From Here to There

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From Here to There

• Lindsay Schluter

LIBR 500 Foundations of Information Technology

lindsay.schluter_at_gmail.com
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Last summer..

• I moved from Winnipeg
• (Also known as
• Winterpeg)

• To Vancouver
• (Commonly referred to as Rain City)

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The trip was a long one
From Plains
To Hills
To Mountains
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and once I arrived,

• I noticed
• how
• different
• the two cities
• really were.

Vancouver
Winnipeg
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• Winnipeg has a population of 620,000.
• and only one other Metropolitan region within a
  1000 km radius

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• Vancouver has a population of 583,000.
• Total Population
• 2.2 Million
• with many
• neighboring regions.

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Winnipeg comes from the Cree word,
Wi-nipe-k meaning Muddy Waters
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Vancouver was named after Royal Navy Captain
George Vancouver, an 18th Century English
explorer of the Pacific Coast
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Winnipeg

• Auto-Theft Capital of Canada
• Slurpee Capital of the World

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Vancouver

• Highest crime rate of any major
• Canadian city
• Most high-rises per capita in all
• of North America

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Winnipeg Artists
The Guess Who
Chantal Kreviazuk
Chiliwack
Crash Test Dummies
Sarah McLaughin
Bryan Adams
Vancouver Artists
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Hollywood Movies filmed in Winnipeg
Hollywood Movies filmed in Vancouver
Capote
Fantastic Four
Catwoman
Shall We Dance
K-19 The Widowmaker
Paycheck
Woman Wanted
Best in Show
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So, the question is..
Will I ever move back to Winnipeg???
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Works Cited
Batt, Max. Stanley Park. 28 July 2006. Online
image. Wikipedia. 1 October 2006.
http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ImageVanc_scenery20
06.jpg Bell, Steve. Air Jam. Sons
Daughters. Signpost Music, 2003. Cayla.
Esplanade Riel. 22 October 2005. Online
image. Wikipedia. 2 October 2006.
http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ImageEsplanderiel.j
pg Frankson, George. Vancouver Skyline. 1
April 2006. Online image. Wikipedia. 1 October
2006. http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ImageVancitys
kyline.JPG George Vancouver. Online image.
Wikipedia. 1 October 2006. http//en.wikipedia.o
rg/wiki/ImageGeorge_Vancouver_statue.jpg
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Nasa. Winnipeg. Online image. Wikipedia. 2
October 2006. http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image
Winnipeg.jpg Schluter, Lindsay. Hills. 22
August 2006. Schluter, Lindsay. Mountains.
23 August 2006. Schluter, Lindsay. Plains.
21 August 2006. St. Boniface Cathedral.
Online image. Wikipedia. 1 October 2006.
http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ImageSt_Boniface_Ca
thedral_Winnipeg_Manitoba.jpg
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Special Thanks to Steve Bell and Signpost Music