As I wrote last time, most of Winnipeg will be essentially unchanged by the time the city hits a population of one million, because of poor planning, uninspired development priorities, and simple resistance to change. However, my crystal ball (which looks a lot like a bottle of Newcastle, incidentally) also shows some exciting things to…
1 million people. The universal “big city” benchmark. What does a city of 1 million look like? For me, images of skyscrapers, rapid transit, and dense downtown cores filled with office workers springs to mind. I see a vibrant night life, expensive parking, and clusters of suburbs springing up in the countryside. What will Winnipeg…
After raking in a healthy $2.3 million profit in 2011, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers posted a disappointing $758k loss in 2012. I don’t know what the income statement will total in 2013 but I know that there will be some big differences from last year’s. Nothing has anything has never stopped me from speculating, so…
Welcome to my new website. What you will find here will vary from week to week, but will generally relate to Winnipeg-centric issues. While striving to be somewhat professional in content, expect to find healthy doses of snark, poor humour, and sloppy research, with sprinkles of shameful grammar and a dollop of bad art work…
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