Archive : July 2006

“Birds of passage”

If you think the call for more stringent entry and immigration laws in the United States is something new, you’re quite wrong. Immigration and border security has always been a point of contention in the United States.  U....

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More listings means more choice for home buyers

While he called June a “barnburner month” for real estate sales, Winnipeg Real Estate Board president Walter Boni also said home buyers may soon get a break. He said MLS® listings have been steadily increasing which w...

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REALTORS® know the market

With MLS® results continuing to set new records in Winnipeg and across the country, recognition is in order for the REALTOR®, the professional who is central  to a real estate transaction.  A REALTOR® has the ex...

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Conscience of Canadians aroused

by Bruce Cherney (part 1 of 2) When Chief Justice Edmund Burke Wood of the Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench banned spiritous liquor in the North West Territories, from the boundaries of Manitoba to the Rocky Mountains, he was motivate...

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Cooler bears

What’s a bear to do?  The town’s dump, which Yogi Bear would have considered a handy summertime picnic basket, has been closed. But, the dump was located near the Northern Manitoba community of Churchill, not ...

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Robust demand for housing across the country

Canada’s housing market continued to make advances from coast to coast in the second quarter, according to a new report.  “Interest and activity in the residential real estate market continued unabated in the second ...

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