2.18.2008
Louis Riel Day
I was trying to find out if today is a civic holiday in Manitoba (because I'm trying to reach Winnipeg's Globe Theatre to find out whether they're screening "Walk All Over Me" on February 22nd or February 29th, so that I can update the WAOM MySpace site) and today is that weird little civic holiday in Alberta on the third Monday of February called Family Day. I discovered that Saskatchewan and even Ontario now have a Family Day, but in Manitoba they decided to name their new February civic holiday after Louis Riel. Personally, I think that's a way better reason to commemorate a day than simply having "Family Day" (I wonder how many people ACTUALLY spend it with their families?). So welcome to the inaugural Louis Riel Day!
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