Winnipeg
Winnipeg River Levels and True North Square Construction
The rivers are going down and the True North Square buildings project is going up. Another few weeks and the river walks should be above water.
Top 2 weeks ago, bottom today.
True North Square construction site.
What it will look like upon completion.
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A guy walking his dog with his cat on his shoulder
A cowmobile
Window washers
Winnipeg Bloated Rivers
Almost every spring the two main rivers in Winnipeg rise way up. Winnipeg lies dab smack in the middle of a flood plain. This year the rivers have peaked and are starting to recede. They are still very high, but god forbid any heavy rains, the Red and Assiniboine should be okay.
Assiniboine today
Regular level at the same location
Mud shows how much the Assiniboine has receded
The Red lapping on some steps
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Let the spring begin!
Spring brings floods. Winnipeg Floodway.
Assiniboine River Absorbing Snow Melt
The Assiniboine River in Winnipeg is high, 8 feet above normal levels, therefore the walkways are submerged big-time. A slow melt and no major rains and the walkways could be ready in early May.
Photos from today
The runoff flowing down the steps
Ugly bubbly soup. All the scum from the street runs into the river at this time of year.
Below: a shot I took last fall showing a better river level.
Assiniboine Avenue which runs along the river has two new buildings. A 25 story, and a 22 story, top right, still under construction.
Native activists confront drug dealers at downtown Winnipeg mall
Group says drug dealing around Portage Place is getting out of control
“The women and the children don’t feel safe. The elders don’t feel safe walking through the back [of the mall] so we decided we’re going to shut all this down,” said Vin Clarke, a member of a group called Urban Warrior Alliance.
Clarke said drug deals outside the back entrance near Ellice Avenue have gotten out of control, and the recent robbery of an elder who took a photo of an alleged drug deal has sparked the need to protest.
“My wife can’t even walk my baby into the mall through that back area without being accosted for drugs and pills,” Clarke said.
The Urban Warrior Alliance and members of the Crazy Indians Brotherhood gathered Saturday near the back entrance and plan to demonstrate again Sunday.
Vivian Ketchum, a frequent shopper of the mall, found a drug baggie, a needle and a pill on the ground just steps outside of the back steps of the mall while a CBC camera was rolling.
She said she’s regularly offered to buy drugs by dealer who lurk around the back doors.
“I was in here this morning and then within half an hour of sitting down I had someone ask me if I wanted to buy percs (sic).”
Denny Wood, another activist with the Urban Warrior Alliance, said the groups are trying to send a message to drug dealers.
Wood said they have talked to dealers who try to sell pills like Tylenol 3 and Xanax. He said once activists have the pills in their hands they confiscate them. “We dump it right in front of them.”
In a video circulating on Facebook, one member of the alliance is seen taking a pill bottle, dumping it in a puddle and then crushing the drugs.
In another Facebook video, Winnipeg police officers can be seen talking calmly to the group’s members, asking them what they are doing and reminding them to read up on their rights and the Criminal Code.
I have a friend who lives right next to the drug dealing plaza. My photos below show the dealers and buyers taken from friends balcony.
Above, security tries to persuade dealers to scatter. Always to no avail.
The deal going down
Source: CBC Manitoba
Assiniboine River Ice Pack in Winnipeg
There is likely a flood on the way.
The river walk is completely covered in icy snow.
The way it is suppose to be.
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