St. B celebrates 100 years

From: Winnipeg Free Press | Date: May 2, 2008| Author: Paraskevas, Joe | Copyright information

By Joe Paraskevas

It had all the makings of a celebration Thursday as about 200 people gathered in front of St. Boniface city hall to wish Winnipeg's French Quarter a 100th happy birthday.

A band from Collége Louis-Riel played brisk tunes, four young boys clutching newspapers and dressed in period costumes of peaked caps and knickerbockers shouted, "Extra! Extra! St. Boniface is 100 years old today!"

And yet, the very words organizers used to commemorate the day the h...

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