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. Watch: ChrisD.ca video

Posted by Brian Schultz 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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Posted by Brian Schultz 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 [...]

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 [...]

The 35th Annual Home Expressions Show is on this week at the Winnipeg Convention Centre. The garden and home show offers you all of the newest and the best ideas in design, décor, and outdoor living on three floors full of exhibits. From March 19 to 22, browse hundreds of vendors and get ideas for [...]

Last week the Mid-Canada Boat Show rolled into town and now it’s time to get ready for summer’s other leisurely activity — RVing. The Manitoba RV Show kicks off tomorrow at the Winnipeg Convention Centre and runs until March 8. Admission is $10 and tickets are available through Ticketmaster or at the door. Children 12 [...]

Summer is still a few months away, but you can get in the spirit of things by heading down to the Winnipeg Convention Centre beginning tomorrow. The Mid-Canada Boat Show will be taking place from February 26 to March 1. The largest outdoor living show in Canada has three floors of everything you need for [...]

The 2008 Autumn Home Show begins this weekend at the Winnipeg Convention Centre. Join over 100 exhibitors for ideas on how to improve your home and yard this season. The show runs from September 26 (today) until Sunday, September 28. For more information, including times and admission prices, visit the Autumn Home Show’s website.

The Winnipeg Convention Centre is looking for $210 million to expand its 160,000 square foot, 3 floor facility. Since its opening in 1975, the centre has fallen behind many similar facilities in other cities — and that’s resulted in lost revenue — about $60 million since 2005 according to the centre’s general manager, Klaus Lahr. [...]