by Bruce Cherney (part 2)
Despite his association with newcomers to Manitoba from Ontario — including militiamen — the fact that Premier Robert Atkinson “Hotel” Davis was born, raised and educated in Qué...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 1)
Political partisanship was so intense during the first election campaigns in Manitoba that newspapers commonly resorted to mudslinging commentary that stretched the boundaries of libelous intent. Dur...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 4)
In December 1884, Winnipeg Fire Chief William O. McRobie reported to city council that he abstained from enforcing the city bylaw compelling occupants of shanties to build brick chimneys. He said “if...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 3)
James “Jim” Sarsfield Coolican, arguably the most colourful and controversial personality in the early history of Winnipeg, was considered an angel of mercy by the shanty dwellers north of the ...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 2)
In 1883 and 1884, Shanty Town was more in the news as a “nuisance” rather than for providing the first homes for newcomers to the city. During this period, shanties had begun to proliferate, sp...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 1)
The immigrant walked from The Forks down Main Street to Bannatyne Avenue with the goal of scavenging boards at the Brown & Rutherford Co. Ltd. planing mill and lumberyard. During his northward journey ...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 2 of 2)
According to Referee J.A. “Bill” Findlay’s statement issued two days after what became known as the Stanley Cup “fiasco” in Winnipeg newspapers, player Antoine “Ton...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 1)
Winnipeg captain and forward Donald “Dan” Bain, the Victorias’ best player, was already out of the series due to an eye injury, when Antoine “Tony” Gingras was helped from the...
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by Bruce Cherney (Part 4 of 4)
News of Thomas Scott’s execution in Red River reached Ontario when the Toronto Globe published an article on March 26, 1870. The report was greeted with indifference by Ontarians, something whic...
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by Bruce Cherney (part2)
Hugh Sutherland’s parents were asked to go to Upper Fort Garry and plead with Louis Riel, the president of the provisional government, not to allow further bloodshed in Red River in the aftermath of t...
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