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| | Winnipeg, Manitoba (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | Winnipeg's largest employers are The Province of Manitoba, The City of Winnipeg, The University of Manitoba, The Health Sciences Centre, Manitoba Telecom Services (crown corporation, privatized in 1997), Manitoba Hydro, Palliser Furniture, and Great-West Life Assurance. |
 | | Winnipeg has produced Hall of Fame hockey players Andy Bathgate, Billy Mosienko, Art Coulter, Ching Johnson, Frank Fredrickson, Jack Ruttan, Kenny Reardon, Fred Maxwell, and Terry Sawchuk, but perhaps the best-known current professional athlete from the Winnipeg area is Corey Koskie of the Minnesota Twins. |
 | | Winnipeg has a long history of minor league baseball, including the Class A Winnipeg Goldeyes, an affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals, from 1953-1964, the AAA Whips, Montreal's farm team in 1970-1971, and since 1994, the Goldeyes, a franchise in the independent Northern League. |
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