When you close a faucet or an appliance shuts off, you may hear a banging noise known as a “water hammer.” This condition results from water moving under pressure suddenly being stopped by the closing of a faucet or valve...
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One of Winnipeg’s first heavy
industries was levelled by a timed series of controlled blasts last Sunday morning.
The implosion, which was carried out by Advanced Explosives Demolition Inc. working with Edmon...
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We often question in this column the reasons why any individual would consider selling a property privately.
It’s exposure of a house or building that creates activity, activity creates interest, interest creates competit...
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From June 1881 to mid-April 1882, Winnipeg was in the midst of one of the greatest land booms in North American history. It was a time when inflated property values brought on by widespread speculation caused otherwise rational people to ac...
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In a revised forecast for 2005, the Canadian Real Estate Association is predicting that Manitoba is headed for a record year in homes sales through MLS®.
The Winnipeg Real Estate Board has already reported that MLS® sales had...
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by Bruce Cherney
An 1880 photograph found in Alan Artibise’s Winnipeg: An Illustrated History depicts the Northwestern and Transportation Co.’s stagecoach office at the corner of Rorie and Post Office (Lombard) streets. A...
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The Winnipeg Real Estate Board was pleased to see the release of the
final report of the Red Tape Commission at the end of June.
What the report recommends and how fast the city of Winnipeg is prepared to act on th...
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If anything emphasized the necessity for the the Allied nations to fight the Japanese military machine during the Second World War, it was its treatment accorded civilians of conquered nations and prisoners. In effect, the Japanese enslaved...
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Lorne Weiss, the chair of the Manitoba Real Estate Association’s political action committee, isn’t convinced that Manitoba Education Minister Peter Bjornson is willing to deal with the issue of eliminating all education funding ...
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In the case of decks, a good design means that all the different parts —foundation, framework and deck surface — work together to create a structure that has the appearance you want and the sturdiness you need.
Afte...
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