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	<description>Toward a Better Future for Urban Winnipeg</description>
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		<title>Christopher Leo is a brain-damaged moron (and other observations)</title>
		<link>http://www.truwinnipeg.org/2010/07/08/christopher-leo-is-a-brain-damaged-moron-and-other-observations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:08:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dallas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here at TRU Winnipeg, we&#8217;ve found that critiquing the local discussion on urban issues is rather like playing a never-ending game of whac-a-mole—each time we smack down the clueless assertions of one ostensible academic, instantly pops up another.
The most recent bit of disingenuous drivel comes from University of Winnipeg professor Christopher Leo, who claims “expertise” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Soft despotism&#8221; and ruthless expropriation</title>
		<link>http://www.truwinnipeg.org/2010/04/06/soft-despotism-and-ruthless-expropriation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 19:06:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dallas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Robert Galston, The Rise and Sprawl
Manitoba is, according to Prof. Allen Mills&#8217;s piece in the Free Press today, under &#8220;soft despotism,&#8221; and governed by bureaucracy.
I should know: I live in North Point Douglas. Here, as in the North End (where between Selkirk and Redwood, conditions are becoming so deplorable that they would make villages in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Street View reveals the TRUth: street parking abounds downtown</title>
		<link>http://www.truwinnipeg.org/2009/12/03/street-view-reveals-the-truth-street-parking-abounds-downtown/</link>
		<comments>http://www.truwinnipeg.org/2009/12/03/street-view-reveals-the-truth-street-parking-abounds-downtown/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:52:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dallas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civic Beauty]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.truwinnipeg.org/?p=510</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t try this in Chicago.
The dreaded surface lots in the background are about 70% full, so most of these were shot during weekday business hours.
The problem here is that all parking downtown is 2h restricted, forcing you into a private lot if you want to drive to work, and guaranteeing fines for overnight guests of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don’t fear the chain store</title>
		<link>http://www.truwinnipeg.org/2009/11/05/don%e2%80%99t-fear-the-chain-store/</link>
		<comments>http://www.truwinnipeg.org/2009/11/05/don%e2%80%99t-fear-the-chain-store/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:32:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dallas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Commercial viability is more desirable than empty lots
Robert Galston, University of Winnipeg Uniter
A small commercial building is under construction at a vacant corner of Sherbrook Street and Westminster Avenue. The main tenant of the building will be a Subway restaurant. Like Stella’s Bakery next door, this small development has been regarded as an attempt to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wrong Way to Rapid Transit</title>
		<link>http://www.truwinnipeg.org/2009/07/30/wrong-way-to-rapid-transit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.truwinnipeg.org/2009/07/30/wrong-way-to-rapid-transit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:12:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JimJ</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.truwinnipeg.org/?p=403</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week City Council OK&#8217;d a plan for a land swap at Parker Ave. in Fort Garry that would effectively create 3,500 units of affordable housing on the northern tip of Fort Garry, which would be designed and built by Andrew Marquess.

Andrew has a good track record in downtown Winnipeg, so far he has renovated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bad Station Design</title>
		<link>http://www.truwinnipeg.org/2009/07/30/bad-station-design/</link>
		<comments>http://www.truwinnipeg.org/2009/07/30/bad-station-design/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:28:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JimJ</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civic Beauty]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.truwinnipeg.org/?p=394</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Cancelbot on NewWinnipeg.com has this to say about the poor station design of the BRT:




Bad Station Design &#8211; Southwest Rapid Transit Line
by cancelbot on Thu Jul 30, 2009 10:43 am

Have you noticed an interesting design detail regarding the stations along the SW Rapid Transit Corridor?
Have a look at the Winnipeg Transit rapid transit website here.
You&#8217;ll [...]]]></description>
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		<title>They Knew Back Then</title>
		<link>http://www.truwinnipeg.org/2009/07/28/they-knew-back-then/</link>
		<comments>http://www.truwinnipeg.org/2009/07/28/they-knew-back-then/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 02:35:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JimJ</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.truwinnipeg.org/?p=305</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a fragment of text from Winnipeg Electric Company&#8217;s (WECo.) newsletter of July 1922 when Winnipeg still had its streetcars and the Company was still expanding the tracks, not tearing them up:

SOURCE: WinnipegStreetcar.com &#8211; WECO Newsletter July 08, 1922
The history of every progressive community shows that its growth and development is measured by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A walking tour of the new Canada Line (Oakridge-41st Avenue Station)</title>
		<link>http://www.truwinnipeg.org/2009/07/04/a-walking-tour-of-the-new-canada-line-oakridge-41st-avenue-station/</link>
		<comments>http://www.truwinnipeg.org/2009/07/04/a-walking-tour-of-the-new-canada-line-oakridge-41st-avenue-station/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JimJ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[

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		<title>Additional $1,000,000,000 coming for rapid transit</title>
		<link>http://www.truwinnipeg.org/2009/07/03/1000000000-coming-for-rapid-transit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.truwinnipeg.org/2009/07/03/1000000000-coming-for-rapid-transit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:35:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JimJ</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.truwinnipeg.org/?p=295</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I believe ever so more on the power of positive thinking and that we become what we think.
So it goes like the previous post that if we believe that Winnipeg cannot afford a rail rapid transit solution, then that&#8217;s what&#8217;ll happen. As I have experienced for the past 30 years in talking with Winnipeg Transit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Grant Ave. Streetcar</title>
		<link>http://www.truwinnipeg.org/2009/07/02/a-grant-ave-streetcar/</link>
		<comments>http://www.truwinnipeg.org/2009/07/02/a-grant-ave-streetcar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JimJ</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.truwinnipeg.org/?p=294</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On Canada Day I saw streetcar 596 that was created by Danny Schur as a smaller replica of streetcar 356, I was reminded by a dream I&#8217;ve had for the past 15 years that goes like this.
I am walking to my regular bus stop in River Heights at Grant Ave. late at night when I [...]]]></description>
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