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Although we were saying it three years ago, it took $1.39/L gasoline for Lakehead University economist Livio Di Matteo to recognize that higher fuel costs are going to bring the middle class back from suburbia.
It’s obnoxious to say, We told you so, but we did. And when it comes to which plan to follow for [...]

Friday the BRT coalition held a photo-op “dig in” near but not in the Confusion Corner area. Hey, I recognize our guy Robert Holmstrom, playing none other than Donald A. Smith, reenacting “the Last Spike”, which in itself was a photo op.

Photo Credit: Winnipeg Rapid Transit Coalition
But BRT is not rapid, and so we invite [...]

“The Winnipeg Rapid Transit Coalition’s mission is to inform the public and persuade the three levels of government of the critical need to fund and construct an economically viable, socially equitable and ecologically sustainable rapid transit system for Winnipeg.”
This is straight from their website, whose 31-letter url I can’t be bothered typing. Tellingly, however, they [...]

CJOB’s Vic Grant has “weighed in” on the rapid transit issue for Winnipeg. In comparing the current Director of Transit, Dave Wardrop to the fomer Rick Borland, he says:
Once upon a time he was the head of transit, doing a pretty good job, too, especially with what he had to work with. You may [...]

Hack-for-hire Dan Lett of the Free Press has thrown in his 2¢ worth of intellect on the debate surrounding David “Moneybags” Asper’s plan to build a football stadium where South Point Douglas now inconveniently stands:
“I spent a fair bit of time in Point Douglas recently to pen a piece for the dead-tree paper, and think [...]

I am pleased to report that the month of June 2008 has been TRU Winnipeg’s best month ever as reported in our web stats.
The grand final total of 2,070 unique visitors came to our website this month alone. That’s about 144 people per day. That’s double the amount of people who have been viewing our [...]