The following stories are from our keepsake edition of The Foundation’s magazine, Celebration 100 years of working together to support our community. See the full issue on our Publications page.
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Rebuilding from Great War, on the cusp of the Great Depression
During the first four years of the 1920s Winnipeg suffered from a recession which settled over most of the allied nations. In the Canadian west an imp...
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Dealing in Métis scrip
Winnipeg’s colonial heritage cannot be ignored. While William Forbes Alloway established a community foundation that has come to signify the strengt...
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Living through the Great Depression
The 1930s were a difficult time for many people in Winnipeg. Events of the early part of the decade, business failures, increasing unemployment and cr...
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Supporting the war abroad, rebuilding at home
The first five years of the 1940s saw Winnipeg once again plunged into the darkness of world war, which no doubt seemed familiar to many. The period f...
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Challenges and celebrations as Winnipeg grows
The decade began with one of the greatest catastrophes Winnipeg had ever suffered - the 1950 flood. The city knew more than the usual amount of water ...
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Exciting growth, troubling divisions
The 1960s were a time of growth and change for Winnipeg: The Richardsons were talking about building a 30-storey building at Portage and Main; United ...
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Unrest locally and around the world
In June of 1969, the provincial election resulted in a government that various labour politicians had been dreaming of for decades: the New Democratic...
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Standing up for rights
The decade from 1980 to 1990 did not begin auspiciously. Sadly, 1980 was the year that Terry Fox had to abandon his Marathon of Hope in Thunder Bay be...
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The rises and falls of a prairie city
The 1990s opened with the federal government reducing its transfer payments to the provinces in order to deal with its own deficit. Provincial governm...
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Defending the underdog
The beginning of the new millennium was duly celebrated at The Forks in Winnipeg. By midnight it was exceedingly cold with a north wind blowing direct...
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A renewed sense of opportunity
The second decade of the new millennium began with Winnipeg being declared a “Cultural Capital.” This designation was based on the strong arts com...
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