{"id":485,"date":"2017-06-12T23:46:49","date_gmt":"2017-06-13T04:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/the100thmeridian.ca\/blog\/?p=485"},"modified":"2017-06-13T08:54:13","modified_gmt":"2017-06-13T13:54:13","slug":"a-city-moves-forward-without-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the100thmeridian.ca\/blog\/2017\/a-city-moves-forward-without-me\/","title":{"rendered":"A city moves forward (without me!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last year I moved with my family from Brandon to Winnipeg so that my spouse could pursue opportunities after receiving her four year Bachelors Degree from Brandon University. Despite our move, I have no intention of changing the domain of this blog. Whether living here in Winnipeg, moving to the coast, or landing somewhere overseas, I will always be a guy from Brandon and therefore from \u201cthe 100th Meridian\u201d. Expect commentary on not only Brandon issues, but those things that interest or confuse me about our provincial capital\u2026 and of course Manitoba as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, two of my favourite issues have had movement forward.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The 8th Street bridge is being demolished. I don\u2019t mean plans are made\u2026 I mean the damn thing is coming down. Heck, for all I know, it could be completely down by now. CBC reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RileyLaychuk\">Riley Laychuk<\/a> has been tweeting a couple of pics.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/8th_St_Bridge\">@8th_St_Bridge<\/a> got sliced in two! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/bdnmb?src=hash\">#bdnmb<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wRpDUVurzK\">pic.twitter.com\/wRpDUVurzK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Riley Laychuk (@RileyLaychuk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RileyLaychuk\/status\/869699299961131009\">May 30, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Breaking my vacation Twitter silence to show you all this photo of the 8th St bridge. The view has sure changed in the last week! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/bdnmb?src=hash\">#bdnmb<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qusocZqZ24\">pic.twitter.com\/qusocZqZ24<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Riley Laychuk (@RileyLaychuk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RileyLaychuk\/status\/872560079651950596\">June 7, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It is great to see it coming down without the city spending as much as (or more than) $30,000,000 to replace it.<\/p>\n<p>*** 06-13 UPDATE*** <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.qcountryfm.ca\/news-weather\/news\/\">CKLQ News<\/a> reporting that bridge demolition will be complete by next week. \u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.qcountryfm.ca\/news-weather\/news-sports-details\/newsarticle\/little-time-wasted-in-tearing-down-8th-street-bridge\/\">Link<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The other one is a small thing, but a big deal for me. I\u2019ve been going on for around a decade about how Brandon should adopt the phrase \u201cWhere the Great Plains Begin\u201d as a tagline in a city branding exercise. Of course, the phrase comes from the song \u201cAt the Hundredth Meridian\u201d by the iconic Canadian band The Tragically Hip. This week I saw this tweet, and the author assures me the picture is real.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CityBrandon\">@CityBrandon<\/a> nice addition to this sign! 100th Meridian where the great plains begin. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/bdnmb?src=hash\">#bdnmb<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/D1sn5W9Xev\">pic.twitter.com\/D1sn5W9Xev<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 James Montgomery (@J_Montgomery78) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/J_Montgomery78\/status\/874094114484232193\">June 12, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve seen other pics of the sign saying \u201c100th Meridian\u201d, but <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/J_Montgomery78\"><strong>James Montgomery<\/strong>\u200f<\/a> finally confirmed to me that it is indeed real. It\u2019s a great start toward what I think could be a great brand.<\/p>\n<p>Guess I\u2019ll be taking some pictures of a couple places next time we visit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year I moved with my family from Brandon to Winnipeg so that my spouse could pursue opportunities after receiving her four year Bachelors Degree from Brandon University. Despite our move, I have no intention of changing the domain of this blog. 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