Im in the middle of fixing up the house and started wishing that there was an Ikea in Winnipeg! It'd make things so much easier. I did some looking and found this group of people trying to convince ikea corp to come to Manitoba. Apparently the population base here is just a bit too small...300 people too small?!?!
I dont know if this is old news or not but here is the website, kind of interesting
http://www.ikeainwinnipeg.com/