“Standing in the prow watching the Welsh coast getting nearer, John whistled a cheerful tune — to the dismay of the crew. The captain, sharing their anxiety, tactfully suggested that king and bishop (go below and...
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In 2005, then Intergovernmental Affairs and Trade Minister Scott Smith introduced legislation to extend daylight saving time (DST) in Manitoba by four weeks. The legislation was passed and came into effect in 2007, as a result, Manitobans n...
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by Fernando Velarde Trejo
The West End in Winnipeg’s inner city is composed of the neighbourhoods of Central Park, Daniel McIntyre, St. Matthews, Spence, Minto, and Sargent Park. These neighbourhoods represent one of the ...
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When Winnipeg Ballet artistic director Andre Lewis wrote an article for a local newspaper about his favourite place in the city, he selected Assiniboine Park.
In the July 24, 2011, Free Press article, Lewi...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 3 of 3)
The St. Peter’s Reserve vote was over and the procedure to complete the land surrender was set in motion.
The surrender agreement was signed by Chief William Prince, councillors...
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Here’s some geography trivia with which to dazzle and amaze your friends:
• More than half the coastline of the entire United States is in Alaska.
• The Amazon rainforest produces mo...
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George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was passionate about spelling reform and left a substantial legacy to this cause hoping a new phonetic alphabet would be adopted. Each letter of this “Shavian” alphabet, devised by...
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Winnipeg is noted for some of the strangest ghost tales ever to be told, and the relating of these encounters with eerie spectres is usually associated with Hallowe’en. Perhaps the strangest of the strange was the Free...
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There is a lot of buzz about downtown these days. The Jets have returned, the Canadian Museum for Human Rights is being built, there...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 2)
To justify the surrender of the St. Peter’s Reserve, the October 1, 1907, Manitoba Free Press commented that: “The best people of the town (Selkirk) ... have for a long time...
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