Downtown Buzz News from the Downtown Winnipeg Business Improvement Zone Major success for Canada Day Living Maple Leaf


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3,600 people gathered at 8 am on Canada Day on the corner of Portage and Main to form a living maple leaf.


housands of Winnipeggers came together to create the first ever living maple leaf at the intersection of Portage and Main – claiming the title of largest living maple leaf


in Canada! Over 3,600 proud and patriotic people gathered at the in-


tersection dressed in red and were joined by Robert Falcon- Ouellette, MP of Winnipeg Centre and His Worship Brian Bowman, Mayor of Winnipeg. CIBC brought the Canadian Oath of Citizenship to the event, which was presented by Mayor Bowman and Paralympian Tim McIssac. Singers lead guests in O’Canada and Happy Birthday and a Hercules plane flew over the crowd in the heart of downtown Winnipeg. Te photo of the ‘Living Maple Leaf’ has now been viewed


hundreds of thousands of times and has attracted national and international attention. “Canada Day is all about celebrating our love for our country,


and appreciating the values that bind us together as a nation,” says Stefano Grande, CEO of the Downtown Winnipeg BIZ. “Tis year, for the first time ever, we brought the 201 Portage Canada Day Living Maple Leaf to the iconic Portage and Main


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including games, prizes and more! • • •


2017 Movies on Memorial Movie Schedule: August 1 – Te Little Rascals August 8 – Spice World August 15 – Space Jam August 22 – It Takes Two August 29 - Jumanji


intersection, where thousands of Winnipeggers came together to show love for their country. It proved to be a big success for our city and downtown.” Since 2011, the living flag event has captured the imagina-


tion and hearts of over 18,000 Winnipeggers, and has become a multicultural mosaic and snapshot of how welcoming, inclusive, and accessible our downtown community truly is. In 2012, our living flag photo was chosen and produced as an official Canada Post stamp – with more than 10 million stamps produced and circulated worldwide. In its first three years, the BIZ defended its title as the “largest living flag” in Canada, beating Langley, Calgary, and Ottawa’s living flags, but was beat out by Calgary in 2014. In 2015 and 2016, the BIZ brought the title back to Winnipeg and reclaimed our largest living flag victory! In 2016, approximately 3,200 people participated in the Can-


ada Day Living Flag in Winnipeg, which was held at Shaw Park. Te Downtown Winnipeg BIZ would like to extend a big


thank-you to the staff, volunteers and participants whose efforts and participation made this year an incredible one!


undreds of Winnipeggers voted online to determine what the 2017 Movies on Memorial theme would be. After calculating all the votes, 90s favourites was the winner!


Enjoy all your 90s favourites, including Te Little Rascals, Spice


World, Jumanji and others, every Tuesday in August at Memorial Park. Movies start at dusk. Don’t forget to come early and enjoy some pre-movie entertainment


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