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Talks break off: CN Rail workers strike...companies will have to shut down production because they can't ship." Pickets were set up Saturday in Vancouver, Kamloops, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto and Montreal, as well as some smaller stations, the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference... In this article: Montreal, Canada, Canadian National, Canwest News Service, and Rail Network |
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Tucson Citizen | 3 hours ago
Phoenix Fringe Festival accepting applications now
...tickets. If you Google Fringe festivals you will come up with many stateside and international entries. At Suite 101.com I read about the Winnipeg festival: The idea behind fringe festivals has always been to provide a venue for...
In this article: Phoenix, Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Edinburgh, Scotland, and Arizona
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washingtonpost.com | 1 day ago
Canadian researcher says arctic ice is thinning
WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- The permanent Arctic sea ice that is home to the world's polar bears and usually survives the summer has all but disappeared, a Canadian researcher said Friday. University of Manitoba Arctic researcher David Barber...
In this article: Polar bear, Ian Stirling, Hudson Bay, Global warming, University of Manitoba, Canada Research Chair, and Churchill, Manitoba
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Reuters | 1 day ago
UPDATE 1-Canwest posts drop in revenue, operating profit
Revenue dropped to C$624.4 million from C$720.6 million a year earlier. Operating profit fell to C$25.2 million from C$59.7 million. Winnipeg, Manitoba-based Canwest owns Canada's Global television network and a chain of daily...
In this article: Revenue, Canwest, Recession, National Post, Global TV, Leonard Asper, Canada, and Winnipeg, Manitoba
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thestar.com | 1 day ago
Canwest Global's revenue and operating profits fall
...per cent from a year earlier, but adds that most of its business units continued to perform better than the industry average. The Winnipeg-based media company, which has put its conventional television operations under court protection while...
In this article: Canwest, Revenue, Recession, Leonard Asper, and Canada
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thestar.com | 4 days ago
Toddler gone in an instant
...Dawson confirmed Lucca came loose from his mother's grasp as she stood by the barrier. "It's extremely horrific." A family friend in Winnipeg said the family was too distraught to talk about what happened. "His father said, `It should...
In this article: Argentina, Burlington, and Pearson International Airport
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thestar.com | 5 days ago
Family was going to Argentina to baptize baby killed in fall
...Sunday night. SUPPLIED PHOTO On Sunday, the Romano family was on the brink of a new life - they had moved to Burlington from Winnipeg and were on their way to Argentina to baptize their 15-month-old son Lucca. Their world shattered...
In this article: Pearson International Airport, Argentina, and Peel Regional Police
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thestar.com | 5 days ago
Mentally ill get housing in study
...is offered first," said Dr. Jayne Barker. Barker is project director of the At Home initiative being introduced in Toronto, Vancouver, Winnipeg, Montreal and Moncton. Altogether, 1,325 people will be given a place to live and social...
In this article: Toronto, Mentally ill, Mental Health Commission of Canada, Anxiety, and Canada
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thestar.com | 5 days ago
Joel Plaskett leads East Coast folk music charge
...of the year award for his solo project, "FiddleFire!" Meanwhile, Saskatchewan's Deep Dark Woods was named ensemble of the year, Winnipeg's Don Amero earned the aboriginal songwriter of the year award and Vancouver bluesman Jim Byrnes took...
In this article: Joel Plaskett, Montreal, Toronto, Coyote, and Jim Byrnes
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thestar.com | 7 days ago
Big `D' key as Als seek to stop B.C.
...yards, touchdowns and field goals. The areas they didn't lead include sacks, where B.C. nipped them 45 to 42, and interceptions, where Winnipeg had 31 picks to second-place Montreal's 24. "We set a standard for ourselves and every week the...
In this article: B.C. Lions, Casey Printers, Montreal, Eric Wilson, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Montreal Alouettes, Vancouver, and Toronto
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thestar.com | November 12, 2009
Camera loves Winnipeg winner
...contract with P&G Beauty, makers of Cover Girl makeup. Waller, 19, was studying architecture at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg when she decided on a whim to try out for the show. Since winning in July, she's been to...
In this article: University of Manitoba, Facebook, Montreal, London, Bahamas, and China
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Winnipeg (pronounced: /ˈwɪnɨpɛɡ/) is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, in south central Canada, near the eastern edge of the Canadian Prairies, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers (a point now commonly known as The Forks). Winnipeg is the primary municipality in the Winnipeg Capital Region, which is home to more than sixty percent of Manitoba's population. The name Winnipeg comes from the Cree words meaning muddy water, referring to Lake Winnipeg 40 miles (60 kilometres) to the north.
The Winnipeg area was a trading centre for Aboriginal peoples (First Nations and Métis) prior to the arrival of Europeans. The first fort was built near the Forks of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers in 1738 by French traders. A settlement was later founded by the Selkirk settlers in 1812, the nucleus of which was incorporated as the City of Winnipeg in 1873. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Winnipeg was one of the fastest growing cities in North America and established itself as a transportation and manufacturing centre. The Winnipeg Metropolitan area is Canada's 8th largest Census Metropolitan Area, with 694,668 inhabitants (739,000 including the capital region), and the City of Winnipeg is Canada's 7th largest municipality (as of the 2006 Census).
A resident of Winnipeg is known as a Winnipegger.
- Name:
- Winnipeg
- Also Known As:
- The 204, Winnerpeg,One Great City, Peg City, The Peg, Gateway to the West, Heart of the Continent,Murder Capital of Canada,Winterpeg,River City,Culture Capital Of Canada
- Motto:
- Unum Cum Virtute Multorum
- Founding Date:
- January 01, 1873
- Land Area (km):
- 464.01
- Metro Area (km):
- 5302.98
- Urban Area (km):
- 448.92
- Elevation (m):
- 238
- Urban Population:
- 641483 (Ranked 9th)
- Time Zone:
- CST
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