Archive : 2014

Remembering the fallen

Nearly a century has passed since the first Armistice Day, following what was then known as the Great War, but which we today call the First World War. That first commemoration had an immediancy to it, as there were many wounded soldiers presen...

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Bank of Canada’s interest rate unchanged

The Bank of Canada announced on October 22 that it was holding its trend-setting overnight lending rate at one per cent. Its most recent rate announcement and Monetary Policy Report suggest a number of reasons why interest rates aren&rsqu...

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Big and small wood veneer projects

Veneering is an excellent way for DIYers to work with highly-figured domestic and exotic woods that are too expensive for most of us to purchase as solid boards.  Windsor Plywood, for example, has a selection of hardwood lumber that ...

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Happenings on the November calendar

A new month is upon us. And so another page of the calendar gets torn off and thrown away and now there is a whole new month laid out before us. Let’s have a look at November down through the years. • Do you remember anything s...

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When German is your mother tongue

Often, our most careful English-users claim English as their second language. Horst, who gave no surname, is an example. In July, he wrote: “German was my first language. I took it upon myself  to try to master English the best...

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Two stock market theories

There are two theories associated with stock markets at this time of year — the October Effect and the Halloween Effect. According to the first theory, stocks tend to decline in October, while the second theory postulates a rise in stocks...

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House hunting in a buyers’ market

When WinnipegREALTORS® asked its members at the association’s annual October technology conference and trade show whether a buyers’ market now  existed (e.g., over 4.5 months of inventory), a small majority said that was th...

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