by Bruce Cherney (part 1)
At the Queen’s Hotel on Portage Avenue, around 7 p.m. On March 9, 1912, the young purchased some cigars and a box of matches. He then strolled along Main Street to the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) depot...
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It should come as no surprise that it was an Inuit who recently led the Arctic Research Foundation's (ARF) Martin Bergmann research vessel to the location of the HMS Terror, one of two vessels used in the ill-fated John Franklin expedition.
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Like countless other homeowners, you’ve decided to embark upon a home improvement project.
However, while the prospect of making your home more fetching and functional is exciting, one aspect of the project isn’t — hav...
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There's a harvest moon tonight, September 16 — a full moon. It's commonly believed a full moon causes strange behaviour.
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A meeting of key building and developer interests was held earlier this week with Mayor Brian Bowman to discuss the issue of a growth fee.
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by Bruce Cherney (part 2)
“Portage la Prairie, though within the Hudson’s Bay territory of Rupert’s Land, was then outside the jurisdiction of the government and Council of Assiniboia (Hudson’s Bay Company contro...
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In the library at a Winnipeg school hangs a portrait by Group of Seven painter Frederick Varley. If not for the large-size portrait, a school and a city ward named after the man, it is unlikely that he would be remembered by many today ...
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Daniel McIntyre became the 43rd inductee into the WinnipegREALTORS®-established Citizens Hall of Fame at a special ceremony held on Thursday night (September 15) at the school named in his honour.
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Moving a quarter-ton wood burning stove into a house is difficult, especially if the stove is wider than the doors and the two movers are old-age pensioners weighing 98-pounds and 170-pounds, respectively.
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It's something that may be lurking in your basement, but you don't know it's there because it can't be seen, smelled or tasted.
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