Born and raised in Winnipeg, or Winterpeg as some of us affectionately like to refer to it, I have to admit I have been thoroughly enjoying the ‘Weather Warnings‘ across the UK this week. Schools are shut, 1 in 5 people didn’t make it into work yesterday, businesses are closed, all due to snow…

A self [...]

So, I saw my first news article on the upcoming 138th St. Andrew’s Day, Nov 30th. Imagine my surprise when it was in my ex-local rag… The Winnipeg Free Press! How did that happen?
Turns out we will be flying the Saltire, Scotland’s national flag above Winnipeg City Hall to celebrate the country’s patron saint, St. [...]

So, if you are an old school NNC fan, you’ll remember when we started, our AdSense ads were solely for tickets to Cher concerts. It doesn’t take a genius, you can see the link.
Almost four years later and I’ve noticed Google has upped their ad targeting game. This revelation came to me [...]

Be a part of history! Contribute to putting my beloved home city on the Monopoly World board!
 
Why Winnipeg?

The only other Canadian city is Quebec, and you don’t want to imortalize them…
Winnie the Pooh is from Winnipeg, hence the name
Sadly we lost our NHL team, the Winnipeg Jets, in ’95 and are still looking to fill the gaps [...]

And…. I got home at 3am on a school night. Two losers.
We were only 5 points shy of taking home the silverware. We are still proud of our boys though! They have done Winnipeg well.
In honour of this great city, November’s monthly trivia is dedicated to it:
1.  What does ‘Winnipeg’ mean? - Cree word meaning ‘muddy [...]

That’s right people our Winnipeg Blue Bombers are meeting the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the Grey Cup TONIGHT!
All very fine and good…. except for us expats! There is buzz on expat forums in the uk as to where and when the game will be shown. So far I know where I can go to watch the Bombers [...]