by Bruce Cherney
“They used to call Winnipeg ‘Chicago of the North’.” Mayor Sam Katz said in his state of the city speech last week. “This city was a leader in North America. I want to bring that&nbs...
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by Bruce Cherney
Premier Danny Williams has ordered the Maple Leaf to once again fly over Newfoundland and Labrador provincial buildings.
The Flag Flap, as it was termed by journalists, started when Williams accused Prime Mini...
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by Bruce Cherney
Twenty-five Winnipeggers travelled east 110 years ago to witness sports history in the making.
The 25 Winnipeggers were swallowed up by the throng of over 2,000 local supporters at the Victoria rink in Montrea...
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by Bruce Cherney
Almost every month, a new revelation is made leading to more speculation about the earliest settlement of North and South America. Just before the end of 2005, two Brazilian researchers studied a collection of ancien...
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by Bruce Cherney
Despite their distance from home, the men of the Hudson’s Bay Company tried their best during the holiday season to celebrate Christmas and New Year’s Eve in the manner of the Old Country. It was the one ...
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by Bruce Cherney
Winnipeg may never realize the lofty growth spurt of over 100 years ago, but in the 2000s it is steadily gaining ground after years of near stagnation in the 1990s.
The Conference Board of Canada projects that...
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by Bruce Cherney
On July 29, 1914 Britain had warned its colonies that all was not well and they should make preparations for the possible outbreak of war.
Under the initiative of premier Sir Richard McBride, British Columbia ...
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by Bruce Cherney
Today is the anniversary of the greatest financial disaster of the 20th century. It was a day when the New York stock market crashed with repercussions that reverberated across the world.
Did anyone see ...
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by Bruce Cherney
An important, though little known, anniversary in Canadian history has just passed. October 18 is the 75th anniversary of one of the most famous court cases in Canadian history. The significance of the case is ...
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by Bruce Cherney
The Wuskwatim Dam in northern Manitoba has cleared another hurdle. The Clean Environment Commission has released its final report which concluded that the 200-megawatt, $800-million generating station is justified, v...
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