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Archive : April 2016
Deck choices — select either natural wood, treated wood or synthetics
If you're thinking of a new deck or perhaps rehabilitating your old one, you have no doubt noticed that you now have a whole lot of choices.
Nasty campaigns nothing new
Suggestions of alleged wrongdoings and name-calling are nothing new in Manitoba politics. The accusations being bandied about today have a nuance to them that are perceived to paint a particular party leader in an unfavourable light ...
The year of the three mayors — Myers’ recount showed Davdison had defeated Dyson in 1916 election
by Bruce Cherney (part 3 of 3)
Following the January 3 and 4, 1917, recount, the Winnipeg Tribune pointed out that within a week the city had three mayors. “R.D. Waugh held that position until Tuesday (January 1), then Mr. (David)...
Red River Mutual Trail single-handedly brought The Forks alive in the winter
Time was, that not too many people would go to The Forks during the winter. Turns out, all you had to do was give them a reason to come down.
It’s the economy stupid!
This phrase, which was coined by James Carville, the campaign strategist for Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign, has since....
Everyone knows the telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell
Everyone knows the telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) in 1878. But he isn't the one who....
The first three months of this year’s local real estate market
The first three months of this year's local real estate market got off to an excellent start.
The year of the three mayors — Part 2
What a difference a day can make. On January 2, 1917, David Dyson was sworn in as the new mayor of Winnipeg. But...
There it lay
“There it lay, facing Canadian lines — a low, seven-mile escarpment of sullen grey,..."