I have been writing a local history column called "What's in a Neighbourhood" in in the Free Press Community Review since July 2021. Here are links to my work. Also be sure to see my Real Estate News columns and Winnipeg Free Press columns!
Winnipeg's Sweetheart' captivated audiences December 2025
Future of former city clock in doubt November 2025
The death of Const. Snowdon led to double hanging October 2025
Back to school time similar to a century ago September 2025
The story behind the August long weekend August 2025
Giizhigooweyaabikwe Park a throwback to wartime youth crime July 2025
Looking back at the postal strike of 1918 June 2025
Princess Opera House fire nearly wiped out the Exchange District May 2025
Vestiges of The Bay's retail empire will still be seen in Winnipeg's streetscape April 2025
The story of Polo Park Race Track - March 2025
Free Press whistle signalled breaking news - February 2025
How Winnipeg celebrated New Year's Eve 2024 - January 2025
Winnipeg's Kris Kringle - December 2024
Vimy Ridge Memorial Park worth a Remembrance Visit
Winnipeg's Civic Clock turns 50
Downtown's Port-a-Parks of the 1970s
Rainbow Stage's 70th Anniversary
Downtown Winnipeg's biggest fire
Charles Barber designed early Winnipeg's skyline
Winnipeg's inception a violent, messy affair
Downtown's Christmas lights date back nearly a century
Valour Road's forgotten hero
J P Robertson founded city's library system
Exhibit tells story of Manitoba's building blocks
Odeon Park to lose 'island' status
The demise of the Highland Park subdivision
WHAT'S IN A STREET NAME?
How Metro Route 90 became Lagimodiere Boulevard
The U of M's 'Avenue of Elms'
Winnipeg's short-lived numbered street system
Online archive offer glimpse of the past
A tale of two perimeter roads
Elmwood's annexation cost it many street names
Family waits 40 years to redress street name change
Did Winnipeg name any streets after Titanic victims?
The problem with Cecil Rhodes
Arlington Street's great lengths
When Portage Avenue was known as Queen Street
Main Street could have been Victoria Street
The origins of Winnipeg's Metro Route system
The women in Winnipeg's Street names
The wartime origins of some Winnipeg street names
Downtown's one-way street system turns 65
Make sure your beer's delivered to the right address - July 5, 2021
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