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December 1, 2025
Help Protect Our City’s Built Heritage!
As a nonprofit charitable organization, Heritage Winnipeg is asking for your help to support our efforts protecting, revitalising and celebrating our city’s irreplaceable built heritage. Your contribution to our 2025 December Donation Drive is an investment in the future of all Winnipeggers, helping conserve our historical buildings so they can continue serving their communities for…
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November 14, 2025
Progress and Planning: A Bleak House Update
Phase 1 of the Bleak House capital renewal project is complete! Mostly undertaken during summer 2025, the project involved replacing the roof and eavestroughing, removing the wood siding and sheeting on the two southeast facades, abating the vermiculite insulation, and making any necessary repairs to the framing of the 1874 home at 1637 Main Street….
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November 10, 2025
Everyone Wins With Teamwork
On November 7, 2025, the Manitoba Municipal Board released its report and recommendation regarding the plans for a 111-unit, mixed-income housing project located in the west parking lot of the city-owned 1913 Granite Curling Club building at 22 Granite Way. The Granite Curling Club was concerned that the loss of parking space would negatively impact…
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November 6, 2025
Celebrating Our Hockey Heritage
On November 5th, 2025, a new mural on the 1903 Bank of British North America Building at 436 Main Street was unveiled, featuring the Winnipeg Victorias hockey team. The mural celebrates the 130th anniversary of the team’s first Stanley Cup win, which took place in 1896. Painted by local artist Jen Mosienko, it is a…
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November 3, 2025
A Map of Winnipeg’s Past
Heritage Winnipeg would like to thank Dan Saidman for his generous donation of an antique City of Winnipeg atlas to our organization. The large leatherbound book, which appears to be from around 1906, contains hand-drawn maps showing early neighbourhoods, street grids, and notable civic landmarks. We are honoured to be entrusted as the stewards of…
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October 24, 2025
New Exhibit Opens: Love Letters
Heritage Winnipeg’s Executive Director, Cindy Tugwell, attended the grand opening of Oseredok Ukrainian Cultural and Educational Centre’s newest exhibit, Love Letters: A Timeless Experience, on October 23, 2025. Located in the historic 1913 building at 184 Alexander Avenue until spring 2026, the immersive event invites guests to “wander through captivating displays that celebrate the timeless…
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October 22, 2025
National Recognition for Seven Oaks House
Let’s celebrate our newest National Historic Site – Seven Oaks House! John and Mary (Sinclair) Inkster, an influential Scottish-Métis family in the Red River Settlement, started building Seven Oaks House in 1851. The foundation was laid by John, a stonemason by trade, using cut stones that were held together by just their weight, no mortar…
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October 20, 2025
120 Years in the Making: A Home for the City of Winnipeg Archives
On November 3rd, 1903, at three o’clock in the afternoon, the cornerstone of Winnipeg’s first Carnegie Library was laid at 380 William Avenue with a crowd of around 500 citizens present. It was an “epoch-marking occasion”, only briefly interrupted by a disagreement between two dogs, with schools closing early so students could attend. Manitoba’s Lieutenant…
