Even with COVID-19 restrictions, The Forks will still be ending 2020 with a bang virtually, that is.
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Posted: Dec 31, 2020 5:00 AM CT | Last Updated: December 31, 2020
The Forks will still be hosting New Year s Eve festivities to close the year 2020, but they will be online.(The Forks) comments
Even with COVID-19 restrictions, The Forks will still be ending 2020 with a bang virtually, that is.
Don Amero, a country-folk singer-songwriter from Winnipeg, will be hosting a free virtual New Year s Eve show that will stream on The Forks Facebook page and YouTube channel. In a year where we haven t been able to host celebrations like normal, we actually decided to do a virtual version of New Year s Eve because everybody loves some fireworks, said Clare MacKay, vice president of strategic initiatives for The Forks.
WINNIPEG A trio of outdoor skating rinks in Winnipeg are opening up ahead of the holidays. Starting Thursday, the Riley Family Duck Pond in Assiniboine Park is opening for skating on Christmas Eve for residents. Due to the current public health orders, the warming shelter at the site will stay closed, but visitors can use the picnic tables and washrooms at the site. “Under current public health orders, people may engage in individual or family outdoor recreational activities such as skating, tobogganing, and skiing as long as they maintain required physical distancing and avoid gathering with people outside their household,” the Assiniboine Park Conservancy said in a statement. “Specifically, people must maintain a separation of at least two metres from people outside their household and must not engage in activities as part of a group of more than five people, unless they all reside at the same residence.”
Winnipeg Free Press By: Kellen Taniguchi
A thin ice sign on the Red River at The Forks reminds people the ice isn t yet thick enough to be safe. (John Woods / Winnipeg Free Press)
In the wake of rescuing two fishers stranded on Lake Winnipeg, the RCMP are reminding Manitobans to be careful and smart when it comes to outdoor activities on ice.
In the wake of rescuing two fishers stranded on Lake Winnipeg, the RCMP are reminding Manitobans to be careful and smart when it comes to outdoor activities on ice.
On Saturday, Selkirk RCMP worked with Prairie Helicopters Inc. to rescue the pair, while Mounties also responded to a report of a vehicle falling through the ice near Oak Lake. The incidents follow three snowmobiles being completely submerged in the Louise River at Lac du Bonnet on Dec. 13.