In honour of Canada Day, here’s a little quiz that will test your knowledge of our home and native land (answers at the end of the column):
1. Who was Lawren Harris?
2. In what province ...
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Some years ago, this sign appeared in London: “How dare New York call itself the Big Smoke?”
Such amusing signage shows up everywhere. Sometimes, as in the London example, the endeavour to provoke la...
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“What place is this?” asked Jacques Cartier.
“Kanata,” was the reply from two youth.
Because of a mistake in translation, an Iroquoian name for village became the name of a n...
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In March 2011, WinnipegREALTORS® released a discussion paper on Manitoba’s rental housing shortage. The 34-page report contained a number of recommendations to alleviate the province’s critical rental shortag...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 1)
Winnipeg came to life as a child of its two major rivers — the Red and Assiniboine. In particular, it was the meeting of the two rivers that allowed Winnipeg to emerge as the &ldq...
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Pent-up demand — on the heels of last year’s severe flooding — has contributed to an upswing in recreational property sales throughout key areas of the province so far this year, according to a new report.&...
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Maybe you’re a little stressed out, bored, upset, downcast, frazzled, annoyed, irritated, unhappy, irked or otherwise perturbed.
Perhaps this little whimsical interlude will raise your sp...
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The other day, some pundit on radio said, “Rathgeber’s frankness about the PMO has opened Pandora’s box.”
Brent Rathgeber, MP for Edmonton-St. Albert, recently left the Conservative caucu...
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It was a brief one-paragraph official notice about the formation of Manitoba’s newest rural municipality.
Charleswood is Now in Existence was the headline 100 years ago: “The Manitoba Gazette a...
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Flower Power 2013 is the theme of Take Pride Winnipeg’s 16th annual Winnipeg in Bloom Contest.
It is a free contest held for all properties in the city of Winnipeg. Front yard properties are judged b...
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