Courtesy of JHendrix70
Thanks to Sneller1985
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Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Is Winnipeg days away from hearing a relocation announcement from the NHL?
Gary Bettman Under Fire On Hockey Central Radio Hour: 04/20/11
Glendale / Goldwater Meeting Produces NO Results: 04/23/11
Videos are courtesy of JHendrix70
Thanks to jetsnews96
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Glendale / Goldwater Meeting Produces NO Results: 04/23/11
Videos are courtesy of JHendrix70
Thanks to jetsnews96
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Wednesday, April 20, 2011
"WINNIPEG VS. QUEBEC: THE BATTLE OF FROMAGE." VOTE FOR THE WINNER BELOW!
VERSUS
You know it's bad when you are neck and neck against Quebec in "THE BATTLE OF FROMAGE"
("Fromage" is "cheese" in French, Yanks.)
TO VOTE FOR THE CHEESIEST, PLEASE COMMENT BELOW.
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Monday, April 18, 2011
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Friday, April 15, 2011
The McMahon Group - Glendale Mayor Elaine Scruggs Keeps Churning It Out...
Work it out with GWI on camera...JUST LIKE THIS! All of Winnipeg (and really, the entire Hockey community outside of AZ) F'N DARES YOU!!! This is the blind leading the blind!
Scruggs JUST looked up the Yotes (inflated) average attendance TWO NIGHTS ago?! Wow, her finger is really on the pulse of this thing!
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Joe Daley, Phil Housley, Darryl Shannon, Craig Muni & Teppo Numminen - Buffalo Sabres Alumni - Fan Appreciation Night - April 8, 2011
Congratulations to Joe Daley, Phil Housley, Darryl Shannon, Craig Muni and Teppo Numminen - All formerly of The Winnipeg Jets.
The Sabres gave up on Darrin Shannon (Darryl's brother) after just one game in 1991-92; He was traded to the Winnipeg Jets.
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P.S. "The Winnipeg Jet's acquisition of Craig Muni was one of the most distasteful trades the team ever made." - www.curtiswalker.com/jets
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Friday, April 8, 2011
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
HOW WINNIPEG HAS CHANGED SINCE 1994...
Morris Lukowich Photo courtesy of Katie Turner @ http://www.metronews.ca/winnipeg/local/article/822710--morris-lukowich-jets-legend-looks-for-team-s-rebirth
Currency:
The Canadian Dollar (Loonie) bottomed out at around $.62 in 1998...today, it is at $1.0372.
Population:
1994: 676,000
2010: 750,000
Average household income:
1994: $43,000 (Canadian average $49,000)
2010: $72,000 (Canadian average $70,500)
Unemployment rate:
1994: 10.4% (Canadian average 9.5%)
2010: 4.9% (Canadian average 8.1%) (best in Canada)
Total employment:
1994: 318,000
2010: 425,000
Average house value:
1994: $84,000 (Canadian average $158,000)
2009: $227,000 (Canadian average $340,000)
Total value of building permits issued:
1994: $300-million
2009: $1.1-billion
Housing starts:
1994: 972
2010: 3,200
Retail sales:
1994: $4.3-billion
2010: $9.8-billion
GDP per capita:
1994: $21,100 (Canada $26,700)
2009: $37,500 (Canada $39,000)
Personal disposable income per capita:
1994: $17,700
2010: $29,900
Difference:
+170% increase
NHL average ticket Prices:
1994: $34
2010: $49
Difference:
+140% increase
Corporate head offices, companies of all sizes:
Edmonton: 157
Winnipeg: 129
Ottawa: 101
Corporate head offices, total employment:
Winnipeg: 6,890
Ottawa: 4,667
Edmonton: 3,428
Canada's 800 largest corporations:
Winnipeg: 32 plus three 3 subsidiaries = 35
Edmonton: 25 plus one subsidiary = 26
Quebec City: 16 plus two subsidiaries = 18
Ottawa: 15 plus one subsidiary = 16
Courtesy of http://www.theglobeandmail.com
(Thanks to http://twitter.com/jbird_1)
Oh yeah...and Lukowich has changed a bit too...looking good with a little more salt than pepper!
Winnipeg has great potential with David Thomson and TNSE waiting patiently for the NHL to bite.
...and of course, there is the MTS Centre:
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Sunday, April 3, 2011
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