{"id":626464,"date":"2026-04-24T22:29:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T22:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/626464\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T22:29:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T22:29:12","slug":"winnipeg-mascots-touch-down-at-airport-ctvnews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/626464\/","title":{"rendered":"Winnipeg mascots touch down at airport \u2013 CTVNews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Winnipeg mascots welcomed travellers at the Winnipeg airport as part of a Winnipeg Tourism event<\/p>\n<p class=\"b-date-custom__date-item\">Published:\u00a0April 24, 2026 at 5:05PM EDT<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" resizerappversion=\"1\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7MDYKNNSBFG37DLSMCFQV2A4NA.jpeg\"  height=\"281.25\"\/>Winnipeg mascots A number of Winnipeg mascots stand at the bottom of the escalator at Winnipeg\u2019s airport welcoming people to the city on April 24, 2026. (Glenn Pismenny\/CTV News Winnipeg) <img decoding=\"async\" resizerappversion=\"1\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GDUA4TC6WNHJJARM7YBL6UMEPA.jpeg\"  height=\"281.25\"\/>Billy the Bison Billy the Bison, the mascot for the University of Manitoba, hugs a woman on April 24, 2026. (Glenn Pismenny\/CTV News Winnipeg) <img decoding=\"async\" resizerappversion=\"1\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BR2QXX4VBVDMBNRPBERIZRK2EY.jpeg\"  height=\"281.25\"\/>Goldette Goldette, one of the Winnipeg Goldeyes\u2019 mascots, is seen hugging a little girl at the airport on April 24, 2026. (Glenn Pismenny\/CTV News Winnipeg) <img decoding=\"async\" resizerappversion=\"1\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/MVB6HP5SEVAOZKRTBKGOQKUQGE.jpeg\"  height=\"281.25\"\/>Winnipeg mascots Winnipeg mascots, including Mick E. Moose of the Winnipeg Jets and Buzz of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, are seen waving as people arrive at the Winnipeg airport on April 24, 2026. (Glenn Pismenny\/CTV News Winnipeg) <img decoding=\"async\" resizerappversion=\"1\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/NZ5CZ4CE35GJVPL5OLMYCB5TJE.jpeg\"  height=\"281.25\"\/>Goldette Goldette gives a girl high fives at the Winnipeg airport on April 24, 2026. (Glenn Pismenny\/CTV News Winnipeg) <img decoding=\"async\" resizerappversion=\"1\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/XD7OBALMTJCE7BOJW5MVZWLPJY.jpeg\"  height=\"281.25\"\/>Winnipeg mascots A pair of girls look on as a number of Winnipeg mascots welcome people to the city at the airport on April 24, 2026. (Glenn Pismenny\/CTV News Winnipeg) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Winnipeg mascots welcomed travellers at the Winnipeg airport as part of a Winnipeg Tourism event Published:\u00a0April 24, 2026&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":626465,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-626464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=626464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626464\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/626465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=626464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=626464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}