MLS® market activity in May 2007 set a new benchmark across the country and in Winnipeg.
The question now being posed is how long can this record-setting activity continue?
Significant price increases in variou...
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by Bruce Cherney
A crowd gathered around Neepawa telegraph operator Paterson as he read the messages arriving minute-by-minute from Winnipeg. Finally, the expectant people were rewarded with good news from Paterson and then spilled o...
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One of the prime considerations for forming the new nation of Canada on July 1, 1867, was that the Fathers of Confederation feared a U.S. invasion of Canada. It was a fear based upon the fact that following the American Civil War (1861-65) ...
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The entry deadline for Take Pride Winnipeg’s 10th annual Winnipeg in Bloom contest is fast approaching.
The deadline for the free contest, originally established by the WinnipegREALTORS® Association, is July 13.
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MLS® sales to the end of May provides strong evidence of growing activity in the city’s downtown real estate market.
The 57 MLS® condominium listings that sold in May (10 more than June 2006) were only on the mark...
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by Bruce Cherney
Just after 6:08 a.m. on June 22, 1894, the bells of St. Boniface Cathedral began to ring — not to signal the celebration of the expected golden jubilee of the Grey Nuns, but as an expression of the profound sor...
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Winnipeg’s first industrial-age connection to the outside world was via the Red River. On June 10, 1859, the shrill whistle of a steamboat was heard for the first time as the Anson Northup pulled into the dock at Upper Fort Garry....
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“It’s like we won the lottery,” said a Calgary resident who was on a house-hunting trip in Winnipeg last weekend.
After years of living in the Alberta city, he and his family were returning to Winnipeg. They quickly...
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Like a garden after a much needed rain, the Winnipeg in Bloom Contest has experienced rapid growth in its popularity.
Years ago, the Winnipeg Real Estate Board (the WinnipegREALTORS® Association) established a residential g...
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by Bruce Cherney
The shattering of the “big dream” was all too common during the early years of settlement in Manitoba. Many communities were founded with great expectations for their future, flourished for a time but suc...
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