by Bruce Cherney (part 2)
The very political machine that Manitoba Premier Rodmond Roblin, with the help of Public Works Minister Robert Rogers, developed would contribute to his government’s downfall as i...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 1)
Today, Edmund Landor Taylor would be referred to as a “parachute candidate” when he ran in the May 12, 1913, Gimli byelection. The Winnipeg lawyer was hand-picked by the Rob...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 4 of 4)
With the Second Battalion of the Princess Patricias Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI) rearmed with ammunition and rejuvenated by the food and water supplies dropped by parachute by U.S. Air Force (U...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 3)
Canadian Press (CP) correspondent Bill Boss, who was assigned to report on the activities of the Second Battalion of the Princess Patricias Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI), wrote that &...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 2)
The eight-week period of training for the Second Battalion of the Princess Patricias Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI) in South Korea, insisted upon by its commander, Lieutenant-Colonel J...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 1)
At the time, Michael Czuboka could neither vote nor have a beer in a pub, but the then 18-year-old lad from Rivers, Manitoba, was still intent upon answering Canadian Prime Minister Lou...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 2)
A July 15, 1913, Manitoba Free Press article about the annual Winnipeg Industrial Exhibition noted that the Lawrie Wagon and Carriage Company display would surprise visitors with the va...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 1)
It became increasingly obvious to more astute carriage and wagon makers at the turn of the 20th century that their industry would eventually be deposed due to the growing popularity of ...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 3)
The car assembly line demonstration during the annual Regina Agricultural and Industrial Exhibition, according to the July 28, 1919, Morning-Leader was as near “as possible under ...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 2)
Gordon Morton McGregor, who headed Ford Motor Company of Canada Ltd., set up a national network of Ford dealerships, with territorial rights granted in exchange for signed contracts and commitments to ...
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