WINNIPEG, MB

The New Winnipeg Transit Network has received mixed reviews across the city, no more so than in North Kildonan where Henderson Highway is being permanently closed to motorized vehicular traffic after an urgent request from concerned members of the Mennonite community.

“We’re tired to having to weave our horse and buggies around some guy in an SUV,” said local elder Abe W. Warkentin. “We need a place in the city where we can peacefully go about our business and transport our goods in as slow and primitive a method as possible.”

Vehicular access to the highway, which some have suggested should be renamed in honour of the late great Reverend Kornelsen, has been barricaded by police since Monday, to the delight of all the Klassens, Friesens and Penners in the area.

“The Englis

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