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Made
in
Winnipeg
If you've ever
taken a bus in a
North American
city, you were
probably riding
in something
made in
Winnipeg,
thanks to New
Flyer Industries
Winnipeg's National
Microbiology Laboratory
houses Canada's only
Biological Safety Level 4
containment laboratory,
used to test the deadliest
human and animal
diseases. In 2015, scientists
developed the Ebola Virus
vaccine here.
Winnipeg inventor
Harry Wasylyk,
along with
Larry Hansen of
Lindsay Ontario,
created the green
garbage bag in
1950. The product was first sold
to the Winnipeg General Hospital
for commercial use before Union
Carbide Co. bought the idea and
started manufacturing garbage
bags for home use under the
moniker Glad Garbage Bags in
the late 60s.
Winnipeg was the first city in North
America to use a 9-1-1 central
emergency number thanks to the efforts
of Mayor Stephen Juba, who also had the
number changed from 9-9-9 to 9-1-1,
which is now used across North America.
