by Bruce Cherney (part 1)
Hundreds of Winnipeggers turned out to greet the new steamboat that W.B. Nickles, the editor of the Moorhead-based Red River Star, nicknamed the “Queen of the River.” As the Manitoba steamed into...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 2)
Captain Jerry Webber of the Manitoba was on watch when he first saw the lights of the approaching International at a distance he estimated to be 1,000 feet. He had the whistle sounded to keep his position on...
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by Bruce Cherney
March is more or less a transitional month — not quite signalling the end of winter and not quite the arrival of spring. It can be a relatively warm month or it can be plagued by a spate of cold weather o...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 2 of 2)
The massive blizzard that struck on Thursday, March 24, and Friday, March 25, 1904, was noted by old-timers as being the worst to hit Manitoba in 22 years. The snow storm, accompan...
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by Bruce Cherney
The same steamer returning Father Noel-Joseph Ritchot to Winnipeg as a conquering hero, left the city with William McTavish as an unheralded passenger.
When the International arrived in Winnipeg, its whistle s...
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by Bruce Cherney
At one time, Broadway didn’t abruptly end at Main Street but continued on to the Red River. Where Broadway met the Red a bridge was built connecting the picturesque avenue with Provencher Boulevard on the St. B...
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Ethel Howard, a reporter with the Lake Centre News, related that the military personnel, who witnessed the fatal crash of Red Knight pilot Flight-Lieutenant J.W. “Bud” Morin on August 21, 1963.
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by Bruce Cherney (part 1)
Up to Their Old Tricks was the headline in the Manitoba Free Press, with the accompanying article describing how the Canadian Pacific Railway was attempting to block the laying of tracks for a new rail line ...
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Now that summer is in full swing, and the heat is really coming on strong, we’re paying extra attention to our yards.
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You can easily create an all-inclusive backyard that’s both bird and bee-friendly.
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