Archive : July 2011

Happenings on the August calendar

It’s too bad these wonderfully relaxing summer days can’t go on forever.  First  it’s good old June, then suddenly July makes the scene and then, shockingly, it's August. This last month of summer seems to burst up...

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Enforced language usage change

Al Shaw asks, “Did I miss the announcement when actresses and stewardesses and hostesses disappeared?” Shaw is being facetious. He knows he didn’t miss anything. Overtly feminine nouns began receiving b...

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When the world was shattered

When the first atomic bomb was detonated in a tower above the sands of a New Mexico desert on July 16, 1945, physicist and leader of the Allied team that built the device, Robert Oppenheimer, expressed the gravity of what had occurred by quot...

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“Answer Man” provides the answers

Great sport that he is, the “Answer Man” has once again agreed to field your questions about all and sundry topics. So, let’s get started. Is there anything “good” about mosquitoes? Well, ac...

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When a song won’t go away

Reader, Elsie W., wrote: “Thanks a bunch! When you quoted from The Gambler song, you gave me an earworm. I haven’t been able to get Kenny Rogers out of my head since I read that column.” Sorry about that Elsie, an...

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Hot, hotter, hottest

The sweat is running down your brow and your head feels like it’s on fire. It’s hot!  In fact, the temperature on Tuesday tied the heat record for Winnipeg of 34.4°C set on July 19, 1967, and the hu...

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CIBC report: positive momentum for Winnipeg

Winnipeg’s high ranking in the most recent CIBC Metropolitan Economic Activity Index came as no surprise to Peter Squire, the MLS® market analyst for WinnipegREALTORS®.  “Winnipeggers’ optimistic ou...

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