This year, Winnipeg has garnering some national coverage as a real estate market to watch. An article in the Globe and Mail in January pointed out that Winnipeg was set to become the hottest Canadian market in 2011.
In ...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 1)
One of the greatest blunders in Canadian history occurred in the month of March 141 years ago. On March 4, 1870, Thomas Scott was executed after a guilty verdict was delivered by a six-man court. Thi...
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Manitoba MLS® home sales will increase this year by 4.8 per cent when compared to sales in 2010 to 13,800 units, according to a newly-revised forecast by the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA).
CREA also predicts that res...
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Last year, the combination of extremely tight rental market conditions (less than one-per-cent vacancy rate) and a large influx of new immigrants propelled home prices higher than was forecast at the start of 2010, according to Peter Squire.&...
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WinnipegREALTORS® Commercial Division chair Tom Derrett’s message was prepare for “tempered optimism” in 2010.
Derrett, of Colliers International, provided an overview and summary of Winnipeg’s commerci...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 3)
What was finally said between Assiniboia Governor Robert Semple and North West Company (NWC) servant François Firmin Boucher, precipitating the Battle of Seven Oaks, depends upon the varied testimony ...
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No one wants an election is the mantra making the rounds of the hallowed halls of Ottawa. We’re assured that neither the Conservatives, the Liberals, the NDP nor the Bloc Québeçois are keen on forcing Canadians to the ballot b...
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On January 28, a satirical song was sung with lyrics cleverly changed from a London setting to Winnipeg. How They Won the Vote involved converting Horace Cole from being an anti-feminist to a “rabid” supporter of the suffragette c...
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WinnipegREALTORS®’s fifth annual forecast breakfast began with a “state-of-the-union” address by 2010 president Ralph Fyfe. He conveyed a message of pride in what the 1,600-strong membership has been able to accomplish,...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 2)
Assiniboia District Governor Robert Semple sent a man to the Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) post at Brandon House, located along the Assiniboine River near its confluence with the Souris River, to gather...
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