by Bruce Cherney (part 2)
In 1883 and 1884, Shanty Town was more in the news as a “nuisance” rather than for providing the first homes for newcomers to the city. During this period, shanties had begun to proliferate, sp...
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When it was announced that silver screen legend Elizabeth Taylor had passed away at age 79 on March 23 of congestive heart failure, Hannon Bell’s telephone began to ring.
“I received plenty of condolences,” the Wi...
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For the fourth consecutive quarter, Canadian homeowners say debt-reduction remains one of their top financial priorities, according to a recent poll commissioned by Manulife Bank of Canada.
Nearly three-in-10 homeowners rate...
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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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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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by Bruce Cherney (part 1)
The immigrant walked from The Forks down Main Street to Bannatyne Avenue with the goal of scavenging boards at the Brown & Rutherford Co. Ltd. planing mill and lumberyard. During his northward journey ...
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The Royal Bank of Canada’s Osborne and Walker branch will be displaying information provided by WinnipegREALTORS® as part of a new national campaign.
To celebrate the partnership between REALTORS® and the bank...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 2 of 2)
According to Referee J.A. “Bill” Findlay’s statement issued two days after what became known as the Stanley Cup “fiasco” in Winnipeg newspapers, player Antoine “Ton...
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A REALTOR® has the expertise, experience and necessary tools — the Multiple Listing Service® and the Canadian Real Estate Association’s MLS® advertising property website www.realtor.ca — to help sellers and bu...
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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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