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Christmas lights, shopping sprees in Sage Creek

A series of contests in Sage Creek has one man walking away with $1000 in meat.
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RAW: Justin Brown's $1,000 grocery shopping spree

10 years ago
Duration 0:58
CBC's Trevor Dineen captures this video of Justin Brown competing in a $1,000 grocery shopping spree at the Sobeys in Winnipeg's Sage Creek neighbourhood.

A series of contests in Sage Creek has one man walking away with $1000 in meat.

The Sage Creek Residents Association has been using contests to foster a sense of community in the new neighbourhood.

Justin Brown and the food he was able to grab during his three minute shopping spree. ( Trevor Dineen/CBC)
​Justin Brown won a three-minute shopping spree from Sobey's, where he able was grab up to $1000 in groceries. He set his sights on the meat section.

“I was going to do the circle of meat, but I made it about half way through when I lost all nerve and just started grabbing, a lot of chicken, a lot of bacon, steaks, beef, ground beef,” said Brown.

He will be keeping some in his freezer, and some at his mom’s house as well.

Brown was allowed to spend up to $1000. (Trevor Dineen/CBC)
“She’s trustworthy…maybe not my buddies, but she is.”

Lang Wong is the social chair of the Sage Creek Residents Association. He says the contests are about getting people talking to each other.

“We’re all new here, this neighbourhood is very young, and we’re just trying to do something special here. Everybody bought nice homes here, but to make a community you need to be involved and that’s what we’re trying to do.”

Another contest will award people for the best Christmas lights display. The competition will be judged on Saturday.

“It’ll make everything look great in Sage Creek,” said Wong.

Contestants will be judged on curb appeal, unique design, creativity and theme. 

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