Archive : September 2012

We gain some, we lose some words

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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Rope used to execute Riel?

“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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Stephenson’s Winnipeg roots

  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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Winnipeg market exception to national slowdown

  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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