Question: All my decisions for my new home are finalized except one. Since there are so many different types of insulation, I would like to know more about the advantages of spray-applied foam insulation and is it a safe insul...
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Among suggestions to add some spice to civic election campaigns is the implementation of party politics at the municipal level.
In American municipal elections, candidates do run under the banner of a particular political party. For ...
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Canada’s resale housing market will edge past 2005 sales statistics to set new records in 2006, according to a revised forecast prepared by the Canadian Real Estate Association.
After setting the fifth consecutive annual ...
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As you drive along Portage Avenue going east or west past the Winnipeg Real Estate Board at 1240 Portage Ave. or head south on Erin to Portage Avenue, you may catch a glimpse of our electronic billboard. The billboard is now displaying info...
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by Bruce Cherney
During Manitoba’s early years, observing Thanksgiving Day was a hit or miss affair. It depended entirely upon public enthusiasm and the resulting desire to ask the residing lieutenant-governor to proclaim a day...
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Organized real estate is more than just a vehicle for organizing the real estate market.
Right from its founding 103 years ago, the Winnipeg Real Estate Exchange (later renamed the Winnipeg Real Estate Board) knew that it had a...
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September continued a four-year run of over 1,000 MLS® sales for the month, according to the Winnipeg Real Estate Board.
Despite the strength of the MLS® in September, WREB president Walter Boni said there is good news ahead ...
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Wood is easily shaped, available in an array of sizes, shapes and colours and satisfying to work with.
Dimension lumber varies in sizes from two-by-fours, two-by-sixes to two-by-eights used for basic frames, headers, joists and beam ...
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by Bruce Cherney
Miss Racine pulled enthusiastically upon the ropes and St. Boniface Cathedral’s bells rang out, joining the shrill of mill whistles and cheers of people lining the riverbanks as the steamer Selkirk chugged down...
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It certainly feels more and more like the Doer government is gearing up for an election. Maybe even sooner than anticipated. Perhaps the spring rather than the fall of 2007.
Just a few weeks ago, I commented on this page that opening...
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