For the longest time, the Canadian Museum for Human Rights seemed to exist as only a conceptual drawing.
On September 20, when the last piece of glass was installed on the museum’s Tower of Hope, the museu...
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What is the difference between Maple Leaf Food’s listeria bacteria outbreak four years ago and XL Foods Ltd.’s present E. coli outbreak?
The short answer is that Maple Leaf Foods voluntarily closed i...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 2)
The greatest unsolved mystery of the shootings of the three Manitoba Provincial Police (MPP) morality officers at the Stockyards Hotel in St. Boniface on November 11, 1920, was the iden...
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The slowdown in September sales figures has been skewed by record sales in past years, according to WinnipegREALTORS® president Shirley Przybyl, rather than indicating that the local market is following what’s occu...
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Being thankful for our many blessings is sometimes a little difficult, isn’t it? After all, we have so much to gripe about all the time. Or do we?
The truth is that we lose our perspective ver...
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The city is seeking feedback on its updates to the Winnipeg Housing Policy.
It will be holding a public open house on Wednesday, October 17, from 5 to 8 p.m. at the University of Winnipeg, room 2M70 in the...
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O young Lochinvar is come out of the west,
Through all the wide border his steed was the best,
And save his good broadsword he weapons had none,
He rode all unarm’d and he rode al...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 1)
Thanks to a popular television show and a multitude of movies, Treasury agent, or T-man, Elliot Ness and gangster Al “Scarface” Capone are familiar figures from the Pr...
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There’s quite a difference between American and Canadian Thanksgivings, as “Pilgrims” were not part of Canada’s history. While Americans celebrate Thanksgiving in November, the colder climate of Canad...
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There has been strong year-over-year price increases for all housing types in Winnipeg, according to a new survey.
According to the Royal LePage House Price Survey, standard condominiums continued to witness the largest year-ov...
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