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Edited August 2, 20241 yr by FrostyWinnipeg

How long till someone gets hit by a vehicle trying to cross Portage & Main? Being killed? That intersection when it's winter & minus 25 with a wind will be brutal to cross as a pedestrian. Those skyscrapers just make it a wind tunnel. 

5 hours ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Good article by Scott Billeck. I think its fair to say up to 33% dont want any help, they dont want to be moved and its people like that the city will have the biggest trouble dealing with.

Th only way it'll be broken up is if the police go in there & use necessary force they'll need to remove them. Trouble is, the campers will just move somewhere else.

29 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

How long till someone gets hit by a vehicle trying to cross Portage & Main? Being killed? That intersection when it's winter & minus 25 with a wind will be brutal to cross as a pedestrian. Those skyscrapers just make it a wind tunnel. 

I believe the original plan called for a few of the skyscrapers having patios at the intersection. I couldn't imagine eating with all that noise and wind.

I don't think the fatalities will increase, it won't be as bad as higgins/Logan and main where lots of messed up people attempt to cross the road.

38 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

How long till someone gets hit by a vehicle trying to cross Portage & Main? Being killed? 

There are much busier and more dangerous intersections - should we block those off to pedestrians?  People can get hit on any street if they and/or the drivers aren't being careful, Portage and Main is no exception and shouldn't be treated like one.

On 2025-06-29 at 4:48 PM, bigg jay said:

There are much busier and more dangerous intersections - should we block those off to pedestrians?  People can get hit on any street if they and/or the drivers aren't being careful, Portage and Main is no exception and shouldn't be treated like one.

I'm old enough to remember P & M when it allowed pedestrians before being closed in 1979. It should be noted that most Winnipeggers didn't want the intersection closed back then but city planners knew best & closed it anyway. I felt the same way. 

Edited July 1, 2025Jul 1 by SpeedFlex27

So I've had a couple of trips on Winnipeg Transit's new Primary Transit system, and so far it's been going fine for me (it hasn't really effected me negatively) I get why some people have problems with it since their normal stops were being discontinued)

And today I took the practice trip to my workplace, it went rather smoothly

https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2025/07/11/suspected-arson-forces-main-street-eatery-to-close

 

Boy Spirit Halloween has some rather dumb locations this year (though I can get to two of them.....it's just fun to look around there because Halloween is awesome)

 

They are expected at Garden City beside Seafood City

and the former Dakota Family Foods

and Polo Park next to Marshalls

Edited August 4, 2025Aug 4 by iHeart

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/free-internet-winnipeg-north-end-1.7629933

1 hour ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/free-internet-winnipeg-north-end-1.7629933

Over/under 2 weeks before someone steals the antennas?    

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/feedback-changes-winnipeg-transit-september-1.7631172

 

I get there are those that are having difficulties especially students. I really hope that they decide to freeze the price in the new year or lower the the price a bit to make up for it

 

I've been having smooth rides under the new transit, I wish that transit would make it easier to go to the Kenaston area

44 minutes ago, iHeart said:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/feedback-changes-winnipeg-transit-september-1.7631172

 

I get there are those that are having difficulties especially students. I really hope that they decide to freeze the price in the new year or lower the the price a bit to make up for it

 

I've been having smooth rides under the new transit, I wish that transit would make it easier to go to the Kenaston area

But still no on demand for Transcona

 

So it looks like Home Hardware will be moving into the Pembina Peavy Mart

 

Wonder if it will go into ours (mostly because it would be nice to have one close by whenever Scene+ does its gameboard)

1 hour ago, iHeart said:

So it looks like Home Hardware will be moving into the Pembina Peavy Mart

 

Wonder if it will go into ours (mostly because it would be nice to have one close by whenever Scene+ does its gameboard)

Cracked corn for people in south Pemby.

 

https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2025/10/22/sledgehammer-proof-panels-installed-at-bus-shelters

38 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2025/10/22/sledgehammer-proof-panels-installed-at-bus-shelters

Are they fire proof?  Meth proof?

23 minutes ago, Brandon said:

Are they fire proof?  Meth proof?

Shot proof is the one i want to know

 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/boujee-restaurant-fire-winnipeg-9.6949829

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Smoke and flames spewed from a downtown restaurant in Winnipeg early Thursday morning.

Emergency crews were called to Boujee Restaurant & Bar around 5:45 a.m. and found an active fire inside the building at the corner of Main Street and York Avenue.

The fire was declared under control within an hour and no injuries were reported, a news release from the city said. 

 

Oh dear I hope there wasn't much damage

10 hours ago, iHeart said:

Oh dear I hope there wasn't much damage

Wasnt that place struggling before the fire?

 

1 hour ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Wasnt that place struggling before the fire?

 

I wonder if they had insurance.... 

On 2025-10-23 at 11:49 AM, iHeart said:

Oh dear I hope there wasn't much damage

lol. There was. Downtown smelled like burning plastic. I was hoping the homeless encampment was on fire, the smell made me hopeful then on main I see it, the former earls building up in flames. It’s pretty much completely destroyed 

Edited October 24, 2025Oct 24 by Goalie

18 minutes ago, Goalie said:

lol. There was. Downtown smelled like burning plastic. I was hoping the homeless encampment was on fire, the smell made me hopeful then on main I see it, the former earls building up in flames. It’s pretty much completely destroyed 

yeah I saw picture it doesn't look completely destroyed just noticeably damaged

18 minutes ago, iHeart said:

yeah I saw picture it doesn't look completely destroyed just noticeably damaged

14 hours ago, Brandon said:

I wonder if they had insurance.... 

I am sure they had insurance, just not the right "street insurance" or it wouldn't have been torched.