"Turcotte later announced that he was returning his award of the same order over the affair. Moreover, the bishops generally advocate pro-life views through the Catholic Organization for Life and Family, the official episcopal agency dedicated to life issues. Winnipeg Statement The Winnipeg Statement is the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops' statement on the encyclical ""Humanae vitae"" from a plenary assembly held at Saint Boniface in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Published on September 27, 1968, it is the Canadian bishops' controversial document about Pope Paul VI's July 1968 encyclical on human life and the regulation of birth. Some bishops within the Catholic"
"Demographics of Manitoba Manitoba is one of Canada's 10 provinces. It is the easternmost of the three Prairie provinces. Manitoba's capital and largest city (containing over half its population) is Winnipeg. Other important cities and towns include Brandon, Thompson, Dauphin, Swan River, Churchill, The Pas, Selkirk, Portage la Prairie, Gimli, Flin Flon, Steinbach, Morden, Virden, Minnedosa, Emerson, Lockport, Neepawa, and Winkler. Over one million people live in Manitoba's southern regions, in a small string of cities and towns (Winnipeg, Brandon, etc.) about the size of Ontario's Golden Horseshoe. More than half of Manitoba's 1,148,801 population live in the urban area"
"and the Assiniboine River, Winnipeg has created the world's longest skating trail since 2008, including the all time record. Churchill on the Hudson Bay is a popular attraction due to the large polar bear and beluga whale population. The capital city Winnipeg, with a population of near 815,000, offers many cultural and artistic events, museums and year-round festivals. Brandon, Manitoba is a city of 56,000. Other cities with more than 10,000 people are Thompson, Portage la Prairie, Selkirk and Steinbach. Winnipeg has one of the best architectural settings in Canada. Half of its downtown consists of high-rise buildings from 1880-1920."
"Regina (Saskatchewan) and Winnipeg (Manitoba). With the exception of Winnipeg, which is the largest city in Manitoba, all other provincial capitals of the Western Provinces are located in the second-largest metropolitan areas of their respective province. Western Canada is the traditional territory of numerous First Nations predating the arrival of Europeans. As Britain colonized the west, it established treaties with various First Nations, took control of other areas without opposition and fought with other First Nations to take control of Western Canada. Not all lands were ceded by the First Nations to British control and land claims are still ongoing."
"Andrea Menard, Don Freed and Hart-Rouge. The Northern Pike's Music of Canada's Prairie Provinces The city of Winnipeg, Manitoba, is the musical centre of the Canadian Prairie Provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, having produced artists like Neil Young, The Guess Who, Bachman–Turner Overdrive, Crash Test Dummies, Fresh City, and many others. Country music continues to be popular in all three provinces. The Western Canadian Music Awards have been created to showcase artists from these provinces. The ""Rough Guide to World Music"" notes that in the Prairie Provinces, ""no Ukrainian wedding band is complete without a tsymbaly, and a small"
"by Marilyn Brick. Waverley Heights is a part of the Winnipeg South federal riding and is represented in Canadian Parliament by Rod Bruinooge. Waverley Heights, Winnipeg Waverley Heights is a neighborhood in South Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It is bordered on the north by Bishop Grandin Boulevard, on the west by Waverley Street, on the south by Bison Drive, and on the East by Pembina Highway. Waverley Heights occupies approximately two square kilometers. Most of the dwellings are single-detached, with approximately 40% being semi-detached, row, or apartment style dwellings. The population of Waverley Heights was 5,195 in 2006. The first homes"
"however, the close proximity to Lake Winnipeg cools the summer temperature compared to locations further inland. Winter moderation from the lake is eliminated because Lake Winnipeg freezes over in winter due to the cold continental tendencies. Spring and autumn are short seasons, but contain comfortable temperatures. Rural Municipality of Gimli Gimli is a rural municipality located in the Interlake Region of south-central Manitoba, Canada, on the western shore of Lake Winnipeg. It is about north of the provincial capital Winnipeg. The rural municipality's population in the Canada 2016 Census was 6,181. The town of Gimli and surrounding districts were once"
"Music of Canada's Prairie Provinces The city of Winnipeg, Manitoba, is the musical centre of the Canadian Prairie Provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, having produced artists like Neil Young, The Guess Who, Bachman–Turner Overdrive, Crash Test Dummies, Fresh City, and many others. Country music continues to be popular in all three provinces. The Western Canadian Music Awards have been created to showcase artists from these provinces. The ""Rough Guide to World Music"" notes that in the Prairie Provinces, ""no Ukrainian wedding band is complete without a tsymbaly, and a small local recording industry there continues to produce cassettes of"
"Winnipeg North Winnipeg North () is a federal electoral district in Canada that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1917. It covers the northern portion of Winnipeg, Manitoba. The riding includes the neighbourhoods of Jefferson North, Mandalay West, Maple Glen, Garden City, Jefferson, St. John's, Inkster Faraday, William Whyte, Dufferin, North End, Burrows Central, Robertson, Selkirk, Mynarski, Northwood, Shaughnessy Heights, Lord, Tyndall Park, Garden Grove, Oak Point, Inkster Gardens, Luxton, the south part of The Maples and the north part of Logan CPR in the Winnipeg. Ethnic groups: 39.2% White, 28.6% Filipino, 18.2% Aboriginal, 1.9%"
"and Niverville. Officially, the Winnipeg Capital Region comprises the following cities, towns and RMs. Their total population at the 2018 census is projected to be July 1, 2018 842,900 and their total land area is 7,784.63 km² (3,005.66 sq mi): The population of the Winnipeg Capital Region is greatly concentrated within the city of Winnipeg itself, which has 86.5% of the Region's population residing in less than 6% of its land area. On the provincial level, the city has 54.9% of the province's population, while the Region's share is 63.5%. However, there are some municipalities that are geographically entirely or"
"Southern Manitoba Southern Manitoba is the southernmost area of the Canadian province of Manitoba. Southern Manitoba encompasses the Winnipeg Metropolitan Area, Red River Valley, Pembina Valley, Central Plains, Westman and Eastman. It holds just slightly over one million people. Seven out of Manitoba's ten cities are located here- notably its capital city- Winnipeg, as well as Selkirk, Brandon, Portage La Prairie, Morden, Winkler, and Steinbach. Southern Manitoba provides water corridors for the Red, Souris River and Assiniboine River. Natural vegetation ranges from prairie grassland to aspen, and boreal forest in the Whiteshell Provincial Park in southeast Manitoba. At Spruce Woods"
"flies the Lockheed CC-130 Hercules in airlift search and rescue roles. In addition, 435 Squadron is the only Royal Canadian Air Force squadron equipped and trained to conduct tactical air-to-air refueling of fighter aircraft. For many years, Winnipeg was the home of the Second Battalion of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. Initially, the battalion was based at the Fort Osborne Barracks, now the location of the Rady Jewish Community Centre. They eventually moved to the Kapyong Barracks between River Heights and Tuxedo. Since 2004, the battalion has operated out of CFB Shilo near Brandon. Winnipeg Winnipeg () is the capital"
"Portage la Prairie and Manitoba's capital city Winnipeg. The Central Manitoba Railway (CEMR) shortline rail intersects PTH 13 north of Carman, the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) intersects at Elm Creek, and the Canadian National Railway (CNR) at Oakville. Pembina Valley located in southern Manitoba demarks the southern terminus of PTH 13, featuring agricultural plains, and rolling hills. PTH 13 begins at the junction with PTH 3 and PR 245 at Carman. Carman's slogan, ""A Community of All Seasons. . . for Lots of Reasons!"" gives support to its growing economic horticulture base Vanderveen Greenhouses, Canada's biggest greenhouse operation and Aubin's"
"Force and found high average response times for several categories of calls. Winnipeg has seven school divisions: Winnipeg School Division, St. James-Assiniboia School Division, Pembina Trails School Division, Seven Oaks School Division, Division Scolaire Franco-Manitobaine, River East Transcona School Division, and Louis Riel School Division. Winnipeg also has several religious and secular private schools. The University of Manitoba is the largest university in Manitoba. It was founded in 1877, making it Western Canada's first university. In a typical year, the university has 24,500 undergraduate students and 4,000 graduate students. Université de Saint-Boniface is the city's only French-language university. The University"
"2010 elections. Brian Bowman, the City's first Aboriginal Mayor, was elected as the 43rd Mayor of the City of Winnipeg in a landslide victory on October 22nd, 2014. Winnipeg is represented in the House of Commons of Canada by eight Members of Parliament. , seven are from the Liberal Party of Canada, and one is from the New Democratic Party. Starting in 1900, in both provincial and federal elections, central Winnipeg elected politicians from the Labour Party. Winnipeg was the site of a general strike from May 15 to June 28, 1919. There were violent protests during this strikes, several"
"Kildonan—St. Paul Kildonan—St. Paul is a federal electoral district in the Winnipeg Capital Region of Manitoba, Canada. It has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. It consists of the far northern end of Winnipeg and the rural municipalities of East St. Paul and West St. Paul. 14.4% of the riding's residents are of Polish ethnic origin, the highest such percentage for any Canadian federal riding. This riding was created in 2003 from Winnipeg North—St. Paul, Winnipeg North Centre and a small part of Winnipeg—Transcona riding. This riding lost territory to Winnipeg North and Elmwood—Transcona during"
"Lake Manitoba Lake Manitoba is Canada's thirteenth largest lake (4,624 km) and the world's 33rd largest freshwater lake. It is in central North America, in the Canadian province of Manitoba, which is named after the lake. It is located about 75 km northwest of the province's capital, Winnipeg, at . The lake, its shores populated by the Assiniboine and Cree, was made known to Europeans by La Vérendrye in the mid-1730s. He and his sons travelled from Fort La Reine through this lake to explore the Saskatchewan River and its environs. Forts were established on both the Saskatchewan and Cedar"
"to the Conference Board of Canada, Winnipeg was projected to experience a real GDP growth of 2 percent in 2014. Unlike most of Canada, the city experienced a decrease in unemployment in 2013, ending the year at a rate of 5.8 percent. As of 2010, median household income in the city was $72,050. , approximately 416,700 people are employed in Winnipeg and the surrounding area. Some of Winnipeg's largest employers are government and government-funded institutions, including the Province of Manitoba, the City of Winnipeg, the University of Manitoba, the Health Sciences Centre, and Manitoba Hydro. Approximately 54,000 people (14% of"
"Western Canada Western Canada, also referred to as the Western provinces and more commonly known as the West, is a region of Canada that includes the four provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. British Columbia is culturally, economically, geographically, and politically distinct from the other parts of Western Canada and is often referred to as the ""west coast"" or ""Pacific Canada"", while Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba are grouped together as the Prairie Provinces and most commonly known as ""The Prairies"". The capital cities of the four western provinces, from west to east, are; Victoria (British Columbia), Edmonton (Alberta),"
"University of Winnipeg The University of Winnipeg (UWinnipeg) is a public university in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada that offers undergraduate faculties of art, business and economics, education, science and kinesiology and applied health as well as graduate programs. UWinnipeg's founding colleges were Manitoba College and Wesley College, which merged to form United College in 1938. The University of Winnipeg was established in 1967 when United College received its charter. The governance was modeled on the provincial University of Toronto Act of 1906 which established a bicameral system of university government consisting of a senate (faculty), responsible for academic policy, and a"
"Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Boniface The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint-Boniface () is a Latin, nominally-Metropolitan archdiocese in part of the civil Province of Manitoba in Canada, which however has no suffragan but is technically counted as an ecclesiastical province on itself. Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is a Minor Basilica: Basilique-Cathédrale Saint-Boniface Basilique-Cathédrale Saint-Boniface, Winnipeg. It is currently led by Archbishop Albert LeGatt. The archdiocese covers much of the province south of Lake Winnipeg and east of the Red River. It is a bilingual French and English archdiocese. Saint Boniface is a city ward of Winnipeg that sits on"
"2012. ""Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against"" Winnipeg Blues The Winnipeg Blues are a Manitoba Junior Hockey League team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The team was founded in 1930 as the Winnipeg Monarchs. The team is also formerly known as the Fort Garry Blues (1978-1984) and Winnipeg South Blues (1984-2010). The Blues/Monarchs hockey club has won 17 Turnbull Cups as MJHL champions, two ANAVET Cups, and six Abbott Cups. The Monarchs were also three-time Memorial Cup champions before the"
"Saint Boniface—Saint Vital Saint Boniface—Saint Vital (; formerly Saint Boniface) is a federal electoral district in Winnipeg, Manitoba that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1925. The district covers roughly the southern portion of the city of Winnipeg, east of the Red River. In particular, it contains the Franco-Manitoban community of Saint Boniface and roughly the northern two-thirds of the community of St. Vital. The riding (as federal electoral districts are called in Canada) has a sizeable French population (16% according to the last census) and was a Liberal Party stronghold for most of its"
"Winnipeg Police Service 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 select the city's new Mayor and Aldermen. Those appointed decided to hire city officials, including a Chief Constable. On February 23, 1874, John S. Ingram was appointed the first Chief of Police of Winnipeg. During the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike, most of the force was replaced with 2000 better paid special constables for refusing to sign a declaration promising to not belong to a union or participate in a sympathy"
"Winnipeg (electoral district) Winnipeg was a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1882 to 1917. This riding was created in 1882 from parts of Selkirk riding. It was abolished in 1914 when it was redistributed into Winnipeg Centre, Winnipeg North and Winnipeg South ridings. It consisted of the city of Winnipeg and the municipality of Fort Rouge. By-election: On Mr. Macdonald's resignation, 4 May 1893 By-election: On election being declared void, 29 March 1897 By-election: On Mr. Jameson's death, 3 February 1899 By-election: On Mr. Haggart's resignation, 11 October"
"self-rule culminated in negotiations for the creation of the province of Manitoba. There are many factors that led to an armed uprising of the Métis people against the Government of Canada, a conflict known as the Red River Rebellion aka Resistance. The resolution of the assertion of the right to representation led to the Parliament of Canada passing the Manitoba Act in 1870 that created the province. Manitoba's capital and largest city, Winnipeg, is the eighth-largest census metropolitan area in Canada. Other census agglomerations in the province are Brandon, Steinbach, Portage la Prairie, and Thompson. The name ""Manitoba"" is believed"
"Winnipeg (Pride Winnipeg) in Manitoba; Belleville, Brockville, Cornwall, Durham Region, Elliot Lake, Greater Sudbury (Sudbury Pride), Hamilton, Kitchener-Waterloo-Cambridge (Tri-Pride), Guelph (Guelph Pride), Halton Region, Kenora, Kingston, London, Muskoka District, Niagara Region, North Bay, Peel Region, Peterborough, Richmond Hill, Sault Ste. Marie, Simcoe County (Simcoe Pride), Thunder Bay (Thunder Pride), Timmins and Windsor (Windsor Pride) in Ontario; Quebec City, Rimouski and Sherbrooke in Quebec; Fredericton, Miramichi, Moncton and Saint John in New Brunswick; Charlottetown in Prince Edward Island; Antigonish, Pictou County, Sydney and Yarmouth in Nova Scotia; Corner Brook and St. John's in Newfoundland and Labrador; Whitehorse in Yukon; Norman Wells"
"and whitefish together account for over 90 percent of its commercial fishing. Lake Winnipeg Lake Winnipeg () is a very large, but relatively shallow lake in North America, in the province of Manitoba, Canada. Its southern end is about north of the city of Winnipeg. It is the largest lake within southern Canada's borders, and is part of the most undeveloped large watershed of southern Canada. Lake Winnipeg is Canada's sixth-largest freshwater lake, and the third-largest freshwater lake contained entirely within Canada, but it is relatively shallow (mean depth of ) excluding a narrow deep channel between the northern and"
"number of cops per capita among major Canadian cities with populations of 500,000 or more. Winnipeg has long been one of Canada's most violent cities. From 1981 to 2012, Winnipeg has been the ""murder capital"" 16 times, of every Canadian Metropolitan Area, which is 51.6% of the time. From 2007 to 2012, Winnipeg was the murder capital every year. Over a similar time period, Winnipeg has consistently had the highest rates of robbery, sexual assault, and violent crime index of any large Canadian city. Winnipeg has had the highest violent crime index since 2009, where it was more than double"
"River Colony in 1812, the nucleus of which was incorporated as the City of Winnipeg in 1873. As of 2011, Winnipeg is the seventh most populated municipality in Canada. Being far inland, the local climate is extremely seasonal even by Canadian standards with average January lows of around and average July highs of . Known as the ""Gateway to the West"", Winnipeg is a railway and transportation hub with a diversified economy. This multicultural city hosts numerous annual festivals, including the Festival du Voyageur, the Winnipeg Folk Festival, the Jazz Winnipeg Festival, the Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival, and Folklorama. Winnipeg"
"Winnipeg Blues The Winnipeg Blues are a Manitoba Junior Hockey League team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The team was founded in 1930 as the Winnipeg Monarchs. The team is also formerly known as the Fort Garry Blues (1978-1984) and Winnipeg South Blues (1984-2010). The Blues/Monarchs hockey club has won 17 Turnbull Cups as MJHL champions, two ANAVET Cups, and six Abbott Cups. The Monarchs were also three-time Memorial Cup champions before the reorganization of Canadian junior hockey in 1970. The 1995 Winnipeg South Blues have been inducted into the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame under the team category. The"
"Winnipeg Centre Winnipeg Centre () is a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1925 and since 1997. This riding was originally created in 1914 from Winnipeg and Selkirk ridings. In 1924, it was abolished, and parts transferred to Winnipeg North Centre and Winnipeg South Centre ridings. In 1997, it was re-created from Winnipeg North Centre and Winnipeg South Centre. This riding was left unchanged after the 2012 electoral redistribution. This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament: Its Member of Parliament is Robert-Falcon Ouellette, a"
"Lake Winnipeg and Lake Superior. The copper culture period of about 4,000 years ago involved the trade of copper from the north shore of Lake Superior to the Whiteshell Provincial Park area and other areas now known as Manitoba and northwestern Ontario. Manitoba also has prehistoric quartz mines to the far north, and evidence of ancient quartz mining also exists along the Winnipeg River area. Quartz, copper, and other minerals were used to make prehistoric arrow heads, tools, scrapers, spears, and artwork. Whiteshell Provincial Park is still a popular area for wild rice harvesting, as it was for thousands of"