A father and his two children, aged 11 and 14, set out on a snowmobile tour on Lake Winnipeg yesterday. They started out in sunny, clear conditions that suddenly deteriorated to whiteout conditions.
Along with laying off 1,400 workers nationwide Tembec will be closing the Pine Falls newsprint mill for two weeks, starting February 10th.
Again there was a record 6-49 jackpot yesterday. None of the 3 winners were from Manitoba. Three Ontario players had the winning numbers.
We recommend checking out the Idle Thyme Restaurant – extreemly family oriented. If you want to spend the day at the beach, why not order a lunch box at the Idle Thyme? Let the professionals do the cooking.
The other day I got an email supposedly from Service@cra-arc.gc.ca titled: Lncf Canadian Revenue Agency uepy which claimed it was a Canada Revenue Agency Online Refund Form. This sounded plausible at first.
Prarrie Jewel the girls that give you “juicy prairie folk fusion” will be returning to Manitoba this June. They are thinking of giving a concert in Winnipeg Beach around the 18th. They recently played a sold out show at the Winnipeg Folk Festival.
Due to the recession and restructuring Tembec will be closing its mill in Pine Falls Manitoba for two weeks during the Christmas Holidays.
The extreem Windchill warning for our area continues. The only consolation is that we have far more snow on the ground than Winnipeg. All you snowmobilers out there. Take your vehicles up to the Lake!
Environment Canada has issued an extreem Windchill and Severe Weather Warning for the Grand Beach area for tonight and Sunday!
I also like Winter though. I guess you have to, if you want to spend any kind of time in Manitoba.
I made a few pictures of Winter in Hillside Beach, so you can maybe understand why I like it.
I was surprised to see the first people ice fishing on the Red River just past Selkirk Manitoba. I hadn’t thought that the ice was thick enough yet.
Hier erfahren Sie Alltägliches, Kurioses und Bemerkenswertes aus der Stadtchronik Münchens. Heute vom 5. November …
Gas prices in Winnipeg have gone down to 95 cents a liter. What a change from earlier this year!
What I can’t quite understand is why the last time I looked, the price at Traverse Bay Corner was still way over a Dollar.
If your feeling lucky today you should go and get yourself a 649 lottery ticket at your local lottery outlet! There will be a jackpot of at least 39 Million Dollars in tonight’s drawing.
I’ve tried to keep this blog focussed on issues that have to do with our local area, but this just bugs me too much!
Mr. Helmut Oberlander was found guilty today of of making a false statement on his application for Canadian citizenship in 1954. I believe 95% of the people who will read this were not even born back then.