It’s now falling leaves, Thanksgiving, colder temperatures, new hockey skates for your future NHLer, back to standard time, Hallowe’en and, of course, the World Series.
Let’s start by satiat...
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I often point out that as a living language, English grows and changes. But English not only adds new vocabulary, it also regularly loses words. That is, people sometimes stop using certain words. When that happens, dictionaries label the &...
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“The rope used has been destroyed by Deputy Sheriff Gibson, according to orders, to prevent relic hunters getting hold of it. It was a stout hempen cord, one-eighths of an inch in diameter,” so goes an account of the execution o...
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by Christina Maes Nino and Gord McIntyre
The city of Winnipeg is in the process of updating its housing policy. With a new development plan for the city, population growth expected and the lack of affordable housing reaching cr...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 3 of 3)
The following spring, Alec Gudziak, a plant scientist with the University of Manitoba, announced that despite the dire predictions of experts, the Wolseley Elm had indeed survived the winter. Only...
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The Conference Board of Canada is blaming the federal government’s new mortgage rules for a cooling off of the Canadian housing market.
It’s a position that is supported by the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA...
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Winnipeg-born spymaster, Sir William Stephenson, is the latest inductee into the Winnipeg Citizens Hall of Fame, which acknowledges outstanding Winnipeggers, past and present, who have made a significant contribution to the ...
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While much is known of Sir William Stephenson’s latter life, particularly his role for the Allies’ cause as a spymaster during the Second World War, little had been known about his early life in Winnipeg. It wasn...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 2)
The “Wild Women,” who successfully defended the Wolseley Elm from being felled by saws and axes, became international celebrities. Life magazine on October 7, 1957, featured...
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The national media has been watching the real estate market closely to determine whether there might be a marked slowdown in activity. There has been widespread speculation that a market correction could occur due to the fed...
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