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Winnipeg
Winnipeg river, c.200 mi (320 km) long, issuing from the north end of Lake of the Woods, SW Ont., Canada, and flowing in a winding course generally northwest to the southeast end of Lake Winnipeg, SE Man. There are six hydroelectric stations on its course, supplying most of S Manitoba with electricity; the largest station is at Seven Sisters Falls. The river was first traveled by the sons of Vérendrye, the Canadian explorer, and was much used by explorers and fur traders.
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Winnipeg-raised Idol judge has high hopes for city singers
Newspaper article from: Winnipeg Free Press; 6/13/2006; 700+ words
; ...and inexplicable, but it's true. Winnipeg has never sent a singer into Canadian...round of Idol tryouts, and as usual Winnipeg has sent more than its per-capita share...We've never had a Top 10 person from Winnipeg," he told the singers who survived...
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Her Winnipeg is pretty strange and surreal, too
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 7/13/2008; ; 700+ words
; MOVIES I grew up in Winnipeg, but when I watched Guy Maddin's autobiographical film "My Winnipeg," which opened Friday, I was surprised...anything about Ledge Man, protagonist of Winnipeg's daily TV drama. During each episode...
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Winnipeg Designated One of the 2010 Cultural Capitals of Canada.
News Wire article from: Marketwire Canada; 8/27/2009; 700+ words
; WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, Aug 27, 2009 (Marketwire via COMTEX...accompanied by Rod Bruinooge, Member of Parliament (Winnipeg South), and His Worship Sam Katz, Mayor of Winnipeg, today announced that the municipality of Winnipeg...
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Winnipeg River flow a turn-on for Hydro
Newspaper article from: Winnipeg Free Press; 1/22/2007; ; 699 words
; ...rivers are facing declining flows, the Winnipeg River's flow has increased by the equivalent...of Hydrology, shows the flow in the Winnipeg River system has increased by 58 per...seen these big increases all across the Winnipeg River basin and we're confident it...
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Winnipeg Beach.(Changing Places)
Magazine article from: The Beaver: Exploring Canada's History; 8/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Did you know that the fictional resort town of Falcon Beach is filmed on location at Winnipeg Beach, less than an hour's drive from Winnipeg? Winnipeg Beach has long been a popular holiday destination in southern Manitoba. Located on the...
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Winnipeg Whoppers
Newspaper article from: Winnipeg Free Press; 6/23/2007; 700+ words
; ...As a weird and wonderful little city, Winnipeg is blessed with more than its fair share...five even more prevalent untruths about Winnipeg, a city with a bizarre reputation in...part to the power of myth. MYTH NO. 1 Winnipeg is the coldest big city in the world...
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Winnipeg not 'One Great City' anymore
Newspaper article from: Winnipeg Free Press; 7/5/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Bartley Kives By the end of the summer, Winnipeg will no longer be "One Great City...the city limits at 10 access points to Winnipeg, were erected during former mayor Bill...reference to the 1972 amalgamation of Winnipeg with 12 of its suburbs. Katz said he...
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Jim Blanchard, Winnipeg 1912 Diary of a City.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Manitoba History; 2/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; Jim Blanchard, Winnipeg 1912 Diary of a City Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 2005, 260 pages. ISBN: 0887556841, $24.95 (paperback). Winnipeg is one of the most historically-rich cities in Canada...
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Beyond 2000: how Winnipeg's economy will perform.
Magazine article from: Manitoba Business; 7/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...interview. The president and GEO of Winnipeg 2000 enters the organization's funky...information on the table - all championing Winnipeg as a great place to do business. From...eleventh floor headquarters in downtown Winnipeg, Thiessen has a bird's eye view of...
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Lake Winnipeg requires our help to breathe
Newspaper article from: Winnipeg Free Press; 6/22/2006; 700+ words
; ...preserve the health of our land. Lake Winnipeg is a microcosm of the need to safeguard...after the land has an impact on Lake Winnipeg. The rivers and streams that course through this vast territory drain into Lake Winnipeg mainly via the Saskatchewan, Winnipeg...
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Winnipeg
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Winnipeg , city (1991 pop. 616,790), provincial...West Company on the site of present-day Winnipeg, was renamed Fort Garry and became the...region. In 1835 its name was changed to Winnipeg. Settlement was spurred by the construction...
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Lake Winnipeg
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Lake Winnipeg third largest lake of Canada, 9,465 sq mi...km) wide, S central Man., Canada, N of Winnipeg. It is a remnant of glacial Lake Agassiz . It receives the Red, Winnipeg, and Saskatchewan rivers and many lesser streams...
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Winnipeg, Lake
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Winnipeg, Lake Resort lake in s central Manitoba province, the third-largest...traders and explorers in the 18th century. Fed by the Red, Saskatchewan and Winnipeg rivers, and drained by the Nelson River to Hudson Bay, it is believed...
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Winnipeg General Strike
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
Winnipeg General Strike (15 May-25 June 1919). Canada's best-known general strike was caused by the breakdown of industrial negotiations in Winnipeg's building and metal trades, in an atmosphere of general social unrest...
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University of Winnipeg
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
University of Winnipeg at Winnipeg, Man., Canada; founded 1871. It achieved university status in 1967. It is controlled jointly by the provincial government of Manitoba and the United Church of Canada. It has faculties of arts and science...
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