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Category Archives: Culture
Winnipeg’s Renaissance man
(March 21, 1999) Outside the window, a grey pall hangs over downtown Winnipeg. Seated behind his desk on the sixth floor of the 97-year-old Hammond Building at the corner of Portage and Main is Tom Dixon, an award-winning preservationist, who in the last 18 years has saved several of Winnipeg`s historic buildings from the wrecking ball and transformed them into vibrant living spaces.
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What would happen if Canada abolished the monarchy?
(March 21, 1999) The Next City asked John Aimers, dominion chairman and founder of the Monarchist League of Canada, and Charles Roach, founder of the Alliance for the Canadian Republic, to comment. Continue reading
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The man who changed everyone’s life
(March 21, 1999) The landing of the allied troops on the beaches of Normandy represented the definitive turning of the ride in the military battle against the totalitarian Axis powers in Europe. Even half a century later, it still looms large in our historical consciousness. Continue reading
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Planners from hell – The Supreme Court’s bad breadth
(March 21, 1999) Over the last two decades, Delhi residents have watched their city’s air pollution soar to record levels. India’s capital is now the fourth most polluted urban centre in the world, yet government departments — beyond issuing comforting bromides to silence critics — undertake few concrete measures. Continue reading
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Editorial – What it takes to become filthy rich
(March 21, 1999) Some fabulously wealthy people inherited their riches. Others earned their wealth through their exceptional skills. But a significant number of the extremely rich — perhaps the majority of those who made it on their own — lucked into it. Continue reading
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Urban Renaissance Institute 