Manitoba

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.

October 8, 2008 - 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.

September 13, 2008 - 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.

September 10, 2008 - 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.

August 24, 2008 - 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.

August 18, 2008 - 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.

August 5, 2008 - 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.

July 7, 2008 - 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.

June 22, 2008 - 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.

April 22, 2008 - 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.

April 21, 2008 - 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.

October 11, 2007 - 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.

October 3, 2007 - The Winnipeg Free Press

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.

May 3, 2007 - Downtown Winnipeg Biz

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.

March 3, 2006 - 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?

February 28, 2006 - The Globe and Mail

From Brownfield To Battleground

Winnipeg, home to the largest concentration of Aboriginal people in Canada, considers a controversial plan to turn a 20-acre plot of abandoned industrial land into an "urban reserve" for a First Nations band, which would allow the band to operate business

September 23, 2005 - The Globe and Mail

Winnipeg's 'Big Dig'

In an effort to protect one of Canada's most flood-prone cities, the City of Winnipeg is expanding its 40-year old floodway.

September 16, 2005 - The Globe and Mail

The Wal-Martization Of Banks?

Canadian banks are closing branch offices and centralizing operations in new 'Super Banks'.

January 11, 2004 - New Winnipeg Magazine

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