Archive : February 2013

Tinsel Town Academy Awards trivia

  The annual Academy Awards spectacle coming up in Tinsel Town always reminds me that it’s probably a good time to take a shot at some movie trivia.   This year, the Civil War saga, Lincoln, leads the m...

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Bear witness to the facts

  Two recent court cases demanded the attention of Canadians. One of these took place right here in Winnipeg. The Labossiere trial involved a son who was found guilty of murdering not only his brother but also his parents.

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Senate overhaul?

  Wilfrid Laurier, one of Canada’s longest-serving and more politically savvy prime ministers, once mused that the Canadian Senate defied any meaningful reform as long as appointments to the Upper House were left in the ...

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Help available to battle bedbug infestations

  by James Lyons In 2008, bedbugs were beginning to hit the public radar in Winnipeg at a time when cities across North America were grappling with the resurgence of the bloodsucking pests. There was intense frust...

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Some observations about growing older

 When reporters were interviewing a 104-year-old woman, one of them asked, “And what do you think is the best thing about being 104?”   She simply replied, “No peer pressure.” Aged...

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What’s petty about petty officers

Award-winning mystery author, P.D. James, recently wrote a sequel to Jane Austen’s signature book, Pride and Prejudice. James calls her novel, Death Comes to Pemberley, and as Austen fans know, Pemberley is the name of Mr...

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