Before we get into this week’s article, I wanted to write a small followup to my previous column regarding the “smoking rock” landing in front of Cornwall’s…
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Winnipeg Free Press By: Julia-Simone Rutgers | Posted: 7:10 PM CDT Friday, Apr. 9, 2021
In June of 1997, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh decided to make a last-minute trip.
Leaving his official duties in Toronto, he travelled to Manitoba to visit with families and Canadian military personnel picking up the pieces left behind by the Flood of the Century in the small town of Ste. Agathe. He felt this sense of service, with who he was and the position he held, in a time of crisis like this that he should be there to show the support, Don Leitch, former clerk of the Executive Council in Manitoba, recalled Friday.
WINNIPEG A pair of Manitoba schools had a special visitor on Wednesday, and it was surely an out-of-this-world experience. Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk paid a virtual visit to students at Christ the King and Edward Schreyer Schools. The two schools won a visit from an astronaut through a contest put on by the Canadian Space Agency’s Junior Astronauts initiative. Kutryk provided students with an overview of his job, and answered questions on training, eating, space and the specialized tools astronauts use. “If you’re in space and you crank that wrench one way, it doesn’t turn the bolt, it turns you,” he explained to students.
On February 24, 2021, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk will speak to students from Christ the King School and Edward Schreyer School. These.