English and its illogical spellings
E. McIntosh wrote: “I get e-mail jokes about spelling. Seriously, why is our spelling so illogical and why don’t we just use American spellings?”
McIntosh isn’t alone regarding English sp...
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Archive : 2013
Endangered butterflies
Most people would assume that insects are quite resilient and able to survive constant human manipulations of the environment. But that’s far from the case, with the possible exception of the cockroach and other pest s...
Canadians confident in value of ownership
While the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) has updated its MLS® forecasts for national home sales, it should not come as a big surprise when you think of how vast and varied local markets are throughout the countr...
Circus comes to town — Hager’s show was plagued by problems even before it hit Winnipeg
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’...
Mortgage rates rise, people buying and fear of housing bubble diminishes
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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There’s nothing easy about gardening
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 ...
A dictionary is your friend
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...
Warmer weather reheats housing market
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...
Crossing the Red River — Tait had a new steam ferry built to link Winnipeg and St. Boniface
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...
The indestructible Twinkie
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...