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Saturday 1st of April 2023
Food & Drink, Food Comment

What’s In a Name?

Ever wonder why desserts have a specific name? We prepare and eat these items on a regular basis and most likely do not know the… Read More
Arts & Life

Queen Victoria’s funeral

Queen Victoria's Funeral was one of the earliest events recorded by British Pathe. Read More
Arts & Life

Evolution of the bicycle

300 years compressed to a one-minute animation telling the interesting history of the bicycle, all the way from the wooden horse to the modern racer. Read More
City & Politics

House burns, humanity loses

Historic sites make history real. Why losing them means we’re in trouble. Read More
Prairie Post

Settling the Prairies: The intrepid few

“Intrepid” describes only a few people—and possibly no one who is alive today. On January 14, 1879 it was – 32C, without wind chill. And on… Read More
Arts & Life, Music

A call to arms for the Royal Albert

What's going on at 48 Albert St.? Read More
City & Politics, History

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
City & Politics, History

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
City & Politics, Essay

Honey, Nazis, and the Manitoban identity

The point here is not just about the intriguing stories scattered throughout history, it’s about the intriguing stories scattered throughout history in our own backyard. Read More
City & Politics, History

Today, in the past: Manitoba flushes Upper House

Because while Stephen Harper hints at trying to dump our federal senate, today’s the 140th anniversary of Manitoba flushing its upper house. Read More
Prairie Post

Today, in the past: The Kenora Thistles

106 years ago today... Read More
City & Politics, History

Today, in the past: The Chronicle-Herald

Today, in the past is a weekly look at a significant event, mostly Canadian but sometimes otherwise, that has taken place on a specific day. This day. Read More
City & Politics

Two Centuries on Point Douglas, Part One: 1812-1911

This year marks the 200th anniversary of the arrival the Scottish settlers who first established an agricultural colony on Point Douglas in 1812. Read More
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