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Beatty Brothers Limited was a major international manufacturer of agricultural machinery, barn and stable equipment, and household appliances, which was based in Fergus, Ontario, Canada. It was founded in 1874 by brothers George and Matthew Beatty, [2] and reached its peak in the 1900s–1930s under William G. and Milton J. Beatty, George's sons.
1941 Western Flyer. New Flyer was founded by John Coval in 1930 as the Western Auto and Truck Body Works Ltd in Manitoba. The company began producing buses in 1937, selling their first full buses to Grey Goose Bus Lines in 1937, [1] before releasing their Western Flyer bus model in 1941, prompting the company to change its name to Western Flyer Coach in 1948.
NFI Group was created on June 16, 2005, as the holding company of New Flyer Industries so it could be publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange. [2]In October 2008, NFI Group. was named one of Canada's Top 100 Employers, which was announced in The Globe and Mail newspaper, and the company was featured in Maclean's newsmagazine.
Manitoba Opera. Manitoba Theatre for Young People. Prairie Theatre Exchange Inc. Rainbow Stage — Canada's largest and longest-running outdoor theatre [5] Royal Winnipeg Ballet — Canada's oldest ballet company. Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre Inc. School of Contemporary Dancers Inc. Shakespeare in the Ruins.
New Flyer High Floor. The Flyer 700/800/900 series were a series of transit buses built in three generations by Western Flyer and its successors Flyer Industries and New Flyer, of Canada, between 1967 and 1987. Except for brief overlap during transition from one generation to the next, they were not in production concurrently.
In 2004, the papers were sold by Transcontinental to FP Canadian Newspapers, owners of the Winnipeg Free Press. Included in the deal were flyer distribution operations in Brandon and Thunder Bay. The new company was rebranded as Canstar Community News. In 2009, The Lance was divided into two community newspapers to better cover the expanding ...
Canada Life Centre as the MTS Centre in 2010. Canada Life Centre (formerly Bell MTS Place) is an indoor arena in downtown Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It is the home of the National Hockey League 's Winnipeg Jets and their American Hockey League affiliate, the Manitoba Moose. [9][10][11] The arena stands on the site of the former Eaton's ...
John Stroppa (January 2, 1926 – May 7, 2017) was a halfback who played in the Canadian Football League for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers from 1949 to 1951. A native of Winnipeg, Stroppa took the league by storm in 1949, being the surprise winner of the Dr. Beattie Martin Trophy for Canadian rookie of the year in the west. [1]