by Bruce Cherney (part 1)
When the first black president of the United States met Canada’s first black governor general, it was a poignant moment filled with historic significance.
On February 19, American President Bara...
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“I don’t like that bit!”
“Okay, let’s chuck it out.”
“That one has to go, too.”
“Another one bites the dust.”
Apparently that’s how se...
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Why would someone take a prediction for a national average real estate price decrease and automatically assume the same drop will happen in every Canadian market?
And, why would someone use national average sales and assume...
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According to an Ontario premier: “The Senate has lost the confidence of the people. It has ceased to be a useful legislative body and has become an obstruction.”
The premier was A.S. Hardy and he made his comments about t...
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As each week passes, there is more news of the challenges facing the nations of the world as they grapple with how best deal with their economic difficulties. Canada faces a similar dilemma and has come up with its own stimulus package and ...
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by Christopher Adams
Since joining Canada in 1870, Manitoba has operated within a number of distinct political-party systems. These can be enumerated as follows: an embryonic formative system (1870 to 1878), a traditional two-p...
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The cold weather and the uncertain economic environment are to blame for a decrease in new home construction during January in Winnipeg and the surrounding municipalities, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.
CMHC re...
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Over 100 commercial REALTORS® gathered at the commercial division breakfast on February 9, 2009 to listen to a presentation about the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. Grant Van Iderstine of Smith Carter Architects was on hand to explai...
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by Bruce Cherney
Each February, the Festival du Voyageur is held in Winnipeg, celebrating the joie de vivre of the early pioneers in Canada’s West. This year, the festival runs from February 11 to 20.
The voyageur, the b...
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The Winnipeg real estate market got off to a good start in 2009 with another monthly dollar volume record. MLS® sales were worth close to $100 million and only off 8% from the second best January in 106 years. Breaking MLS® property...
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