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Winnipeg Culture & Entertainment: Free Press' Greatest Manitoban

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    • CommentAuthorDeanK
    • CommentTimeJun 12th 2008
     
    somebody nominate MOM...

    ie anyone's MOM, everyone's MOM


    Without the MOM, their would be no manitoba...
    • CommentAuthorDeanK
    • CommentTimeJun 23rd 2008
     
    http://www.winnipegfreepress2.com/greatestmanitobans

    voting begins today...
    they thankfully shortened the list to the top 50 in their minds and got rid of alot of the crap, droppped some good ones and there are still a few dubious ones in their list.. but hey..VOTE NOW!

    :)
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      CommentAuthorjohnwhite
    • CommentTimeJun 23rd 2008
     
    Thanks for the push!
    • CommentAuthorDeanK
    • CommentTimeJun 28th 2008
     
    woohoo..... People are voting with their brains!
    well maybe... but definately the people who should not even be in this top 50 are at least currently out of the running

    http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/story/4192616p-4783408c.html
    • CommentAuthorJafo
    • CommentTimeJun 28th 2008
     
    Louis Riel. Without him, there's no Manitoba.
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      CommentAuthorLivingdead
    • CommentTimeJun 29th 2008
     
    <blockquote><cite>Posted By: Jafo</cite>Louis Riel. Without him, there's no Manitoba.</blockquote>

    Riel was a traitor and a murderer.
    • CommentAuthorDeanK
    • CommentTimeJun 30th 2008
     
    A traitor to whom?

    And what exactly are you basing that on?.. be specific.
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    Posted By: DeanKA traitor to whom?

    And what exactly are you basing that on?.. be specific.


    Well, considering he was tried for treason, found guilty and hung, he was a traitor to the Dominion of Canada. There was a movement to have a pardon granted, but I can't find anything on that. I don't believe that he was ever convicted, or even tried for the death of Thomas Scott.

    Putting that all aside, it certainly does not diminish his importance to Manitoba history. Without Riel, it is interesting to think what would have happened to Manitoba entering Confederation. Maybe, we would have been part of Saskatchewan. Now thats scary!

    Anyway, as they say, vote as you please, but please vote.
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    How about Duff Roblin, who had the foresite to build the floodway??

    Does anyone know if it was a Conservative Company that built it, or did it go to tender??
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    Posted By: rosencrentzHow about Duff Roblin, who had the foresite to build the floodway??

    Does anyone know if it was a Conservative Company that built it, or did it go to tender??


    Not sure, but I bet it was a Conservative Company by the time they finished it!!
    • CommentAuthorJafo
    • CommentTimeJun 30th 2008
     
    Duff Roblin is an excellent choice not only for the floodway, but for improving education in Manitoba.
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    And he wore the coolest hats. That in itself is good enough reason imo.
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      CommentAuthorLivingdead
    • CommentTimeJun 30th 2008
     
    <blockquote><cite>Posted By: Freethinker</cite><blockquote><cite>Posted By: DeanK</cite>A traitor to whom?

    And what exactly are you basing that on?.. be specific.</blockquote>

    Well, considering he was tried for treason, found guilty and hung, he was a traitor to the Dominion of Canada. There was a movement to have a pardon granted, but I can't find anything on that. I don't believe that he was ever convicted, or even tried for the death of Thomas Scott.

    Putting that all aside, it certainly does not diminish his importance to Manitoba history. Without Riel, it is interesting to think what would have happened to Manitoba entering Confederation. Maybe, we would have been part of Saskatchewan. Now thats scary!

    Anyway, as they say, vote as you please, but please vote.</blockquote>

    <p>I don't think we would have been a part of SK. Alberta and SK were split up, see below.
    <blockquote><cite>Library and Archives Canada</cite> <p>One Province or Two?

    <p>Although Haultain had always demanded the creation of only one province, in the end it was decided otherwise. This decision is often explained by the fact that a single province would have been too large to administer. But, it also must be added that the idea of a single province did not appeal to most of the population of the Northwest Territories in the face of intensifying rivalries between communities for provincial capital status. <a href="http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/confederation/023001-2215-e.html">Full document here.</a></blockquote>
    <p>Here are some links on Louis Riel. <a href="http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/riel/riel.html">Trial of Louis Riel.</a>

    And for more about the man <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Riel">Louis Riel - Wikipedia.</a></p>

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