by Bruce Cherney
Political pundits are now saying that Premier Gary Doer is probably leaning toward calling an election as early as this spring. Commentators cite a relatively healthy provincial economy, the presence of voter-friendl...
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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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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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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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by Bruce Cherney
On June 10, 1930, the team that would eventually be renamed the Blue Bombers played its first game at Carruthers Park in the city’s North End. The Winnipeg Rugby Football Club, otherwise known as the Winnipegs,...
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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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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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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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by Detective Sergeant John Burchill
It is alleged that a tip from a young William Stephenson, who later became the famous spymaster known world-wide as “The Man Called Intrepid,” led to the arrest of the infamous Ma...
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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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