Archive : December 2008

Reason for optimism

Manitobans have good reason to be optimistic as the New Year begins. According to the Canada West Foundation’s latest report, entitled Well-balanced: Manitoba Economic Profile and Forecast, the province is in a good position to weathe...

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There’s no place like home

In October 1995, a disheveled,  scrawny and obviously abused dog was seen by Erika, an employee of WinnipegREALTORS®, outside the association’s Portage Avenue office building. He would only have been about five months old at ...

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Changing dynamics in real estate

With the current real estate market retrenching as a result of economic factors, it is imperative to talk to an expert when considering a real estate transaction — a full-time professional REALTOR® provides advice on how to best m...

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Partisan

One of the more amusing tales of partisan politics involves Newfoundland Premier Joey Smallwood and Canadian Prime Minister Mike Pearson. In his autobiography, Mike: The Memoirs of the Right Honourable Lester B. Pearson, the former prime mi...

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Backed into a corner

Regardless of what tactics Prime Minister Stephen Harper uses to counter the threat of a Liberal-NDP  coalition, the present crisis is of his own making. Last Sunday afternoon, Craig Oliver of CTV’s Question Period sized u...

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