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Owning a newspaper is not all that romantic in a time when the business model behind media organizations is teetering between print and digital. But that uncertainty has not stopped developer David Cordish from courting The Baltimore Sun.
As The Sun's parent company, Tribune Co., prepares to exit Chapter 11 bankruptcy by Dec. 31, speculation is swirling about whether the company will sell off some of its assets, including eight newspapers and 23 television stations. And if The Sun is for sale, Cordish said he is willing to talk.
"If the new ownership of The Sun post-bankruptcy, decides to sell The Sun, we will take a close look at purchasing," Cordish, president of Cordish Cos., said in an email to the Baltimore Business Journal. "It is extremely important to the Baltimore area that ownership of The Sun be in local hands."
Gary Weitman, a Tribune Co. spokesman, declined to comment on whether the company was considering selling The Sun.
Cordish, who owns properties including Power Plant Live and Maryland Live Casino, has been rubbing elbows with Sun staff, most recently attending a farewell party for Sun State House reporter Annie Linskey — his first Sun party.
The Sun's fate will rest with whichever owner carries it through the media industry's transition toward digital and mobile platforms. But local ownership of a paper can be risky, said media analyst John Morton, president of Morton Research Inc. in Silver Spring. He pointed to the U-T San Diego, formerly San Diego Union-Tribune, which was bought by MLIM Holdings in November 2011. Doug Manchester, the paper's owner and a San Diego developer, has openly used the paper to promote his own agenda.
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Taylor Swift is reportedly lonely in NYC and Selena Gomez hasn't been there to visit her.
Taylor Swift moved into her $20 million apartment in NYC on March, reports Hollywood Life. Ever since the move she reportedly couldn't get any of her best friends to visit her.
Taylor Swift has been seen hanging out with different girls since she moved to New York. In a few short months she has been spotted spending time with Karlie Kloss, Sarah Hyland, Lena Dunham, and singer Lorde. However, most of Taylor's friends are not from NYC, and are usually just passing through.
With Taylor Swift struggling with loneliness in New York, best friend Selena Gomez hasn't been to the rescue.
The two friends were previously not in speaking terms due to conflicts concerning Justin Bieber. Swift was reportedly not a fan of the Selena-Justin relationship, which led Selena to break off her friendship with Taylor. However, they reconnected during the MET Gala Event.
In an interview with E! News, Taylor Swift said her friendship with Selena is special because she thinks it's the longest friendship either of them had.
"When your life changes and you become thrust into this really strange whirlwind where what your life is different from what other people think your life is. And your life is commented on and your life is written about and fictionalized and all that. Both of us have kind of stuck it out and hung in there through all the different changes we've gone through," she said.
However, sources said the MET Gala event was the last time Taylor and Selena were seen together. It wasn't even a planned get-together. Taylor and Selena just happened to be at the same event.
Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez may have spent the MET Gala arm-in-arm, but Selena's absence at the time Taylor needs her more, is evident that the once BFFs aren't that close as they used to be, reports Hollywood Life.
While Taylor Swift is reportedly left lonely in NYC, Selena Gomez has been occupying her time with travels to the Dominican Republic, Nepal, and London. Apparently New York hasn't been on her itinerary.


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Russia – 7th straight down day and getting closer to our trading buy call.
The pain trade in the Sochi Olympics has been pulling for the Russian hockey team (who was eliminated today. As Dick Enberg would say "Oh my!") but the pain trade in the currency markets may in fact be the Russian Ruble which today has fallen to all-time lows against the Euro and dancing near worst of the crisis (Feb 09) and all-time lows.
A week ago I wrote about "How low can the ruble go?" Well, pretty low as it turns out.
Looking at the Russian ruble against the U.S. dollar looks like it was trying to mimic the Space X launch yesterday. I can just imagine what a beautiful sight the launch was as the rocket cleared roof lines.
As U.S. consumers applaud lower gasoline prices, our gain is someone else's pain. As with any trade, there are two sides: stock markets that depend on the price of crude oil are feeling the pinch as prices move lower.
With the lightened holiday trading the currency markets are consolidating thus far and appear to be avoiding violent intraday price swings on the thin volume. This condition may not hold true as traders come back online in the overnight session.
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Bolton: Will you be your brother's keeper?
THE BIBLE tells the tragic story of a jealous and angry man named Cain who kills his brother, Abel. When God asks Cain where is his brother, Cain utters the well-known words, "I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?"
Indeed, he was not. But he should have been. It's a violent story line that has been played out countless times among brothers, neighbors and strangers in cities and towns throughout history and across our United States. It's one that plays out all too often here in Columbia.
And it's one that we must halt. Black boys in particular are killing one another at alarming rates. The violent crime, gang activity and drop-out rates are alarming as well. But it's not just black boys; Hispanic youth deal with the same struggles.
As communities across the country struggle to find more ways to address these problems, President Barack Obama has called for a nationwide private-public initiative to reverse the troubling trends and turn the Cain narrative on its head: In February, the president introduced "My Brother's Keeper," a program that calls for businesses, schools, churches, citizens and celebrities around the nation to help black and Hispanic boys and young men to avoid prison, turn their lives around, succeed academically and become productive.
Our community is among those that have been exploring ways to address gang activity, violence and other ills among our youth. While part of the solution is increased vigilance on behalf of law enforcement — such as the new partnership between the Columbia Police Department and Richland County Sheriff's Department to address gangs — the real difference will come from the work of families as well as elected, community, business and church leaders.
Yes, many have been working to change the lives of our youth. I've written about various programs and initiatives through a series of columns this year, as well as in years past. But the fact is that while needed and helpful, what we are doing hasn't proven effective enough. We wouldn't be lamenting the dire straits many of our youth are in if we already had all the answers.
Fortunately, there are those who continue to explore new and broader ways to tackle the problem. The Columbia Urban League, which long has offered programs to help develop young people, held a forum in May to get teens' perspectives on what can be done to reduce violence and promote a safe and healthy community. Mayor Steve Benjamin, who has been hosting meetings seeking ways to improve the lives of black youths, has called for a Center of Excellence for Black Male Achievement to be established in Columbia.
All those efforts fall in line with the president's "My Brother's Keeper" program, and this community quite likely could benefit from the resources — financial and otherwise — that initiative will offer.
Ten major foundations have agreed to join the initiative; although they already were spending more than $150 million on programs aimed at young men of color, they pledged to invest at least $200 million more on efforts aimed at delivering measurable results.
Educators, athletes and companies have signed on. The NBA has said it will recruit 25,000 new mentors and work with at-risk students to increase attendance and performance. AT&T will commit $18 million toward mentoring and other education programs. And many others, from 60 of the nation's largest school districts to the College Board, are promising programs to help foster change.
Perhaps something like the Center of Excellence for Black Male Achievement that Mayor Benjamin has proposed could serve as an incubator and clearinghouse for new initiatives as well as a place that coordinates with existing programs, helping them tap into resources and funding.
While there likely will be national funding available, ultimately, we in this community must make our own pledges in terms of our time, our money and our resources, in an effort to improve the lives of our young people. If we steer our youngsters away from gangs and crime and toward positive pursuits, it can only bolster our economic, cultural and social future.
As we pursue answers, we must do so in the best interest of our youth and with the intent of adopting the best practices. We can't have sacred cows, and we can't create programs simply to give friends jobs. There's too much at stake.
What I've found as I've talked with people about existing programs is that some are very good at what they do, while others aren't effective at all. We must be willing to inventory and assess the programs that exist — and there are oodles of them — and then make some tough choices as we consider how to distribute the limited resources available.
That means agreeing to expand effective programs and merging — or shuttering — others. It means exploring new, promising initiatives and giving them the support they need to succeed. That's not an easy thing to do. But, in the long run, it's needed to turn the fortunes of many of our wayward and at-risk kids around as well as to encourage those already on the right path to continue doing good.
Some might wince at — or even reject — the notion of targeting minorities.
But as President Obama noted in February when announcing this initiative, "if America stands for anything, it stands for the idea of opportunity for everybody; the notion that no matter who you are, or where you came from, or the circumstances into which you are born, if you work hard, if you take responsibility, then you can make it in this country."
"But the plain fact is there are some Americans who, in the aggregate, are consistently doing worse in our society — groups that have had the odds stacked against them in unique ways that require unique solutions; groups who've seen fewer opportunities that have spanned generations. And by almost every measure, the group that is facing some of the most severe challenges in the 21st century in this country are boys and young men of color."
The president doesn't hide from the shameful statistics that haunt minority youth. Yes, they're involved in gangs at a high rate. Yes, they drop out of school at a high rate. Yes, they commit crimes at high rates. Yes, they have a high rate of unemployment.
"(T)he worst part is we've become numb to these statistics," he said. "We're not surprised by them. We take them as the norm. We just assume this is an inevitable part of American life, instead of the outrage that it is. … But these statistics should break our hearts. And they should compel us to act."
He said that we must be willing to acknowledge that "my neighbor's child is my child."
What will we do in Columbia? Will we simply point fingers and call for more police, or will we get involved and have a ready answer when asked about the plight of our youth: "I am my brother's keeper"?
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Associate Editor Warren Bolton is a Columbia native who writes mostly about local government and politics, but also delves into social, civic and moral issues. He began his career in 1986 as a reporter with the Columbia Record, and has been employed with The State Media Company for 26 years. In 1988, he joined The State and covered county government for six years. In more than nine years as a reporter, he covered education, police, courts and the Legislature. He has served as assistant night news editor as well as an assistant assigning editor over sports, government and community life reporting teams. He became an assigning editor in 1996, supervising reporters covering the environment, health, housing and food. In April of 1997, he became education editor. A month later, he joined The State's Editorial Board. In January of 2000, he was promoted to associate editor. Warren has received various S.C. Press Association awards, including being named editorial writer of the year and columnist of the year. A recipient of The State's Ambrose E. Gonzales Award for excellence in journalism, he also has been recognized by the Inland Press Association, the Columbia Urban League, the Columbia-National Council of Negro Women, the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Midlands and Voices for South Carolina's Children. He also was selected as one of 12 honorees to be included in the 2010 AT&T South Carolina African American History Calendar. In December of 2011, he published his first book, "God Is Grace: Lessons to a Father from a Son." An associate minister and member at Bethel AME Church in Columbia, he and his wife, Tanya, co-chair the church's Married Couples Ministry. He has volunteered at the Department of Juvenile Justice, the United Way and the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Midlands. He regularly volunteers as a reader and speaker at schools across the Midlands. Warren, a University of South Carolina graduate, is the youngest of 11 children. The Boltons are proud parents of two sons, Alexander and Christopher. Email Warren at email@example.com or call him at (803) 771-8631.
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I think that it is disgracefull that he used the tragedy in Arizona to push his anti-2nd Amendment agenda, an agenda that he has pushed his entire career. No class at all!!
Also, it is a good thing that MSNBC aka "the gun control network" has very low ratings and no credibility. .
This liberal arrogance is going to effect them at the polls just as the failure of the so-called assault weapon ban of 1994. President Obama knew not to mention this at the State of the Union address because he knew that this would drive up gun sales and hurt democrates in 2012, but the politicians from the most liberal of areas continue to push gun control even if it means hurting their own party.
We elect Senators to speak for and represent us not to rule over us as royalty. Shame on him and his hatred toward the U.S. Constitution.
Every ruler in history has loved "Arms Control". From Egyptian Pharohs, Ceaser and Japanese Emporers to Hitler, Stalin, Mao and beyond. When criminals and potentianly tyranical governments lay down their arms, so too …will I. Until then, I will obey what laws are just, and try to change those that I believe are unjust. Greater restrictions on law abiding citizens are unjust and do NOTHING but punish all for the crimes of an extreme few.
Our Founders set down the Second Amendment not just for hunters and home defenders but so that their descendants may have a greater chance of putting a stop to tyrany like that mentioend above and which they themselves endured. Our government is not as stable as we would all like to think. With each swing of the pendulum from Dems to Reps, our freedoms are eroded, one little bit by another little bit. Each side seeking to take away our liberties and all justified for whatever reason currently available. Full on tyrany is insedious and inevitable.
With all the hoopla about the Tucson "Massacre", I've noticed that no one has seemed to consider that it could have been SO VERY MUCH worse. If for instance the perpatrator had not had a firearm and had instead chosen to use a car bomb. Would we then seek to outlaw cars?
No law in the land can stop a relatively intelligent and determined killer. Only persistant vigilance by EVERYONE and a will to act by those closest to the situation can have even a chance of protecting ourselves and those around us.
As for the 30rnd mgazine(aka mag), a "clip" is what you put on a chip bag or in your hair, it is but a part of a tool. If he had used a car, would you seek to outlaw tires? And the same holds true for the ammo he used, would you outlaw gasoline?
All that said, I am for the licensing(provide it gaurantees some amount of actual training) of those wishing to carry loaded firearms in public. You can own as many cars as you want, but have to be licensed to utilize them in public. The same can be applied to firearms.
I do not agree with weapon registration. It makes it all the easier for governments to confiscate them should some trumped up "need" arise(ei Katrina). Besides, you can haul a vehicle to a track, course, etc. without it being registared. You can even drive it around your own property without registration. This covers going to the range, etc. or your backyard for target practice, competitions, training and/or just plain old plinking.
As a 25 year police veteran I assure you this has nothing to do with "crime control" and everything to do with "citizen control."
If you want to see a real weapon of mass destruction in the wrong hands I submit to you usage of the ordinary automobile by the inebriated. One car may selectively used to run over one person or for mass carnage into a large crowd.
The answer is to quit trying to invest inanimate objects with intrinsic criminally and start realizing that we must do everything possible to find and punish the perpetrators.
It is that simple.


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The original Shakespeare & Co, run by Sylvia Beach and beloved of Hemingway and his ilk, closed in the 1940s during the occupation of Paris (the site at 12 Rue de l'Odéon bears a plaque). In 1951, wandering spirit George Whitman opened Le Mistral at 37 Rue de la Bûcherie, re-naming it in 1964 in homage to Beach's legacy (he also named his daughter after her). But the back history hardly matters now – George, who passed away in 2011 aged 98, turned the shop into something entirely unique and magical.
A gathering place, source of inspiration and often a bed for beat generation bohemians, writers, travellers and readers for over 60 years, Shakespeare & Company has hosted thousands of 'tumbleweeds' – volunteer helpers who sleep in the shop – and featured in numerous films, books and memoirs. The sprawling site includes a large used and antiquarian section, while the main store is a heavenly labyrinth of book-lined passages, alcoves and reading rooms full of secret corners, an unmissable destination for bibliophiles the world over. Sylvia Whitman now runs the store with as much charm as – if less eccentricity than – her father, launching an biennial literary festival and maintaining a strong focus on events and readings.
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"A fascinating book. . . . The catastrophic surface narrative of this impressive and intriguing book would surely have pleased Stephen Jay Gould; but I think its deterministic subtext would have pleased Charles Darwin still more."–Matt Cartmill, Times Literary Supplement
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Edmund Phelps
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Nolan McCarty, Keith T. Poole & Howard Rosenthal
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William G. Howell
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Derek Bok
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Louise Barrett
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Enrico Coen
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Review of the New NIH Application Format What Applicants Need to Know Now January 13, 2010 Bruce Elliott Director, OSR-Chicago 1 Goals of this Presentation Describe the major application changes for due dates on or after January 25, 2010 Applications for due dates on or after January 25, 2010 require use of new forms and new instructions. – the forms have been restructured – shorter page limits! The changes apply to all competing applications: new, renewal, resubmission and revision Electronic and paper 2 Why is NIH Restructuring the Application Packages? The new application forms incorporate the enhanced peer review criteria for research grants that was announced in NOT-OD-09- 025. NIH is restructuring the applications to align application structure and content with new review criteria. 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Shorter applications may have additional benefits for reviewers such as enabling a larger number of reviewers to read each application and participate in review in a more informed manner. 6 New 1-9 Scoring System Reviewers are now using new scoring scale of 1 to 9 for impact/priority score 1=exceptional; 9=poor New concept: Reviewers will begin scoring the applications on five individual core criteria, using the same 9-point scale: significance, investigator, innovation, approach and environment 7 "Not Discussed" Label Reviewers no longer provide non- numerical scores, e.g., Unscored or Not Recommended for Further Consideration All proposals now receive impact scores New terminology: a "Not Discussed" label will replace the existing term "Unscored" 8 Structured Templates For Critiques Reviewers will use templates to list strengths and weaknesses – For each of the individual core criteria (which correspond to the new application) – For the overall impact – For any other relevant review consideration for any particular application, e.g., protection of human subjects or resource sharing 9 Effective Date for New Application Packages Major changes to application forms due on or after January 25, 2010: – Restructured Application Forms • Require the downloading of new forms (paper and electronic) – Shorter Page Limits • for ALL competing applications: New, Renewal (type 2) , Resubmission (A1) (For AIDS applications submitted by PIs eligible for continuous submission, date is February 7) 10 What are the implications for resubmissions? 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After a half-century, Target takes first step toward conquering Canada
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- Shortly after lunch on a rainy August afternoon, about 500 Target employees marched into a makeshift white tent.
It was a vintage Target event: bright-red couches, photographs with a stoic Bullseye the Dog, endless tables of sushi -- and ketchup-flavoured potato chips.
"Did you also try the poutine?" an employee asked a reluctant guest, referring to Canada's favourite concoction of french fries, cheese curds and gravy.
Target's close attention to detail -- right down to the local cuisine -- reflects the gravity of what is arguably the boldest project in its 50-year history. Beginning in March, the chain will open the first of 124 stores in Canada, its first expansion beyond the United States. The move is Target's first big step toward becoming a global retail force.
But Target's international ambition has less to do with bragging rights than basic survival. Not only is it running out of room to grow, but recession-worn American consumers haven't been as eager to open their wallets, much to the benefit of low-priced competitors such as Walmart and Amazon.com.
"We've always been focused on growing our core business profitably," Target Canada president Tony Fisher said in an interview from his Mississauga office. "But we always knew at some point that international expansion was going to be a part of our history."
Target has been able to hold its ground by focusing on savvy marketing and exclusive partnerships with prominent designers. But even that magic seems to be fading, as a recent collaboration with Neiman Marcus flopped. Target's website also is a work in progress: Key items were out of stock during the critical holiday shopping season.
So Target needs Canada. In addition to steady economic growth, the country has weathered the global financial crisis better than most nations. Target's potential in Canada is the reason investors have largely ignored its recent holiday struggles.
"If Target really wants to grow, they will need to expand outside of the United States," said Amy Koo, an analyst with Kantar Retail, a consulting firm near Boston. "That will go a long way to stretch their customer base."
In the past five fiscal years, Target has averaged less-than-impressive annual sales growth of 2.7 per cent. With Canada, the company projects annual revenue growth of more than 4.5 per cent in 2013 and 2014.
"We continue to view Target as one of the best-positioned investments in 2013 as the company 'manufactures' accelerated earnings growth and cash flow in the coming two years from the launch in Canada," Christopher Horvers, an analyst with JPMorgan Securities, wrote in a research note.
Canada's familiarity with Target makes it a safe place for the company to learn the ropes of international retailing. If Target can't succeed in America's northern neighbour, it would be hard for the retailer to make it work in, say, Singapore.
"I think it's exciting that Target is coming to Canada, because I don't think we ever had an equivalent of Target," said Lina Duque, a 35-year-old social-media and marketing manager in Toronto. "Target seems to be like Walmart with low prices, only cooler."
In one sense, Target's entry into Canada seems natural, given the country's proximity to the U.S. and the cultural and economic ties between the two nations. Already, plenty of Canadians cross the border each day to shop at Target. Almost 30,000 Canadians carry Target's ubiquitous Red Card.
But look past Canada and it's not hard to imagine Target eventually expanding to other rich nations such as Germany and Italy and to emerging economies such as China, India, and Brazil. Unlike its chief rival Walmart, which has aggressively pursued overseas expansion for years, Target has stuck to its home turf.
The company's next foreign destination will depend on several factors, including growth potential, competition and familiarity with the market. Expanding into Europe might be a logical next move, but Target is likely to face stiffer competition and weaker economies there. Third World countries can offer better growth prospects but also present higher risk because of corruption, language barriers and cultural sensitivities.
So for Target to go global, it makes sense to start in a familiar place.
Canada "is a better match to the ground," Kantar Retail's Koo said.
That's not to say the expansion will be a cakewalk. For one, Canada is big, spanning six time zones and 10 disparate provinces. Consumers also have varying tastes.
"Yes, there's a lot of cross-border shopping, but retailers like Target need to ask, 'What changes do I need to make to really attract the Canadian consumers, not just the cross-border shoppers?' " said Manu Sarna, general manager of retail for Aeroplan, a loyalty consulting firm in Toronto. "Proximity doesn't mean same."
Despite jokes that Canada is essentially America's 51st state, the country is more diverse and tricky than most think. Consumers in Canada's eastern provinces focus mostly on price, while shoppers in the western provinces, buoyed by oil wealth, prefer more expensive merchandise.
As well, many Canadians are still unfamiliar or uncomfortable with the American style of big-box retailing, Sarna said.
"I find the large stores overwhelming," said Candyce Bakke, 29, a hair-salon owner in Saskatchewan.
With his square jaw and close-cropped hair, Bryan Berg looks and sounds more like a military officer than an international aficionado. But Berg, Target Canada's senior vice-president for stores, is probably the closest thing the company has to a global store manager.
Berg was responsible for Target's entry into Alaska and Hawaii. In some regards, that experience was similar to opening in Canada, with one big difference: Target opened seven stores in Hawaii and Alaska, versus a plan for up to 200 stores in Canada over 10 years. Target must also wrestle with issues such as logistics and information technology.
Alaska and Hawaii were states "where people were aware of Target, but they didn't have any first-hand knowledge or experience of us. In Canada, we were also asked to establish a culture and a business in a market where we didn't have a (previous foothold). I think Hawaii and Alaska prepared us for how we are going to approach this in Canada," Berg said.
But Canada's vast size, at 9.8 million square kilometres, poses tricky questions for a retailer that depends on precise management of goods from suppliers to distribution centres to stores.
In Quebec, which often acts as its own country, software designers must create systems in French and English. Determined to protect its French culture and history, many Québécois flirt with the idea of independence every generation or so. So Target stores in Quebec will use both French and English, not to mention carry a healthy dose of local merchandise.
Target always knew it would need to venture beyond both its time zone and comfort zone. The big question was where. The company initially thought about Europe, Asia and South America. Then lightning struck.
In January 2011, Target spent $1.85 billion to acquire the leases of up to 220 stores belonging to Zellers, a once-popular but fading general merchandise chain in Canada. The deal instantly gave Target access to some of the best retail locations across the country, including urban malls and suburban shopping centres. Target was so confident about its windfall, it even sold some leases to archrival Walmart.
Normally, a retailer that enters a foreign market and builds stores loses money for several years before turning a profit. With the Zellers properties, Target enjoys a mass of stores that can quickly add to the bottom line. Target Canada expects to be profitable by the end of 2013.
"The Zellers deal was an incredible opportunity," Fisher said. "It gave us the scale we wanted to have in a relatively short period of time."
In spring, it's officially planning to have Target stores open in former Zellers locations in the Shoppers Mall in Brandon and Kildonan Place Shopping Centre and Southdale Centre in Winnipeg. By next winter, the company said it will open at the former Grant Park Zellers location.
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Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition January 25, 2013 B10
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