A downtown housing strategy
by Stephano Grande
Who needs a Downtown Housing Plan, when the $40-million residential development grant program is proving to be “successful” in leveraging dozens of housing projects?
While some may already ...
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Archive : 2011
Buffalo hunt — great slaughter by hide hunters was “stupendous” and short-sighted
by Bruce Cherney (part 4 pf 4)
Anyone travelling across the plains during the years of mass destruction would come across a landscape littered with rotting buffalo flesh, as most commercial hunters only took the hides and tongues f...
Real estate market doing significantly better than predicted at start of 2011
Consumer confidence has created a momentum in the local real estate market that hadn’t been expected at the start of the year, according to WinnipegREALTORS® president Ralph Fyfe.
“With sales up six per cent ...
Happenings on the September calendar
Here’s a test of your nostalgic memory. Do you remember any of these historical events from Septembers past?
September 1, 1939 — Germany launched its Polish campaign, attacking from the west, south and north. The invasi...
Are you a baby boomer?
Barely a day goes by without some journalist mentioning “baby boomer.” Following is an example from the August 24 edition of the Free Press. Lifted from the Los Angeles Times and entitled, Baby Boomers Dooming Stocks, the st...
Appeasement led to war
Its an anniversary often fraught with visions of terror and memories of a world plunged into darkness for the approximately 120,000 surviving veterans of the Second World War. The September 11, 1939, headline in the Winnipeg Free Press procla...
Manitoba Education Financing Coalition — fighting unfair school property tax on behalf of all Manitobans
The lawn sign “I Want School Tax Off My Property” campaign is attracting public attention. One homeowner called WinnipegREALTORS® asking for signs not only for his property, but also some for his neighbours. His street now ha...
Buffalo hunt — cows were selected for their extensive fat deposits, while bulls were generally considered as uselesss
by Bruce Cherney (part 3)
Archaeological evidence shows that aboriginal hunters were driving buffalo over steep riverbanks in the Hartney, Lauder and Melita areas along the Souris River in Manitoba. But by the 1860s, only scattered...
letspayfair.com campaign calls for removal of school taxes from property
“All we’re asking is that the government fund education more fairly,” was Lorne Weiss’ message at a press conference held on Monday morning in a farmyard near East Selkirk.
The letspayfair.com 2011 campaign,...
Slices of life on the golf course
The twisted logic of golf:
• You hit down to make the ball go up. You swing left and the ball goes right. The lowest score wins.
• Golf can best be defined as an endless series of tragedies obscured by ...