by Bruce Cherney (part 5 of 5)
An important detail General Sir Frederick Stephenson failed to mention when promoting the overland Suakin-Berber route to relieve the siege of Khartoum, Sudan, was the lack of camels and water in ...
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Weaker housing sales in January resulted from a shortage of MLS® listings in sought-after neighbourhoods, according to WinnipegREALTORS®.
But despite MLS® sales in January being below 500 units for the first time in six...
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by Diane Poulin
The University of Winnipeg is on track to execute the most ambitious campus and community redevelopment plan in its history. The projects have attracted just over $30 million to Winnipeg’s downtown in private-pu...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 4)
Colonel Willian Francis Butler felt the telegram reprimand he received from General Sir Garnet Wolseley, the British commander of the Sudan campaign, for not awaiting orders, was “a slap in the face.&r...
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From an historical perspective, it won’t be easy for any candidate to unseat Sam Katz as mayor. In fact, incumbency is the strongest hand Katz holds — 1956 was the last time a mayor seeking re-election was dethroned.
Whom...
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WinnipegREALTORS® president Claude Davis says more of his friends and clients are returning to Winnipeg after retiring or leaving jobs in other Canadian cities.
The attraction is not only the very affordable housing in rela...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 3)
Lord Melgund wrote to his superior, Canadian Governor General Lord Lansdowne, about Colonel Frederick Denison’s reluctant approval of William Nassau Kennedy’s participation in the Nile campaign. ...
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The Canadian Association of Accredited Mortgage Professionals new research finds Canadians are being prudent and not taking undue risks when taking out mortgages.
Will Dunning, the chief economist for CAAMP, in a special re...
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Responsible government in a British colony was a Canadian invention, which was first achieved in Nova Scotia in February 1848 and the next month in the province of Canada (Québec and Ontario). Under responsible government, the govern...
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As was widely expected, the Bank of Canada held its benchmark overnight lending rate steady at 0.25 per cent on January 19. The trend-setting bank rate, which is set 0.25 percentage points above the overnight lending rate, remains at 0.5 pe...
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