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"Eco-Unfriendly" Manitoba?

New statistics show that the province of Manitoba throws out more, recycles less and conserves less water than any other province in Canada.
28 January 2009 - 1:00pm
The Globe and Mail

Winnipeg Poor Choice for National Museum?

Canada's first national museum to be built outside Ottawa may not be receiving as many visitors as originally planned.
18 November 2008 - 9:00am
The Globe and Mail

The Case for the Cross-Border Region

Recognizing a need for formal cooperation between the regions in the middle of North America, the author of this article calls for a North American Central Economic Region.
8 October 2008 - 7:00am
New Geography

Manitoba Boosts 'Inland Port' Plan

The government of Manitoba hopes to take advantage of Winnipeg's location near the geographic centre of North America to build an "inland port" to funnel imports through the continent on improved highways and rail links.
13 September 2008 - 5:00am
Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg to Get Bus Rapid Transit

Winnipeg, for years Canada's largest urban center without rapid transit, has just announced the construction of a bus rapid transit system with associated transit-oriented development.
10 September 2008 - 1:00pm
The Winnipeg Free Press

Can Winnipeg Become a Real City?

Its present form taken only 36 years ago with the amalgamation of 12 municipalities, Winnipeg has still to evolve an "urban culture", argues Nick Ternette.
24 August 2008 - 5:00am
The Winnipeg Free Press

We Are Where We Live

Jeff Speck, author of Suburban Nation, spoke recently at a conference in Winnepeg. 'Just as we have come to recognize that 'we are what we eat', there is a growing belief that 'we are where we live,' says Speck.
18 August 2008 - 10:00am
The Vancouver Sun

Canada Looks to Boost Security on Mass Transit After Slaying

In the aftermath of a grisly and unprovoked murder on a Greyhound Bus, Transport Canada and municipalities are looking at how to improve security on buses and trains.
5 August 2008 - 8:00am
The Montreal Gazette

Winnipeg's 'Big Dig' Honored

The Red River Floodway, built in the 1960s to protect the City of Winnipeg from flooding, has been named by the International Association of Macro Engineering Societies as one of the engineering wonders of the world.
7 July 2008 - 10:00am
The Winnipeg Free Press

'My Winnipeg': City as Myth, Prison, and Home

An international film festival favorite, Guy Maddin's hard-to-classify documentary "My Winnipeg" revels in and at the same time mocks the Canadian city's mythologies.
22 June 2008 - 9:00am
The Globe & Mail

Can a Developer Plan Winnipeg?

The Winnipeg Free Press responds to the announcement that the city's top planning post has been given to a developer.
22 April 2008 - 7:23am
The Winnipeg Free Press

City Hires Developer To Lead Planning Department

Winnipeg, Manitoba has selected a local developer to fill the city's top planning job, with some left wondering what direction the city's growth will take under the new director.
21 April 2008 - 2:00pm
Winnepeg Free Press

Innovative Playground Design Responds To Tough Canadian Regulations

Winnipeg is the first Canadian city to get an Evos climbing structure, which keeps kids challenged while satisfying strict Canadian safety regulations.
11 October 2007 - 1:00pm
The Winnipeg Free Press

Filling Winnipeg's 'Dead Zones'

More than 40 years of revitalization efforts have failed to "fix" downtown Winnipeg. Now a host of new developments -- many of them private or the result of downtown campus expansion plans -- may finally create a vibrant core for the city.
3 October 2007 - 9:00am
The Winnipeg Free Press
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Winnipeg's Desire for Density

The City of Winnipeg is trying to create incentives for downtown housing development in an attempt to increase the population density of its urban core.
3 May 2007 - 9:17pm
Downtown Winnipeg Biz

When Energy Demand Exceeds Supply: Impacts on Transportation and Cities

Does your city have a Plan B? Without a plan for an oil-free existence, cities around the world may face drastic changes, according to a recent symposium in Winnipeg, Manitoba about the approaching energy shortage. Jessica Roder offers her perspective on the symposium's guidance for addressing the inevitable challenges of reduced supplies, and a new hope for peak oil planning.
28 June 2006 - 7:00am
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Winnipeg's Core Problem

A recent article in Canada's national newspaper pointing out the sad state of Winnipeg's downtown has ignited debate about what's wrong, and how to fix it. Dallas Hansen believes car culture is to blame.
3 March 2006 - 7:00am
The Winnipeg Free Press

Downtown Winnipeg: Too Late To Save?

With its numerous abandoned buildings, stark divisions between wealth and poverty, and high (for Canada) crime rate, should Winnipeg re-evaluate its emphasis on downtown revitalization?
28 February 2006 - 8:00am
The Globe and Mail
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