concert promoter and performer Tony Gingras – right-winger for the Winnipeg Victorias Butch Goring – professional hockey player George R. D. Goulet – best-selling...
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teams based in Winnipeg include the Winnipeg Maroons, Winnipeg Warriors, three-time Stanley Cup Champion Winnipeg Victorias and the Winnipeg Falcons, who...
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Crescents (1900), Moncton Victorias (1912), Montreal Canadiens (1914), New Glasgow Cubs (1906), Ottawa Capitals (1897), Ottawa Victorias (1908), Port Arthur...
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Lake Winnipeg (French: Lac Winnipeg) is a very large, relatively shallow 24,514-square-kilometre (9,465 sq mi) lake in North America, in the province of...
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the Club. The Victoria Skating Rink was closed in 1925 and the Victorias moved to Mount Royal Arena and the Forum. In 1927, the Victorias became the first...
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Winnipeg Victorias defeat the Montreal Victorias 2–0 in a challenge match to win the 1896 Stanley Cup championship 7 March — the Montreal Victorias are...
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Tony Gingras, Stanley Cup champion – Winnipeg Victorias (1901 & 1902) Clem Loughlin, Stanley Cup champion – Victoria Cougars (1925) Rosario Couture, Stanley...
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Andrew Mynarski (category Military personnel from Winnipeg)
any Canadian serviceman in the Second World War. Mynarski was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on 14 October 1916, the son of Polish immigrants. Known as Andy...
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The Royal Winnipeg Rifles (R Wpg Rif) are a Primary Reserve one-battalion infantry regiment of the Canadian Army. Nicknamed the "Little Black Devils",...
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The Winnipeg Police Service is the police force of the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. When Winnipeg became a city, in 1873, an election was held to...
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visit of Queen Victoria, Château de Versailles, archived from the original on 11 January 2013, retrieved 29 March 2013 "Queen Victoria in Paris", Royal...
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The amalgamation of Winnipeg, Manitoba (also known as Unicity) was the municipal incorporation of the old City of Winnipeg, eleven surrounding municipalities...
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Haldor Halderson (category Burials at Brookside Cemetery (Winnipeg))
wing for the Winnipeg Falcons, the Canadian team which won the Olympic gold medal in 1920. Slim then joined the Victoria Aristocrats/Victoria Cougars and...
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Fred Scanlan (category Winnipeg Victorias players)
Scanlan was a forward who played for the Montreal Shamrocks and Winnipeg Victorias. Fred Scanlan was a Stanley Cup champion with the Shamrocks in 1899...
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Commando Stanley Cup Winnipeg Victorias defeats defending champion Montreal Shamrocks in a Cup challenge, two games to nil Winnipeg Victorias wins the Manitoba...
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city of Victoria. Opened August 7, 1876, Victoria High School is the oldest High School in North America north of San Francisco and west of Winnipeg, Manitoba...
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Preakness Stakes – Old England Belmont Stakes – Masterman Stanley Cup Winnipeg Victorias successfully defends the Stanley Cup, defeating Toronto Wellingtons...
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Tal Bachman (category Musicians from Winnipeg)
is currently a member of Bachman–Turner Overdrive. Bachman was born in Winnipeg, the son of Randy Bachman and the nephew of Robbie Bachman of the classic...
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The Winnipeg Grenadiers was an infantry regiment of the Canadian Army. First formed on 1 April 1908 under General Order No. 20. Initially it was raised...
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Burton Cummings (category Musicians from Winnipeg)
and Burton Cummings Community Centre in Winnipeg are named in his honour. Cummings was born and raised in Winnipeg by his mother and maternal grandparents...
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Eaton's (redirect from T. Eaton's Winnipeg)
in this experiment, those in Winnipeg and Victoria, which were close to existing Sears stores (and, in the case of Winnipeg, in the same mall) were sold...
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Shea's Amphitheatre – Winnipeg, Manitoba Stampede Corral - Calgary, Alberta Victoria Memorial Arena – Victoria, British Columbia Victoria Skating Rink – Montreal...
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Selkirk—Interlake Winnipeg Centre (Winnipeg North Centre prior to 1997) Winnipeg North Centre (Winnipeg North prior to 1997) Winnipeg North—St. Paul (Winnipeg—St. Paul...
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working-class residential area of Winnipeg, Manitoba. It is the only part of the historic (i.e., pre-amalgamation) city of Winnipeg located east of the Red River...
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professional ice hockey player. Meilleur was a member of the Winnipeg Hawks Bantam 1 squad in the Winnipeg AAA league in 2007–08, and then played for the Central...
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based in the city are: the 402 ("City of Winnipeg" Squadron), which flies the Canadian designed and produced de Havilland Canada CT-142 Dash 8 navigation...
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The Amazing Race Canada 9 (category Television shows filmed in Winnipeg)
Locations Winnipeg, Manitoba (Esplanade Riel) (Starting Line) Winnipeg (Winnipeg Art Gallery – Qaumajuq Visible Vault) Winnipeg (Winnipeg James Armstrong...
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The Archdiocese of Winnipeg (Latin: Archidioecesis Vinnipegensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church that...
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residential street in the city of Winnipeg, Canada named in honour of three World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross who lived in the same block of...
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Lake Winnipeg has experienced excessive algae blooms since the 1990s. The lake's toxic blue-green algae has led to a deterioration of water quality, posing...
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