by Bruce Cherney (part 1)
The residents of Emerson were greeted by a scene more reminiscent of Venice, Italy, than a community situated in the midst of a prairie landscape. But instead of a gondola, ...
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Increased agricultural output and growth in manufacturing will be key drivers for Manitoba’s economy in the year ahead, according to the latest RBC Economics Provincial Outlook report.
RBC anticipate...
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We often complain about the predictability of our daily existence. Why can’t we have some of the excitement that people in the news are experiencing. And look at all that sordid, titillating stuff people are talk...
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Charles Dickens was born February 7, 1812. In celebration of his bicentenary, Masterpiece Theatre on PBS recently featured The Old Curiosity Shop.
Although this BBC version focused only on Little Nell and her gr...
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It seems so simple a concept to our modern minds. After all, a wheel is only a round object, and it’s now so ubiquitous that it’s hardly given any thought. Without it, other great leaps forward, including t...
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Over the past few months, we have written about several different parts of Winnipeg’s urban structure, which is the city’s new framework for accommodating growth in parts of the city. We wrote about how the downt...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 2 of 2)
The massive blizzard that struck on Thursday, March 24, and Friday, March 25, 1904, was noted by old-timers as being the worst to hit Manitoba in 22 years. The snow storm, accompan...
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New home construction will continue to be a leading industry in Manitoba over the next decade as will the electrical utility sector, with both sectors reaching record high employment levels, according to a new report.
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It’s time again for more fascinating facts, figures and folklore from that master of miscellany — the Answer Man.
Question: Why do we say “pair of pants” when referring to one garme...
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Did God and Moses have a bureaucrat handy when the Ten Commandments were carved in stone?
Of course, they didn’t. And we should give thanks for that. Imagine anyone in Ottawa, London or Washington saying s...
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