"??It is an interesting story, because in the 1940s and 50s the Winnipeg Tribune and Winnipeg Free Press had a number of articles on Rooster Town, depicting this area mainly in terms of poverty, welfare dependence and disease, and in 1959 the City of Winnipeg expropriated the remaining houses and tore down what remained of the community,?? said Dr. Peters. ??However, we have found quite a few peopl" . . . .