With today being the 8th anniversary of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s wedding, I wanted to share some local royal history. For anyone who doesn’t live in a Commonwealth country, the Queen is the head of State for 15 different Commonwealth nations. However, being as […]

In my quest to share more Canadian history, I have been spending a lot of time thinking on our history. Not many people outside of Canada are familiar with our history, and I would like to change that! Today, in Manitoba, it is Louis Riel […]

As a Canadian, I understand that I feel more warmth and appreciation for Canada than most people in the world, and that makes complete sense to me. People do seem to love visiting Canada, and that makes me so happy to see and hear- to […]

Islendingadaguirinn sounds rather otherworldly, but in fact is very much of this world, or should I say, of the Interlake in Manitoba. I like to show off what Winnipeg and Manitoba have to offer, like Lower Fort Garry and Ballet in the Park– although we […]

This Travel Thursday is a local one for me- Lower Fort Garry is a surviving fort of the fur trade and was established in 1830 on the banks of the Red River. Although it is not so old as many sites in Europe, it is […]