Busy, busy, busy, that’s what June is! This new month is full of activities for everyone, such as weddings, Father's Day, heading to the cottage and the start of a million summer activities. It’s a great fe...
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Once every year, beginning in June, 2000, I’ve taken a random word from the dictionary and then worked a column around it. This year, my finger landed on “preen.”
Readers will know the first dictionary meaning...
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“Okay. We’ll go.”
With these words, Allied Supreme Commander, Dwight D. Eisenhower, 70 years ago launched the largest amphibious invasion in history. It had been a difficult decision for Eisenhower &mdas...
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Take Pride Winnipeg! Inc. is a registered Canadian charity whose mission is to inspire community pride, raise public awareness and promote citizen responsibility in making the city of Winnipeg clean and beautiful.
What do...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 2)
It was announced in the April 11, 1919, Winnipeg Tribune that Fred Hilson, a local auctioneer who operated out of a building at the corner of Ellice Avenue and Hargrave Street, had purchased the ...
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The formation of a central registry for all known Manitoba houses used as drug production sites will be one of the main topics discussed during a meeting with Consumer Protection Minister Ron Lemieux on June 9, Lorne Weiss, the chairm...
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by Todd Lewys
Five years ago, REALTORS® across Manitoba came up with an ambitious goal.
The goal?
To donate $2 million to the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.
With the goal now realized, Sheldon Zamick,...
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Winnipeg possesses one of the more uniquely named streets in North America, the result of the valour shown by three men during the First World War. It is only fitting that during the 100th anniversary of the so-called “War to end all wars...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 1)
Lake Winnipeg is noted for the mighty blows which pile up waves that pitch any boats in their path tither and yon in a seemingly endless roller-coaster ride. For any embattled boat encountering gale-force winds a...
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This Welsh proverb, first found in print in 1866, is similar to another one from Devon, England: “Ait a happle avore gwain to bed,/An’ you’ll make the doctor beg his bread.”
These days, we hear this same proverb as...
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