Archive : September 2013

Recycling green-thing way back when

  I’m not sure who came up with this one, but they certainly were on the right track when they related: In the line at the store, the cashier told the older woman that she should bring her own grocery bags because plasti...

View Article

Can you trust your dictionary?

  According to Robert Hartwell Fiske, author of the Dictionary of Unendurable English, we shouldn’t believe everything found in dictionaries. He writes, “The slang-filled eleventh edition of Merriam-Webster’s...

View Article

Rebirth of downtown

  In 1911, Chicago journalist William E. Curtis wrote that, “All roads lead to Winnipeg.” He was simply confirming that optimism for the city’s future development was extremely high in the first decades of th...

View Article

Commercial pros ease transaction process

  Why should you work with a commercial REALTOR® for your real estate transaction? In effect, they are a business partner with training and expertise to help make sure you get the best possible deal. That’s basically...

View Article

A time of frost and falling leaves

  People often say, “Fall is my favourite time of the year.” Well, they probably mean it, but I always think that line is merely sad acceptance that summer has flown the coop and we may as well resign ...

View Article

If the shoe fits, wear it

  Reporters and headline writers love hackneyed sayings and clichés. Creative writers — poets, novelists, playwrights — are the opposite. They consider such writing, “sloppy.” On Aug...

View Article

A document for the ages

  While the Canadian government has sponsored numerous events commemorating the War of 1812, there is another important event that occurred 250 years ago that has escaped Ottawa’s attention, although it also ensured the ...

View Article

Norrie mural unveiled in West End

  In was a splendid day and a very appreciative audience gathered at the south corner of Langside Street and Ellice Avenue on Tuesday, September 17, for a tribute to former Mayor Bill Norrie. The West End BIZ unveiled a mural ...

View Article