by Todd Lewys
Winnipeg Jets fans weren’t the only ones who were ecstatic when the 2012-13 NHL lockout ended on January 6.
Heaving an even deeper sigh of relief were businesses throughout the c...
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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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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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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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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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by Bruce Cherney (part 5)
The practice of equally dividing grain among the elevators owned by members of the North-West Grain Dealers’ Association was known as pooling receipts. It was a practice used at r...
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When current Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney recently appeared before a group of British MPs, who were questioning him on his appointment as the head of the Bank of England, he told them that Canada was better off curing...
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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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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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Delta Marsh is a internationally recognized wetland that has changed dramatically for the worse since Hollywood film legend Clark Gable visited Jimmy Robinson’s Sports Afield Lodge along the shore of Lake Manitoba. Upon arriving at th...
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