/ Advocacy
Check this page for regular updates on built heritage projects that Heritage Winnipeg has been involved in since 2020. Click on the images or text to read the article.
2024
October 29th, 2024 – 210 Masson St.
Adaptive Reuse is the New Normal
October 2nd, 2024 – 335 Main St. / 3001 Notre Dame Ave.
War Veteran Statue Relocated to Brookside Cemetery
September 24th, 2024 – 355 Portage Ave.
Shards Discarded fom Air Canada Window Park
July 25th, 2024 – 300 Hugo St. N
“Come, Let us Sing for Joy…” St. Michaels and All Angels Church
July 23rd, 2024 – 270 Morley Ave.
Heritage Win: Rubin Block Purchased by Fisher River Cree First Nation
July 18th, 2024 – 380 William Ave.
Winnipeg Archives to Return to Carnegie Library
July 16th, 2024 – 479 McDermot Ave.
Doomed for Demolition: Bricks Fall from 579 McDermot Amidst Renovations
July 5th, 2024
Six New Heritage Designations!
June 19th, 2024
Update: Winnipeg Railway Museum and Streetcar 356
May 29th, 2024
Decaying Heritage: Holy Trinity Anglican Church & Polson House
May 17th, 2024
City Buildings Move Forward for Designation
May 12th, 2024 – 4025 Roblin Blvd.
Open House at Siloam Mission’s “The Roblin” (Oddfellows Home, 4025 Roblin Blvd.)
February 8th, 2024 – 417 River Road
Progress at Kennedy House! Phase II Commences
2023
September 29th, 2023 – 450 Portage Avenue
Progress in Pictures: The Downtown HBC Building
September 4th, 2023 – 389 Main Street
Millennium Centre Denied Critical Capital Funding
August 31st, 2023 – 745 Westminster Avenue
Westminster United Church Update
March 23rd, 2023
Winnipeg’s Second Heritage Conservation District! Crescentwood-Enderton Park
February 15th, 2023 – 442 Scotia Street
Advocacy In Action: Leacock House Remains Protected
February 2nd, 2023 – 442 Scotia Street
Vote Tied on the Delisting of Leacock House
January 10th, 2023
Advocacy Achievement! Celebrating Two New Heritage Designations
2022
October 10th, 2022 – 4025 Roblin Blvd.
Advocacy In Action! The Odd Fellows Home
August 2nd, 2022 – 514 Wellington Crescent
Commemorating Another Demolished Heritage Home
July 13th, 2022 – 385 Henderson Highway
Roxy Lanes Denied Designation
July 13th, 2022 – 442 Scotia St.
Committee Recommends Leacock House Remain Protected
July 4th, 2022 – 365 Jefferson Ave.
West Kildonan Library Closer to Heritage Designation
June 21st, 2022 – 365 Jefferson Ave.
First Step Taken Towards West Kildonan Library Heritage Designation
June 14th, 2022 – 4025 Roblin Blvd.
Odd Fellows Home Nominated for Heritage Designation
May 18th, 2022 – 365 Jefferson Ave.
Hundreds Rally to Save West Kildonan Library
April 27th, 2022
Appeal for Height Variance for New Infill Development Denied
April 22nd, 2022 – 450 Portage Ave.
Historic Downtown Hudson’s Bay Co. Building Transferred to Indigenous Ownership
April 11th, 2022 – 206 Princess St.
Grand Opening of Carriage Works Project at 206 Princess Street
March 3rd, 2022 – 575-581 Portage Avenue / 351-357 Langside Street
The Kirkwood Block Lives On
February 23rd, 2022
Sign the Petition! Support Canada’s Built Heritage
2021
December 20th, 2021 – 417 River Rd.
Advocacy in Action! Saving Maple Grove: The Captain William Kennedy House
November 12th, 2021 – 380 William Ave.
City of Winnipeg Archives One Step Closer to Returning Home
October 2nd, 2021 – 591 Pritchard Ave.
Grand Reopening of the Ukrainian Labour Temple
April 26th, 2021 – 219 Provencher Blvd
Winnipeg Free Press: Province’s francophone society to take possession of St. Boniface’s old city hall
April 14th, 2021 – 127 Bannatyne Ave.
New Infill Development Proposed for the East Exchange District Faces Opposition
January 20th, 2021
CBC Manitoba: Heritage district study for Crescentwood draws support and ire from residents
January 11th, 2021 – 270 Morley Ave.
Winnipeg Free Press: In South Osborne, residents push for revitalized Rubin Block
January 5th, 2021 – 450 Portage Ave.
Downtown Hudson’s Bay Store Featured in New York Times
January 4th, 2021 – 270 Morley Ave.
Anonymous Sign Appears on Rubin Block; Campaigns for Renovation of Building
2020
December 14th, 2020 – 219 Provencher Blvd.
Heritage Saint-Boniface Refuses to Give Up: The Sale of the Saint Boniface City Hall & Fire Station
December 11th, 2020 – 270 Morley Ave.
Advocacy Group Sends Open Letter to City of Winnipeg to Rehabilitate Rubin Block
March 5th, 2020
Help Save One of Winnipeg’s Last Remaining Wooden Streetcars!