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| Heartland
E-newsletter April 2007 |
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| Welcome
to the Heartland e-newsletter for April 2007. If you celebrate Easter,
we wish you a Happy Easter. |
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| Photos
from Taiwan |
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| Keira
spent a week in Taiwan in early March 2007 to promote Heartland
and recruit more students. She had a wonderful trip, and was so
happy to meet with some former students in Taipei , Taichung , and
Kaohsiung . Thank you to everyone who made her trip so memorable!
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| Manitoba
Hydro's Downtown Office Project |
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| As
part of Winnipeg 's downtown revitalization, several businesses
are moving their offices downtown. Manitoba Hydro is building a
new head office building on Portage Avenue, across from Portage
Place Shopping Centre, and it will be a state-of-the art energy
efficient, cost-effective structure. Below are photos of how the
building will look when it is complete. For up-to-date photos of
the constructions, visit http://www.hydro.mb.ca/projects/downtown/cams_south.shtml
. The building will be completed by May 2008. |
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| Holiday
Announcement |
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| Heartland
will be closed for the Easter holidays on Friday, April 6 th (Good
Friday). |
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| Easter
Celebration - Mini Lesson (intermediate) by
Carol |
If
you're studying in Canada this spring, you might wonder why there's
no school on Friday, April 6. That's because it's Good Friday,
which is part of the Christian Easter celebration.
In
Canada , Easter weekend is special. Good Friday is a national
holiday, and all the banks, schools, and stores close. Christians
go to church on Easter Sunday, and they have a big meal on Easter
Sunday, too. Canadians usually eat ham, lamb, or turkey, and spring
vegetables like asparagus are popular too. Children often hunt
for Easter eggs which their parents have hidden all over the house,
and get chocolate bunnies to eat. In Winnipeg, there are public
Easter egg hunts at the Legislature and in Assiniboine Park. And
here at Heartland, we have our own Easter egg hunt!
Easter
is a Christian holiday, but it used to be a spring fertility festival.
The symbols of Easter are bunny rabbits, eggs, and flowers, and
all of them symbolize fertility and growth. The word Easter comes
from an old English goddess of sunrise, or new beginning, and
when Christians came to England, they took the name of the goddess
for their most important celebration.
If
you're living in Canada, you will see pink, yellow and green Easter
displays in stores, and millions of chocolate bunnies and candy
eggs for sale. You can give your homestay family an Easter card
if they're Christian, or you can exchange candy and chocolate
gifts with them and your friends!
After
reading this article, try answering these questions:
- What
do Canadians usually do on Easter Sunday?
- Name
three places in Winnipeg where there are Easter egg hunts.
- Was
Easter always a Christian holiday?
- What
are the symbols of Easter?
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