Festival Du Voyageur

• Festival calls for safe return of 100 animal pelts after Fort Gibraltar heist

  Someone scaled the fence at Fort Gibraltar after the site closed for the day on Monday and made off with more than 100 animal furs.

  Crime

  Aug 14, 2025
  
• Winnipeggers flock to Festival du Voyageur for celebration of Louis Riel Day

  Winnipeggers have flocked to Festival du Voyageur to celebrate Louis Riel Day.

  Canada

  Feb 19, 2024
  
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• Fort Gibraltar walkway collapse sees 2nd family suing City of Winnipeg, Festival du Voyageur

  Parents of an 11-year-old boy say he fractured his left arm after falling almost 20 feet at Fort Gibraltar in May 2023, and has effectively lost the use of his left arm and hand.

  Canada

  Feb 6, 2024
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• Tickets on sale for 55th edition of Winnipeg’s Festival du Voyageur

  Tickets are on sale as Festival du Voyageur gears up for the 55th edition of its annual winter festival in Winnipeg, slated for next February.

  Canada

  Nov 9, 2023
• Fort Gibraltar walls to come down after May field trip disaster

  The outside walls of a popular St. Boniface tourist attraction are coming down in light of a disaster that sent 17 children and one adult to hospital. 

  Canada

  Oct 5, 2023
• City, Festival du Voyageur failed to provide safe setting for injured child, lawyer says

  In the May 31 incident, 17 children and one adult from St. John's Ravenscourt School fell nearly 20 feet to the ground after the elevated platform collapsed.

  Canada

  Aug 23, 2023
• Successful return to in-person events for Festival du Voyageur

  Western Canada's largest winter festival came back with a bang after pandemic-enforced hybrid events each year since the last full edition in 2020.

  Entertainment

  Feb 27, 2023
• Festival du Voyageur announces programming for 2023 Winnipeg festival

  This year's Festival du Voyageur runs Feb. 17-26, and includes perennially-popular activities like the beard-growing contest, historical events, fiddling and jigging contests.

  Entertainment

  Jan 17, 2023
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• Winnipeg’s Festival du Voyageur back with hybrid events

  During the 10-day run, festival goers can check out all the signature events: snow sculptures, delicious food, tobogganing, snowshoeing and more.

  Entertainment

  Feb 17, 2022
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• Winnipeg’s Festival du Voyageur to feature live outdoor music

  For the first time in the francophone event's history, live bands will perform outside for everyone to enjoy.

  Entertainment

  Feb 11, 2022