by Bruce Cherney (part 5 of 5)
With the Industrial Revolution in full swing, scientists and farmers put great faith in machines to overcome destructive hordes of locusts. The mechanical devices were clever, but ...
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REALTORS® from across the country converged on Ottawa last week to speak to Members of Parliament about issues that are important to organized real estate.
The Canadian Real Estate Association, which i...
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Memorable lines are those that provoke the response, “I wish I had said that!” Often, they’re tremendously profound and we feel envious of the author’s intellect, or they may be such amusing lin...
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Edward Lear, like Charles Dickens, was born in 1812. Lear, author of The Owl and the Pussycat, is not considered a serious poet. Unlike such poets as Wordsworth, Yeats and Goethe, his fame rests on
humour ...
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In the past, extraterrestrial visitations to Earth were attributed to “flying saucers,” “little green men” and “Martians.” Today, such visitations are atributed to “UFOs,&rdquo...
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Daily, we hear of underdogs. When Jack Layton carried his party to a never-before status, pundits declared the NDP underdogs had surprised us.
Throughout the never-ending campaigning endured by our poor Ame...
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Among Canadians, perhaps the most misunderstood holiday of the year is Victoria Day. It is now commonly just referred to as the May long weekend, while its association with a long-dead British monarch has little significance...
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What do you get when you combine 320 students who like Canadian history, 90 judges, a dozen workshop presenters, 25 student volunteers from two different schools, four photographers and 24 organizers?
The ...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 4)
Future Winnipeg businessman, James Henry Ashdown, emigrated to Manitoba just in time to witness the ravages of a Rocky Mountain locust infestation. Writing to his brother and sister in ...
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Eager home buyers took advantage of an increased inventory in April, resulting in an MLS® unit sales jump of 17 per cent over the same month last year.
“To show how buyers are putting a premium on avai...
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