Wonderful world of whimsy
Alice was to bake a cake for a church sale, but she forgot to do it until the last minute. She baked an angel food cake and when she took it from the oven, the centre had dropped flat.
“Oh dear,” she exclaimed, “t...
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Accidents will happen
William Archibald Spooner (1844-1930) was dean and warden of New College, Oxford, where he taught ancient history, divinity and philosophy. He was also an ordained Anglican priest.
But his memory lives on for another reason. He was...
Land transfer tax — a burden on home buyers that is far from revenue-neutral as was first intended
When Finance Minister Eugene Kostyra brought in the new land transfer tax in 1987, his provincial budget statement claimed the tax was fair because it “gives a break to those purchasing average and low-cost housing.”
Substance defeats critics
During the process of writing this week’s Heritage Highlight about Oak Hammock Marsh (pages 4 to 7), which includes the controversy surrounding the construction of its centre and office complex, I began to think about how many times ove...
Oak Hammock Marsh — by the late 1960s, the bog had shrunk to a mere 60 hectares
by Bruce Cherney (part 1)
You probably hear them before they are seen. But gazing skyward, searching for the source of the plaintive calls, one of the more common sights of a Manitoba fall is soon revealed. Geese at this time of ye...
A few zingers and laughs, but leaders rarely strayed off-message
The only encounter between the three major party leaders to be televised live (Shaw TV Winnipeg) in Manitoba occasionally engaged provincial election front-runners NDP Leader Greg Selinger and Conservative Leader Hugh McFadyen in heated excha...
A nostalgia trivia quiz
You’ll probably find this nostalgia trivia quiz much too easy for your amazingly sharp memory. On the other hand, maybe I can come up with a few questions that will challenge your “mind-like-a-steel-trap’ recall (answe...
A name for willful destruction
“‘The time has come,’ the Walrus said,
“‘To talk of many things:
“‘Of shoes — and ships — and sealing wax —
“Of cabbages — and kings R...
9/11 anniversary
(Note: the following is a partial reprint of the Editor’s Comment published three days after the terrorist attack on the United States on September 11, 2001. Ten years later, Osama Bin Laden, the man who orchestrated the attack, is dead...
A downtown housing strategy
by Stephano Grande
Who needs a Downtown Housing Plan, when the $40-million residential development grant program is proving to be “successful” in leveraging dozens of housing projects?
While some may already ...