To explain the dramatic changes that have occurred in the Winnipeg real estate industry, Bill Burns tells people how things were 40 years ago.
“In January 1960, when I went to get my real estate licence at the Norqu...
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by Bruce Cherney
It had all the hallmarks of an old-time Western movie — a drunken brawl in a brothel, gun play on the street, a murder leading to a flight from the authorities, a posse in hot pursuit, a reward offered for the ...
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Once a year, Earth Day rolls around and again a flurry of announcements come from every conceivable source. “Going green” is the new phrase of the 2000s, and nearly everyone is jumping on the bandwagon.
Of course, t...
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This spring Winnipeg has witnessed a 28 per cent increase in new listings over the same period last year.
Just under 900 new MLS® listings were entered on WinnipegREALTORS® MLS® during the first half of April. This ...
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Years ago, I met an Englishman who had made a pilgrimage to Neepawa to see for the first time the grave of his great-uncle who perished in the 1912 Titanic tragedy. The man related that his great-uncle had embarked on the Titanic to s...
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by Bruce Cherney
In his Narrative of the Canadian Red River Exploring Expedition of 1857, Henry Youle Hind related the finding of “great bones” along Shell Creek in Manitoba.
Hind said the bones “ha...
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WinnipegREALTORS® tagline The tools. The team. The trust. is representative of REALTORS®’ commitment to their customers. They have literally helped thousands of buyers and sellers meet their residential and commercial real est...
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If people believe that the Olympic Games and its symbols cannot be turned into a propaganda machine for the world’s great tyrannies, consider the lesson of 1936.
American Esther Myers Wenzel, reporting for the Douglas Tribu...
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Winnipeg MP (NDP) Pat Martin was pleased this week to hear his private members bill, introduced on April 2, gained momentum as a result of backbench Tory MP Rick Dykstra’s support.
The Tory MP’s backing made the Hou...
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by Bruce Cherney
At one time, Broadway didn’t abruptly end at Main Street but continued on to the Red River. Where Broadway met the Red a bridge was built connecting the picturesque avenue with Provencher Boulevard on the St. B...
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