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100-501: K-tel is based in Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada, and has been in business since the late 1960s. It has subsidiaries or other controlled entities in the US and UK. K-tel was founded by Philip Kives , a demonstration salesman from Oungre, Saskatchewan . Kives had worked at a number of jobs as a young man, including selling cookware door-to-door and in a department store, and as a pitch-man on

200-567: A film festival of LGBT-themed films. Winnipeg has been home to several professional hockey teams. The Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League (NHL) have called the city home since 2011. The original Winnipeg Jets , the city's former NHL team, left for Phoenix, Arizona , after the 1995–96 season due to mounting financial troubles, despite a campaign effort to "Save the Jets." The Jets play at Canada Life Centre , which

300-762: A humidex reading of 47.3 °C (117.1 °F) was measured. The frost-free season is comparatively long for a location with such severe winters. The last spring frost is on average around 23 May, while the first fall frost is on 22 September. There are officially 236 neighbourhoods in Winnipeg. Downtown Winnipeg , the city's financial heart and economic core, is centred on the intersection of Portage Avenue and Main Street and covers about 2.6 km (1 sq mi). More than 72,000 people work downtown, and over 40,000 students attend classes at its universities and colleges. Downtown Winnipeg's Exchange District

400-607: A vaudeville house in 1913. Other city theatres include the Burton Cummings Theatre (a National Historic Site of Canada built in 1906 ) and Prairie Theatre Exchange . Le Cercle Molière , based in St Boniface, is Canada's oldest theatre company, founded in 1925. Rainbow Stage is a musical theatre production company based in Kildonan Park that produces professional, live Broadway musical shows and

500-509: A visible minority . More than a hundred languages are spoken in Winnipeg, of which the most common is English: 95 percent of Winnipeggers speak English as their first language, and 2.8 percent have a first language of French (Canada's other official language ). Other languages spoken as a mother tongue in Winnipeg include Tagalog (6.0%), Punjabi (4.1%), and Mandarin (1.5%). Several Indigenous languages are also spoken, such as Ojibwe (0.2%) and Cree (0.1%). The 2021 Census reported

600-553: A 1996 release of an October 1983 recording of a Romantics concert in San Antonio, Texas at the height of the band's popularity. Jimmy Marinos, the Romantics' original drummer, temporarily returned to the band for a series of performances in 1996–1997 (with Clem Burke returning to the Romantics' drumstool after Marinos departed again). In 2003, twenty years after the release of their most commercially successful album, In Heat ,

700-535: A Canadian children’s music group called Mini Pop Kids , a series of recordings in which a group of Canadian children aged 10 to 14 sing family-friendly pop hits. The series sold millions of copies when it was originally distributed in the 1980s. K-tel brought the series back in Canada, the United States, and Israel as of May 15, 2004, and has continued to produce recordings. The latest album, Mini Pop Kids 18 ,

800-461: A July mean average of 19.7 °C (67.5 °F). Winters are the coldest time of year, with the January mean average around −16.4 °C (2.5 °F) and total winter precipitation (December through February) averaging 55.2 mm (2.17 in). Temperatures occasionally drop below −40 °C (−40 °F). On average, there are 317.8 days per year with measurable sunshine, with July seeing

900-487: A Winnipegger was 40.3. At the census metropolitan area (CMA) level in the 2021 census, the Winnipeg CMA had a population of 834,678 living in 330,326 of its 347,144 total private dwellings, a change of 6.6% from its 2016 population of 783,099 . With a land area of 5,285.46 km (2,040.73 sq mi), it had a population density of 157.9/km (409.0/sq mi) in 2021. Winnipeg represents 54.9% of

1000-472: A city population of 749,607 and a metropolitan population of 834,678, making it Canada's sixth-largest city and eighth-largest metropolitan area. The city is named after the nearby Lake Winnipeg ; the name comes from the Western Cree words for "muddy water" – winipīhk . The region was a trading centre for Indigenous peoples long before the arrival of Europeans; it is the traditional territory of

1100-466: A competition venue for amateur musicians. The Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival is the second-largest alternative theatre festival in North America. The Winnipeg International Writers Festival (also called THIN AIR) brings writers to Winnipeg for workshops and readings. The LGBT community in the city is served by Pride Winnipeg , an annual gay pride festival and parade, and Reel Pride ,

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1200-483: A demographic shift beginning shortly after Confederation that saw the francophone population decrease from a majority to a small minority group. This shift resulted in Premier Thomas Greenway controversially ending legislative bilingualism and removing funding for French Catholic Schools in 1890. By 1911, Winnipeg was Canada's third-largest city. However, the city faced financial difficulty when

1300-440: A number of popular artists onto a single theme album using the tag line "20 Original Hits! 20 Original Stars!". The company negotiated directly with artists and labels for the rights to reproduce their original recordings, in the process also securing a long-term asset through adding those recordings to their catalogue. While most of the compilation albums relied on the pop charts of the day, there were some that focused on hits from

1400-737: A number of products from Samuel Popeil, father of Ronco founder Ron Popeil , including the Dial-O-Matic and Veg-O-Matic food slicers and the Feather Touch Knife. In August 1965, he began selling the Feather Touch Knife in Australia and by Christmas had sold one million knives. Kives later began sourcing his own products, including the Miracle Brush, which sold 28 million units. K-tel was formally incorporated in 1968, with Kives as CEO. The company operated profitably during

1500-452: A population of 749,607 living in 300,431 of its 315,465 total private dwellings, a change of 6.3% from its 2016 population of 705,244. With a land area of 461.78 km (178.29 sq mi), it had a population density of 1,623.3/km (4,204.3/sq mi) in 2021. As of the 2021 census, 16.6 percent of residents were 14 years old or younger, 66.4 percent were between 15 and 64 years old, and 17.0 percent were 65 or over. The average age of

1600-529: A settlement was reached with the Bank of Montreal, and in 1991, Kives got his Canadian company back. In 1993, K-tel earned a $ 2.7 million profit on sales of $ 56 million, and in 1994, ranked #7 on BusinessWeek ' s annual Hot Growth List. Mickey Elfenbein, Kives' nephew, was appointed CEO of the K-tel International division in 1993 and served until the late 1990s. Elfenbein's son, Mark, produced

1700-604: A show at Hurrahs , and in September 1979, the band recorded their debut self-titled album with British producer Pete Solley . The group's true record debut was the 1978 single on Spider Records, "Little White Lies" (b/w "I Can't Tell You Anything"), followed that year by the Bomp! single "Tell It to Carrie" (b/w "First in Line"). All of these were re-recorded later for the first LP. The album sold roughly 200,000 copies and yielded

1800-600: A specific genre. Examples include: The company also created original records, including the Grammy-nominated Hooked on Classics series of classical recordings with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra . From 1983 to 1986, K-tel distributed original records for the popular youth-oriented television series Kids Incorporated , featuring two self-titled LP's (1983 Pilot, 1984), The Chart Hits (1985) and New Attitude (1986). In

1900-704: Is Canada's longest-surviving outdoor theatre. The Manitoba Theatre for Young People at the Forks is one of only two Theatres for Young Audiences in Canada with a permanent residence and the only Theatre for Young Audiences that offers a full season of plays for teenagers. The Winnipeg Jewish Theatre is the only professional theatre in Canada dedicated to Jewish themes. Shakespeare in the Ruins (SIR) presents adaptations of Shakespeare plays. Winnipeg has hosted numerous Hollywood productions: Shall We Dance? (2004), Capote (2005), The Assassination of Jesse James by

2000-464: Is a comedic rumination on the city's history. The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra is the largest and oldest professional musical ensemble in Winnipeg. The Manitoba Chamber Orchestra runs a series of chamber orchestral concerts each year. Manitoba Opera is Manitoba's only full-time professional opera company. Among the most notable musical acts associated with Winnipeg are Bachman–Turner Overdrive , The Guess Who , Neil Young , The Weakerthans ,

2100-411: Is a nonprofit children's museum at the Forks that features twelve permanent galleries. The Canadian Museum for Human Rights is the only Canadian national museum for human rights and the only national museum west of Ottawa. The federal government contributed $ 100 million towards the estimated $ 311 million project. Construction of the museum began on 1 April 2008, and the museum opened to

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2200-487: Is named after the area's original grain exchange, which operated from 1880 to 1913. The 30-block district received National Historic Site of Canada status in 1997; it includes North America's most extensive collection of early 20th-century terracotta and cut stone architecture, Stephen Juba Park, and Old Market Square. Other major downtown areas are the Forks , Central Park , Broadway-Assiniboine and Chinatown . Many of Downtown Winnipeg's major buildings are linked with

2300-457: Is ranked the world's 19th-busiest arena among non-sporting touring events, 13th-busiest among facilities in North America, and 3rd-busiest in Canada as of 2009. The Romantics The Romantics are an American rock band formed in 1977 in Detroit . The band is often put under the banner of power pop and new wave . They were influenced by 1950s American rock and roll , Detroit's MC5 ,

2400-702: The Countess of Dufferin , the first steam locomotive in Western Canada. Festival du Voyageur , Western Canada's largest winter festival, celebrates the early French explorers of the Red River Valley. Folklorama is the largest and longest-running cultural celebration festival in the world. The Jazz Winnipeg Festival and the Winnipeg Folk Festival both celebrate Winnipeg's music community. The Winnipeg Music Festival offers

2500-608: The Conference Board of Canada , Winnipeg was projected to experience a real GDP growth of 1.9 percent in 2019. Gross Domestic Product was $ 43.3 billion in 2018. The city had an unemployment rate of 5.3% in 2019, compared to a national rate of 5.7%. Household income per capita was $ 47,824, compared to $ 49,744 nationally. The Royal Canadian Mint , established in 1976, produces all circulating coinage in Canada. The facility, located in southeastern Winnipeg, also produces coins for many other countries. In 2012, Winnipeg

2600-606: The Crash Test Dummies , Propagandhi , Bif Naked , and The Watchmen among many others. Winnipeg also has a significant place in Canadian jazz history, being the location of Canada's first jazz concert in 1914 at the Pantages Playhouse Theatre . The Royal Winnipeg Ballet (RWB) is Canada's oldest ballet company and the longest continuously operating ballet company in North America. It

2700-479: The Cree and Ojibwe name win-nipi (also transcribed win-nipiy or ouenpig ) meaning "murky water" or "muddy water" (modern Cree : wīnipēk , ᐑᓂᐯᐠ ). French-Canadian fur trader La Vérendrye referred to the lake as Lac Gouinipique or Ouinipigon when he built the first forts in the area in the 1730s. Local newspaper The Nor'-Wester included the name on its masthead on 24 February 1866, and

2800-676: The Detroit Music Awards , and in June 2011, the Romantics were voted into the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame. As of 2024, the Romantics continue to play live concerts. On November 21, 2007, The Romantics filed a lawsuit against Activision , RedOctane , Harmonix , and Wavegroup Sound over the cover of the song "What I Like About You" used in Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s . While

2900-704: The Esplanade Riel bridge, a river walkway, Shaw Park , and the Canadian Museum for Human Rights . The Winnipeg Public Library is a public library network with 20 branches throughout the city, including the main Millennium Library . Winnipeg the Bear , which would become the inspiration for part of the name of Winnie-the-Pooh , was purchased in Ontario by Lieutenant Harry Colebourn of

3000-543: The Panama Canal opened in 1914. The canal reduced reliance on Canada's rail system for international trade; the increase in shipping traffic helped Vancouver to surpass Winnipeg in both prosperity and population by the end of World War I . More than 30,000 workers walked off their jobs in May 1919 in what came to be known as the Winnipeg general strike . The strike was a product of postwar recession, labour conditions,

3100-611: The Red , Assiniboine , La Salle and Seine . The city was subject to severe flooding in the past. The Red River reached its greatest flood height in 1826 . Another large flood in 1950 caused millions of dollars in damage and mass evacuations. This flood prompted Duff Roblin 's provincial government to build the Red River Floodway to protect the city. In the 1997 flood , flood control dikes were reinforced and raised using sandbags; Winnipeg suffered limited damage compared to

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3200-556: The Swift's and Canada Packers meat packing plants. In 1981, Winnipeg was one of the first cities in Canada to sign a tripartite agreement with the provincial and federal governments to redevelop its downtown area, and the three levels of government contributed over $ 271 million to its development. In 1989, the reclamation and redevelopment of the CNR rail yards turned the Forks into Winnipeg's most popular tourist attraction. The city

3300-541: The Winnipeg Blue Bombers (Canadian football), Winnipeg Jets (ice hockey), Manitoba Moose (ice hockey), Valour FC ( soccer ), Winnipeg Sea Bears (basketball), and the Winnipeg Goldeyes (baseball). Winnipeg is named after nearby Lake Winnipeg , 65 km (40 mi) north of the city. English explorer Henry Kelsey may have been the first European to see the lake in 1690. He adopted

3400-759: The Winnipeg Walkway . Residential neighbourhoods surround the downtown in all directions; expansion is greatest to the south and west, although several areas remain underdeveloped. The city's largest park, Assiniboine Park , houses the Assiniboine Park Zoo and the Leo Mol Sculpture Garden . Other large city parks include Kildonan Park and St. Vital Park . The city's major commercial areas are Polo Park , Kildonan Crossing, South St. Vital, Garden City (West Kildonan), Pembina Strip, Kenaston Smart Centre, Osborne Village , and

3500-445: The crash of 1983 , K-tel UK continued to release several games into 1984. K-tel helped define the way people purchased music in the 1960s and 1970s. In 2013, Forbes wrote a piece on K-tel, entitled "K-Tel Records: The Spotify of the 70s", pointing out that the way people discovered new music in the 70s was through K-tel compilations, in the same way that Spotify playlists are now used to find related artists. In 2013, Dave Grohl ,

3600-785: The "Gateway to the West", Winnipeg is a railway and transportation hub with a diversified economy. This multicultural city hosts numerous annual festivals, including the Festival du Voyageur , the Winnipeg Folk Festival , the Jazz Winnipeg Festival , the Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival , and Folklorama . Winnipeg was the first Canadian host of the Pan American Games in 1967 . It is home to several professional sports franchises, including

3700-887: The 1970s and expanded both through acquisitions in its core area of business and diversification into other areas. Kives' cousin Raymond worked as president of the K-tel US division from 1967 to 1977, and the K-tel Europe division from 1977 to 1984. In the five years prior to 1981, K-tel sold more than $ 150 million of LPs in 34 countries. Its sales increased from $ 23 million in 1971 to $ 178 million in 1981. The company diversified, forming subsidiaries in areas such as real estate and oil exploration and also acquired rival Candlelite Records in 1980. K-tel lost $ 15.9 million when Candlelite's customers refused to pay for their shipments. The failure of this and several other high-risk ventures forced

3800-865: The Anishinabe (Ojibway), Ininew (Cree), Oji-Cree, Dene, and Dakota, and is the birthplace of the Métis Nation . French traders built the first fort, Fort Rouge , on the site in 1738. A settlement was later founded by the Selkirk settlers of the Red River Colony in 1812, the nucleus of which was incorporated as the City of Winnipeg in 1873. Being far inland, the city's climate is extremely seasonal (continental) even by Canadian standards, with average January highs of around −11 °C (12 °F) and average July highs of 26 °C (79 °F). Known as

3900-599: The Boardwalk in Atlantic City . In 1962 he used his own money and his fast-talking demonstration style to create a new kind of television advertisement in Canada. His first product was a Teflon -coated frying pan. He made a deal with the Eaton's department store to carry the product and with a local television station to air the commercials on a per-inquiry basis with a guaranteed minimum. Kives bought and marketed

4000-623: The Corydon strip. The main cultural and nightlife areas are the Exchange District, the Forks, Osborne Village and Corydon Village (both in Fort Rouge), Sargent and Ellice Avenues (West End) and Old St. Boniface. Osborne Village is Winnipeg's most densely populated neighbourhood and one of the most densely populated neighbourhoods in Western Canada. In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Winnipeg had

4100-544: The Coward Robert Ford (2007), and A Dog's Purpose (2017), among others were filmed in the city. The Winnipeg Film Group has produced numerous award-winning films. There are several TV and film production companies in Winnipeg: the most prominent are Farpoint Films , Frantic Films , Buffalo Gal Pictures , and Les Productions Rivard . Guy Maddin's My Winnipeg , an independent film released in 2008,

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4200-616: The Forks , attracts four million visitors a year. It is home to the City television studio, Manitoba Theatre for Young People , the Winnipeg International Children's Festival , and the Manitoba Children's Museum . It also features a 2,800 m (30,000 sq ft) skate plaza, a 790 m (8,500 sq ft) bowl complex, which features a mural of Winnipeg skateboarding pioneer Jai Pereira,

4300-540: The Fort Garry Horse . He named the bear after the regiment's hometown of Winnipeg. A. A. Milne later wrote a series of books featuring the fictional Winnie-the-Pooh. The series' illustrator, Ernest H. Shepard created the only known oil painting of Winnipeg's adopted fictional bear, which is displayed in Assiniboine Park. The city has developed many distinct dishes and cooking styles, notably in

4400-525: The Hudson's Bay and North West Companies merged, ending their long rivalry. Fort Gibraltar was renamed Fort Garry in 1822 and became the leading post in the region for the Hudson's Bay Company. A flood destroyed the fort in 1826 and it was not rebuilt until 1835. A rebuilt section of the fort, consisting of the front gate and a section of the wall, is near the modern-day corner of Main Street and Broadway in downtown Winnipeg. In 1869–70, present-day Winnipeg

4500-438: The Romantics filed a lawsuit against their management in 1987, and the legalities involved prevented the band from recording new music until the mid-1990s. Former Blondie drummer Clem Burke replaced David Petratos as the Romantics' drummer in 1990. For much of the 1990s, the Romantics played obscure performances in small venues, largely forgotten and out of the public spotlight. The Romantics' fortunes began to rise again in

4600-542: The Romantics released 61/49 –a more roots rock and blues -oriented record than the band's previous efforts. Although Clem Burke performed as the band's primary drummer on the release, original drummer Jimmy Marinos is featured on half of the tracks. The album was not a great commercial success. A fourth drummer, Brad Elvis, (formerly from the Elvis Brothers , and currently the Handcuffs) replaced Clem Burke as

4700-406: The Romantics' regular drummer in 2004 after Burke returned full-time to a reactivated Blondie. Rich Cole returned to the band after a long absence in 2010. Longtime lead guitarist Coz Canler left the band in 2011, allowing Skill to return to the original lead guitarist role he held in the band. In 2004, the band's album 61/49 was named most Outstanding National Small/Independent Label Album at

4800-425: The Romantics, and he was replaced by David Petratos, who served as the band's drummer until 1990. This lineup released one album, 1985's Rhythm Romance , which peaked at #72 and produced one charting single ("Test of Time" #71). Detroit keyboardist Barry Warner was added to the band for the following 1985–1986 tour. Due to the tour for Rhythm Romance being thwarted by low ticket sales and mounting tension between

4900-698: The Spirit of Enterprise" (commonly known as the " Golden Boy "). The stock market crash of 1929 and the Great Depression resulted in widespread unemployment, worsened by drought and low agricultural prices. The Depression ended after the start of World War II in 1939. In the Battle of Hong Kong , The Winnipeg Grenadiers were among the first Canadians to engage in combat against Japan. Battalion members who survived combat were taken prisoner and endured brutal treatment in prisoner of war camps. In 1942,

5000-653: The Stooges , early Bob Seger , Motown R&B , 1960s North American garage rock as well as the British Invasion rockers. The Romantics achieved substantial popularity in the United States, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Canada, and Australia, with their two best-charting songs " What I Like About You ", peaking at #49 in the US and #2 in Australia, and " Talking in Your Sleep ", reaching #3 in

5100-611: The US, #1 in Canada, and #14 in Australia. The two songs have become mainstays on 1980s-focused, classic rock , and active rock radio stations. Their debut album, released on January 4, 1980, in the UK, has the distinction of being the first record to be released in that decade. The Romantics' original lineup consisted of vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and harmonicist Wally Palmar; lead guitarist and vocalist Mike Skill; bassist and backing vocalist Rich Cole; and drummer and vocalist Jimmy Marinos. All four band members made songwriting contributions to

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5200-553: The Victory Loan Campaign staged a mock Nazi invasion of Winnipeg to promote awareness of the stakes of the war in Europe. When the war ended, pent-up demand generated a boom in housing development, although building activity was checked by the 1950 Red River flood . The federal government estimated damage at over $ 26 million, although the province indicated that it was at least double that. The damage caused by

5300-457: The Winnipeg CMA population as of 1 July 2020 is 850,056, making it the 7th largest CMA in Canada. Winnipeg has a significant and increasing Indigenous population, with both the highest percentage of Indigenous peoples (12.4%) for any major Canadian city, and the highest total number of Indigenous peoples (90,995) for any single non-reserve municipality. The Indigenous population grew by 22% between 2001 and 2006, compared to an increase of 3% for

5400-422: The activity of union organizers and a large influx of returning World War I soldiers seeking work. After many arrests, deportations, and incidents of violence, the strike ended on 21 June 1919 when the Riot Act was read. A group of Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers charged a group of strikers. Two strikers were killed and at least thirty others were injured on the day that became known as Bloody Saturday ;

5500-441: The area in prehistoric times for camping, harvesting, hunting, tool making, fishing, trading and, farther north, for agriculture. Estimates of the date of first settlement in this area range from 11,500 years ago for a site southwest of the present city to 6,000 years ago at the Forks. In 1805, Canadian colonists observed First Nations peoples engaged in farming activity along the Red River. The practice quickly expanded, driven by

5600-406: The areas of confectionery and hot-smoked fish . Both the First Nations and more recent Eastern Canadian, European, and Asian immigrants have helped shape Winnipeg's dining scene, giving birth to dishes such as the desserts schmoo torte and wafer pie . The Winnipeg Art Gallery is Western Canada's oldest public art gallery, founded in 1912. It is the sixth-largest in the country and includes

5700-407: The arrival of the British Hudson's Bay Company after France ceded the territory following its defeat in the Seven Years' War . Many French men who were trappers married First Nations women ; their mixed-race children hunted, traded, and lived in the area. Their descendants are known as the Métis . Lord Selkirk was involved with the first permanent settlement (known as the Red River Colony ),

5800-436: The band and its management, The Romantics were dropped from the Sony record label. In the late 1980s, the Romantics discovered that their managers had been misappropriating the profits earned by the band from its records and live performances. Additionally, one of their releases (the aforementioned "What I Like About You") had been licensed for use in television commercials without the band's knowledge or approval. Consequently,

5900-519: The band recorded the album Strictly Personal in 1981 with producer Mike Stone , who had produced for Queen . Due to frustrations with the songwriting featured on the record, Rich Cole was replaced by a returning Skill, who took over as the band's bassist. With Skill back in, the band began playing arenas with Cheap Trick , the Kinks , and the Cars . Solley was also rehired in 1983 as their producer for their fourth album In Heat . In Heat would be The Romantics' greatest commercial success, and

6000-420: The city as a whole; this population tends to be younger and less wealthy than non-Indigenous residents. Winnipeg also has the highest Métis population in both percentage (6.5%) and numbers (47,915); the growth rate for this population between 2001 and 2006 was 30%. The 2021 census reported that immigrants comprise 201,040 persons or 27.3% of the total population of Winnipeg. Of the total immigrant population,

6100-427: The city was incorporated by that name by the Manitoba Legislature in 1873. Winnipeg lies at the confluence of the Assiniboine and the Red River of the North , a location now known as " the Forks ." This point was at the crossroads of canoe routes travelled by First Nations before European contact. Evidence provided by archaeology, petroglyphs , rock art , and oral history indicates that native peoples used

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6200-405: The company briefly began distributing foreign films in the United States, beginning with Mr. Superinvisible . They produced their own Pardon My Blooper film, based on one of their records. In the early 1980s, K-tel dabbled in the video game business under the brands K-tel Software, K-tek Software, K-tel International (UK) Ltd. and Xonox . Although K-tel's other divisions left this market after

6300-413: The company's highest selling music products of the 1990s with the creation of the "Club Mix" series which reached RIAA gold and platinum sales success. K-tel increased its worldwide sales, primarily of music-related products, and had a successful NASDAQ IPO trading under the symbol KTEL. In mid-April 1998, during the dot-com bubble , news that the company was expanding its business to the Internet sent

6400-487: The demand by traders for provisions. The rivers provided an extensive transportation network linking northern First Peoples with those to the south along the Missouri and Mississippi rivers. The Ojibwe made some of the first maps on birch bark , which helped fur traders navigate the waterways of the area. Sieur de La Vérendrye built the first fur trading post on the site in 1738, called Fort Rouge . French trading continued at this site for several decades before

6500-414: The event polarized the population. One of the leaders of the strike, J. S. Woodsworth , went on to found Canada's first major socialist party, the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation , which later became the New Democratic Party . The Manitoba Legislative Building , constructed mainly of Tyndall stone , opened in 1920; its dome supports a bronze statue finished in gold leaf, titled "Eternal Youth and

6600-419: The fictional B-movie actor Troy McClure promotes widgets on a show called I Can’t Believe They Invented It! . Winnipeg Winnipeg ( / ˈ w ɪ n ɪ p ɛ ɡ / ) is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America. As of 2021 , Winnipeg had

6700-478: The flood led then-Premier Duff Roblin to advocate for the construction of the Red River Floodway . Before 1972, Winnipeg was the largest of thirteen cities and towns in a metropolitan area around the Red and Assiniboine Rivers. In 1960, the Metropolitan Corporation of Greater Winnipeg was established to co-ordinate service delivery in the metropolitan region. A consolidated metropolitan " unicity " government incorporating Winnipeg and its surrounding municipalities

6800-429: The flood's impact on cities without such structures, such as Grand Forks, North Dakota . The generally flat terrain and the poor drainage of the Red River Valley's clay-based soil also results in many mosquitoes during wetter years. Winnipeg's location in the Canadian Prairies gives it a warm-summer humid continental climate ( Köppen : Dfb ), with warm, humid summers, and long, severely cold winters. Summers have

6900-678: The front man of Foo Fighters , gave a keynote speech at SXSW , praising K-tel for exposing him to music early in his life, specifically " Frankenstein " by the Edgar Winter Group : "Grohl told the crowd earnestly that the song's inclusion on a 1975 K-tel Records Blockbuster compilation – the first album that he ever owned – was 'the record that changed my life.'" K-tel infomercials were spoofed on late night television, leading to skits such as Dave Thomas 's character Harvey K-tel pitching Stairways to Heaven and 50 Psalms by 50 Stars on SCTV , Dan Aykroyd ’s "Bass-o-Matic" Saturday Night Live performance, and The Simpsons cartoon series, where

7000-402: The game developers did secure appropriate rights to cover the song in the game, The Romantics claim that the cover is "virtually indistinguishable from the authentic version" and thus would "[confuse] consumers into believing that the band actually recorded the music and endorsed the product". The lawsuit requested the cessation of sales of the game and monetary damage. A summary judgment hearing

7100-402: The great losses. In 2007, Philip Kives took K-tel private again. The company completed a 1-for-5000 reverse split on July 18, 2007, reducing the number of public shareholders to under 300 and allowing the company to delist. It changed its symbol to KTLI and moved from the NASDAQ to the over-the-counter market. The company now earns profits from its catalogue of Billboard -charting hits, by

7200-510: The group, but Palmar and Skill were considered the band's primary tunesmiths. The band's first show was on Valentine's Day at My Fair Lady Club in Detroit, opening for the New MC5 in 1977. For three years, the band was on the road, playing in venues like Boston's Rathskeller , New York City's CBGB and Max's Kansas City , and Cleveland's Agora. They were signed to Nat Weiss' Nemperor after

7300-696: The health care and social assistance (14%), retail (11%), manufacturing (8%), and public administration (8%) sectors. There were approximately 450,500 jobs in the city as of 2019. Some of Winnipeg's largest employers are government and government-funded institutions, including the Province of Manitoba, the University of Manitoba, the City of Winnipeg, Manitoba Hydro , and Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries Corporation . Major private-sector employers include Canad Corporation of Manitoba, Canada Life Assurance Company , StandardAero , and SkipTheDishes . According to

7400-453: The hit " What I Like About You ", which reached #49 in the US, #8 in the Netherlands, and #2 in Australia, where the band was especially popular. As all four members were singers, the straightforward beat of "What I Like About You" lent the opportunity for drummer Jimmy Marinos to take the vocals. Mike Skill left the band after the release of the album National Breakout in 1980. He was replaced by lead guitarist Coz Canler. This lineup of

7500-414: The late 1980s, K-tel International (UK) Ltd. released several novelty cassette tapes by The Comic Answer Company Ltd. Each tape contained several short audio clips which were intended to be played back aloud and re-recorded onto an answering machine . A five-second countdown preceded each message to help customers begin recording at the right moment, and a formal answering machine message in a neutral voice

7600-478: The middle of the 1990s, as the band's success in its lawsuit against its former management freed the band to record again (and ensured that future earnings from the licensing of Romantics songs would go to the band). The first fruit of the band's new recording activity was the 1993 UK-only EP Made In Detroit . Several Romantics greatest hits packages were issued during the 1990s, as was the live album The King Biscuit Flour Hour Presents: The Romantics Live In Concert ,

7700-453: The most. With 2,353 hours of sunshine per year, Winnipeg is the second-sunniest city in Canada. Total annual precipitation (both rain and snow) is just over 521 mm (20.5 in). Thunderstorms are very common during summer and sometimes severe enough to produce tornadoes. Low wind chill values are a common occurrence in the local climate. The wind chill has gone down as low as −57.1 °C (−70.8 °F), and on average twelve days of

7800-480: The northeast, although most of the native prairie grasses have been removed for agriculture and urbanization. It is relatively close to many large Canadian Shield lakes and parks, as well as Lake Winnipeg ( the Earth's 11th largest freshwater lake ). Winnipeg has North America's largest extant mature urban elm forest. The city has an area of 464.08 km (179.18 sq mi). Winnipeg has four major rivers:

7900-913: The original artists, particularly songs from the 1950s through the 1980s. Tracks include " The Twist " by Chubby Checker , " What I Like About You " by the Romantics , " Tutti Frutti " by Little Richard , " Surfin’ Bird " by the Trashmen , and " Help Me Make It Through the Night " by Sammi Smith . K-tel distributes 200,000 songs worldwide per year on digital platforms, including Amazon , Spotify and iTunes , and licenses songs from its catalogue for use in commercials (e.g., Nike , Fiat , Coke and KFC ), films (e.g., Spider-Man , Baby Driver , The Dallas Buyers Club and Hotel Transylvania 2 ) and television programs (e.g., Stranger Things , Ray Donovan , Breaking Bad , Californication , Mad Men and Transparent ). K-tel Records has also produced

8000-479: The population of the province of Manitoba, the highest population concentration in one city of any province in Canada. Apart from the city of Winnipeg, the Winnipeg CMA includes the rural municipalities of Springfield , St. Clements , Taché , East St. Paul , Macdonald , Ritchot , West St. Paul , Headingley , the Brokenhead 4 reserve , Rosser and St. François Xavier . Statistics Canada 's estimate of

8100-473: The public 27 September 2014. The Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada , near Winnipeg's James Richardson International Airport , features military jets, commercial aircraft, Canada's first helicopter, the "flying saucer" Avrocar , flight simulators, and a Black Brant rocket built in Manitoba by Bristol Aerospace . The Winnipeg Railway Museum at Via Rail Station has a variety of locomotives, notably

8200-529: The publicly traded US entity, K-tel International, to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 1984. In 1986, the Bank of Montreal foreclosed on the K-tel Canadian subsidiary at the same time as the US Chapter 11 filing. Advised by Minneapolis-based Sullivan Associates, K-tel negotiated settlements with banks and other preferred and unsecured creditors. Six years later, after all the legal battles,

8300-407: The purchase of land from the Hudson's Bay Company, and a survey of river lots in the early 19th century. The North West Company built Fort Gibraltar in 1809, and the Hudson's Bay Company built Fort Douglas in 1812, both in the area of present-day Winnipeg. The two companies competed fiercely over trade. The Métis and Lord Selkirk's settlers fought at the Battle of Seven Oaks in 1816. In 1821,

8400-403: The religious make-up of Winnipeg as: 50.4% Christian , including 24.0% Catholic , 4.0% United Church , and 2.7% Anglican ; 4.4% Sikh ; 3.3% Muslim ; 2.0% Hindu ; 1.5% Jewish ; 0.9% Buddhist ; 0.4% traditional (aboriginal) spirituality ; 0.7% other; and 36.4% no religious affiliation. Winnipeg is an economic base and regional centre. It has a diversified economy, with major employment in

8500-494: The thinly traded stock shooting from about $ 3 to over $ 7 in one day (3:1 split adjusted). The short interest of the stock swelled. The price of the stock peaked at about $ 34 in early May, and began to decline, reaching $ 12 in November and eventually pennies. The sudden upswing was fuelled mainly by a large short squeeze . Traders with short positions either "bought in" or were forced to cover positions at very high prices because of

8600-466: The top countries of origin were the Philippines (62,100 persons or 30.9%), India (27,605 persons or 13.7%), and China (8,900 persons or 4.4%). The city receives over 10,000 net international immigrants per year. Winnipeg has the greatest percentage of Filipino residents (11.3%) of any major Canadian city, although Toronto has more Filipinos by total population. As of 2021, 34% of residents were of

8700-616: The venture's unexpected success led to further releases. K-tel's second release, 25 Polka Greats , sold 1.5 million copies in the United States K-tel recruited Australian Don Reedman (twin brother of Peter Reedman, who was already working in the Australian office) to set up the UK-based division of K-tel Records in the early 1970s. The company built the business of releasing compilation albums that combined material from

8800-540: The world's largest public collection of contemporary Inuit art. Since the late 1970s Winnipeg has also had an active artist run centre culture. Winnipeg's three largest performing arts venues, the Centennial Concert Hall , Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre and the Pantages Playhouse Theatre , are downtown. The Royal Manitoba is Canada's oldest English-language regional theatre, with over 250 performances yearly. The Pantages Playhouse Theatre opened as

8900-441: The year reach a wind chill below −40 °C (−40 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Winnipeg was during the 1936 North American heat wave . The temperature reached 42.2 °C (108.0 °F) on 11 July 1936 while the highest minimum temperature, recorded on the following day, 12 July 1936, was 28.3 °C (82.9 °F). The apparent heat can be even more extreme due to bursts of humidity, and on 25 July 2007

9000-793: Was also a global success, scoring in many other countries such as #1 in Canada and #5 in Sweden. The single "One in a Million" peaked at #37 during the following year on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart and went to #21 on the Hot Dance Club Play Chart. The Romantics' music videos frequently were shown on MTV during this period, solidifying the band's popularity. Also during 1983, the Romantics played U.S. and international tours in support of In Heat , and appeared on television shows such as Solid Gold , American Bandstand , and Soul Train . In 1984, drummer Jimmy Marinos left

9100-623: Was awarded a gold album in the United States for selling over 500,000 copies. It eventually would sell over 900,000 US copies. In Heat was also awarded a gold album in Canada (for over 50,000 copies sold). The first single taken from In Heat , " Talking in Your Sleep ", hit #3 for four weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, reached #2 on the Album Rock Tracks , and #1 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart. It

9200-481: Was established on 27 July 1971, taking effect in 1972. The City of Winnipeg Act incorporated the current city. In 2003, the City of Winnipeg Act was repealed and replaced with the City of Winnipeg Charter. Winnipeg experienced a severe economic downturn in advance of the early 1980s recession , during which the city incurred closures of prominent businesses, including the Winnipeg Tribune , as well as

9300-425: Was included at the end of each tape in case they wanted to revert the novelty message. These recordings included at least five spoken word tapes released in 1988, and made in partnership with ITV Central 's popular satirical puppet show Spitting Image . Show regulars including Chris Barrie , Steve Nallon and Nigel Plaskitt participated as voice actors. Examples and the impersonations therein include: In 1970

9400-663: Was ranked by KPMG as the least expensive location to do business in western Canada. Like many prairie cities, Winnipeg has a relatively low cost of living. The average house price in Winnipeg was $ 301,518 as of 2018. As of May 2014, the Consumer Price Index was 125.8 relative to 2002 prices, reflecting consumer costs at the Canadian average. Winnipeg was named the Cultural Capital of Canada in 2010 by Canadian Heritage. As of 2021, there are 26 National Historic Sites of Canada in Winnipeg. One of these,

9500-407: Was released in 2020 in Canada. The series is promoted by a touring group that performs shows across Canada. K-tel’s company founder Phillip Kives died in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada , on April 27, 2016. In 1966, Philip Kives released the company's first compilation album , a collection of 25 country songs entitled 25 Country Hits. Every copy was sold. The idea of compilation albums was new, and

9600-577: Was signed on 3 August 1871 by representatives of the Crown and local Indigenous groups, comprising the Brokenhead Ojibway, Sagkeeng, Long Plain, Peguis, Roseau River Anishinabe, Sandy Bay and Swan Lake communities. On 8 November 1873, Winnipeg was incorporated as a city, with the Selkirk settlement as its nucleus. Métis legislator and interpreter James McKay named the city. Winnipeg's mandate

9700-426: Was the first organization to be granted a royal title by Queen Elizabeth II and has included notable dancers such as Evelyn Hart and Mikhail Baryshnikov . The RWB also runs a full-time classical dance school. The Manitoba Museum , the city's largest museum, depicts the history of the city and province. The full-size replica of the ship Nonsuch is the museum's showcase piece. The Manitoba Children's Museum

9800-477: Was the site of the Red River Rebellion , a conflict between the local provisional government of Métis, led by Louis Riel , and newcomers from eastern Canada. General Garnet Wolseley was sent to suppress the uprising. The Manitoba Act of 1870 made Manitoba the fifth province of the three-year-old Canadian Confederation . Treaty 1 , which encompassed the city and much of the surrounding area,

9900-607: Was threatened by the 1997 Red River flood as well as further floods in 2009 and 2011 . Winnipeg lies at the bottom of the Red River Valley , a flood plain with an extremely flat topography. It is on the eastern edge of the Canadian Prairies in Western Canada and is known as the "Gateway to the West". Winnipeg is bordered by tallgrass prairie to the west and south and the aspen parkland to

10000-539: Was to govern and provide municipal services to citizens attracted to trade expansion between Upper Fort Garry / Lower Fort Garry and Saint Paul, Minnesota . Winnipeg developed rapidly after the coming of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1881. The railway divided the North End, which housed mainly Eastern Europeans, from the richer Anglo-Saxon southern part of the city. It also contributed to

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