Fort Gibraltar

• 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
  
• 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
  
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• 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
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• 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
• Lawsuit filed against city, Festival after platform collapse

  A lawsuit being filed after a platform collapse at Fort Gibraltar claims one of the students involved in the accident is at risk of "permanent disability".

  Trending

  Aug 22, 2023
• Manitoba’s Assiniboia Downs horse racetrack marks 65th anniversary

  The Assiniboia Downs is marking its 65th anniversary. Take a trot through Winnipeg horse-racing history with track historian Bob Gates.

  Canada

  Jun 8, 2023
• Winnipeg couple celebrate ‘perfect’ wedding despite relocation from Fort Gibraltar

  Two newlyweds reflect on the rush to find an alternative venue in the aftermath of the Fort Gibraltar platform collapse. The wedding they got, they said, was perfect.

  Canada

  Jun 6, 2023
• Fort Gibraltar ordered to close for inspection after 18 injured, Winnipeg mayor to look at safety regs

  The city said the site which 17 kids and one adult fell from a raised platform can't be open until a safety inspection of the entire area is complete.

  Canada

  Jun 1, 2023
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• Students fall nearly 20 feet at Fort Gibraltar in Winnipeg, 18 hospitalized

  A group of students from St. John's-Ravenscourt School in Winnipeg are recovering after an elevated platform collapsed in Fort Gibraltar during a field trip Wednesday morning.

  Canada

  May 31, 2023
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• Festival du Voyageur planning hybrid program with 2022 event a few weeks away

  Organizers said Thursday a hybrid format with both in-person and virtual elements is in the cards for the 53rd annual festival, which kicks off Feb. 18.

  Entertainment

  Jan 20, 2022