This prize is a winner

HSC Lottery top prize a well-thought-out gem

If you thought the grand prize show home for the Health Sciences Centre Foundation 2009 Home Lottery was the result of mere happenstance, think again. In fact, the planning process for the 3, 554-square-foot, two-storey show home (with 1, 000-sq.-ft. lower . . .

Posted: 2009-04-16

Designer digs

Bridgwater Trails two-storey a massive masterpiece

It goes without saying that conceiving the plan of a brand new home design is a painstaking process. In the case of 440 Cherrywood Rd. — Signature Homes’ newest show home in Bridgwater Trails — the mission of the company’s design . . .

Posted: 2021-02-20

Proud and Free

Celebrating Canada Day in the heart of Winnipeg

[SPONSORED CONTENT]   This weekend, as you celebrate Canada's birthday, may you think fondly about the freedoms you especially enjoy. May you hop on a bike or train, in a car or a canoe and explore all things maple-infused, all things beautiful. Canada . . .

Posted: 2019-06-28

Trees to enhance your yard's beauty

Nursery owner back to business after brush with death

Sheldon Falk is planning and planting for the future because he can. After a brush with death last fall, this May long weekend has special significance. Falk is the owner of Falk Nurseries, a family-run nursery and garden centre located eight . . .

Posted: 2019-05-18

Stylish hooks will ease your hang ups

Space at a premium during cold weather

Closets are wonderful for stashing bulky jackets and snow boots out of sight, but with all the necessary bits and pieces of clothing that cold weather demands, closet space is usually at a premium. It's always a good idea to . . .

Posted: 2008-11-16

Fan gets a fan

With his company's various cyclonic gizmos -- track-ball vacuum cleaners and wall-mounted hand dryers and the like -- industrial designer and inventor James Dyson has emerged as the people's aerodynamicist, a tamer of vortexes and laminar flow, the Edison of . . .

Posted: 2010-03-13

Total package

South St. Vital condo development delivers function, value and style

Designing a condominium community is no simple task. Which is to say, when you’re designing such a community, you need to think in a broad yet detailed way.Irwin Homes, the designers of the Woods at Creek Bend, have produced a . . .

Posted: 2016-08-06

Special home befits special location

One-of-a-kind lot inspires unique design

As you travel down Northern Lights Drive in South Pointe, it seems like any ordinary street — until you spot the cute little cul-de-sac at its midway point. Although it’s easy to miss, Canvasback Cove is a special spot, Tom Sytkowski . . .

Posted: 2019-05-25

The buzz on climate change and insects

Be aware of the impact on native and invasive species

The usually predictable nature of Manitoba’s long, cold winters with a deep snowpack has stood our agriculture province in good stead. Extreme winter temperatures make our climate inhospitable for certain types of insect pests. A changing climate, though, with . . .

Posted: 2024-03-02

Fungus in leaves can eventually kill trees

In September, I wrote about problems with anthracnose disease in ash trees in southern Manitoba. As with many tree diseases, the conditions that allow it to infect and damage trees increase each year. This disease continues to kill leaves, twigs . . .

Posted: 2012-06-23