CTV Winnipeg might be illiterate

For at least the third time in the last month, CTV Winnipeg has reported that the Friends of Upper Fort Garry need to raise $3.5 million by the end of March. I’m not sure if the news crew at CTV is illiterate, or if they just write all their copy based on what they hear [...]

$200 million for convention centre upgrade? You’re kidding, right?

$200 million for an expansion to the Winnipeg Convention Centre? How do I respond to this appropriately? Hmm…oh, yes…that would be insane. Nuts. Crazy. Stupid.
I’d love to see an economic impact study on that plan. And not one of those phony studies that includes every dollar the existing convention centre already earns (you know, the [...]