Elmwood, Winnipeg Elmwood, Winnipeg Elmwood is a primarily working class residential area of Winnipeg, Manitoba. It is the only part of the historic (i.e., pre-amalgamation) city of Winnipeg located east of the Red River. The area was named for the Elmwood Cemetery, which opened in 1902. Prior to this, the area was known as the Louise Bridge District or Kildonan Village. Elmwood is bordered by the lane between Harbison and Larsen Avenues (extended) on the North, Panet Road on the East, Thomas and Tyne Avenues and the Canadian Pacific mainline on the South, and the Red River on the west. Elmwood was
Winnipeg Statement gained and much lost by an attempt to rephrase what we have said in Winnipeg. We stand squarely behind our position but we feel it is our duty to insist on a proper interpretation of that position." They added: In 1998, the Canadian bishops voted by secret ballot on a resolution to retract the Winnipeg Statement. It did not pass. Calls for retraction continue, though some see the Canadian bishops' December 1, 1973, document, "Statement on the Formation of Conscience", as evidence that they were trying to distance themselves from the Winnipeg Statement. In 2008, the Canadian bishops issued a