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Thirty years later, the man behind Manitoba s tourism mecca is taking a bow Save to Read Later
It’s a cliché, he admits, but Paul Jordan remembers his first day working at The Forks like it was yesterday.
It’s a cliché, he admits, but Paul Jordan remembers his first day working at The Forks like it was yesterday.
Back then, in the early ‘90s, there wasn’t much to the beloved meeting space and market at the confluence of the Assiniboine and Red Rivers save for a heritage status as a historic site, after bearing witness to six thousand years of human activity.
Southern Manitoba and southern Saskatchewan are down 20 per cent of normal precipitation of the past 40 years. Some areas in southwestern Manitoba are at a record-low precipitation level, Minister of Infrastructure Ron Schuler said Tuesday. Schuler said both Environment and Climate Change Canada and the U.S. National Weather Service are forecasting slightly below-average rainfall over the next three months. So far, things look okay, but again the forecast going forward is that we re not looking at a lot of rain coming in the next few months, he said. Statistics from the Weather Network show Winnipeg received only 52 per cent of its regular precipitation over the course of 2020.
Province releases update on 2021 spring thaw conditions
Corwyn Friesen, mySteinbach
Posted on 04/01/2021 at 11:01 am
With the annual spring run-off nearly complete in southern basins, the risk of a major spring high water event remains very low in Manitoba.
“Our outlook remains similar to the report we released in February with the risk for any high water activity remaining low this spring,” said Infrastructure Minister Ron Schuler. “Manitoba’s Hydrologic Forecast Centre will continue to monitor watershed conditions across the province and our government is prepared to respond to any potential hydrologic events to ensure the safety of all Manitobans.”
Winter precipitation levels continued to track below normal since November 2020 in central and southern Manitoba basins. Precipitation in northern Manitoba basins have been normal to below normal since November 2020. Long-term weather projections indicate a higher chance for near normal to below-normal precipitation for A
Dog biking program from the City of Winnipeg
Winnipeg is partnering with WRENCH, giving dogs a chance to feel the wind between their ears. The new Dogs on Bikes Program is a therapeutic approach to animal rehabilitation that pairs canines with WRENCH cycling coaches and introduces them to the joys of bicycle transportation, Mayor Brian Bowman says in a statement.
They say the new program giving dogs bikes is turning heads among animal lovers and cyclists.
Greg Allan, WRENCH Education Lead, says they will start the dogs with training wheels, of course, before letting them hit the open road and the city’s active transportation pathways.
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