Madam Speaker, I rise today to inform the House that the second annual Winterfest New Brunswick festival will take place this coming weekend, February 8 and 9, in Oromocto.
Winterfest is a non-profit community based organization of volunteers dedicated to the success of a non-commercial winter festival.
Winterfest was born of the vision of winter fun embodied by our national capital's Winterlude. New Brunswick's winter festival offers free of charge, fun filled and safe outdoor winter activities to people of all ages.
Winterfest New Brunswick is an ambitious concept that requires the dedication of many volunteers and strong partnerships. I would like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to Winterfest executive director John Antworth, the Department of National Defence and everyone who volunteers their time and energy to make Winterfest such a timely and unique event.