by Bruce Cherney (part 1)
It didn’t bear the more famous P.T. Barnum or Sells Brothers names, but Winnipeggers were still excited that a circus was coming to town for the first time in the community’...
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Increased mortgage rates are primarily responsible for a rise in national home sales in June 2013, building on gains recorded over the previous three months, according to the Canadian Real Estate Association.
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The many, many ways that gardening and outdoor jobs can go wrong:
• If you spend hours trying to adjust the engine of your lawn mower so that it runs smoothly, it will work fine on that occasion. But ...
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Monique Bohemier wrote: “You often mention slang, informal usage and standard English. What are these terms all about?”
Let’s answer that query by talking about dictionaries.
The f...
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A solid MLS® sales performance in June finished off a strong second quarter result and brought year-to-date sales closer to the downside risk of a four per cent drop factored into the annual 2013 MLS® market forecast...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 3 of 3)
J.W. McLane may have been soliciting public support for his bid to continue operating the Winnipeg-St. Boniface Ferry, but on March 15, 1878, Robert Tait was awarded the ferry lice...
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In Da Boom, an episode of the animated series, Family Guy, the Griffins hide in their home’s basement in an anticipation of world-ending disaster striking due to the Y2K bug. At midnight, when the calendar switched fro...
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Condominium sales are steadily increasing, according to recent statistics compiled by WinnipegREALTORS®.
“While off to a slow start at the beginning of the year like other MLS® property types,&rdqu...
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Here are a few bits of trivia to ponder as the hammock sways gently in the summer breeze, hamburgers sizzle on the barbecue and mosquitoes prepare for a tasty meal of their own.
Major League Baseball&rsquo...
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While I was watching one of the endless re-runs of Murder She Wrote, I thought how formulaic this murder series is. Jessica Fletcher invariably discovers some clue overlooked by detectives. Then, 15 minutes before the progra...
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