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 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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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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The Manitoba Real Estate Association and WinnipegREALTORS® hosted a provincial leaders forum broadcast live on Shaw TV on September 14. During the forum, one of the questions asked was whether the party leaders were commited to providing...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 1)
The usual argument in favour of a land surrender of a First Nations reserve was that good agricultural acreage was being under-utilized and could be put to better purpose by white settlers. While the St. P...
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With the provincial election just around the corner on October 4, WinnipegREALTORS® and the Manitoba Real Estate Assocation asked the Liberals, New Democratic Party and Progressive Conservatives to respond to four questions that have a b...
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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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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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“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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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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