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    2013 Moving Water Courses

    by  • April 15, 2013 • Featured, Post

    Learn the art and skill of paddling moving water with Manitoba’s most experienced instructor trio: Dwayne Dosch, Gerry Hirose, and Brian Johnston. Courses this year include: - Intro to Moving Water (May 25/26 or June 15/16) - Class II Whitewater (May 18/19) - and more! Check out this poster (PDF, 82KB) for more details.

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    MEC Club Night for Paddle MB Members

    by  • April 4, 2013 • Featured

    Thursday, April 18, 7-9PM Come down to the Winnipeg Mountain Equipment Co-op and get 10% off all in-store, full-price merchandise! We are also featuring an illustrated talk by Brian Johnston: “Manitoba’s Black River: Revealing a Treasure”. It will be at 7PM, so get there early! Remember to bring a membership card or other ID...

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    2013 Canoe School

    by  • March 31, 2013 • Featured, Slideshow

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    Interested in advanced canoe skills or becoming a canoe instructor? Come out to Canoe School on the May long weekend! Four days of intensive instruction will immerse you in the finer points of paddling. This year CanoeSchool is offering two courses, one for instructors and one for advanced canoeists: Lake Canoe Tandem Intermediate Instructor...

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    2013 Trips

    by  • March 30, 2013 • Featured, News, Slideshow

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    We are planning our trips and outings for spring and summer 2013. The following are tentative ideas for trips. If you have ideas, feedback, or want to join or lead a trip, email Chris Randall at president@paddle.mb.ca. Date Destination April Roseau River May Turtle Mountain May Brokenhead River June Pembina River June Rice River...

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    2012 Annual Report

    by  • February 5, 2013 • Featured, Post

    We have just prepared and released our Annual Report for 2012. Check it out below, and if you are a Paddle Manitoba member or just interested in paddling, please come out to our Annual General Meeting! (PDF, 600Kb)

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    “Gearing up for the Outdoors”: Call for Volunteers

    by  • May 16, 2012 • Featured, News

    FortWhyte Alive is hosting an event on Sunday, June 24 that will celebrate all kinds of outdoors activities. Paddle Manitoba has partnered with them to provide canoeing activities and education. We have been given a free hand to deliver some workshops on and off the water and to manage an information booth. So we...

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    2012 Moving Water Canoe Courses

    by  • April 27, 2012 • Featured, News

    Once you are confident with your flatwater skills you may want to challenge yourself with Paddle Canada’s advanced courses. Canoe and kayak camping, whitewater, and lake water paddling are some of the interests covered in these courses. 2012 Moving Water Canoe Courses (PDF)

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    2012 Canoe Courses

    by  • April 27, 2012 • Featured, News

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    We have just posted our schedule of canoe courses for the summer of 2012! Come join out Paddle Canada certified instructors at beautiful La Barriere Park for Canoe Basic Skills and Lake Canoe Introduction Tandem courses. Each is being offered every month in both a weekend session and as a series of four Thursday...

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    FortWhyte Alive EcoAdventure Race 2012

    by  • April 21, 2012 • News

    Come join Paddle Manitoba at Fort Whyte on Sunday for the 13th annual EcoAdventure race! The race features running, cycling, paddling, and orienteering across a 35km course.  We’ll be there cheering people on and running a booth with information about Paddle Manitoba and our paddling programmes. For more information: 13th Annual EcoAdventure Race

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