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Originally Posted by isaidso
I guess its just Alberta and Saskatchewan where French isn't mandatory in school.
Winnipeg may not have a big skyline, but the architecture is second to none. I was amazed at the quality of buildings from the 1880s right up to present day. There are so many gems there. Manitoba Hydro is a great addition, but I'm hoping for 2-3 larger office buildings before the decade is out. A smaller version of Wells Fargo in Minneapolis would be perfect.
I suppose the chances of that aren't great.
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That said, there are school divisions in Saskatchewan and Alberta where french is part of their programs (i.e. mandatory for those school divisions), some of my friends in Calgary went to schools where they did learn french until grade 3 or 5 (I forget exactly) and there are some french institutions there like in Edmonton, there is a small U of A post secondary education institute where students can take courses in french. I've also seen the french and language studies in Regina first hand and chatted with some people there, they know french pretty well.
Sorry I'm taking this all OT haha
As for 2-3 larger office buildings before the decade is out, if you mean height-wise...I can say Winnipeg will have 4 new skyscrapers, 3 specifically downtown within the next 2 years underway (3/4 of them for sure)
but only one will have office, and it won't be a pure office building.
Before the decade is out (2020), I would be surprised if Winnipeg received 2-3 new exclusive office towers. I will bet there will be more than just 2-3 more skyscrapers done, for sure, but they will likely all be residential or mixed use.
I just don't see which company in Manitoba would build a new tower akin to MB Hydro.
Though some posters in the MB/SK section who are in the know have stated there will be some significant projects coming the next several years. Whether office will be among that, remains to be seen. One area Winnipeg is lucky is its the sole economic centre of Manitoba, so all the companies that want to build office space don't have any other choice but Winnipeg to set an HQ or RO down. That said, most of the office space Winnipeg's been getting lately has been suburban, and not downtown. There's been a few companies who have opted out of downtown, had they chosen their downtown location, we may have already had one of those new office towers U/C right now.
Considering Winnipeg's size, its not bad that there's at least going to be several new skyline and skyscraper additions in the next few years, not including the Human Rights Museum being finished.
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