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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by Marianne Cerilli
In recent years, Winnipeg’s rental market has become increasingly complex. Low vacancy rates, affordability, and quality of housing are creating significant challenges for renters. Further compli...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 3)
The military-scientific expedition, commissioned by U.S. Secretary of War John C. Calhoun and led by Major Stephen H. Long, began its canoe trek down the Winnipeg River on August 20, 1823, taking the f...
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Attracted to the urban lifestyle, three-quarters of Canadian condo buyers say condo fees are worth the extra monthly expense to enjoy the benefits of living in a condominium.
The TD Canada Trust 2012 Condo Poll surveyed urban C...
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First-quarter MLS® housing activity kept pace with last year’s best-ever performance.
This year, MLS® sales were down two per cent, with 2,483 units sold, while dollar volume sales were up three pe...
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The Winnipeg community of Transcona is celebrating its 100th birthday this year, although at the time of its 1912 incorporation as a town, it wasn’t within the boundaries of the city proper.
The year 1912 ...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 2)
William H. Keating, a member of the 1823 American expedition that had surveyed the 49th Parallel near Pembina, when travelling north to the Red River Settlement aboard a barge, observed...
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Elizabeth II became queen when her father died, February 6, 1952. She was crowned June 2, 1953.
In the long line of hereditary English monarchs, Elizabeth is the second to reign for so long. The first to c...
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WinnipegREALTORS® president Shirley Przybyl said expectations in a robust housing market should be tempered by the consideration that not all neighbourhoods are created equal.
“The greater Winnipeg mar...
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