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Supply chain issues are throwing a wrench into city construction projects, stalling the delay of a p...

PROJECT Cornish Library, Winnipeg, Manitoba ARCHITECT Public City Architecture TEXT Lawrence Bird PHOTOS Lindsay Reid Photography For Public City Architecture, all projects begin with the urban condition. In their renovation of Winnipeg’s Cornish Public Library, the firm had to negotiate a particularly tricky situation. The library sits on the edge of a privileged neighbourhood—Armstrong’s Point—whose […]

Cliff Eyland found a use for library catalogue cards long before libraries replaced them with comput...

The Cornish Library will be closed for at least two months, after ice buildup knocked out its heatin...

Winnipeg’s Cornish Library is temporarily closing until at least the spring after the building’s heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system failed.

CLAREMONT — The Claremont Senior Center will close until further notice as of Monday due to the city’s increasing number of COVID-19 cases.“This action was made for the safety and protection of our seniors,” Tom Liveston, vice chair of the center’s...

Article content The Winnipeg public service is asking the City for an additional $16.5 million to complete the South End Sewage Treatment Plant (SESTP), which is expected to be in compliance with nutrient removal by year’s end. The original council-approved project budget was $335.6 million. The new total, if the ask is approved by city councillors, is $352.1 million. A report by the public service said the extra funds are within the project’s class-three estimate, which ranges from $268.5 ...

  WINNIPEG -- Beginning today the City of Winnipeg is loosening some restrictions at its libraries and reopening some arenas. Last week, the city announced that as of March 15, people will be able to go into public library branches to pick up holds, return items and update their memberships. These changes apply to all libraries, except the Cornish Library and the River Heights Library. All library customers are required to wear a face mask, sanitize their hands, and physically distance fro...

City of Winnipeg, firefighters union move to binding arbitration for new contract The City of Winnipeg and the union representing its firefighters will be going to binding arbitration to settle on a new collective bargaining agreement.  Social Sharing

WINNIPEG -- Winnipeggers will soon be able to visit libraries for pickups and returns. On Thursday, Jay Shaw, the manager of Winnipegs emergency operations centre, said the city will allow library customers to enter public library branches to pick up holds, return items, register or update their memberships as of March 15. These changes will take effect at all public library branches except for the Cornish Library, which is being renovated, and the River Heights Library at 1520 Corydon Ave....