tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52394648707551572592024-03-27T18:40:43.578-05:00This Was ManitobaManitoba's urban history by the day from West End DumplingsChristian Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691310860448400887noreply@blogger.comBlogger424125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239464870755157259.post-31048147978265790372023-06-22T01:38:00.002-05:002023-10-04T01:21:10.033-05:00June 22: Locomotive 6043; Elijah says no; Elie's F5 tornado.<div>
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was born in Ontario. He came to Manitoba to be dean of the Agricultural
College and soon became an MLA. After spending 21 years as premier, he
became leader of the federal Conservatives representing Neepawa. It was
he who had 'Progressive' added to the party name.</span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/christiansphotos/2794032581/" title="CN Engine 6043 by mrchristian, on Flickr"><img alt="CN Engine 6043" height="70" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3282/2794032581_8cea353b65_t.jpg" width="100" /></a></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>June 22, 1961</b> -<a href="http://www.wpgrailwaymuseum.com/loco-6043.html" target="_blank"> CN Locomotive 6043</a> made its final run between Brandon and Winnipeg. It is now located in Assiniboine Park.<br /></span><div face="georgia">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>June 22, 1990 </b>- From his seat in the Manitoba Legislature, <a href="https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/elijah-harper" target="_blank">Elijah Harper</a> said "no" to the <a href="https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/meech-lake-accord" target="_blank">ratification of the Meech Lake Constitutional Accord</a>. <br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">June 22, 1995</span> - The former Manitoba Agricultural College / Fort Osborne Barracks / Asper Jewish Campus was <a href="http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/hrb/prov/p089.html">designated a Provincial Heritage Site</a>.</span></div><br /></div><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">June 22, 2007</span> - A tornado touched down in Elie, Manitoba. Environment Canada confirmed <a href="https://ec.gc.ca/meteo-weather/default.asp?lang=En&n=07580648-1" target="_blank"> it was a category F5,</a>
the only tornado of that intensity to be recorded in Canada. Nobody was
hurt or seriously injured but 19 people were left homeless. (Related <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ScKKYV8u6E">video)</a>.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span>© Christian Cassidy, 2023</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /><br /></span></div>Christian Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691310860448400887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239464870755157259.post-73168027430098518742023-06-21T02:30:00.000-05:002023-10-03T10:57:38.015-05:00June 21: Bloody Saturday; Norrie elected; Selkirk Ave. bell tower dedicated.<div face="Georgia,"">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">June 21, 1814</span> - The third group of <a href="http://www.standrewssociety.mb.ca/info-selkirk-settlers-page">Selkirk Settlers</a> arrived near Winnipeg. They call their place Kildonan after the district in Scotland they came from.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">June 21, 1894</span> - <a href="http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/tache_aa.shtml">Archbisop Taché</a> died in St. Boniface.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></div>
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- Despite official warnings not to congregate, another afternoon
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">For a timeline and related media from the day, see the <a href="http://1919winnipeggeneralstrike.blogspot.com/2009_06_21_archive.html">June 21, 1919 entry</a> on my 1919 General Strike blog.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><b>June 21, 1979 </b>- <a href="https://www.winnipegregionalrealestateboard.ca/community/citizens-hall-of-fame/inductee/35/Bill-Norrie">William Norrie</a> is elected in a by-election as 47th Mayor of Winnipeg replacing Mayor Steen who died in office.<br /></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>June 21, 1985</b> - The <a href="http://westenddumplings.blogspot.ca/2012/05/selkirk-avenues-bell-tower.html" target="_blank">bell tower on Selkirk Avenue</a> is dedicated. It contains the city bell cast in 1877.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span>© Christian Cassidy, 2023</span></span></div>
Christian Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691310860448400887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239464870755157259.post-71163233028603399952023-06-20T04:23:00.001-05:002023-10-03T10:44:35.083-05:00June 20: "999" emergency number,oes live; Mayor Fowler elected.
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<span style="font-size: 100%;"><b>June 20, 1922 </b>- <a href="http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/fowler_fo.shtml">Frank Oliver Fowler</a> was elected 33rd Mayor of Winnipeg in a by-election following the June 1922 death of <a href="http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/parnell_e.shtml">Edward Parnell</a>. </span></div><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;"><b></b></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, "; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh7ZoNck4EU2ecUawLu_6D0stondCFXbCle0NSFvGWJFmhu_MVDTplcx6v5vs_Ngeie1LQT7KFZ28vfXZ2a3vWWRvbNG5T6XRm57FqRgeGRlm3WYTqXMA5jA8jLTASL4wpquoFmqanqQQ/s1600/999+June+20+1959+wfp.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="73" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh7ZoNck4EU2ecUawLu_6D0stondCFXbCle0NSFvGWJFmhu_MVDTplcx6v5vs_Ngeie1LQT7KFZ28vfXZ2a3vWWRvbNG5T6XRm57FqRgeGRlm3WYTqXMA5jA8jLTASL4wpquoFmqanqQQ/s200/999+June+20+1959+wfp.png" width="200" /></a></span><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><b>June 20, 1959</b></span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> - Winnipeg becomes the first community in North America to create <a href="https://www.iaedjournal.org/winnipeg-pioneer-in-999" target="_blank">a single emergency number</a>: 999. It was based on London's 999 system that began in the 1930’s. The number was changed to 911 in 1972 prior to other cities in North America rolling out the same service. (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igsBsmqVyc8">Also see</a>.)<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span>© 2023, Christian Cassidy<br /></span></span></div>Christian Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691310860448400887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239464870755157259.post-69293343172478435152023-06-19T02:23:00.000-05:002023-07-19T23:58:54.221-05:00June 19: The Battle at Seven Oaks; Group of Seven's Frank Johnston.<div style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">
<span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;"></span><b>June 19, 1816</b> -<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 100%;"> The increasingly bloody territorial tit-for-tat between the HBC and North West Company reached a new low with the </span><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/history/EPCONTENTSE1EP6CH5PA3LE.html" target="_blank">Battle at Seven Oaks</a>.
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About 60 NWCo employees and Metis under Cuthbert Grant crossed paths with about 26
HBC men under Governor Semple at Seven Oaks. An argument broke out and
a gun battle ensued.<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 100%;"> In the end, Semple and 22 of his men were killed.</span> </div>
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The bloodshed led to the merger of the two companies.</div><br /><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;">June 19, 1888</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> - <a href="https://thegroupofseven.ca/" target="_blank">Group of Seven</a> member <a href="https://www.gallery.ca/collection/artist/franz-johnston">Francis Hans Johnston</a> was born in Toronto. He moved to Winnipeg in 1921 to be principal of the Winnipeg School of Art</span><span style="font-size: 100%;">. After 1924, he returned to Toronto to teach and left the Group of Seven to exhibit independently.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">June 19, 1891</span> - The <a href="http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/sites/sevenoaksmonument.shtml">Seven Oaks Monument</a> was unveiled on Main Street in West Kildonan. It is the oldest historic marker in the West.</div><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;"><b>June 19, 1961 - </b>The bank of Montreal branch opened at 810 Notre Dame Avenue. It was soon the scene of a <a href="https://westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2014/04/the-west-ends-big-bank-heist-of-1962.html" target="_blank">daring bank heist</a>.<b><br /><br />June 19, 1980</b> - The<a href="http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/hrb/prov/p006.html" target="_blank"> Wanipigow Lake Archaeological Site </a>in the Bissett area was designated a Provincial Heritage Site.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span>© 2023, Christian Cassidy</span></span></div>Christian Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691310860448400887noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239464870755157259.post-37658969131555763762023-06-18T04:12:00.000-05:002023-07-19T23:47:50.582-05:00June 18: Amy Street steam plant; Last streetcar driver; Famous Five statue.<div style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">
<span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;">June 18, 1903 </span><span style="font-size: 100%;">- <a href="http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/george-garbutt-1.html" target="_blank">George Frederick Garbutt</a> was born in Winnipeg. “Tick” was a member of <a href="http://www.halloffame.mb.ca/honoured/1987/1932Winnipegs.htm">The Winnipegs</a> hockey team that won the gold medal at the 1932 Lake Placid Olympics. He died in 1967 in Winnipeg.</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span><div style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: 100%;"><b>June 18, 1924 </b>- City Hydro's <a href="http://siamandas.com/time_machine/PAGES/institutions/AMY_STEAM_PLANT.htm">Amy Street Steam Plant</a> went into operation. It provided steam heat to downtown Winnipeg
buildings through a network of underground pipes. it closed in June 1990
after 66 years of service causing expensive retrofits for many
buildings that had to add central heating.<br /><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5239464870755157259#editor"><br /><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/transactions/3/transportation1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 128px; margin: 0px auto; text-align: center; width: 193px;" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">June 18, 1940</span> - <a href="http://manitobia.ca/cocoon/launch/en/newspapers/WPT/1940/06/19/articles/35.xml/iarchives?query=winnipeg%20streetcar">David Caithness</a>, Winnipeg's last horse-drawn streetcar driver, died at the age of 87. For more on Winnipeg's <a href="http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/pageant/04/horsecar.shtml">horse-drawn transit</a>.</span><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><br /></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 100%;"><b>June 18, 2010 </b>- Helen Granger Young's </span><a href="http://winnipegdowntownplaces.blogspot.ca/2010/06/famous-five-statue.html" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 100%;">Famous Five statue</span></a><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> ws unveiled on the Legislature grounds. <br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span>© 2023, Christian Cassidy</span></span>Christian Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691310860448400887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239464870755157259.post-26890511400856274882023-06-17T04:08:00.001-05:002023-07-11T00:30:02.874-05:00June 17: Manitoba's last hanging; Ben Moss dies; Duff Roblin born.<div><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">June 17, 1917 </span>- <a href="http://mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/roblin_d.shtml">Dufferin Roblin</a> was born in Winnipeg. In a twenty-year political career, Roblin was best
remembered for championing the construction of the Red River Floodway, Bird's Hill Park, and numerous schools and hospitals. In 2008, he was voted "The Greatest Manitoban" in a Winnipeg Free Press contest. He died on May 30, 2011 at the age of 92.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">June 17, 1919</span> - Winnipeg Police <a href="http://manitobia.ca/content/en/newspapers/Winnipeg%20Telegram%20Strike%20Editions/1919/06/17/Olive" target="_blank">arrested 21 General Strike leaders</a> for Seditious Conspiracy. They are sent to Stony Mountain to await trial or deportation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">June 17, 1952</span> - Henry Malanik was the last person to be hanged in Manitoba. The 48 year-old plumber shot and killed <a href="https://winnipegpolicemuseum.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/James-Sims.pdf">Detective James (Ted) Sims</a> in July 1950. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>June 17, 1962 </b>- Ben Moss, the jeweller, <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">dies. A <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Romanian</span> immigrant, Ross <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">set up a diamond importing business in 1910. In 1932 his first retail store appeared at 422 Main Street.<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> For more on the <a href="http://westenddumplings.blogspot.ca/2016/08/bye-bye-ben-moss.html" target="_blank">history of Ben Moss J</a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://westenddumplings.blogspot.ca/2016/08/bye-bye-ben-moss.html" target="_blank">ewellers</a>.)<br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>June 17, 1974</b> - The <a href="http://winnipegdowntownplaces.blogspot.ca/2011/11/233-kennedy-street-medical-arts.html" target="_blank">Medical Arts Building opened</a> on Kennedy Street. It replaced a ca. 1923 building by the same name.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span>© 2014, Christian Cassidy</span></span>Christian Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691310860448400887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239464870755157259.post-64761263611417227282023-06-16T05:53:00.000-05:002023-07-11T00:22:06.267-05:00June 16: A fierce wind blows.<div style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: center;">
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Wind gusts of up to 135 kph to ripped the roof off numerous buildings, including the Children's Hospital and McPhillips Street Pumping Station, tore signs off buildings and broke six of Eaton's plate glass windows. Power went out in large sections of the city. </div>
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The cleanup was made all the worse as it was during the Winnipeg General Strike and city services were being handled by volunteers. </div>Christian Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691310860448400887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239464870755157259.post-84231634637010236182023-06-15T02:09:00.001-05:002023-07-06T01:37:13.443-05:00June 15: Selkirk incorporates, park police officer down.<div style="font-family: Georgia, ";">
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<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 100%;"><a href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1226/1241107081_a5184053a4.jpg?v=0"><img alt="" border="0" height="105" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1226/1241107081_a5184053a4.jpg?v=0" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto; text-align: center;" width="149" /></a></span><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;">June 15, 1882</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"; font-size: 100%;"> -<b> </b>The town of Selkirk, Manitoba is incorporated. For <a href="https://selkirkmuseum.ca/" target="_blank">more about the history of Selkirk</a>.<br /></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia,";"><b>June 15, 1927 -</b>
Constable David George White (71) of the Winnipeg Park Police was run
over by a car while patrolling Assiniboine Park on his bike. He died of
his injuries three days later, becoming the force's only officer killed
in the line of duty.</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> For <a href="https://winnipegpolicemuseum.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Park-Police-Updated-April-19-2021.pdf" target="_blank">more on the history of the Park Police</a>.</span><br /></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span>© Christian Cassidy</span></span></p>Christian Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691310860448400887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239464870755157259.post-8461125717528838942023-06-14T04:45:00.000-05:002023-07-06T01:26:14.918-05:00June 14: The Happy Gang; Let there be light; Stanley Cup tragedy.<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;">
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- Manitoba's first electric arc light was demonstrated in Winnipeg
on June 14 and 15 at the CPR crossing at Higgins and Main.</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> The demonstration was put on by a New York businessman “<span style="font-style: italic;">for
the purpose of exhibiting the electric light with which he hopes to
obtain a contract for illuminating the streets of the city</span>."See more at the <a href="https://www.hydro.mb.ca/corporate/history/history_of_electric_power_book.pdf" target="_blank">A History of Electrical Power in Manitoba</a>. <br /><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;">June 14, 1934 </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">- Chicago Black Hawk goalie </span><a href="https://www.hhof.com/HonouredMembers/MemberDetails.html?type=Player&mem=P194504&list=#photo" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Chuck Gardiner</span></a><span style="font-family: georgia;">
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<span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;">June 14, 1937</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> – <a href="http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0001530">The Happy Gang</a> began their 22-year run on CBC Radio. </span>
<span style="font-size: 100%;">The Gang's host and pianist <a href="https://broadcasting-history.com/personalities/pearl-bert" target="_blank">Bert Pearl</a> was born Bert Shapira in Winnipeg in 1913. In 1982, he was awarded the Order of the Buffalo Hunt</span>. Pearl died in Los Angeles in 1986.<br /><br /><b>June 14, 1962</b> - The Bank of Montreal on Notre Dame Street at Beverley is the scene of one of the <a href="https://westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2014/04/the-west-ends-big-bank-heist-of-1962.html" target="_blank">city's largest bank robberies</a>.<br /></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span>© Christian Cassidy</span></span>Christian Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691310860448400887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239464870755157259.post-3215515785685381762023-06-13T04:43:00.000-05:002023-07-06T00:47:59.646-05:00June 13: The Mall Centre opened; remembering Andrew Mynarski.<div style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">
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<span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;">June 13, 1906</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> - <a href="https://www.hockeyarchives.info/register/CrowleyCliff.htm" target="_blank">Clifford Thomas "Cliff" Crowley</a> was born in Winnipeg. Crowley was a member of <a href="https://mbhockeyhalloffame.ca/teams/the-winnipegs-1932/" target="_blank">The Winnipegs</a> hockey team that won the gold medal at the 1932 Lake Placid Olympics. He died in 1948.<br /><br /><b>June 13, 1912 </b>- In a money referendum, Brandonites voted 93 per cent in favour of their city borrowing $300,000 to fund a <a href="https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2017/04/30/going-off-the-rails" target="_blank">municipal street railway system</a>.<b><br /><br /></b></span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><b>June 13, 1944</b> - Winnipegger <a href="https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2846853" target="_blank">Andrew Charles (Andy) Mynarski V.C.</a> died at the age of 27. He was the first RCAF member to receive the Victoria Cross in WWII. To read <a href="http://www.forvalour.manlab.com/english/mynarski/index.html" target="_blank">his V.C. citation</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5IwMkfV6PQMg1zSCaLx0aIFyMTY5cwvRfG_LG1yj1b4SNA-RRomeexUmFeCLd_ZaqR-qT8D0ycwc4K6ykwK9wy-3TzXc-Udp0lK6KSlGEW7iLuqh_EuBWiOaBKsAYE2WWumjHGrGBg6o/s1600/Buse+Depot+drawing+April+2+1963+WFP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><img border="0" height="89" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5IwMkfV6PQMg1zSCaLx0aIFyMTY5cwvRfG_LG1yj1b4SNA-RRomeexUmFeCLd_ZaqR-qT8D0ycwc4K6ykwK9wy-3TzXc-Udp0lK6KSlGEW7iLuqh_EuBWiOaBKsAYE2WWumjHGrGBg6o/s200/Buse+Depot+drawing+April+2+1963+WFP.jpg" width="200" /></a></b></span></div>
<span style="font-size: 100%;"><b>June 13, 1964 </b>- <a href="http://winnipegdowntownplaces.blogspot.ca/2010/11/487-portage-avenue-u-of-w-anx.html" target="_blank">The Mall Centre</a>, which contained Winnipeg's new bus depot, opened. It is now the <a href="https://www.uwinnipeg.ca/campus-development/anx.html" target="_blank">U of W AnX</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 100%;"><b>June 13, 1984 </b>- The<a href="http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/hrb/prov/p012.html" target="_blank"> Archway Warehouse, Jail and Powder Magazine remains</a> in Norway House was designated a Provincial Heritage Site.</span><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><b> June 13, 1985 </b>- Nearly <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/politics/rights-freedoms/general-2/4000-manitoba-laws-declared-invalid.html" target="_blank">4,000 Manitoba laws were declared invalid</a> by a Supreme Court ruling. The laws, written in English only, must be translated into French.</span><br />
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Christian Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691310860448400887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239464870755157259.post-92166688241392218222023-06-12T00:41:00.000-05:002023-06-14T22:06:26.114-05:00June 12: Polo Park Race Track opened.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGcECj2RemLHp4Nvc9kws-UmKguzekxtOFl47IcNaSzNai4nfomvjHXD9VUVNb0aUZ1Rxf2A8g6IZ_XWUFcBIuAz6fIpEgsr6ans5T26SAjKaW_jkYfm5kVqy6i2W9JfvS7klAbyCZJN8/s1600/Polo+Park+June+25+1925+Winnipeg+Free+Press.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="63" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGcECj2RemLHp4Nvc9kws-UmKguzekxtOFl47IcNaSzNai4nfomvjHXD9VUVNb0aUZ1Rxf2A8g6IZ_XWUFcBIuAz6fIpEgsr6ans5T26SAjKaW_jkYfm5kVqy6i2W9JfvS7klAbyCZJN8/s200/Polo+Park+June+25+1925+Winnipeg+Free+Press.jpg" width="200" /></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">June 12, 1925</span> - <a href="https://honouredmembers.sportmanitoba.ca/single-honoured-member/?smid=416">Jim Speers'</a> Polo Park Race Track opened. The grandstand held 4,500 people and
another 11,000 could watch from the lawns. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In 1939, <a href="http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/bibliography/6334/32.html?qid=peelbib%7C%22polo+Park%22%7C%7Cscore" target="_blank">it hosted a Royal visit</a> by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. In 1954, it was sold off and the land was redeveloped into <a href="http://westenddumplings.blogspot.ca/2009/08/polo-park-opens-to-fanfare.html" target="_blank">Polo Park Shopping Centre</a>. </span>Christian Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691310860448400887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239464870755157259.post-16144063889821825762023-06-11T00:38:00.000-05:002023-06-11T16:14:00.940-05:00June 11: Remembering Annie Bond; drafting Teemu; plane crash at Logan and McPhillips.<div style="text-align: center;">
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The former British military nurse settled in Winnipeg in 1903 and was the
driving force behind the establishment of Winnipeg's Children's
Hospital in 1909. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">For <a href="http://westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2023/06/remembering-annie-bond.html" target="_blank">more about Bond and her hospital</a>.<br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">June 11, 1988</span> - The Winnipeg Jets selected <a href="http://ducks.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8457981">Teemu Selanne</a> as their first pick in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">June 11, 2002</span> - A light plane with six passengers aboard <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/story/2007/11/02/winnipeg-crash.html">ran out of fuel and crashed</a> at the intersection of Logan and McPhillips. One passenger dies from his injuries.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>June 11, 2011</b> - The U of W's <a href="http://winnipegdowntownplaces.blogspot.ca/2011/08/downtown-places-richardson-college-for.html" target="_blank">Richardson College for the Environment and Science</a> opened. </span></div>
Christian Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691310860448400887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239464870755157259.post-837808348891951842023-06-10T00:37:00.000-05:002023-06-11T00:12:01.064-05:00June 10: "Specials" replace police; First Jewish settlers; Kelekis' chip shop.<div style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">
<span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">June 10, 1882 </span>- The <a href="https://www.jhcwc.org/origins-of-winnipegs-jewish-community/" target="_blank">first group of Jewish settlers</a> arrive in Manitoba.</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;"><b><br /></b></span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/christiansphotos/2538299864/" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" height="200" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3174/2538299864_b334988f47.jpg?v=0" style="display: block; height: 231px; margin: 0px auto; text-align: center; width: 142px;" width="123" /></a>
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<span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">June 10, 1919</span> - Just one day after replacing the police force with special constables, there are <a href="http://1919winnipeggeneralstrike.blogspot.com/2009_06_10_archive.html">riots in the streets of Winnipeg</a>. The rising tensions made big news not just at home but across North America, including the <a href="http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=990DE3D91F39E13ABC4952DFB0668382609EDE">June 11 New York Times:</a></span></span></div>
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and violence broke loose on the streets of Winnipeg today. For three
hours the strikers fought a pitched battle with the special
constabulary in the heart of the city, at Main Street and Portage
Avenue, while from windows and roofs of office buildings for three
blocks Winnipeg looked on."</span></i><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;"><b>June 10, 1930 </b></span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> - The teams of the Manitoba Rugby Football Union merge to create '<a href="http://siamandas.com/time_machine/PAGES/winnipeg_stories/GREYCUP.htm">The Winnipegs</a>', forerunner to the <a href="http://www.bluebombers.com/page/history">Winnipeg Blue Bombers</a>.</span></div>
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- Chris Kelekis opens his first chip shop at Main Street and Flora Avenue. A second location at Main
Street and Aberdeen Avenue closed in 2013. (See: <a href="http://westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2012/11/farewell-kelekis.html" target="_blank">Farewell to C. Kelekis'</a>.)</span></span></div>
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Christian Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691310860448400887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239464870755157259.post-86944364645521973732023-06-09T00:35:00.000-05:002023-06-11T00:00:21.819-05:00June 9: M.S. Lord Selkirk II launched; St. Vital Library opened; Pinawa power.<div style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/postcards/PC011483.html" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="498" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDbFu4jbsJwWQVneyZdWPEVQk1JWbJ610gOp6DFGdTRpGA3CPMmdAscd4lbYzIk_eWGGiVkddUtePsMdXwLTRmPPsBo6-xdXGSAA9PrFWlH8XdtuQK52vUkxp87pRJaUFF0hMfG_fzO2FTv-nuDLvrNFu8CM9PY2eoSf6NyaTlPVq0LvkYr2x76Ptm/w124-h200/Pinawa.jpg" width="124" /></a></div></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><b>June 9, 1906</b> – The first power is generated by the <a href="http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/pageant/21/oldpinawa.shtml">old Pinawa Generating Station</a>. It was the first station on the Winnipeg River and remained in service until September 1951. The area is now <a href="https://www.gov.mb.ca/nrnd/parks/park-maps-and-locations/eastern/pinawa.html" target="_blank">a provincial park<b>.)</b></a></span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><b><br /></b><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: 100%;"><b>June 9, 1919</b> - Most of the Winnipeg's police force, <a href="http://1919winnipeggeneralstrike.blogspot.com/2009/06/tuesday-10-june-1919-chief-goes-too.html">including the chief</a>, is dismissed </span><span style="font-size: 100%;">for not swearing an oath to never join a union or participate in a strike</span><span style="font-size: 100%;">. They were replaced by 'special constables'. <a href="http://1919winnipeggeneralstrike.blogspot.com/2009/06/tuesday-10-june-1919-few-good-men.html">For more</a></span>.<b><br /></b><span style="font-size: 100%;"><b><br />June 9, 1922 </b> – <a href="http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/parnell_e.shtml">Edward Parnell</a>, Winnipeg’s 32nd mayor, dies in office.<br /><br /><b>June 9, 1953</b> - Though it had been open to the public since April, the<a href="https://winnipegarchitecture.ca/st-vital-public-library/" target="_blank"> St. Vital Library</a> was officially opened by Premier Duff Roblin. <br /></span><b><br />June 9, 1969</b>
- The M.S. Lord Selkirk II is launched in Selkirk by Lieutenant
Governor Richard Bowles and Mrs. Roland Michener, wife of the Governor
General. For <a href="http://westenddumplings.blogspot.ca/2012/02/where-manitobas-ships-go-to-die-new.html" target="_blank">more about the ship and her fate</a>.</div>
Christian Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691310860448400887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239464870755157259.post-44668367618611119962023-06-08T08:57:00.003-05:002023-06-10T23:35:46.475-05:00June 8: Time Building destroyed by fire.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwidPHyYKZBe1i5mdxDXhVgvRimI8yFN54SgfgqZ_beP_-OsFiawB40AP7lAxX7NQB56nCnkJIF_AClndYQcUVZDMtLOxMyKGvYKnI9g5FE2kMdEeyDGGMoVtI56Xw8dkxftul95WAFcZqbyIrfXmPjix_mnC7Ae7cXQw8r-C0amhVhXL146L2L_2Y/s835/Time%20Trib.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="835" data-original-width="553" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwidPHyYKZBe1i5mdxDXhVgvRimI8yFN54SgfgqZ_beP_-OsFiawB40AP7lAxX7NQB56nCnkJIF_AClndYQcUVZDMtLOxMyKGvYKnI9g5FE2kMdEeyDGGMoVtI56Xw8dkxftul95WAFcZqbyIrfXmPjix_mnC7Ae7cXQw8r-C0amhVhXL146L2L_2Y/w133-h200/Time%20Trib.png" width="133" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;">June 8, 1954</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> - The Time Building on Portage Avenue at Hargrave Street is destroyed by fire. Fanned by high winds, the burning embers destroyed two more buildings and seriously damaged two others. Firefighters struggled to keep the entire downtown from burning. <a href="https://westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2014/06/the-60th-anniversary-of-time-building.html" target="_blank">More about the fire</a>. </span></span></div>Christian Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691310860448400887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239464870755157259.post-1117345183098644712023-06-07T01:50:00.001-05:002023-06-10T22:29:32.065-05:00June 7: Police chief busted; Schreyer leads CCF; Window Park opens.<div style="text-align: center;">
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The morals squad of the Winnipeg Police raided a Sherbrook Street brothel. </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"> In the room of Miss Ella Lewis, they found a customer in a state of undress. It was none other than police chief James S. Ingram. </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br />Two days later, those arrested in the raid appeared before a newly elected magistrate and mayor Capt. William Kennedy. Ella Lewis and Fannie Ellesworth were charged with ‘keeping a house of ill fame' and fined $20 each. Ingram and another customer named William McEwan were fined $8.00 each, (Source: Manitoba Free Press, June 9, 1875). As expected, Ingram tendered his resignation and it was accepted by council. he would go on to be Calgary''s first chief of police. <br /><br />(Image: City of Winnipeg Archives)<br /></span></span></div>
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- Winds gusting up to 75 mph (120 kph) cut off power to thousands of
homes and disrupted streetcar and trolley service. </span>Miles MacDonnell Collegiate and parts of Children's Hospital had their roofs blown off. <span style="font-size: 100%;">The following day, the wind would be a major factor in spreading the <a href="http://winnipegdowntownplaces.blogspot.ca/2012/04/323-portage-dayton-building.html" target="_blank">Time Building fire</a>, (see tomorrow's date for more details).<br /><br /><b>June 7, 1969</b> - <a href="http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/paulley_ar.shtml">Russell Paulley</a>, one time mayor of Transcona, is succeeded as leader of the Manitoba CCF by <a href="https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/edward-richard-schreyer" target="_blank">Ed Schreyer</a>.</span></span><br />
<br /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><b>June 7, 1985</b> - <a href="http://winnipegdowntownplaces.blogspot.ca/2012/11/portage-at-carlton-window-park.html" target="_blank">Window Park</a> on Portage Avenue at Carlton Street officially opens. </span></span></div>
Christian Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691310860448400887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239464870755157259.post-807558029372638402023-06-06T00:14:00.000-05:002023-06-10T13:39:47.970-05:00June 6: Samuel Hooper, provincial architect; D-Day begins.<div style="text-align: center;">
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<b>June 6, 1904</b> - <a href="http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/hooper_s.shtml" target="_blank">Samuel Hooper</a> was appointed Manitoba's first Provincial Architect. He designed dozens of buildings for the province, including the
<a href="https://winnipegarchitecture.ca/433-broadway-avenue/" target="_blank">Winnipeg Land Titles Building</a>, <a href="https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/hrb/prov/p015.html" target="_blank">Brandon Court House</a>, and the <a href="https://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/sites/vaughanstreetgaol.shtml" target="_blank">Vaughan Street Jail</a>. (Also see <a href="http://westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2011/10/celebrating-samuel-hooper-manitobas.html" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="https://winnipegarchitecture.ca/samuel-hooper/" target="_blank">here</a>.)<br /><br />
<b>June 6, 1944</b> - D-Day, the <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/d-day-the-allied-invasion-of-normandy-1.775929" target="_blank">Invasion of Normandy</a>, began. <br /><br /><b>June 6, 1958</b> - The official opening of Winnipeg's new <a href="https://winnipegdowntownplaces.blogspot.com/2009/05/266-graham-avenue-canada-post-centre.html" target="_blank">Dominion Post Office</a> on Graham Avenue took place.<br /><br />The ceremony was meant to show the old and new modes of postal service.<br /><br />Postmaster General of Canada William Hamilton and Winnipeg Postmaster George Foord left Ross House, Winnipeg's first post office, in a 120 year-old former Wells Cargo coach owned by the Winnipeg Free Press. The federal Minister of Trade departed the airport by RCAF helicopter and landed on the helipad on the roof of the new building. They met at the front doors of the building for the ribbon cutting.<br /><br />The building is now Winnipeg's Police headquarters.<br /></div>
Christian Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691310860448400887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239464870755157259.post-87083074579669460762023-06-05T00:09:00.000-05:002023-06-10T13:15:27.628-05:00June 5: Brandon University's charter, Sammy Davis Jr. comes to town, drowing at Sherbrook Pool.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4MA4Mo2o6Y1KKkoaZGtsDXSnnjcLGoPZSKKQV_sxLiwbjZQlHvzQf1R670sfHs1s3wxo2LYTGJZCPckKhEX_YCv9f5jsLrCv8JUSfrLGXegwHGloDkkitoYCCRp27kTMxW_4Xw-qTYIRnY1Of7jSyrVYKA1AjmWZUMpv_6gbA0JpMaI4XyA3iV2pw/s355/Sherbrook%20Pool%20Philpot%20Pic%20June%207%201943%20tribune.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="355" data-original-width="195" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4MA4Mo2o6Y1KKkoaZGtsDXSnnjcLGoPZSKKQV_sxLiwbjZQlHvzQf1R670sfHs1s3wxo2LYTGJZCPckKhEX_YCv9f5jsLrCv8JUSfrLGXegwHGloDkkitoYCCRp27kTMxW_4Xw-qTYIRnY1Of7jSyrVYKA1AjmWZUMpv_6gbA0JpMaI4XyA3iV2pw/w110-h200/Sherbrook%20Pool%20Philpot%20Pic%20June%207%201943%20tribune.bmp" width="110" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 100%;"><b>June 5, 1943</b> - Roper Philpot, 13, drowned at Sherbrook Pool. <br /><br />Philpot went with group of friends to the Saturday free swim hour. When the boys reconvened at the lockers, Roger was not with them. Pool staff were notified but with 200 children in the water, no one could see the body at the bottom of the deep end of the pool. <br /><br />The boys left assuming that Roger would catch up with them later. They reported Roper's disappearance to his parents. His mother called the pool and another search ensued. Mr. Philpot drove to the pool and arrived just moments after his son's body had been pulled from the deep end. It had been under water for almost three hours. <br /><br />A coroner's inquest exonerated pool staff as the famously cloudy water of the Sherbrook Pool prevented them from finding him in time.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 100%;"><b><br />June 5, 1967 </b> - Brandon University received its charter. For more about <a href="https://www.brandonu.ca/senate-office/the-history-of-brandon-university/" target="_blank">BU's history</a>.<br /><br /><b>June 5, 1957</b> - Entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. entertained at the Winnipeg Arena. <a href="https://westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2019/03/the-day-sammy-davis-jr-came-to-town.html" target="_blank">For more</a> about his Winnipeg appearances. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" ,; font-size: 100%;"><br /></span></div>Christian Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691310860448400887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239464870755157259.post-9423544908044162132023-06-04T04:12:00.001-05:002023-06-10T12:51:47.777-05:00June 4: Russell incorporates, veterans march, Scandinavian Mission Church.<div style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">June 4, 1897 </span>- The cornerstone was laid for the <a href="http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/sites/firstscandinavianchurch.shtml" target="_blank">Scandinavian Mission Church</a> on Ellen at Logan. For a <a href="https://legacy.winnipeg.ca/ppd/Documents/Heritage/HeritageResourcesReports/Ellen268-long.pdf" target="_blank">more detailed history</a>. In 1993 the building was <a href="http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/hrb/prov/p073.html">designated a provincial heritage site</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>June 4, 1907</b> - The <a href="https://www.russellbinscarth.com/" target="_blank">village of Russell</a>
was incorporated. The settlement was founded by Major C. A. Boulton in
the early 1880s. It is believed to be named after Lindsey Russell,
Surveyor General of Canada, who <a href="https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/canadian-west/052910/05291039_e.html" target="_blank">mapped the region in 1871</a>.</span><br /><br /><b>June 4, 1918 </b>- <a href="https://westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2022/05/manitobas-wwi-fallen-walter-dawson-of.html" target="_blank">Walter Dawson of Winnipeg</a>, a gardener and the father of eight children, was killed in action during World War I.<a href="http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/mb_history/34/thirdforce3.jpg"><br /><br /><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/mb_history/34/thirdforce3.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 92px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 151px;" /></a>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">June 4, 1919</span> - A <a href="http://1919winnipeggeneralstrike.blogspot.com/2009/06/wednesday-4-june-1919-anti-strike.html">march by the Great War Veterans Association</a> through the streets of Winnipeg created one of the iconic photos of the 1919 General Strike.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">June 4, 2005</b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> - RCMP Constable James Munro of Dauphin rescued a man from a burning building in Flin Flon. He </span><a href="https://www.gg.ca/en/honours/recipients/121-63966" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">received the Medal of Bravery</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> from the Governor General for his actions.</span><br />
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<br />Christian Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691310860448400887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239464870755157259.post-74234491257627825192023-06-03T03:23:00.000-05:002023-06-10T03:14:25.031-05:00June 3: Actress Dorothy Patrick born, Winnipeg Rifles go Royal; Winnipeg Roller Rink closes.<div style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: center;">
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">June 3, 1917 -</span><span> <a href="https://westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2020/07/manitobas-wwi-fallen-george-james-lake.html" target="_blank">George Lake of Winnipeg</a> is killed in action.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="878" data-original-width="431" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8rqDa5loIVRzZPiNt86hM8jSg0n8J-_5B8ckaml5gVXxaYL0318p7qKEWd5f5_GinUi59561b1LURFi8Coy7Rh1Nsb0_v2fYMIfrvwTuQgAWhWawK_iQZEKEEvsREotyfejqPCbT5Zcw9ju20Fj2hrnCfXhomreKjOK8IDpqTv3booYOzXA4bQIWJ/w98-h200/patrick%20August%2014%201937%20Tribune.jpg" width="98" /><br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold;">June 3, 1921 - </span><span>Actress <a href="http://westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2021/01/winnipeg-actress-dorothy-patrick.html" target="_blank">Dorothy Patrick</a> was born Dorothea Wilma Davis at St. Boniface Hospital. </span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />June 3, 1935</span> - The Winnipeg Rifles were granted the prefix <span style="font-style: italic;">Royal</span> making them the <a href="https://www.theroyalwinnipegrifles.com/" target="_blank">Royal Winnipeg Rifles</a>. Check out <a href="https://www.rwrmuseum.com/" target="_blank">their regimental museum</a> at Minto Armouries. <br /></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">June 3, 2007</span> - The final skate at the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2366639581">Winnipeg Roller Rink</a> on Portage at Langside took place. For more about <a href="http://westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2022/08/140-years-of-roller-skating-in-winnipeg.html" target="_blank">the history of roller skating in Winnipeg</a>.<br /></div>
Christian Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691310860448400887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239464870755157259.post-42295284073718539742023-06-02T02:16:00.000-05:002023-06-10T02:56:30.918-05:00June 2: Portage and Main created; Coronation Day, Brandon's street car system.
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<span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">June 2, 1862</span>
- <a href="http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/mckenney_h.shtml" target="_blank">Henry McKenney</a> and <a href="http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/schultz_jc.shtml" target="_blank">John Schultz</a> signed the deed for a plot of land at
the north-west junction of two cart trails, Main Road and Portage Road. They built a </span><span style="font-size: 100%;">lumber and hardware store, followed soon after by Dr. Schultz's surgery. </span><span style="font-size: 100%;">Over time, others joined them near the site and it soon became the city's most famous intersection.<br /><br />For more on the colourful <a href="http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/transactions/3/portageandmain.shtml">McKenney and Schultz</a>. For more on <a href="http://westenddumplings.blogspot.ca/2012/05/lets-blog-150th-birthday-gift-to.html" target="_blank">Portage and Main's birthday</a>.<br /><br /><b>June 2, 1913 -</b> <a href="https://westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2017/04/brandons-street-railway-system-1913-1932.html" target="_blank">Brandon's street car system</a> is inaugurated by Mayor John W. Fleming. It was be disbanded in 1932 as a cost saving measure.<br /></span></div>
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- Thousands of striking Veterans converged on the Legislature demanding to
see Premier Norris. <br /><br />Led by A. E. Bray, they presented a petition to the premier demanding compulsive collective bargaining, a withdrawal of the
ultimatum to members of the Winnipeg Police Department to return to work and swear never to
participate again in a strike, and the reinstatement of all provincial workers
that joined the movement. They warned that failure to meet the demands would result in their
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">June 2, 1953</span> - Coronation day for <a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/royal-family/queen.html" target="_blank">Queen Elizabeth II</a>. For more on <a href="https://westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2012/06/queens-coronation-winnipeg-style.html" target="_blank">how Winnipeg celebrated the coronation</a>. </div>
Christian Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691310860448400887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239464870755157259.post-37168355246583849362023-06-01T11:10:00.000-05:002023-06-10T02:37:40.434-05:00June 1: Mayor Webb dies; Children's Museum opens; Gas Station Theatre's opening night; Starkell off to the Amazon.<div style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: 100%;"><b><br />June 1, 1945 </b>- <a href="http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/webb_rh.shtml">Col. Ralph Humphreys Webb</a> died at the Rideau Military Hospital in Ottawa. <br /><br />Webb was distinguished soldier and served eight one-year terms as mayor of Winnipeg
from 1925 - 27 and 1930 - 34. He also served in the Legislature from 1933 - 40.<br /><br />At the start of World War II, Webb relocated to Ottawa to serve with the Quartermaster-General's Department and months before his death was promoted to the rank of colonel.<br /><br /><b>June 1, 1976</b> - <a href="https://winnipegdowntownplaces.blogspot.com/2009/09/no-1-northern.html" target="_blank">No. 1 Northern</a> was unveiled outside the Canadian Grain Commission building at 303 Main Street. The controversial modern art piece by artist John Nugent was soon removed, spent some time outside the Taxation Centre on Reinders Road before being returned to the CGC building in 1997.<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-weight: bold;">June 1, 1996 -</span> The <a href="https://childrensmuseum.com/about-us" target="_blank">Manitoba Children's Museum</a> opened at their new location, the former <a href="http://winnipegdowntownplaces.blogspot.com/2011/04/downtown-places-manitoba-childrens.html">Bridges and Structures building</a> at at The Forks.<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-weight: bold;">June 1, 1980</span> - Don Starkell and his two sons, Jeff and Dana,
departed Winnipeg by canoe on a <a href="https://www.wbur.org/onlyagame/2017/10/06/starkell-paddle-to-the-amazon" target="_blank">journey from the Red River to the Amazon River</a>. The 19,603 km trip was recognized by the Guinness World Book as
the longest canoe trip in history. Starkell <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-adventurer-starkell-dies-1.1266340" target="_blank">died in 2012</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 100%;"><b>June 1, 1983 </b>- The first performance at the <a href="http://winnipegdowntownplaces.blogspot.ca/2014/05/445-river-avenue-gas-station-theatre.html" target="_blank">Gas Station Theatre</a> took place. The Ottawa-based Great Canadian Theatre Company’s <i>Sandinista</i> ran until June 5.</span></div>
</div>Christian Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691310860448400887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239464870755157259.post-38459650802053709492020-05-29T02:29:00.001-05:002021-11-30T03:19:11.694-06:00May 29: Empress of Ireland sank; Sunday Chorale began; Transit went public.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;">May 29,1914 -</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 100%;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 100%;">The Empress of Ireland sank in the St. Lawrence River. Over 1,000 people went down with the ship, including about 30 Manitobans. For more on the disaster and the Manitoba victims, see <a href="http://westenddumplings.blogspot.ca/2014/05/the-empress-of-irelands-manitoba-victims.html" target="_blank">my West End Dumplings post</a>.</span><br />
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- The Choristers, a Winnipeg chamber choir, began weekly broadcasts
on CBC radio. In 1952 the program's name became Sunday Chorale and
continued until 1969. The choir was the basis for today's <a href="https://www.winnipegsingers.com/" target="_blank">The Winnipeg Singers</a>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;">May 29, 1953</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 100%;">
– The privately-owned Winnipeg Electric Company was taken over by the crown
corporation the Greater Winnipeg Transit Commission to make it a
city-wide public transit system. For more on <a href="http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/%7Ewyatt/alltime/winnipeg-mb.html">Winnipeg's Transit system.<br /><br /></a><b>May 29, 1977 </b>- The Airliner Drive-In Theatre closed for good. For <a href="https://www.winnipegregionalrealestatenews.com/publications/real-estate-news/3915/a-history-of-winnipeg-s-drive-in-theatres" target="_blank">more about Winnipeg's Drive-Ins</a>.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="st" data-hveid="46">© 2012, 2020 Christian Cassidy</span></span>Christian Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691310860448400887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239464870755157259.post-25240162422422292102020-05-28T02:57:00.000-05:002021-11-30T03:07:56.646-06:00May 28: Falcon captain dead; Floodway deal signed; Isbister remembered.<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><a href="http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/isbister_ak.shtml"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/images/isbister_ak2.jpg" style="display: block; height: 135px; margin: 0px auto; text-align: center; width: 101px;" /></a></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">May 28, 1884</span> - <a href="http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/isbister_ak.shtml">Alexander Kennedy Isbister</a>
died. Isbister was of Metis heritage and started life as an HBC fur
trader and explorer. He ended up one of Manitoba’s senior educators,
constitutional lawyers and a philanthropists.<br /><br /><b>May 28, 1936</b> - Wilfred Bonnin killed 19-year-old Maurice Garvie <a href="https://westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2011/05/history-of-646-logan-avenue-at.html" target="_blank">during an armed holdup</a> of the Union Bank branch at Logan and Sherbrook. He was hanged at the Vaughan Street Jail the following January.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><a href="http://umanitoba.ca/libraries/archives/tribune/photographs/display_photo.php?id=1630"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://umanitoba.ca/libraries/units/archives/tribune/photos/Floods_ControlCosts2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 141px; margin: 0px auto; text-align: center; width: 150px;" /></a></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">May 28, 1962</span> - Manitoba signed a $63.2 million agreement with the Feds to build the <a href="https://www.gov.mb.ca/mit/wms/rrf/index.html" target="_blank">Red River Floodway</a>. It would become the second largest earth-moving project in the world after the Panama Canal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">May 28, 1970</span> - The directors of the Hudson's Bay Company voted to transfer the head office of the company to Winnipeg.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>May 28, 1979</b> - <a href="http://internationalhockeylegends.blogspot.ca/2007/05/frank-frederickson.html" target="_blank">Frank Frederikson</a>
died. Born in Winnipeg to Icelandic parents, he was the captain of the
Allan Cup and Olympic gold medal-winning <a href="https://www.winnipegfalcons.com/" target="_blank">Winnipeg Falcons</a>.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="st" data-hveid="46">© 2012, 2020 Christian Cassidy</span></span>Christian Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691310860448400887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239464870755157259.post-68620971626053668922020-05-27T02:56:00.001-05:002021-05-26T23:11:33.863-05:00May 27: Stevenson Aerodrome; Remembering the Rocket.<p><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">May 27, 1882</span> - The Winnipeg Electric Street Railway Company was incorporated.<br /><br /><b>May 27, 1919</b> - In <a href="http://1919winnipeggeneralstrike.blogspot.com/2009/05/tuesday-27-may-1919-newsstand-grows.html" target="_blank">Winnipeg General Strike news</a>.<br /></p><p><span style="font-size: 130%;"><a href="http://umanitoba.ca/libraries/archives/tribune/photographs/display_photo.php?id=4261"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://umanitoba.ca/libraries/units/archives/tribune/photos/WinnipegInternationalAirport3.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 103px; margin: 0px auto; text-align: center; width: 150px;" /></a></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-weight: bold;">May 27 / 28, 1928</span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> - The Winnipeg Flying Club officially opened its airfield in the R.M. of St. James. It was named </span><a href="http://www.waa.ca/history" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Stevenson Aerodrome</a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> after Captain </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/christiansphotos/2953710260/sizes/l/in/photostream/" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Fred J. Stevenson</a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">, a decorated war pilot and pioneer bush pilot in Manitoba. It was the forerunner to what is now the </span>Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">.</span><br />
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For more on <a href="http://westenddumplings.blogspot.ca/2011/10/looking-back-at-winnipegs-airports-part.html" target="_blank">Stevenson and Stevenson Aerodrome.</a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">May 27, 2000</span> - <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/sports/hockey/the-legendary-9-maurice-rocket-richard/a-heros-funeral.html" target="_blank">Maurice "The Rocket" Richard</a> died.</div>
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