Tip: This store has an extensive Milka section…read more I travel with tweezers. Sadly, the pair that I have had for eons no longer worked as effectively as it used to. It was time to get a new pair. My thought was to find a new pair at a dollar store. Steinbach has a Dollarama, which I have visited before. I noticed that it also has this Great Canadian Dollar Store. I was curious and said yes to checking it out. It's on Main Street. It has its own parking lot. I had no problem backing into a parking spot. I then walked into the store. It's a cool store. The beauty section has a lot of selection. I settled for a pair of pink tweezers and hoped that they'd do the trick. If you need balloons for a special occasion, this store has a massive helium cylindrical tank and a variety of balloons. This place does not mess around! It has cold drinks, from water to pop, in the fridge. It was one of the first things that I saw here. This place has snacks and shelf-stable items, such as ramen and canned fruit. It also has an extensive Milka section, which I have rarely seen at any dollar store. I got an Andes snap bar. I hadn't seen one before and I miss enjoying this minty chocolate after a meal at the Olive Garden. I got a nice woman at the checkout. She asked if I needed a bag. I was good carrying my items to my car. I had a reusable bag in there. I paid with a credit card. I tapped. Done! I wished this woman a great day. She reciprocated. I headed to my car and put everything away. The Andes snap bar was excellent. I may need to return to get more. I love my new tweezers. They work well. I threw away my old pair. This store is awesome. Prices are decent for the quality that you're paying for. (282)

Tips: - The pre-cut fruit is excellent…read more - Don't get the Noodle King ramen cups. They weren't yummy. I had placed a dinner order at Santa Lucia and had thirty minutes to kill before picking it up. I hadn't been to this Walmart, so I headed over here to get some fruit. There was plenty of parking in front of the store. This Walmart is a part of Clearspring Centre. It isn't attached to the mall. Rather, it's a standalone building next to it. This store is the only Walmart in Steinbach. I appreciated the simplicity of this city having exactly one of everything, with a few exceptions. The grocery section was in front of me when I walked into the store. It was exactly what I needed. I looked at dessert. There were individual cake slices. I then saw Kipling single snack-sized cake versions that were individually wrapped. I got the lemon version. It's pretty good for cake when you are travelling. I managed to eat one of the six slices on the plane heading back to Toronto. I was here for fruit. I went with apple slices. I ate half of them in my hotel room and the remaining half at the airport in Winnipeg. They are convenient when you are travelling or just don't feel like cutting fruit up yourself. I was happy that I got fruit checked off my to-get list. I did some more browsing. I ended up getting some Noodle King ramen cups. They were perfect for adding water and heating them up in the microwave when I felt like a snack in my hotel room. I will say that Noodle King ramen isn't as yummy as the ramen cups that you get iat Dollarama. I'd skip getting them here. I saw plants to the right of the entrance. They looked healthy. It would be a bit messy to bring a plant on the plane, so I didn't get one. I saw a lot of canned soup. Tim Hortons is getting into that market. I do love the chicken noodle. I have never had the potato bacon. I'll need to give it a try one of these days. I got a nice man at the checkout. I paid with a credit card. I tapped and was done. I brought a reusable bag and placed my items in there. I wished him a good evening and left. Coming here to get fruit and more was perfect. I headed to pick up dinner afterwards. Perfect! I liked shopping here. I'd return to shop here when I'm in the area. (273)

At Walmart I started to cry, No Cybertruck caught my eye…read more The shelves were all cleared, Just Minions appeared-- Now I race with a banana guy.

I love London Drugs. It is a western Canadian company. Its lone store in Manitoba is at St. Vital…read moreShopping Centre in Winnipeg. What exactly is London Drugs? It's not just a drugstore. It has houseware, electronics, cosmetics, and a small number of grocery items. I drop by this store whenever I am in town. There is plenty of parking at this mall. I walked into the mall and London Drugs was staring at me. It's next to a sushi restaurant, which I have flagged. I recall the RBC ATM at London Drugs. It was modern, but only allowed cash withdrawals. It is by the store entrance, on the right when you're walking in.. I immediately hit the cosmetics section. I loved all the nail polish and lipsticks. The selection of brands and colours was great. I got lost in housewares. I love small appliances. I have no idea how that happened. Anyway, it has everything from frying pans, to hot dog toasters and steamers. I wanted to get the Peanuts hot dog steamer, but didn't know how to bring that back on a plane! I love this store's electronic section. I love looking at laptops and accessories. There was also an extensive DVD section and I hope that it's still there. The electronic section is in the far left corner when you walk through the store entrance. Next to this section is the cell phone and television area, where you can get them and accessories. It's a cool place to be. It was summertime. Naturally, I had to look at food-shaped pool floats. The chocolate-covered pretzel pool float looked pretty cool. I ended up getting two huge bottles of Minions banana Tic Tac candies. They were cute and tasted yummy. The cashier who help me out was friendly. There were a couple of people in front of me. The wait wasn't all that long. I do miss this store. I hope to come back to check it out and have some sushi next door. (136)

My favourite place for electronics and snacks. Love that it is Canadian, staffed adequately, and…read moreoffers a great selection of interesting things at good prices.

Tips: - This Rexall has a Canada Post in the back. It closes…read moreat 4 pm on Sundays. - Pop is in two areas. The pricing isn't consistently posted in both locations. On Sunday, I was in Transcona after I had landed at the airport. I was in the area for lunch. Afterwards, I needed to get some drinks and food. I did a search for a drugstore and got this Rexall. It was straightforward finding it. There was lots of parking. I pulled into a parking spot and walked in. Purses and scarves greeted me. I got to the beauty section. I noticed a female security guard. I didn't think that this area needed one. I saw a female customer standing at the Canada Post counter. Another female shopper and I looked at the hours of operation. It closed at 4 pm on Sundays. It was closer to 4:30 pm, so we let the woman know that she should come back tomorrow. It's the kind of gesture that I have missed being away from Winnipeg. Everyone helps everyone. It's nice. I found the pop section. I didn't see the sale price that should have been on the six-pack bottles of Coke and Pepsi products. I decided to get a case of twelve cans of pop instead. Well, on the other side of the freezers, there were more six-pack bottles and I saw the sale price that I had expected. I wish that this price was posted in both areas. I put away the case and got two six-pack bottles of Diet Coke. I also got a box of M&M Food Market cabbage rolls from the freezer that were $6 off. I also got a bottle of water for my travel humidifer. I got to the checkout. I got Tammy, who was terrific. She let me know that I could redeem $20 towards my purchase. I said yes. I paid $2 for my items. Sweet! I paid with a credit card. I tapped and was good. She asked me if I needed a bag. I was fine hauling my four items to my rental vehicle. I thanked her and left with my goods. I put away my items when I got to my vehicle. I brought an insulated bag, so the cabbage rolls went in there. My other reusable bag was perfect for my bottled water. I liked shopping here. I'd return again when I'm in Transcona. (281)

Lots packed into this mid sized mall! The renovations make the mall look brand new…read more There seems to be everything here making it a pretty well rounded spot for gift shopping. The food court is also quite large. The walkways through it however never cut strait through and end randomly so it's hard to navigate. As a guy shopping with a few ladies, I appreciate all the 'boyfriend benches' scattered about. Very comfy:)

When I was a Winnipeg resident, I was a mall person. I had two favourite malls in this city: Polo…read morePark and St Vital Centre. I am more of a outlet mall shopper these days. However, returning to this city on vacation as a sentimental ex-Winnipegger, I hung out at this mall for seven hours. The mall person returned. It's still in me. I hadn't been to this mall since 2016, so it was worth the visit. It's a decent mall. It's a medium-sized one in that there's only one floor. Hudson's Bay (it has a Zellers!), London Drugs, Walmart, and Dollarama are your anchor stores. In 2016, I spent a lot of time and did a lot of damage at London Drugs. On this visit to the mall, I didn't visit any of these stores. I wanted to check out the other stores that I had missed. SilverCity, Hudson's Bay, Purdy's Chocolates, and Indigo were stores that I recognized. They have endured the test of time. I like them a lot. Everything else was new. I could picture the old HMV and Branigan's restaurant when you first enter mall entrance 3 and hit the food court. They are gone. The food court is still excellent. I had a late lunch at Koya Japan and my meal was excellent. I visited a bunch of stores that I had never been to at this mall. Miniso. SoftMoc. Sephora. Claire's. They are all cool stores that I enjoyed visiting and making some purchases. There is a lot of parking at this mall. It may get nuts during Boxing Day or week or month. I have never had any issues parking at this mall. This mall has an Earl's restaurant. I last dined there in 2016 and loved it. There's also Sushi Gozen by London Drugs that I'd like to try someday. I recently met up with a couple of friends here. We caught up over some Timmy's drinks and snacks. It was nice and a memorable, happy experience. It's a decent mall. It has everything that I like and need. (316)

Tip: This store had a decent selection of cleansers and toners for your face…read more This Winners is located at Clearspring Centre. There isn't a separate entrance to this Winners. You have to enter the mall to get to this store. I entered through the Sobey's entrance. The mall entrance is next to it. I'm thinking that there's likely a closer mall entrance to get to Winners, but I could be wrong. I liked shopping here. The cosmetic section greeted me. I ended up getting watermelon toner. I've been using it since I bought it. It has a nice watermelon scent and has been effective removing impurities nicely so far. The handbag section had a nice assortment of colours and styles. Sadly, I didn't see any Kipling bags. The shoe section was a bit of a disappointment to this woman who wears size 11 footwear. There were only two items that were in my size. The sneakers looked cool, but I didn't need them. I wasn't interested in the other pair. The phone accessories section is also decent. I got a four-foot USB C-to-USB C cable. I have been using it in my rental car. It charges my phone quickly and the length is perfect. The checkout lineup was long when I got there. However, it moved quickly. I got a nice woman who saw my TJX Style barcode on my phone and scanned it immediately. I then paid for my items with a credit card. Done! I thanked the woman and left with my items. I put them away in my reusable bag and drove off to my next destination. I like that Steinbach has one of everything. This store is the only Winners in the city and it's great. (230)