One day God was looking down at Earth and saw all of the rascally behaviour going on. He sent one of his angels to Earth to look into it.
When the angel returned, he told God, “Yes, it is bad on Earth — 95 per cent ...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 2)
William Fisher Luxton’s attacks on the Canadian
Pacific Railway (CPR) have since been termed “quixotic.” Indeed, his battle against the CPR eventually led to his downfall...
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Once we get past February, each succeeding month seems to hold out the ever-increasing promise of impending spring. The arrival of March is exciting every year, even if it surprises us with one or two late-winter weather insults...
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In 1911, German-American anthropologist, Franz Boaz (1858-1942), said the Inuit had four different words for snow. Soon, these four words escalated into 400 words via word-of-mouth and media distortion.
The Inuit have no more w...
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A friend from Chilliwack sent an intriguing clipping from The Province, a Vancouver-based newspaper. The February 21 headline in the newspaper was, Bankers Learn to Hurry Hard, while the sub-head was, Wall Street: Competitive Curling Seen a...
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Below is an article from our B.C. counterparts that speaks to something WinnipegREALTORS® and the Manitoba Real Estate Association are strongly advocating, which so far has been ignored. The two organized real estate groups made a modes...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 1)
On the prairies, the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) was omnipresent in the 1880s and 1890s. It held a virtual stranglehold on transportation of grain to market and freight from Eastern Canada to the We...
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A new reports says fears about a bubble in Canada’s housing market are greatly exaggerated.
In fact, the Canadian housing market will experience a slight decline this year, according to the Conference Board of Canad...
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See how you do on these questions that range from “really easy” to “pretty obscure” (answers follow).
Television
1. On the old sitcom Rhoda, what were the names of Rhoda's sister a...
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Most Winnipeg conversations begin with the weather. We’re not alone. In 1758, Samuel Johnson wrote, “When two Englishmen meet, their first talk is of the weather.”
In 1897, this clever quip appeared in a Hartf...
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