The Winnipeg Real Estate Board-established Housing Opportunity Partnership has shown the positive value of injecting significant new dollars into a targeted area for housing renewal. Its central focus of homeownership in the West End has he...
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by Bruce Cherney
While the other four provinces celebrated Dominion Day on July 1, 1870, the residents of the Red River Settlement could be forgiven for being preoccupied by other matters that seemed to be of a more pressing concern....
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“What place is this?” asked Jacques Cartier.
“Kanata,” was the reply from two youth.
A mistake in translation and the name of a village became the name of a nation.
The two native youths, while a...
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Luxury home sales through MLS® have doubled this year from the previous high a year ago, according to a new report on local upper-end sales.
The number of luxury homes sold in excess of $500,000 year-to-date has risen from ...
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The Winnipeg Real Estate Board is pleased to share with the WREN readership the progress of a housing initiative that it established in 1997. It started off very modestly but over time has clearly helped change the face and outlook of neigh...
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by Bruce Cherney
George VI and Queen Elizabeth in May 1939 journeyed to Winnipeg to accept “rental payment” of beaver skins and an elk head for the occupancy of Rupert’s Land.
This unusual ceremony occurred a...
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If you’re plagued with outdoor deck problems, why not consider a new deck surface known as Duragrid, a 12-by-12-inch interlocking tile made of polypropylene copolymer.
Duragrid tile and typical floor tile are both 12 inches squ...
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Aboriginal people used it for thousands of years as a major waterway into the heart of the continent, along its shore agriculture in Manitoba was first practiced, the first European settlement in Manitoba was named after it, and a city aros...
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The Canadian Real Estate Association says aboriginal housing is the sector of Canadian housing most in need of remedial action.
“It is a black mark on Canada’s otherwise enviable housing record,” according to a stud...
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Canadian REALTORS® will host a networking session on aboriginal housing at the World Urban Forum III in Vancouver on June 20, announced the Canadian Real Estate Association.
The session will contribute ideas and present exp...
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