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Windsor

Located in central NS, at the mouth of the Avon and St. Croix rivers. Its short distance from Halifax (66km) has long made Windsor a town of commuters. It was first settled by Acadians in 1684 and was called Pisiquid, a name of Micmac origin. The English township of Windsor (after Windsor, Eng) was established [...]

Ogilvie Elevator at Rosser, Manitoba

In 1900 the Ogilvie Flour Mills Company Ltd. built a grain elevator on the south side of the railway just west of the CPR station.
The early records indicated that a different grain buyer was employed almost every year. In discussing this with personnel at Ogilvie’s, it was decided that the agent was only hired for [...]

City and Shoal Lake No.40 Economic Partnership

Winnipeg Mayor Sam Katz and Shoal Lake No.40 Chief Kelvin Redsky signed
a letter of intent to explore economic opportunities under the new proposed management model for Winnipeg’s water and waste utility.

This is a far cry from what occurred when the Shoal Lake aqueduct was originally proposed and built. At the time, no consultation was conducted [...]

Explore Manitoba

Book delves into everything form the crocus province.

Manitoba Book of Everything You Wanted to Know about Manitoba and Were Going to Ask Anyway dares to delve into all things Manitoban. Even the trio of sage and savvy Manitoba writers who tackled the research for chapters devoted to topics such as [...]