The Manitoba Hydro Santa Claus Parade will be taking over downtown Winnipeg on Saturday, bringing temporary street closures with it. To accommodate the event, the following closures will be in place from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday: Other traffic impacts include local and parkade-access only for all other north-south streets from Main Street to Memorial Boulevard between Ellice Avenue and Broadway. Vehicles will not be able to cross Portage Avenue on any of these streets. Drivers also won’t be able to cross Memorial Boulevard on eastbound York Street or westbound St. Mary Avenue but can use the road on either side of Memorial. Broadway and northbound Main Street will stay open throughout the day but are expected to be busy. The city warns that many turn and travel restrictions will be in place on Ellice Avenue, York Avenue, Broadway, and Portage Avenue east of Main Street. Winnipeg’s Santa Claus Parade begins at 5 p.m. The route starts westbound on Portage Avenue at Main Street. It then travels down Portage to Memorial Boulevard, turning onto Memorial and ending at Broadway.
