The following is an excerpt from a letter from the Honorable James Moore, P.C., M.P., Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages dated January 15, 2010.
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Forty-five years ago, on February 15th, 1965 the National Flag of Canada was raised for the first time on Parliament Hill and all across Canada. It is with great pride that I invite all of you to celebrate the 45th anniversary of our national flag this February 15th.
As the eyes of the world turn to Canada during the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, we have a great opportunity to show the world our distinctive red and white maple leaf flag. This sign of freedom, democracy and human rights reminds us of how truly fortunate we are as Canadians to live in this vast and beautiful land.
The flag belongs to all Canadians; it is an emblem we all share.
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While in Manitoba we honor our provincial heritage by celebrating Louis Riel Day on February 15th, we are Canadians, too. Let the flag fly on February 15th.
Thank you for making our Family Literacy Day Bonfire Sing-a-long a huge success. Many members of the community came out to "Sing for Literacy", in spite of the extreme chill . A special thanks to Mayor Chris Goertzen for the Literacy Day Proclamation, to Fireman Stephen Rooke for maintaining the bonfires, to Canada Safeway Steinbach for the hot chocolate, to the Steinbach Sobeys and Harvest Honda for providing the cookies, to South Eastman Early Years Regional Team for the free books, to Derksen Printers for the Bookmarks, to Corny Rempel and Michelle Sawatsky for leading the singing (with help from sound man Michael Dueck), and to our wonderful staff and volunteers. Thank you all!
A special thank you to Harvest Honda for once again being Steinbach's primary sponsor of Family Literacy Day.
THANK YOU!
February is
"I Love to Read!" Month
10 Reasons to Keep Reading
Reading is an active mental process.
Reading improves your vocabulary.
Reading provides insight to different people, places and cultures.
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