by Bruce Cherney
An open space enclosed by a wall of brush was cleared in preparation for a day of feasting and celebration. In the centre of the enclosure, a huge fire burned and over the flames hung a kettle.
Inside the encl...
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The vagaries of on-line voting showed up in spades during the Beaver magazine’s recent poll of public picks for the Worst Canadians in history.
The most glaring example was the selection of Chris Hannah, 36, a Winnipegger who i...
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The Canadian Real Estate Association is calling on the national Conservative Party caucus to include development of a national housing strategy as part of the federal government’s fall agenda.
The caucus is meeting this w...
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As the technology provider and support for its own MLS® system and MLS® throughout the entire province, the WinnipegREALTORS® Association knows all too well the need to keep up with technology or be left behind. This spring, it ...
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by Jim Shilliday
(Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt© from the new biographical book, Canada’s Wheat King: The Life and Times of Seager Wheeler, written by my predecessor at the WREN, Jim Shilliday. As an int...
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Today, we would consider some elements of the early education system in this province “primitive” or simply “quaint,”a relic of a distant past that is now chuckled at. In the early part of the 20th century, educators...
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Real estate forecasters may be predicting market slowdowns in other Canadian centres, but there’s nothing in the cards to indicate Winnipeg’s market will be slowing down anytime soon.
The final statistics are in for June ...
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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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