Archive : June 2008

Win-win for Hop and U of W

The Housing Opportunity Partnership was contacted late last year by Don Miedema, the housing co-ordinator for the Spence Neighbourhood Association, who wanted HOP to consider saving a home slated for demolition on Langside to make way for a...

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Point Douglas or Polo Park

It seemed logical in the 1950s that the Blue Bombers move from their downtown facility to the suburbs. Blue  Bomber president Culver Riley argued that Osborne Stadium was inadequate to the football club’s needs: it lacked suffici...

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Special Selkirk supplement

by Bruce Cherney (part 2 of 2) When the Daily Nor’Wester reporter visited the docks, he saw 14 steamers and tugs, as well as smaller craft which brought to Selkirk, “so much wood, timber, fish, minerals, and farm products...

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Fishing challenge

A brief news item in 1891 said that 9 1/2-year-old “Little Miss Curry” of Winnipeg landed a 20-pound catfish while fishing in the Red River. One hundred and seventeen years later, there will be at least 600 youngsters this summe...

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More listings mean more choice for home buyers

The number of new listings of homes for sale on the Multiple Listing Service® in Canada’s major markets set a second consecutive monthly record in May 2008, according to statistics released by the Canadian Real Estate Association ...

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It had to be done

Keep this in mind as Father’s Day approaches. At one time in Canadian history, fathers looked on helplessly as government officials came to take their children away. Fathers may have experienced the same fate as their young children, ...

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The power of our home team

One message driven home at the WinnipegREALTORS’® April photo shoot at CanWest Park was the power of a team working together for a common purpose. An impressive representation of the 1,300-member WinnipegREALTORS® team gathere...

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