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April 14, 2025
Lemay Forest to Stand Tall
On Monday, April 14th, 2025, Premier Wab Kinew announced the Province of Manitoba’s plans to expropriate the Lemay Forest and conserve it as a provincial park. Located in St. Norbert, the roughly 18-hectare property is currently owned by the Tochal Development Group, who resumed deforesting it to make way for a proposed assisted living facility….
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April 11, 2025
Congratulations 2025 Preservation Award Winners!
Heritage Winnipeg’s 39th Annual Preservation Awards were held on Thursday, April 10th, 2025, to celebrate the individuals and organizations who went above and beyond to conserve and restore Winnipeg’s built heritage!
March 14, 2025
Curtains Up at the Palace Theatre
This week, a new initiative to restore the historic Palace Theatre at 501 Selkirk Avenue was announced. The building will become a hub for arts and culture in the North End.
March 10, 2025
Doors Open Winnipeg 2025: Call For Volunteers!
Do you love Winnipeg? Do you love history? Do you love our city’s built heritage? Then, Doors Open Winnipeg needs YOU! Heritage Winnipeg’s Doors Open Winnipeg is a FREE annual event held on the last weekend of May, inviting the public to explore our built heritage treasures, cultural institutions and historic streetscapes. It is an…
February 28, 2025
New Plans for Former Site of Sutherland Hotel
On Thursday, February 27th, it was announced that the site on which the historic Sutherland Hotel once stood will be the home of an affordable apartment building.
Changes on the Horizon at the Granite Curling Club
On February 27th, 2025, city council passed a motion to rezone and subdivide the west parking lot of the city-owned 1913 Granite Curling Club at 22 Granite Way. This vote makes way for the planned construction of an 111-unit residential building. All councilors except Russ Wyatt and Jason Schreyer voted in favour of the motion….
February 27, 2025
Now Showing: Heritage Winnipeg
Heritage Winnipeg is proud to have released our brand-new promotional video! The beautiful short film captures the majesty of some of Winnipeg’s finest heritage buildings, while succinctly communicating what we do as an organization. Designed to be shared on social media platforms, we hope the video will introduce a new audience to the importance of…
The Craig Block & Winnipeg’s Black History
Heritage Winnipeg has been in conversation with Black History Manitoba, working towards finding a building that will be the home of Winnipeg’s first Black History Museum.
February 26, 2025
St. Boniface Museum to Receive Federal Funding
On Tuesday, February 25th, MP Dan Vandal announced that the federal government will be providing more than $1.9 million to the St. Boniface Museum for their major infrastructure upgrades.
February 24, 2025
Saying Goodbye to Polson House (94 Cathedral Ave.)
Last week, we said goodbye to the 1894 Polson House at 94 Cathedral Avenue as it became the latest victim of Demolition by Neglect.