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Winnipeg was the first city in North America
to build a freestanding ice-climbing tower.
The 20-metre-high column, first built in 1996,
stands within sight of downtown Winnipeg and
is open to experts and newcomers. Every winter
it is built, flooded and maintained by the Club
d'escalade Saint-Boniface.
In the 2011/2012 NHL
season, sales of official
Winnipeg Jets merchandise
were the highest in the entire
league. At the same time,
Winnipeg is the smallest
market in the NHL.
The Pan American
Games, which are second
in scale only to the
Olympics, have been held
in Canada three times,
twice in Winnipeg, in
1967 and 1999. *
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That's
cool!
That's
cool!
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