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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History provides us with great lessons in what not to do in times of crisis. Unfortunately, few remember the examples from the past.
Six weeks before the Smoot-Hawley Act (imposing high tariffs on a wide range of foreign im...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 3)
On April 2, Walter Gordon took his place in the prisoner’s box in the Brandon Courthouse with Justice Joseph Dubuc again presiding. During the two earlier proceedings, Gordon had not admitted...
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With all the publicity about the new home renovation tax credit in the federal budget, one item overlooked was the move to increase the ceiling limit on the very successful national Home Buyers’ Plan (HBP). The plan introduc...
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Will Dunning, the chief economist of the Canadian Association of the Accredited Mortgage Brokers (CAAMP), said during the WinnipegREALTORS® annual forecast breakfast that he foresees some troubles ahead for the national market, but a mo...
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The federal budget, in which one newspaper said “Harper shovels out the money,” will pass a confidence vote in the House of Commons. Liberal Party Leader Michael Ignatieff has assured its passage by only calling for a minor amen...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 2)
A reporter from the Morning Telegram approached a “gentleman ... well up on the doings of criminals,” asking him about Walter Gordon’s chances of eluding the police.
“If Gordon...
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