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WINNIPEG Winnipeg is in the running to be the host city for the 2025 World Youth Archery Championships. If successful the bid could bring an economic boom to the city, estimated to be around $5 million. This is based on an analysis by Sportcal, a global sports economics consultancy, on a similar event held in Denmark in 2015. “We re hoping that by showcasing archery at a high level, and these archers are the cream of the crop in youth archery, they re the up and comers,” said Kelly Taylor, vice-president of athlete development with Archery Manitoba. “We hope that in showcasing archery at this level we can inspire other Canadians to take up archery cause it is a sport that could be for everyone.
Archery Canada seeking to host 2025 World Youth Championships Sunday, 11 April 2021
Archery Canada has announced that Winnipeg is a candidate city to host the 2025 World Archery Youth Championships.
The governing body, working in partnership with Archery Manitoba and Tourism Winnipeg, estimates the event could have a CAD$5 million (£2.9 million/$4 million/€3.4 million) economic impact, bringing nearly 600 athletes from more than 60 countries to the city.
Winnipeg proposes staging the event in late August 2025, with qualification rounds and early elimination rounds at Red River Exhibition Park and medal matches at The Forks.
World Archery plans to announce which city has won the right to host the Championships by December 31 this year.
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The province is dipping into the uncertain future of the shuttered Hudson s Bay flagship building in downtown Winnipeg.
The province is dipping into the uncertain future of the shuttered Hudson s Bay flagship building in downtown Winnipeg.
As the Manitoba government unveiled its 2021-22 provincial budget Wednesday, a sum of $25 million in trust was announced to redevelop the historic site on Portage Avenue and Memorial Boulevard.
Calling it an exciting partnership, a provincial spokeswoman said she could not provide any details yet about how the funding will be used.
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Business takeaways from 2021-22 budget
The Manitoba provincial government presented its 2021 budget at the Manitoba Legislative Building in Winnipeg on Wednesday. Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press
It s a provincial budget that comes in the wake of hundreds of struggling storefronts and companies across Manitoba.
It s a provincial budget that comes in the wake of hundreds of struggling storefronts and companies across Manitoba.
So, how exactly is the government planning to help business owners amidst the massive economic stupor caused by COVID-19 pandemic?
Here s a quick rundown of four business takeaways from the 2021-22 budget:
Cutting red tape, taxes
Manitobans will no longer have to pay the retail sales tax on personal services, as of December, which the province believes is a saving of nearly $8 million annually for customers, and trims red tape for business owners.