You know the routine. It’s similar to a Sherlock Holmes mystery, with you trying to figure out the real meaning of what you read and hear these days. Someone has something to say in a memo, report or news interview, bu...
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The Chinese dragon is god of water. In the western world, even among desert dwellers, dragons are also associated with water and often said to live in wells. This belief spawned the myth that the bottom of a well is the drag...
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“January the twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and sixteen, will stand out for all time in the political history of the Province of Manitoba,” announced a Manitoba Free Press editorial, “and of the Dominion ...
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The latest projections for the Winnipeg real estate market were featured at the sixth annual breakfast forecast meeting of WinnipegREALTORS®. Over 300 attendees heard insightful information from guest speaker...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 1)
Charles Stewart found himself to be the object of unwanted attention during a March 5, 1885, meeting at the Knights of Labour Hall.
His sin?
He wanted Manitoba...
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Always somewhere in the middle among Canada’s 25 major centres is how Benjamin Tal, the managing director and deputy chief economist for CIBC World Markets, describes Winnipeg’s economy and housing market.
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Winnipeg’s housing market is expected to remain strong throughout 2012, according to a new survey.
In its recent market survey and forecast, Royal LePage Real Estate Services is predicting an average...
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Chinese New Year arrives January 23, heralding the Year of the Dragon. Dragon years occur every 12 years.
The 15-day New Year festival will feature feasts, dragon dancing in the streets, even some taboos. For example, never was...
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by Will Dunning
Credit card lending is starting to look a lot like airline travel did a generation ago.
In those times, government regulations set minimum airfares at levels that would have allowed ...
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We’re only a few weeks into 2012 and I’ll bet most of you have already forgotten your hastily conceived New Year’s resolutions. It makes you wonder why we bother making them in the first place.
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