Archive : February 2012

Why we have a leap year

  The month of February is a little different this year because 2012  is a leap year.  What the heck does that mean? Well, poetically, it means: “Thirty days hath Septembe...

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Amusing slips of the tongue

Chuck Ayres, the cartoonist responsible for the comic strip Crankshaft, has fun with the irascible Ed Crankshaft’s language shortcomings. Ed often joins parts of two separate sayings into one unbelievable sentence, for example, &ldquo...

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Murphy’s legacy

  Hundreds of jubilant Blue Bomber fans celebrated at Winnipeg’s famous corner of Portage and Main. Despite the frigid temperature, people shouted from car roof-tops, waved beer bottles and placards, and shook hands with...

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Add more downtown foot patrols

by Stefano Grande After several years of advocacy from groups such as the Downtown BIZ for a more sustained and visible presence of police foot patrols downtown, the first group of officers finally hit the streets this month.

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A flag and a holiday

  Flag Day passed with little fanfare, but Louis Riel Day will undoubtedly be uppermost in Manitobans’ minds. Most Manitobans will not be celebrating the contributions of the Métis leader to the province, but the ...

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How did you say that word?

  Many a word we run across in print is almost never spoken aloud. An example is “mien.” I have never heard anyone use mien in conversation. People are far more likely to mention someone’s &ldquo...

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