Are you ready for Halloween? If not, maybe the following will put you in the mood.
Did you hear about the guy who went to a Halloween party disguised as a dump truck — and got loaded? Well, brace yourself. Party night is just around...
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Last week, I took issue with Rob Wile of Business Insider who believes we refuse to embrace new loanwords. He listed nine French words and expressions that English “needs.” We’ve already looked at two of these — sa...
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Arguably, the greatest Halloween prank ever perpetrated occurred in 1938, when Orson Welles directed and was the narrator in an adaptation of H.G. Well’s book, The War of the Worlds, on the radio show Mercury Theatre. The first two-thirds...
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by Yvonne Dick
There’s always a fear that a property you’ve listed for sale is going to be viewed at a lower value because of surrounding properties and their condition, or because of bad neighbours.
When listing a house...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 2)
Charlie Chaplin, the British comedian, who by the time he arrived in Winnipeg had become a star on the North American vaudeville circuit, appeared in The Wow Wows at the Empress Theatre on Portage Avenue East. Th...
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by Todd Lewys
As the local real estate market transitions from fall into winter, sellers and buyers are facing different scenarios.
In a nutshell, the balanced real estate market — which still features more than 5,000 homes to...
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Though I have 20-years of experience as a fine furniture maker, I’m still intimidated by the thought of building a stringed instrument such as a guitar or ukulele. My fears were allayed recently when I visited the workshop of Fred Casey, ...
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Readers know the term, “loanword” — a word lifted into English from another language. But, since we never return them, they should probably be called “usurped,” “adopted,” or, “stolen” words...
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Winnipeggers will go to the polls to elect a new mayor and city councillors on Wednesday, October 22. While the media has given credible and extensive reports of each candidate’s platforms, and groups and organizations, such as WinnipegRE...
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Last Thursday evening, on October 9, WinnipegREALTORS® teamed up with media partner Shaw TV and presented the first live televised debate of this year’s civic election. All seven mayoral candidates were invited and for the over two-ho...
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