Feb. 25: Avenue Building burned; Motor vehicle registration required.

February 25, 1908 - The province of Manitoba required that all motorized vehicles had to be registered at a cost of $2.00 each.

February 25, 1913 - Fire gutted the top floor of the Avenue Building on Portage Avenue. It was rebuilt and three more floors were added. It was damaged again by fire in 1931.

February 25, 1915 - Harry Green is hanged at Brandon Gaol for the shooting death of Thomas Hill on May 17, 1914 in Hartney. The Minnedosa Tribune noted that his end was peaceful and quick. Green was the third and final person hanged at Brandon.

February 25, 2012 - Edohei Sushi and Japanese Restaurant on Ellice Avenue closed. When Sadao Ohno opened the restaurant in 1988, it was Winnipeg's first sushi restaurant.


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