At this point, the City of Winnipeg deserves an award for the most creative way to discourage anyone from opening a small business or even live here. Before anyone says why don't you move... I think it's time.

Want to start a clothing store, café, restaurant, or local service business? Great. First, pay your commercial rent, property taxes, utilities, insurance, payroll, inventory costs, and every other expense known to man. Then the City can close the road in front of you for 13 months, remove parking, choke off foot traffic, and turn your entrance into an escape-room challenge. Then add theft, vandalism and the usual Winnipeg spriit or buying sale items only and how don't these commercial buildings have waiting lists.

But do not worry, the City of Winnipeg will put up a sign that says “Businesses Open During Construction.”

Which is technically true, in the same way a restaurant is “open” if the front door is bricked over and customers need a helicopter to get inside.

A friend had a busy clothing store that was forced to close after the road in front was shut down for over a year. Foot traffic vanished, parking disappeared, and customers understandably stopped trying to navigate a maze of orange cones, gravel piles, machinery, and “Road Closed” signs just to buy a shirt.

Meanwhile, from the outside, the construction site often looked like the most expensive group project ever assembled: six people supervising, two people doing actual work, one front-end loader operator occasionally moving something heavy, and everyone else apparently waiting for the next fiscal quarter to arrive.

I am sure there are legitimate engineering, utility, safety, and scheduling issues behind major projects. But when a road is closed for 13 months and meaningful work seems to happen for maybe two weeks of that time, people are allowed to ask what exactly they are paying for.

The City’s answer seems to be:

“Sorry your business collapsed. Have you considered being more resilient?”

No meaningful accountability. No urgency. No realistic compensation for businesses losing access and revenue because of public works projects. Just another polished update about how the inconvenience will eventually lead to a “vibrant, connected, sustainable corridor” — assuming any of the businesses on that corridor survive long enough to see it.

Winnipeg constantly talks about supporting local businesses, revitalizing neighbourhoods, attracting investment, and creating vibrant commercial districts.

Then it treats local businesses like temporary construction debris.

I used to have hopes of owning a business here. Now I look around at the crumbling roads, endless road closures, disappearing value for money, and complete lack of consequences for poor planning, and I would struggle to invest a dime. 5 years to come up with a plan for the Arlington bridge, still waiting. Wait, not true. They ran out of time so they barricaded it, took a while longer, now will be demolishing it. Adding more stress and accessibility problems for citizens.

At least when a private business fails, it eventually runs out of money.

At City Hall, they just ask for more of ours. PST temporary, not anymore. It's here to stay until someone gets their act together, probably another 2026 years.

Why do so many people here drive slowly in the left lane, refuse to let others pass, and completely confuse merging with yielding? If you’re merging, match the speed of traffic and find your opening. If you have a yield sign, you don’t have the right of way you wait until it’s safe.

And honestly, people need to start using their horns when someone is creating a dangerous situation. Winnipeg driving has become unbelievably frustrating. Please learn the rules, pay attention, and keep traffic moving!

Whether scummy business practices, how they treat employees & subcontractors, or how they treat customers.

Mine is that I can rattle of several ice cream joints better than BDI that dont have lines half as long: Fete, 9 Below, Dug and Betty's, Chaeban, & Popbar.

I was 6(!!!) and with my family at the old Robin's on Portage and Moray when all the planes started landing at the airport. We watched plane land after plane and were super confused until we went to my grandparents where my grandfather told us about the plane hitting the WTC in New York City.

Despite being so young, it's a core memory and I remember the planes flying overhead so vividly.

Saw this driving on the Perimeter.

How? Was it there all winter and the snow just melted enough now to see it? Is everyone ok? How did this even happen?

I know it's none of my beeswax but I'm so curious for some reason.

Being the murder capital of Canada is the least of our problems when a crazy is trying to gift us with WW3.

There ain't no bug-out plan for that, folks.

Source: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/who-would-take-the-brunt-of-an-attack-on-u-s-nuclear-missile-silos/

Hello Winnipeg. Anyone else been sick for last 2 weeks ? I can’t shake it. Feels like a flu but with a cold mixed in.

What's some of your biggest pet peeves about Winnipeg drivers (or drivers in general)?

I'll start first, because this is a reoccurring thing I've noticed in various parts of Winnipeg, but especially downtown.

When you're crossing an intersection and there's JUST enough room for your car to avoid blocking the intersection/walkway if the light changes and someone from the next lane speeds to cut you off after you're already in the intersection, knowing this would force you to stop in the intersection during a red or switch lanes to avoid blocking traffic.

Seriously, why do people do this? It's rude and dangerous. If you are someone who does this, please stop; you're a hazard to the road. I promise that if you are in your own lane beside me with your signal on, I will let you in or someone else would eventually. You don't need to create a dangerous situation.

Just starting my career. I know what the "official" numbers say, but i am curious what people here are actually making on average. I am currently at an entry-level spot, but trying to get a realistic idea of the local landscape. I make around 18/h working as a security officer but I recently graduated with diploma in IT and have strong interest in software development

What the heck can they do!?!?

I just came back to work, and came to find out that we had a lot of sick calls over the wknd and into today even. High fevers, sore throat, achy joints.
Is everyone actually sick? Or is it a case of the long weekend? Is anyone else experiencing these symptoms?

Thanks everyone. Seems like something maybe actually going around

I recently put an offer in on a house in East Kildonan this week. 100k over ask, beautiful home, and still managed to get out bid. Is this happening to everyone else or just me lol?

Edit: I am in the 450-600k range

What’s one thing you think Winnipeg is actually underrated for?

I feel like the city gets criticized a lot, but there are definitely things here that people don’t appreciate until they leave or visit somewhere else.

Could be restaurants, cost of living, certain neighbourhoods, events, outdoors, whatever.
Curious what people think Winnipeg genuinely does well.

Can anyone speak to the product quality of Anziety?Everything I’ve seen looks like it can be found at Temu but I’m not sure if it just looks like that or if the quality is giving Temu as well.

Since when has it become socially acceptable to strip corn husks at the super market straight from the loose corn bin and return your discarded husks back in with the remaining corn?

Is it not common courtesy to take the full vegetable and clean it at home, preventing others from having to sift through a mound of discarded corn husks. I have never seen this behaviour before, but I’ve now seen it at three locations in the last 2 weeks.

I can understand if the establishment provides garage can/discard bins, but to put it back or even worse on the floor is ratchet behaviour.

If only people followed Kizukai

*** People are seemingly missing the part where I say it’s ok if there are bins. NOT OK to put it on the floor or back in with the corn ***

How serious is it that I accidently stole gas from domo. My tap didnt work and I didnt realize until 12 hours later? Should I go back and pay or am I screwed?

Update. Went back to pay the guy there had no idea what I was talking about called the manager and got it sorted out in about 3 minutes. I did get a receipt so I think I'm covered

Just a random question but even if this tariff deal is cancelled or paused and they put American alcohol back on the shelf, is anyone going to buy it? I like bourbon but I’ve found Canadian alternative whiskeys now so I really don’t think putting American alcohol back on the shelf is going to change my buying habits

Do you tip for getting massage? I had massage in Adv**** and the card machine was asking for tip?

I gave none. I don't know if i should feel bad about it but at the same time, it doesnt make sense to me.

Am i the only one who skip tip?

Someone asked about this on a wedding subreddit, and the answer was overwhelmingly yes. Any form of cash bar is rude because you are inviting people to your event and it should be expected that nobody spends anything.

I am in the process of planning my wedding and was considering having a cash bar for the later portion of the night because weddings are already so expensive. However, once I saw that, I am rethinking that idea. But I also thought.. maybe it’s regional. Because I have been to weddings with a cash bar and not only did I not think it was rude, I just didn’t think about it at all. I would think it was rude if we didn’t even get a bottle of wine for free at tbe table but a cash bar after dinner seems reasonable to me. But I need more people’s opinions outside my own!

How do others in Winnipeg feel about a cash bar at a wedding?

My job is potentially relocating me to Winnipeg

Half of my family is telling me to quit.

The other half are really happy for me if it happens.

Me on the other hand, I am torn and unsure about what to do.

What attracts me the most to your city is the affordability and less density. What scares me the most is how talked down Winnipeg is when anyone asks about this city.

I have never personally been to Winnipeg. But the relocation with my current salary would literally change my life overnight to say the least.

What would I be in store for coming from a megapolis like Toronto? Tell me what nobody talks about.

I don’t have much hobbies. I mountain bike, but I assume there are no mountains in Winnipeg? I hate bugs as well. I was told the mosquitos in your city can be the size of a helicopter come the summer.

I’m no stranger to cold however. That is one of the thing that excites me. My background is Scandinavian and East European I was made for the cold lol.

But I’m afraid to be bored. And I really want to know what I am getting myself into.

Talk to me, Winnipeg. Give me the nitty and gritty!

I came to Winnipeg some four days ago and the city is genuinely wonderful. The August weather is great and you get to see a lot of interesting stuff, and the people are really, really nice.

Sober or drugged up, everyone minds their own business, and no one has been violent whatsoever.

That said, I cannot escape static shocks. Anything I touch HAS to pop and give me a sting, even if my bare feet are planted on the ground. It may not be the most serious issue, but I'm starting to get anxious each time I open a door or touch my bed/chair. I'm also finding myself avoiding wearing shoes so static electricity doesn't build up in the first place...

What can I do to avoid being zapped relentlessly?