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A 4.6 metre (15ft) statue of a Viking sporting a mortarboard hat as a salute to the difficult covid 19 graduation year in Gimli Manitoba. Created as a Canadian centennial project the statue was designed by Gissur Eliasson of the University of Manitoba, and was constructed by sculptor George Barone. It was unveiled in 1967 by then-President of Iceland Asgeir Asgeirsson. Lyle Stafford/Image
From the rubble of the former Winnipeg Public Safety Building, once a fine example of brutalist style architecture circa 1965 and fallen out of favor, one steps back another 100 years for a glimpse at a collection of buildings housing Red River College on Princess street known as the Barber Block after architect Charles Arnold Barber.
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Duckworth street in St. John’s Newfoundland. Existing on maps as early as 1519, it is one of the oldest cities in North America.
Sunrise at Cape Spear on the Avalon Peninsula. At a longitude of 52°37′ W, it is the easternmost point in Canada and North America, excluding Greenland.
What can be said, The Duke has been around awhile and serves up a mean plate of cod and chips.
Start here if it’s a wee early for fish and chips and pints at The Duke or the Ship or Bannerman’s…you get the idea.
Ships of the Sahara desert
Bab Boujloud, Fes
Vendors in the medina, Fes
Borj Nord, Fes
Pickup football, Fes
The setting sun warms Alexander Ave as record high temperatures not seen in decades have contributed to drought like conditions and wild fires throughout the western provinces in Winnipeg Manitoba. Lyle Stafford/Image
The sun sets behind Billy Mosienko Lanes through a thick filter of smoke from wild fires burning throughout western Canada in Winnipeg Manitoba. Lyle Stafford/Image
Young entrepreneurs attempt to cash in on the curious facial hair worn by the Winnipeg Jets’ Finnish star Patrik Laine before the start of game six of the Western Conference semi final between the Nashville Predators and the Winnipeg Jets in Winnipeg Manitoba, May 7, 2018. Lyle Stafford/The Globe and Mail
Don’t let the 21.2 million, give or take a few mil, wonderful people of Mexico City put you off. It is simply fantastico. Lyle Stafford/Images
As temperatures froze at the -30c mark, the big prairie sky lent itself to a display of sun dogs. The sun dog is a member of the family of halos, caused by the refraction of sunlight by ice crystals in the atmosphere. Lyle Stafford/Image
If you have the chance to see a show at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle Washington, do it. If you have the chance to see The National, anywhere, do it.
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Lyann Mohammed, 19, a Somali refugee, is interviewed at the Welcome Place in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, February 1, 2017. Mohammed hired a smuggler to take her from Somalia to Minneapolis where she planned to settle in the large Somali community. But Trump’s anti-refugee rhetoric frightened her into traveling to Manitoba. REUTERS/Lyle Stafford
Andrew Henderson, who has terminal cancer, will be putting on a performance art piece Oct 21 and 23, when strangers will tell him their secrets and he’ll get them tattooed on his body. Lyle Stafford/Toronto Star
A patient at Toronto Western Hospital takes in the late day sunshine in Toronto Ontario, September 15, 2015. Lyle Stafford/Image
CFL Football – Winnipeg Blue Bombers v Montreal Alouettes – Winnipeg, Manitoba , Canada – 24/6/16. Blue Bombers’ Chris Randle (L) knocks the ball away from Alouettes’ Duron Carter during CFL action. REUTERS/Lyle Stafford
A cyclist crosses the Arlington Street Bridge at sunset in Winnipeg Manitoba, April 21, 2016. The 103-year-old structure, built in Birmingham England, crosses the CPR Winnipeg Yards. A $1.5-million study into possible replacements has determined it must be torn down.
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Joss Reimer, Medical Officer of Health Population and Public Health with the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority works to combat the deadly effects of Fentanyl in Winnipeg Manitoba, April 11, 2016. Lyle Stafford for the Globe and Mail
Winona Casavant paints with the light of her light sabre at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg, Manitoba, March 30, 2016. Casavant was taking part in Painting with Light an activity inspired by the Sight Unseen temporary exhibition by blind photographers, showing until September 18th. Lyle Stafford/Image/CMHR
Meanwhile back on the Red river skating trail… Longest in the world at 8.54-kilometre, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.
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