by Bruce Cherney (part 2)
The politics of suffrage were discussed outside Winnipeg in rural women’s clubs and home economics societies. In Manitoba elections of the era, the rural vote carried substantiall...
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by Todd Lewys
It’s no secret that in the past year or two that condominium sales city-wide have been strong.
That’s not surprising, as condos — about one-fifth of all home sales in...
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The recently-released Royal LePage House Price Survey and Market Survey Forecast showed mixed year-over-year results for the different housing types surveyed in Winnipeg.
The average price for standard two-store...
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If you’re a lover of music, you probably tune into the Grammy Awards show every year. And if you’re not a music lover, you probably still tune in just to see the spectacle of the event. It's like the Os...
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A surprising number of common expressions involve proper nouns. Some such nouns originate in the Bible (“To raise Cain,” “A Judas kiss”). Some spring from mythology (“Trojan horse,” &ldquo...
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While today’s Winnipeggers are mostly well-informed about the workings of city hall, primarily derived from media reports, there was a time when residents had little or no understanding about how such an institution pe...
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In the 1960s television series, Get Smart, Don Adams in the role of Maxwell Smart, continually used the expression, “Missed it by that much.” This expression also applied to MLS® sales in 2013, which ju...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 1)
A suffrage amendment to the Manitoba Election Act, aimed at giving women the vote in the province, was completed by the provincial government in December 1915.
“The bill is pre...
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Is it really 2014? No, that can’t be right. It seems like it was only yesterday that it was 1985. Or was it 1965? On second thought, I’ll stop there as I’m embarrassed to be able to go back even further.
Anywa...
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In Joy Fielding’s book, Good Intentions, a character named Renee says, “I’m in my element. This is a piece of cake.” The next moment, Renee, who is overweight, wonders why all her metaphors are food-related.
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