A brief mention of the average salaries of players in the CFL in a recent issue of Maclean’s magazine reminded me of conversations I had years ago with former Winnipeg Blue Bomber, Keith Pearce. In the short blurb, it was stated that the ...
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With less than a month to go before the October 22 civic election, we now know the final slate of mayoral candidates whose names will be on the ballot when Winnipeggers exercise their right to vote. They are Brian Bowman, Michel Fillion, Paula ...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 5)
Poised on the car’s running board, the constable was about to jump aboard another car containing two men intent upon evading capture. Both the police car and the rum-runners’ auto swerved wildly on th...
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Demand for farmland in southwest Manitoba has risen steadily over the last five years, according to a new report.
The RE/MAX Farm Report 2014 said that the price of farmland in southwest Manitoba has risen from approximately $1,000 per ac...
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There used to be a strip shop (not joint) on Corydon where my antique selling mother took all her estate sale chairs to have the old crazed or chipped finish removed. As I recall, the shop contained a big vat of fuming chemicals into which the ...
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It’s always sad when summer starts to pack it in, but at the same time, many of us love the next season, too.
Maybe it’s because fall is so colourful. Maybe we love it because it’s so short and we savour it&...
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We all say something stupid now and again. Luckily, most of us aren’t famous enough to have our every word snatched by media and highlighted for all the world to laugh or groan about.
One member of the royal family is seen as partic...
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Right from its founding in 1903, the Winnipeg Real Estate Exchange (later renamed the Winnipeg Real Estate Board and now WinnipegREALTORS®) knew that it had a greater responsibility to the community other than just organizing the real estat...
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With less than a month to go before the October 22 civic election, we now know the final slate of mayoral candidates whose names will be on the ballot when Winnipeggers exercise their right to vote. They are Brian ...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 4)
According to testimony at a 1927 Royal Commission hearing, Canadian customs officer Cyril Knowles ordered the cars of the three American rum-runners seized as required by law for failure to report to customs upon...
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