January 22: CFL's first Commissioner; St. James Arena opens; Minto Armouries burn; Sybil Shack; Coates the butcher.

January 22, 1986- St. Elijah Romanian Greek Orthodox Church, R.M. of Shellmouth, near Inglis is designated a Provincial Heritage Site. 

January 22, 2004 - Sybil Shack dies. She was a writer, teacher and principal of a number of Winnipeg's largest schools.

January 22, 1956 - The deal to establish a single Canadian Football League is finalized at a meeting at the Royal Alexandra Hotel on Main Street. Winnipegger G. Sydney Halter is chosen to be the league's first commissioner.

January 22, 1966 - The arena portion of the St. James Civic Centre opens. The rest of the facility opened in stages through the year. (Image: WFP Oct 13, 1964.)

January 22, 1956 - At 5 a.m. a fire starts in the Minto Armouries on St. Matthews Ave. The $600,000 blaze injured two fireman and killed Battalion Chief Andrew Hebenton.

January 22, 1948 - William Coates dies. A butcher by trade, he created what became a chain of meat shops that operated in the city form 1903 - 1925.