Federal Justice Minister Vic Toews sent his regrets that he couldn’t be present, saying he had a good reason. Fittingly, the “law-and-order” Canadian cabinet minister in a message told the audience at the Winnipeg Conventi...
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A sale of a home for $2.025 million on Wellington Crescent and another $1.25-million home sale in Pritchard Farm Properties helped boost April MLS® dollar volume to a best-ever benchmark for the month, reported the Winnipeg Real Estate ...
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by Connie Adair
The Housing Opportunity Partnership (HOP), a not-for-profit inner-city housing revitalization initiative started by WREB in 1995, buys rundown houses, renovates them and sells them to new owners. ...
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by Bruce Cherney
A year after the spectacular collapse of the real estate boom of 1881-82, optimism still reigned, although the wild year of speculation was never to be again duplicated in Winnipeg.
Newspapers a ye...
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Leading up to the City Summit held this week in Winnipeg, a number of interesting proposals have been articulated to revitalize Winnipeg’s downtown area. One of the proposals harkens back to an earlier era, when Winnipeg’s first...
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The 2006 Federal Budget measures will put more money in the pockets of individual Canadians and enhance their ability to maintain and finance a home, the Winnipeg Real Estate Board said following the tabling of the 2006 federal budget on Ma...
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Last week’s column referred to REALTOR® political action activity in the country. This was timely, since the Manitoba Political Action Committee had their first opportunity to see our new prime minister who spoke in Winnipeg last ...
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Jane Jacobs, the icon for making cities more people friendly, passed away at age 89 on April 25.
In her books, the American turned Canadian claimed North American cities had lost their heart by building to accommodate vehicles rather...
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The public now has the opportunity to decide whom they believe has made a significant contribution to Winnipeg’s quality of life.
The Winnipeg Real Estate Board has announced it is now accepting nominations for the Citizens Hal...
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Most Canadian poured concrete basements have at least some hairline cracks with the exception of those installed on pile footings.
The system that has been traditionally used to seal the cracks is simply a sprayed-on coat of t...
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