The annual Baby & Kids Show will invade the Winnipeg Convention Centre this weekend for the 5th year. The show for expectant parents and young families will feature an array of exhibitors, displays and toddler products and fashions. The two-day show on Saturday and Sunday will also offer informational seminars.
Among the things to see is [...]

Dust those beads and crazy masks off, because the city will party New Orleans style two nights this February.
Winnipeg Mardi Gras runs February 12 and 13, 2010 at the Convention Centre in support of numerous local charities.
Tickets are $16 at Ticketmaster, or any of the following charities: Canadian Liver Foundation, CancerCare Manitoba Foundation, Children’s Rehabilitation [...]

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Premier Greg Selinger is set to deliver his first State of the Province Address this afternoon to a crowd of about 700 business leaders.
The inaugural address takes place at the Winnipeg Convention Centre at 12:40 p.m., with a lunch at noon.
The Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce is putting on the event.
The Chamber will [...]

42 recruits with the Winnipeg Police Service will graduate today as part of Recruit Class #148.
This year, the class consists of 35 male members and 7 female members and includes 1 member from the Morden Police Service and 1 member from the Rivers Police Service.
The ceremony takes place at 1:00 p.m. at the Winnipeg Convention [...]

The 3rd Annual Ice Crystal Gala in support of the Children’s Hospital Foundation of Manitoba takes place tonight.
Over 600 people are expected to attend, including children, families and supporters of the Foundation. The family-orientated black tie event begins at 5:30 p.m. and is decorated to look like a winter wonderland as guests arrive.
Attendees will chow [...]

Christmas shoppers not yet convinced that the holidays are almost here due to a lack of snow should realize we’re just over a month away.
Because of that, Signatures Craft Show and Sale begins Thursday at the Winnipeg Convention Centre. The popular seasonal event features hundreds of vendors and gift ideas for almost everyone in your [...]

The Central Canada Comic Con wrapped up in Winnipeg Sunday after three days of excitement with notable celebrity guests.
Adam West, Julie Newmar, Peter Mayhew and others, signed autographs and greeted fans at the Convention Centre. The event is the largest comic-orientated display of the year and draws thousands annually.
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Danna Nanna Nanna Nanna Nanna BATMAANN!
The Central Canada Comic Con invades the Winnipeg Convention Centre beginning today with Adam West as the headliner, who played Batman on the 1960s television series. Younger fans may know him from his voice work on “Family Guy” (right). Julie Newmar will also be there, who played [...]

The 2nd Annual Autumn Home Show takes over the Winnipeg Convention Centre this weekend beginning at noon today.
This year’s event includes “The Cube” (right), a two-storey house constructed on the building’s 3rd floor featuring environmentally friendly technology.
Tickets are $10 for adults and are available at the door.
The show wraps up Sunday.
Image credit: Boris Minkevich/Winnipeg Free [...]

The ‘Y’ Sports Dinner tonight will most likely not disappoint — and Peyton Manning will make sure of that. The Indianapolis Colts quarterback and NFL MVP will be the guest speaker at tonight’s dinner, which takes place at the Winnipeg Convention Centre.
The news of Manning’s appearance in Winnipeg was made known back in January and [...]

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The Winnipeg Convention Centre plays host again this year to the 35th annual Piston Ring World of Wheels.
The show runs from March 27 to March 29 and features Extreme Motorcycle 2009 presented by Rolling Thunder, Club Challenge presented by Auto Trader Publications, and The wild Atomic Punk bubbletop car!
Plus appearances by George [...]

I spent Saturday afternoon with a few thousand Winnipeggers looking to have a ’stay-vacation’, as Global News put it this week. Which basically means people fixing up their homes and forfeiting a vacation to stay put and enjoy it.
One thing I noticed about this year’s Home Expressions Show was that you could actually walk up [...]