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D 4 TUESDAY, MAY 12, 2020 ● WINNIPEGFREEPRESS.COM MY MANITOBA • 1 cup (250 ml) Ketchup • 1/2 cup (125 ml) Water • 1/4 cup (60 ml) Chinese Chili Garlic Sauce • 2 tbsp (30 ml) Brown Sugar, packed • 2 tbsp (30 ml) Red Wine Vinegar • 1 tbsp (15 ml) Dijon Mustard • 6 Turkey Thighs, bone-in, skin-on Manitoba Turkey Producers has been promoting the consumption of locally grown turkey since 1968. We represent 55 farm families who take great pride in producing & supplying the highest quality turkey for Manitobans. Turkey is a nutritional powerhouse which makes it a great reason why you should add more turkey into your diet! For more delicious turkey recipes, visit: turkey.mb.ca Get Grillin! Ingredients Directions Serves: 6 Prep Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 45 mins Enjoy local MB Turkey for our province's 150 th birthday! Combine ketchup, water, garlic sauce, brown sugar, vinegar, and mustard in a bowl and set aside. Place turkey thighs on greased grill over medium high heat and grill for about 10 minutes. Turn the thighs over and reduce heat to medium. Grill and brush the thighs with sauce liberally for 20 to 30 minutes or until juices are no longer pink and the internal temperature reaches 165°F (74°C). Tip: Look for Chinese Chili Garlic Sauce in the international section of the grocery store. A rich and pass ssionate his istory. y. y. y. y A bright future. Une histoire riche et passionnante. Un avenir lumineux. ustboniface.ca Symbols herald Manitoba history Golden Boy missed out on coat of arms inclusion I F the Golden Boy had been short- er — and not so modern looking — he might have found a place on the province's coat of arms. Instead, the idea of the Golden Boy was discarded and the coat of arms, the heraldic symbol for Manitoba, stayed with the well-known provincial motif of the buffalo along with beaver, unicorn and horse symbols. Don Leitch knows that because, as the clerk of executive council during the Gary Filmon government, he was there when talk first came up of re- placing the province's original arms — only on a shield at the time — with the full ornate coat of arms we have today, and helped guide the process. "The Golden Boy came up in our con- versations, but the heraldic advice we got was it is more a modern symbol," Leitch said Monday, one day before Manitoba celebrates the 150th anniver- sary of when the federal government passed the act to make it a province. "It also would have been hard to put a long tall Golden Boy on something shaped like a coat of arms. We were told you have to be careful not to con- fuse the coat of arms with other mod- ern symbols. "The Golden Boy is a phenomenal symbol and it sits on top of the (legisla- ture) building. A coat of arms is intend- ed to be looking forward, but with a look back at the past." The province's original coat of arms, a green shield with the red and white Cross of St. George on top and a buf- falo standing on a rock, was officially granted by King Edward VII, Queen Victoria's son, and the current Queen's great-grandfather, in 1905. Leitch said the discussion of creating a new coat of arms was suggested by the Governor General's office as some- thing provinces without one could do to help celebrate the country's 125th anni- versary of Confederation in 1992. Leitch said he brought the Governor General's request to Premier Filmon who brought it to cabinet where the idea was approved. Then a committee, with Leitch head- ing it, began working on ideas while getting input and feedback from the Chief of Heraldry with the Governor General's office. "It was ultimately a very smooth pro- cess," he said. "It wasn't a two-month job — it ex- tended for about a year." Leitch said the motto, Latin words meaning glorious and free, was taken from a line in the national anthem O Canada, while the word glorious is also in the lyrics of God Save the Queen. "Glory is a good feeling," he said. "It's positive and forward looking. Alberta, representing that province, went with strong and free from the national an- them." Leitch said when the coat of arms was completed he recalls having to explain to members of cabinet what all of the symbolism meant because they knew it was the question that would be asked of them by their constituents. "There is a lot in there," he said. "One minister, who I won't name, said I've got to go back to taking history again." In 1992, during a ceremony at the Manitoba Legislature, Filmon and Gov- ernor General Ramon Hnatyshyn, the new coat of arms was officially put in place. "It has been in place nearly 30 years," Leitch said. "I think it will stand the test of time. "You don't change these things light- ly." kevin.rollason@freepress.mb.ca KEVIN ROLLASON ● The Royal Crown is at the top, representing constitutional sovereignty. It sits on the back of a beaver, a nod to the province's historic role in the fur trade and Canada's national animal, holding a prairie crocus, the province's provincial flower. ● The beaver is standing on a golden knight's helmet and it faces left, a symbol of the province's co-sovereign status in Confederation. ● Below that is the shield, the original coat of arms. At the top, the red and white cross is the Cross of St. George, the patron saint of England. The Cross of St. George is also in the Hudson's Bay Company's coat of arms, the centuries-old com- pany which used to govern the land which now makes up the province. The buffalo is symbolic of the animal which used to freely roam the prairies. ● To the left of the shield is a unicorn, a symbol of Scotland, to touch on the role of the province's Scottish settlers. Its green and white collar represents Manitoba being known as the Keystone Province, and it also includes stone, for the Hudson's Bay Company's Fort Garry, maple leaves for Canada, and, dangling down, a Red River cart wheel, the early form of transportation here. ● To the right of the shield is a horse, used by European settlers, as well as First Nation and Métis peoples. Both the horse's beaded collar and the cycle of life medallion hanging from it represent the province's Indigenous people. ● Below the shield, left to right, is a wheat field, prairie crocuses, and white spruce trees, symbolizing the province's southern agricultural fields, provincial flower, and the forested areas in the north. ● Underneath is a strip of blue and white waves to symbolize the thousands of lakes and rivers in the province. ● At bottom is the province's motto in Latin, Gloriosus et Liber, or Glorious and Free, taken directly from the national anthem. THE COAT OF ARMS OF MANITOBA, FROM TOP TO BOTTOM

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