Infill Housing Myths & Realities
March 2019 There continues to be a great deal of debate at City Hall and in the media about infill housing. It is worth commenting on the...
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Bonivital Pool is getting major upgrades- $5.3M in the budget.
Bonivital Pool is a great, but ageing, amenity for St. Boniface and St.Vital. This pool modernization will complement the new Windsor Park library next door.
BrianMayes
City Councillor - Conseiller municipal
Saint-Vital
In Defense of Daylight Savings Time
February 2019 I have seen several recent critiques of daylight savings team, including Cliff Graydon’s bizarre “householder” that I...
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Analysing the Portage and Main Vote results - Fan letter to Ryan Palmquist
January 2019 The Free Press again recently ran an analysis of the October 2018 Portage and Main vote referendum results and AGAIN...
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Feeling re-energized after election
December 2018 This is my blog since my re-election on Oct. 24, and I want to thank the voters of St. Vital ward for once again...
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My doubts about the Eastern BRT Corridor
July 2018 The City is currently studying the Eastern Corridor for the next leg of Bus Rapid Transit. This long-running process has now...
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Councillors call for report on River Park South Joint Venture profits
June 2018 Councillors Janice Lukes (St. Norbert -South Winnipeg) and I will move a motion Tuesday at Riel Community Committee calling for...
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Canoe Club Golf Course - Plan for the Future
for release June 30,2018 Councillor Brian Mayes announced today the next step in the future of the Canoe Club Golf Course. The plan is to...
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A better entryway for St. Vital Park
May 2018 St. Vital Park is one of the true jewels of the south end of Winnipeg. I grew up near the Park and thought everybody had a big...
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What’s missing from the City’s new Infrastructure Report?
April 2018 The City of Winnipeg Public Service unveiled a massive report on the state of the city’s infrastructure on March 16. It’s an...
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Upgrades to St. Vital Arena
March 2018 On March 3 I joined with Rydell Lasko from St Vital Minor Hockey, and Councillor Mike Pagtakhan, (Chair of the Community...
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Increasing accessibility in St. Vital
February 2018 In December I was joined with Mayor Bowman and local MLA Rochelle Squires to open the new toboggan slide complex at St....
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A cool new public art addition to St. Vital
January 2018 St. Vital readers may wonder what has been installed at "the junction", namely the intersection of St. Anne’s and St....
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Ward Boundary Revision
December 2017 In early December the city’s ward boundary review commission announced new boundaries to take effect at the time of the...
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The importance of play
November 2017 Over the course of almost 6 years on Council I have had the opportunity to provide funding for several play structures in...
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In praise of Maple Grove dog park
October 2017 I had never been a dog owner until December 2016, when my family acquired the remarkable Snowdon (not named for the spy), a...
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In praise of the Canada Games
September 2017 In 2013 I joined then Mayor Sam Katz and Olympic great Catriona Lemay Doan at the Forks for the announcement that Winnipeg...
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High school graduation ceremonies -These are the good old days
July 2017 This June I attended all or part of the graduation ceremonies at all 4 St Vital area high schools (Glenlawn, Dakota, College...
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Benches
June 2017 Benches? Readers may think I have finally run out of things to talk about. Far from it! I think an update is in order on...
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The Importance of Youth Community Service
May 2017 On April 24th I had the honour of launching, with Mayor Bowman and University of Winnipeg President Trimbee, the...
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Thoughts on Urbanism & Community
April 2017 Recently my colleague Matt Allard (St. Boniface) wrote a piece declaring himself as a proud “urbanist”. An actual attempt to...
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