Diane Forrest expressed curiosity when she encountered Hannon Bell, a real estate agent who was wielding a brush during the one-day Brush-Up Winnipeg painting blitz. When she became engaged in conversation with the WinnipegREALTORS® memb...
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Not so fast was the message delivered by the city’s property and development committee to the province when it approved four of the five Winnipeg Public Service recommendations this week on apartment-to-condominium conversions.
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by Bruce Cherney (part 1)
When he first viewed the Sault la Biche (Deer Rapids), North West Company fur trader Alexander Henry was quite impressed by the bounty of the land surrounding the rapids. On August 16, 1800, after passing ...
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For three years, Dianne Forrest had been entering a Take Pride Winnipeg program that has volunteers paint the exterior of homes for people unable to do so themselves.
When she entered again this year, Forrest said she had &nb...
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If you’ve done the Mediterranean, this may bring back some memories for you. If you haven’t and you’re thinking of heading there, you might find something of interest in the following.
Since we missed Italy and Gr...
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Recent “acts of God” have provoked much media coverage. For example, here’s a May 24 Globe and Mail headline, Putting a Price on Acts of God. The ensuing story deals with the Insurance Bureau of Canada’s stance on comp...
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It was a city at odds with itself, reeling from the effects of a year-earlier deadly turmoil that still threatened to further shred its social and political fabric. Labour bore the scars of the failed May-June Winnipeg General Strike of 1919,...
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While Premier Greg Selinger may not know for sure what the province stands to gain from income tax filings from the Winnipeg franchise NHL players, one thing he does know for certain is that when they purchase a home or condominium, there wil...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 2 of 2)
The Liberal Party accused Premier Rodmond Roblin’s Conservative government of being “commercial bandits” for advocating the expropriation of the Bell Telephone Company’s assets...
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MLS® activity in May dramatically rebounded from a disappointing April that was marred by flood concerns, according to statistics released by WinnipegREALTORS®.
WinnipegREALTORS® president Ralph Fyfe said flood-relat...
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