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Southern Yarn for July – August 2026

In this issue you will see a new columnist (p.4) new to the Yarn, but certainly not new to the local scene around Manitoba. Dwight MacAulay is a very civic, community and culturally minded citizen who hopefully you will get to know even better over future Yarns.

Otherwise, we have the usual eclectic mix of news, views and things that amuse, including President Peter’s playful use of Aussie lingo.

We’re keeping it to just 6 pages this time because it’s summer here in Winnipeg and, despite daylight saving, there just aren’t enough hours to make up for the other 6 months of you-know-what. Thank you to all our many contributors!

Yarn May-June 2026

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The new issue of The Southern Yarn is here, after some delays at the end of the production chain. Enjoy it in full colour here, or patiently await your glorious monochrome rendition through the post.

Here’s the editorial to get you started…

Winnipeg is home to an amazing diversity of nationalities, with over 100 different countries of birth. It is probably not unique in that respect. However, it is certainly near the top of the class in the extent to which so many of these various ethnicities strive to keep their culture alive. Evidence for this, on a large scale, is best seen in the number of cultural groups that participate in the annual Folklorama festival. This year there will be 45 unique ethno-cultural Pavilions throughout the city from August 2nd – 15th. Our DUCW is long past being able to join that list, but we do manage to stay true to our roots in other ways – Our Australia and Waitangi Days and ANZAC Day being the most public – not to mention this little newsletter. Continue reading →

Southern Yarn for March-April, 2026

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The March-April issue of The Yarn is ready for your online perusal, and the monochromatic analog version is entrusted to our ever faithful Canada Post, for those less likely to be reading these words on the web… and as usual, we start off with the wise words from our editor…

With all the bad news that bombards us these days, it’s a welcome break to spend time searching for and reading “other” news. And not just news – history, humour, member happenings and events also.

In this issue, there is some history concerning early emigration to New Zealand and Australia; there is some Tundra humour, some Footrot Flats humour courtesy of Murray Ball; there are snippets of all sorts of other interesting information and much more.

Thank you to Jenny, Judy, Peter, Brian and our advertisers for their contributions. Thank you, too, to Cherie at Echo Publishing in Sydney. After some back and forth with emails, we were granted permission to reproduce selected excerpts from Favourite Cricket Yarns by Ken Piesse (2016). You’ll find one of them somewhere further on in this issue.

Enjoy, Charlie

Southern Yarn for January – February, 2026

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The new issue of the Southern Yarn is now available for you to enjoy. To get you started, here is the editorial:

Due to Downunder House being closed over the Christmas and New Year period so that our hard-working staff could take a well-earned break and spend some quality time with family and friends, this issue of the Yarn is a slightly smaller version.

At least to start with, 2026 will see us still operating with a hybrid work arrangement to accommodate the different needs and preferences of our journalists. Some prefer to work from home while others find the office more suitable. So, most days it’s a compromise – home/office. Nevertheless, be assured, you, our valued readers, will always come first.

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