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Wins Bridgman speaking at the opening of Amoowigamig, Winnipeg's new public toilet, at 715 Main Street, next to the Circle of Life Thunderbird House, 17 May 2022. Photo by MikeDeal/Winnipeg Free Press
The pandemic has highlighted the connection between individual health and community health, Wins Bridgman said. Beyond providing a place for people to use the bathroom and wash their hands, Bridgman said the permanent bathroom will offer a safe, clean place for people to take care of themselves, in connection with the community and community organizations. "This is more than a washroom," he said. "This is a way of reaching out to everyone and saying, you belong here, and your health and everyone else's health are connected together." (CBC News, 22 December 2020) |
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- Relief required - Winnipeg Free Press (September 2023) (pdf)
- Extensive exterior upgrades planned for downtown public space - Winnipeg Free Press (July 2023) (pdf)
- Amoowigamig: more than a washroom - Working Together : A Magazine of the Winnipeg Foundation (June 2023)
- For the Indigenous, was this building a gesture of reconciliation? Or an empty gift? - New York Times (May 2023) (pdf)
- City eyes permanent public washroom hours options - Winnipeg Free Press (May 2023) (pdf)
- Case-in-point: From pop-up toilet to permanent facility: Winnipeg's example of activist-led public washrooms - University of Manitoba (May 2023) (pdf)
- A safe place to stay: housing development to serve women, children facing gender-based violence - Winnipeg Free Press (April 2023) (pdf)
- Main Street washroom designer, advocate calls on city to expand, not reduce, hours - Winnipeg Free Press (March 2023) (pdf)
- Manitoba's former pandemic pods face varied, uncertain future - Winnipeg Free Press (February 2023) (pdf)
- Donate, auction or destroy? 105 unused COVID visitation units up for grabs in Manitoba - CBC News (February 2023)
2022
- From ashes to affordable housing - Winnipeg Free Press (November 2022) (pdf)
- Manitoba's greatest architect dies at 92 - Winnipeg Free Press (October 2022) (pdf)
- Big plans underway for recently purchased Neechi Commons building - CBC News (July 2022)
- When you gotta go: Winnipee is a crowd-sourced website of public washrooms - Winnipeg Free Press (July 2022) (pdf)
- Public washroom is better way to go - Winnipeg Free Press (May 2022) (pdf)
- Flush with excitement: permanent, safe washroom unveiled on Main Street - Winnipeg Free Press (May 2022) (pdf)
- Permanent public washroom to open in downtown Winnipeg - CTV News (May 2022)
- Long-awaited public washroom designed for 'dignity and respect' to open in downtown Winnipeg - CBC News (May 2022)
- Formerly abandoned building becomes affordable housing space for Indigenous youth - CTV News (May 2022)
- 'Little hummingbird': derelict building becomes housing for Indigenous Youth - Winnipeg Sun (May 2022)
- Burned-out Winnipeg apartment block transformed into housing for Indigenous youth - CBC News (May 2022)
- Building a sense of belonging: renovation of North Point Douglas apartments will accommodate Indigenous people transitioning from CFS care - Winnipeg Free Press (April 2022) (pdf)
- Long Plain School set to begin major expansion this spring - CBC News (March 2022)
- Supply chain issues hammer city construction projects - Winnipeg Free Press (February 2022) (pdf)
- 'Staffing critical' at new permanent Main Street public washroom, city report advises - Winnipeg Free Press (December 2021) (pdf)
- Report highlights concerns with Winnipeg's planned public washroom downtown - CTV News (December 2021)
- Rising from the ruins - North Point Douglas block finds new life as affordable housing for young people - Winnipeg Free Press (April 2021) (pdf)
- The proposed design for a public washroom near Thunderbird House - CTV News (March 2021)
- A victory for dignity at Higgins and Main - Winnipeg Free Press (March 2021) (pdf)
- One weird city: Winnipeg's more obscure historical tidbits collected in entertaining volume - Winnipeg Free Press (January 2021) (pdf)
2020
- Plan seeks to breathe new life into Thunderbird House site - Winnipeg Free Press (December 2020) (pdf)
- Winnipeg launches public bathroom project - CBC News (December 2020)
- City to set up portable toilets downtown - Winnipeg Free Press (December 2020) (pdf)
- What to do with the Bay? Experts share visions for historic downtown Winnipeg space - CBC News (October 2020)
- Permanent public washroom for downtown Winnipeg moves step closer with $670K grant - CBC News (July 2020) (pdf)
- Public washrooms downtown could be built with grant money - Winnipeg Free Press (July 2020) (pdf)
- Vision catching on for expanded Carman YFC - PembinaValleyOnline News (May 2020) (pdf)
- City asks downtown businesses to let public use washrooms - Winnipeg Free Press (May 2020)
- How COVID-19 will shape the way, the where and the how we work from home - CBC News (May 2020)
- All the right angles - Canadian Architect (February 2020)
2019
- 'Deep pockets and a pretty neat vision' needed to redevelop downtown Winnipeg Bay building - CBC News (December 2019)
- Woman left high and dry for months by broken wheelchair lifts at pool - Winnipeg Free Press (December 2019) (pdf)
- More places to go to the bathroom downtown may be on the horizon - CTV News (November 2019) (pdf)
- City looking at relief options, rather than making visitors 'go' elsewhere - Winnipeg Sun (November 2019) (pdf)
- City urged to provide more free downtown washrooms - Winnipeg Free Press (November 2019) (pdf)
- 'We all have biology': City committee to consider call for public bathroom strategy - CTV News (October 2019) (pdf)
- Pop-up toilet returns to Winnipeg streets, offers dignity and safety - CBC News (August 2019)
- Pop-up toilets provide safety and dignity to Winnipeg's most vulnerable - CHVN Radio (August 2019) (pdf)
- Pop-Up Toilet finds home where is it needed most - Winnipeg Free Press (August 2019) (pdf)
- Winnipeg's preservation puzzle - Winnipeg Free Press (August 2019) (pdf)
- Kelowna pop-up toilet rings in at $200K - BC Local News (July 2019) (pdf)
- Flexibility needed for heritage designation, say building owners - CBC News (July 2019)
- Funding questions plug downtown public toilet progress after last summer's pilot project - Winnipeg Free Press (July 2019) (pdf)
- First Fridays take a playful turn - Winnipeg Free Press (May 2019) (pdf)
- Winnipeg's iconic Hudson's Bay building gains heritage status - National Trust for Canada (May 2019) (pdf)
- St. Adolphe Daycare construction to begin shortly - Steinbach Online (April 2019) (pdf)
- When tackling inequality in Point Douglas and other Winnipeg neighbourhoods, let's ask the right questions - CBC News (April 2019)
- Spirit of Winnipeg gala recognizes great eight - Winnipeg Free Press (March 2019) (pdf)
- Preserving the past leads to award for Modernist City library - City of Winnipeg (February 2019) (pdf)
- Spirit award finalists named - Winnipeg Free Press (January 2019) (pdf)
2018
- Igniting the pilot light - Edmonton embraces small-scale projects - Winnipeg Free Press (December 2018) (pdf)
- St. Adolphe daycare initiative passes Council's first reading - Niverville Citizen (November 2018) (pdf)
- Petite perfection: the Inglis Building - Heritage Winnipeg (October 2018) (pdf)
- Winnipeggers pumped about new public toilets: survey - Winnipeg Free Press (August 2018) (Read full article - pdf)
- Mayor, community groups unveil panhandling reducation plan - Winnipeg Free Press (August 2018) (pdf)
- Downtown biz getting plenty of buzz from popup toilet project - Winnipeg Sun (August 2018) (Read full article - pdf)
- Cities recognize basic sanitation is a right - Winnipeg Free Press (July 2018) (Read full article - pdf)
- Pop-up potties received well by Winnipeggers - Winnipeg Free Press (July 2018) (READ full article - pdf)
- Jobs provide dignity and purpose - Winnipeg Free Press (July 2018) (READ full article - pdf)
- Pop-up toilet breaking down bathroom barriers - CHVN Radio (June 2018) (READ article - pdf)
- When you gotta go downtown: pop-up toilet project offers free public facilities - Winnipeg Free Press (June 2018) (READ full article - pdf)
- Gotta go? Pop-up portable potty sets up in downtown - CBC News (June 2018) (READ full article - pdf)
- New public toilet popping up in Winnipeg - CTV News (June 2018) (READ article - pdf)
- Downtown BIZ, Siloam offer downtown relief; pop-up toilet available through August - Winnipeg Sun (June 2018) (READ full article - pdf)
- 'Practical and thought-provoking' pop-up public toilets open in Winnipeg - Global News (June 2018)
- Pop-up toilets to move around Downtown Winnipeg in pilot project - ChrisD Winnipeg News (June 2018) (READ article - pdf)
- Library investments yield long-term reward - Winnipeg Free Press (June 2018) (READ full editorial - pdf)
- Calling all readers: St. Vital Library reopens - Winnipeg Free Press (May 2018) (READ full article - pdf)
- Flushed with excitement: ... a human-rights campaign - Winnipeg Free Press (May 2018) (READ full feature article - pdf)
- Editorial: A place to go, when you need to go - Winnipeg Free Press (May 2018) (READ full article - pdf)
- Pop-up potties opening downtown - CHVN Radio (May 2018) (READ full article - pdf)
- Winnipeg public toilet pop-up initiative - Downtown Winnipeg BIZ (May 2018) (READ full announcement - pdf)
- All the People - Poster (May 2018) (SEE full poster - pdf)
- Public washrooms in Winnipeg - a recap (May 2018) (READ full article - pdf)
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