Category Archives: Winnipeg

Zoo director heading home to Australia

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DUCW club member and director of the Assiniboine Park Zoo, Tim Sinclair-Smith, has decided to leave Winnipeg to take his family back home to Australia. He has been very involved in the biggest changes seen at the zoo, still under construction.

We enjoyed the energy and participation of the family in our club activities, and were happy to have him on board with us. The club will be gathering at the zoo on June 15th for a special morning tour.

Read the article in the Free Press here: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/zookeeper-leaving-assiniboine-park-for-oz-205729221.html

NZ on the Friendship Force menu April 3

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G’day and kia ora everyone!

Coming up in a little more than two weeks is a dinner event that might be of interest to DUCW members.

Friendship Force (FF) in Winnipeg is holding a dinner on Wednesday April 3 at the Masonic Temple at Confusion Corner. This is a joint event between FF and DUCW with the focus on New Zealand, and the evening includes an appearance by Terry Roberts and Lynley Davidson.  Continue reading →

Earth Hour is March 23

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This is a great opportunity to remember how much we rely on a steady stream of electricity, and impact it has on the world. Unlike an unplanned power failure, this gives you a chance to run around the house and turn stuff off, especially computers and the like, and sit in the dark together with your friends and/or family. It is quite fun and eye-opening, literally. I have also simply hit the main breaker for the house at 8:30 and left it off until midnight. (This has the added benefit of resetting any powered clocks to midnight automatically.) I challenge everyone to do this, at least for the one hour. Continue reading →