The Winnipeg Real Estate Board-established Housing Opportunity Partnership has received $500,000 in funding to purchase and upgrade 14 homes in the Daniel McIntyre, St. Matthews and Centennial neighbourhoods.
“With these 14 uni...
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Winnipeg possesses one of the more uniquely named streets in North America, the result of the courage shown by three men during the First World War.
During the war, 69 Canadians won Victoria Crosses and among them was Sgt.-Major Fred...
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Get education funding off the backs of property owners is the message found in a new survey commissioned by the Winnipeg Real Estate Board and the Manitoba Real Estate Association.
Sixty-two per cent of Manitobans said that funding f...
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Question: When I go away on vacation in winter, I turn the heat down for the time that I am away. When freezing temperatures plummet, what is the procedure to follow for protecting my home from being damaged by a frozen pipe?
A...
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by Bruce Cherney
While Canadians may be celebrating the Year of the Veteran, most are probably unaware that the seeds of world conflict that ended 60 years ago were planted on September 30, 1938, with the signing of a piece of paper ...
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by Avrom Charach
Manitoba may soon be the only western “have-not” province in terms of supply, availability, and quality of rental accommodation, a commodity which is paramount to the attraction and retention of the...
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Alberta premier Ralph Klein has done something a former premier dreamed of doing — issue a “prosperity cheque” to the people, although in the case of William “Bible Bill” Aberhart, it was called a “divide...
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While increasing debt has raised concerns south of the border, most Canadians exercise caution when it comes to financing their homes, according to Mortgage Intelligence Inc., a GMAC company.
In a nationwide online survey of over 600...
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Question: We are looking for a good quality entrance door for our home. Our existing door is a solid-core wood door and the insulating value is only about R-3. We were told that a good quality steel door has an insulating...
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by Bruce Cherney
“If posterity is to remember anything about the second Roblin, it will be because of Duff’s Ditch ... the ditch has captured the public imagination. It is obvious, it is big, and its protection works for ...
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