Winnipeg Amateur Radio Emergency Service

About Winnipeg ARES...

The Winnipeg Amateur Radio Emergency Service (WARES) is a volunteer organization comprised of dedicated amateur radio operators (also known as "Hams") with an interest in emergency communications... more

Next Meeting

Our next General Meeting will be on Tuesday 15 April 2025 at 19:00h at Sir William Stephenson Library 765 Keewatin Street, Winnipeg.
The meeting will be a hybrid meeting (in-person & virtual) and will feature Manitoba Transportation and Infrastructure Manager Derek Trainer speaking about Manitoba 511 Road Information. Please make every effort to attend in-person.

2024/25 Executive

President - Kurt Sargent VE4GIS

Treasurer - Garth Blumm VE4GWB

Secretary - Steve VE4FTS

Emergency Coordinator - Jeff Dovyak VE4MBQ

Please visit the Contact Us page if you would like to speak to one of our Executive members.

Updates

Virtual CANWARN Spotter Training will take place Saturday March 29, 2025 from 13:00-16:30h.
The CANWARN program is open to any certified Amateur Radio operator in Canada, ARES membership is not required, this session is organized though under the auspices of Manitoba ARES and will focus on reporting to the Severe Weather meteorologist at the Prairie & Arctic Storm Prediction Centre - Environment and Climate Change Canada.

CANWARN = Canadian Weather Amateur Radio Network.
If interested in participating, please register with Jeff VE4MBQ and he will send you the Microsoft Teams meeting invitation.

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The U-Turn Parkinson's Walk event takes place Sat May 31 2025 10:00-12:00h on the grounds of Canadian Mennonite University. The date is approaching fast and as of the March WARES meeting, we are still looking for 8 more amateur radio operators to assist with communications at the event. See the EVENTS page for further details.

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The 2025 Manitoba Marathon is taking place Sunday 15 June 2025. As of mid-March, we still need approximatley 45 more amateur radio volunteers to help this major event run safely and smoothly.

There has been a significant change to the Marathon route:
Race route will be the same from U of Manitoba to Misericordia Hospital where it will turn south, go over the bridge and turn onto Wellington Cr to Assiniboine Park and then back on previous course more or less.

This year there will not have the route through the Wolseley area, Portage Avenue or over the footbridge. There may be one or two Mile Stations that have runners going by twice (once towards Assiniboine Park and then back towards Princess Auto Field).

It was explained to us that the course has changed because:

1. WPS does not have extra officers available for traffic duty that it previously had
2. City of Wpg will be repairing the footbridge sometimes this summer.

Further event details and the link for amateur radio operators to register to participate can be found via the EVENTS page.