WINNIPEG Winnipeg has long been known as the Slurpee Capital of the World, but now a group of residents is hoping to skate their way to a new title. The St. Andrew’s Society of Winnipeg is hoping that Winnipeggers take part in the Great Canadian Kilt Skate: Home Edition, and help Winnipeg land the honour of being named the Kilt Skate Capital of Canada. “We here at the St. Andrews Society have been putting on this event, usually at an outdoor rink or an indoor rink over the years, said Cathy Laver-Wright. “But because of the restrictions this year, the organizers decided we’d do something called the ‘home edition.’”
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The Great Canadian Kilt Skate returns to seven locations across Canada.
“When we last hosted the Kilt Skate in 2019, North Glengarry won the title of Kilt Skate Capital of Canada,” said Mayor Jamie MacDonald.
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The annual heritage campaign encourages participants to take to the ice in their favourite kilt, and send photos or videos of them skating. South Glengarry hosted in 2020, one of the last events to take place in the community before the start of the pandemic. The two Glengarrian townships have taken turns hosting.