Did you know that the footprints and handprints in front of Grauman’s Theatre in Los Angeles started by accident?
Way back in 1927, Sid Grauman escorted Mary Pickford and Norma Talmadge to see his new theatre, which was s...
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The role of the railways in naming Canadian communities cannot be downplayed. Steam-powered locomotives needed frequent stops so water and fuel could be on-loaded. Rail workers named many such places.
Then, as the west became s...
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The Olympics in Sochi, Russia, are following a typical pattern whenever the Games are held in what is virtually a dictatorship in the making. With Russian President Vladimir Putin leading the tightening of control over the Russian media and...
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What can we expect for the housing market in 2014? It may sound boring, but it should be more of the same. We are settling down into a pattern of steady sales and dollar volume growth based on continued immigration and population gains.&nbs...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 4)
Nellie McClung told the audience prior to the beginning of the mock parliament at the Walker Theatre: “Remember, life on the stage here is reversed. Women have the vote while men do not” (M...
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by Todd Lewys
As the saying goes, the numbers never lie.
Going into 2014, the numbers relating to home sales — both resale and new — continue to look solid.
That said, those numbers w...
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Ponder this February assortment of events which perhaps you didn’t even know about or may have forgotten. Some of these are historical, some are hysterical and a couple of them are undoubtedly hypothetical.
A...
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Often, Canadian places echo Britain’s technique and describe or hint at surroundings, for example, Rocky Mountains, Lockport, Muddy Bay. Hundreds of others are direct lifts from Aboriginal languages. These include Manitoba, Saskatchew...
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Personally, I think any groundhog with an urge for self-preservation would not emerge from its burrow on February 2 in Manitoba. The only groundhog actually straying from its burrow on the day named in the furry mammal’s honour ...
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WinnipegREALTORS® just held its eighth annual forecast breakfast last week. The first year of 2007 still holds the MLS® sales record for most transactions at 13,079, while 2011 gave it a good run for its money just falling 12 sales ...
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