Archive : 2011

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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In like a lion

There are still quite a few people who remember the blizzard of ’66, which has since been termed by Environment Canada as  “Snowstorm of the Century.” The Friday, March 4, 1966, blizzard — the weekday and day of t...

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Tax incentive helping downtown revitalization

WinnipegREALTORS® released a major discussion paper this week on Manitoba’s acute rental shortage. One of the items noted under the city of Winnipeg is its multi-family Residential Tax Incentive Program for Winnipeg’s downtow...

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Perilous ice jams

Ice jams on the Red River have been a common problem for decades. Some years the ice fails to wreak havoc. While in other years, such as in 2009, the ice can pile up to cause extensive flooding and damage to homes and infrastructure along the...

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