Archive : June 2010

Tiny vampires

Manitoba children can be forgiven if they are heard chanting, “Rain, rain, go away/Come again another day.” While the province has in recent days been incessantly under a deluge of rain, the only critters benefitting seem...

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Time unfair to Barber House

The fates have not been kind in recent years to Barber House, the historically-significant home that once belonged to a  pioneering family. In 1935, Lillian Gibbons interviewed Lily Barber Sparrow for one of her series of articl...

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Price of new homes has eased in Winnipeg

  The increase in new housing prices in Canada slowed in February, following two consecutive months in which the rate of growth was gaining speed, according to a recent report from  Statistics Canada.  The de...

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Back to the future

It’s bemusing, while at the same time rather sad, to know that 55 years ago Winnipeg had a perfectly “modern” transit system that was thought to be antiquated by the people who were blessed by its presence. Today, we cast ...

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