Archive : March 2011

Howard Pawley and CF-18 fiasco

In his autobiography, Keep True: A Life in Politics (University of Manitoba Press, $27.95, to be released on March 28), former Manitoba Premier Howard Pawley wrote that he was attending a meeting in London with Sir Francis Tombs, the head of ...

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Partners in the home-buying process

When the Winnipeg Real Estate Board re-branded the industry association in 2007 as WinnipegREALTORS®, it also created a tagline: The tools. The team. The trust. While the team aspect tends to get associated with the co-operative network ...

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Stupid is as stupid does

It’s purely a coincidence that the WREN began running a two-part series about the 1899 Stanley Cup injury fiasco when it was reported that Boston’s Zdeno Chara rode Montréal’s Max Pacioretty into a stanchion during an N...

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Citizens Hall of Fame began 25 years ago in March

Twenty-five years ago in March, Stephen Juba stepped forward to accept a framed photo of a Great Grey Owl and thus became the very first inductee into the WinnipegREALTORS®-established Citizens Hall of Fame. Twenty-five years ...

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Ken Watson "Mr. Curling"

This weekend, Jeff Stoughton has an opportunity to duplicate a feat that has only been done once before in Manitoba curling history. If Stoughton should win this week in the Tim Hortons Brier in London, Ontario, he will only be the second ski...

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Aggressively advocating consumer issues

As the name suggests, WinnipegREALTORS® represents real estate agents who choose to be members of the organization. WinnipegREALTORS® does not have any authority to grant real estate licences, as that responsibility and power rests ...

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