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40 Artists from the Canadian Icetival Inc from Heilonjiang Province in Northern China are hard at work preparing their ice wonderland at the Forks Tuesday – The crew who live at about the same latitude in China as Winnipeg have been fighting the recent warm weather- In their hometown of Haerbin their ice festival brought 1.44 Billion dollars to their local economy from tourism-The display including a 40ft replica of the Manitoba Legislature will be open to the public from Jan 20-25, 2016-Two of three Igloos being constructed- doing fine shaving- Standup Photo- Jan 05, 2016 (JOE BRYKSA / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS)