Let’s see how you do on this Canadian trivia quiz in honour of our nation’s 145th birthday. You’ll probably have no trouble with most of these questions, but maybe I can come up with a couple that wil...
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World-wide media are writing about Luka Magnotta and his victim, Jun Lin.
Magnotta’s former neighbour was interviewed by the Sun, which then wrote: “MacKinnon says he was the only resident of t...
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Today, Manitobans are among the most enthusiastic Canadians when it comes to celebrating Canada Day, but that has not always been the case. In fact, the first year of the province’s existence was so marred by internal ...
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There is good reason to be optimistic about more residential development occurring downtown and within the Exchange District, as related by Stefano Grande in the article below.
One chart pulled from WinnipegREAL...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 1)
Tymko was told by his father, Simeon Czuby, to go with Michael Samborsky and help neighbour, Wasyl Bojeczko, put up the hay that the two men had cut the day before. Before they began th...
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Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has expressed continual concern that Canadians are carrying too much debt and had been warning that mortgage rule changes were to be expected. He was true to his word as shown by h...
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Remember the old movie, A River Runs Through It? Fly-fishing is the theme surrounding the story of two brothers and their family in Montana. It’s a marvellous film by Robert Redford with wonderful angling scenes that b...
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Twelve years ago, when a cousin wondered how long I’d be able to keep coming up with column topics, I declared that there’s probably a column lurking in every word in the dictionary.
To prove this, I...
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After a rather vocal public protest against its location at The Forks, city council decided against a $7-million subsidy for a waterpark, including an hotel, on a city-owned parking lot known as Parcel Four at the southwest ...
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WinnipegREALTORS® and the Manitoba Real Estate Association are the only organizations raising concerns about the increasing burden of the land transfer tax (LTT) on Manitoba home buyers.
When introduce...
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