by Bruce Cherney (part 1)
Hundreds of Winnipeggers turned out to greet the new steamboat that W.B. Nickles, the editor of the Moorhead-based Red River Star, nicknamed the “Queen of the River.” As the Manitoba steamed into...
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Manitoba children can be forgiven if they are heard chanting, “Rain, rain, go away/Come again another day.”
While the province has in recent days been incessantly under a deluge of rain, the only critters benefitting seem...
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An estimated 2.1-million households in 10 major surveyed centres indicated they completed renovations last year, according to the Renovation and Home Purchase Survey released by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The average co...
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An interesting question posed by a number of presenters at the
committee hearing on the province’s Cottage Property Tax Increase
Deferral Act Bill was why the bill was even conceived and drafted in the
first place.
After a...
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The fates have not been kind in recent years to Barber House, the historically-significant home that once belonged to a pioneering family.
In 1935, Lillian Gibbons interviewed Lily Barber Sparrow for one of her series of articl...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 4 of 4)
The official end of the streetcar era in Winnipeg was scheduled for September 19, 1955. On the appointed day, hundreds of people jammed the corner of Portage and Main to witness the funeral procession o...
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The Manitoba government’s plan to allow a deferral of a portion of school property taxes in 2010 and 2011 isn’t any great favour to cottage owners, according to Dave Crabb, the president of the Manitoba Association of Cottage Ow...
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The increase in new housing prices in Canada slowed in February, following two consecutive months in which the rate of growth was gaining speed, according to a recent report from
Statistics Canada.
The de...
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As a result of an influx of new listings last month, WinnipegREALTORS® says the local housing market is becoming more balanced.
According to the latest statistical report from WinnipegREALTORS®, MLS® listing rose ei...
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It’s bemusing, while at the same time rather sad, to know that 55 years ago Winnipeg had a perfectly “modern” transit system that was thought to be antiquated by the people who were blessed by its presence. Today, we cast ...
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