As the annual festivities get into full swing, here’s another little Christmas trivia quiz to test your knowledge of this very special season (answers follow):
1. The first commercial Christmas card g...
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St. Nicholas of Myra (Lycia), who died in the fourth century, is irrevocably associated with Christmas. Scholars trace this to a story involving Nicholas and three penniless maidens who, lacking dowries, were destined for a ...
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Of all the Christmas stories I have read about while doing historical research, one of the most endearing I have found involves “newsboys,” or “newsies.” As the electronic media gains more inroads int...
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by Roberta Weiss
Everyone would agree that safety and comfort are basic necessities of life, though we may not always realize how difficult day-to-day existence can be for some. Five years ago, a group of REALTORS® realized...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 3 of 3)
Winnipeg Mayor Richard “Dick” Deans Waugh, an avid curler and president of the Granite Curling Club from 1905 to 1907, at the member’s annual meeting on November ...
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Christmas riddles for the kids:
• Why does Santa have three gardens?
So he can hoe, hoe, hoe.
• What kind of cereal do snowmen eat?
Frosty Flakes.
• How do shee...
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Barbecue isn’t our sole Caribbean loanword, although it almost is. Fewer than 20 English words have been borrowed from native Caribbean tongues.
Words from the Caribbean having an African origin are more plentiful. This i...
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The passage of a statute 80 years ago in December is an extremely signifcant event in Canadian history. On December 11, 1931, the Statute of Westminster was passed by the British Parliament, removing the last vestiges of colonialism and cre...
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It took 11 years to secure the Formal Garden area in the southeast corner of Assiniboine Park as the new home of the Citizens Hall of Fame, but it was well worth the wait to acquire access to the terrific site.
How did it...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 2 )
A June 12, 1911, meeting showed that not all had been resolved among Granite Curling Club shareholders. The question of winding up the affairs of the existing club at the corner of Hargrave Street and...
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