2017 Season - E19 - Winnipeg MB - Lets all go to the airport 

Thank You, I especially love evening drives.

Evening drives are the best

yes especially St.James street. It was an absolute nightmare to drive down there before.

Paul Speidel soon, when Chief Peguis Trail is done, that will be the easier way to get to the airport from the far north side (Garden City, Riverbend, Maples, etc), instead of going down McPhillips & Inkster. Thanks for checking out my channel.

Thanks, the golden hour is my favourite time to drive.

yeah we got Save On Foods here recently too. I pass right by one on McPhillips at the 2 min mark.

Yup, Target was in and out of Canada in record time. They opened hundreds of stores across the country, and just as soon as they went up... they packed up and left. They said they just couldn't make a profit for another 4-5 years. Makes you wonder, didn't they know that to begin with? Why even come in the first place.

I liked the old airport, but last time I saw it was 1991. Grew up in Winnipeg

Yup, remember the old airport terminal used to be on the far side of the loop (at the end of Wellington), but now the new terminal is adjacent to where the old one was, but on the north-side of the loop now, the first side you see when you enter the loop.

I have memories of it going back to the 60’s

it makes you wonder since nothing really changed from a market position from the time they entered to the time they left. It's like they didn't do any homework before setting up shop!.

AsphaltPlanet1 I can answer that for you it might be due to the high harmonized sales taxes 10-15% 13% in Ontario or the exchange rate which is US$ 1 = CA$ 1.3

It was a shocker to me. Target is headquartered in Minnesota which borders Canada. I would think Minnesota company would know a lot about Canada.

yeah it's a reasonable assumption. Now the closest Target to Winnipeg is about 2 1/2 hours south in Grand Forks, North Dakota. That one's been around forever (at least since the early 80s) and I've shopped there many times.

yup, they opened too many stores though and they shouldn't have headquartered Target Canada in Mississauga. They should have opened Target Canada's headquarters in Winnipeg, which would have been nice and close to corporate headquarters in Minneapolis. Then instead of having a whole new distribution centre, they could have probably just tried "testing out" the Canadian market a bit in places like Winnipeg by using the same supply chain distributers that serve the Minnesota and North Dakota stores and then just build the business out slowly across Canada.

yup I've often advocated the same idea, that when the BRT/LRT lines get extended into the North side, Inkster Blvd is a prime location to run the line from Main Street westbound out to the Meadow's West area. They can easily fit it in the centre median the whole way. It's an ideal route as it runs directly through the heart of the north end in for an ideal east/west route.

Love this first song.

darrellinyvr yup thats been happening here, a bunch of streets have the new lights in them now.

I think the difference is that Winnipeg's airport serves a rather large geographical area since it's the only major international airport for a huge area. It actually gets more than 4 million passengers per year from people who come from North-western Ontario, Saskatchewan, and North Dakota.

That is true but KCI also serves a large geographical area considering the isolation of the city. It served 11+ million passengers in 2016 but the design is so underwhelming you would think it would be only able to handle 3 million. Because of the airport's size people who fly into it will probably just think its a hick town while it certainly is not. Winnipeg's airport leaves an impression while KCI is just an airport you want to get out as soon as possible. Sorry for the rant, I just wish our airport was more representative of the city.

The Blister nope I just drive a ford focus. I mount my camera outside on a long pole windshield mount that holds the camera up high above the roof. Haha, I don't make enough money off Patreon to quit my day job, it's just a few extra dollars per month. ✌️😀 Thanks for checking out my channel.

yup, I've always liked Ketchup chips, but lately I seem to get a bit sick when eating them. I hope I'm not developing an allergy.

big and floppy that's all I know.

Thanks! Interesting new development... I work at this airport now as a gate controller, driving the air-bridges to dock with aircraft and other things :-) It's my workplace.