Likely many Manitobans were not aware that Saturday, February 1st in our province was Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Day.
The relief felt by the first Mennonites upon arrival at the immigration sheds in August 1874 morphed into disappointment when they realized there was no reliable water supply.
Mass migration across about 20,000 kilometres of land and sea was, until the 1870s, a daunting proposition, given the time, expense and logistics involved.
Maybe it has happened before, but it is not something I remember seeing. Watching on television Saturday night as Canadian hockey fans booed the playing of the United States national anthem was both surreal and sad.
I would like to discuss our health-care system and how it’s taken a turn for the worse since the NDP were elected.
In the Manitoba Legislative Assembly, the Speaker of the House often refers to elected MLA’s as “Honourable Members”.
The lands on which the Mennonites settled were the ancestral lands of First Nations peoples.
Years ago, before I was elected to the Manitoba Legislature, I recall speaking with a then Progressive Conservative MLA.
“Mennonite Reflections: Arriving in Manitoba 150 Years Ago” is the exhibit currently featured in the Gerhard Ens Gallery. The following is the first in a series of articles highlighting each of the seven themes presented in this exhibit.
I am delighted to announce that my latest book is available at Amazon: Untangling Trudeau: MAID, COVID, ABORTION, LGBTQ+.
