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WFP: Winnipeg pedestrian killed in hit, run and cyclist critically injured (May19'22)
by Beth McKechnie 19 May '22

19 May '22

Cyclist critically injured after being struck by garbage truck in separate incident Winnipeg pedestrian killed in hit, run https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/winnipeg-pedestrian-killed-in-hit-r… A PEDESTRIAN has died and a cyclist is in critical condition after two collisions in less than six hours on Winnipeg streets. City police had not yet identified the drivers in either of the apparent hit-and-runs, nor the woman who died, as of late Wednesday afternoon. Police said first responders went to the intersection of Henry and Higgins avenues at about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday for a report of a pedestrian collision. They found a seriously injured woman lying in the road; she later died in hospital. Traffic investigators have not yet identified the victim, police said Wednesday. She is described as Indigenous, 45 to 55 years old, with a small, thin build and shoulder-length salt-and-pepper hair. She was wearing brightly coloured galaxy-print sweatpants and a grey sweatshirt, with white, pink and yellow New Balance runners. She had “Klyde love you” tattooed on her right wrist and “Rohdy” in half of a red heart, as well as a star symbol tattooed on her left forearm. Police ask anyone with information to call the traffic division at 204-986-7085 or the police non-emergency line at 204-986-6222 after hours. A heavy police presence remained in the mostly industrial area near the Canadian Pacific rail yard early Wednesday, as a forensics officer photographed evidence markers laid out in the street. Hours later, in the West End, a cyclist was critically injured after he was struck by a garbage truck. Police said officers responded to a collision at the intersection of Erin Street and Sargent Avenue at about 5 a.m. The man, in his 30s, was taken to hospital. Initial investigation indicates the cyclist was struck by the truck, which then drove off, noting it’s too early to say whether the driver was aware of the collision, police said. It’s unclear what company the truck belonged to; traffic investigators are still seeking to identify it and the driver. When asked whether the red light camera in the area was operating at the time of the collision, a City of Winnipeg spokesman would not comment, instead directing the Free Press to police. As of mid-Wednesday, the one-way Erin Street remained blocked off to south-bound traffic, as debris sat strewn across the street. Two crumpled bicycles, both belonging to the injured cyclist, lay in the middle of the road, along with clothing. A forensics officer carrying a camera walked through the scene behind yellow tape, while other police stood watch in the area, before they packed the evidence into the back of a van. “It’s a bad corner, someone’s always running a light,” said Gerald Dudley, 65. “If you go on the corner over there, you’ll see all the auto parts, there’s pieces all over the place all the time.” Dudley, who has lived on nearby Clifton Street for 41 years, said he knows someone who was recently hit at the intersection while riding their bicycle by a driver who ran a red light. Police also asked anyone with information on the Erin Street collision to call the traffic division. erik.pindera(a)freepress.mb.ca Twitter: @erik_pindera

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NHTSA estimates show traffic fatalities reached a 16-year high in 2021; up 10.5% over 2020 - Green Car Congress
by Terry Zdan 18 May '22

18 May '22

https://www.greencarcongress.com/2022/05/20220518-nhtsa.html Bike fataloties up 5%

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FW: [EXTERNAL] Free webinar – Encouraging active transportation for children
by Kristine Hayward 17 May '22

17 May '22

Hi AT folks. Upcoming webinar by Parachute on Encouraging AT for Children – May 31 and the theme for Safe Kids Week -May 30-June 5 is making roads and transportation safer for kids so they can #WalkBIkeAndWheel See information and links below. K Kristine Hayward (she/her) Physical Activity Promotion Coordinator Population Public Health Winnipeg Regional Health Authority 2nd floor - 490 Hargrave Street (currently working from home) Winnipeg, MB R3A 0X7 Telephone 204 232-7546 Fax 204 940-2690 Email khayward(a)wrha.mb.ca Bike racks are available in front of the building at the corner of Hargrave and McDermot. Plan your Winnipeg Transit trip: http://winnipegtransit.com/en/navigo Metered street parking and pay lots in the area – please note designated loading zones and spots requiring a disability permit. Follow Winnipeg in motion on Twitter - @wpginmotion<https://twitter.com/search?q=wpginmotion&src=typd> Check out our videos on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/user/Winnipeginmotion Scent Free Facility - visitors are asked to refrain from wearing perfumes/colognes/heavy-scented lotions/oils We are located on Treaty 1 Territory and the homeland of the Métis Nation. The water we drink comes from Shoal Lake First Nation. From: Parachute Vision Zero Network <info(a)parachute.ca> Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2022 9:05 AM To: Kristine Hayward <KHayward(a)wrha.mb.ca> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Free webinar – Encouraging active transportation for children [https://r20.rs6.net/on.jsp?ca=eeedbfdb-3d90-41c6-8562-d7c21b3a0af0&a=110361…] [https://files.constantcontact.com/81471b4f001/9a8d2976-3aa8-45a2-a823-d9aad…] Parachute Vision Zero presents: Encouraging active transportation for children [https://files.constantcontact.com/81471b4f001/8bc69cb7-39a8-4cb4-bdc7-a7351…] Tuesday May 31, 2022 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET Active transportation – such as waking, biking and wheeling – are sustainable forms of mobility that not only gets us to where we want to go, but also improve our physical and mental wellbeing. Join moderator Pamela Fuselli, President & CEO of Parachute, as we discuss how to create and sustain active spaces for children to get to and from school and move though their communities safely. Panel Dr. Leigh Vanderloo Scientific Director ParticipACTION Dr. Alison MacPherson Professor Faculty of Health York University Dr. Suzanne Beno Paediatric Emergency Medicine physician Hospital for Sick Children Register<https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ki302aZBZWYKIrnOdFgPDwfiNsAVHX0O9lE_bsqB9Xc…> More info at parachute.ca/webinar<https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ki302aZBZWYKIrnOdFgPDwfiNsAVHX0O9lE_bsqB9Xc…> Supported by Desjardins Safe Kids Week May 30 to June 5 promotes #WalkBikeAndWheel Check out and share our resources<https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ki302aZBZWYKIrnOdFgPDwfiNsAVHX0O9lE_bsqB9Xc…> and information to help parents and caregivers encourage their children to #WalkBikeAndWheel. Parachute’s vision is to make the roads safer so that every kid can walk, cycle or wheel to encourage mental, physical, social and emotional well-being. Find out more<https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ki302aZBZWYKIrnOdFgPDwfiNsAVHX0O9lE_bsqB9Xc…> [null]<https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ki302aZBZWYKIrnOdFgPDwfiNsAVHX0O9lE_bsqB9Xc…> Parachute | 150 Eglinton Ave. East, Suite 300, Toronto, Ontario M4P 1E8 Canada Unsubscribe khayward(a)wrha.mb.ca<https://visitor.constantcontact.com/do?p=un&m=001ZH8cm0mwpXVSIl5hbMkk5w%3D&…> Update Profile<https://visitor.constantcontact.com/do?p=oo&m=001ZH8cm0mwpXVSIl5hbMkk5w%3D&…> | Constant Contact Data Notice<https://www.constantcontact.com/legal/customer-contact-data-notice> Sent by info(a)parachute.ca<mailto:info@parachute.ca> powered by [Trusted Email from Constant Contact - Try it FREE today.]<http://www.constantcontact.com/index.jsp?cc=nge&rmc=VF21_3GE&pn=whiteboards…> Try email marketing for free today!<http://www.constantcontact.com/index.jsp?cc=nge&rmc=VF21_3GE&pn=whiteboards…> Disclaimer : This email (including any attachments or enclosed documents) is intended for the addressee(s) only and may contain privileged, proprietary or confidential information. Any unauthorized use, disclosure, distribution, copying or dissemination is strictly prohibited. If you receive this email in error, please notify the sender immediately, return the original (if applicable) and delete the email. Avis : Le présent courriel (y compris toute pièce jointe) est destiné à la personne ou aux personnes à qui il est adressé, et peut contenir des renseignements confidentiels, privés ou protégés par un privilège juridique. Toute utilisation, divulgation, distribution, copie ou diffusion non autorisée est strictement défendue. Si vous avez reçu le présent courriel par erreur, veuillez en informer immédiatement l’expéditeur, retourner l’original (le cas échéant) et supprimer ce courriel.

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WFP Analysis: More city than we can pay for (May16'22)
by Beth McKechnie 16 May '22

16 May '22

More city than we can pay for https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/analysis/more-city-than-we-can-pa… AS people in Winnipeg emerged from a long, frigid and snowy winter, they found a city with roads bearing a striking resemblance to the surface of the moon. This, despite the City of Winnipeg having had its highest road renewal budget in history for each of the last three years. With drought followed by flood, freezing followed by thaw, Manitoba gumbo has been having its way with our city’s roads. We can’t change the weather, or the soil, and significantly raising taxes wouldn’t be popular, so how will we ever manage our worsening pothole problem? There is one straightforward answer — build fewer roads and get more people to live on the ones we already have. The solution to managing potholes is simple math that reads like a Grade 9 pop quiz. If 10 taxpayers live on a street that is one kilometre long, each one pays to maintain 100 metres of road. If 10 taxpayers live on a street that is one and a half kilometres long, each one pays to maintain 150 meters of road. Every tax dollar being stretched more thinly by lower density means reduced maintenance and more potholes. It’s a simplistic example, but this is precisely what has happened in Winnipeg, and in most sprawling North American cities, over the last 50 years. Since the 1970s, Winnipeg’s low-density, suburban growth patterns have resulted in the population increasing by 37 per cent while the built area of the city has almost doubled. Each taxpayer today is responsible for about 40 per cent more land area and its corresponding infrastructure. Looking at infrastructure such as water pipes, according to the city, each Winnipegger today is responsible for nearly 2.5 times more length of pipe than they were in the 1940s, 70 per cent more than in the 1970s. The math is simple. We have built more city than we can pay for, and our moonscape roads are the result. Looking deeper, the math doesn’t get better. An excellent source of information regarding the cost of Winnipeg’s growth can be found at the Dear Winnipeg Blog (dearwinnipeg.com), written by Michel Durand-Wood. He found that the replacement cost for all of Winnipeg’s roads is about $17 billion, and if we maintain our current road renewal budgets, again, the largest in the city’s history, the replacement cycle will be more than 100 years. The only solution to our infrastructure deficit is to rethink what growth looks like in Winnipeg and begin embracing higher density and more diverse residential and commercial development in our existing neighbourhoods. Locating more development around infrastructure that is already in place, and less development on the periphery of the city that requires new infrastructure to be built, is the only way we will ever inch towards greater economic sustainability. The infrastructure in most need of replacement, for now, exists in older neighbourhoods. The combined sewer system is an important example. Replacing the system is non-negotiable and it will cost billions of dollars to do. To be most cost-effective, our goal must be to have as many people as possible using and paying for that new infrastructure, instead of spending money to replace it while also building new elsewhere. This example translates to all infrastructure and city services, including roads, pipes, sewers, fire halls, community centres, libraries, transit, snow clearing and everything the city pays for. The more taxpayers sharing it, the less costly and the better maintained it will be. By growing our existing neighbourhoods, we will also be investing in our most productive tax base. Despite being filled with high-value homes, new suburbs typically generate far less tax revenue than less-affluent inner-city neighbourhoods because of their lower overall density. Central neighbourhoods like Wolseley, West Broadway, Spence and Earl Grey generate between 50 and 80 per cent more taxes per hectare than new suburbs built on the edge of the city. Osborne Village generates more than twice as much tax revenue per hectare than Bridgwater, Whyte Ridge or Island Lakes. This is also true for commercial development. The single block of Corydon Avenue between Daly and Cockburn streets is lined with old, nondescript, two- and three-storey buildings and shops, but its collective assessed tax value is equal to a Costco in south Winnipeg that uses five times more land area, contributing significantly to the city’s overall footprint, infrastructure and maintenance costs. Not only does the compact nature of mature neighbourhoods produce more revenue, but it also significantly reduces the city’s cost to service them. A study by the Halifax Regional Municipality found that when all infrastructure and public services are calculated, an average home in a central neighbourhood costs $1,416 per year to support, compared to $3,462 in a distant suburb. By embracing density and infill growth, welcoming change in our neighbourhoods and creating policies that support a more compact urban form, we can grow our most productive tax base and spend less to service it. We can complain about soils, weather and construction techniques, but in the end the severity of our pothole problem comes down to simple math. The only solution is to change the equation. *Brent Bellamy is senior design architect for Number Ten Architectural Group.*

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St. Boniface Bike Route Survey (closes June 14th)
by Beth McKechnie 14 May '22

14 May '22

ST. BONIFACE BIKE ROUTE UNDER CONSIDERATION THE City of Winnipeg wants the public’s help to select a new active transportation route between St. Boniface and downtown. The path would create a link for pedestrians and cyclists to travel between the Esplanade Riel footbridge/ Provencher Bridge and the multi-use path on Archibald Street south of Nairn Avenue. After the first round of public consultations, the city will seek feedback on three possible route options west of the Seine River and one that runs east of the river, including: • West option A: Provencher Boulevard (as a standalone route through the area). • West option B: A combination route that serves neighbourhoods both north and south of Provencher Boulevard with parallel routes on de la Cathedrale Avenue (south of Provencher Boulevard) and Notre Dame Street (north of Provencher Boulevard). • West option C: A combination route that serves neighbourhoods both north and south of Provencher with parallel routes on de la Cathedrale (south of Provencher) and Dumoulin Street (north of Provencher). • East recommended design: Nadeau Street / Notre Dame Street / La Fleche Street / La Verendrye Street to connect to Archibald Street. Winnipeggers can share their thoughts on the proposed routes through a city survey or at a public event between now and June 14. For information on the options to provide feedback, visit winnipeg.ca/stbtodowntown.

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New Date, More Tickets! Transportation for a Strong Town
by Mel Marginet 05 May '22

05 May '22

On Wednesday, May 25th Green Action Centre will welcome Strong Towns’ Charles Marohn to Winnipeg. Charles released *Confessions of a Recovering Engineer: Transportation for a Strong Town* in 2021. This book is a follow-up to *Confessions of a Recovering Engineer: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity*. In this book tour presentation, Marohn demonstrates how the values of engineers and other transportation professionals are applied in the design process, and how those priorities differ from the values of the general public. By showing how transportation investments are a means to an end and not an end unto themselves, Marohn reveals how the standard approach to issues like fighting congestion, addressing speeding, and designing intersections only makes transportation problems worse, at great cost in terms of both safety and resources. By contrast, the Strong Towns approach to transportation focuses on bottom-up techniques for spending less and getting higher returns, all while improving quality of life for residents of a community. Green Action Centre is thrilled to be working with Peg City Car Co-op Philip Mikulec, Erik Dickson of the City of Winnipeg’s Transportation Division and Michel Durand-Wood to plan an exciting and impactful event for the Manitoba audience. *More tickets are now available for* *The Confessions Tour: Transportation for a Strong Town <https://greenactioncentre.ca/healthy-travel/the-confessions-tour-transporta…>, which was previously SOLD OUT when we had to reschedule due to the April blizzard*. GET TICKETS <https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-confessions-tour-transportation-for-a-stron…>Like many cities in Canada, Winnipeg has gone through a period of record growth, and yet our financial position has never been worse. Our approach to transportation results in a dozen deaths on average every year and hundreds of residents with serious or life-altering injuries. What did we get wrong, and what can we do now, and into the future, to ensure we have a successful transportation system that contributes to the quality of life of all residents? The lessons Charles shares will apply to those in Winnipeg as well as municipalities across the province. Whether you are a planner, developer, transportation engineer, municipal leader or community advocate, you will want to attend this important event. Following Charles’ keynote, attendees will be divided into groups to participate in a series of breakout sessions to bring the high-level concepts to the local reality around us. Be part of the transportation transformation in your town! *ABOUT CHARLES MAROHN* Charles Marohn, known as “Chuck” to friends and colleagues, is the founder and president of Strong Towns. He is a professional engineer and a land use planner with decades of experience. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering and a Master of Urban and Regional Planning, both from the University of Minnesota. Marohn is the author of *Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity* (Wiley, 2019), and of *Confessions of a Recovering Engineer: Transportation for a Strong Town* (Wiley, 2021). He hosts the Strong Towns Podcast <https://www.strongtowns.org/podcast> and is a primary writer for Strong Towns’ web content <https://www.strongtowns.org/>. He has presented Strong Towns concepts in hundreds of cities and towns across North America. Planetizen named him one of the 10 Most Influential Urbanists of all time. Thank you to our sponsors for making The Confessions Tour: Transportation for a Strong Town possible! [image: Logos (2).jpg] *Mel Marginet* | Workplace Commuter Options <http://greenactioncentre.ca/>Green Action Centre <http://www.greenactioncentre.ca/> <http://greenactioncentre.ca/content/ecocentre-directions-and-travel-options/> 3rd floor, 303 Portage Ave | (204) 925-3777 x112 | Find us here <http://greenactioncentre.ca/content/ecocentre-directions-and-travel-options/> **Note: I work two days a week at Green Action Centre and it may take a few * *days to respond to you. * *We are located on Treaty 1 Territory and the homeland of the Métis Nation. The water we drink comes from Shoal Lake First Nation. * Green Action Centre is your green living hub Support our work by becoming a member <http://greenactioncentre.ca/support/become-a-member/>. Donate at CanadaHelps.org <http://canadahelps.org/> <http://www.gomanitoba.ca>

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Manitoba government investing in two Winnipeg trails
by Beth McKechnie 01 May '22

01 May '22

CTV News: https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/manitoba-government-investing-in-two-winnipeg-t… Provincial news release: https://news.gov.mb.ca/news/index.html?item=54344&posted=2022-04-30 WFP: TWO NEW TRAILS GET $600K IN FUNDING THE provincial government is spending $600,000 on two new cyclist and pedestrian trails in Winnipeg. On Saturday, the province announced two projects have been approved under the Trails Grant fund. There is $450,000 going toward a 2.4-kilometre multi-use path west of McPhillips Street between Leila and Church Avenues. It’s called the Northwest Hydro Corridor Construction Project and is expected to include lighting, benches and new pedestrian and cyclist traffic signals. As well, the province is putting $150,000 toward connecting The Forks and Chief Peguis Trail via the North Winnipeg Parkway Active Transportation Project. The Trails Grant for Winnipeg is part of a $10-million endowment fund from the provincial government, in partnership with Trails Manitoba and The Winnipeg Foundation, the province stated in a news release.

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Sunday bike routes start in May
by Beth McKechnie 30 Apr '22

30 Apr '22

WFP: SUNDAY BIKE ROUTES START NEXT MONTH Motorists will soon be slowing down on 15 city streets starting next month for the summer and fall. The city announced Friday that during the first three weeks of May it will be putting signage up reminding motorists to slow down to 30 km/h 24 hours per day, seven days a week, on the streets until Oct. 31. The streets include Wellington Crescent, from the Maryland Bridge to Academy Road, Lyndale Drive from Cromwell to Gauvin streets, and Scotia Street from Armstrong to Anderson avenues. CBC: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-open-streets-bike-route-1.… CoW press release: https://winnipeg.ca/cao/media/news/nr_2022/nr_20220429.stm#4

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WFP Analysis: EVs not a ‘silver bullet’ solution (Apr25'22)
by Beth McKechnie 25 Apr '22

25 Apr '22

EVs not a ‘silver bullet’ solution https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/analysis/evs-not-a-silver-bullet-… AS governments across the world struggle to meet quickly approaching climate change targets, electric vehicles have begun to find their way into the spotlight. The “Build Back Better” plan in the U.S. and Canada’s 2022 federal budget both focus efforts to decarbonize the transportation sector on incentivizing “zero emission vehicles” (ZEVs). Transportation is Canada’s second largest source of GHG emissions, responsible for 25 per cent of the country’s total. In cities such as Winnipeg, vehicle tailpipes are the source of half of all emissions. It is also clear, however, that electric vehicles are not an “easy button” solution to climate change. A 2,000-kilogram machine transporting an 80-kilogram human cargo for almost every trip made outside of the home is not a sustainable solution, regardless of the machine’s power plant. There are many studies that try to quantify ZEVs’ emissions, and the consistent conclusion is that no car is truly a zero-emission vehicle. For a more complete picture, the current focus on tailpipe emissions must be broadened to include the carbon footprint of all facets of a vehicle’s life cycle. When factoring in the manufacturing emissions created during raw-materials extraction, production and shipping, as well as emissions from the electrical grid during its use, it has been found that an electric vehicle has about half the overall carbon footprint of a gasoline vehicle. This is an important reduction that will only improve over time, but threatening to counteract these gains is the fact that every 20 years there are 50 per cent more vehicles on Canadian roads. They are also getting larger, which increases manufacturing emissions, battery sizes and energy use. Over the last two decades, the share of trucks and SUVs has grown from 30 per cent to 80 per cent. In our ever-shortening climate-crisis timeline, market absorption also creates a challenge for ZEVs. A new study done at Polytechnique Montréal found that to meet that city’s 2030 emissions reduction targets, more than 60 per cent of vehicles on the road will need to be ZEVs. Many projections show that even with federal incentives, by 2030 only 11 per cent of vehicles will be electric, with 60 per cent likely not being reached until 2050. Extensive vehicle electrification is important, but it will only get us part way to our transportation emissions targets. A complete solution will require serious investment in strategies that fundamentally reduce the amount we drive. Key to this will be investing heavily in alternate forms of transportation, including public transit, to provide convenient mobility alternatives. The focus has been on electrification, but for that to be an effective climate policy, priority should be given to investments that increase ridership. Electrification of public transit creates headlines, but the environmental benefits of public transit are actually realized when more people get out of their cars and onto a bus. If we made public transit sufficiently attractive to reduce emissions from private vehicles by only two per cent, it would have the same environmental impact as electrifying every transit vehicle in Canada. More effective policy would fast-track rapid transit construction, significantly increase service frequency and reliability, and provide strong connectivity to make transit effective for everyday use. Most Canadian cities developed around a pervasive streetcar system that was its primary mode of motorized transportation. We can take inspiration from our past and re-establish a public transit system that is no longer an afterthought, but instead is a well-integrated and desirable mobility option for everyone. Creating an effective system of alternative mobility, including public transit, walking or biking, is more complex than simply buying more buses or building bike lanes. Land-use policies must carefully dovetail with transportation planning to realize success. We can again learn from our past, when streetcar neighbourhoods were built with higher densities and grid pattern streets that provided walkable access to shops and public transit. When new neighbourhoods were built, the street grids and transit routes were simply extended, instead of the disconnected subdivisions and commercial power centres we build today that make cars the only viable transportation option. On average, Canadians drive 25 per cent farther each day than they did 20 years ago. By limiting suburban sprawl on the periphery of the city and implementing policies that promote infill development, such as higher allowable densities and reduced parking requirements, more compact and walkable neighbourhoods will result. This will allow more people to live closer to their daily services and amenities, making walking, busing and biking more viable options. Zoning and land-use policies can also emphasize the development of “complete streets” that reallocate vehicle space to alternate transportation such as bike lanes, priority transit lanes and wider sidewalks. These streets can be higher density with walkable access to employment, commerce and recreation. Electric vehicles are an important part of our climate change policy, but they are not a silver bullet. They must dovetail with effective government policies and budgets that promote greater use of public transportation and alternative modes of travel. Our challenge is great, and the time is now to make impactful changes for our future. *Brent Bellamy is senior design architect for Number Ten Architectural Group.*

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CBC: Pedal-powered plastic shredder helps Winnipeg's ArtsJunktion get creative for Earth Week
by Beth McKechnie 22 Apr '22

22 Apr '22

Great story: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/pedal-powered-plastic-recycling-win…

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