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Louis Riel Leads Provisional Government Dec 27, 1869

           Red River Colony – “Rupert’s Land” -  At this point in time – December 1869 – Louis Riel announced that he had become the new leader of the provisional government at the Red River Colony in what was then referred to as “Rupert’s Land” – later to be called the “Province of Manitoba”.   This [...]

The Dirty Thirties – Effects on Manitobans

The “Dirty 30′s”  which to most Canadians represented the times of the economic depression which followed the marker of the stock market crash had more than a major effect on  manitobans and prairie people who lived through it.  It served as an indelible marker on their lives.  On the other side of the fence many [...]

Favorite Links Manitoba

Canadian Information By Subject arranges web sites in the Dewey decimal subject order that most libraries use, so that you can browse Canada’s internet just like browsing the library shelves to find hundreds of Canadian sites on various topics. (Looking for a job? Try the online Canadian job listings section.) Canadiana is another collection of [...]

MANITOBA POEM

MANITOBA POEM

IT’S WINTER IN MANITOBA

AND THE GENTLE BREEZES BLOW

SEVENTY MILES AN HOUR

AT THIRTY-FIVE BELOW

OH HOW I LOVE MANITOBA

WHEN THE SNOW’S UP TO YOUR BUTT

YOU TAKE A BREATH OF WINTER AIR

AND YOUR NOSE GETS FROZEN SHUT

YES, THE WEATHER HERE IS WONDERFUL

SO I GUESS I’LL HANG AROUND

I COULD NEVER LEAVE MANITOBA

CAUSE I’M FROZEN TO THE GROUND!!

University of [...]