Technically, February is the shortest month. But, realistically, it always seems like the longest. It drags on and on and on. February, and its equally slow-moving neighbour, March, just crawl along as we count the day...
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“Every time it rains, it rains pennies from heaven.” These words are from a song written 77 years ago by Americans Johnny Burke and Arthur Johnston. Then, 35 years ago, the BBC ran a sit-com called, Pennies From ...
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I’ve often wondered why the TV program Ancient Aliens is being shown on the History Channel. What do such tall tales of extraterrestrials allegedly visiting earth and giving the Egyptians and Mayans the technological k...
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WinnipegREALTORS® Commercial Division chair Ken Jones, an independent broker affiliated with Shindico and a past-chair of the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce, made a presentation at the association’s annual breakfast ...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 3)
John M. Egan, the general superintendent for the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) in Winnipeg, wrote the membership of the Manitoba Farmers’ Union on August 29, 1884, explaining the...
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Education Minister Nancy Allen’s comment that she knows that Manitoba school divisions will sharpen their pencils in order to prevent significant property tax increases this year doesn’t carry much weight...
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Our language is full of words and phrases that we use all the time without giving any thought to their origin. Maybe you’ve wondered from time to time exactly how and why they came to have their own special meaning and significa...
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Irish writer Elaine Crowley (1927-2011) wrote well-rounded stories with involved plots and wonderful characterization. As well, she carried us back into Ireland’s tumultuous history.
In Dreams of Other Days, we meet patri...
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A vital link is missing from the extensive retail corridor stretching from Polo Park down Kenaston Boulevard to Sterling Park Driveway. Kapyong Barracks remains the unknown in the extensive retail corridor since it is still being dealt with...
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WinnipegREALTORS® held its seventh annual forecast breakfast on January 16 in anticipation of the season most critical in meeting projected sales, which is the spring. Despite real estate sales activity now being more spread out over 12...
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