Archive : September 2011

Happenings on the October calendar

Slipping back through the history of fall, here's a guided tour of the events, whether great, near-great or downright banal, that have graced the October calendar down through the years. October 2, 1950 — Peanuts, a syndicate...

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The legend of the phoenix

The phoenix comes from Greek and Egyptian mythology where the original was a fabulous bird spiritually related to the sun. Only one phoenix lived at any time. Just one. A male. Semi-immortal, he lived for a very long time. How long...

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Spicing up an election

Liberal Party Leader Jon Gerrard has accused his two opponents in the provincial election — NDP Leader  Greg Selinger and PC Leader Hugh  McFadyen — of making campaign promises that will cost Manito...

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Miscellany to test your memory

Here’s a merry melange of memorable miscellany. Perhaps some of this will be new to you, or maybe you know it all. Either way, there’s stuff here with which you can impress your friends and neighbours and maybe even convince them ...

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How do you pronounce “mic?”

Readers of this column will never see the abbreviation “mic” used here. This Johnny-come-lately to the lexicon of abbreviations makes no phonetic sense. It was, and is, a totally unnecessary addition. The fir...

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Our city’s “Mr. Winnipeg”

“Mr. Winnipeg” was an honourary title conferred on Harold Buchwald, this year’s inductee into the Citizens Hall of Fame established by WinnipegREALTORS® in 1986. Nicholas Hirst, a former editor-in-chief of the Free Pres...

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Over-reliance on school property taxes

Despite the claims being made about the progress to control or curb the education taxes paid on property, there is still an over-reliance on education taxes levied on all property types in Manitoba. Business properties, for example...

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