It’s not too often that a writer from Toronto has kind words for Winnipeg, especially in the depths of winter, but Noah Richler defied the naysayers when he visited the ’Peg and afterward penned Warming up to Winter-peg for the ...
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The March 25 provincial budget contained measures to help Manitoba continue to weather any fallout from deteriorating economic conditions across the country and globally. It seems the way we “weather” tough times is compar...
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The Manitoba government should take a lesson from next-door Saskatchewan when it comes to using property taxes to fund education, according to the Manitoba Education Financing Coalition.
The Saskatchewan government removed the power ...
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The revised update released by the province has Manitobans reflecting upon the “Flood of the Century” in 1997, which has become the new gauge to assess the impact of flooding. Prior to 1997, the measuring stick for spring -time ...
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WinnipegREALTORS® with the support of the Manitoba Real Estate Association is hoping the government makes a move in next week’s provincial budget to provide relief to home buyers, especially first-time home buyers who struggle...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 1)
Dividing the assets of the firm Kelly Brothers & Company eventually pitted Michael and Martin against their brother Thomas. The dispute arose over numerous properties and transactions, including the land...
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WinnipegREALTORS® is asking the province to exempt first-time home buyers from its Manitoba land transfer tax (LTT) as well as overhaul the percentages levied on other home purchases in its March 25 budget.
“A first-time ho...
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How many times have you heard the comment in recent days: “It’s darn cold out! When’s winter going to end?”
Undoubtedly these statements and similar versions using more unsavoury language continue ...
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As highlighted in a WREN front page story last week, a candidate running for school trustee in the
Winnipeg School Division election on March 17 is proposing that the province take over full responsibility for funding education...
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