You might call it a friendly challenge but it is one that happens every year when a new president takes over the helm of the WinnipegREALTORS® Association. This year is no different with past-president Walter Boni poking a little fu...
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by Bruce Cherney
A survey commissioned by the Dominion Institute revealed that only 41 per cent of the respondents were aware of this nation’s most important victory during the First World War — a defining moment in Canad...
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David Asper and Leo Ledohowski certainly have resurrected the concept of the “big idea” while at the same time inspiring Winnipeggers to once again believe that their hometown is a “can-do” city.
Whether...
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It was the best March on record for the Multiple Listing Service®.
Sales surpassed 1,100 for the first time and dollar volume closed in on $180 million — more than double the previous record set five years ago.
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Over 200 REALTORS®, representing more than 100 real estate boards and associations from across Canada, visited their Members of Parliament on March 26 and 27 to discuss two key federal issues impacting the nation’s real estate ind...
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by Bruce Cherney
Federal Agriculture Minister Chuck Strahl is apparently not a great fan of the Canadian Wheat Board which was established during the height of the Great Depression to assist Western Canadian grain farmers by marketi...
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sA British newspaper has summed up Canada’s present standing on the world stage by calling our country “the perpetual wallflower that stands on the edge of the hall, waiting for someone to come and ask her for a dance.&rdq...
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Canada’s housing market got off to a surprisingly strong start in 2007 with average house prices rising in all major markets surveyed, according to a first quarter report released by Royal LePage Real Estate Services.
The...
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by Bruce Cherney
It was the final triumph in the battle to convert Manitoba into a smaller version of Ontario.
For 26 years since Manitoba’s entry into Confederation and the arrival of an armed militia to tak...
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Queen Elizabeth II, Governor General Michaelle Jean, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and veterans will be in attendance, but most significantly, there will be 3,600 students from across Canada taking part in a special 90th anniversary ceremon...
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