Kae Nordman’s centennial celebration
By Grant Nordman One Hundred years ago in late December 1920, in the small south-west Manitoba town of Minto, Kathleen “Kae” Lylie McPhee was born. It was December 19, close
The iguana’s lesson
Robert E. Wrigley From over-grown fish to biting parrots, a surplus tiger to a black bear cub, unwanted pets and orphaned animals were something I had to deal with through
The Ghost of Christmas Future
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas. Sort of. But, for the first time in … maybe ever, for a lot of people, it’s not going to feel like
1 in 4 aren’t washing their hands regularly
A new CDC report finds that 25% of people don’t remember to wash their hands at important times, such as after blowing their nose. More of us are washing our
Feeling down? Beat the winter blues naturally
Part 1 of 2 After moving to New York from South Africa to complete his residency in psychiatry, Dr. Norman Rosenthal began experiencing lethargy and mood changes in the fall
What’s age got to do with it?
We are charged up and ready to go, until we aren’t so don’t waste it! By Dorothy Dobbie I refuse to get “old and useless,” I prefer just to get
Something to celebrate
25 years later, the Preferred Perch is still blazing trails in Manitoba November holds some important dates for The Preferred Perch. First, November 1st marks the 25th anniversary of the
Mickey & Bunny were bigger than the Guess Who
In the mid 1960s, the biggest selling Manitoba-based recording act was not the Guess Who but Ukrainian language country duo Mickey & Bunny. Their recording of Woody Guthrie’s This Land
Legislature restoration project
In 2019, the Manitoba Legislative Assembly passed The Legislative Building Centennial Restoration and Preservation Act. The purpose of this is to fund the upkeep of our beautiful Legislative Building. This
Taking the fear out of the most dangerous room in your home
When we are young, we haven’t a care in the world, and as we progress through life we learn to adapt to all of those experiences, forever learning and developing