by Bruce Cherney
Lacrosse is a sport that generations ago helped bridge the gap between aboriginal and European cultures in North America. By 1892, the sport had transcended the playing fields of North America and attracted an intern...
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by Bruce Cherney
No horns blared. No one rushed onto the streets in jubilation. No fireworks lit up the sky. No ceremonies were held at the Manitoba Legislature.
The anniversary of the official creation of the province of Mani...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 2 of 2)
Of more consequence than the liquor ban, resulting from the Cypress Hills Massacre, was the call by Canadian Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald to create a special force to bring order to the North-We...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 1 of 2)
When Chief Justice Edmund Burke Wood of the Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench banned spiritous liquor in the North West Territories, from the boundaries of Manitoba to the Rocky Mountains, he was motivate...
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by Bruce Cherney
While the other four provinces celebrated Dominion Day on July 1, 1870, the residents of the Red River Settlement could be forgiven for being preoccupied by other matters that seemed to be of a more pressing concern....
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by Bruce Cherney
George VI and Queen Elizabeth in May 1939 journeyed to Winnipeg to accept “rental payment” of beaver skins and an elk head for the occupancy of Rupert’s Land.
This unusual ceremony occurred a...
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by Bruce Cherney
In the early morning hours of June 10, a fire levelled the historic Thistle Curling Club at 754 Minto St.
The fire, which Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service said originated at the rear of the cu...
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by Bruce Cherney
While most Canadians are glued to their television sets to view the Stanley Cup final, especially since the Edmonton Oilers are representing this nation’s hopes, the rest of the world is focussed on the W...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 2 of 2)
Simon J. Dawson, a government surveyor with experience in the West, according to the Sessional Papers of Parliament, warned not to mistake “Indians as children” when negotiating a treaty wit...
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by Bruce Cherney
New York-based Sotheby’s auction house described the artifacts as “the most historically significant group of American Indian art ever to be offered at auction.”
What was being offered was th...
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