Posted by Brian Schultz To mark the upcoming Family Literacy Day, Kildonan Place Shopping Centre will host “Sing for Literacy” this Saturday, January 23. The free family event is in partnership with ABC Canada and begins at 2 p.m. Local performer Estee Taylor, along with her “Jazz on a String” marionettes, will be leading singalongs, [...]

Posted by Sarah Klein UNICEF Canada’s Gift of Magic campaign has been successful in providing school supplies, sports equipment, emergency food rations and clean water for children in the developing world. Tricia Schers, Regional Director for UNICEF Canada (above), hangs special ornaments on the Christmas tree at Kildonan Place Shopping Centre Friday. There’s one ornament [...]

A Winnipeg mall says children’s photos with Santa Claus should be free — and Kildonan Place Shopping Centre is rallying support for others to follow suit. KP will unveil its “Free Santa” holiday promotion this weekend, which will kick off with a rally at the northeast corner of Regent and Lagimodiere at 8:30 a.m. today. [...]

Local celebrities competed at Kildonan Place on Tuesday in the 2nd Annual Celebrity Pumpkin Carving Contest in support of UNICEF Canada. Fifteen teams took part to attempt to carve the best jack-o’-lantern with only minimal time. CTV’s Jordan Witzel tried to impress the judges by putting his cute newborn baby, Slade, on the table next [...]

Customers at Kildonan Place Shopping Centre are being rewarded for their good deeds leading up to Thanksgiving. From October 5-11, each customer who donates two non-perishable food items will receive an eco-friendly tote bag. Three or more items yields a $5 mall gift card. “We spoke with the Transcona Food Bank, and discovered that their [...]

Park and Ride users who catch the bus from Kildonan Place Shopping Centre will now have additional parking spots made available. The mall has more than tripled the number of parking spots transit riders may use to Park and Ride, growing the number of spaces from 45 to 156. “We examined our parking lot usage, [...]

Posted by Tyler Sutherland If you happen to spot a large amount of guys hanging around Kildonan Place on Saturday, it’s probably because Sara Jordan (right) will be there. The former Abercrombie and Fitch model will be part of the mall’s Fashion Takeover event, with models strutting their stuff up and down the runway. The [...]

There’s now another incentive for driving a hybrid vehicle — preferred parking. Kildonan Place Shopping Centre unveiled designated parking spots for customers with hybrid vehicles earlier this morning. Nine designated parking spots will read “Preferred Parking for Hybrid Vehicles.” These spots will be marked with bright green recyclable metal signs with matching colours on the [...]

Calling all models! Kildonan Place Shopping Centre and Swish Productions are on the hunt for some good looking Winnipeggers to take part in the KP Fashion Takeover event on Saturday, September 12. The winner will receive a contract with Swish Productions, which is the same Winnipeg agency representing Meaghan Waller, winner of this season’s “Canada’s [...]

A free initiative to promote literacy and family togetherness is still going strong at Kildonan Place Shopping Centre. “Forest of Tall Tales” began two weeks ago in the mall’s centre court, and has featured several special guest readers since then. Stocked with dozens of books, the Forest has been a hit with children of all [...]

Kildonan Place Shopping Centre hosted a free event Friday afternoon to help bring parents and kids together to promote literacy. Global News anchor Eva Kovacs participated and read to the young ones to kick off the “Forest of Tall Tales.” The mall’s centre court has been transformed into an enchanted forest until June 14, filled [...]

Members of the Winnipeg Police Service will be taking part in the Cops for Cancer Head Shave this weekend. Over 40 officers will be in centre court at Kildonan Place Shopping Centre from noon to 3 p.m. on Saturday to get their heads shaved in support of the Canadian Cancer Society. Ace Burpee from Hot [...]