Tame Winter Pushes Canadian Festival Organizers to Buy Snow


There’s no business like snow business  ©blmiers2

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Countries all over the world are singing praises of what seems to be a record winter with less snow and warmer temperatures. But the milder season isn’t helping Winnipeg, Manitoba. With less snow than usual, the city had to buy 200 loads of snow to accommodate their annual Festival du Voyageur, an event centered around snow sports and ice sculptures.

The artificially-made snow is coming courtesy of a nearby winter recreation area, which is similar to snow made by machine for ski hills.

More details can be found at Reuters.com

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