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The Royal Winnipeg Ballet (RWB), based in Winnipeg, is Canada's oldest ballet company and the longest continuously operating ballet company in North America. [36] It was founded in 1939 as the "Winnipeg Ballet Club" by Gweneth Lloyd and Betty Farrally , and includes a school for dancers. [ 36 ]
The district illustrates the city's key role as a centre of grain and wholesale trade, finance and manufacturing in two historically important periods in western development: between 1880 and 1900 when Winnipeg became the gateway to Canada's West; and between 1900 and 1913, when the city's growth made it the region's metropolis. [3]
Manitoba is broken into 8 economic regions, each with its own competitive advantages and potential opportunities. [ 2 ] [ 7 ] : 17 These regions also include "self-contained labour areas," or SLAs, which are local geographic areas in Manitoba where people live and work and that have a minimum population of 3,000 and a minimum tax base of CA ...
Winnipeg Art Gallery; Manitoba Culture, Heritage, Tourism and Sport Manitoba Transportation and Infrastructure [21] Transportation; infrastructure 2016 [6] Min. Transportation and Infrastructure [22] CentrePort Canada Inc. – BOD; Disaster Assistance Appeal Board; Land Value Appraisal Commission; Licence Suspension Appeal Board; Medical Review ...
Out of Canada's 100 largest cities, Winnipeg's winter is the tenth coldest with an average low of −20.2 °C (−4.4 °F). [24] From December through February the maximum daily temperature exceeds 0 °C (32 °F), on average, for only 10 days and the minimum daily temperature falls below −20 °C (−4 °F) on 49 days.
Winnipeg is home to the Manitoba Legislative Building, which houses the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. From 2007 to 2011, Winnipeg was the "murder capital" of Canada, with the highest per-capita rate of homicides; as of 2022, with a homicide rate of 7.2 per 100,000, it is in second place, behind Thunder Bay (13.7 per 100,000).
The Legislative Library of Manitoba promotes and preserves knowledge of the province's published heritage. Under the current Legislative Library Act, S.M. 2008, c. 12, the Library collects and preserves the print and electronic versions of documents published by Manitoba government departments, agencies, boards, commissions, and independent offices of the Legislative Assembly, as well as ...
The Royal Canadian Geographical Society (RCGS; French: Société géographique royale du Canada) is a Canadian nonprofit educational organization. It has dedicated itself to spreading a broader knowledge and deeper appreciation of Canada, including its people, places, natural and cultural heritage, as well as its environmental, social and economic challenges.