Archive : January 2007

Burden of education property taxes

When someone hears about school taxes, mill rates, the education support levy (was completely removed off residential property in 2006), the special education levy and equalization grants, their eyes glaze over. However, when they receive t...

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Pay fair

When first-century AD Emperor Tiberius appointed governors to far-off provinces, the Roman historian Suetonius said he sent them off to their new postings with this advice, “A good shepherd shears his flock but does not flay them.&rdq...

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Coalition says way education now funded is unfair

A senior on a fixed income living in a Ste. Anne trailer park pays $450 a year in property taxes to his local municipality. On the other hand, what he owes to his local school division in property taxes is significantly more at $1,140. ...

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Funding sports venues

Using public money to fund a professional sports stadium or arena invariably incites great passion either for or against. In the past, Winnipeg has endured countless years of debate on publicly-funded sports facilities. For example, ...

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President says all market indicators are positive

Cold weather will not send a chill into the real estate market anytime soon, according to 2007 WinnipegREALTORS® Association president Wes Schollenberg. “The number of sales will be down slightly in 2007, but the amount of ...

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The tools. The team. The trust.

In 2005, then Winnipeg Real Estate Board president Ruthe Penner strongly felt a name change was long overdue.  Two years ago, she asked whether or not the existing name — Winnipeg Real Estate Board — was 

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New name’s strength

Readers of the WREN should have noticed a significant change on this week’s front page — the use of WinnipegREALTORS® instead of the Winnipeg Real Estate Board.  When used by the  media, the new operating an...

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