August and early September are the perfect time to go to Manitoba’s Beaches! Weather is warm, mid to upper 80s, it is the sunniest time of year and the mosquitos have quieted down. Enjoy the summer by renting a cottage for a week.

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Looks like this week-end will be nice and warm, but not too hot for the Eastern Beaches Area of Lake Winnipeg.

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The Icelandic Festival or Islendingadagurinn starts today in Gimli. It is the 119th occurance of this annual festival.
The event will culminate in the annual parade on Monday. The parade will start at 10 am and will be attended by Iceland’s foreign minister Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir who is expected to toast Canada.

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One of the goals of the concert was to raise funds to repair the recent vandalism. Some of the profit was to go towards the upgrade of the baseball park and skateboard pad and the purchase of sport’s equipment.
It featured childrens activities food stands and a skate-board park. – and of course: Dr. Rage & The Uppercuts.

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Over exposure to the UV rays of our sun can lead to sun burns, which in turn are partly blaimed for skin cancer – melanoma. So let’s play it safe, wear a hat at the beach and no skinning dipping before sunset!

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The Festival was ended with former Kinks frontman Ray Davies playing his Waterloo Sunset as a kind of swan song to a great party and a great fesitval.

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People may even have to think twice before planning a weekend trip to the cottage. For most families a trip to the Lake from Winnipeg and back with their family car will cost them between 40 and 50 Liters of gasoline. That’s between 60 and 70 bucks right there – and you haven’t picked up groceries, gotten gas for the boat or filled up the propane tank yet.

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Hoher Spritpreis, immer mehr steigen auf Fahrrad um
Das ist ja eigentlich ganz gut, denn man tut nicht nur sparen sondern gleichzeitig auch was für die Gesundheit. Das ist angesicht der Hohen Benzin Preise ja ganz in Ordnung. Auch kann man einen Run auf Fahrräder Verzeichen, so dass auch diese Branche wieder einen Aufschwung erlebt.
Also, Alles Gut und Schön, meint man.

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