Festival du Voyageur

Hé Ho les amis!

It is that time of the year when all the French Canadians celebrate in the heart of St. Boniface with singing, dancing, and a good old time! I encourage you to visit the Festival du Voyageur over the next 10 days. The Festival begins tonight and continues until February 26th. Festival Park offers snow play structures, a first nations encampment, a fur trade museum, sleigh rides and lots of entertainment. You can also try la tire or a beaver tail - mmm! It is a perfect opportunity to get a little bit of the French Canadian "joie de vivre!" Please visit the official site: http://festivalvoyageur.mb.ca/festival-du-voyageur/ to find more information.

WWF National Sweater Day

On Thursday, February 9th, many Canadians will be joining in WWF’s National Sweater Day and we’d like to encourage you to take part in this celebration of energy conservation.

Our classroom will join schools across Canada by turning down our thermostats, wearing sweaters and bringing out the best conservation efforts in all of us. Students are encouraged to wear a sweater - the more interesting or colourful - the better.

Residential heating is a major contributor to the changing climate. If every Canadian turned down their thermostat by two degrees Celsius each winter, 2.2 mega-tonnes of carbon dioxide could be saved every year – equivalent to taking 350,000 cars off the road.

Join us February 9th by wearing a sweater! For ideas on how you can get involved please visit http://www.sweaterday.ca