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The Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce and its History

The Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce and Its History
In 1960, the Board of Trade, by this time called The Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce, moved to 177 Lombard Ave., located in the heart of Western Canada’s financial and grain marketing district.
Built in 1911 on land purchased two years earlier by the Great-West Life Assurance Company for its [...]

Looking back at the Winnipeg Board of Trade

In the late 19th century, the Winnipeg Board Trade was a power to be reckoned with. Many of the leading citizens of the day were listed among its member and made their influence felt.
They quite literally found themselves at the “seat of power.”
They’d gather every afternoon in the cellar of A.G.B. (Andrew Graham Ballenden) Bannatyne, [...]

"The" Winnipeg Blizzard – March 4 , 1966

THE MARCH 4 1966 BLIZZARD
The Day Winnipeg was Paralysed
by George Siamandas

I remember that storm–(Dave Sawatzky)
If you are over 40 and have lived in Winnipeg your whole life you likely remember the Blizzard of 1966. It occurred on Mar 4, a Friday and it shut down Winnipeg like it had never been shut down before. The [...]