It’s always a shock to the system when the summer evaporates, the air cools down and school resumes. Somehow, we wish we could throw a switch and cause summer to linger just a little bit longer. But, alas, Mother Nature always has her own...
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I once worked in a shop with Dennis Waring, a Winnipeg luthier who specialized in making Appalachian dulcimers. I was young and disdainful of Denny’s use of hand tools at a time when most wood-butchers, myself included, were using power m...
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It’s time for a little summer whimsy. Contemplate the following gems:
• A summer prediction: Absolutely no one will be watching when you do a perfect reverse double somersault off the pier. But everyone will be watching when yo...
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For eons, wolves have prowled the lore of mankind. They’re mentioned in Greek, Roman, Norse, Celtic, Indian, and Chinese myth.
The ancient Hebrews became a society about 1200 BC, and wolves appear in their Holy Scriptures. Roman myt...
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OmniTRAX Canada has bowed to public pressure and has decided to suspend the railway company’s early plan to test the viability of sending crude oil by rail to Churchill, which is Canada’s only deep water Arctic seaport. When announc...
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by Patricia Knipe
A best friend. A comfort animal. A service animal. Does anyone really understand the difference and, more importantly, is there a difference?
Property owners and managers are often told that a new tenant has ...
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by Bruce Cherney
Note: The following article first appeared in the Real Estate News on November 8, 2002. Since the article was first published, new information has been obtained. With the commemoration this year of the 100th anniversary o...
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Three new infill houses for modest-income individuals or families are now being built in Winnipeg’s West End by the Housing Opportunity Partnership (HOP).
When the houses are completed in three to four months, weather permitting, HO...
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by Todd Lewys
“Focus” is a quality that, more often than not, determines success or failure in any venture we undertake.
Perhaps, the most daunting venture we face in life is buying a home. At it’s best — gui...
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We’re now being told that the battle has been lost. The provincial government has conceded that zebra mussels will probably never be eliminated from Lake Winnipeg, despite an earlier eradication effort. Actually, the battle was prob...
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