How Regina and Winnipeg helped shape Canadian football
The rivalry between the Blue Bombers and Roughriders goes back to 1890 when Canadian football rules were being shaped.
History
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An open letter to my great uncle on Remembrance Day
A Flatlander reader shares a letter he wrote to his late great uncle who fought in the First War.
Almost left for dead during the First World War
Lake Manitoba’s marshlands prepared Jim Olafson for the muddy trenches in the First World War. He shares how he was almost left for dead.
The road from Wekusko to Snow Lake
The train rhythmically clicked its way from Winnipeg, on through Dauphin, Swan River, The Pas and finally, we arrived at Wekusko.
Why crosses were burned on the Prairies?
In the 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan aimed to gain a foothold in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. However, its popularity was short-lived. Even so, every now and again a news story will pop up to suggest the organization never completely went away.
