WINNIPEG – Manitoba is joining the list of provinces that have a highway of heroes.
Premier Greg Selinger will unveil a billboard Friday morning designating a big stretch of the Trans-Canada Highway west of Winnipeg with the name.
The highway of heroes will cover some 180 kilometres of road between Winnipeg and Canadian Forces Base Shilo near Brandon.
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In 2007, the Ontario government renamed a stretch of Highway 401 between Trenton and Toronto the highway of heroes.
It has been lined with crowds whenever a military member killed in Afghanistan is transported home via CFB Trenton.
Saskatchewan and British Columbia have similarly named sections of highways.
Note to readers: This is a corrected story. An earlier version incorrectly said Ontario’s highway of heroes runs along the Trans-Canada Highway. In fact, it runs along Highway 401.
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