by Bruce Cherney
On November 26, 1906, 300 men, women and children passed through the three sets of doors at the new Canadian Pacific Railway Station’s carved Tyndall limestone and Wisconsin red brick entranceway. As they proce...
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by Bruce Cherney
“Fetch the police!” shouted someone from among the angry crowd gathered to view the accident.
“Pull the chauffeur out of his machine,” cried out another, which was quickly followed by a...
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by Bruce Cherney
It’s traditional to drive home a golden spike whenever the last section of track for a railway is laid. It’s also traditional for railway officials to be on hand during the accompanying ceremony.
B...
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by Bruce Cherney
In the fall of 1904, the Winnipeg Board of Trade was confident that insurance rates would soon decrease throughout the city. The belief that better terms were on the way was enthusiastically welcomed by local entrepr...
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by Bruce Cherney
High above Main Street, steel workers thought that without warning the heavens had opened up on what began as a sun-filled day. To their amazement, out of the clear sky, a mysterious onslaught of windswept spray forc...
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by Bruce Cherney
In The Wealth of Nations, the famous 18th-century philosopher and economist, Adam Smith, said that “wealth consists of money ... when we have money we can more readily obtain whatever else we have occasion for ...
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by Bruce Cherney
There are two heritage buildings in the Exchange District with the potential for two different outcomes. One building has been given a reprieve, while the other is on the verge of being tossed into the trash bi...
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by Bruce Cherney
During the critical year of 1816 for the Red River Settlement, the North West Company had ordered Charles Bottineau to make himself available for attacks against the colonists brought from Ireland and Scotland by Lor...
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by Bruce Cherney
A year earlier the throng of people gathered at the Winnipeg Industrial Exhibition grounds had been disappointed, but the next year they were thrilled to witness a first-of-its-kind feat in their city.
“...
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by Bruce Cherney
John Pritchard thought he had a good idea that had the potential to be a very bad idea for the massive herds of buffalo then roaming the Great Plains of North America.
“Why wait any longer for a pr...
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