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THE Manitoba Museum will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic with a special program this weekend.

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THE Manitoba Museum will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic with a special program this weekend.

A 45-minute presentation telling the story of the Manitobans who were on board the doomed ocean liner will take place at 1 p.m., 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday in the Grasslands Theatre.

The travellers were on their way to Manitoba when the ship hit an iceberg and sank on April 15, 1912, claiming 1,517 lives.

The program will also include a few artefacts from the museum’s Titanic: The Manitoba Connection exhibit, a power-point presentation and clips from James Cameron’s Titanic that tell the true-life story of one immigrant family who were on their way to Manitoba when tragedy struck.

Admission is free with museum gallery admission.

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The Associated Press Archives In this April 10, 1912, file photo, the liner Titanic leaves Southampton, England on her maiden voyage. Nearly 100 years after the Titanic went down, a cruise with the same number of passengers aboard is setting sail to retrace the ship's voyage, including a visit to the location where it sank. The Titanic Memorial Cruise is set to depart Sunday, April 8, 2012, from Southampton, where the Titanic left on its maiden voyage.

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