by Bruce Cherney
Ninety-nine years ago the claim was that not enough members of the St. Peter’s reserve were on hand to make a legitimate vote possible to allow a land surrender. Today, the claim is that not enough member...
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Ominous news about the American housing market is coming out of the United States. In fact, the news is so dire that American market observers and economists are saying the steep decline in both new and existing home sales is the forerunner...
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Residential construction investment totalled $20.8 billion in the second quarter, up 8.5 per cent from the $19.2 billion invested in the second quarter of 2005, according to Statistics Canada.
The Canadian government agency sai...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 2 of 2)
In September 1871, rumours were spreading in Winnnipeg and St. Paul, Minnesota, that the Fenians were preparing to launch a raid into Manitoba. The rumours of an attack by the “murderous ban...
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Not all real estate practioners are created equal. Only members of the Canadian Real Estate Association, an association comprised of over 84,000 real estate professionals from coast to coast, can call themselves REALTORS®.
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Opening up the government purse strings is an age-old signal of an impending election. Within Manitoba, it is accepted convention that new spending announcements herald the commence by the ruling government of its re-election bid.
Fo...
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Some pretty big ideas are invariably discussed when the nation’s 15 largest real estate boards meet.
“We swap all kinds of ideas,” said
Geoff McCullough, the executive-director of the Winnipeg Real Esta...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 1 of 2)
If the word “terrorist” had been in common usage in 1871, it would have been applied to the Fenians who attempted to invade Manitoba in that year.
But at that time, “terrorism&r...
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It is interesting to note in reading the July report from the Canadian Real Estate Association on the national MLS® market that both Calgary and Vancouver experienced decreased sales activity.
This is in contrast to a numbe...
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A relic of Winnipeg’s controversial past has been flushed down the proverbial toilet.
It was at the site of the now demolished “Broadway Biffy” in Memorial Park that one of the most comical protests by Winnipe...
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