by Bruce Cherney
According to many financial market commentators, the worst of the recession is now over in Canada, and the economy is now poised for recovery. Even in the United States, the heartland of the recession, the news appea...
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July not only set a new dollar volume sales record, but the month edged out May this year for total sales which is a rare occurrence, according to WinnipegREALTORS®.
“We have now had two really solid back-to-back mont...
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What can be learned from Winnipeg’s early history is that municipal ownership did not at first deliver clean potable water to its residents as promised, nor did the private sector which originally developed the city’s water supp...
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by Toby Welch
In the 1990s, homeowners wanted a large, cozy kitchen and a gigantic master bedroom. When the millennium rolled through, houses came equipped with wine cellars, super-sized bathrooms, and laundry rooms rivaling the luxu...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 2 of 2)
Mounted on a Red River pony Colonel Garnet Wolseley, on August 24, 1870, led his advance force of green-coated British regulars from Point Douglas toward the village of Winnipeg. Although the marchers w...
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Compared to the United States, Canada has healthier housing markets, labour markets and government finances, according to a recent report from the Conference Board of Canada.
The Conference Board forecasts real gross domestic product...
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Getting into the real estate market is like entering uncharted waters for many people. Location, price and size of home, type of mortgage, interest rates, monthly payments and many other things must be decided upon before you can make the r...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 1)
In the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, The Pirates of Penzance, one of its most memorable songs contains the lyric, “I am the very model of a modern Major-General.”
When they wrote the oper...
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For decades, the residents of Fargo have known that “Duff’s Ditch” has spared Winnipeg from numerous floods, saving billions of dollars in damages and the evacuation of tens of thousands of citizens. And for decades,...
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The worst is over and the nation is on the road to recovery, according to the Bank of Canada.
The central bank said it expects Canada’s economy will contract 2.3 per cent this year, which is significantly better than the ...
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