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This is the current conditions weather report for The Pas. The report was made 79 minutes ago, at 12:00 UTC. The wind was blowing at a speed of 11.1 kilometers per hour / 7 miles per hour from the southwest (210°). The temperature was -5°C / 23°F, with a dew-point at -5°C / 23°F. The temperature felt like -9°C / 16°F. The atmospheric pressure was 1006 hPa / 29.68 inHg. The relative humidity was 39%. The skies were partly cloudy.

The Pas is a town in Manitoba, Canada, located at 54° N 101° W in the Norman Region, some 630 kilometres northwest of the provincial capital, Winnipeg, near the border of Saskatchewan.

Known as the "Gateway to the North," The Pas is a multi-industry northern Manitoba town serving a district population of over 15,000 (including the Opaskwayak Cree Nation (OCN), a Swampy Cree Reservation). The main components of the region's economy are agriculture, forestry, commercial fishing, tourism, transportation, and services (especially health and education). The main employer is a paper and lumber mill called Tolko Industries. The Pas contains one of the two main campuses of the University College of the North.

The region features an unspoiled land of countless lakes, endless boreal forests, diverse flora and fauna and colorful heritage. It boasts some of the most legendary game fishing lakes in North America, abundant game animals, well-preserved wilderness provincial parks system and hospitable northerners. The Pas and the surrounding area is not only internationally renowned for its trophy lake trout, northern pike and walleye but also rich in and well known for game animals and waterfowl such as moose, black bear, deer, woodland caribou, elk, Canada goose, snow goose, duck, etc. The region has been a popular angling and hunting destination for decades, attracting and entertaining anglers and hunters from southern Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Alberta and the mid-western states of USA. Some visitors are even from as far as California, Texas, Florida, Germany, France, Japan, etc.

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