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Somebody leaked the info who shouldn't have, and that's as far I can go," said [Kathy Kennedy], who performed regularly in the hotel's 192-seat beverage room until six months ago. [Mitzi]'s is closed until Jan. 11, and the owner could not be reached. As to whether the city was interested in either Mitzi's or the Windsor, spokeswoman Michelle Bailey said, "Unequivocally, N-O. "Our intention was to run it the way it was in the old days," [Boyd Newton] said. "It's unfortunate (if the Windsor goes). There are very few places left for live music."
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It's mind-boggling that the people you look up to and learn from have played here and I'm not sure that's going to continue to happen," [Kathy Kennedy] said. "We've got to save it from the wrecking ball. "I've been a fan of blues as long as I can remember," said [Terry Wall], who moved to Winnipeg from Alberta in 2002. "(I) feel concerned." "When you want to listen to the blues you come here," said Rick, who wanted to keep his last name anonymous. "There's a lot of history here."
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The pain is compounded further when you consider the astounding lack of vision of his replacement -- Mr. Katz -- as evidenced by everything from the latter's decision to scrap rapid transit, his lack of consultation with the French community, the ethics involved in choosing Sals for the Esplanade Riel (given his close business ties to the owners), and his stubborn refusal to acknowledge his mistake after using insulting language and comparisons in reference to our returning Olympic athletes. Canada's existing regulatory system for pesticides is among the most stringent in the world, and it has served Canadians extremely well. Mr. [Pat Martin]'s bill would put politicians who have no scientific expertise on these matters in charge of decision-making -- political "science" would trump H...
... public spaces, were destined for the wrecking ball, Jane Jacobs published a book that debunked t...
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Imagine if United College, the forerunner of the University of Winnipeg, had yielded to pressure to relocate to the University of Manitoba's Fort Garry campus in the 1960s. Imagine also if Red River College had not occupied a group of abandoned heritage buildings near city hall five years ago. Given the current surplus of unused and unwanted heritage buildings in the city, it's possible that the U of W's castle on Portage Avenue would have fallen to the wrecking ball, as would the block of restored buildings now occupied by Red River.
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This is a great day," said Jerry Gray, chairman of the Friends of Upper Fort Garry, watching the crumbs of 100 Main St. bite the dust. "The Friends of Upper Fort Garry have been working for close to seven years to demolish this building," said Gray, as another demolition crew levelled the former Petro-Canada station next door. "The machine is a controlled method of demolition," said Bob Molter, general manager with Winnipeg's Rakowski Cartage and Wrecking. Rather than a wrecking ball, the enormous jaws of the UHD (Ultra High Demolition) machine take precise bites out of the building, said Molter.
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...Which eatery has a date with the wrecking ball?. 59. Dec. 4 A long-running British soap ope...
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...-- Wrecking Ball Temptation, Broadway. Dear Temptation: This c...
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...Fortunately, it was spared the wrecking ball in the misguided Katz/Asper football stadium ...
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A Winnipeg landmark faces the wrecking ball today, but the owners of a local beer company...
