue at Hargrave.<br /><br />By 1953, she was renting a room at <a href="https://goo.gl/maps/Dz5LY6jByPErSkuPA">167 Furby Street</a> and worked for National Drugs Ltd. at 576 McDermot Avenue. The company, now called <a href="https://www.mckesson.ca/our-history" target="_blank">McKesson Ltd.</a>, was a Montreal-based drug wholesaler and packager that also operated a number of retail stores. She would remain there for at least the next 12 years.<br /> <br />After bouncing around to a number of addresses in the West Broadway neighbourhood, Mary moved to suite 8 of the Dalkeith Apartments at <a href="https://goo.gl/maps/9VwnTSFjzhcoJgc89" target="_blank">6 Balmoral Street</a> in 1960 and resided there for a number of years.<br /><br />In 1975, Mary married Michael Stevens and the couple divided their time between Winnipeg and a winter home in Texas.<br /><br />Mary Listmayer died on died October 27, 2019. <br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZBEKdgFXAMc9dYre7RtroXw4fPfm8aOKZ10l6A7Mpu7PDjriM94Nojt_pBnmOdxtdZarW2e3-OSq5V8L3Y80XjDhlvyzqhhQtEqxVgw4xoGxd5sgsQETxFNe5lQ_nnP5Qqigwn0GLbSYmjvnaGoSRrzcb7cBS8ia_zyBrQ-kWJOO7b9b9bbSJ2UC9_w/s1519/Catelli%20Picnic%2013%202%20small.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="975" data-original-width="1519" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZBEKdgFXAMc9dYre7RtroXw4fPfm8aOKZ10l6A7Mpu7PDjriM94Nojt_pBnmOdxtdZarW2e3-OSq5V8L3Y80XjDhlvyzqhhQtEqxVgw4xoGxd5sgsQETxFNe5lQ_nnP5Qqigwn0GLbSYmjvnaGoSRrzcb7cBS8ia_zyBrQ-kWJOO7b9b9bbSJ2UC9_w/w200-h128/Catelli%20Picnic%2013%202%20small.jpg" width="200" /></a><br /></p><p>Thanks to Mary and her camera we have a wonderful candid glimpse of the "Catelli Kids" of 1950!<br /><br /><b>Also see:</b><br /><a href="http://westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2014/09/a-brief-glimpse-at-constant-macaroni.html" target="_blank">Constant Macaroni of St. Boniface</a> West End Dumplings<br /><a href="https://winnipegdowntownplaces.blogspot.com/2023/05/425-henry-avenue-turner-and-walker.html" target="_blank">The Turner Walker Block on Henry Avenue</a> Winnipeg Downtown Places<br /><a href="https://www.manitobafoodhistory.ca/" target="_blank">The Manitoba Food History Project</a> University of Manitoba<br /></p></div>Christian Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691310860448400887noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716407892466377250.post-21837578924139051612023-06-11T05:45:00.002-05:002023-06-11T13:22:21.082-05:00Remembering Annie A. Bond<p><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="ILfuVd"><span class="hgKElc">©</span></span> 2023, Christian Cassidy</span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwqB4sE46eqG4Gs9RmvHmKmjVOOtiKyWEpWj2uGGxRSHyuUihd6xJY_x47jDozLFwQzhs9ADGsI7LQCskVkZ4vfWY-L-cih_AIXAkafmN_xwnfqVVf3i-rQZC4o8XcLMXiw6Pn3FlUHaiMazTn9EqZNdgTfJRpQPrxt1M7o3shbnscp-qE10826WF8nw/s422/Bond.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="422" data-original-width="303" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwqB4sE46eqG4Gs9RmvHmKmjVOOtiKyWEpWj2uGGxRSHyuUihd6xJY_x47jDozLFwQzhs9ADGsI7LQCskVkZ4vfWY-L-cih_AIXAkafmN_xwnfqVVf3i-rQZC4o8XcLMXiw6Pn3FlUHaiMazTn9EqZNdgTfJRpQPrxt1M7o3shbnscp-qE10826WF8nw/w144-h200/Bond.jpg" width="144" /></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />Source: <a href="https://hsc.mb.ca/about/50-150anniversary/stories/#advgb-tabs-tab2" target="_blank">Health Sciences Centre Archives</a></span></div><p>If you’ve ever visited Winnipeg's Children’s Hospital as a patient or a parent, you owe thanks to Annie A. Bond. The former military nurse and driving force behind the hospital's creation died on this date eighty years ago.<br /><br />Bond was a well known and respected nurse and philanthropist during her time in Winnipeg, but few realized that she had a very full and adventurous life before she settled in our city in 1903.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixnPqAtpXZBg56J6j3G7nKBhI0gcrDTkPAFgEGF_zTAoi4_0oyMMWiu3TgkO3PcNCLcucGJ0ujwbeCcO70oaZrP_S0yhlL9FEH2kzU8KyAROPtBw8Ar-t47I9VDTDsQnIIFFrWZPgdpTiDMgunulzdrgKCBDXyCcOy0UYiRSOC_PWSm8uN7i1qFwhzrA/s615/apr-19-1884-annie-crisp.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="615" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixnPqAtpXZBg56J6j3G7nKBhI0gcrDTkPAFgEGF_zTAoi4_0oyMMWiu3TgkO3PcNCLcucGJ0ujwbeCcO70oaZrP_S0yhlL9FEH2kzU8KyAROPtBw8Ar-t47I9VDTDsQnIIFFrWZPgdpTiDMgunulzdrgKCBDXyCcOy0UYiRSOC_PWSm8uN7i1qFwhzrA/w200-h146/apr-19-1884-annie-crisp.jpg" width="200" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Bond, back row - second from left, <a href="https://nzhistory.govt.nz/page/royal-honour-awarded-nz-woman-first-time" target="_blank">Archives of New Zealand</a></span></div><p>Born Annie Alice Crisp in Warwickshire, England in 1854, Bond trained as a nurse and volunteered as a nursing sister in the British Army. She served in the Zulu War, Egypt, and Sudan. In 1884, she moved to New Zealand to establish the county's first school of nursing and become the Lady Superintendent of Auckland Hospital.<br /><br />That same year, Bond was awarded the <a href="https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/medals-decorations/details/43" target="_blank">Royal Red Cross Medal</a> established by Queen Victoria to be awarded to nurses who had "... shown exceptional devotion and competency in the performance of actual nursing duties, over a continuous and long period, or who has performed some very exceptional act of bravery and devotion at her post of duty."<br /><br />The medal was <a href="https://nzhistory.govt.nz/page/royal-honour-awarded-nz-woman-first-time" target="_blank">presented by New Zealand Governor William Jervois</a> who declared that the people the whole country were "to be congratulated that they have amongst them one like Miss Crisp as superintendent of nurses of one of their hospitals". <br /><br />Bond married New Zealand doctor John Henry Richard Bond in 1886 and the couple soon moved to Chicago. At the 1893 World's Colombian Exposition in Chicago, Bond was put in charge of the British Nursing Exhibit at the Women's Building of the British pavilion.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic323_hAp2gg2BbFU7lnVy_7mMCuc8f4QsF3jwBqtvF1yMFxbN-pwe0_aV9WDzoBqBk_k-7gCiYk4qbyPKofekrNX9B_xrrYrXjZ-byrboF54SFUdZTDS4puos4HiEsx4zuN6tR_YYzOVsKLlUMzZoEJ4PEVFTQfNE326DJNifd3SMssj39QKhYm0mNg/s601/Bond%20May%207%201912.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="108" data-original-width="601" height="58" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic323_hAp2gg2BbFU7lnVy_7mMCuc8f4QsF3jwBqtvF1yMFxbN-pwe0_aV9WDzoBqBk_k-7gCiYk4qbyPKofekrNX9B_xrrYrXjZ-byrboF54SFUdZTDS4puos4HiEsx4zuN6tR_YYzOVsKLlUMzZoEJ4PEVFTQfNE326DJNifd3SMssj39QKhYm0mNg/s320/Bond%20May%207%201912.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p>The couple settled in Winnipeg in 1903. By this time they were in their mid-forties with no children. <br /><br />They purchased a large house at 167 Donald Street where Dr. Bond set up his general practice. <br /><br />As for Annie, she found the city's medical services for children sorely lacking. They were treated on part of a wing at the General Hospital with no specialized care or equipment for them. In 1906, she began a campaign to create a children's hospital.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb5Z7rh2SAQNWl5mMcEGtRG7CeE7fdwvG7RsfMQ3IWjvptRE8qQW7rck1dZeQZXmInxqopfbgK9oSwtwm9-uM0yU8GrdYoH3PFPYg2p3pzuj5WAF27FDIWHQgezVtbRtb3fqv35sebQEv8UI4bbHIoZ0wvWLtBocwFVcrCDS1wwtBJ2gPY7mKGr9Io8Q/s1606/Bond%20May%208%201908%20Winnipeg%20Tribune.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1606" data-original-width="534" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb5Z7rh2SAQNWl5mMcEGtRG7CeE7fdwvG7RsfMQ3IWjvptRE8qQW7rck1dZeQZXmInxqopfbgK9oSwtwm9-uM0yU8GrdYoH3PFPYg2p3pzuj5WAF27FDIWHQgezVtbRtb3fqv35sebQEv8UI4bbHIoZ0wvWLtBocwFVcrCDS1wwtBJ2gPY7mKGr9Io8Q/w66-h200/Bond%20May%208%201908%20Winnipeg%20Tribune.jpg" width="66" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">May 8, 1908, Winnipeg Tribune</span></div><p>Bond got several medical professionals and local organizations to endorse her plan and in May 1908, she and the Local Council of Women released the basics of what a children's hospital would look like and began a fundraising campaign. (See above)<br /><br />A provisional board for the children's hospital was established with Bond as president, Mrs. W. S. Grant as secretary, and Mrs. G. H. Walker as treasurer.<br /><br />Within a year, the women had enough money to begin looking for properties to lease. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYDlFOwFrd4aCmwAGPpQbowlDykROGYiKZTUdfcwQPDs91Y8RZbexzkxCmiogkwA7xqa_MZ_mHnL_WJw0CwHzxWlpNPVbVMo8fGqHsmum5GcCskrX3ojLPH_DRIOR3ZGanz2kGyVPXsNpnMmvMG2kJ_JTN_4QT_kc7wxUb-YcNaZeNzqtWPGnMKGMtIQ/s457/Bond%20Childrens.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="318" data-original-width="457" height="139" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYDlFOwFrd4aCmwAGPpQbowlDykROGYiKZTUdfcwQPDs91Y8RZbexzkxCmiogkwA7xqa_MZ_mHnL_WJw0CwHzxWlpNPVbVMo8fGqHsmum5GcCskrX3ojLPH_DRIOR3ZGanz2kGyVPXsNpnMmvMG2kJ_JTN_4QT_kc7wxUb-YcNaZeNzqtWPGnMKGMtIQ/w200-h139/Bond%20Childrens.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Original Children's Hospital (<a href="https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/hrb/plaques/plaq1331.html" target="_blank">Archives of Manitoba</a>)</span><br /></div><div><br />The women set their sites on the North End as the location for the new hospital. This part of the city was chosen due to its large number of working class and new immigrant families impacted by diseases related to poverty and poor nutrition. A large house at <a href="https://goo.gl/maps/SpPWgh7dfPpLPW2u6" target="_blank">2 Beaconsfield Street at Lorne Avenue</a>, (in what is now Michaelle Jean Park), was leased.<br /> <br />The Winnipeg Children's Hospital officially opened on Saturday, February 6, 1909. In its coverage of the opening, the Winnipeg Free Press praised the "unselfish and
painstaking efforts of several Winnipeg ladies to establish this institution, the first of its kind in Western Canada."<br /><br />In 1910, the hospital treated 282 inpatient children with another 546 outpatient cases and performed 114 surgeries. Between three and seven children per day had to be turned away due to a lack of space.<br /><br />Due to demand and strong financial support from the community, the hospital board was confident that it was ready for a new home. It bought land on Aberdeen Street at Main Street and readied it for construction.<br /> <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDnixLv5PQs__0eFUbTU1kZnpYLaZUBEN8epPyj8f0Xe394OZNqNgKyvZ4cR1_ww2BSWQxia0W_UQpekDi4Wu_m3IHkrnUX1DLFehoBBU62jdzOpCI4PC34Xk0_25AFZqa1tHFDg7x4jcnKLRcW_BBOmpcACherItcbUaThlNqxc1MprgQ7PCYMvfisA/s951/Bond%20June%2012,%201911,%20Tribune.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="757" data-original-width="951" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDnixLv5PQs__0eFUbTU1kZnpYLaZUBEN8epPyj8f0Xe394OZNqNgKyvZ4cR1_ww2BSWQxia0W_UQpekDi4Wu_m3IHkrnUX1DLFehoBBU62jdzOpCI4PC34Xk0_25AFZqa1tHFDg7x4jcnKLRcW_BBOmpcACherItcbUaThlNqxc1MprgQ7PCYMvfisA/w200-h159/Bond%20June%2012,%201911,%20Tribune.jpg" width="200" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">New hospital under construction. June 12, 1911, Winnipeg Tribune </span><br /></div><div><br />In June 1911, a fundraising campaign was launched to raise $100,000 for the construction of a new, custom-built hospital. James H. Ashdown agreed to head the committee. <br /><br />The campaign exceeded its fundraising goal in just two weeks and the hospital was able to go ahead with a $40,000 extension that it thought it would have to wait years to add.<br /><br />The unexpected extension dragged out the construction time, but on July 17, 1912, <a href="https://www.gg.ca/en/governor-general/former-governors-general/hrh-duke-connaught" target="_blank">Prince Andrew, Duke of Connaught</a> and Governor General of Canada, opened the new 110-bed facility. <br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga98NIbOCnQTJnU7E13ZFKdIIbB1bEzm1PNoRmSCG2NNrYMm-2g4gI6FPeGX8i48NykwTmntmp5zmZ39Tmzm3LwtvTyelNr9hO6wVlCI9uERND89rSIv8c39NfQAPzrZ7hBFp5Bq3L2XTMqTCZYj0Y01Xib-Hnp4dyx9dyV_oeLdpDA6oUhx-_N2c3xw/s797/Bond%20June%2011,%201943%20Trib.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="797" height="49" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga98NIbOCnQTJnU7E13ZFKdIIbB1bEzm1PNoRmSCG2NNrYMm-2g4gI6FPeGX8i48NykwTmntmp5zmZ39Tmzm3LwtvTyelNr9hO6wVlCI9uERND89rSIv8c39NfQAPzrZ7hBFp5Bq3L2XTMqTCZYj0Y01Xib-Hnp4dyx9dyV_oeLdpDA6oUhx-_N2c3xw/w200-h49/Bond%20June%2011,%201943%20Trib.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">June 11, 1943, Winnipeg Tribune</span><br /><br /></div><div>As for Annie Bond, she left the board of the Children's Hospital board in 1923 to take the role of honourary president. In 1932, the Children's Hospital Guild, which assisted with fundraising activities for the hospital, was renamed the Annie A. Bond Guild.<br /> <br />Bond fell ill in 1943 and in the spring was brought to a special room set up for her at the Children's Hospital. She died there on June 11, 1943 at the age of 89 and is buried in St. John's cemetery.<br /><br />The Children's Hospital moved to its present location in 1956 and was amalgamated with the newly created health Sciences Centre in 1973. A large addition was added in 1984.<br /><br /><b>Also see:</b><br /><a href="http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/mb_history/22/bondpapers.shtml" target="_blank">The Bond Papers</a> Manitoba Historical Society<br /><a href="https://britisharmynurses.com/medal-rolls-of-the-victorian-wars/" target="_blank">Medal rolls of the Victorian wars</a> British Army Nurses<br /><a href="https://hsc.mb.ca/about/50-150anniversary/stories/#advgb-tabs-tab2" target="_blank">The Founding of the Children's Hospital of Winnipeg</a> HSC Archives<br /><br /></div>Christian Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691310860448400887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716407892466377250.post-57724440331442779552023-06-06T01:22:00.004-05:002023-06-06T01:22:56.363-05:00New housing complex on Ross Avenue has ties to the old Winnipeg Hotel<p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="ILfuVd"><span class="hgKElc">©</span></span> 2023, Christian Cassidy</span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXYt550l_iz6UCMdLNkWWUJdl60BV_YUeiJ18Geb2LiTFJHB7Llf6XRXndKg35gMOihHJmc9yrCkH4gJHVc6OZJ16puT7AuP2EUeG7NQ6UBe_J1iDvqtteI1VAggMMzpmGEjBRb3isI4KGxr729dWuQRQj-7npKCz5qiojWX1QKzxWOJgfCGRjvQzE_A/s1210/Ross%20ellen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="451" data-original-width="1210" height="74" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXYt550l_iz6UCMdLNkWWUJdl60BV_YUeiJ18Geb2LiTFJHB7Llf6XRXndKg35gMOihHJmc9yrCkH4gJHVc6OZJ16puT7AuP2EUeG7NQ6UBe_J1iDvqtteI1VAggMMzpmGEjBRb3isI4KGxr729dWuQRQj-7npKCz5qiojWX1QKzxWOJgfCGRjvQzE_A/w200-h74/Ross%20ellen.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><p>What does the new Ross Ellen Housing complex on Ross Avenue have in common with the old <a href="https://winnipegdowntownplaces.blogspot.com/2016/01/214-main-street-winnipeg-hotel.html" target="_blank">Winnipeg Hotel </a>on Main Street? Fort-seven affordable housing units.<br /><br /> The Pollard family bought the Fortune Block, Macdonald Block and Winnipeg Hotel <a href="https://winnipegsun.com/2016/04/17/developer-shares-vision-for--heritage-buildings" target="_blank">back in 2016</a> to save them from demolition. Of the three blocks, the toughest one to renovate was going to be the Winnipeg Hotel as its 47 rooms were occupied. <br /><br />The fact that 47 people would lose their homes was a great concern to the family and they knew that renovating the Winnipeg Hotel was not going to be a quick fix. <br /><br />They soon started the process of what became funding the construction of this brand new 47-unit affordable housing unit on Ross Avenue. The initial thought was that it could be built before the hotel closed and the residents would have the option to apply for residence. <br /><br />Constructing a new housing complex took longer than expected and the poor condition of the hotel meant that it had to <a href="https://westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2019/10/the-last-night-at-winnipeg-hotel.html" target="_blank">close in 2019</a>. <br /><br />Though the deadlines didn't match up, it is great to see that the loss of the Winnipeg Hotel did not mean a loss of affordable housing units.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/christiansphotos/albums/72157677741858007" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="595" data-original-width="1024" height="116" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwP352Y4zAOkRHCUQIkBU9vz7ZiF1vFSxN1a878cvCJSloQw0iRiOfjwvpzE8ZzLkFUnGUNQXNnOBRmfQzeAk2NxnQWSPmm16FSXDqIbxvAPm2DWw65ZcC30M-VdIV-7BfzEQS7ZBmbMTfHKi8FY25zon4I06aTjsFg1mO_uX-kcmtbaLL17hPP_Sbfg/w200-h116/Gardeners.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><p>If you're curious as to what used to sit on the land of the new housing complex, it was <span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">home to the <a href="https://winnipegdowntownplaces.blogspot.com/2019/04/191-ellen-street-gardeners-co-op-jansen.html" target="_blank">Gardener's Co-op / Jansen Produce building</a>. It was part of "Fruit Row", one of several fruit and veg wholesalers along Ross Avenue served by a railway spur line. <br /><br />The Co-op branded its vegetables "<a href="https://peakofthemarket.com/" target="_blank">Peak of the Market</a>", a trade name that still exists today.</span></p>Christian Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691310860448400887noreply@blogger.com0