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Today’s must-read
More than 70 years ago, students and academics ditched the University of Manitoba’s downtown site for a huge plot of land in Fort Garry. The school community fully vacated the campus in the city’s core, owing to growing enrolment, in 1950. The decision to relocate in the suburbs was “one of the most unfortunate planning decisions in Winnipeg’s history,” as far as veteran scholar and anti-poverty activist Jim Silver is concerned. “Can you imagine what the downtown would be like if the 29,000 or so students at the (U of M) campus were to be located downtown?” Maggie Macintosh has the story, part of our ongoing series looking at Winnipeg’s downtown. (Read part one here, and part two here).
The latest addition on Elgin Avenue houses 10 new programs, marking the most significant scale-up of RRC Polytech’s academic offerings in its history, and is surrounded by a new pedestrian corridor. (Supplied)
On the bright side
One man’s desire to protect his native language and culture has led to the opening of a unique museum in Winnipeg. The Asa Museum, which showcases Yoruba culture, opened its doors on Nov. 25. Emmanuel Nwaneri has the story.
The Asa Museum opened on Nov. 25. Nigeria’s High Commissioner to Canada Yinka Asekun (left) greets the Deputy Mayor of Winnipeg Markus Chambers at the Asa Day event. (Media Vaccine)
On this date
On Dec. 28, 1932: The Winnipeg Free Press reported in Yorkton, Sask., a 23-year-old bandit, found guilty in the murder of an RCMP officer in Foam Lake, was sentenced to be hanged; the governor-general-in-council declined to intervene in the sentencing. A Winnipeg syndicate sought to finalize a trade deal between Canada and the Soviet Union for 100,000 head of Canadian cattle to be sold at “very profitable prices”; the deal needed only the approval of the federal government to proceed. The Japanese governement defended to a gathering of 7,000 of its citizens its action in invading Manchuria. Search our archives for more here.
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