Winnipeg | Of Interest - Page 253

zalf · #**5041** Posted **Jul 11, 2024, 10:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by Winnipeg Grump

I have an old friend who's a DC with WPS and he's told our group a few times - 'look, unless you're ganged up, involved in the 🞵🞵🞵 trade, or make the wise decision to walk through Hell's Half Acre at 2 in the morning, the average Winnipeger has a near-zero chance of being a victim of violent crime'. Now, he said that before the fentanyl crisis, but Winnipeg isn't alone in that one either, so people need to keep things in perspective.

This pretty much squares with my experience as a downtown resident. I've never felt unsafe even in the wee hours, at least in the Exchange or south of Portage. Anecdotally, of my friends, family, and colleagues, their fear of downtown scales with distance. Those from Charleswood or North Kildonan have their adrenaline pumping walking two blocks from my place to their car, but those from the core neighborhoods will happily toddle off into the night.

peg · #**5042** Posted **Jul 12, 2024, 12:30 AM**

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Originally Posted by zalf

This pretty much squares with my experience as a downtown resident. I've never felt unsafe even in the wee hours, at least in the Exchange or south of Portage. Anecdotally, of my friends, family, and colleagues, their fear of downtown scales with distance. Those from Charleswood or North Kildonan have their adrenaline pumping walking two blocks from my place to their car, but those from the core neighborhoods will happily toddle off into the night.

I can also attest to this experience, having lived downtown for 7 years.

EdwardTH · #**5043** Posted **Jul 12, 2024, 2:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by rebl

I just wanted to share something positive about the city. We have family staying with us from Toronto right now. We have 4 adults and 4 kids under 6 years old.

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6. Transit (yes you read that correctly)

Go into any Toronto-based page, forum, subreddit etc and you will find people complaining about the TTC just as much as people complain about transit here. We tend to forget that late busses, dirty stations, problem passengers etc exist everywhere.

Also it seems like a lot of people go on vacation and get a warped view of what transit looks like in another city. They stay in downtown TO and take short subway trips to other parts of downtown where the tourist stuff is. They ride after breakfast and avoid peak hours. Well that's not the same as commuting in from Markham or Scarborough every day. Lots of folks outside of downtown don't live near a subway station and have to take a plain old bus just like we do.

bomberjet · #**5044** Posted **Jul 16, 2024, 5:21 PM**

The grift is strong with GEM. $4.4 million is a lot of cash to spend on consulting for something that they basically have nothing to show for.

"We did lots of work, lots of people" whatever they said in the article. $4.4 million will get you a lot of actual work done by consultants. The regular posters in here would surely agree.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/peguis-consultant-payments-marquess-1.7262397

Cash-strapped First Nation spent at least $4.4M on consulting firm controlled by Winnipeg developer

Peguis chief questions expenditure; former chief says band needed the support

wags_in_the_peg · #**5045** Posted **Jul 16, 2024, 5:50 PM**

cash strapped Peguis? how about stop paying for kids to play at private hockey academies to the tune of $25k a year. these are not Peguis born kids, some live in prestigious Royalwood & Bridgewater. their grandparents lived on reserve at one time, the kid or their parents have never lived there but due to indian status they are still considered part of Peguis. Anyway, bring in the auditor and open the books to see why they are cash strapped

borkborkbork · #**5046** Posted **Jul 17, 2024, 2:36 PM**

Saw this on Fireside's insta:

https://www.instagram.com/p/C9c_U5-AiJm/

Anyone know about where this "Select Start" is going to be located? 8000 square feet of some sort of retro gaming... something? It's tagged as downtown Winnipeg, and the interiors look incredible...

https://www.instagram.com/p/C7wqhXcA8UO/

lotw_wpg · #**5047** Posted **Jul 17, 2024, 2:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by borkborkbork

Saw this on Fireside's insta:

https://www.instagram.com/p/C9c_U5-AiJm/

Anyone know about where this "Select Start" is going to be located? 8000 square feet of some sort of retro gaming... something? It's tagged as downtown Winnipeg, and the interiors look incredible...

https://www.instagram.com/p/C7wqhXcA8UO/

I know some of the people working there. The lights are going to be amazing and the interior... wow.

It's located on Market Avenue in the Great West Saddlery Warehouse.

peg · #**5048** Posted **Jul 17, 2024, 4:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by borkborkbork

Saw this on Fireside's insta:

https://www.instagram.com/p/C9c_U5-AiJm/

Anyone know about where this "Select Start" is going to be located? 8000 square feet of some sort of retro gaming... something? It's tagged as downtown Winnipeg, and the interiors look incredible...

https://www.instagram.com/p/C7wqhXcA8UO/

It's in the space above Saddlry - its going to be so cool, I have seen some sneak peak pictures lol

FactaNV · #**5049** Posted **Jul 17, 2024, 4:10 PM**

When is it slated to open?

peg · #**5050** Posted **Jul 17, 2024, 5:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by FactaNV

When is it slated to open?

I am not sure - in the next few months, I think.

zalf · #**5051** Posted **Jul 17, 2024, 10:27 PM**

City orders demolition of crumbling McDermot Avenue warehouse to start by Monday

It is now Wednesday, and the only demolition I can see in progress is being done by entropy.

WinCitySparky · #**5052** Posted **Jul 18, 2024, 12:03 AM**

It’s demolishing my faith in the bureaucracy

cllew · #**5053** Posted **Jul 18, 2024, 1:17 AM**

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Originally Posted by zalf

City orders demolition of crumbling McDermot Avenue warehouse to start by Monday

It is now Wednesday, and the only demolition I can see in progress is being done by entropy.

I wonder if this is another case of MB Workplace Safety & Health issuing a stop work order overriding the city, because they think a building of that age has asbestos issues?

I don't see anything on the Workplace Safety notices web page but I don't know how quickly the page gets updated with stop work notices.

It would be nice if the city and province could work out a procedure to issue demo orders on old buildings with suspect construction materials with a time line that would be acceptable to both levels.

FactaNV · #**5054** Posted **Jul 18, 2024, 1:52 AM**

https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breaki...ass-eviction-of-college-avenue-apartment

Interesting story in the free press. What a 🞵🞵🞵🞵🞵 🞵🞵 🞵🞵🞵🞵 this landlord is. If it's as egregious as this seems, he should be jailed.

Justanothermember · #**5055** Posted **Jul 18, 2024, 2:55 AM**

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Originally Posted by FactaNV

https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breaki...ass-eviction-of-college-avenue-apartment

Interesting story in the free press. What a 🞵🞵🞵🞵🞵 🞵🞵 🞵🞵🞵🞵 this landlord is. If it's as egregious as this seems, he should be jailed.

Paywall, can't read the story. Can you provide a summary of what it says?

FactaNV · #**5056** Posted **Jul 18, 2024, 2:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by Justanothermember

Paywall, can't read the story. Can you provide a summary of what it says?

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7265838

FactaNV · #**5057** Posted **Jul 18, 2024, 2:44 PM**

The Métis are going to own half of downtown soon. They just bought 333 Main, 191 Pioneer and the parking lot at parking lot 179 Pioneer. At least someone is investing in these buildings. Hopefully they build something on that parking lot but it'll probably be staff parking from what I can imagine.

zalf · #**5058** Posted **Jul 18, 2024, 3:10 PM**

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Originally Posted by cllew

I wonder if this is another case of MB Workplace Safety & Health issuing a stop work order overriding the city, because they think a building of that age has asbestos issues?

I don't see anything on the Workplace Safety notices web page but I don't know how quickly the page gets updated with stop work notices.

It would be nice if the city and province could work out a procedure to issue demo orders on old buildings with suspect construction materials with a time line that would be acceptable to both levels.

Well, this morning the ravages of time were replaced by the ravages of a giant mechanical claw.

cllew · #**5059** Posted **Jul 18, 2024, 5:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by zalf

Well, this morning the ravages of time were replaced by the ravages of a giant mechanical claw.

Did you notice if they were wetting it down? If so that's usually a sign of asbestos in the debris and the demo contractor has to control the dust so they don't get a stop work order.

cllew · #**5060** Posted **Jul 18, 2024, 5:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by FactaNV

The Métis are going to own half of downtown soon. They just bought 333 Main, 191 Pioneer and the parking lot at parking lot 179 Pioneer. At least someone is investing in these buildings. Hopefully they build something on that parking lot but it'll probably be staff parking from what I can imagine.

They could have given that money to a "real estate consultant" and gotten a fancy report like some other groups do, instead of quality brick and mortar.

I'm guessing that the MMF is not tax exempt so they pay reality taxes on all their reality holdings in Winnipeg like any other investor?