by Bruce Cherney
It was a mystery that would have tested the skills of a detective with the shrewdness of the fictional Sherlock Holmes. But, a cold trail and an absence of hard facts means the case remains mostly unresolved to this ...
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If the lights suddenly go out and appliances stop working, you may have blown a fuse or tripped a circuit breaker. A power failure in one or two rooms is often caused by an overloaded circuit. To alleviate this, replace the fuse or reset th...
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The man who popularized Canadian history died in Toronto at 84 this week.
Pierre Berton did more for Canadian history than any of the nation’s top academic historians simply because he made the story of our nation accessible to...
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The average residential MLS® selling price in Winnipeg increased by 10.8 per cent in October to $118,362, according to the Canadian Real Estate Association.
“Consecutive $100-million-plus months of MLS® sales acti...
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Some years ago, glass blocks were popular as dividers in the home where light transmission was important. Over the years they faded in importance, but now enjoying a comeback.
At one of the building stores, I checked with a salespers...
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Heritage Winnipeg has launched an interactive website featuring the built history of Winnipeg.
“This website will be an indispensible tool for promoting the unique architecture of Winnipeg as well as being of great value to edu...
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Manitoba’s neighbours are now both classified as “have” provinces with the recent admission of Saskatchewan into the brotherhood of the wealthy.
Who would have believed that supposedly lowly Saskatchewan would becom...
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The provincial government is starting to realize there’s a real problem with funding education through property taxes, but it’s going about changing the system in the wrong way, according to Manitoba Real Estate Association poli...
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As this WREN issue hits the streets on Friday morning, the three levels of government, through the Winnipeg Housing and Homelessness Initiative, are participating in a special funding announcement that commemorates National Housing Day 2004...
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Although hand tools may be required for certain jobs around the home, they have been primarily replaced by power tools. Power tools perform faster, more efficiently and with less effort than hand tools.
The home do-it-yourself...
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