by Bruce Cherney (part 1)
When the cornerstone for Winnipeg’s first city hall and civic market was laid during a ceremony on August 17, 1875, it contained a casket which included among its contents numerou...
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The stock market report is boring. It needs to be jazzed up a little to make it more interesting for those of us who don’t follow the business world very closely, and who are on the verge of dozing off during the NASDA...
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The Times Literary Supplement (TLC) features someone on its final page who is known only as JC. JC has interesting things to say about authors, books and literary criticism — anything and everything connected to readin...
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When attending the 29th annual Volunteer Awards on April 17 at the Winnipeg Convention Centre, I must admit to being overwhelmed by the dedication of Manitobans, who freely give up their time and energy for worthwhile causes...
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The unqualified success last week of the second Winnipeg Real Estate Forum is testimony to a buoyant local commercial real estate market that is grabbing a lot of out-of-town attention. The full-day event was sold out ...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 4 of 4)
Drops in elevation encountered further up the Winnipeg River by the 1823 American military-scientific expedition were called Petite Point de Bois and Jack’s Falls by William ...
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Four-in-10 prospective home buyers in Canada plan to choose a fixed-rate mortgage, which is twice the number of those who intend to take out a variable-rate mortgage, according to the 19th annual RBC Homeownership Poll.
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Do you love to dazzle your friends with words that seem to go on forever? Well, here are a few more “biggies” to add to your collection.
Would it be good or bad if you were a “sesquipedalian?”
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Today’s Twisty Tongue was inspired by this March 22 Free Press headline: Spring has Sprung in Winnipeg and so has a Herd of Mosquitoes.
That appalling headline was written by some well-paid and well-educated copy editor, ...
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Fifty years ago, a book was published that changed the way people thought about the environment. When Rachel Carson’s ground-breaking book, Silent Spring, was published in 1962, few had any idea that pesticides had a detrimental effec...
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