Portage and Main
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October 9, 2018
Winnipeg Sun - Drivers at Portage and Main will see a somewhat unusual sight over the next few days as members of Winnipeg’s performing arts community are gathering to show their support for reopening the intersection to pedestrians. On Oct. 10, 13, and 15, passers-by will see pop-up performances of dance, theatre and...
Steek wants another turn at the table
October 9, 2018
Winnipeg Free Press - ...to methamphetamine addiction; school resource officers in all junior high and high schools; and upgraded community facilities. The opening of Portage and Main and expanding bus rapid transit should not be prioritized over community safety, controlling disease in the urban canopy, and enhanced transit...
Lenko vying for council seat
October 9, 2018
Winnipeg Free Press - ...derelict buildings, it doesn’t mean split and create a vacant lot," he said. At the city level, Lenko believes proposed projects such as opening Portage and Main to pedestrians and building an eastern bus rapid transit corridor should be dropped. Instead the money for those causes should be spent on...
Not much hope for change after meeting
October 9, 2018
Winnipeg Free Press - ... It appears Steek has quite a lot to say about public safety and crime in our neighbourhood, in fact he appears to be eschewing other issues such as Portage and Main, city infrastructure and urban reserves and focusing entirely on property crime. Will this appeal to the electorate? Depends on how many times your...
Being civil in civil society
October 9, 2018
Winnipeg Free Press - ...restricting coverage of ‘fringe’ candidates. Despite the sideshows, many of the hot-button topics are the same. Top among them is re-opening Portage and Main. Both sides of the debate continue to make their cases passionately. Business groups have come out in favour, but polls show the public is less...
Motkaluk makes Louise Bridge replacement a priority
October 9, 2018
Winnipeg Free Press - ... Schreyer’s support of Motkaluk isn’t surprising given his positions on council. He, like Motkaluk, opposes bus rapid transit and re-opening Portage and Main to pedestrians. Schreyer is the first labour-endorsed council candidate to support Motkaluk, who is an admitted right-wing candidate. She...
Harvest comes out ahead in charity poll
October 9, 2018
Winnipeg Free Press - ...873 pounds of canned goods by asking Winnipeggers vote via donation for their preferred mayoral and city councillor candidate and whether or not Portage and Main should be opened. The informal voting station was set up on the front lawn of the family’s Riverview home for the last three weeks. Maxwell...
How will St. James vote on Oct. 24?
October 9, 2018
Winnipeg Free Press - ...of Portage Avenue and Main Street, which will be a plebiscite question on this month’s ballot. Dobson has consistently opposed the opening of Portage and Main, while Gillingham voted in favour of a motion calling on the City to deliver agreements to reintroduce pedestrian activity at the intersection....
Letters and comments, Oct. 6
October 9, 2018
Winnipeg Free Press - ...has big lead, poll shows (Oct. 3) Brian Bowman could have used the considerable power of incumbency to do something good for this city and reopen Portage and Main, like he promised to do. Instead, the challenge of an upstart right-wing populist struck such fear into him that he took the timid and self-serving...
St. Boniface city councillor candidates have deep roots in ward, different visions
October 8, 2018
CTV - ...his work on the 10 million dollar riverbank stabilization project, as well as money for roads and accountability measures. Allard believes opening Portage and Main is the right thing to do for the economy and quality of life. With the upcoming plebiscite on election day, Oct. 24, his position now is that’s...