WestJet will launch direct, nonstop flights to Iceland from two Western Canadian cities – Winnipeg and Edmonton – beginning in June 2026. Both cities will receive weekly service to Iceland during the summer season. The airline will service both routes utilizing its Boeing 737 MAX fleet. “As part of our summer 2026 schedule, WestJet is bringing back non-stop transatlantic connectivity from Winnipeg with the addition of service to Iceland, reaffirming our commitment to offer convenient and reliable global connectivity for Manitobans,” said April Crane, the company’s vice-president for communications and engagement. “Just as Winnipeg plays a vital role in WestJet’s history, this route also holds a special meaning for Manitoba’s Icelandic community, while expanding the province’s international reach.”...

Born with a charming personality and a desire to explore the world, Hans H. Kristensen got to live a life of adventure and commitment. He discovered his own strength as an organizer, and he empowered others to work for the common good in an area unknown to many. He was the founder of International Agricultural Exchange Association, a program that had a profound impact on thousands of individuals. He can rightfully be called a bridge-builder between cultures, across oceans and generations. The Manitoba Interlake region hosted numerous “ag-trainees” during 1965–95, resulting in strong bonds and long-lasting relationships. Sometimes trainees married into the host community. Often a host family traveled abroad to visit the trainee families, personal relationships that fostered world visions of fraternity and equality...

Skirnir kept Frey’s magic sword for his own, and he did not bring back the borrowed horse, Blodughofi. So, for a long time, Frey had neither sword nor horse. The dwarfs kindly supplied him with a swift steed, as we shall see. This was a boar called Gullinbursti, or Golden-bristle, which was, ever after, Frey’s constant attendant. The golden bristles gave light, and were the rays of the sun; or, some say, the golden grain, which grew in Midgard, at the sun god’s bidding. Gullinbursti, by tearing up the earth with his tusks, taught men to plow. Sometimes Frey rode on his back; and sometimes he harnessed him to his chariot, from which he scattered fruits and flowers, as he drove over the world. Sometimes his sister Freya rode with him in his chariot, and helped him in blessing men with fruits...