Nice women do want the vote
Dispelling myths about women's suffrage Read More
How Winnipeg helped overthrow the last Chinese Emperor
Few would think that Winnipeg may have played a role in the most pivotal and dramatic period of Chinese history Read More
Huge dinosaur fossil discovered by Alberta pipeline crew
30-metre long fossil discovered in Alberta Read More
The New Young Turks: Reflecting on the future
Seeing the streets that I roamed in Ankara and Istanbul for two years filled with throngs of protesters, tear gas, riot police and burned-out debris is rather odd and somewhat scary, but I have to say I wish I were there at this exciting time in Turkish history. Read More
Is Manitoba a one-party province?
If the NDP runs and wins an election on tax increases to fund government jobs it would be incredibly difficult to see how any party will defeat them in any time soon. Read More
Regina’s heritage at risk
It has been a somewhat depressing few months to be a history buff in Regina. Read More
Follow Trib Talks live!
Follow the live blog of Spectator Tribune’s first panel, Trib Talks, a discussion on the fate of downtown Winnipeg. Sponsored by the Park Theatre, the panel will feature… Read More
Doors are open this weekend in Winnipeg
Those mysterious buildings you've always wondered about are open to you this weekend only. Read More
An abrupt end to Canada’s oldest indoor skate park
As for the Heritage Building and the skaters, the city and/or the exhibition park board could at least have given a certain grace period, so that a new building could be found. Read More
Lost Winnipeg: Osborne Place
There's a forgotten short stretch of sidewalk in West Broadway, behind the Great-West Life Assurance Company headquarters. Read More
The shooting of John Asling
No one I knew in Cartwright ever talked about the murder. I always found it a bit unusual, especially considering it’s likely the only murder the town will ever see. Read More
The Altona school shooting of 1902
It’s an undeveloped and puzzling line, a very brief Wikipedia entry, regarding something referred to as the “Altona school shooting” back in 1902. Read More
Finding ‘Bloody Jack’ beyond the perimeter
A startling number of Winnipeggers suffer from perimeteritis, which is an affliction that inhibits 'peg-dwellers from crossing the Perimeter Highway, and, “in extreme cases prevents them from even recognizing that life exists outside of the boundaries of the City of Winnipeg.” Read More
Lost Winnipeg: The Royal Alex
The citizenry of the young city anxiously awaited the hotel not only because of the addition of a "world class" hostelry, but because of the outdating and embarrassing blight that it would replace. Read More
When old neighbourhoods need to grow up
The irony is that the physical character of cherished central neighbourhoods are very much the expression of a lack of planning and the organic transition toward more compact forms between 1900 and 1930. Read More
Happy Louis Riel Day
Depending on which source you consult, today is either the day or the day after our Manitoban man of the day, Louis “fo” Riel captured Thomas Scott and 47 other rebels against his cause. Read More