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Archive : 2009
Bank rates and Parade of Homes
While sometimes it seems a bit of a cliché to say times are great for buying a house, it would be hard to argue against this statement if you are in a good financial position, have job security and want to take advantage of historica...
Westward ho!
What’s the difference between the years 1875 and 2009 in Manitoba? If you’re discussing Icelandic immigration to the province, there’s not really that much difference.
In 1875 and now in 2009 the potential for immig...
Candidate’s campaign calls for end to division’s taxation powers
For the first time in Manitoba’s history, a school trustee candidate is running a campaign calling for 100-per-cent funding of education by the provincial government.
Lorne Weiss, chair of the Manitoba Real Estate Association&r...
February is Black History Month — agents try to stop “The Black 1000” at Emerson border crossing
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...
"Plains" nonsense
“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...
Reality of Canadian real estate is not all markets alike
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...
Lack of enthusiasm
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...
Common-sense genius of Canadians
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 ...
Politics in Manitoba — Adams shows how parties, leaders and voters shaped our system
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...