r/Winnipeg • • 26d ago

Market /r/winnipeg Monthly Market! October, 2026

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Hey, /r/winnipeg. Buying or selling? Post in this thread!

Khajiit has wares, if you have coin.

Please be mindful of our rules:

  • Individuals buying, selling, soliciting, or promoting goods/services should post a comment in this thread only. Do not create your own submission, it will be removed.
  • Serious posts only. Please keep the jokes elsewhere.
  • Please limit your downvoting behaviour in this thread, if you believe something to have broken these rules, please report the comment instead.
  • Do not Buy/Sell/Trade/Promote anything illegal or in a legal grey zone under current Canadian Law.
  • Moderators will not mediate transactions or transaction disputes.
  • No personal ads.
  • reddit's self promotion rules still apply. Accounts that demonstrate little or no participation on reddit will have their post removed.
  • Accounts that repeatedly try to sell the same item/service time and time again will be barred from participating.
  • Do not post the same thing multiple times in this thread. You can post multiple times for different things.
  • Don't make this weird.

You are participating in a community market, you are not a client who has obtained advertising space, so please do not act like one. This is a completely regular reddit self-post whose point is to function like a flea market. This is not an advertising platform which offers things like guaranteed views, metrics, or even a good reception by the community. reddit has advertising options available if you require advertising services with all the fixin's. I would highly recommend engaging with the community and leaving your expectations at the door. If you do not understand what you are getting into there is a chance your brand could be damaged.

Lastly, moderators are not making money on this. We are not affiliated with anyone. No we won't promote you. No, we don't accept money. No, not even for you.


r/Winnipeg • • 12h ago

News Former mayor Glen Murray endorses Noah Redden in civic election

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Glen Murray is endorsing Winnipeg mayoral candidate Noah Redden in Wednesday’s civic election, a news release issued by Redden’s camp says.

Murray — who was the city’s mayor from 1998 to 2004 and came second in the 2022 mayoral race, narrowly losing to Scott Gillingham — endorsed the progressive 27-year-old on Tuesday morning, a day before voters go to the polls.

“While other candidates are busy tearing each other down, Noah Redden is focused on building our city up,” Murray said in a news release distributed by Redden’s team. “At a time when Winnipeg desperately needs fresh thinking, practical solutions and a renewed sense of possibility, Noah stands out as a candidate who understands how great cities work — and, more importantly, how to make them work better for everyone.”

Murray called Redden’s platform a “thoughtful and pragmatic plan” to restore city neighbourhoods, boost the economy and modernize infrastructure.

“Noah understands something fundamental: a city’s greatest asset isn’t its roads, buildings or balance sheet,” Murray said in the release. “It’s its people, its neighbourhoods and the extraordinary things they can accomplish together.”

Once a low-polling candidate, Redden is now in third place with 14 per cent support, tied with candidate Mike Vogiatzakis, an Abacus Data survey released Friday shows.

Incumbent Gillingham remains in the lead with the support of 36 per cent of decided voters — 19 percentage points lower than a September survey conducted by Abacus for the Free Press.

The new data placed former city councillor and Progressive Conservative cabinet minister Kevin Klein in second place with 19 per cent support — a drop of four percentage points since September.

The latest poll gave Redden, a software developer who rents in Osborne Village, the biggest jump (10 percentage points).

Redden, who’s run from the left of centre, has operated a grassroots campaign with a large focus on social media and few traditional media announcements.

Murray was deemed the front-runner in the 2022 mayoral race until former workplace allegations surfaced against him, which some political experts said hurt his campaign. He lost to Gillingham by a narrow margin.
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r/Winnipeg • • 1h ago

Pictures/Video Vote for mayor tomorrow!

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My personal pick is Noah Redden


r/Winnipeg • • 6h ago

Community Opinions About Doing Reverse-Trick-or-Treating

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Halloween is coming up really fast and I'm pretty excited. I've loved Halloween for all my life and unfortunately, I'm an adult so it'd be pretty socially unacceptable for me to go door-to-door trick-or-treating alongside actual children.

I had an idea, maybe not a good one, but still an idea. I wanted to do something for the parents, adults, unhoused individuals, college students, and older teens of Winnipeg. The plan is to prepare some treat baggies, full sized candy bars, kind notes or messages, and maybe some hand warmers. Anything that money could buy, give out the goodstuff, y'know? Step two would involve me running around in my lovely-dovely costume handing the treats out to folks or going door-to-door roughly in the Central St. Boniface and St. Mary's Rd area.

Is this a yay or nay idea? If so, do you have any recommendations on what I should hand out or anything in my big genius plan to adjust? I just really love Halloween and want to do something more unique and spectacular than the regular old handing out candy.

Thanks a bunch, Winnipeg!!!!

p.s. if you manage to run into me, correctly identify me, and ask if i'm that smelly redditor handing stuff out, i'd love to slip you extra candy <3


r/Winnipeg • • 7h ago

Article/Opinion Hi Friends

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I am closer to 60 vs 55 in years. I was a teenager during the dynasty in Edmonton where I have spent the majority of my life. The last time I was in Winnipeg was 1990. I remember feeling snobbish over the lack of skyscrapers and all the old buildings. I carried this prejudice until yesterday. I love the way your downtown looks. I noticed alot of brutlism architecture, like Edmonton. All the beautiful older buildings gave me such a sense of nostalgia that Edmonton Is honestly missing. It was build build build in Edmonton with no thought to preserving some beautiful buildings. I loved investigating the old buildings and how neat and well built everything was. Edmonton had pop. 500 000 when I got there. It's like 1.6 greater area now. And a mess in many ways. The traffic is no joke now it takes forever if you have to go downtown or home after work. On my commute which included 2 busses and a train cost me 3 and a half hours in valuable time. Also the terrible toll the drugs are taking and there are many people on the street and the transit.

So I moved to a small town in Eastern Saskatchewan and luckily I had to go to Winnipeg.

So I would like to apologize for rating your city all those years ago. You have a beautiful city, a cool city and everyone I interacted with was very nice.


r/Winnipeg • • 9h ago

Pictures/Video Muskrat hanging out near sunset in Woodhaven

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r/Winnipeg • • 6h ago

Winni-Pets Missing cat in South Pointe area

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Our cat went outside yesterday morning and has not returned. Located near the school in South Pointe area. We put out some food and dropped off missing posters to neighbors surrounding us. Also called the humane society (left a message) to report him missing but no response from them. He is microchipped. Appreciate if anyone has any sightings to report, as he isn’t normally out for more than an hour.
Thank you!


r/Winnipeg • • 8h ago

Ask Winnipeg Pedestrian almost hit by car

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Wihuri and Saskatchewan. Red Nissan KZE 876, came from the military base. Would you report this? To who? WPS or military police?

Also, PAY THE FUCK ATTENTION.


r/Winnipeg • • 8h ago

Politics Special Statement by President David Chartrand in response to AFN National Chief Woodhouse Nepinak's denial of our existence

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r/Winnipeg • • 13h ago

Ask Winnipeg Which Winnipeg building made you think "wait, THIS is what it looks like inside?"

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I went to a friend's event in an old building on Main Street recently. I've probably walked past the place a hundred times and never paid it any attention.

Then I went inside.

Huge ceilings, marble, an absolutely ridiculous staircase. The kind of room where you suddenly feel like you should be wearing better shoes.

I spent an embarrassing amount of the evening looking around instead of paying attention to the event.

It got me thinking about how much of Winnipeg we only ever see from the sidewalk. We talk about the Exchange District's architecture all the time, but unless you work in those buildings or have a reason to visit, you might never see what's behind the doors.

So I'm curious: what's a building in Winnipeg that genuinely surprised you once you got inside?

Not necessarily the fanciest building or the most famous one. I'm particularly interested in places with fairly ordinary exteriors that are hiding something beautiful, strange or unexpectedly interesting.

Bonus points if it's somewhere regular people can actually get into without being invited to a wedding.


r/Winnipeg • • 7h ago

Politics Vote for School Trustee on Wednesday!

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If you haven't already, please take some time to research the school trustee candidates in your wards and then vote on Wednesday. Democratically elected school boards are important for a strong public education system.

Information about ward boundaries can be found here.

Candidates for school board elections can be found here.

People for Public Education surveyed some school trustees in Winnipeg and collected some responses here: School Trustee Candidate Information

Winnipeg Teachers' Assocation collected answers for candidates in Winnipeg School Division.

River East Transcona Teachers' Association collected answers for candidates here.

Pembina Trails Teachers' Association collected answers for Pembina Trails candidates here.

Louis Riel Teachers' Association collected answers for Louis Riel School Division here.

Otherwise google your candidates and make sure you know where they stand. And vote on Wednesday, October 28!


r/Winnipeg • • 14h ago

Events wtf?

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38,000 people in the Angie De Poitrine presale?

*Update: It was sold out by the time I got through. Presale code was pointless.

For those of you arguing that it was just demand and not bots, there's already dozens of tickets listed on StubHub.


r/Winnipeg • • 5h ago

News 'Healthy' to have conversation on abolishing Indian Act, First Nation chief says

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Some First Nations people in Manitoba say they agree with Premier Wab Kinew that Canada should abolish the Indian Act — even if they believe it will take a long time to find a way forward.

As First Nations leaders and Canada's first ministers convened in Ottawa on Monday, Kinew called on the federal government to do away with the 1876 law, which initially controlled almost every aspect of First Nations people's lives. While it's changed, the law remains the overarching legal document for First Nations.

Minegoziibe Anishinabe Chief Derek Nepinak said it's "healthy" for the country to have that conversation, even if it can be polarizing.

"There's a deep history here," he said. It's "not always on the agenda, but nonetheless a very critical conversation that needs to be had."

Kinew made the comments during a meeting of federal, provincial and First Nations leaders to discuss Indigenous rights, saying his proposal received an "open-minded reception" from others at the summit.

But some were not enthused.

In Manitoba, Bunibonibee Cree Nation Chief Sheila North said Monday that chiefs she spoke to thought it was "inappropriate" for the premier to be calling for the abolition of the act given his position as leader of a province that's historically broken its promises to First Nations.

Frank Deer, an Indigenous education professor at the University of Manitoba, said the premier — who is Anishinaabe — is in a "unique position" to push the issue forward.

"I agree with him that it is time to consider moving on from this rather dated approach toward categorizing native people in Canada," Deer said.

"I think some of the history that's associated with the Indian Act should give Canadians pause to consider why it is time to be looking at transferring the focus towards something new."

The law dismantled traditional forms of governance and, at one point, outlawed ceremonial practices.

It even affects First Nations people after they die. The Indigenous Services minister is required to approve wills for people living on reserve and has the power to void them altogether.

The act has received many amendments over the years, but it remains in place.

In 1969, a proposal from Pierre Trudeau's government to abolish the law, in what's known as the White Paper, drew widespread criticism from First Nations leaders, who saw it as an attack on their rights and an attempt to assimilate Indigenous people.

The document, authored by Jean Chrétien while he was Indian affairs minister, called for an end to Indian status, the absorption of First Nations people as ordinary citizens, the termination of treaties and the privatization of reserve lands.

Carney open to reform

Prime Minister Mark Carney — who told reporters he was open to abolishing the act following Kinew's comments — said Tuesday that a process to review the legislation would not necessarily lead to it being terminated.

The federal government will work with First Nations and the provinces and territories to suggest possible replacements for it, Carney said.

Most First Nations chiefs agree the Indian Act is outdated and restrictive, but there is little consensus on what should replace it.

Mike Sutherland from Peguis First Nation said abolishing the law is a "big ask."

"It's one thing to say, the other thing to do it," Southerland said at an event marking the opening of an Indigenous-led business incubator in Winnipeg Tuesday.

"It's something that we would like to see, but you know, how long is it going to take us to get there?"

Nelson Nepinak from Skownan First Nation said after 150 years, it's time to get rid of the law altogether.

"It's time for First Nations to go into self-government and start governing themselves appropriately," he said.

"We have the young people that are highly educated. We have our staff in our First Nations communities that can do the same job [Indigenous Services Canada] is doing."

Activist warning

The main conversation about the Indian Act for the past year has been about how it determines status. Amendments proposed by the Senate would introduce a one-parent rule that would allow families to pass on Indian status as long as one parent has it.

Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty has criticized the proposal a "one-solution blanket," saying more consulations are needed.

There are policies in place if a First Nation decides to opt out of the Indian Act, with several communities having negotiated self-government over their territories.

Gull-Masty's community, the Cree First Nation of Waswanipi, is one of those self-governing communities, under the 1975 James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement — in which Chrétien played a leading role.

Talk of reforming or abolishing the Indian Act comes as Carney works to speed up development of major projects alongside the provinces and Indigenous Peoples.

His government's Building Canada Act initially gave Ottawa the power to sidestep the Indian Act. That provision was removed in response to calls from the Conservatives and the Bloc Québécois.

Janice Makokis, a lawyer and Idle No More organizer, said the current talk of abolishing the Indian Act is an echo of federal efforts decades earlier that triggered unrest among First Nations people and leaders.

"We must scrutinize whether the language of modernization and economic partnership is being used to shift power away from our nations, while opening our territories to development," she said in the foyer of the House of Commons.

"Our rights existed before the Indian Act; they do not depend on the Indian Act. But abolishing it without a process directed by First Nations themselves risks another era of paternalism, of Canada deciding what our freedom should look like then writing the rules for us."

WATCH | Carney open to abolishing Indian Act: https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.7397181


By: Arturo Chang · CBC News

With files from Meaghan Ketcheson, Radio-Canada's Catherine Moreau and The Canadian Press

Published: Oct 27, 2026 4:52 PM EST | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

Related articles: - 'Time to abolish the Indian Act,' Manitoba premier tells PM in historic meeting with chiefs - A 'reset' or 'one and done'? First Nations and first ministers set to hold historic meeting - After 150 years, Canada still has an Indian Act. Why is it so hard to get rid of? - Carney government is stalling on Indian Act reform bill, advocates, lawmakers charge


r/Winnipeg • • 3h ago

Food 'It's food. It's art': Winnipeg college students working to craft new low-cal mocktails

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It's an assignment they can raise a glass to — students at Red River College Polytechnic in Winnipeg are working with a local beverage company to develop low-calorie mocktails and energy beverages they'll actually drink.

"It's science. It's food. It's art," said Jessica Freis, a student in the college's science laboratory technology program who is specializing in quality assurance and control.

On the day CBC visited, her team was preparing samples of an energy drink for a taste-test with their client, HealthySips — a Winnipeg-based company that makes no-alcohol, low-calorie drinks.

"This matcha energy drink we haven't quite finished yet, but the previous mojitos and mocktails and stuff, they're very tasty," said Freis.

It's a win-win situation. The students get an assignment with real-life applications, while the company gets access to a state-of-the-art research kitchen, along with help with ingredient sourcing, product testing, and research and development.

Mavis McRae is director of RRC's Prairie Research Kitchen, an applied research and training lab that works with outside partners. Students draw on food science and culinary arts to develop solutions for their clients.

The lab started with introducing culinary arts students at the college to product development, but has expanded over the years to include science laboratory technology students, said McRae.

Making products that are shelf-stable and take into account "changing consumer tastes, and looking at all the nutritional and safety [concerns] is a bit different," she said.

"There's lots of pressures on companies to develop new products, develop new markets, to be more efficient in what they do, and so we bring all of those resources to the research projects."

New mocktail already on the shelves

The lab's collaboration with HealthySips has already produced a mocktail that's on store shelves from Ontario to B.C.

It comes as the market for zero-proof, low-calorie beverages is experiencing a wave of innovation.

Driven by "sober-curious" consumers and a focus on wellness, product developers are using advanced formulation techniques to replace both the buzz of alcohol and the heavy sugars traditional mixers rely on.

HealthySips co-founder and CEO Arturo Orellana says the industry is moving past simple mocktails, which have traditionally been high in sugar, to engineered alternatives that are healthier.

His company found that most of the mocktails available in the Manitoba market were coming from the U.S., and had "really high calories and really high sugar," he said.

So they decided to create something healthier — and local.

"We really knew what we wanted, but we didn't know where to start," said Orellana. "So they [Prairie Research Kitchen] helped us from ingredient research to testing to prototyping to doing tons and tons of sampling."

Growing non-alcoholic market

A side benefit of working with the RRC lab is getting a bit of real-time market testing with the exact demographic zero-proof beverage makers like HealthySips are going after.

"The key demographics here are sort of Gen Z, people in their early 20s or around 20 to the mid-30s" — a particularly health-conscious group, said Rod Phillips, a history professor at Carleton University with a speciality in the history of alcohol.

"It's interesting that the people who are going to be actually developing and working on these beverages [at RRC] are the very people who are going to be consuming them."

According to a 2024 study by NielsenIQ, a consumer intelligence and market research company, Canadian sales in the non-alcoholic beverage market hit nearly $200 million between June 2023 and June 2024 — a 24 per cent increase over the previous year.

The company found Gen Z and Millennials (ages 20 to 35) are the primary force behind the zero-proof surge, prioritizing mental health, physical well-being and lower-anxiety socializing.

"I think this shift offers a lot of opportunities for businesses," Phillips said.

"The alcohol industry has adapted very quickly, and then there's a lot of opportunities for companies that never made alcoholic beverages … to make beverages that either mimic alcoholic beverages or completely different beverages."

Red River College student Freis said it's also gratifying for the people like her, who are involved in making the next generation of drinks.

"I really enjoy … the sort of immediate impact that I can see with these products that we're developing," she said.

"I go into the store, and I was, like, 'I helped make these things," said Freis. "It's really cool to see the full product come out on the other end."

During the lab's latest taste test, one formulation stood out — but the group preferred the colour of the other one.

"There's nothing stopping blending the two, so you could get the best of both," said Prairie Research Kitchen research technician Anna Hymers.

The goal is to launch the new energy drink early in the new year. The hope is that it will become a hit in the marketplace — and deliver high marks for the students.

WATCH | RRC Polytech students work to brew up new low-cal, zero-proof drinks: https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.7398555


By: Karen Pauls · CBC News

Published: Oct 27, 2026 2:55 PM EST | Last Updated: 4 hours ago

Related articles: - Bye bye booze? Alcohol consumption hits 20 year low, as non-alc options soar - Why millennials and Gen Z are helping lead the zero-proof drink surge


r/Winnipeg • • 6h ago

Ask Winnipeg Voting question

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I’m not a new voter … but a friend’s comment stymied me.

She only wants to vote for the mayor as she has no knowledge of the people running for trustees or councillors. But, she wont vote at all, because if she leaves the rest of the ballot blank, she says that her ballot would be voided/invalid.

Is this true?

And … connected to this … is there only one ballot covering all 3 positions, or are there 3 separate ballots (which is what I told her there would be)?

Thank you!


r/Winnipeg • • 18h ago

Politics Opinion: Winnipeggers unhappy with city leadership, but mostly unwilling to do anything about it

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This is not an endorsement (not my job) nor is it a prediction (predictions are for suckers) of what will happen Wednesday in Winnipeg’s mayoral race. It is, however, a call to arms for voters.

The latest Free Press-Abacus Data (formerly Probe Research) poll, published this past weekend recorded a noticeable decline in support for the two theoretical front-runners (Scott Gillingham and Kevin Klein, respectively) and an increase from modest to significant for just about everyone else.

Gillingham saw his support from decided voters drop from 55 per cent to 36 per cent. Klein, the former city councillor and MLA, saw support drop from 23 to 19 per cent.

And what of the rest? Business owner Mike Vogiatzakis, who generated most of his headlines in this campaign by engaging in NHL-grade trash-talking with Klein, was up three points to 14 per cent. And Noah Redden, the 27-year-old software developer, saw his support jump by 10 points, from four to 14 per cent.

For the two purported front-runners, this is the kind of erosion in support that goes off like an air-raid siren, particularly when it may (emphasis on “may”) signal some sort of shift in the trend lines of this campaign.

There are a couple of important takeaways from the results.

First, media organizations that held mayoral candidate debates and then limited participation to only those with more than 10 per cent support in polls taken earlier in the campaign should probably re-think their criteria.

Excluding Redden, who now has more than 10 per cent support, seems like an incredibly bad break. Perhaps the debate hosts could look at other metrics, such as the number of announcements or the complexity of their platforms. Just saying.

Which brings us to the big, new question in the campaign: is Redden worthy of the surge in support in this latest poll?

Redden has no experience in politics or government, which can be a huge plus for some voters. And he is younger than the three candidates who are either tied with him or ahead of him in poll results. Young can sometimes, but not always, motivate younger voters which, in most but not all instances, boosts voter turnout.

In other words, if Redden’s support is a precursor to a higher turnout, then he is likely to outperform even the very respectable numbers in the poll.

As for his platform, Redden has ticked all the right boxes for top-of-mind issues; public safety, homelessness, transit, housing. He has clearly paid attention to the issues that voters are paying attention to, and that’s not nothing.

Where things break down is costing. Candidates who have never served in municipal government tend to make unaffordable promises because, from the outside, it always looks as if there are savings to pay for new ideas that can be exploited.

Unfortunately, the city simply does not have enough money because of limited opportunities to generate revenue and woefully inadequate and out-of-date funding models from the federal and provincial governments.

Redden, for example, has promised to help Winnipeg Transit by increasing the frequency of buses on key routes, touchless card payment options and a light-rail system on the Main Street-St. Mary’s Road corridor.

These are all the right things to do. City hall is trying to do the first two, but given that there isn’t clear, committed funding to finish the dedicated bus rapid transit network, LRT seems like a worthy, but unrealistic suggestion.

Redden has also tried to tackle homelessness and unaffordable housing, with a pledge to support community groups and “work with developers to prioritize building and refitting more affordable housing units.” This is the right solution, but it’s also largely what the city — which has neither the money nor the jurisdiction — is already trying to do, with very limited success.

Although Redden’s surge in popularity is intriguing, it’s not the most interesting part of this poll. That distinction will fall to the precipitous decline in support for Gillingham and, to a lesser extent, Klein and what it says about the mood of the electorate.

Gillingham remains the most popular of a relatively unpopular field, and more than 60 per cent of respondents said they’d like to give someone other than the incumbent a shot at running the city. That’s a powerful statement, but the math tells us that far too many of the people who said that have yet to indicate a preference for the candidate they do want.

That poll result paints a picture of an electorate that is frustrated and cynical, but not particularly motivated to do anything about it. Like voters in most other major cities, we are complainers without the intestinal fortitude to identify and support a better candidate.

I won’t predict a winner, but I will predict historically low turnout. And that’s saying something, given that the 2022 mayoral turnout was 37 per cent.

Apathetic voters often complain that they don’t vote because their vote doesn’t mean anything.

However, with no true front-runner in this campaign, there is a an opportunity for apathetic voters to rise up and make a difference.

Lamentably, that might be too big an ask from an electorate that would rather complain than vote.

  • Dan Lett

r/Winnipeg • • 15h ago

News Cycling advocate hopes Winnipeg's next mayor doesn't backpedal on commitments

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A bike advocate is hoping whoever is elected as Winnipeg's mayor builds off existing momentum on the future of cycling and pedestrian infrastructure.

"We already have an amazing commitment from the previous council and the current mayor, so we're really positive about that," said Ian McCausland, a board member of Bike Winnipeg.

The 2026 budget says the city plans to spend $112.8 million on active transportation over the next six years, with $60 million specifically going toward cycling and pedestrian infrastructure.

"We're looking forward to working with whoever makes up the next council and taking those commitments forward, and seeing more investment in active transportation as a solution to the transportation problems everyone seems to have identified," McCausland said.

A CBC-commissioned survey done in August suggested cycling and pedestrian infrastructure is one of the areas where Winnipeg has improved the most, with 42 per cent of respondents saying it's better than it was four years ago.

A margin of error for the Abacus Data survey could not be calculated because the majority of responses came from online panels, but a random poll with that sample size would have a margin of error of 3.74 per cent, 19 times out of 20.

McCausland said the results don't surprise him.

"When we talked to cyclists who've been cycling for a long time, they'll say the same thing. The infrastructure has gotten better, we're always just missing those crucial connections that just tip it over into … an amazing network," he said.

McCausland said the No. 1 complaint he hears from cyclists in Winnipeg is that the bike path network isn't connected enough, especially in the north and northwestern part of the city. It's something he'd like to see addressed by the next council.

"You'll have a great piece, and then it'll end up throwing you into traffic," he said. "So, we'd really like to see all those little connections being made so that we can have a complete network that would help people embrace the network."

With election day right around the corner, McCausland is a little worried about what he's been hearing from some mayoral candidates.

"We've heard a little bit about bike lanes and active transportation during this campaign — not all of it has been positive," he said.

Mayoral candidate Mike Vogiatzakis said he would "100 per cent" reduce the amount of spending on bike lanes — namely the $60-million figure touted in the latest city budget.

"I would most definitely not spend that kind of money on bike lanes," he said. "You could build bike lanes in a much safer way and have them away from traffic — that would cost you a lot less."

Vogiatzakis said he'd prioritize making existing bike paths safer — mainly by moving them further away from major roads and highways — rather than focusing on developing more cycling infrastructure for a city with long winters.

He's also not on board with the city's long-term target of 50 per cent of trips in the city being walking, cycling, transit or ride-sharing by the year 2050.

"They want us to walk, they want us to cycle and find different ways to get to work, and I think it's unrealistic in a city like Winnipeg to have a plan that's good for other places in the world but not really good for our city," Vogiatzakis said.

If elected mayor, Kevin Klein has promised to redirect a portion of the funding currently allocated to bike-lane program funding toward homelessness initiatives, and arena and community-centre infrastructure.

"I want to be clear, I am not saying there will be no money for transportation needs such as bike lanes, but that we have to redirect some of the funds currently allocated for them to the most pressing needs of our communities," he said in a statement to CBC News.

Mayoral candidate Noah Redden said in a statement to CBC News that he supports increased bike lanes and active transportation infrastructure in the city. As mayor, he would "work to increase the amount of safe active transportation options in the city," he said.

Incumbent mayoral candidate Scott Gillingham said at a campaign announcement Monday that if re-elected, he wouldn't be diverting from the current funding plan for active transportation.

McCausland said that regardless of who is elected mayor of Winnipeg on Wednesday, he hopes that person "sees the value" in investing in cycling infrastructure.

Mazher Alam, Johnny Calderon, Chris Clacio, Tracey Drexler, Brad Gross, Umar Hayat, Josh Pagdato, and Don Woodstock are also running for mayor.


By: Justin Fiacconi · CBC News

Published: Oct 27, 2026 5:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 3 hours ago

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r/Winnipeg • • 4h ago

History Looking for WWII veterans to interview

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Hi,
Just wondering if anyone can put me in contact with Second World War veterans willing to be interviewed for the upcoming Remembrance Day. I know there are a dwindling amount in Winnipeg/MB and across Canada, and I'd like to preserve their memories before there are none left. Willing to travel outside the city as well.


r/Winnipeg • • 7h ago

Winni-Pets Where can I get aquatic plants for my betta fish?

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Here are some photos of him and his tank. His name is Swim Shady and we’ve had him since around March. The tank is 10 gallon with a heater and filter, it has sand, two silk plants, a cave which’s made of some type of rock I think(?) and a plastic whiskey barrel.

Im just looking for where I can buy some good quality aquatic plants for him. I heard it helps with the nitrogen cycle and will probably make him happier. I haven’t checked Amazon or anything, but honestly I wouldn’t trust buying plants off any online stores so that’s why I’m asking about irl stores. Any help would be appreciated.


r/Winnipeg • • 12h ago

Ask Winnipeg Grief counsellor

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Hello! I am looking for some recommendations regarding a grief counselor. Trying to navigate the loss of a family member while remaining sane.


r/Winnipeg • • 13h ago

Community IT peeps: New MB Time zone question

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So...in Powershell, the new "Manitoba Standard Time" time zone​ is showing SupportsDaylightSavingTime as True. Am I going crazy or is this incorrect and is going to mean Microsoft will change the clocks anyhow?

The new BC and AB timezones also have this as true, but Saskatchewan and the other ones that don't change the clocks have this as false. ​


r/Winnipeg • • 55m ago

Ask Winnipeg Fake blood help

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Hello all^^ I’m being Jeff the killer for Halloween and I was wondering if there were any stores in Winnipeg to get good and affordable fake blood? All of the ones I find end up looking really really orange:( thank you!!


r/Winnipeg • • 1h ago

Ask Winnipeg Dash cam footage

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Was wondering if anyone happened to witness a accident on Oct-21-26 at the intersection of Nathaniel and Grant at the intersection if anyone witnessed and has footage of the accident be much appreciated if you could send it to me it happened around 5:30pm


r/Winnipeg • • 3h ago

Ask Winnipeg Residential Contractor Who Does Self Levelling

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I need self levelling done using self levelling compound and have been unable to find a contractor who works in the residential space. Any suggestions in Winnipeg?


r/Winnipeg • • 1h ago

Politics Civic election results watch parties or pubs?

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The civic election is October 28 and I’m wondering if anyone knows of any local pubs / breweries broadcasting the election results. It’s so much more fun to watch in a pub than at home on the couch!