RBC Convention Centre Winnipeg RBC Convention Centre Winnipeg The RBC Convention Centre Winnipeg is a major meeting and convention facility located in downtown Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The Winnipeg Convention Centre was recommended as part of the Metro Corporation of Greater Winnipeg (Metro) Downtown Development Plan of 1969. Metro and the Province of Manitoba announced the $35 M Winnipeg Convention Centre on Thursday, September 10, 1970. Always in opposition to metropolitan government, Mayor of Winnipeg, Stephen Juba did not attend the announcing press conference. Originally named the Winnipeg Convention Centre, the publicly owned facility was built in 1975. The building, designed by Canadian architect Isadore
The Winnipeg Singers Concert of Podium 2004, the national biennial convention of the Association of Canadian Choral Conductors, held in Winnipeg. The Winnipeg Singers traveled to Taiwan and Japan in July 2005 where the choir was honoured to represent Canada at the 6th Taipei International Choral Festival and the 7th World Symposium on Choral Music in Kyoto. While in Japan, the choir performed in Setagaya, a sister-city of Winnipeg, in Tokyo at the Canadian Embassy and in Kobe for a Symposium sponsored satellite concert. The Winnipeg Singers The Winnipeg Singers are a 24 voice chamber choir from Canada led by director Yuri Klaz.