Airlines British Airways (tel
1-800/247-9297); Air Canada, 355
Portage Ave (tel 943-9361 or
1-888/247-2262,
www.aircanada.ca
); Calm Air (tel 1-800/839-2256);
Canada 3000, 1610 Ness Ave (tel
784-0500 or 777-3000,
www.canada3000tickets.com
).
Baseball Catch the
Winnipeg Goldeyes at their new Can
West Global Park adjacent to The
Forks (tel 982-BASE). Tickets cost
$5-13. The season runs from late
May to early Sept.
Basketball The Winnipeg
Cyclone play seventeen home games
a season (Dec-March) at the Wind
Tunnel, Winnipeg Convention Centre,
375 York Ave (tel 925-HOOP, www.cyclone.mb.ca
).
Bike rental Corydon
Cycle Sports, 753 Corydon Ave at
Cockburn St, $17 per day (tel
452-6531); Olympia Cycle and Ski,
242 Henderson Hwy, $12-27 per day
(tel 669-5590); Portage Cycle and
Sports, 1841 Portage Ave, $15 per
day (tel 837-6785).
Bookshops Mary Scorer,
389 Graham St at Edmonton Street,
is the city's best bookshop, with
an excellent range of titles on
the Canadian West. The Global
Village, 167 Lilac St, is a map
and travel shop with a
comprehensive selection of
specialized maps. Heaven Art and
Book Café, 659 Corydon Ave, has a
good selection of titles by
Manitoban writers and also hosts
readings.
Bus enquiries Beaver,
339 Archibald St (tel 989-7007);
Greyhound, 487 Portage Ave (tel
783-8857); Grey Goose, 487 Portage
Ave (tel 783-4537).
Camping equipment United
Army Surplus Sales, 460 Portage
Ave at Colony St, sells a wide
range of camping and wilderness
gear.
Canadian football The
Winnipeg Blue Bombers, ten-time
winners of the Grey Cup, play at
the Winnipeg Stadium, 1465 Maroons
Rd, from June to November
(information tel 784-2583, tickets
tel 780-7328, www.bluebombers.com
).
Car rental Avis, 155
York (tel 989-7521) and at the
airport (tel 956-2847); Discount,
at the airport (tel 775-2282);
Budget, at the airport (tel
989-8510), and downtown at Ellice
Ave and Sherbrook St (tel
989-8505); Rent-a-wreck, at the
airport (tel 779-0777 or
1-800/327-0116); and Thrifty, at
the airport (tel 949-7608), and
downtown at 112 Garry St (tel
949-7620).
Consulates UK, 229
Athlone Drive (tel 896-1380).
Dental emergencies
Broadway Dental Centre, 640
Broadway (tel 772-3523).
Disabled visitors
Disability International, 101-107
Evergreen Place, Winnipeg,
Manitoba R3L 2T3 (tel 287-8010,
fax 453-1367) can help with
enquiries.
Emergencies tel 911 for
police, fire and ambulance.
Gay and lesbian Winnipeg
Rainbow Resource Centre, 1-222
Osborne St (Wed-Fri 1-4.30pm tel
474-0212; recorded information
Mon-Sat 7.30-10pm tel 284-5208).
Pride Week is held in mid-June.
Hospital and medical centre
Grace General Hospital, 300 Booth
St (outpatient emergencies on tel
837-0157); Health Sciences Centre,
820 Sherbrook St (tel 787-3167).
Ice hockey The Manitoba
Moose play International Hockey
League games at Winnipeg Stadium,
1465 Maroons Rd (Oct-April,
information tel 987-PUCK, tickets
780-7328).
Laundries Shop N Wash
Food and Laundromat, 189 Isabel St
at Portage Ave; Zip-Kleen, 110
Sherbrook St at Westminster Ave.
Left luggage 24hr
coin-operated lockers at the train
and bus stations.
Lost property VIA
baggage information on tel
949-7481; Winnipeg Transit, at the
Portage and Main office (tel
986-5054).
Newspapers Dominion
News, 263 Portage Ave, has a wide
variety of international papers.
Pharmacies Shoppers Drug
Mart, 471 River Ave and Osborne
St; open 24hr.
Post office The main
office is at 266 Graham Ave at
Smith St (tel 1-800/267-1177);
Mon-Fri 8am-5.30pm.
Sexual Assault Crisis Line
tel 786-8631.
Swimming Elmwood/Kildonan
Park Swimming Pool, 909 Concordia
Ave (tel 986-6650); Pan-Am
Swimming Pool, 25 Poseidon Bay (tel
986-5890).
Taxis Duffy's, 871 Notre
Dame Ave (tel 775-0101); Unicity,
340 Hargrave Place (tel 925-3131).
Train enquiries VIA Rail
ticket office, 123 Main St
(arrival and departure information
tel 1-800/835-3037, fares and
reservations tel 1-800/561-8630.
Travel agents Apollo
Travel, 560 Sargent Ave (tel
786-8558); Travel CUTS, 499
Portage Ave (tel 783-5353).
Weather tel 983-2050.
Women's contacts Women's
Resource Centre, 290 Vaughan St (tel
989-4140).
