by Bruce Cherney (part 1)
Howard “Pappy” Wood, Sr., told his fellow curlers in 1940 that he did not want to play competitive curling again, so he declined to enter the 1940 Manitoba Curling Association (MCA) Bonspie...
View Article
by Bruce Cherney (part 2 of 2)
While Howard Wood, Sr., excelled in many sports, it was in curling that he attracted national attention, becoming noted for the many laurels he won on the ice, as well as his longe...
View Article
by Bruce Cherney (part 1)
George J.Cameron dreamed about the day when curling would have its own national men’s championship. In 1924, the Winnipeg curler discussed his idea of east meeting west in the &ld...
View Article
by Bruce Cherney (part 2 of 2)
When Charles Stewart initiated the meeting on March 5, 1885, to discuss and vote on a resolution to take Manitoba out of the Canadian Confederation, he certainly had his supporters, but by choosin...
View Article
by Bruce Cherney (part 1)
Charles Stewart found himself to be the object of unwanted attention during a March 5, 1885, meeting at the Knights of Labour Hall.
His sin?
He wanted Manitoba...
View Article
by Bruce Cherney (part 2 of 2)
George Babington Elliott wrote in his promotional pamphlet, Winnipeg as It is in 1874: And as It was in 1860, that it was amusing to see farms and gardens within the city limits. W...
View Article
by Bruce Cherney (part 1)
When the ballots were counted on January 5, 1874, Francis Evans Cornish was elected the first mayor of Winnipeg. Despite the irregularities surrounding the election of Cornish, the vote...
View Article
by Bruce Cherney (part 3 of 3)
Winnipeg Mayor Richard “Dick” Deans Waugh, an avid curler and president of the Granite Curling Club from 1905 to 1907, at the member’s annual meeting on November ...
View Article
by Bruce Cherney (part 2 )
A June 12, 1911, meeting showed that not all had been resolved among Granite Curling Club shareholders. The question of winding up the affairs of the existing club at the corner of Hargrave Street and...
View Article
by Bruce Cherney (part 1)
It’s one of those little quirks of history. If not for a dispute over the type of rocks being used, Winnipeg’s oldest existing curling club may not have been formed and the ...
View Article
