by Bruce Cherney (part 2 of 2)
On December 26, 1926, hundreds of Winnipeggers filed past the four caskets of firemen Donald Melville, Robert Stewart, Robert S. Shearer and Arthur Smith, who lost their lives during the disastrous Winn...
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John Foster “Jack” Babcock, the last Canadian veteran of the First World War, died recently at age 109. His passage symbolically brings to an end the last surviving link to the Canadian Expeditionary Force of the First World War...
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WinnipegREALTORS® has sent letters to Manitoba’s 57 MLAs urging them to push for major changes to the land transfer tax (LTT) in the March 25 provincial budget, including an exemption from the tax for first-time home buyers. ...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 1)
Fire safety concerns expressed about the Winnipeg Theatre in the late 1890s and early 1900s were an early indication of a looming tragedy. Two decades later, the warnings were realized when the theatre erupt...
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Last week, federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty tightened the rules for obtaining a government-backed mortgage. Prospective homeowners will have to meet financial qualifications for a five-year fixed-rate mortgage, as opposed to the three-...
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Across Canada, the media is reporting on the Competition Bureau’s case against the Canadian Real Estate Association to “smash” what it terms are anti-competitive home listings on MLS®, which allegedly limits consumer c...
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In 1944, Harold Arlen wrote the music and Johnny Mercer the lyrics for a ditty called Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive, which Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters recorded on December 8 that year. The song became so popular it stayed on the Bil...
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There is little doubt that February’s Black History Month would have a greater presence in Canada if an earlier movement had become a reality.
For centuries blacks have resided in Canada, especially in Nova Scotia and in ...
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At a recent Real Estate Investment Network (REIN) meeting in Calgary, Don White, chair of WinnipegREALTORS® commercial division and Peter Squire, MLS® market analyst for WinnipegREALTORS®, both emphasized Winnipeg’s reside...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 5 of 5)
An important detail General Sir Frederick Stephenson failed to mention when promoting the overland Suakin-Berber route to relieve the siege of Khartoum, Sudan, was the lack of camels and water in ...
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