As Canada Day approaches, it seems unbelievable that three-quarters of Canadians between the ages of 18 and 24 have no clue in which year our Confederation was created. Yet, that was a finding of a 2007 survey by the Dominion Institute.&nbs...
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REALTORS® are all about getting results for their clients, and the first half statistics for June show they are doing just that.
June 1 to June 15 sales this year are slightly ahead of last year’s pace — an exc...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 3 of 3)
Well after the polio epidemic had peaked in most of Manitoba, Bowsman closed its school toward the end of October, “owing to the high incidence of polio in the district.”
Wading...
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The housing market may have experienced some ups and downs this year, but the spirits of potential first-time homebuyers across Canada remain strong, according to a new survey.
Eighty-four per cent of the 2,521 people surveyed ...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 2)
A September 5, 1953, Free Press front-page article entitled, Small in Number, A ‘Fighting’ Few Stand Polio Siege, by Lyn Chandler, described the arduous duties of nurses and staff at King George ...
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WinnipegREALTORS® knew going into 2009 that 2007 and 2008 would be tough years to follow, as the former was the best year ever for MLS® sales at over 13,000 units sold and last year set a new dollar volume record with a final tally ...
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Not many cities can make Winnipeg’s boast of possessing a network of rivers totalling 160 kilometres that allows residents to conveniently drop in a fishing line and catch master-angler catfish, or a multitude of other fish species of...
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A new forecast indicates Manitoba will be one of only three Canadian provinces to experience economic growth this year.
Despite the downward pressure of the global recession, Manitoba’s economy is expected to grow by 0.5 per ce...
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by Geoff McCullough
My mother passed away last September after being in complex continuing care in Hamilton for four years.
While she was alive, we kept the family home so that she was confident she could still return to...
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by Bruce Cherney (part1)
Peter Thompson* had been married for just two years when he became “so sick and so bewildered,” by what he felt at the time was a “mysterious” ailment.
After visiting with his w...
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