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Happy New Year Winnipeg! 2


017 is another year full of promise and opportunity, and we’ve got lots of excite- ment on the horizon.


In last month’s issue, I talked


about everything we achieved together in 2016. Now I’d like to talk about everything we’re going to achieve and continue working toward in 2017. 2016 was the Year of Rec-


onciliation for Winnipeg, and although the year is over, our efforts certainly are not. I con- tinue to encourage everyone, as individuals or businesses, to consider ways in which you and your organization can honour the truth, reconcile for the fu- ture, and respond to the Truth and Reconciliation Commis- sion’s calls-to-action. We’ve made some great progress in this area, but we still have a long way to go. I will continue with my commitment to visit every high school in Winnipeg, where I


get the opportunity to speak with and listen to thousands of young Winnipeggers. Te inspiration and hope I get from engaging with our future leaders, and seeing the amazing things they are already doing, keeps build- ing momentum and keeps me motivated to strive for positive change in our city. We’ll also continue to recog-


nize and reward the contribu- tions our young people make to the community through the Mayor’s Scholarship for Com- munity Leadership. We’ve been working to iden-


State of the City Brian Bowman


tify ways to remove barriers and open up access to the Can- ada Learning Bond, through the Winnipeg Promise. This will give more of our citizens a


chance to succeed and have access to edu- cational opportunities. We’ll continue this important work in 2017. Tis year will benefit from Winnipeg’s first


Integrity Commissioner, who will provide advice and recommendations to members of Council concerning ethical behaviour and the City’s Code of Conduct. Tis has been a long time coming for Winnipeg, and it will certainly improve openness and transpar- ency in our governance. We’ll keep forging ahead with the second


stage of rapid transit, and Winnipeggers will see improved traffic flows throughout the city with the first ever Transportation Manage- ment Centre. We’re also set to begin work on the long-anticipated Waverley underpass, and we’ll continue to make road repair a top priority by getting the contracts out early and making sure the $105-million we debated in the council budget is being spent properly. Last year Winnipeg received a lot of recog-


nition in national and international media as a great place to visit and live, and I want to keep this going in 2017. We’ve had the honour of hosting a number of large events over the last couple of years including the Grey Cup and the Federation of Canadian Municipali- ties Annual Conference, and there’s plenty


more ahead in 2017. Tis summer, we’ll wel- come over 4,000 athletes and coaches and more than 20,000 visitors for the 2017 Canada Games. Tis year is Canada’s 150th birthday, and


there will be many celebrations throughout the city. It’s a great time to reflect on what it means to be Canadian, and to appreciate everything we have as Canadians and Win- nipeggers. To me, being Canadian means embracing values of openness, compassion, diversity, and acceptance. We’ll continue welcoming new immigrants


and doing our part to help them settle in with the Winnipeg Private Refugee Sponsorship Assurance Program. I want to thank Winnipeggers for the


opportunity to serve as your Mayor. I look forward to building on the strong momentum we have achieved so far. I will continue sup- porting and positioning our City for growth as we move toward one million people strong! On behalf of the City of Winnipeg, and from


my family to yours, I wish you all a happy, healthy, and successful year ahead.


Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada –


a bold new future The new Museum will contain some remarkable artifacts, including the Ghost of Charron Lake, a Fokker that was recovered after 75 years at the bottom of the lake.


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he skies of Manitoba and Canada’s North are set to be commemorated in the all new Royal Aviation Museum of


Western Canada. Te museum celebrates the impact that aviation has had on the culture and heritage of Canada. Te museum was first opened to the public


in 1978 at 11 Lily Street. It then moved to its current location at 958 Ferry Road (Hangar T-2) opening its doors in October 1983. A year later, in 1984, HRH Queen Elizabeth II offi- cially opened the doors of the Western Canada Aviation Museum. In November 2014, the museum received a ‘Royal’ designation and assumed its new name. Te Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada is one of only six museums in Canada with a ‘Royal’ designa- tion, an honour rarely bestowed by the Queen. Bush planes and the


“Ghost of Charron Lake” What sets the Royal Aviation Museum of


Western Canada apart from other aviation museums in Canada is its commitment to telling the story of Canada’s bush planes and the pilots that flew them, and how bush flying influenced the development of Canada’s avia- tion and aerospace industry. Te museum has long been in the practice


of retrieving and restoring planes from around Canada. Some were at the bottom of lakes. Others


important contribution to Canada’s culture and heritage,” said Helen Halliday, President and CEO of the Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada. Two North American architect teams have


An architectural rendering of the new Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada.


were on the sides of mountains. As these for- gotten and neglected pieces have been found, they have been transported to Winnipeg and restored to their former glory. Bush planes in the museum’s collection include a Fairchild Super 71, a de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver and the Ghost of Charron Lake, a Fokker Standard Universal that was found upright on the bot- tom of Charron Lake after 75 years. Te “Ghost” was forced to land on the lake in


Northern Manitoba due to bad weather condi- tions during December 1931. It broke through the ice shortly afterwards, leaving the crew stranded. Fortunately, these were bush pilots and they knew how to take care of themselves, even in the cold Manitoba winter. Many days later, a fur trapper came to their aid, but the


Fokker sank in the spring melt of 1932, gliding to the bottom, where it remained for decades. Charron Lake is 35-square-kilometres, and


has a depth of 60 metres. Even with advancing technology, and a good idea of the plane’s loca- tion, it took searchers 30 years to find it, and another two years to raise it from the lake floor. Flying into the Future


The museum secured $1.2 million from


the federal government under the Canada Cultural Spaces Fund that was announced on behalf of the Minister of Canadian Heritage in October 2016. “Tis federal funding will help us build a


new, world-class facility to celebrate the Leg- ends of Canadian Aviation — a remarkable story of adventure and innovation and an


IISD Experimental Lakes Area The world’s living laboratory


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Ontario. Tis is an unspoiled part of the world that any self- respecting nature lover should have prominently placed on their bucket list. Since the late 1960s, a group of its 58 remote lakes and their


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watersheds just north of Kenora has performed a vital scientific function that has revolutionized the way we research fresh water. Studies done here have led to the re-writing of policies regarding water health around the world. Te International Institute for Sustainable Development-


Experimental Lakes Area is like no other fresh water research facility in the world. IISD-ELA researchers experiment directly on the lakes themselves, as they exist in nature. When you work with a test tube, you are working with isolated factors in an artificial setting. When you manipulate a lake (for exam- ple, by intentionally adding a certain contaminant), you can study the response of all aspects of that ecosystem — from the atmosphere to fish populations. We call this “whole-lake experimentation.”


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hen it comes to breathtaking vistas, seemingly end- less open spaces and pristine lakes bordered by dense forestland, it’s pretty hard to beat Northwestern


IISD-ELA is the only place in the world where such work has


been done on a long-term scale. IISD-ELA was the first place to discover that phosphorus


leads to harmful algal blooms in lakes. Tis led countries around the world to reduce the amount of phosphorus (such as that found in our laundry detergents) entering waterways. IISD-ELA proved in the 1970s and eighties that acid rain re- sulted in dramatic impacts on lakes, including the collapse of fish populations. Other revolutionary work conducted at the site over the last fifty years has explored the effects of hormones, mercury, pharmaceuticals, aquaculture and more on our water. For many years nanosilver particles with anti-microbial prop- erties have been added to consumer items, such as clothing, washing machines and baby products but the effects of this on lakes and rivers are relatively understudied. IISD-ELA has started to add nanosilver to one of its 58 lakes to learn more about the impact they will have. Despite the progress made, threats to our water supplies


have not gone away. And as we start to brace ourselves for the impending impacts of climate change and need to learn about new chemicals and pollutants entering waterways, IISD Exper- imental Lakes Area is here to meet those challenges head on. Climate change has been occurring since before the site


opened, and before we knew we were even researching it. Tanks to the long term datasets we have been keeping, how-


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IISD-ELA researchers on the banks of Lake 626, working with a trapnet to capture fish, assess their health and then release them back safely into the lake. Photo by L. Hayhurst.


ever, we are able to now look back and see the changes to the lakes attributable to climate change. Under the operation of a policy-focused think tank called


the International Institute for Sustainable Development, the science can reach policymakers directly, making sure that the people who make vital decisions about the health of our water have access to the most accurate and recent findings on fresh water. So when you next turn on the tap, or drink a glass of water,


take a second to think about how lucky we are to have such a unique scientific facility keeping our water clean and free of pollutants. For more information on IISD Experimental Lakes Area, visit


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been enlisted to design the museum’s new look. Reich + Petch and Architecture 49 will work on the project. Reich + Petch have de- signed architecture and spaces for Toronto’s Royal Ontario Museum, the Canadian Air and Space Museum and the Smithsonian Institution National Museums in Washington, D.C. Architecture 49 includes in its portfolio the Canadian Museum of Human Rights and Remai Art Gallery of Saskatchewan. Te museum will work with private donors


and all levels of government to secure the necessary funding before breaking ground. Donor information can be found at www. royalaviationmuseum.com. Where to find the museum


The Royal Aviation Museum of Western


Canada is currently located on the south-east- ern edge of the Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport, in a hangar that originally was the operating headquarters of Trans-Canada Air Lines, now Air Canada. Te museum is open seven days a week with


admission at $10 for adults, $7.50 for students and seniors, and $5 for children, with a family rate of $25. Guided tours of selected parts of the collection are available Tuesdays, Tursdays and Sundays. Inquiries can be made at (204) 786-5503.


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