Why 800,000 People Live In North America's Coldest City...
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- I visited Winnipeg, the Coldest City in Canada & The Americas as well as the 2nd Coldest City on Earth!
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Winnipeg, often nicknamed "Winterpeg" is the Coldest Major City in Canada due to it's location near the Canadian Shield in the Canadian Prairies.
The average yearround temperature is just 2.9°C, and 12 days each year experience a windchill BELOW -40°C! The lowest air temperature ever recorded was -47.8°C, but the windchill has dipped below -57.1°C or -70.8°F! Meaning, the weather is often colder here than McMurdo Station, Antarctica, and for a few months each year, even colder than the South Pole!
Manitoba's Capital is also one of Canada's most remote cities, being over 1,300km from the nearest larger city, Calgary! So why do nearly 1 million people choose to live in one of the most inhospitable regions of the world? Join me on this epic road trip to find out.
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Colorado has a record of -61f
Yes, it's not a great city for walking, which is why the streets are empty. The people are up above you on those bridges.
The lieutenant-governor (pronounced _lef te nunt_ ) is a vice-regal position, representing HM King in each province, and she's not part of the government, so she doesn't work in the Legislative Assembly.
Gimli, Manitoba has the largest Icelandic population outside Iceland.
Robbie Burns never lived in Winnipeg, but a large percentage of Canada's English-speaking heritage comes from Scotland, rather than England. There's a statue of Burns in Vancouver's Stanley Park as well.
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The flashing green does NOT mean it's about to turn orange. It means one has the right of way to turn left. The pedestrian bridges aren't just to protect people from extreme cold in winter but also from extreme heat in summer. This video is focusing on the cold in Winnipeg but it's really a city of temperature extremes, both hot and cold.
Are the mosquitoes a well kept secret?
Winnipeg's average summer temperatures don't look extreme to me. Is it a more occasional thing?
@@Dankfortit gets hot. Hot as Las Vegas some days, like 35C+
I haven’t driven in Canada in 20+ years, but I recall that the flashing green lights mean different things in different cities. I recall that in Toronto the flashing green light means a left turn was allowed, while in Vancouver it meant the light was about to turn yellow.
extreme heat in summer.
2 days a year it gets over 30C
I'm from Regina & somehow keep ending up in Winnipeg. The people here are unbelievably altruistic; I've never experienced another major city where people are so freaking accommodating.
If Winnipeg was a person, it would definitely be a 250 lbs. tatted-up dude that's done time in prison... yet somehow doesn't understand why people are scared to be around him in spite of really wanting to be friends with everyone.
This. alot of people say winnipeg is just meen evil people. I've personaly had a man just give me the shoes off his feet when I was a very young adult barely paying rent and eating at the oak table church in osborne to stay alive. a dude noticed my wrecked shoes and without a word just gave me his...have had people notice when im not wearing gloves and attempt to give me theres until i show them i have some.
Well said
Someone has never heard of the winnipeg hand shake.
Best description
@@fricholas7608 "Have you been to The Forks?"
"No, but I've heard about the knives".
love your video, I just moved to Winnipeg from southern China, unexpectedly soon adapted to the cold. People here are friendly and nice and it is a culturally diverse city.
Glad you enjoyed and welcome to Winnipeg!
Nah YNs boutta turn up and make it hell
welcome
@@basedmod2139young natives 😂
@mickeytwofingers911 that and then malis
I was driving back from Alberta to Winnipeg a couple of years back and somewhere in SK someone was broken down on the side of the road. I stopped to see if I could help him out. Dude was an immigrant and was laughing as I backed up toward him. I got out of my truck and he says “it’s always the ones from Manitoba that help 😁”. We chatted for a bit about where he was from and so on, it was cool.
Not sure if it’s true that it’s always the Manitobans, but, it was on that cold day and that’s enough for me.
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That’s why we are called Friendly Manitoba🩷
I stop on cold days as well not from Manitoba though. It's pretty simple though, we recognize people can die in those temperatures and fast.
I live in Edmonton though so they are definitely comparable in terms of crazy temperatures.
SO LOVE O LEE 🎉🎉 !!
When I used to do snow removal in the early mornings it wasn't uncommon for us too stop and pull a car off a median or check on accidents.
Not sure where you researched Winnipeg but you did a great job showing it off even with a few negative sides of our city.
You earned a subscription from me. Keep it up 👍
I lived in Winnipeg for 20+ years. We saw the cold as a fact of life and found ways to work and play around it. It was no big deal. The beautiful, albeit short, Winnipeg summers made Winnipeg a beautiful place. I miss it although I've lived all over the USA and France and Germany.
Would love to go back in Summer!
@@FromHeretoThere Summers are the COMPLETE OPPOSITE....+30's in the summers is not unusual at all ! And it's soo green. Over 3 million trees. Has to be seen to believed, to see the difference....
I found Halifax to be a lovely place. But I appreciate it so much because I was born and raised in murder capital of Canada....
@@CensorMeNot-dv5lg Admit it though...the supposed most dangerous city in Canada, is safer than than virtually any city in the States -it's all relative.
Minneapolis is no picnic in the winter. I thought the skyline needed two or three more highrises downtown to compete with Edmonton.
There's a Norwegian saying that goes something like "there is no bad weather, only bad clothing." I apply this mindset and extreme cold weather isn't really that bad.
Thank you for sharing
We have the same one in Germany!
Shoutout from Gimli Manitoba!!
Alright , Come work with me yesterday was -51 Here in Alberta …. I’ll let you wear as many layers as you want let’s see how good you work
I love when my Norwegian family come visit with that mindset. And then shit themselves because their "clothing layers" didn't help them feel any warmer.💀
Winnipeg has a similar latitude as Paris, France, but since Winnipeg is so far away from any ocean there is no moderating effect of the temperature. This is also shown in the summers as well, where Winnipeg is the warmest large city in Canada. Just as there are many activities to do in the winter, Winnipeg also embraces the warm summers with patios and summer festivals. There are also some really nice lakeside communities a short drive away.
Toronto has warmer daytime highs during summer than Winnipeg.
Ha ha ha ...that's a good one ! Winnipeg is like Paris. So by that you can only mean Paris is chock full of bums, filth and crime.
@@bestchannelintheworld In TO its from the humidity . I still believe Winnipeg is hotter .
@@mkrezanski6606 no, the measured temperature is higher in Toronto during the summer months. The all-time record high is hotter in Winnipeg, but that doesn't say anything since some locations within the Arctic circle have record highs hotter than most of the tropics.
While true, because of the Planet Axis Tilt, they're actually the True North and get a lot of the polar vortex hence the length of Winters.
As a proud Winnipegger born and raised, you make me wanna move back here! Great video. You got a new sub out of me. Thanks for making our city look great and the history lesson!
Born, raised, and current Winnipegger here, and frequent viewer of your channel. I cant believe Im seeing this channel make a video about my hometown and seeing the streets I roam and grew up in my whole life! Never thought you would stop here. Terrific stuff. -30C to -40C with windchill is common on most winter days here, and it still isn't enough to deter me and most folks from a Slurpee craving. If you get a chance to ice skate on the Red River at the Forks you should, pond hockey is really fun on the frozen river.
Stay warm and keep making great content friend
Winnipeg is a dump
@Various-Hilarious who cares, didnt ask
was walking down henderson with an ice coffee and a joint yesterday. I wonder if he knows the green is legal here. Or the history of 4 20 at the legislative.
@@Various-Hilariouskeep makin brainrot content lil bro
@jared5275 actually this channel was for school... Something you you probably know very little about seeing that you're from winnipeg... You're either native or junkie on the street or both
As a Canadian I really appreciated this video. I’ve never been to Winnipeg. The older gentleman in the park was a delight. FYI: the building bridges you refer to are called pedways. Thank you for this.
Thanks! Yes, agreed, loved chatting with him!
In Winnipeg we call them "skywalks"!
There are many skyways in Mpls too.
Nope, Skywalks it is
Trust me. Nobody here calls them "Pedways". You can not pedal a bike in them. You'd be kicked out by security. They are skywalks and we can walk all over downtown with shirt sleeves in the middle of winter. You park your car in a parking garage, which we call "Parkades" and you ditch your parka, and shop all over down town.
I worked as a First Nation dentist about an hour away from Winnipeg on the U.S. side. Winnipeg was a very welcomed urban oasis and the people were wonderful!Thank you Winnipeg!
Fantastic job of showcasing Winnipeg. A great city to live, work and play in despite the cold winters. The summers are sublime.
I lived in winnipeg for 14 years and now that I am in toronto, i miss winnipeg like crazy. It might be a cold place but people there are generally friendly.
GREAT video young man, I grew up in Transcona in the 60s and my family moved to Charleswood in 1975. I moved to Calgary in 1982 and I’m still an Albertan. It was nice to see many parts of the city once again….
Having attended the University of Manitoba, I thoroughly enjoyed your tour through this fine city showing me many changes. Thank you. I worked as a Grey Line tour guide in the summers. Your commentary and details were comprehensive. Winnipeg was the most friendly place I have ever lived (having lived internationally as well as in Canada]. Well done. Professor-Elizabeth
Thanks a ton! Definitely felt the hospitality in Winnipeg! Some of the nicest people I've ever met!
incase you wanted feedback: I think this is your best produced video, the format, information, and stories from people just brought together the perfect chemistry and in my opinion this is my favorite video in the last few months that you've made! I enjoyed it and I hope that eventually you will become viral again but with the new style of content as you deserve it. Even though my attention span is ruined from short form content, you made it engaging enough for me to watch the entire video! I hope that you will make a video on Churchill eventually. Anyways, have a great day!
Thanks so much! Been loving telling these kinds of stories, and i definitely feel like each video gets better as I learn more about how i wanna make them along the way :)
I'm a heavy "YT traveler", constantly watching vids and dreaming of visiting every last corner of our Earth.
I have to say, this video, which is my first of yours, was outstanding.
Informative in every way.
Historical info, resident testimonies, "walkthrough" views.
Absolutely loved it.
Watched the whole thing, while cleaning my kitchen...
Another subscriber earned.
Thanks!
I look forward to browsing around your other posts.
Thanks so much! Got a ton more videos like it coming!
FromHeretoThere, I really hope you will return to the iron mango, and mango tango
Good job dude! I feel you gave my city a fair shake : ) I only wish you'd come in winter or summer! not the inbetween!
I agree!
@@katemizu I second that
@@mattlacasse5828 🤝🤝
Adding to your narrative of downtown, across from City Hall are the Planetarium featuring educational films about outer space on a dome shaped screen and the Centennial Concert Hall where our Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (WSO) as well as other touring entertainment groups and individual performers. Winnipeg has an extensive public transportation system of bus routes and a Transit Plus door to door ride service for people unable to access the city's fixed route system. For over 40 years I feel blessed to be able to enjoy Winnipeg during cold winters or hot summers. Thank you for visiting Winnipeg!
Thanks for sharing your experiences in Winnipeg! It really speaks to human resilience that so many people choose to live in such a frigid climate, finding beauty and warmth in their community.
To be fair, it is really hard to save up enough money to move to a place that's far away and more expensive 😅. I've met a lot of people who felt trapped here as much as anything, myself included when I was younger and moved to Vancouver from Winnipeg.
From 13:24 to 40:04 this gentleman is a true Canadian who makes you feel
comfortable and welcomed from the moment you start talking to him, long
may he and everyone else like him live, hopefully right here in this city
that I love so dearly, Winnipeg.
Loved talking with him!
The gentleman also has an incredible style. I need to get another jacket like his. He seems like a great person to talk to.
Thank you for making this fascinating video. The 1 hour 14 minutes just flew by. We thoroughly enjoyed our vicarious visit to Winnipeg with you. We've always been fascinated by cold cities, and the people who live there. Winnipeg has been a particular object of curiosity for us, after having once watched a surreal, yet engrossing, independent film called "My Winnipeg." We enjoyed your video far more than that movie. Keep up the good work, and God bless all the fine and very hearty citizens of Winnipeg and all of Manitoba. Look forward to your next adventure. We'll be watching.
I am an immigrant and have lived in Winnipeg for 11 years. It is very cold in the winter but the summers are great. Sometimes hot and the beautiful lake and camping are fantastic. So I enjoy summer to the fullest
why would you choose winnipeg out of all the other candian cities?
Cheaper housing.
@@corybjarnason218housing is not the reason why .... It's the amount of claim that are passed.. other provinces have a higher denial rate .. this is why they work in Manitoba for X amount of time then end up moving after ... My uncle hired a home care worker and after 5 years she left for Edmonton after she gained citizenship.. because Alberta denied her application but Manitoba gave he the chance...
@RaytKim-ov1lp Have you been to T.O. lately? It looks like Ontario isn't denying anybody.
I think it's not where you live that matters, but how i live .I came here first because my friend in Winnipeg was doing business here and he recommended me. He left Winnipeg but I am doing better here than my friend.
This is the smartest TH-camr that has reviewed Winnipeg. Well done.
Should I visit the Coldest Place on Earth next?
Winter is halfway through and it may be tough getting to Siberia or Antartica
No.. Visit the nicest place to be in the Northern Hemisphere during the depressing winters in the US. That’s where I want to go next!
@@gledatelj1979it’s summer in Antarctica he would have to go in July
Yea you should. That would be pretty funny and interesting
Oymyakon or Yakutsk?
I will add Winnipeg to my travel bucket list. Thanks for showcasing and the little history.
Was a fascinating city!
Good idea...summer is much much different and well worth it.
Please come during the middle of summer or the dead of winter. While December through February is cold af, when there's snow on the ground there's skating and other activities that you don't get in dreary November.
Definitely check out the forks market! There’s so many lovely shops, and especially in the summer there are markets outside around June. There’s also quite a few conventions, like comicons and Acon (anime convention)
If you are to go and like shopping, I would say that you should check out any farmers markets, because the homemade art and jewelry can be so pretty, especially if you can find transitional Métis beadwork artists. The Métis are known as the floral beadwork people because they would adorn their jackets, moccasins and many other items with bright colourful floral beadwork and embroidery.
Been waiting for this video!! Great work covering Winnipeg, people and history.
Looking forward to your Churchill video!
I am happy that you show case Winnipeg, I grew up there, I am now living in Calgary. May last winter was minus -55 with the windchill! The summers are beautiful! I do miss it, I visit often as friends and family are still there❤
I've literally got a whiff of nostalgia as soon as I heard your voice man.
I used to watch you all the time when I was way younger on Mango Tango ! 😆
No wonder I recognize ur voice almost immediately!
Now, watching you on this channel feel unreal.
I've always liked traveling vids and seeing my childhood ytber commentating it just adds to the bag !
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you picked an absolute oddball year to film this. This year has been a treat so far with the winter weather.
some perspective for you. I live 1.5hrs north of Winnipeg and I do not pull out my winter jacket until around -20 with the wind. At -45 exposed skin will start to suffer from frostbite in 3-5 minutes.
Yee I wish the river was frozen allready. the vibes at the forks are so diffrent when winter is in full swing. way more fun way more people. Or like a major jets game. that empty down town would be filled
As a Canadian who has once driven through (but never really been to) Winnipeg, I really enjoyed this. Thank you!
Great job!! As a born and raised Winnipeger, you taught me a few things about our city! You did visit during one of the least pretty times of the year. A fresh snowfall would look better and, of course, a summer visit when the trees are full green and the weather is the opposite of winter (we have one of the hottest summers around) would have shown you some better times. You might also go for a drive outside of Winnipeg because nature is not far away, given our 100,000 lakes. That's the icing on the cake for Winnipegers, as it's a short drive to some great camping, cottages, beaches, fishing, water sports, etc etc etc..
Thanks for the comment! Yeah the idea was to visit with some snow on the ground (I had heard usually by mid-November there is snow), but it's been an unusually warm winter I guess!
There is Fort Whyte Centre and The Leaf at Assiniboine Park ...
Great job giving a great presentation of our city. Please do come back in summer and experience Winnipeg when it’s in full bloom and the temperatures reach over 30 degrees Celsius.
If you’re really brave come back in late December to February to experience bone chilling temperatures 🤣🤣
As a Winnipeger who has personally walked in -50 I love this city. I know most of the history, the secrets, the river walks. The only thing I hate is that in the summer it can peak at +35c with 100% humidity. I sometimes do tours for my online friends through here :)
I'll also add that Thanksgiving day, 2019 we got hit with a blizzard that knocked out power and made life shite for about 5-6 days. That was a fun time
I finished my undergraduate studies at the University of Manitoba before returning to tropical Indonesia. People will call me crazy, but I miss it because I've made amazing friends in Winnipeg. ❤❤❤
Any plans of coming back here after when you return to indonesia?
Me too u oh m
I live in Winnipeg and never seen the city so empty. I think it's because people are getting their first dose of winter in November, so their cold tolerances are low.
do you have a lot of indians there ?
I was just about to say, it looks like a ghost town.
It is beyond me why anybody wants to live in such an uninhabitable place!
@@johnmookerji7770haha many of us don’t wanna live here. But for many, including myself. I was born here and everyone I know and love is here. That’s enough to keep me in Winnipeg personally. If I could bring all my loved ones Ik I’d be long gone. And most would prob agree with that sentiment lol
It’s just silent hill season lol
I'm from Winnipeg and honestly you did suuch a nice job capturing everything the city has to offer and I actually learned a few things I didn't know aswell!!
I'm also very glad you spoke about indigenous people and brought some awareness about our culture :)
You filmed on the most dreary gross day of the year, and on an empty Sunday morning, in an urban sprawl city, when most people are in the suburbs or having brunch also in the suburbs.
Winnipeg is located an hour from two beautiful lakes, with long beaches and cottage country. In the summer, this place is unrecognizable from the footage in this video. C'mon back in july ☀️
or when the river actualy freezes man the vibes be diffrent at the forks when the familys are out skateing
The suburbs 🙄
@@carolinemikaelson1939 how is the forks the subrubs? Its in the actual center of the city downtown very VERY far from the suburbs...
@@MauseDays no one said the forks is in the suburbs....
At +1C, it actually feels colder in Winnipeg. When the temperature drops under freezing, our internal thermostat turns on and we start to warm up. I moved to Italy in 1978, but I can say I felt warmer at Winnipeg's -20C rather than Trieste's +10C with humidity...
I totally get this! I lived in West Germany/Germany from 1988 to 1991 and we got around 3 weeks of snow total, but I was cold all the time from the fog and dampness. Never seeing the sun during those months made me miserable. I missed my bright Winnipeg winters!
yeah, that's NOT how it works in real life. I live in a place that regularly goes from below to above freezing, and anybody who is equally experienced with such conditions (and isn't a diehard fan of winter sports), will always pick +10C with 100% RH over even -2C with 50% RH, let alone -20C. -20C makes it painful to breathe, and your skin hurts even when there's no wind.
Thank you so much for showcasing our city. I have to say I really enjoyed the video and I look forward to watching more of your stuff. It looks like you've covered some absolutely fascinating topics.
Visited Winnipeg back in September and was impressed! The Fort Garry Hotel was gorgeous and the Forks Market was very nice.
I've lived in Winnipeg for just over 30 years now. Just to let you know your pronunciations were pretty good except for the word Metis it is pronounced maytea. Thank you for coming to Winnipeg and sharing our story you did a great job.
That's a better review than most residents can provide, nicely researched. Like several have said already, the summer months are much warmer in Winnipeg than cities that are at the same degree of latitude, such as Calgary and Vancouver. They don't get nearly the heat we do in Winnipeg in the summer months. It is a very dry climate, so the minus temperatures do not feel as cold here as they do at coastal locations. And the high temperatures such as 30 degrees Celcius don't feel as oppressive as humid locations experience. Great history lesson, and a pretty accurate sense of what Winnpeg is like. Well done.
I lived 2 years in Atqasuk, Alaska.. about 60 miles south of Barrow. I can guarantee it is a lot easier to dress for the cold temperatures than it is to live without sunlight. Super cold… stay inside and only be exposed for short times. No sunlight… wait another 3 months. HUGE difference in discomfort.
Wow that's fascinating! What were you doing up there? Would love to visit some of the more remote communities in Alaska. Have any suggestions?
Northern Maine is as cold as Winnepeg or most of Alaska, but being on the 47th parallel at least gives days and nights of roughly equal length. The reason we are not called the coldest city is only because we don't have cities here at all.
@@alexeichoquet7822 Exactly. Winnipeg is the coldest city in Canada but its actually the warmest part of Manitoba since the other parts not as many people live in.
Yeah, I live in Winnipeg and the cold really ain’t that big of a problem. If your homeless than obviously it’s pretty bad but otherwise you can throw on a jacket and you’ll be fine
Who asked?
Thanks for making a longer video about Winnipeg.
Glad you enjoyed!
Winnipegger born and raised, appreciate the video! Winnipeg is a great little city to raise a family and a great home base. Definitely need to do some travelling in the winter though to break it up!
Winnipeg was on our moving list. People at work called me crazy because of the cold.
I said id take the cold over QC taxes and b.s french.
Finally we agreed on Alberta and will be driving cross country , cant wait to see ol'winni 🍻😁
It was really cool to see an outsiders view of where I grew up. Thanks for this video! The cold sucks in winter, but really the lack of sunshine is the biggest bummer. It's dark when I go to work, and dark by the time I get home from work.
As I'm watching this video, it is currently -28C real feel -38C and I'm working under my truck in my driveway. (Luckily not windy today, at least not where I'm at in wpg)
Also, wife and i have attempted to drink slurpees when there was a -52C windchill
I grew up in Winnipeg from 1971 to 1989 and have a lot of great memories of my experience there! But I left because I was sick of the cold winters and all the inconveniences that come with it! But as a kid going from grade 4 to grade 12 there it was awesome!!!😎😎😎
BURTON Cummings Theatre. Not "Boston." Lead singer of The Guess Who, Canadian icon and Winnipeg native.
Almost as good as Chad Allen, the original. This should bring on the comments eh?
And horrible human being.
NOT Boston Cumming…..it’s the “Burton Cummings Theatre” as in Burton Cummings lead singer of the Guess Who! One of their many huge hit song was “American woman “, along with “These Eyes”, “Clap for the Wolfman and “Laughing”. Burton Cummings was born and raised in Winnipeg. If you get a chance, you might consider going back and re edit to correct it. I think your audience would like to know . Plus, I think Winnipeggers would be pleased for the correction.
Thanks for your video. Awesome!
@@KrisThompson-j9bprobably not , there have been a lot of famous and noteworthy winnipegers,. Cummings was big moment was 50 yrs ago.
Ain’t nobody give a dam
Dude, you need to come here in the summer! And hit some of the small town festivals. And also: Winnipeg is an hour away from a beach in Any Direction. No joke. You need to come back!!!
Looking for the nearest city to Winnepeg with over 500,000, you're kind of relying on a technicality. It's true that the "city proper" populations of Minneapolis and St. Paul are each less than 500,000, the Minneapolis-St.Paul metro area population is over 3 million, much larger and much closer than Milwaukee.
I moved to Winnipeg when i was 6 years old. Im planning to move now to get married in the USA. Watching this makes me realize what i'm going to miss.
The friends, and the people here, so nice. And my fav ramen shop in downtown hargrave st, Saburo.
Despite the temperature where i always love to complain about, this is a good city.
Im going to miss you Winnipeg ❤
Ooooh, ramen!
'Saburo', Hargrave St. Noted, thank you! I'm a total newcomer here, but loving almost everything (Public Transit is a bit of a hit and miss) about the city. I do so dearly wish that it had more hills for my running/cycling workouts, but... prairies, I understand.
I lived in Winnipeg aka Winterpeg in the late eighties (one and half years) attending University of Manitoba; it was really cold, average temperature in those days was about -29 degree celsius. I still remember buying my first items in local Woolworths--parka and mittens. However, the summer was very enjoyable--lots of festivals, and a drive to Lake Winnipeg for fishing.
late 80s was the worst cold of my lifetime.
0:53 did I just witness someone missing their bus
Poor guy, why was he chasing it though
Happen to me everyday in Toronto
The 11 comes every 10 minutes so he won't be waiting too long
Of course it was an 11 too 😂
@@aznzensation determination
The flashing green traffic signal doesn’t mean “the light is about to change to yellow. “
It is called an “advance green”’and serves the same purpose as a green left arrow. It is telling drivers it is safe to proceed straight ahead, turn left or turn right because opposing traffic is facing a red signal.
Oh that makes a lot of sense! Thanks for clarifying!
except in Vancouver, where it means that the street is pedestrian signalized. Flashing green doesn't exist here (in Calgary) but I wonder how many people visiting Vancouver from Toronto or wherever, see the flashing green and proceed turning left and are killed by oncoming traffic or kill a pedestrian. It's horrible. Should be a standard everywhere in the country.
Good to know. I'm from a border state and was mega confused in Ontario
@@JohnManzowelcome to canada mix standard woke people and Trudeau dictatorship government invaders taking over. Bye bye canada 😊
@@JohnManzo You are right. I drove a bus in Vancouver back in 2002 and as I was driving along Burrard Street during route training, the instructor explained that very thing to me.
At the time, I knew it couldn’t be an advance green because it was mid-block and there was nowhere to turn.
As an edmontonian, it's the Winnipeg humidity that scares me. We have cold and we have windchill almost as bad as yours but it's dry here. I'll take dry -40 over wet -10 anyday. Wet cold squeezes the bones!
it's very dry here in the winter, we don't have a humidifier and we get loads of static electricity everyday we're constantly zapping each other/things. the snow is light and fluffy and much easier to shovel than in BC, where i'm from
Humidity doesn't make a difference when it's that cold. There is so little moisture in the air that it dries out any warm object like you or your house.
E.g. 100% humidity at 0C is already same moisture amount as ~25% at +20C. Comparing -20 to +20 it's like 7%.
Other factors matter way more like: is it windy, is it sunny, and are you getting wet anyway from snow or sweat.
as as 27 year veteran of winnipeg now living in regina, winnipeg is very windy and it isn't really that humid in the winter.
good job pal...very informative I mean your from the states I think.... so well done don't have Canadians doing this good cheers from Nova Scotia
As someone who is born and raise Winnipeg, you did a great job of showing the city did your research. You pretty much nailed a lot of that stuff that you commented on as far as the city being dead downtown you’re right it’s because nothing for work is needed only Monday to Friday would be ridiculous busy maybe Saturdays as welland the downtown area isn’t the nicest unless you live there so no one wants to go to that area, I never go down there. I never walked down there, but overall I’m impressed by your research and so far you’re the best person I’ve ever seen to do a video about Winnipeg.
I'll translate what that person said to you so you know what they said, Their friend Cody got beat up at the Norwood (Norwood Hotel) and they went to Polo (Polo park mall) and cody feels like he needs to watch his back now and that person needs to protect Cody. Hope that helped!
Well, only in Winnipeg will you get someone you don't know to tell you their life's story in a few words ...
That was one of the funniest parts of this video cause if you’ve walked downtown long enough you’ve definitely had one of these convos before
Yup, normal convo if you are around downtown area. St. Boniface is also just beside downtown.
I use your content often as a barometer when researching places to move. As a renter I would love to see more renter focused content, most YT vids focus on families buying houses. Anyway this is a great watch & I’m glad to see you back in action.
Thanks a ton!
Grocery prices in Winnipeg are insane.
Then you don't want to move here. 1.1% vacancy rate
@@Dr.Claw_M.A.D. the old guy earlyer in the video mentioned that.
Well put together with good research.
Man, this is my home. I am tearing up only 10 minutes in. This is beautiful, even when you bucher the words lol
Winnipeg is a beautiful growing city. Doesn’t get enough recognition as a city it is considering the weather. Every city has its problems, Winnipeg of course isn’t perfect. But for the most part the people are nice and most importantly, we have the best hockey team in the entire league. GO JETS GO!!!
id have loved it if he came here during a major jets game. diffrent vibes. or when the river is actualy frozen and the forks is in full sesh
@@MauseDays If he came here during one of our famous White Outs his mind would be blown! The way downtown is flooded with people from all over the city to support our Hockey Team is crazy!
@@hellopopcorn8107 i was thinkin about that when watching for shure. man those are good times. good energy's
I’m in Edmonton which is really similar in size/climate. One of the worst parts of the winter are days like this one you filmed. Grey, brown, no beautiful white snow, instead just dirty slush. But those are usually the days that are a bit warmer and tolerable. And winter usually cycles through really cold bouts, warm melty periods, then back to freezing.
Winter is fine, you just have to get used to it and get involved in winter sports.
I’ve been a Winnipeger since 1977 and I still live here, doesn’t matter how cold it is here, the 800+k people in the city are hands down the toughest in North America, unlike the Toronto Faeries 😊
Go Jet and go Blue Bombers!
I am only like 5 minutes in, but you have already driven through, and shown areas that mean so much to me, I live in St. Boniface. It's so cool seeing someone talking about my city with such compassion and awareness, and understanding. I am looking forward to the rest of the video. ❤️ thank you for being so respectful right out the gates
those bridges between buildings are called skywalks. and yes downtown is empty on sunday, cause most people just work there and dont live there. so those skywalks you use mostly in the winter like on your lunch break. you quickly can go from your office to get something to eat or just go for a walk without having to put on your heavy coat. very practical 😀
I once almost got an appartment across from the the skywalk. did the math and like wouldn't have had to touch the street for more than like 5 minutes.
9:35 we call these fellows “snowbirds “ .. this ones young but usually retired people head out to Florida or Arizona during colder months for those here who have the chance flee this frozen dessert. Most of us haven’t even left this province in years or maybe entire life 😮
This is one of the best visitor-to-a-city videos I've ever seen. You are genuinely interested in the history and culture, and you try to show both the good and the bad. I've travelled a lot, and whenever I get to a city, I always ask to see the poorest part of town, and the most ordinary parts of town before I look at the tourist stuff. There's a hell of a lot of history in Winnipeg. One side of my family was Metis from there, including someone who was part of Louis Riel's "provisional government" and the Rrebellion that ended up with the creation of the Province of Manitoba.
. . . The statue of Robert Burns is a normal thing in Canada. Burns is the Scottish national poet, a figure of huge sentimental attachment to all Scots ----- and Canadian history is like totally swamped with Scots. That's why there are curling rinks everywhere, more than a dozen Highland Regiments in the Canadian military, and bagpipes blasting away at every public event. I live in Toronto, and just a few blocks from my apartment there's a huge statue of Robbie Burns, much bigger than the dinky little one you saw. Saying "apparently he was a Scottish poet" is sort of like saying "apparently, Mark Twain was an American writer."
. . . The Metis People are a mixture of Cree, Ojibway and Blackfoot ancestors mixed with French Canadians and Highland Scots. Most of the French-speaking population in Saint-Boniface are descended from French-speaking Metis and later migrants from Quebec. But there were also plenty of Scots who founded the city --- the Selkirk Settlers. Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk was a Scottish nobleman who made his lifework the resettlement of poor (and starving) Gaelic-speaking Highlanders in Canada. He founded settlements of Gaelic-speaking Scots in Prince Edward Island and Ontario, but his biggest project was in Rupert's land, where Winnipeg now stands, starting in 1812. The earliest history of Manitoba is essentially a cultural fusion of First Nations, Metis, French Canadians and Highland Scots, and those heritages account for most of the monuments, statues and names you see.
. . . The statue of Jon Sigurdsson celebrates Manitoba's Icelandic heritage. Manitoba has the largest ethnic Icelandic population outside of Iceland. Icelanders emigrated to Manitoba in the 1800s and created their own community called New Iceland. Sigurdsson, an Icelandic statesman spearheaded the movement to secure Icelandic Independence from Denmark. An identical statue stands in Reykjavik, Iceland. One of the people you talked to mentioned going to the nearby town of Gimli. People still speak Icelandic in that town, and there are a bunch of novels and stories set there. The film director you mentioned who made the film called "My Winnipeg" is named Guy Maddin, and he also made a film called "Tales of the Gimli Hospital" which was the film that started his career rolling. It's a very strange little film.
. . . Nearby there's a statue of the 19th century Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko. Ukrainians are one of the largest ethnic groups in the province, as they are in the other two Prairie Provinces.
. . . So, lots of history in Winnipeg, and that stuff just scratches the surface. If you want to get a feeling for what life was like in Saint-Boniface in the 1920s, there's a marvelous collection of short stories by Gabrielle Roy called "Rue Deschambeault" [translated into English as "Street of Riches"] It's considered a classic of Canadian literature. Her prose style in French is wonderful and she brings everything from her childhood to life. The street and the house in the stories are still there.
Wow, that's some fascinating history! Thanks for sharing! Glad you enjoyed :)
@@FromHeretoThere I've just subscribed and I'll check out your other videos.
That's really fascinating! I've never visited Winnipeg, but now would love to, outside of winter and mosquito season - :).
@@elizabethmorton4904 We have had a very good larviciding program going here every spring and pretty much get the jump on the mosquito issue during the summer, except for a few backyards that may have rainwater barrels uncovered, it is quite good even after dark.
@@elizabethmorton4904 Okay, but that only leaves you about four days to see it all.
Learnt more about my own city watching your video. This is a comprehensive guide to our city. Good job on this video!
This is just the second video I've watched on this channel. I've fallen in love with it already. Best thing I've ever seen on U tube. Don't know the guy's name doing the commentary, but he's definitely awesome. In my opinion, he makes the channel. Thank God I found it.
Winnipegger here, I know Chris haha! Not all Winnipeggers flee for the winter, some of us love the the clear skies, winter sports and gathering together in the cozy indoors ;)
Dude, this video is great. Incredibly informative and candid. Love it. Great stuff. Thank you.
Thanks a ton Aaron!
Greetings from Perth, Western Australia. Winnipeg is much, much, much colder than my city but both our cities are blissfully isolated.
I've lived in both. Enervating heat in Perth, numbing cold in Winnipeg, flies in Perth, mosquitoes in Winnipeg, smug stuffiness in Perth, vibrant life in Winnipeg. In Perth we felt like we were at the end of the world, in Winnipeg we had a world at our front door.
@johnandmarylouwilde7882 I am not sure when you lived in Perth but it is an amazingly vibrant city nowadays. When I first came to Perth in 1994 it was an insular, conservative backwater but nowadays it is a great, fun city to live in. Perth is the fastest growing capital city in Australia, very cosmopolitan and just a few hours by air from South East Asia.
I do one day hope to visit Winnepeg and maybe I can contrast the two cities myself.
Hi Freeman - My wife and I are Winnipegers and we spent a week in Perth a couple of years ago. I found Perth to be culturally similar to Winnipeg in the sense of being separate from the Eastern cities - Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, with a slower pace of life, with people less frantic and goal driven. I love life in Winnipeg, and I thought the quality of life in Perth was similarly better than what I saw in the Eastern cities.
I'm like, is this Portage? Ah yes, he's driving down my bus route lol
Welcome to Winterpeg!!
Thanks g for showing the community that raised me today. Loved the video! Cudos 👏
7:55 that's Inuktitut, because Winnipeg is the closest city that Inuit from Nunavut and Northern Manitoba go to for mainly medical purposes, but also a variety of other reasons too, like family.
It's actually Cree. Inuktitut adopted the Cree syllabic, which is why they look so similar.
It's Cree.
Inuktitut and Cree use the same script. I once assumed an Inuk friend, who is a translator, could read a poster with syllabics - he looked it over and informed me it must be Cree because it made no sense to him, and told me they use the same script. Just like Persian and Arabic use the same script but aren't related languages.
I co-owned a renovations business in Winnipeg and worked in the construction industry starting at as young as 11 years old.
The craziest part about Winnipeg, is due to the extreme cold during the winter followed by extreme heat in the summer, means we need to compensate for architectural movement.
This means when installing a floor, you need to use a mailable underlayment material that will move with the architectural movement.
Flooring, has to have a space underneath the baseboard where the flooring is cut short to compensate for movement. Failure to do so could result in twisted/uneven floors over time.
There are a plethora of other examples as well, I'm sure others could speak to.
My brother does flooring in Southern Alberta. Are
you talking about the sub floor?
Here we get chinook's. Our temperatures can range from the coldest being low -40 high -35+ in the winter to sometimes 40 above in the summer (or usually 35/36 for a stint) but more accurately it isn't unusual to be around 32⁰ - 35⁰C and we usually hit some days every winter of -35⁰ C.
What's different here is the Chinooks. We can easily go from -20 degrees Celsius to + 10 in a day and night. This can wreak havoc on the people who have arthritis, migraines and issues such as that. So, those warm winds present with a "chinook arch" over the mountains.
Don't let the _warm winds_ part fool you. They are miserable! The gusts can easily reach 100 klicks per hour. Large snow drifts now melting into little, dirty rivers everywhere. The ice is very dangerous as the freezing comes up out of the pavement and the melting snow creates ice patches.
Sand and salt from the downfalls of snow on the intersection's and other spots cause a nightmare situation for cars paint jobs & windshields. Sand, salt and rocks (especially behind trucks or semi's & especially when they pass on the highway!) Nasty, nasty Chinooks.
If you asked anyone hear, I believe that they would say they would rather have modest temp rises and dips with snow build ups all winter vs harsh Chinooks! There is a plus side, when the winds subside we can have +10⁰C in January for a few days...gorgeous.
Is that enough of a tradeoff? 😂
@@kkittycatkat1990 Only if the barometric pressure and quick weather changes don't bother a person. I have extended family in southern AB who don't mind these extremes.
@@GrannieAnnieMB2024 Hello, GrannieAnnie! Indeed. This is why I specified Arthritis, Migraines and _things_ such as that.
I wonder if I know your relatives? I don't expect you to give me details, it's just curiosity. 😊
Chinook Story time 😱
(A couple Chinook stories from my collection)
I remember walking home from school in extreme winds & gusts. I lived in a small town so walking 5, 6, 8 blocks home was normal, farm kids got the buses. I recall one day, I think it was one of the worst winds I had ever walked in, my path was straight WEST! It was the end of March or April and there was still a few dirty snow piles at the corners of the roads and here n there but a lot of tiny gravel/sand was still on the roads, especially the corners and up. I think that I felt every pellet hit me straight in the body and face as vehicles whizzed by me.
The worst was the actuality that with each step, _leaning, pushing_ forward with all my might, I was only making an ⅛ or _maybe_ a ¼ of what my normal step progress would be. Walking backwards worked well for brief relief.
UGH! It was even worse because of my age and the older guy I had a crush on was one of the trucks that whizzed by me. Lol. In my mind, he MUST have seen me, clothes blowing backwards, me barely moving forward, looking like I was pushing an invisible piano uphill and my face all contorted from the wind burn & road pellets...so cute! 😂 Of course he didn't notice me me but I didn't know that at the time!
Another Chinook story. I was living in a trailer with tin siding. (SCARY TIMES!) So, when a *MIGHTY* Chinook wind came, it was actually really scary. At night? It was nightmare fuel...only, I was awake, with *NO* chance of going to sleep until dawn when the winds settled. The _sound_ of the unrelenting wind but then the sheer *POWER* of the _GUSTS!_ Man, in a older trailer it just hits different, or maybe more accurately, it tells you just how close you are to the strength of these winds truest abilities. Tree's bending as if a gymnast doing a deep back bend and smashing the roof as she hurled her feet over to land. Branches that I thought had no chance of hitting the siding after a good pruning, were _still_ scraping wildly against the trailer in a fan like motion, back and forth back and forth making kind of the same sound on the tin as the "Psycho" knife shower scene music and the knife scene back and forth, back and forth. lol, but it didn't stop! Not until the wind waned to a normal, decent wind, 40 to 50 km/h. I'm guessing.
Now, the nights were so, so very long and terrifying. I was on high alert in the most unnerving way while I was almost petrified trying to lull myself to sleep as the trailer shook with each gust making sure I knew the Big Boss was "IN" and there was going to be no sleeping until it said so.
I was seriously scared to death when those winds hit & then the gusts! Oh wow.
My issues ran further than most, being in an older trailer and all.
Hearing parts of your trailer come partially undone as the slap against the trailer or things like eaves trough's letting you know that's your next job to secure! Many jobs to secure an old tin sided trailer from the Chinook winds.
After the nights Chinook horror, the daylight brought relief, as light always does. This one day brought a bit less wind than another tumultuous night. As I said _a bit less._
Then, while watching t.v. as a Chinook was blowing quite wildly "Wait, Is that _my siding_ blowing across the road?!" Me, looking out the window and seeing 2 sheets of my siding caught up on things at the playground.
So, luckily my bf showed up and we went to grab the tin before it blew off of the playground equipment never to be seen again, meeting Dorothy on the Yellow Brick road, lol.
I ran and grabbed a slab while he was grabbing one further up from me. When he turned & saw me, I heard him yelling "No! Carry...like..." and with that, a gust of wind came through the already powerful wind, picked me up right off the ground (145 lbs) as the tin acted as some sort of airplane or hot air balloon and took me almost 15 feet backwards until I let go of the tin, was pretty much thrown into the swings, and dropped onto the pebbles.
Yes, I got hurt but I was mostly embarrassed. He ushered me back to my house while carrying one piece of tin & then went back for the other.
My mom and her friends used to play that as a game with cardboard. 😂
I would go around tightening the tin and adding new washers and bolts, but there were some pieces that I really needed a drill for as the screws were just turning, no longer grabbing. Eventually I got 'er done.
So, I guess my point is, along with tipped semi's on the highway's, little and large branches littering yards and roads, along with very large branches and whole tree's toppled down onto homes, yards or the roads. Among downed power lines and other such calamities, I suppose it's all fine when your used to it & don't live in a tin trailer! Again, my point is that it does go further than Arthritis, migraines and such awful ailments, the incredulous power of a mad Chinook can affect much more than personal health issues.
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@@kkittycatkat1990 yeah exactly I'm talking about the sub floor!
Damn those extremes sound even worse 😭
Excellent job with so many stories; here's one. Winnipeg loves its hockey and fought long and hard for their professional NHL team. The story involves an upstart hockey league called the WHA. In 1971 Winnipeg signed Bobby Hull to a million dollar contract and in 1972 the league started with 12 teams in NA cities that had been ignored by the NHL. The league, not afraid to hire European players, became a serious threat and by 1978 was considered to be in direct competition with the NHL after scooping up players like Wayne Gretzky in the junior draft. By 1979 the league was absorbed by the NHL. Winnipeg had dominated the WHA, winning the AVCO cup more times than any other team in the league's history but when they signed with the NHL many players were distributed to other teams and a new crop of players became The Jets. The team struggled financially and by 1996 the team was bought and moved to Phoenix. The Coyotes also struggled financially and there was a serious bid by Winnipeg to buy the team back in 2008 but Phoenix secured funds in the 11th hour. (Parting players had promised the team would return to Winnipeg one day so this was bitter sweet.) It wasn't until 2011 that the city, now with a shiny new arena, were able to buy the Atlanta Thrashers. In less than 4 hours the team had sold out their seasons tickets. Lots of discussion occurred around what to call the newly minted NHL team but after a swell of support, Winnipeg would finally have its beloved team The Winnipeg Jets back.
I’m from Winnipeg Manitoba and this video was quite enjoyable thank you for having us in spot light for little bit lol I love telling Americans how cold it gets here and seeing their reactions
It’s so cool to hear someone describe my city from an outsider’s perspective. Thanks for visiting!
Steinbach mentioned 🎉🙌
At 53:00 you mention the Boston Cummings Theater. It's actually the Burton Cummings Theater, a place for bands to play. Burton Cumming has had a good solid solo career, but is most famous for being the front man, singer, pianist, and songwriter for Winnipeg's top rock band of all time The Guess Who. The other songwriter in the band also is from Winnipeg, Randy Bachman, who left The Guess Who and formed Bachman Turner Overdrive. These two men are for many people the two most famous people ever from Winnipeg.
Good pitch for the city. As a 16 year old kid in 1970, I hitchhiked across the country. An elderly, retired couple, gave me a lift into Winnipeg, and were so loving they bought me a meal and found me a place to rest for the evening before they would say goodbye. If I remember right, I think Neil Young was from there.
Neil Young was born in 1945 Toronto but raised in Winnipeg.
A hitchhiked across Canada for only 16 yrs kid? That definitely was an incredible experience.
@@seanmassey8434 Good to know. Thanks
@@seanmassey8434 Good to know, thanks.
The Royal Winnipeg Ballet is world class. The Winnipeg Symphony is also exceptional
I went to the symphony this weekend to watch a mock Pink Floyd concert. It was my first time visiting that building and I was blown away at how beautiful it was. Didn’t think something like that would be here.
Great video! Your narration is very good and you great at pulling up facts as you go.
Icelanders are in Gimli. And the flashing green light arrows, means left turns have the green and right of way. We have 3 Universities and the rest are Colleges, which are different in Canada. College is for learning a specific trade or job skills, with shorter courses. University is more academic and where you can earn degrees. You should come back in July/August when the weather's much nicer! We are unfortunately the stabbing capitol of Canada, thank goodness we don't have the amt of guns America has. There is a huge homeless and drug problem here, as with most North American cities now. The sunny days and the fact that it often rains at night are the best reasons to live here.
When the green light is flashing it means the other side has red light so you can turn left and have priority. Not because it will turn yellow.
Thanks for the info!
@@FromHeretoThereI thought the same
Yes it is cold in Winnipeg and there is lots to do in the winter like cross country skiing, snow mobiling or skating. It is hot in the summers with lots of lakes for water sport activities. It was hilarious when he was asking those 2 girls "do you see people lying in the street frozen to death"?
The closest major City is not Milwaukee Wisconsin as he said, it is Minneapolis/St.Paul with a combined Population of over 4 million people. It is 7 hours south. On long weekends many Winnipeggers go south to Grand Forks or Fargo or Minneapolis for a shopping getaway.
He kept asking locals "do you feel isolated". What does that mean. It is a large city of 800k people with all services any large Canadian city would have. I am surprised he didn't ask "do you know what the internet is?".
He asked if people go to a warm vacation destination in the winter to escape the cold. Of course people do. Pretty much all Canadians (and most Americans) want to head south during the winter to escape winter. It is not exclusively a "Winnipeg" thing. In fact being central we have more convenient options like Florida or Phoenix.
Like every major city in Canada there are pros and cons.
There is nothing to do in the winter, stop the cap. We all hibernate inside.
You did an amazing job showing the more beautiful parts of Winnipeg. I am born and raised in Winnipeg. I moved to Toronto in 2011. You almost make me want to move back. "Almost" is the key word lol
I'm a born and raised Winnipegger and this was awesome to see man. Really put a lot of effort into your facts and you really did go to almost all the key locations in the city to really get a sense of living here. Great video, love from Peg ❤️
things that suck about living in Winterpeg...(1) utilities such as hydro are most expensive in Canada. (2) cell phone plans most expensive in Canada. (3) internet most expensive in Canada... (4) Anything other Provinces have is more expensive in Winterpeg except for a place to live... But even that is climbing fast
Husband and I were in a gaming guild many years ago that contained mostly Canadians. We met some of them in person at an event in Las Vegas. I got to talking to one of them who let on that he was from Winnipeg. "Winterpeg", I snickered. He was surprised I knew the town's nickname. To this day I don't know where I got that bit of trivia.
I've been a Winnipegger my whole life; the aboriginal issue is ongoing. The indigenous in Manitoba a quite wealthy, and the percentage of those struggling have drug issues, not poverty. The drugs cause people to damage buildings, damage their environment, create chaos and filth. That, along with the disintegration of the family unit, which is also affecting non indigenous people as well as indigenous. Alcohol, drugs are the main cause of societal disintegration, which leads to crime. So it's not as dangerous for the general public, as the statistics say, and also, the city has a very coordinated network to prevent anyone from suffering needlessly. Noone freezes to death; we have shelters and mobile vans, trucks patrolling to ensure noone is left out in the cold. The harshness of the climate actually creates a sense of compassion and community, regardless of the drug use. I spent a year volunteering for one of the largest homeless shelters in Winnipeg, and I can assure people, that Manitoba is among the most generous provinces, and consequently attracts homeless from across Canada, because they're treated so well.
Thank for you speaking the truth here.
You did such a great job showing places in the city. I might actually leave my house and go to the forks today! The tall grass Bakery in there has the _best_ cinnamon buns and I really hope you got to try one. Also the coffee girls were so gentle with their descriptions while keeping is honest and accurate.
MCI owned by Greyhound left Winnipeg after the 1986 flood.
The legislature building is quite beautiful and apparently was initially built to be the seat for the country being most central.
Make sure the train is running to Churchill, the surprisingly US company let the track deteriorate a few years.
53:17 It's the Burton Cummings Theater, named after the front man of "Guess Who" band. Burton and the band grew up in Winnipeg, so did Neil Young btw
Let's not forget the Winnipeg band Bachman Turner Overdrive, BTO. Randy Bachman, the "B" in BTO, was a founding member of the Guess Who.
The Guess Who took their name from a publicity stunt by the Winnipeg band Chad Allan and the Expressions, who had a huge international hit single "Shakin' All Over" in 1965. Their record label tried to generate buzz by fooling people into thinking The Expressions were a British Invasion act, possibly "The Who". Radio DJs kept announcing the group as "Guess Who?" forcing the band to officially change their name.
@@DaveGIS123 100! and Chris Burke-Gaffney (Orphan) and Harlequin, who I saw a few months back at the Casino! Also awesome! The whole crowd sang Orphan's "Miracle" which Chris wrote in Assiniboine Park. Man it was awesome!
Peterborough and Toronto also swear that Neil Young is their native son.
@jimdylio He lived in Winnipeg from age 11 on and played in bands at community clubs . This is where he became a musician . This is where he went to Kelvin High School .