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OWNER/DEALER
ROBERT FRIDFINNSON

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204-284-7650
100-1717 WAVERLEY STREET
WINNIPEG. MANITOBA R3T 6A9
WAVERLEY AUTO MALL
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Marianne Nothstein with Iceland Spring in front of Gluttons
Specialty Foods and Bistro in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Icelandic water now
available in Winnipeg
Steinþór Guðbjartsson
Winnipeg, MB
Icelandic bottled water,
Iceland Spring, has been avail-
able at selected places in North
America for a while and now
customers can buy it in Win-
nipeg, Manitoba.
Recently, Gluttons Spe-
cialty Foods and Bistro
opened in the old fur building
on 842 Corydon Avenue (cor-
ner of Corydon and Lilac) and
the Icelandic water, Iceland
Spring, is among the delicates-
sen, both in the store and the
restaurant.
“People like it.” says Mar-
ianne Nothstein at the Bistro,
and no wonder. At Iceland
Naturally’s website (iceland-
naturally.com) it is said to
have style. “For sophisticated,
health and quality-conscious
consumers who are willing to
pay a premium price for a pre-
mier product, Iceland Spring
delivers the pinnacle of bot-
tled-water purity from the un-
polluted mountains of Iceland
and reaffirms its consumers’
appreciation of European styl-
ishness and prestige.”
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Canada-
US picnic
in Blaine
Norma Guttormsson
Blaine, WA
PHOTOS: NORMA GUTTORMSSON
Back row (from left): Hjördís Ottósdóttir, Magnea Reynarsdótt-
ir, Kristjana Helgason, Óðinn Helgason. Front row: Josephine
Hermans, Olga Hermans, Patrick Harper, Elísabet Helgason.
People of Icelandic descent
from Canada and the United
States celebrated their heritage
at a combined annual picnic on
Saturday 30 July.
Gerri McDonald worked
with other Icelandic Cana-
dian Club of BC (ICC of BC)
members to organize their re-
sources for the available date at
the park. Carl Westman of the
Blaine Icelandic Heritage So-
ciety recalled that these com-
bined picnics have often been
shared since 1914 and com-
memorate the fact that most
immigrants from Iceland first
settled in Canada because of its
more tolerant national entrance
policies.
Following long established
tradition, each family or person
attending brought their own
picnic lunch. Beverages and
dessert were fumished. Leon-
ard Breidford recalls that in
the early days a large circular
saw blade from a local mill was
placed on rocks with a wood
fire raging below. The heated
surface kept many coffee pots
perking and casseroles warmed
during the picnic.
Children attending the pic-
nic played games, ran races and
enjoyed live music presented
just for them.
Óli Leifsson from British
Columbia crossed the border to
attend the Blaine group’s plan-
ning sessions along with Gerri
to help formulate this 2005 co-
operative event. It is anticipated
that future picnics and other
gatherings will be planned,
promoted and attended by
members from many Icelandic
organizations.
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