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dvocateWinnipeg RiverAVolume 4, No. 20 October 4, 2019Lac du Bonnet, Great Falls, St. Georges, Powerview-Pine Falls, Sagkeeng, Traverse Bay, Victoria Beach, Belair, Grand Marais, Patricia Beach and Brokenhead, Little Black River, Manigotagan, Hollow Water & Bissett

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SHOPLOCAL

By Don Norman

On September 23, the residents of Great Falls got some very

good news. After receiving the go-ahead from the prov-ince, Dr. Karen Robinson Medical Officer of Health

for the Interlake Eastern Re-gional Health Authority, sent a letter advising RM of Alex-ander CAO, Don Dowle that the 14-year-long boil-water advisory was finally lifted.

“Drinking Water Offi-cer, Avery Keats has advised

me that the RM of Alexan-der water system has met all conditions for rescinding the boil water advisory and that bacteriological testing results meet regulatory standards,” Dr. Robinson said in the let-ter. “I am therefore rescind-

ing the boil water advisory that was placed on the RM of Alexander water system on April 18, 2006. Please ensure all water users are notified that the advisory has been re-scinded and that normal wa-ter usage can be resumed.”

The plant became op-erational in late June and an official opening ceremony was held on July 5. Howev-er, a battery of tests had to be completed and evaluated before the advisory could be lifted.

FINALLY!After 14 years, the Boil Water Advisory for Great Falls is lifted

At a ceremony in July, RM of Alexander Reeve, Jack Brisco, toasts Lac du Bonnet MLA with a glass of drinking water from the newly completed Great Falls Water Treatment Plant.

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News

Cynthia Chevrefils

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By Don Norman

On July 20th, women from around the re-gion participated in the

Grandmothers Walk to raise awareness for sexual abuse and exploitation. The weather wasn’t ideal, but once the light-

ning stopped, an elder opened the walk with a prayer, they did a short 30 minute walk.

“The walk went well,” said Stephanie Klassen, Ex-ecutive Director of Suvivor’s Hope, who helped organize the walk. “We had about 40

participants from Sagkeeng and Powerview -Pine Falls and a number of surrounding communities.”

Since 2007, Grandmoth-er’s Walks have been happen-ing across Manitoba to raise awareness about sexual ex-

ploitation and start commu-nity conversations about this difficult topic. The North East Regional Sexual Exploitation (NERSE) Team has support-ed walks in Hollow Water First Nation and Beausejour and this was the first NERSE

Team Grandmother’s Walk in Sagkeeng First Nation.

The NERSE Team is one of 12 regional sexual exploi-tation teams across Manitoba through Tracia’s Trust, Mani-toba’s strategy to combat sex-ual exploitation.

Raising Awareness for Sexual Abuse

Dave’s Furniture Fund Raiser nets $7400Daves Furniture and

Appliance held their annual fund raiser

for the “Get in the Hoops Program, on Friday, Septem-ber 20. With 22 silent auction prizes, 7 large silent auction prizes and the door prize or-ganizers say they were blown away by the generosity that was received. On their face-book page, Daves Furntiture announced their appreciation for the support. “We would also like to thank everyone that came out to support such a great cause despite the con-ditions.”

The rainy weather couldn’t keep people away.

Tents and streets were full for the entire 3 hours of the fund raiser and that helped them raise a grand total of $7,400.50 for the Get in the

Hoops Program. It breaks down as follows: the spon-sors and contributors donated $1,550.00 collectively; the hot dogs sales reached a whop-

ping $1,190.50; and the silent auction table was lined up all day long and it reached an astounding $4,660.00. The organizer thanked all who

came out to support the event. “It always feels great when a community comes together to benefit the youth in and around the community.”

The silent auction (left) and hot tog stand (right) raised alone raized nearly $6000.


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Indigenous Knowledge Keepers host Ceremony of Relationship at Pinawa Nuclear Site

monial protocols, languages, teachings and traditions of their ancestors.

Helpers known as sca-bewis lit a sacred fire on the grounds outside, located in close proximity to what In-digenous Peoples refer to as the Manitou Api sacred petro-form site, at North America’s geographic centre.

“The sacred fire we lit this morning is to share the true power of the element of fire, an element we have al-ways had faith in. Fire has always acted as a doorway to the spiritual realm. It is to the spirit we turn to today, to seek help and guidance as to how

we can safeguard ourselves from the dangers of nuclear waste,” said Courchene.

Given that there are cur-rently no known scientifically safe options of permanently disposing of nuclear waste, rolling stewardship is being advocated by the First Nation as the best option moving for-ward.

Rolling stewardship re-fers to a process of cyclical reviews, including reviews of available disposal options, in which regular repackaging of the waste takes place, such as every twenty years. Making a commitment to revisiting the issue regularly ensures

that each generation is tasked with the responsibility of continuing to package, man-age and consider the waste that has been created, until it is hoped, a permanent future disposal solution may one day be found.

“We must be very careful with what we do to our land; we will be here forever and we all have that responsibil-ity and duty, said Sagkeeng Chief Derrick Henderson.

Courchene acknowledged the ceremony as a historic turn-ing point of coming together of people working in harmony to take care of the land.

“There will always be

differences, but we must al-ways respect each other,” he said. “We have an opportuni-ty today to move towards set-ting a new paradigm that can change the current narrative of confrontation in this coun-try. As the First People our hope has always been to be an equal partner in seeking solutions and being an equal participant in the decision-making process.”

Craig Michaluk, respond-ing to the ceremony on behalf of the AECL and the federal government, stated, “We have been given a gift today learn-ing how you feel and think,” Continued on page 6

Submitted by Turtle Lodge

More and more, In-digenous knowl-edge keepers and

some of their ancient natural laws-based ceremonial proto-cols are being called upon for the insights they can offer in addressing the most critical issues of our time.

One of these paramount issues is how to safely dispose of the large amounts of radio-active nuclear waste from nu-clear energy sites around the world, for which science has not to date yet found a perma-nent safe solution.

In March, following an-cient ceremonial protocols, the Turtle Lodge Central House of Knowledge, an in-ternational centre of excel-lence in Indigenous education and wellness based in Sag-keeng First Nation, Manitoba, led a meeting at the request of the Sagkeeng Chief and Council. The First Nation is currently in discussions with Canadian Nuclear Laborato-ries (CNL), Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL), and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) on how to best manage and decom-mission the Pinawa nuclear reactor site, located on and potentially impacting its tra-ditional territory.

In follow-up to this meet-ing, on September 13, the Turtle Lodge, acting on be-half of Sagkeeng First Na-tion, hosted a ceremony of relationship with the earth, at the Pinawa site, currently be-ing operated by CNL.

“As the Original People of our homeland, this cer-emony we did here today is to acknowledge our relationship with the land. We honour her forces of ensuring balance,” explained Anishinabe knowl-edge keeper and founder of Turtle Lodge, Dr. Dave Cour-chene.

He added, “It is also in the spirit of partnership and working together to ensure we find proper solutions to the waste that technology can create.”

An ancient pipe ceremo-ny and water ceremony were conducted at the Pinawa site, led by traditional knowledge keepers from the local An-ishinabe, Cree and Dakota territory - elders who are knowledgeable of the cere-


TravelNew Zealand - People, Landscapes, Adventures

the set and then again headed north to the town of Rotorua. Here we would spend the next 6 days taking in the sights, smells and adventures of the North Island.

Rotorua is famous for its bubbling mud pools and Mao-ri (aboriginal) culture. Though we did not partake in any of the therapeutic mud baths, we did witness (and smell) a number of the sulfur pools as we wandered throughout the town. We took a couple of day trips - one to Hobbiton, a fantastical set from the Lord of the Rings trilogy and an-other to Waitomo, where we silently rode a boat through a series of caves, guided only by ropes and the lights from a million glow worms. We went to a Maori hangi (meal) and

performance where Richard actually became one of the participants in the peace of-fering ritual. We discovered the Paradise Valley Springs Wildlife Park just up the road from our BNB. This beautiful park is home to trout streams, birds, ducks goats, pigs, sheep, wallabies, deer, a miniature horse and suprisingly enough, lions. We witnessed feeding time and after hearing them roar and dominate each other for food, we were glad that there was an nice big fence between them and us. We took in the Sheep Farm show because I just wanted to get closer to the sheep! We took a gondola up to the highest peak of Rotorua to get a breathtak-ing view of the nature around us. But, I have to believe that

the most exciting thing that we did here was go ziplining through the trees with Canopy Tours. Though I was super nervous, I had the time of my life. The forest was beautiful and the views were fantastic. We have such big smiles in all of our videos. No wonder Tar-zan always looked so happy!! Though the opportunity never came up again while we were travelling, I really can’t wait to try it again!

After a couple of days in Auckland it was time to say goodbye. We loved our time in New Zealand - the people, the landscapes and the adventures made it one of our very favor-ite places. Our next stop would be Cape Town, South Africa where many more adventures would be waiting for us.

Richard & Colleen’s Excellent Adventures

We landed in Christ-church, New Zea-land on Tuesday,

Sept 18. After a couple of days and much debate, we decided to rent a car and do a quick tour of the South Island before we headed across the channel to the North Island. Our first stop out of Christ-church was Dunedin, on the southeast coast. Though we were less than 24 hours there, we managed to take a quick tour through the Larnach Castle, walk up and down Baldwin Street - the steepest street in the world - and have a Lamb Stew at the Baa Bar and Grill.

We left Dunedin on Friday to make our way to Te Anau and the fjords on the south-west coast. Richard likened the amazing scenery across this southern route to driving through a fairy tale book. God had rolled out a green carpet for us and dotted it with white sheep. He added some valleys, rolling hills and mountains for good measure. It was abso-lutely magnificent!!

We chose to stay in Te Anau for a couple of nights in order to take a bus tour to the most famous of the fjords, Milford Sound rather than make the 2 hour drive. We both wanted to enjoy the scenery which turned out to be almost as good as Milford Sound itself. The day started out somewhat foggy but by the time we were a half hour into our tour, the fog cleared and the sun came out. More fabu-lous scenery - more sheep, more mountains, more lakes and rivers, more valleys - the ride was never boring. Much of Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies were filmed here. Every turn reminded us of a scene from the movies. Amazing!! Milford Sound was everything that was promised. The sun was shining, the wa-ter was calm, the waterfalls were wet and we loved every minute of it!!

Ziplining in New Zealand

We left Te Anau early Sunday morning and headed north east driving past a num-ber of stunning glacial lakes, snowcapped mountains, and the very popular tourist town of Queenstown before stop-ping for the night just outside of Christchurch. The follow-ing day we made the six hour drive up the east coast to Pic-ton where we caught the ferry across Cook Strait to the city of Wellington and the North Island.

Though it poured rain for the day we were in Wel-lington, we managed to take a quick drive out to Kaitoke Re-gional Park, which is home to the Lord of The Rings set of Rivendell, home of the Elves. We took a short hike in the rain, took some pictures of

Left to Right: A Hobbit’s Home; Maori reenactment; Milford Sound; Waitomo Caves - Lots of Glow worms.

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NOUS, LES GENS DE LA RIVIÈRE!INTRODUCING THE INAUGUR AL

TEMPOR ARY EXHIBITThis is a sneak peak at our f i rst temporary exh ibit , a l l about the effects of the 2014 f i re.

Intr igued? Come see the rest and more by book ing a pr ivate tour.

The St-Georges Museum front entrance as it appeared in August 2013.Vue de l’entrée du Musée en août 2013

Firefighters work hard to battle the flames in the early hours of May 17, 2014. Les pompiers qui luttent sans cesse pour abattre les flames tôt le matin du 17 mai 2014.

In the early hours of May 17, 2014, the village of St-Georges awoke to news that the St-Georges Museum was ablaze. The museum had only just undergone a dramatic renovation over the two years prior. Following the theme of “We are the People of the River,” there were all new exhibits and ambitious plans for the future.

As the local fire department battled the flames, volunteers mobilized to help save the museum. They managed to save or salvage much of the collection. While the beloved St-Georges Ferry was unscathed, the buildings were not so lucky. The new Winnipeg River Heritage Museum now occupies the same ground.

Très tôt le matin du 17 mai 2014, les villageois de la communauté de St-Georges se sont réveillés pour apprendre que le Musée Saint-Georges ait subi un incendie tragique.Deux ans auparavant, le musée avait connu des rénovations où le nouveau thème du musée était intitulé « Nous les gens de la rivière ». De nouvelles expositions étaient montées et il y avait de futurs plans ambitieux envisagés.

Pendant que les pompiers luttaient contre les flammes, plusieurs bénévoles du village se sont mobilisés pour sauvegarder les artefacts accessibles dans le musée. Ils ont réussi à sauvegarder la majorité de la collection, mais malheureusement, les édifices ont été trop endommagées par les flammes. Heureusement, le fameux traversier, si chéri par la communauté, n’a pas été affecté par l’incendie. Le nouveau musée du patrimoine de la rivière Winnipeg est situé dans ce même emplacement.

rising from the ashes: How the St-Georges Museum became the Winnipeg River Heritage Museum

renaître des cendres: Comment le Musée Saint-Georges est devenu le Musée du patrimoine de la rivière Winnipeg

See Page 7 for hours and booking info


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WE, THE PEOPLE OF THE RIVER!

On Friday, June 7th, 2019, the Winnipeg River Heritage Museum hosted the 1st Annual Winnipeg River Heritage Classic, a fund-raiser golf tournament at local Pine Falls Golf Club. The goal of

this event was to raise funds for phase two of the WRHM project, which entails building the permanent exhibitions in the new museum. Over 60 people turned out for the event. It was a blistering 34°C without the humidity factored in when the golfers set out. This proved not to be a deterrent however, as all who participated reported thoroughly enjoying themselves. The winning team was the group sent by NRG, the electrical company working on the museum project, con-sisting of Tony Moss, David Jarman, Marty Doyle, and Bill Lavallee. Throughout the day, attendees were also invited to bid on the wonderful silent auction and to try their luck at the 50/50 putting con-test. All in all, the event raised $19,890.00. In a strange twist, a powerful “microburst” storm kicked up as the event reached its conclusion, raging through the night and downing 51 large trees on the golf course. In true community fashion, volunteers from throughout the region rallied to help with the cleanup, including museum staff and board members. The WRHM would like to sincerely thank all the businesses who sponsored the event, as well as those who donated prizes for the silent auction. We would also like to extend our gratitude to the volun-teers who helped organize and run the tournament, without whom it would not have been possible!

Vendredi le 7 juin 2019, le Musée du Patrimoine de la rivière Win-nipeg, a accueilli les participants du tournoi de golfe au Club local de Pine Falls. Le but de cet événement était de recueillir

des fonds pour payer la phase deux du projet MPRW. Ceci comprend l’aménagement des expositions permanentes du nouveau musée. Plus de 60 personnes ont participées à cet événement. La journée débuta dans une fraîcheur de 34’C et sans humidité, pour le départ des joueurs. Ceci joua en faveur des participants, qui déclarèrent avoir bien jouis de leur journée. L’équipe gagnante fut le groupe représentant NRG, la compagnie qui s’était responsable des travaux d’électricité; notamment Tony Moss, David Jarman, Marty Doyle, et Bill Lavallée. Tout au long de la journée, les participants pouvaient miser dans un encans silencieux et de tenter leur chance au tournoi 50//50. Levée de fonds totale 19 890,00$. Pour une tournée d’événements curieuse, une micro tempête s’avéra tout juste a la fin de la journée. Elle fit rage toute la nuit, tout en détruisant 51 gros arbres sur le terrain de golfe. En bon esprit commu-nautaire, les volontaires de la région, incluant le personnel et le C A du musée, se rassemblent pour aider au nettoyage. Un remerciement bien spécial à tous les commerces qui ont commandité cet événement, ainsi qu’à ceux qui ont donné des prix pour l’encans silencieux. Le MPRW est plein de gratitude envers les bénévoles qui ont organisé et travaillé au succès du tournoi… sans VOUS… rien de ceci n’aurait été possible. MERCI!

FIRST ANNUAL WRHM GOLF TOURNAMENT/ TOURNOI DE GOLFE MPRW

Part icipants teeing of f on Hole #1

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By: Taryn Foss

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In 1992, the Pine Falls Paper Company donated two tugboats to the St-Georges Museum. The tugboats, which had been used to move wood on the river, had long been decommissioned, so mill man-

ager Fern Petrie decided to give them a new lease on life as museum artifacts. For years they lingered, offsite and outdoors by the Maskwa Club building in Powerview, as the museum had no space to store them. The intention had always been to one day feature them at the museum, but it would take the 2014 fire and the collaboration be-tween Director-Curator Diane Dubé and Cibinel Architecture for the

vision to become reality. On June 20, 2019, their day finally came. A crew from Vieville Building Movers came out from Winnipeg with heavy equipment, and one by one, rigged up the boats, hauled them to the museum, and carefully positioned them right out front in their new home. A star-ring role after being in the shadows for so long Since the move, we’ve had many questions about the tugboats. Will they be repainted? How will they be restored? The plan is still in the works, but we can promise one thing: you will knot be disap-pointed.

TUGBOATS ON THE MOVE!

By: Taryn Foss

REFURBISHING THE ST-GEORGES FERRY: BEFORE AND AFTER

One of our biggest priorities before the events of the 4P weekend was to refurbish the old St-Georges Ferry. The Ferry, which has been described as our signature artifact, had been a combination

of construction zone and office space while the contractors worked on the building project. Now was the time to restore it to its former glory. To get a sense of what needed to be done, we first had to clear everything off that had accumulated on the Ferry. This revealed dirt-encrusted floorboards, flaking paint, an engine covered in a thick layer of grime, and numerous boards that needed replacing. The first project would be to de-grime the engine, a painstak-ingly slow process that involved many hours of hand scraping in cramped quarters. Former Board President Michel Boulet got to work hand mill-

ing and installing a new floor in the Ferry Master’s caboose with boards made from the Manitoba Hydro poles leftover from construction. Several volunteers were enlisted to scrape the flaking paint off the Ferry’s exterior, then prime and paint it with a crisp white accented with bright blue trim. Finally, the floors were scrubbed of dirt and thoroughly vacu-umed, a process that took a significant amount of time and effort, and caused many a sore back. Of course, there is work yet to be done on the Ferry. Rot has taken some of the boards, and there is the problem of a lingering chemi-cal aroma. For the time being, however, the St-Georges Ferry has been given a facelift, and we are proud of how much we were able to achieve in just a few weeks’ time.

The Tugboats being picked up from the Mask wa Club Building

Moving the Tugboats into place at the WRHM

The Tugboats as they sit now, in their f inal rest ing place at the front of the WRHM

Photo Credit: Paul Epp

The Ferry before the refurbishment Staf f and Volunteers hard at work revitalizing the non-such

The St-Georges Ferry af ter the facelif t



WRHM OPENING EVENTSSTÉPHANE’S GARDEN

HONOURING SUMMER STUDENTS & BOARD MEMBERS OF YEARS PAST

4P SNEAK PEEK OPENING A RESOUNDING SUCCESS

This 4P Festival long weekend, we finally opened our doors to the public! While it wasn’t an official opening, we welcomed over 300 guests and visitors to the museum to celebrate the completion of

phase one of the museum rebuilding project and check out the progress we’ve made so far. We kicked off the weekend with our Wine & Cheese reception on Friday, August 30th. Among those invited were supporters of the museum including donors, members, as well as present and former directors and summer students of the museum. Over 100 people turned out for the event and were invited to explore the facility throughout the evening. Several dignitaries spoke in recognition of the museum’s achievements, including Selkirk-Interlake-Eastman MP incumbent James Bezan, Lac du Bonnet MLA incumbent Wayne Ewasko, RM of Alexander Reeve Jack Brisko, and Town of Powerview-Pine Falls Deputy Mayor Lorie Finkbeiner. Re-marks by longtime board member and former St-Georges Historical Society President Michel Boulet and former summer students Camille

Fisette-Mulaire and Ryan Wark rounded out the speeches. As the night came to its conclusion, SGHS President Gil Hallgrimson surprised us all with a moving saxophone performance. The weekend continued with two days of Sneak Peek tours on Saturday and Sunday, guided by our fearless leader, Director-Curator Diane Dubé. Each day, roughly 100 people came out and were treated to personalized tours and respite from the drizzly weather. We were thrilled to welcome two of our museum colleagues on Sunday af-ternoon: Cindy Colford from the Manitoba Museum, and Stephanie Chilpilski from the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. Thank you to everyone who put their blood sweat and tears into helping us prepare for the weekend events. It was a real team effort. We feel blessed to have such a supportive and hardworking network of volunteers, board members, and friends of the museum. We were delighted and truly humbled by the amazing response to the museum that we received over the 4P weekend, and can’t wait for the official opening (see page 7 for more).

Prior to the 4P Wine & Cheese reception on Friday, August 31st, a private gathering was held on the northeast side of the museum to dedicate a special garden to Stéphane Cormier. A former summer

student of the museum in 2011 and 2012, Stéphane sadly lost his battle with a rare form of cancer in 2017 at the young age of 23. The ceremony featured the unveiling of a plaque in Stéphane’s honour, as well as a beau-tiful painting commissioned by his grandparents, Odile and Gilles Dubé. Stéphane’s Garden, as it has been dubbed, was also conceived to remember our many summer students and board members and recognize

their contributions to the museum over the years. It was thanks to their youthful energy and enthusiasm that the St-Georges Museum was able to open its doors and run its programming. It took a village to create the garden. Sod was laid by staff and summer students, and the beautiful array of donated plants and flowers were put in by volunteers from the local community. Our hope is that the garden will be used by the community for reflection and healing in the years to come in memory of Stéphane’s strong resilient spirit.

Lac du Bonnet MLA Wayne Ewasko gives his speechSGHS President Gil Hallgrimson & SHGS Director-Curator Diane Dubé give their opening remarks

Stéphane’s Garden: The Finished Product

By: Taryn Foss

Stéphane’s Garden pre-landscaping Staf f and Volunteers laying the sod Applying the Finishing Touches



WRHM PROJECT UPDATE

This summer was our big move! We were finally able to move the museum’s surviving collection of artifacts and archives, as well as our exhibit showcases, into the new Winnipeg River Heritage

Museum. What a project! It took the work of an army, and a whole lot of muscle and sweat. A big thank you goes out to all our helpers and volunteers who made it happen – we wouldn’t have been able to do it without you! And a special thank you is in order for the many who generously loaned us storage space since the 2014 fire. Five years was somewhat longer than anticipated, and your generosity and patience will not be forgotten. Since moving in, we’ve been hard at work unpacking and get-ting the museum collection organized in its new forever home. We’ll keep you posted on the results!

Cet été dernier fut celui de notre grand déménagement. Les arte-facts ainsi que les archives qui ont survécus aux flammes de 2014, ainsi que leurs caisses pour expositions, le tout a été déménagé au

nouveau Musée du Patrimoine de la rivière Winnipeg. Ce fut un travail pour toute une armée…. musclée et au cœur palpitant! Des remerciements sincères vont à tous les ouvriers et bé-névoles qui ont permis que ce déménagement se fasse. Sans vous, tout cela n’aurait pas été possible! Un merci tout spécial a tous ceux qui nous ont prêté de l’espace pour ranger les artefacts, depuis le feu de 2014. Ces cinq années ont parues bien longues; votre patience et votre gé-nérosité ne seront pas oubliées. Depuis notre déménagement, nous avons été occupés au dépa-quetage ainsi qu’à l’organisation de notre nouveau chez-nous. Nous vous tiendrons au courant des résultats!

THE BIG MOVE/LE GRAND DÉRANGEMENT

2019 Summer Student Hope Fontaine moving a box of art ifacts

The old storage space at the former Pine Falls School

Volunteers helping move the 1931 Ford Model A into the Museum The mobile shelving in the main storage room at the New Museum

By: Taryn Foss and Lucille Bazin



WHAT’S NEXT FOR THE WRHM?

Phase 2 Construction

Phase 2 of our capital project is underway, which means our focus has shifted from building construction (i.e. Phase 1) to the construction of exhibits and interior detailing (Phase 2). In fact, those who came out for Sneak Peek tours over the 4P weekend will have seen some of the work done so far. Initial landscaping of the site was completed, with upgrades expected next summer. Interior walls and a multipurpose room in the main building exhibition gallery have been erected, drywalled and painted. We’re hoping to get some colour on the walls within the next week or two.

We are working closely with HTFC Planning & Design to finalize the permanent exhibit designs before the next stage of construction work begins. An iteration of the large-scale map of the Winnipeg River region is currently on display, with the final version nearing completion in the coming weeks. An over-lifesize mural of Paul Kane’s 19th century paint-ing “White Mud Falls” has a similar timeline, and will grace one of the entrance gallery walls.

Millwork for the admissions desk, gift shop, and archive room workspace is expected to be installed very soon. A timeline for the installation of the Ferry Gallery’s in-floor heating system has not yet been established.

Special Exhibits

While the museum won’t have regular opening hours until the perma-nent exhibits are complete, starting on Wednesday, October 9th, 2019, we will be open for tours on weekdays between 1:00-4:00pm, and by appointment on weekends (call 204-367-9970 or 204-340-6703). A $5 admission will be charged, and children under 12 are free. Tours include a behind the scenes look at the developing exhibits gallery, the archive room, the main artifact storage room, and of course, the chance to stand on the St-Georges Ferry.

Our new opening hours also come just in time to come by and experi-ence our first temporary exhibit, “Rising from the Ashes: How the St-Georges Museum became the Winnipeg River Heritage Museum” (teaser featured on page 2). This exhibit will feature several artifacts that survived the fire of 2014 and stories from the fire’s aftermath.

We are also excited to announce that for the first time, the 10th Annual Festival des Crèches (Crèche Festival) will be held in the new museum! Opening November 25th, 2019 and running until January 31st, 2020, our double digit edition is set to be the biggest and best yet. Stay tuned in the coming weeks for more details about this exciting seasonal event.

Fundraising

September and October saw a series of weekly meat draws held to raise money for phase 2 activities. Thank you to our host, the Chicken Chef Lounge, to Hometown Sausage who provided the meat, to Bev Dubé for coordinating the events, and to everyone who came out to bid and get some delicious $0.50 wings.

A small fundraising initiative is being planned to coincide with this year’s edition of the Crèche Festival. Make sure to follow us on Facebook and Instagram, where we’ll be posting all the relevant information as it comes out.

In order to complete phase 2 and start planning the official official open-ing, we are still actively fundraising and would appreciate your support. Donations can be made by cash or cheque, or through our CanadaHelps fundraising page. Every cent helps! https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/la-societe-historique-de-st-georges-historical-society-inc/

WRHM PROJECT UPDATE

Now that summer 2019 has gone and fa l l is in fu l l swing, here is a breakdown of what you can expect from the museum over the next couple of months.

LUCILLE BAZINVOLUNTEER ARCHIVIST

The WRHM was pleased to once again welcome Lucille Bazin on her 3rd working visit to St-Georges on September 23rd to the 27th as were her hosts Diane and Edgar Dubé. Lucille is our volunteer archivist expert and has also helped many museums get started with their ar-chives. She is passionate about what she does as history is her adrena-lin booster. She was particularly overjoyed to see some of our World War 1 Trench maps having belonged to Glen Stewart and recently donated to the museum by Dave and Donna Frederick.

Lucille received the prestigious Louis Riel award two years ago for her 40 years of continued volunteer work in the heritage domain. She herself created the Archive Centre in St-Claude and continues to donate one week of her time every month at the Centre du Patrimoine in Saint-Boniface and also sits on their Board of Directors. Her hosts Edgar and Diane Dubé are always pleased to welcome her to the com-munity.


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THE RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF ALEXANDERPUBLIC NOTICE - BOARD OF REVISION

OCTOBER 29th, 2019

Notice is hereby given that the real property assessment roll of The Rural Municipality of Alexander for the year 2020 as been deposited in the Municipal Office and will remain open to the inspection of all persons between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday. Applications for revision may be made in accordance with sections 42 & 43 of the Municipal Assessment Act.

APPLICATION FOR REVISION

42(1) A person in whose name property has been assessed, a mortgagee in possession of property under section 114(1) of the Real Property Act, an occupier of premises who is required under the terms of a lease to pay the taxes on the property, or the assessor may make application for the revision of an assessment roll with respect to;

(a) liability to taxation;(b) amount of an assessed value;(c) classification of property; or(d) a refusal by an assessor to amend the assessment roll under subsection 13(2).

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

43(1) An application for revision must:

(a) be made in writing;(b) set out the roll number and legal description of the assessable property for which a revision is

sought;(c) set out which of the matters referred to in subsection 42(1) are at issue, and the grounds for

each of those matters; and(d) be filed by delivering it or causing it to be delivered to:

BOARD OF REVISIONTHE RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF ALEXANDERP.O. BOX 100ST. GEORGES MB R0E 1V0

The Board of Revision will sit on Tuesday, October 29th, 2019 at 1:00 P.M. in the Municipal Office at 1 Bouvier Trail, St Georges, Manitoba.

The final date on which applications must be received by the Secretary of the Board is October 15th, 2019, at 4:00 P.M.

DATED AT ST. GEORGES, MANITOBA THIS 3rd DAY OF SEPTEMBER A.D. 2019.

Michele StefaniukSecretary - Board of RevisionRural Municipality of Alexander

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SEALED TENDERS/PROPOSALS clearly marked as indicated will be received at the office of the undersigned up to 11:00:00 A.M. SHARP prevailing Winnipeg time, on the closing date indicated. #12-19 FUEL - CLOSING: November 4, 2019 A list of tender specifications and duties will be available from the Sunrise School Division website www.sunrisesd.ca under Division – Departments - Purchasing & Tenders on or before October 1st or from the Division’s Office, 75 – 5th Street South, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, 268-6505 between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Tracy Weidman Purchasing Manager

Continued from page 3said Michaluk. “We’ve made mistakes in the past, but to-day we move ahead in recon-ciliation and partnership.”

Courchene gave the clos-ing remarks before everyone gathered to share in a feast.

“There is a critical need to have a moral and ethical leadership that models a way of life supporting the natural laws of the land,” he said. “If we are able to accomplish this, it sets the stage on how we can find the proper solu-tions together.”

Congratulations to Dezi and Mi-chelle Pachkowsky who were married September 17th, 1994 celebrating their 25 years (Silver Anniversary).

Lots of love and god bless you with many more years together.

Love Mom (Viv)

Graduation

Kirsten Dorie Grade 12 Graduate

Empower Education CentreKirsten was very happy and

proud to achieve her Grade 12 Diploma in 2016.

Kirsten would tell someone, who thinks they can’t finish their grade 12, that “you just have to put your mind to it and stop over thinking it. If a mother of five children at the time could do it, so can you and it really didn’t take long to get it done. So go ahead and push yourself to get it done and you will feel better about yourself”.

While Kirsten was completing her Grade 12, she also worked a lot of late nights at Tim Hortons and was raising her children. She remembers feeling very tired that year, but she persisted and got her school work done.

Kirsten is presently work-ing on her Community Support Worker Diploma through Rob-ertson Career College. Most of her coursework is done online.

Kirsten really enjoyed attend-ing Empower Education Centre. She felt so welcomed and got the assistance she needed.

She chose that time of her life to finish Grade 12 because all of her kids were in school and she wanted to achieve her Grade 12 Diploma and feel better about herself. She also feels so grateful to have had a lot of support from her partner, Tim.

Congratulations Kirsten! Thank you for sharing your sto-ry. Your community is so proud of you and the role model you are for your children.

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