by Bruce Cherney
The Winnipeg Foundation, which last year allocated grants to 600 local charities totalling $16.2 million, recently celebrated its 85th anniversary.
The foundation was established in 1921 by William “Bill...
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by Bruce Cherney
A year after the spectacular collapse of the real estate boom of 1881-82, optimism still reigned, although the wild year of speculation was never to be again duplicated in Winnipeg.
Newspapers a ye...
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by Bruce Cherney
Provincial Trunk Highway 75, Manitoba’s main access to and from the United States, was closed at PTH 14 south of Morris, 60 kilometres south of Winnipeg at the time of publication. PTH 23 just west of Morris wa...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 2 of 2)
Given a free hand, the Canadian militia that had arrived with British Col. Garnet Wolseley from the East, commenced to hunt out suspected supporters of Riel and members of the provisional governme...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 1 of 2)
The long-standing dispute over Metis land claims is now being heard at the Manitoba Law Courts Building before Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Alan MacInnes.
If successful, the c...
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by Bruce Cherney (Part 2 of 2)
Carbon dioxide actually helps keep the polar ice caps in check. Without the balance provided by just the right mix of greenhouse gases, the ice would inexorably spread outward to engulf the rest of the ...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 2)
On September 24, 1879, Fleming wrote to Sir Charles Tupper, the minister of railways and canals, that a crossing at Winnipeg would be folly since the city was prone to annual flooding. He called to the minis...
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by Bruce Cherney
As a prelude to the proposed transcontinental railway making its crossing in Selkirk, a telegraph message was sent in May 1875 from George Black’s store, where the Selkirk Rolling Mills are now located.
...
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by Bruce Cherney
Since its earliest days, the annual Manitoba Curling Association Bonspiel has been called “The Big Bonspiel,” denoting it as the most prestigious bonspiel in the curling world.
This year&rsq...
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by Bruce Cherney
The Winnipeg Victorias surprised hockey fans in Canada on February 14, 1896, when they wrested the Stanley Cup from the Montreal Victorias.
Just three years earlier, Lord Stanley of Preston, Canada’s gov...
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