Canada's Einarson defeats Japan to set up final vs. Switzerland at women's curling worlds
Canada's Kerri Einarson will play for gold at the women's curling world championship in Calgary. Einarson's team out of Manitoba's Gimli Curling Club defeated Japan 11-3 in Saturday's semifinal. Canada faces Switzerland's Xenia Schwaller for gold Sunday.
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/curling/womens-curling-world-championship-playoff-march-21-9.7137589?cmp=rss

« At The Golden Hall », c. 1960

by Cor Blok (Dutch artist, 1934-2021)
Personnal work, laterly published in "A Tolkien Tapestry", HarperCollins, 2011

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Hype for the Future 87H: New Iceland

Introduction The area around the settlement at Gimli, Manitoba, is typically known as New Iceland and is home to the Icelandic settlement associated with the New World and the largest such settlement overseas. Today, the settlement of Gimli, Manitoba, is home to artifacts of Icelandic culture as a direct result, including a notable Viking statue in the inner settlement. Connections Today, the municipality of Gimli, Manitoba, maintains Icelandic connections by way of the Gimli Gilder […]

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Hype for the Future 87H: New Iceland

Introduction The area around the settlement at Gimli, Manitoba, is typically known as New Iceland and is home to the Icelandic settlement associated with the New World and the largest such settleme…

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Hype for the Future 87G: The Icelandic Diaspora

Introduction Unlike other European source countries, Iceland has primarily represented emigration to Canada, as opposed to the United States, as a majority nation. While many other Nordic countries have primarily settled in the United States, Iceland has primarily been recognized as settling primarily in Canada, particularly in the Winnipeg area and the western shore of Lake Winnipeg in the New Iceland community now known as Gimli. Gimli is located around eighty (80) kilometers north of the […]

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Hype for the Future 87G: The Icelandic Diaspora

Introduction Unlike other European source countries, Iceland has primarily represented emigration to Canada, as opposed to the United States, as a majority nation. While many other Nordic countries…

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