Brandon

Terrible news I would of thought that retired NFL players had some kind of enhanced medical coverage? If not then they should.

I remember going to the Regent location and it was always busy and it was your standard tex-mex which at the time was good since back in the 80's Winnipeg didn't have nearly the amount of diverse food options. I remember them using super soakers and shooting Tequila into peoples mouthes. The owner sold his franchises in town and the people/group who took over had no idea how to run a restaurant and destroyed the business within a few years. Eventually the new owners lost the franchise and changed the name to something else (name escapes me) and the place closed soon after. In the States during the early 2000's Chi-chi's had e-coli at several restaurants or something along those lines and the company died. Eventually someone used the name to sell Salsa and Chips and I used to see it at the grocery stores in Fargo. Modern day if you go to Paradiso in the States it is kind of close to the same experience as Chi Chi's.

Yes but the goal for a museum is to bring in tourists. Get people from outside of Winnipeg to spend money in Winnipeg. The Calgary Stampede attracts people from around the world... they inject money into the local economy. The CMHR doesn't do this at all. I'm assuming the Fed Gov't covers the losses every year so thankfully it doesn't fully burn the local economy.

Wow so students make less % then the amount of comped tickets that are given out. That's a bad thing. Wait until you find out that the Gov't also pays for a large amount of the tickets in which they give away which are not counted in the "comped tickets". Older article - https://winnipegsun.com/2015/06/06/human-rights-museum-attendance-dwarfed-by-zoo-other-museums Pre Covid - https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/canadian-museum-human-rights-senior-staff-1.5469043 Those poor attendances also don't factor in the novelty of visiting a new building... the initial rush of interested people. Post Pandemic the attendance has further dropped. I'm not even going to get into the corruption and other issues the place has, but it has been a huge miss on bringing in tourists. So once again... I stand by what I say because I know I am right. Numbers do not lie.

I've always assumed that lots of players had back room deals with local companies... I.E. Take a smaller salary on the books with the club.... meanwhile Adam Bighill gets paid an additional large amount of money from his "part time" job in the city.

For the stats? Stats Canada and if you don't feel like going through the massive stat sheets that they have then you can google search. Seriously you've never heard Winnipeg being called Murder Capital of Canada before? It's always a joke when the numbers come out between Winnipeg and Edmonton exchanging the title.

But the stats say otherwise, yes Vancouver with a much larger population will have higher totals. But per capita Winnipeg has more crime. Also Winnipeg has had a drug war for over 10 years downtown. Remember what I said... media only reports a tiny fraction of the crimes that are commited around town. For the larger cities Winnipeg, Regina, and Kelowna are always near the top for highest crime rate in Canada. Thompson and its crime rate is insanely high. Once again stats don't lie, the museum is not well attended. It's a draw for only a niche part of the population. Not opinion it's fact.

Stats Canada over the last 20+ years. Have you never heard Winnipeg always battling Edmonton for Murder Capital of Canada? 546 000 tourists visit Jets games? Or would you say it's predominately people who reside in Winnipeg who go to the game and then immediately goes home? Apples and Oranges comparisons. Need I post about how the attendance at the Human Rights Museum is significantly lower then what they had projected, losing money, and how they are struggling to get people into the door. It's a niche attraction and not something that will bring a large amount of tourists into the city. It's been a huge bust so far hence why people always joke about making it into an indoor waterpark to salvage all the money that was lost constructing and maintaining it.

You make the mistake of getting your info from the news/media. I remember the time several years back when Trump was arriving in Canada and the news reported a massive riot and how stores were locking up shop and boarding up the windows. The news made it out like it was a scene from the movie the Warriors. I was on the scene of that so called riot and it was 25 hippies who held signs for 10 minutes peacefully and then walked away. The news isn't reliable. CBC being by far the worst. Per capita Winnipeg has far more crime then those 3 cities. Where you find poverty you find crime, that's why Regina and Winnipeg have higher crime rates and the worst homicide rate across Canada. A large factor is that these cities have a large indigenous community which many come from insanely dangerous places. Thompson often is the worst city in Canada for crime. What the news/media reports is probably only 5% of that total incidents of serious crime. Talk to a police officer , someone in justice, or even folks who work at hospitals and in ambulances. Soooooo much really messed up and bad things happen that people are completely unaware of. I assume this is done on purpose to not freak out the general population. The stories that I have heard are horrendous and people would be horrified if they knew about what goes on. Statistically you are wrong and Toronto is a safer place. You are more likely to be killed here in the Peg. I did say Edmonton and Buffalo are comparables to Winnipeg and if that is what we are comparing with then that's extremely sad. Bottom of the barrel. I have not been to Calgary in a few years, but I have been to at least 20 other cities and each of them were light years better then Winnipeg. My co workers from Edmonton who came in last year said downtown visually is similar to what they have with the buildings and the size... but the overall safetyness and cleanilness was much better in Edmonton. Also Winnipeg downtown is deserted during the days now since many people are working from home, when I drive through downtown down Main and up Portage , I can count maybe 20 working class people on the streets? It is super quiet these days. Also....

Regina is ranked #4 so.......

I like when people say Winnipeg in summer is great and then list off going to Grand Beach, Country Fest in Dauphin, going to Clear Lake for hikes, etc.... The Province itself is really nice when you get out of the city and head a bit North where it isn't just flat prairies. During summer we always struggle to find things for the kids to do in town. The good: Assiniboine Park - The gardens are still a hit with my girls, the area is safe , and plenty of space to do a wide variety of activities. Kildonan Park is also decent but could use something new (maybe a new play ground) since it's mostly just one big walking trail. Rainbow Stage is still good. Zoo - I really hope this summer that they ditch the robot dinosaurs... it's played out. The rest of the zoo is still well kept and worth a few visits per year. Tinker Town - Great value and well kept and clean and it will sadden me in a few years when my kids age out for it. If only they could expand with 10 more adult rides. The mediocre: The farms which technically are outside of town, they are decent but it would be nice if one stepped up and just have a bit more to it. Deer Meadows is close but I feel that they still need 5 or more attractions. The Forks - This place is going down hill fast. The inside is great and the food court area and the shops are still solid. The outside area has taken a serious dive and I've seen far less people walking around. I think the many stabbings and attacks (such as the Ukranian refugee being stabbed by 15 year old girls) has turned away people. The bad: Downtown has absolutely nothing to bring me as a family or even my wife and I to come visit. Even on the sunniest summer days the downtown is DEAD. No reason to go. Lack of festivals - Folklorama seems to be fading away and post pandemic it seems to be a shell of its former self. It's over priced and generic and I wonder if it will go away similar to the old Taste of Manitoba festival where the prices ended up driving people away. All the big festivals are spread around the province, it would be nice to have some big ones in town that are fun and exciting and provide better experiences (I.E. Not waiting 1 hour in line like at the teddy bear picnic). Lack of patios - This city is really missing out on having a stretch of restaurants with patios. Corydon had attempted to do this a while back but the NIMBY's squashed the idea of having a string of restaurants with large patios as they didn't want the noise. What this city has now sucks, Saffrons is a dump and I personally don't find sitting at a Boston Pizza in a concrete parking lot with dirt blowing into my food as a relaxing patio experience. Maybe do something radical like sell off part of Kildonan Golf Course and make it an entertainment area where you keep the greenery and then have restaurants with patios and more? No water park. Grand Prix is way over priced and very dull. The city has a few good indoor places for kids but not much when it comes for outdoor. Harbour View would be a good place for the city to inject some money as it's dying. Museums - Museum of Man and Nature is still good. Childrens Museum is fun for 15 minutes only and then it sucks, Touch the Universe is a complete joke and an embarrassment. I still haven't met anyone who has gone to the Human Rights museums and the Art Gallery is geared towards the seniors. The Leaf is a huge swing and a miss, that place has one good room (first room) the rest is absolute garbage. The butterfly room up top is a huge decline in quality compared to the butterfly gardens at the zoo. My kids were hugely disappointed when we visited and I can't see any reason for us to ever go back. Massive missed opportunity. Overall safety - I know it's not nearly as dangerous as American cities, but still I HATE having to be on the aggressive when I am downtown. I shouldn't have to threaten people in order for them to back off. After visiting Montreal last summer it really hit me hard on how bad our downtown has fallen apart. I was out in Montreal on a Wednesday night and they had a Jazz festival, Just for Laughs, some other festival (can't remember) and the streets were jam packed of people dressed nicely walking around. I remember going with for a walk with a co worker at like 10:30 pm on that same night and still seeing streets full of people and the restaurants and shops all open and full of people. The place felt alive. I wish this city had some pride and cleaned up downtown and at least make it look pretty and make it safe. I don't consider putting up tents at the Air Canada building next to Portage place where people are pissing and pooping on the ground as "pretty". It's extremely embarrassing when I have co workers who fly in (usually from Ottawa/Toronto) and they take the tour down Portage and Main and 100% of them say "WHAT A COMPLETE 5HITHOLE!". When I lived in Ottawa they had a no tolerance for begging and being drunk in public (homeless) and they removed them from the area. It's getting really bad with the bus shelters and it is starting to bleed outside of downtown to other areas. You can't expect regular people ever desiring to be in an area where they are unsafe and around unsettling people. Yes many other cities have homeless and drug issues... but to me it feels like Winnipeg is the only city that has thrown in the towel and has gave up and let these people rule the streets. It's a cancer that has spread is taking it over and driving people further out to the Burbs and beyond.

Compared to Regina & Edmonton maybe... but anywhere else nope. Worst downtown, worst infrastructure, low paying jobs, high crime, bad geography, terrible winters, etc... Winnipeg used to be a great place to raise families because of the low cost of living, but that gap between Winnipeg and the bigger cities has shrunk over the years so we can't even claim that anymore. Most young educated professionals graduate from University and move away immediately. It's a great place to live for incoming immigrants coming in as we do have large communities that can help them out when they first move to the country. Yes many downtowns are decaying, but Winnipeg is the only place I've ever gone where after 5:00 pm the downtown is desolate and a complete ghost town minus the homeless walking around or sleeping in bus shacks. People who try to compare other downtowns in saying that they are the same clearly have not visited other cities and seen the night and day differences between us and them.

You have not said anything controversial, it's just some folks are sensitive and don't want to hear that they live in a city that isn't desirable. Winnipeg has the worst of both worlds.... downtown is completely dead way more then other cities are. For the outdoors folks our scenery and geography is extremely bland and dull. Basically the only plus Winnipeg has is a large variety of restaurants and an above average zoo.

Insert the graphic of how Winnipeg is voted the worst city to visit by all NHL'ers. Most cities have an area of downtown that is alive and nice to go along with the pockets/areas where things are runned down and dead. Winnipeg is like 99% shithole with a few decent places sprinkled in. It's pathetic that the main road in downtown consists of over 50% of the buildings for lease and much of the rest filled with dollar stores and money marts. After 5:00 pm you see nobody walking around, yet other cities you see life and vibrancy. For work we have had dozens of people fly in and make the mistake of booking a hotel downtown. 100% of the time the feedback is "What the hell is wrong with this place" and all of them are amazed at how sketchy and completely dead it is. When the comparisons of our downtown is Edmonton or Buffalo... that's a telltale sign that the place is terrible.

Well he isn't wrong, Downtown + North End is a complete **** hole.

I'm not sure which games that people had sacks and who played and what not. But from the naked eye Jeffcoat didn't look like a difference maker while Jefferson from the start of the season until the end was very noticeable on the field regardless if he registered sacks or not. The amount of times he caused massive disruptions and the amount of times he had near sacks was very noticeable. Sometimes stats don't tell the full story.

This is what I'm saying... people pretending like those guys are mediocre and C level players really makes this site feel like riderfans.com

I've had raw cookies from them a few times also. Where the bottom is basically raw cookie dough.

The Riders had a terrible defense and were continously playing from behind so that is a slight modifier on why they were pass heavy. Once again... they had Harris healthy for only a bit and were playing Dolegala and Fine who were not good at all. Bane made some outstanding catches and Emilius was really solid and consistent. I'd imagine people on here wouldn't be so ignorant to say that just because they hate the Riders that they default into saying every player on that team sucks and that they were over rated and stats are misleading etc... It is perfectly fine to admit that they had talent at certain positions , we don't have to pretend that they sucked everywhere.

Two 1100 yard receivers and a 3rd with 880 with having guys like Dolegala throwing the ball at them... they were not mediocre at all. It was a position of strength for them.

Who did Bailey sign with? If nobody offers him a deal the club could offer him a lowball deal to come back could they not?

The Riders had good talent at Receiver and at RB last season, the main issue was that terrible o-line. They did good this off season to help improve that weakness. The D still is very poor and we will see if Mace can clean out the trouble players and create a disciplined team. They also lack depth big time.

People are looking for things to ***** about. It's almost like they don't believe in our recruiting and that they completely forget about training camp where multiple guys will compete for these spots.

McLeod is usually quick and accurate, the only issue I've had is that they over cook the cookies sometimes. East St Paul has a good Subway that never has any lines and I've never had any hockey puck cookies at that location.

In fairness I do remember someone on Ourbombers yelling Go Blue during a moment of silence at a Bomber game and trying to defend his actions on the site afterwards when people said "Not cool". I forget the username but it was a younger guy.