A number of initiatives are now in place to help Manitoba communities take part in those celebrations.  

One is Celebrate 150 where groups were invited to share their ideas on how they could mark this anniversary.    Monique Lacoste, co-chair for Manitoba 150 says they got close to 450 applications for funding, people from the north and south, projects that are culturally specific like the Philippine community that had an interesting project.  She adds some are more history based, there’s talk of a really interesting canoe race up in the north, there’s a Metis Red River cart project that is an MMF project so it’s really a beautiful mix of projects large and small.

New initiatives are being added all the time including Learn 150 and Mural 150.   To learn more about these go to manitoba 150 dot com.