During a chat with a female friend a couple of weeks ago, I was asked whether or not I would be watching the “royal wedding.” Not realizing it was a particularly important event, I paused before answering, baffled at being asked t...
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The following are some points gleaned from Marni Cappe on her presentation earlier this year in Winnipeg about NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard),a topic that is also covered in the WinnipegREALTORS® March 2011 discussion paper on Manitoba̵...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 2)
Despite his association with newcomers to Manitoba from Ontario — including militiamen — the fact that Premier Robert Atkinson “Hotel” Davis was born, raised and educated in Qué...
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Twins Jeremy and Jordan were thrilled to be the recipients of new sledge hockey equipment courtesy of the Winnipeg Real Estate News and the Downtown BIZ Power Play promotion.
“My dream was always to play hockey,” said 1...
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In March 1999, Twisty Tongue dealt with eponyms, words that grow from a personal name. I offered such examples as sadism, leotard, nicotine, maverick, volt, dunce, boycott, cardigan, quisling and shrapnel.
In June, 2000, the verb &...
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Think about it:
• If a bus station is where a bus stops and a train station is where a train stops, what’s supposed to happen at a work station?
• If Fed Ex and UPS merged would they call the new compan...
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If you want youth to pay attention, don’t turn to traditional media outlets — radio, newspapers and even television just don’t cut it anymore — they’re tuned into Facebook and Twitter. Social media is ...
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It was a mere coincident that when WinnipegREALTORS® was nearing completion of a discussion paper on Manitoba’s acute rental shortage, one of the civic issues identified was on the city planner’s agenda for a workshop f...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 1)
Political partisanship was so intense during the first election campaigns in Manitoba that newspapers commonly resorted to mudslinging commentary that stretched the boundaries of libelous intent. Dur...
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There is a growing number of people who view Winnipeg’s downtown as the place-to-be, wanting to live in the area that possesses some of the city’s most popular attractions such as the MTS Centre, The Forks and the Canadian Museum ...
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