Winnipeg Toilers Winnipeg Toilers The Winnipeg Toilers Men's Basketball Team was a Senior "A" men's basketball team located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It has been recognized for its achievements in the Canadian Senior "A" Men's Championships, having won the championship in 1926, 1927, and 1932. The 1926 Team was inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame in 1982, followed by the induction of the 1927 Team in 2004. The Toilers were founded at the YMCA in 1910 under the tutelage of Physical Instructor Bill Alldritt. This team was representative of the province of Manitoba, and guided under the federation of Canada
John Arbuthnot (Canadian politician) from 1901 to 1903. In 1907 he left Winnipeg for British Columbia and remained in that province until his death in 1931. The City of Winnipeg named Arbuthnot Street in his honour. John Arbuthnot (Canadian politician) John Arbuthnot (7 January 1861 – 18 September 1931) was a Canadian politician serving as an alderman and the 19th Mayor of Winnipeg. Arbuthnot worked in the railway industry in his early career, building tracks for the Canadian Pacific Railway in Ontario. He then moved to Rat Portage, Ontario to work at the Western Lumber Company. He established his own lumber business after moving