Over 130 years ago, the Hudson’s Bay Company knew Upper Fort Garry was a lost cause. Their Winnipeg fort was not destined to become the centre of the embryonic city, as powerful forces were aligned against them — predominately p...
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The following article by Jim Adair discusses the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ (FCM) framework for investing in affordable housing in Canada.
The WinnipegREALTORS®-established Housing Opportunity Partnership ...
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by Bruce Cherney
For decades, residents of the Red River Settlement lived upon the bald prairie in virtual isolation, deprived of regular contact with the outside world. During the initial years of the community established by Lord S...
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by Bruce Cherney
The paddle cut into the water and with a strong stroke, the man propelled the birch-bark canoe toward the riverbank. Along the shore of the Red River, people gathered eagerly waiting to see what treasures the travell...
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The response to a new pilot housing partnership between the Manitoba Real Estate Association and the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs has exceeded expectations.
By the end of the March deadline, the MREA had received 80 applications a...
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A new story is being written that deserves to be called The Law of Unintended Consequences: How the Biofuel Craze Caused a Food Crisis and Damaged the Environment. Increasingly, news agencies are warning about the perils for the environment...
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If there’s any potential to catch a media wave, hotelier Leo Ledohowski is first in line. He seems to have a nose for the big story and an innate ability to sniff out the best way to have his name displayed prominently atop the crest....
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Thanks to the foresight and support of the University of Winnipeg’s Community Renewal Corporation, the Housing Opportunity Partnership (HOP) was able to join forces with the Spence Neighbourhood Association (SNA) and Westminster Housi...
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by Bruce Cherney
An early Manitoba historian and journalist described the long-anticipated Immigration Sheds as comprising “two separate ranges, capable of accommodating four or five hundred persons, and provided with many conv...
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There truly is no place like home for Canada’s baby boomers. In fact, 60 per cent of boomers would prefer to stay in their current community when they retire, according to RBC’s 15th annual homeownership study.
“Eve...
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