{"id":600179430,"date":"2025-09-24T02:01:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T07:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/our-communities\/west\/2025\/09\/24\/new-playground-in-westwood"},"modified":"2025-09-24T02:01:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T07:01:17","slug":"new-playground-in-westwood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/our-communities\/west\/2025\/09\/24\/new-playground-in-westwood","title":{"rendered":"New playground in Westwood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A newly redeveloped playground at John Steel Park (300 Westwood Dr.) was officially opened on Sept. 17. The old playground was replaced by a new playground &mdash; that features an accessible ramped play structure, independent play equipment, and swings &mdash; next to the wading pool at a cost of $308,100, with $218,000 coming from the Canada Community-Building Fund and $90,100 from the City of Winnipeg&rsquo;s Parks and Recreation Enhancement Program.<\/p><div class=\"collageplus\"><figure class='wp-caption full photo'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/our-communities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/3582575_web1_sb-westwood-playground-1-sept24.jpg?w=1000' data-pswp-srcset='https:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/our-communities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/3582575_web1_sb-westwood-playground-1-sept24.jpg?w=320 320w, https:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/our-communities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/3582575_web1_sb-westwood-playground-1-sept24.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/our-communities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/3582575_web1_sb-westwood-playground-1-sept24.jpg?w=1920 1920w' data-pswp-width='1500' data-pswp-height='1125'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/our-communities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/3582575_web1_sb-westwood-playground-1-sept24.jpg?w=1000\" alt=\"Supplied photo\n                                Kirkfield Park MLA Logan Oxenham and Coun. Evan Duncan (Charleswood-Tuxedo-Westwood)\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='dynamic-caption'><p>Supplied photo<\/p>\n                                <p>Kirkfield Park MLA Logan Oxenham and Coun. Evan Duncan (Charleswood-Tuxedo-Westwood)<\/p><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='wp-caption full photo'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/our-communities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/3582575_web1_sb-westwood-playground-2-supplied-sept24.jpg?w=1000' data-pswp-srcset='https:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/our-communities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/3582575_web1_sb-westwood-playground-2-supplied-sept24.jpg?w=320 320w, https:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/our-communities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/3582575_web1_sb-westwood-playground-2-supplied-sept24.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/our-communities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/3582575_web1_sb-westwood-playground-2-supplied-sept24.jpg?w=1920 1920w' data-pswp-width='1500' data-pswp-height='1125'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/our-communities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/3582575_web1_sb-westwood-playground-2-supplied-sept24.jpg?w=1000\" alt=\"Supplied photo\n                                A newly redeveloped playground at John Steel Park (300 Westwood Dr.) was officially opened on Sept. 17.\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='dynamic-caption'><p>Supplied photo<\/p>\n                                <p>A newly redeveloped playground at John Steel Park (300 Westwood Dr.) was officially opened on Sept. 17.<\/p><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A newly redeveloped playground at John Steel Park (300 Westwood Dr.) was officially opened on Sept. 17. The old playground was replaced by a new playground &mdash; that features an 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