Winnipeg - Of Interest

[newflyer]

Originally Posted by Greco Roman

WHEN a team comes back, I want a winning team; not one with a washed up coach that can't get their shit together. In other words, don't give us the scraps that are the Coyotes.

LOL ... well that would be funny, if they weren't so bad.

... in other news .. I heard the Coyotes have gone to Glenndale and the NHL in desparate need of help... This team is dieing fast.

Welcome back home boys!!

[newflyer]

Originally Posted by rgalston

Did you not read the article posted? Or let me guess, you were too busy reading Economics 101 textbooks? Rent control is not the problem, but a lack of federal and provincial subsidies.

Let me guess .. years of basket weavng has lead you to this most unintelligent sollution.. we need more socialist subsidies?? Thats the worst thing the governnment could do.

I can assure you I don't rely of simple econ101 , but if you had even this most basic level of knowledge you'd know that rent control discourage development.

Rent control is the problem .... and government handouts is not the answer. Hinder the free market ... and then give out corporate welfare to replace it?? no thanks. Remove rent control and the market will fill the demand.

[Only The Lonely..]

Originally Posted by newflyer

Let me guess .. years of basket weavng has lead you to this most unintelligent sollution.. we need more socialist subsidies?? Thats the worst thing the governnment could do.

I can assure you I don't rely of simple econ101 , but if you had even this most basic level of knowledge you'd know that rent control discourage development.

Rent control is the problem .... and government handouts is not the answer. Hinder the free market ... and then give out corporate welfare to replace it?? no thanks. Remove rent control and the market will fill the demand.

Actually..

I think the best explanation I heard for the lack of new rental contruction was given by Trueviking. Basically, from what I recall he said something along the lines that the return on investment is just too slow to justify building a new apartment (in any city not just Winnipeg).

If one was going to build a new residential tower, most developers would probably prefer it be a condo so that they could quickly get their money back.

Nobody has the patience to wait 20 years to own an asset.

[rgalston]

Newflyer, I am sorry you did not pick up my sarcasm.

Incidentally, I am in favor of removing rent control, and you can read more on my thoughts about it here: WFP - December 17, 2008

[1ajs]

Originally Posted by Only The Lonely..

Actually..

I think the best explanation I heard for the lack of new rental contruction was given by Trueviking. Basically, from what I recall he said something along the lines that the return on investment is just too slow to justify building a new apartment (in any city not just Winnipeg).

If one was going to build a new residential tower, most developers would probably prefer it be a condo so that they could quickly get their money back.

Nobody has the patience to wait 20 years to own an asset.

thus fort mac has a lac of apartments....

[newflyer]

Originally Posted by rgalston

Newflyer, I am sorry you did not pick up my sarcasm.

Incidentally, I am in favor of removing rent control, and you can read more on my thoughts about it here: WFP - December 17, 2008

Sorry I over reacted .. all the corporate welfare going on these days kind of has me on edge. Stupidity does not deserve rewards.

[newflyer]

Originally Posted by Only The Lonely..

Actually..

I think the best explanation I heard for the lack of new rental contruction was given by Trueviking. Basically, from what I recall he said something along the lines that the return on investment is just too slow to justify building a new apartment (in any city not just Winnipeg).

If one was going to build a new residential tower, most developers would probably prefer it be a condo so that they could quickly get their money back.

Nobody has the patience to wait 20 years to own an asset.

True it is a slow return on investment, but as with most investments there will be some form of PV (present value) used to determine whether it is a worthy investment. If future returns are limited by government inforced market control there is a big reason not to even consider such an investment.

[newflyer]

Originally Posted by 1ajs

thus fort mac has a lac of apartments....

There has been considerable construction happening in Fort Mac, but you also have to consider the speed at which the population has exploded. No city could keep up to it. Investors are also factoring the long term stability of the local economy... if they figure that future returns will be less, because of lower energy prices hurting demand for apartments, they may also reconsider any investment.

[newflyer]

Originally Posted by newflyer

LOL ... well that would be funny, if they weren't so bad.

... in other news .. I heard the Coyotes have gone to Glenndale and the NHL in desparate need of help... This team is dieing fast.

Welcome back home boys!!

source: http://www.2kproject.net/

[1ajs]

theres still a euro one lets get out and vote for the prague

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...161616&page=17

... prague realy needs help the mods went and killed 14 points from all the cities to speed it up and its in the danger zone again

[DowntownWpg]

Record U.S. snowfall makes Manitoba flood forecasters nervous

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 | 9:02 AM CT
CBC News


Flooding is common the Red River, which drains into Lake Winnipeg.Flooding is common the Red River, which drains into Lake Winnipeg.

Record snowfalls in North Dakota have left Manitoba water experts nervous about the potential for significant flooding in the Red River Valley in the spring of 2009.

The United States National Weather Service predicts a 66 per cent chance of major flooding and a more than 90 per cent chance of minor to moderate flooding in the Fargo area to the end of April 2009.

Fargo and Grand Forks, N.D., like Winnipeg to the north, sit on the banks of the Red River, which last brought catastrophic floods to the region in 1997. In the winter of 1996, precipitating that flood, the Fargo-Grand Forks area received 51.8 centimetres of snow. So far in 2008 the area has received more than 75 centimetres of snowfall, eclipsing a 1929 record — and it is still snowing.

The snow, atop ground made very wet by autumn rains, has left Alf Warkentin, Manitoba's senior flood forecaster, worried.

"The probability of flooding in Manitoba is significantly higher than normal," Warkentin told CBC News. "However, it will still depend a whole lot on what happens in the next four months."

He is watching to see how much more snow falls in the next few months, and whether the spring thaw is gradual or sudden.

What's happening in North Dakota "is not good news" Warkentin said. "We're always interested to hear what's happening on the U.S. side because it's the largest part of the [Red River] basin."

Things aren't shaping up for a particularly dry spring, he noted.

"There is some concern," he said. "But quite often flooding in the Fargo area doesn't translate into flooding in Manitoba. We just have to hope the weather is favourable in the next four months."

Warkentin said Winnipeg, with a population of over 700,000, should be able to handle whatever the Red River throws at it next spring, thanks largely to the $665-million expansion of the Red River Floodway — the ditch that diverts Red River floodwaters around the Manitoba capital.

And farms and towns in the valley between Winnipeg and the U.S. border have increased flood protection measures since 1997.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/st...s.html?ref=rss

[1ajs]

compared to a 5% drop in 2007 from 2006

http://www.winnipeg.ca/crimestat/

so crime is down 36% over for the city of winnipeg
rufly half of the drop is from auto theft (attempted and theft) witch is down 45%



YearTotal
2008: 13,930
2007: 21,911
percentage: -36%
http://www.winnipeg.ca/crimestat/city.stm

District 1(downtown westend centennial west broadway wolesly)
murders up to 18 in 08 vs 10 in 07 that sucks
but.. over all crime is down 22% in district 1
http://www.winnipeg.ca/crimestat/d1.stm#

District 2 unicity and airea between the river and the airport and are betwee airport and west end as far east as mcphilops)
o murders down from 1 in 2007
crime is down 35% over all
http://www.winnipeg.ca/crimestat/d2.stm


District 3 (north end)
only had 6 murders vs 16 in 2007
crime over all is down 46% over all
http://www.winnipeg.ca/crimestat/d3.stm

East District (everything east of the red)
1 murder same as 2007
crime over all down 42%
http://www.winnipeg.ca/crimestat/d4_new.stm

Distric 6 ( everything south of the asinboine and west of the red)
1 muder up from 0 in 2007
over all crime is down 33%
http://www.winnipeg.ca/crimestat/d6.stm

[rrskylar]

Winnipeg Free Press
Friday July 16 2004
By Paul Egan and David O'Brien

THE board of directors of the Winnipeg Goldeyes will hold a special meeting Wednesday to discuss Sam Katz's dual roles as Winnipeg mayor and team president.
The meeting, requested by Goldeyes director Sherman Kreiner, comes amid separate concerns over potential conflicts of interest between Katz's public and private roles. Katz says he has no conflict.
During his hard-fought campaign for mayor, Katz at first said he would put his interest in the Goldeyes in a blind trust. After winning the election and consulting with the city clerk, he said that was unnecessary. Today, Katz remains the Goldeyes president and continues to draw an undisclosed baseball salary on top of his $101,000 pay as the city's mayor.
Kreiner said the team needs a new management plan in light of Katz's added responsibilities as mayor.
"There's been a major change that's occurred here," Kreiner said yesterday. "As a consequence of that change, there's got to be a review of management roles and responsibilities..."

[wags_in_the_peg]

Originally Posted by rrskylar

Winnipeg Free Press
Friday July 16 2004
By Paul Egan and David O'Brien

THE board of directors of the Winnipeg Goldeyes will hold a special meeting Wednesday to discuss Sam Katz's dual roles as Winnipeg mayor and team president.
The meeting, requested by Goldeyes director Sherman Kreiner, comes amid separate concerns over potential conflicts of interest between Katz's public and private roles. Katz says he has no conflict.
During his hard-fought campaign for mayor, Katz at first said he would put his interest in the Goldeyes in a blind trust. After winning the election and consulting with the city clerk, he said that was unnecessary. Today, Katz remains the Goldeyes president and continues to draw an undisclosed baseball salary on top of his $101,000 pay as the city's mayor.
Kreiner said the team needs a new management plan in light of Katz's added responsibilities as mayor.
"There's been a major change that's occurred here," Kreiner said yesterday. "As a consequence of that change, there's got to be a review of management roles and responsibilities..."

WHY are you bringing up an article from 2004?

[rrskylar]

Goldeyes off hook for payments to Crocus fund
Winnipeg Free Press


When he was president of the Winnipeg Goldeyes, before he became mayor, Sam Katz said he negotiated a deal with an official of the former Crocus Investment Fund that forgave Katz's baseball team hundreds of thousands of dollars in interest on two loans.
Despite the lack of a written agreement, a Court of Queen's Bench official has ruled that the Goldeyes do not have to pay the receiver of the failed investment fund interest on more than $430,000 in loans granted to the baseball team in 1999 and 2000.
James Umlah, the former chief investment officer of Crocus, testified that Crocus had not intended to seek interest from the baseball team unless the Goldeyes could afford to make payments.
But, in a Dec. 24 decision, the court's judicial officer expressed surprise that no other former Crocus officer or employee had come forward with knowledge about the agreement. And that no legal document existed detailing the agreement between Katz and Umlah.

[rrskylar]

Sherman Kreiner
Executive Director, Community Renewal Corporation, University of Winnipeg

Sherman Kreiner is past President and Chief Executive Officer of the Crocus Investment Fund, a position he held since the Fund’s inception in 1992. Prior to joining the Crocus Fund, Mr. Kreiner had over fifteen years experience in the strategic development of employee ownership and related investment banking, business planning and legal structural design.

Mr. Kreiner has worked extensively with business, labour unions, and state and provincial governments, in developing strategies for labour capital formation and employee ownership. A leader and authority on employee ownership, he has written and lectured extensively on this subject throughout North America.

Mr. Kreiner serves as the Board Co-chair of Community Ownership Solutions. As well, he is a member of the Business Council of Manitoba and the Associates of the University of Manitoba Faculty of Management. Mr. Kreiner is Deputy Chair of the Board of Regents of the University of Winnipeg as well as Director and Secretary of the University of Winnipeg Foundation. He is an advisor to the Investment Committee of the Workers’ Compensation Board of Manitoba and a member of the Board of Directors of the Winnipeg Folk Festival.

In addition Mr. Kreiner is a member of the Premier’s Economic Advisory Council, where he serves as Co-chair of the Investment Task Group as well as a member of the Local Investment Council. Mr. Kreiner is also a member of the Manitoba Business Advisory Council.

[rrskylar]

connect the dots

[wags_in_the_peg]

Even longer rink, link to park in works
By: Joe Paraskevas

What’s already certified as the world’s longest rink will get even longer this winter due to the cold.

The effort to link two of Winnipeg's signature public places -- and to stretch a skating rink already confirmed as the world's longest -- is underway.

Workers have done initial testing of the Assiniboine River ice and begun clearing a path from The Forks to Assiniboine Park.

Officials of organizations at both endpoints of the proposed trail are also looking at ways to make the nine-kilometre skate as welcoming as possible for people who attempt it.

"That's nine clicks from The Forks," said Paul Jordan, chief operating officer of The Forks Renewal Corp. "It's going to be a hell of a skate."

The president and chief executive of the Assiniboine Park Conservancy said her group is talking to the city about setting up amenities near the pedestrian bridge leading from the 104-year-old park to Portage Avenue and providing easier access up and down the riverbank.

"We're very pleased at this initiative," said Margaret Redmond. "Anything that brings people to Assiniboine Park in ways they might not have in the past, we're very excited about."

If sufficiently cold weather continues, workers could plough a path from the downtown Forks, a meeting point for centuries, to the suburban park, long the city's best-known green space, this month, Jordan said.

Until this year, river skaters have been able to travel from The Forks as far as Omand's Creek, near Polo Park.

Ice conditions on the Red River at the confluence with the Assiniboine led Forks officials to drop the Red portion of the 8.5-kilometre-long trail, confirmed by the Guinness World Records as the world's longest.

Instead, they began looking in November at Assiniboine Park as a destination and stretching the trail a few hundred metres more.

Their main challenge, Jordan said, was finding a way past the rapids beneath the St. James Bridge, a spot on the Assiniboine River where water remains moving well into the winter.

"You can't skate on moving water," Jordan said, adding that the recent cold snap appears to have eliminated that danger and opened the door for The Forks and the park to be connected.

joe.paraskevas@freepress.mb.ca

[JayM]

Originally Posted by newflyer

source: http://www.2kproject.net/

I don't mind the Logo of the "Jet" but need some more life in those colors. Or another orientation of the colors. Anyone seen the New Oilers 3rd's all you have to do is replace with Winnipeg Jets colors and BAMN new vintage! lol.

Originally Posted by Only The Lonely..

Actually..

I think the best explanation I heard for the lack of new rental contruction was given by Trueviking. Basically, from what I recall he said something along the lines that the return on investment is just too slow to justify building a new apartment (in any city not just Winnipeg).

If one was going to build a new residential tower, most developers would probably prefer it be a condo so that they could quickly get their money back.

Nobody has the patience to wait 20 years to own an asset.

Well that's Insane but justifiable. Places like Thompson which needs everything cannot afford to build condos and maybe that's why no investment. Don't want the long term just the short term.

[1ajs]

Lynch-mob justice

http://www.winnipegsun.com/news/winn...06746-sun.html
Vigilantes gloat online about beating car thief
By ROSS ROMANIUK, SUN MEDIA


Last Updated: 3rd January 2009, 2:04am

One of the photos posted of the man who was allegedly beaten as a suspected car thief. The Sun has obscured his identity. (Winnipegheights.com)
An apparent case of vigilantism -- with photographs of the incident posted online -- has prompted city police to take a close look at the response by several St. Boniface citizens to a series of attempted vehicle break-ins.
Police said yesterday that investigators will probe a New Year's Day confrontation that resulted in images being posted online of a 21-year-old man bloody and bruised on the ground and surrounded by several people -- some of whom had beaten him as they emerged from a Horace Street house party.
The incident was described on the Internet message board WinnipegHeights.com, with some of the people involved -- mostly anonymous -- proudly discussing what happened.
"Now your first thought when seeing the pics of the guy bleeding is that we gave him a beating he'll never forget, but that would be illegal," one man wrote.
He said he noticed someone breaking into a friend's car up the block about 1:30 a.m. that day. After running back to the house to call his friend, the man said he returned to find the would-be thief trying to break into his own running vehicle, with his wife and two-year-old child inside. A struggle ensued.
"He must have 'fallen' in the struggle and smashed his face into our boots," the man added in the online thread, dubbed "us 1 -- dirty indian thief 0".
The man said he wanted to dump water on the injured man but was restrained by neighbours, and that someone had a rope and was "going to put it around his throat and drag him down to the river."
The thread, which has since been removed from the website, contained at least one other racial slur. In a separate thread called "Heights Is Famous", members complained the media was trying to turn the incident into a racial issue.
Others who were there that morning added posts that pointed to their pride and amusement regarding the incident.
"Haha my knuckles are on ice this morning ...," wrote Rahim, who later spoke to the Winnipeg Sun.
"It's pretty much the definition of a vigilante attack, but I wouldn't say it was much of an attack," Rahim said, adding he uses only one name.
He said up to about five men surrounded the alleged would-be thief and a few of them struck him before police responded.
"Most of the people there, though, were circling the guy to keep him from getting away," Rahim said. "At one point, he tried to tackle one of the guys."
Two photos of the bloodied man lying on the ground were also posted on the website.
He was later taken away by officers, questioned and eventually released because of a lack of evidence.
Const. Jason Michalyshen said officers will take a closer took at the actions of the residents.
"We're going to be investigating that further -- about the pictures and just the whole incident itself," he said.
Rick Linden, a University of Manitoba criminology professor, said citizens walk a fine legal line when confronting and holding a suspect.