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Victoria Beach the hotspot in Manitoba
I woke up this morning to the news on CBC. In the weather forecast they said that Victoria Beach was the hotspot in Winnipeg. Well, I´m sure they meant in Manitoba
General
Prince George to build mosque to attract professionals
They are doing this to attract more doctors and engineers to the norther community.
Maybe we should try that here in the Interlake Area of Manitoba. We need more professionals badly.
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Canadians in the Arctic got to witness a total solar eclipse Friday
Canadians in the Arctic were witness to a rare occurrence early Friday morning, a total solar eclipse that darkened the sky for about 43 seconds. The total solar eclipse began at 5:21 a.m. ET east of Cambridge Bay, sweeping north across southern Victoria Island, Prince of Wales Island, Northern Somerset Read more…
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Labour shortage may jeopardize our beer supply!
I just read an article on CBC stating that Manitoba’s main beer distributor says that though there is plenty of beer available they are having problems with the distribution, due to labour problems and weather and illness.
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.
General
New type of mosquito
A new type of mosquito has supposedly decided to set up residence in Sunny Manitoba. It is called ‘Urotaenia saffrina’.
Casino
Will the Casino in Scanterbury go Smoke-Free?
Supposedly there is an agreement between the Provincial Government and the management of the South Beach casino to ban smoking within the casino soon. The deal sopposedly is that they will be allowed to set up an additional three hundred one armed bandits in exchange for going smoke-free.