(Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from the newly-released book, Winnipeg Beach: Leisure and Courtship in a Resort Town, 1900-1967, by Dale Barbour, University of Manitoba Press — www.uofmpress.ca — paperback, 264 p...
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Manitoba’s reputation as one of the most affordable provinces for housing remains intact, according to a new report from RBC economics.
The latest Housing Trends and Affordability report indicated housing affordability in Man...
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With the encouragement and guidance of social studies teachers Marie Zorniak and James Dykstra, Winnipeg REALTORS® staff and the Citizens Hall of Fame committee members participated for the first time as a sponsor of the day-long R...
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At the turn of the 20th century, the boast was that all railroads led to Winnipeg, giving rise to the belief that the city would eventually become the “Chicago of the North.” While this didn’t quite come true, a great city d...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 3 of 3)
The impostor aristocrat, who with a silky-smooth tongue and a bogus pedigree had convinced so many to part with their money, hatched another scheme to elude the law, which he sensed was once aga...
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The bronze sculpture of Winnipeg REALTORS®-established Citizens Hall of Fame inductee Terry Fox is now on its pedestal in the Formal Garden at Assiniboine Park.
“It’s wonderful to see the likeness of Terry Fox sitt...
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Luck doesn’t even to begin to describe golfer Ted Kemp’s round in 2008 at the Muscatine, Iowa, Municipal Golf Course. A 12-handicapper, he knocked in holes-in-one on two par-3s.
He used a pitching wedge to sink h...
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The Biblical story of Adam and Eve describes how God made Adam from the dust of the earth and His own breath. Then using one of Adam’s ribs, He created the first woman. The two lived in the Garden of Eden until Eve succumbed to the serp...
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On July 15, 1970, Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, rode a carriage from the CNR station down Broadway. Seated in a following carriage were Princess Anne and Prince Charles. Their destination was the Manitoba Legislatu...
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An inspiring speech by John Furlong, the CEO of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, was a highlight of a two-day political action session in Ottawa with REALTORS® from across the country. Former Prime Minister Jean Ch...
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