An excellent report on the United States Housing market, the State of the Nation’s Housing: 2005, was recently released by the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University.
A notable difference when comparing th...
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It has long been recognized that one of the reasons nations such as Canada, Great Britain and the United States have created so much individual wealth is that they have a tradition of upholding the principle of private property ownership. I...
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by Bruce Cherney
Murray Peden, a Canadian pilot with 214 Squadron of Royal Air Force Bomber Command, wrote in his book, A Thousand Shall Fall, that the most terrifying moment for any bomber crew during the Second World War was ...
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It is quite easy to get caught up in local real estate market happenings and be oblivious to developments in other markets throughout Canada.
This is especially true this year because Winnipeg’s MLS® market is on...
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Written accounts by Red River settlers tell of a stark prairie landscape only interrupted by the occasional scraggly tree. And, an early photograph from the banks of the Red River looking west provides a visual example of what Win...
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Deborah Bilawka and her husband
Timothy Parr now know the power of MLS® and that a connected network of REALTORS works to their advantage.
They also know that sometimes the best offer is the last-minute offer.
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When this newspaper is published on Friday, the forecast is for outstanding weather. Hopefully, the forecast will carry forward for the entire weekend that features Fathers Day and the Manitoba Marathon.
It is hard to believe t...
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Properly recycled grass clippings from mowing will not add to thatch.
There are a number of good reasons for recycling grass clippings. First, it eliminates a lot of work in bagging the grass clippings and setting out the bags on gar...
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After two years of work, the Heritage House Conservation Committee at the University Women’s Club has completed a history of Ralph Connor House, published as 54 West Gate: Stories of Ralph Connor House.
When the book went on sa...
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In the ancient Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh, the title character and king of Kish, meets Utnapishtim and his wife of the city of Shurruppak, the survivors of a massive flood.
The flood story told by Utnapishtim to Gilgamesh (writ...
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