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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If anything, the recent musings of Mayor Sam Katz to erect condos in Assiniboine Park may at least start a debate on the future of what is called the “crown jewel” of Winnipeg.
Unfortunately, the crown jewel has lost some...
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When you buy a home, you’re contributing to the economic well-being of your community, province and nation, according to a new study.
The resale housing industry in Canada generated more than 100,000 jobs and fueled ancillary s...
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The following is an abridged version of an article reprinted with the permission of the Toronto Star, dealing with the intricacies of real estate transactions. While the scene is Toronto, it could happened anywhere in Canada, especially Win...
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by Bruce Cherney
Great-grandson and Winnipeg city councillor Donald Benham said Edward Lancaster (E.L.) Drewry’s first visit to Winnipeg was in 1875, when he travelled to the then two-year-old city via canoe, paddling down the ...
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The musings of former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney in taped conversation with author Peter C. Newman should actually come as no surprise to most Canadians.
In The Secret Mulroney Tapes: Confessions of a Prime Minister, the ex-PM bla...
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Author Gabrielle Roy and businessman, politician and philanthropist Edward Lancaster Drewry recently became the 30th and 31st inductees into the Winnipeg Real Estate Board-established Citizens Hall of Fame, which honours Winnipeggers who ha...
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by Bruce Cherney
Prime Minister Paul Martin recently announced that an agreement-in-principle had been signed with Canada’s Ukrainian community to articulate “a shared vision for the acknowledgement, commemoration and edu...
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Because of the multitude of media reports proclaiming month after month of records, it’s difficult to be oblivious to what is happening in the Winnipeg real estate market.
For example, there has been eight consecutive mon...
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“When it blows in the fall, God help us,” my mother told me over the phone on Wednesday afternoon.
A resident of Gimli for most of her life, my mother is well aware of the vagaries of Lake Winnipeg, especially in the fall...
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