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2. Canadian Pacific Railway Station (Aboriginal Centre of Winnipeg, Inc.)

These buildings provided offices for immigration agents and temporary accommodation to immigrants with no other options. Disease flourished in these crowded halls. Other newcomers stayed at nearby hotels and boarding houses, or were met by family members and taken to their homes. By contrast, the railway’s Royal Alexandra Hotel (Higgins… Read More

1. Winnipeg Fire Hall No. 3 (Fire Fighters Museum of Winnipeg)

These concerns and the fear that new recruits would lose their jobs to returning soldiers led to the formation of the Winnipeg Firemen’s Union in 1916. When civic workers struck in 1918, fire fighters joined in. Most city workers won modest wage increases, union recognition and the right to strike. Read More