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....
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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,..."
What’s really bugging you?
Very few English words can claim a Welsh origin. British word guru, Nigel Reese, suggests that because the Welsh language is so consona...
Presenting sponsors of home and garden show
REALTORS®, as the presenting sponsors of the new Winnipeg Home and Garden Show this weekend at the newly-expanded RBC Convention Ce...
The year of the three mayors — December 1916 election was so close that a judicial ecount was approved
by Bruce Cherney (part 1)
A repeat of 1988?
Will 2016 be a repeat of the 1988 provincial election? There are some obvious comparisons, such as polls that showed a resurgence in Li...
Home and Garden Show will provide plenty of excitement
All systems are go for the Winnipeg Home and Garden Show in the new section of the RBC Convention Centre from April 1 to 3.
Say hello to the Easter Bunny
The Easter Bunny is first mentioned in a 1682 German treatise entitled, De ovis paschalibus (About Easter Eggs), by Georg Franck von Fr...