In 2005, the CancerCare Manitoba Foundations created an artistic way to celebrate their 75th anniversary, raise funds and decorate the landscape of downtown Winnipeg. The program was called “Bears on Broadway.” 62 of these 8,000 pound, seven foot concrete polar bears were decorated by local artists and sponsored by businesses. This one, which is on the Legislative Building grounds, is called Manitobear. It was painted by Karen and Maureen Johnson and funded by Drs. Babette Cohen and Keith Levin.
