TornadoVideos.net storm chasers Reed Timmer and Dave Holder captured this huge, violent wedge tornado in southwest Manitoba on June 23, 2007. We were blasted by mud and flying corn stalks as the tornado crossed the road less than 200 yards away! Check out TornadoVideos.net for more insane tornado video.

Here's a story on the Canadian Discovery Channel you don't hear everyday, Manitoba Bigfoot!

Manitoba,Canada Bigfoot.

Frank Black (aka Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV of The Pixies fame) tells the true story of a person lost in the boreal forest near Thompson Manitoba. The part about going dumb and ending up in Toroton is my interpretation. Links to credits and more: http://www.toronto-unlimited.biz/nathans-phillips-square-winter-1141478-267x2001.jpg http://wvs.topleftpixel.com/photos/homeless_in_snow.jpg http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2004-10-14/news_story.php http://www.masstroopers.org/public/images/sturollover.jpg http://wikitravel.org/upload/en/thumb/6/66/Pisew_Winter.jpg/250px-Pisew_Winter.jpg http://rkgroff.tripod.com/riverweb/pisew.jpg http://news.thomasnet.com/images/large/028/28088.jpg http://www.richhulina.com/photofile/0075.jpg http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/mb_history/15/trappersfestival.shtml http://www.manataka.org/White_Bear4.jpg http://www.bakersnarrowslodge.com/newsauroragreen.gif http://www.geocities.com/mipeman/images/bottling.jpg http://www.northroots.ca/Recipe/recipe.gif http://www.freshwater-fishing-canada.com/images/bigpike2.jpg http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/REIN/13600~Howling-Wolf-Posters.jpg http://dananau.com/wabe/2003/park-dec-2003/image/pict0771a.jpg http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/img/07-07/0715manitoba.jpg http://www.sarinfo.bc.ca/manitoba.gif http://www.lynnlake.ca/Easter%20013.jpg http://www.adventures.ca/gasnet/pics/657_77.jpg http://www.thompson.ca/images/sp/paintlake_winter.jpg http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/pix/hercules_cp_8817132.jpg http://www.nothingroutine.com/Burtwood.jpg http://www.dreamswan.com/Canada/MN/Tomp/H280/3593s.jpg

June 22, 2007 This is a video of the F5 tornado that hit Elie, Manitoba on date shown above. From Wikipedia: On June 22, 2007, an F5 tornado struck the town of Elie, Manitoba, 40 kilometres (25 miles) west of Winnipeg. While several houses were leveled, no one was injured or killed by the tornado. The tornado touched down north of the Trans-Canada Highway around 6:30 pm CDT (2330 UTC) and slowly moved southeast where it picked up a tractor-trailer before it headed south and severely damaged the town's flour mill causing over $1 million in damage. After hitting the flour mill it headed southeast towards Elie, where it destroyed four houses, flipped over cars, and even tossed one homeowner's Chrysler Fifth Avenue onto their neighbour's roof. The tornado lingered over the same area of Elie for approximately four minutes before it cut sharply to the south and rapidly dissipated. The tornado traveled about 6 km (3.7 miles) and was 300 m (330 yds) wide at its widest during its 40 minute lifespan. The tornado repeatedly struck essentially the same area of town, destroying most of the structures and vehicles in the area. If the tornado had continued along its southeast track, it would have hit the main part of town. At the same time as the Elie tornado, another tornado was touching down close to nearby Oakville. Two tornadoes not far from each other at the same time was a rare occurrence for the people watching the news that evening. There were reports of 8 touchdowns in Manitoba during that day. The people in Elie were prepared and took the necessary precautions, during this situation. The following day, Environment Canada sent out a storm damage survey team to assess the damage caused by the tornado. On September 18, 2007, the tornado was upgraded to F5 on the Fujita Scale from the original F4, as winds were determined to be between 420 km/h and 515 km/h (261 and 318 mph), based on video analysis of the tornado and reassessment of the damage[2]. This was the first tornado in Canada to be officially rated as such, making it the strongest confirmed tornado in Canadian history, and only the second F5 tornado ever since 1999, (the other being in Greensburg, Kansas on May 4, 2007). It should be noted that Canada has not adopted the Enhanced Fujita Scale yet; if used, the equivalent EF5 rating would have winds in excess of 200 mph (320 km/h). This video was originally uploaded by the user slair on YouTube. All rights in the video belong to this user.

province of manitoba throne speech nov.20, 2007 and the SPP/NAU downloadable version: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2123932196593858690&hl=en

www.myspace.com/youareaweapon (WRONG ADDRESS ON VIDEO.) -From Saskatchewan to Manitoba!

http://www.hippygourmet.com In this segment from the on-going Hemp Movement series of the Hippy Gourmet TV Show, we meet Autumn Bree of Manitoba Harvest. Based in Manitoba, Canada, Manitoba Harvest is dedicated to the Industrial Hemp cause- creating a fully organic line of Hemp food products. The folks at Manitoba Harvest were also instrumental in helping shape Canada's policy toward legalizing Hemp, by demonstrating its positive impacts on economies and of course the environment.

"Bear with me," joked "Stu" Kelsey, our driver/guide, as he slowed to navigate a rocky patch on the unpaved track leading from Churchill, Manitoba to the shore of Hudson Bay. We were sitting comfortably in a massive 48-seat, butane-heated tundra buggy while en route to view the annual autumn polar bear migration. After spending one night at the gateway city of Winnipeg on 21 October, we had flown north on a 40-seat Hawker Siddeley prop jet from Winnipeg to Churchill early the next morning. Billed as the polar bear capital of the world, Churchill, with a population of 1,500, is accessible both by air and via the Hudson Bay Railway. The 1,000-mile/1,600-km-long rail line was completed across the permafrost in 1929 by a crew of 3,000. Today, because the 36-hour train journey consumes a full two nights and one day in each direction, many tourists feel that the 2 3/4-hour, 650-mile/1,045-km one-way flight is a more desirable transportation option. Discovered in 1619 and the site of a Hudson's Bay Company fort constructed in 1688, Churchill grew into a fur-trading port. Then, after construction of the railway some 75 years ago, much of the wheat grown in Saskatchewan and Manitoba was exported via the port of Churchill to Europe, Africa and beyond. In fact, Churchill was once one of the largest grain-exporting ports in the world. Nowadays, tourism plays a significant role in the economy since Churchill lies astride a polar bear migration route. During the 45 minutes that it took Stu to drive our tundra buggy from Churchill out to the shore of Hudson Bay, he conveyed much information about polar bears to the participants in our group tour. The Latin name of the polar bear is Ursus maritimus or "sea bear." The youngest of eight bear species, the polar bear is thought to have evolved some 200,000 years ago from the brown bear. The world's largest land predator, the powerful and heavily-insulated polar bear is well-adapted for Arctic survival. The adult male polar bear can weigh from 775 to 1,500 pounds (352 to 682 kg) and reach a length of 6 feet to 10 feet ( 1.8 to 3.0 m). The adult female polar bear is smaller, weighing from 330 to 550 pounds (150 to 250 kg) and reaching a length of 5 feet to 8 feet (1.5 to 2.5 m). Polar bears range across the Arctic regions of Canada, Alaska, Greenland, Norway and Russia where they hunt the ringed seal, the most common seal in the Arctic. It is estimated that the current world polar bear population is about 25,000. Polar bears have an excellent sense of smell and also keen senses of hearing and eyesight. Their small ears and small tail help prevent heat loss. Polar bears are excellent swimmers and have been known to swim as far as 60 miles (96 km) without resting. In fact, the bears' massive forepaws, measuring up to a foot in diameter, are partially webbed to assist in swimming. Polar bears' fat layer, some 3 to 4 1/2 inches (8 to 11 cm) thick, both provides insulation against the cold and increases buoyancy in the water. Female polar bears normally give birth to two cubs. While mating occurs in the spring, delayed implantation doesn't take place until the fall which is also when the female bear digs her maternity den in a snow bank. Infant polar bears, covered with white hair, typically weigh only a pound ( 0.5 kg) or so and measure from 12 to 14 inches (30 to 35 cm). But, when the mother and cubs leave their den in March, the cubs weigh up to 30 pounds ( 13.6 kg) and have thick fur. Polar bear cubs nurse for at least 20 months. During this period they must learn from their mothers how to patiently await the return of a seal to its breathing hole in the ice. In lower Arctic regions mothers wean their cubs as they approach the age of two. On the other hand, in higher Arctic regions where conditions are more difficult, mothers care for their cubs for a third year. Starvation is believed to be the leading cause of death for sub-adults, those bears which have not yet reached maturity at age five or six. But those polar bears which do survive to adulthood have learned to hunt well. The annual mortality rate of adult bears is only 5% annually. Polar bears, whose sole enemy is man, generally live 15 to 18 years in the wild. See the rest of my article, published in December 2005, at http://eptours.com/T0512-churchill-manitoba.htm .

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From lazybearlodge.com - Polar bears viewed on a Polar Bear Tour from Lazy Bear Lodge in Churchill, Manitoba. They climb up the vehicle, play and enjoy the perfect Polar Bear weather.

This assembly of photo and video images were taken in the Manitoba province of Canada at: Oak Hammock Marsh Park, north of Winnipeg; Whiteshell Provincial Park, Birds Hill Provincial Park, Cooks Corner Grottoes, Winnipeg, a field east of Winnipeg, Barrier Bay Resort in Whiteshell, and on Barrier Bay in Dorothy Lake in Whiteshell. The soundtrack is by gurdonark from albums available under a Creative Commons license from www.disfish.com, and includes a sample from LeftOver Brass, whose work can be found at www.myspace.com/leftoverbrass

Short clip put together by Manitoba Harvest to give you a glimpse into hemp seed harvesting.

Sea to Sky - Saturday

In this segment of Exhibit Eh! Episode 7: Strange Structures, hosts Frank and Todd visit the Manitoba Legislative Building in Winnipeg. Most people don't know this, but it's full of mysterious Masonic symbols that parallel King Solomon's Temple in Egypt. Egypt

Kieran Hebden has been recording under his own name with drummer Steve Reid and with Fridge; Dan Snaith now records as Caribou, but back in 2003 we caught these two great friends together on tour with Prefuse 73. Kieran and Dan have been great friends for years and this interview with live footage is just a little snapshot in their careers which continue to evolve and blossom.

Live in Portland, OR at Wonder Ballroom. First song of the night. Video starts off black, don't worry... the pictures shows up quick. Torrent of show posted on dime a dozen, FYI.

Metis Square dancers at Little Black River, Manitoba.

F-5 Tornado touched down 45 KM west of Winnipeg, in the small town of Elie Manitoba. Several homes were destroyed, and the tornado flipped over a semi-trailer on the Trans-Canada Highway. Environment Canada confirmed this was an F5. At least 7 tornados touched down in southern Manitoba that weekend. No serious injuries were reported. June 22, 2007. 7-PM.

Faculty of Engineering Univerisity of Manitoba Referendum