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Winnipeg – Did You Know?

  • Winnipeg was the first city in the world to develop the 911 emergency phone number.
  • Winnipeg-born speed skater Clara Hughes is the 1st Canadian athlete to capture a medal in both the Summer and Winter Olympics.
  • The 1st million dollar hockey player, Bobby Hull, played for the Winnipeg Jets and signed his contract in a public ceremony at the city's major intersection, Portage and Main.
  • The Pan-Am Games – second in scale only to the Summer Olympics – have been held only twice in Canada, both of those times (1967 and 1999) in Winnipeg.

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