Assiniboine Park Zoo opening COVID-safe lights exhibit this weekend
The Assiniboine Park Zoo in Winnipeg says its lights exhibit will open to the public starting this weekend, and run until the last week of March.
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Posted: Feb 18, 2021 5:40 PM CT | Last Updated: February 18
The Assiniboine Park Zoo temporarily closed in November due to the province s red-level pandemic restrictions, which prevented the Zoo Lights display from running during the holiday season. It will now open on Saturday and run until the last week of March.(Submitted by Assiniboine Park Conservancy)
Winnipeg Free Press By: Rosanna Hempel
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Milania Porpiglia meets a tiger as the Assiniboine Park Zoo reopened Saturday for the first time since it was forced to close under COVID-19 public-health orders in mid-November.
Families and onlookers gasped, laughed and shrieked as a curious polar bear at the Assiniboine Park Zoo pressed its face near a viewing barrier, only inches away from young Milania Porpiglia on Saturday morning. Within minutes, two bears gave the delighted visitors a close-up play-fighting show, standing on their hind legs.
Families and onlookers gasped, laughed and shrieked as a curious polar bear at the Assiniboine Park Zoo pressed its face near a viewing barrier, only inches away from young Milania Porpiglia on Saturday morning. Within minutes, two bears gave the delighted visitors a close-up play-fighting show, standing on their hind legs.
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