In Winnipeg, tensions would explode. The Winnipeg General Strike culminated in the outbreak of violence. Pictured here, strikers overturn a streetcar during a protest on June 21, 1919.

The Craig Block now stands alone, flanked by empty lots on Main Street, an unassuming two-storey brick building that most Winnipeggers have probably passed without noticing before.

Every time Winnipeggers pass by the streetcar monument at the corner of Main Street and Market Avenue, we’re reminded of the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919, and how its legacy helped to advance ...

That original deal had to be renegotiated in 2020 because of a snafu involving the protection of a monument to the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike in front of the theatre, and in July of that year ...

The dramatic story of the Winnipeg General Strike in 1919 told through the recollections of the men and women who were there. This presentation traces the events leading up to the strike ...