Weather Network loves Manitoba

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This article was published 28/03/2019 (2490 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

The Weather Network has a message for Manitoba: sorry for blocking the view.

For years, Manitobans have expressed anger, both online and in their living rooms, while watching the Weather Network, hoping to catch a glimpse of their hometown’s forecast. Hosts employed by the popular cable TV channel have long displayed a frustrating habit (at least for those viewers located in the centre of the country) of standing in front of Manitoba on its map of Canada.

On Tuesday, the Weather Network sought to make amends with Canada’s friendliest province by posting an apology video titled “Sorry Manitoba: We do really love you” to its Twitter feed.

For Manitoba, with love ❤

— The Weather Network (@weathernetwork) March 26, 2019

 

 

“We want to let you know that we hear you. We stand in front of the province of Manitoba way too often,” a Weather Network employee says at the beginning of the two-minute video.

Clip after clip shows meteorologists standing in front of a map of Canada as they announce forecasts, and each time they happen to be standing in front of the keystone province.

The clips are interspersed with screen grabs from Twitter, highlighting viewers who take to the internet to express their frustration.

After explaining why this happens so often (it has a lot to do with Manitoba’s geographic location), one employee says: “Excuses, excuses, we wanted to let you know we’re sorry, because Manitoba: We love you.”

The video then cuts to different Weather Network employees as they list the things they love best about Manitoba, including freshwater lakes, fishing, blue skies, the Winnipeg Jets, and the kindness and hospitality shown by its residents.

The video proved a hit, with 150 comments and nearly 500 likes by Wednesday afternoon, and seemed to do a lot towards repairing whatever hard feelings existed among Manitobans — at least those who commented online.

However, there was no word on what province is next in line to get the shaft from Weather Network hosts now that, hopefully, the practice of standing in front of Manitoba has met its end.

May we suggest Saskatchewan?

ryan.thorpe@freepress.mb.ca

Twitter: @rk_thorpe

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