Wonderful world of whimsy
Questions for seniors:
Question: How can you avoid spotting a wrinkle every time you walk by a mirror?
Answer: The next time you’re in front of a mirror, take off your glasses.
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Archive : May 2011
“Wascally wabbits” in literature
Run, Rabbit Run, a popular Second World War song, went: “Run Rabbit, Run Rabbit,/Run, run, run./Don’t give the farmer his fun, fun, fun./He’ll get by without his rabbit pie/So run rabbit, run rabbit,/Run, run, run.”
No great surprise
With defeat comes reward. At least that’s the case for Larry Smith, Fabian Maning and José Verner, Conservative candidates who were all defeated in the May 2 federal election.
After his new cabinet was named with no disc...
Winnipeg’s West End changing for the better
The West End is on the move.
A lot has happened in the West End since Housing Opportunity Partnership (HOP) began its community revitalization, including a marked increase in residential property values. When HOP began to sca...
Winnipeg Beach — Barbour book relates resort was place where rules and boundaries were challenged
(Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from the newly-released book, Winnipeg Beach: Leisure and Courtship in a Resort Town, 1900-1967, by Dale Barbour, University of Manitoba Press — www.uofmpress.ca — paperback, 264 p...
Manitoba homes still among the nation’s most affordable
Manitoba’s reputation as one of the most affordable provinces for housing remains intact, according to a new report from RBC economics.
The latest Housing Trends and Affordability report indicated housing affordability in Man...
Student heritage fair featured hall of fame inductees
With the encouragement and guidance of social studies teachers Marie Zorniak and James Dykstra, Winnipeg REALTORS® staff and the Citizens Hall of Fame committee members participated for the first time as a sponsor of the day-long R...
Ancient lake’s legacy
At the turn of the 20th century, the boast was that all railroads led to Winnipeg, giving rise to the belief that the city would eventually become the “Chicago of the North.” While this didn’t quite come true, a great city d...
Lord of the con — Munro came from Toronto with two warrants to arrest the bogus aristocrat
by Bruce Cherney (part 3 of 3)
The impostor aristocrat, who with a silky-smooth tongue and a bogus pedigree had convinced so many to part with their money, hatched another scheme to elude the law, which he sensed was once aga...
Bronze sculpture of Terry Fox now on display in park
The bronze sculpture of Winnipeg REALTORS®-established Citizens Hall of Fame inductee Terry Fox is now on its pedestal in the Formal Garden at Assiniboine Park.
“It’s wonderful to see the likeness of Terry Fox sitt...