Tourist Time

It's waaay too early Friday morning for me to file the conference report I'd planned on filing. CanWest Global Communications sponsored a fun night at a local nightclub — complete with  a Scotch and cigar tent outside and a live performance by Purity, a local garage band composed of precocious 13 year olds. A fine evening. Really. (Actually the kids were pretty impressive, even if they're musical style - think Greenday meets The Tombstones. Sort of. Nice moment: when the drummer's mom took to the dance floor in an effort to kickstart the crowd, which was having none of it. The kids ignored her just like a real band would.)
So.
Instead of my report, I offer you three pictures taken by Spec managing editor (News) Jim Poling during a morning walkabout this week.
(Click on the thumbnails for a good look at the pic. Or not.)
The first is the marker for the burial site of Louis Riel. While much of Canada thinks of him merely as "that fellow who led the revolt and got hanged" out here in Manitoba, he's regarded more as the father of Manitoba.
Next is the home of Bishop Tache,  the second bishop of saint-Boniface. Someone needs to take responsibility for that roof. I'm not being critical, I'm just saying ....
And lastly, and keeping with Jim's religious theme, we have .. Saint-Boniface Cathedral. This is the outer shell and all that remains after two fires. If you look closely, you can see that there is a new church built into the back of the building.
The hotel is now being overrun by eager NNA nominees, shoes shined, hair licked down and hope gleaming in their eyes - not that there's anything wrong with that. I'll return after a few hours of sleep.
Bill
(Photos by Jim "shutterbug" Poling)