said in 2015<\/a>. “I didn’t think it was my place. Let’s be honest, the reason I got asked is because of the profile that’s come from being in this city in the National Hockey League.”<\/p>\nCBC News reached out to Chipman for comment. However, a spokesperson said they don’t have anything to add beyond what was in the social media post.<\/p>\n
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In a post on Gillingham’s social media on Monday, Chipman is quoted saying, ‘I’ve seen Scott’s commitment to building a vibrant downtown and city. I have confidence in his leadership and am proud to endorse him for another term as Mayor.’ (Scott Gillingham\/Instagram)<\/p>\n
In a statement to CBC, Gillingham said he’s grateful for Chipman’s support and that they both believe in the city and what it can become.<\/p>\n
“Mark has done so much for Winnipeg. Over the last four years, we’ve built a really strong relationship and worked together on some big projects, like Portage Place, but also on tough issues like homelessness, where he puts a lot of his time and energy,” he said in the statement.<\/p>\n
“I think we both see a downtown that’s going to look and feel very different in just a few years, with more people, more activity and some really exciting projects taking shape.” <\/p>\n
In a social media post Sunday, Gillingham also touted having former Canadian women’s soccer star Desiree Scott’s endorsement. She is also co-founder of Winnipeg’s Northern Super League team.<\/p>\n
Eleven other candidates are running for mayor: Don Woodstock, Mike Vogiatzakis, Noah Redden, Joshua Pagdato, Kevin Klein, Umar Hayat, Brad Gross, Johnny Calderon, Tracey Drexler, Chris Clacio and Mazher Alam. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":939709,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-939708","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\/939708","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=939708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/939709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=939708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=939708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=939708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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