Some years ago, glass blocks were popular as dividers in the home where light transmission was important. Over the years they faded in importance, but now enjoying a comeback.
At one of the building stores, I checked with a salespers...
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Heritage Winnipeg has launched an interactive website featuring the built history of Winnipeg.
“This website will be an indispensible tool for promoting the unique architecture of Winnipeg as well as being of great value to edu...
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Manitoba’s neighbours are now both classified as “have” provinces with the recent admission of Saskatchewan into the brotherhood of the wealthy.
Who would have believed that supposedly lowly Saskatchewan would becom...
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The provincial government is starting to realize there’s a real problem with funding education through property taxes, but it’s going about changing the system in the wrong way, according to Manitoba Real Estate Association poli...
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As this WREN issue hits the streets on Friday morning, the three levels of government, through the Winnipeg Housing and Homelessness Initiative, are participating in a special funding announcement that commemorates National Housing Day 2004...
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Although hand tools may be required for certain jobs around the home, they have been primarily replaced by power tools. Power tools perform faster, more efficiently and with less effort than hand tools.
The home do-it-yourself...
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by Bruce Cherney
Winnipeg may never realize the lofty growth spurt of over 100 years ago, but in the 2000s it is steadily gaining ground after years of near stagnation in the 1990s.
The Conference Board of Canada projects that...
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People were happy, giddy and
excited about sharing a significant
moment in the history of Winnipeg and Manitoba.
Their experience started even before reaching the entrance of the new MTS Centre. Search...
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“You can only hope you’ll be successful,” said Cliff Palmer at the ceremony celebrating the completion of the 50th Housing Opportunity Partnership home at 530 Langside St. in the city’s West End.
It was Palmer...
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Manitoba Family Services and Housing and the Manitoba Housing and Renewal Corporation hosted a think-tank session this week with a number of key housing stakeholders. The aim was to seek their input and feedback on the progress thus far to ...
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