Beaches
Warm weekend coming up
Looks like this week-end will be nice and warm, but not too hot for the Eastern Beaches Area of Lake Winnipeg.
Beaches
Blog entries that have to do with individual beach resorts
Beaches
Had any Sasquatch knock on your door lately?
They reported they had thought of chasing the Sasquatch, but were too unnerved by the sighting and even gave up their berry picking. The creature had really scared them, especially when they returned later with others and found a large, six-toed footprint.
Beaches
Are there fire pits at Patricia Beach?
I told him that I was currently travelling in Germany and the call was being forwarded, but I was pretty sure that the park had picnic fascilities and fire pits. None the less, I just checked it up on the Web. Patricia Beach Provincial Park has fire pits!
Beaches
Winnipeggers don’t realise the weather forecast for the Beaches is different!
The Weather for the Beaches along the eastern shore of Lake Winnipeg can be totally different – Even though the Beaches are only about 60 miles north of Winnipeg
Festivals Parties
Summer Winds Festival in Victoria Beach
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.
Beaches
More sun but higher UV index for the next days
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!
Traverse Bay
Victoria Beach Police serving at Idle Thyme a success
The Victoria Beach Police waited on tables at the Idle Thyme Restaurant last weekend. This was part of a fund raiser for the Children’s Wish Foundation. The fund-raiser was a success. Abot 1800 Dollars were collected to be donated to the Foundation.
Beaches
Lake Winnipeg Water safe for swimming
As reported yesterday by Water Stewartship and Manitoba water testing branch, the beaches and the Lake are safe for swimming. The E. coli bacteria (Escherichia coli) are within recreational water quality guidelines.
Beaches
Don’t forget the Victoria Beach Police will wait on you on Saturday
The Victoria Beach Police staff will be waiting on tables at the Idle Thyme Restaurant in Traverse Bay. Go by and check out whether they look just as smart in an apron, as they do in uniform.
Beaches
South Beach Casino in Scanterbury damaged by severe weather
Strong winds brought down the scaffolding and parts of the construction site at South Beach Casino in Scanterbury. The debris fell on some parked vehicles, but there are currently no reports of people being harmed.
General
Ilde Thyme is serving Dinner Specials all week
Starting now, the Idle Thyme Restaurant at Traverse Bay Corner will be serving a dinner special every day, not only on week-ends. Cheryl Davis regularly sends out emails on thursday evenings with the menu for the week. If you want to be put on her mailing list, contact her at the Idle Thyme Restaurant
Beaches
Rogers vs MTS for mobile phones at the Lake
Well, Rogers mobile phone services is a lot cheaper than MTS and I liked the phone they were offering with their plan. It wasn’t the iPhone of course, but it was a top of the line Nokia. What I also liked alot was the fact that the technology used enables me to switch the SIM card in the phone and use a different mobile phone provider when I am in Europe. They also told me that the Rogers phone services would work in Europe, but admitted that the roaming costs would kill me. One thing I just cannot understand though, is why in Canada we have to pay extra for every little thing that Europeans consider to be part of a standard mobile phone package – such as ‘caller-id display’, ‘call forwarding’, ‘voice mail’, etc. In Europe nobody would accept a mobile plan where you have to pay for incoming calls either.
Beaches
Canada Day, Fête du Canada, Dominion Day
Historicaly it marks the union of the province of Canada with New Brunswick and Nova Scotia on July 1st 1867, and the begin of a long march to total independance – completed in 1982 with the Constitution Act. On this day in 1867 the former Province of Canada was divided into the two current provinces of Quebec and Ontario, thus also marking the begin of a totally different problem. Separationism.
Beaches
Local weather forecast for the Eastern Beaches Area
Though it can be sunny at the Beaches the weather forcast for Southern Manitoba will predict rain. I wish Environment Canada would discover the area from Patricia Beach to Victoria Beach. Not even Grand Beach gets mentioned in 99% of the weather forecasts! A good place to check the current weather is our Eastern Beaches Website. We have a link there that displays the current weather for the Beaches Area of Manitoba.
Beaches
Tornado Season has started in Manitoba
Though tornadoes (tornados? whats the proper plural?) are not really common in the Eastern Beaches Area of Manitoba, we all remember the twister that came down at Gull Lake two years ago, killing one person and our power and phone lines.