Sons, daughters of Erin
For one day a year (March 17), Manitobans of all backgrounds can attire themselves in green and proclaim they are “friends of the Irish.” At the same time, many in this province can claim direct descent fro...
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Archive : March 2012
HOP initiative promotes revitalization of community
Housing Opportunity Partnership (HOP) president Lori Thorsteinson said the WinnipegREALTORS®-initiated not-for-profit neighbourhood housing revitalization initiative is determined to reach a total of 100 reclaimed or new...
Fickle March — blizzards of 1904 confound the old adage of in like a lion, out like a lamb
by Bruce Cherney (part 1)
According to the age-old adage, if March comes in like a lion, it will go out like a lamb, and vice versa.
After years of weather observation, old-timers might swear by the...
Dollar volume sets February record with 12% increase
While February MLS® sales were identical to last year, dollar volume was a different story altogether with February 2012 up 12% at $191 million.
As a result, the average residential-detached sales price was ...
Happenings on the March calendar
As part of the annual end-of-winter "coming alive" process, commonly referred to as spring, we have the month of March. It’s a month that always offers us a few significant moments including the first couple ...
St. David of Wales
March 1 was St. David’s Day. This patron saint of Wales is actually the only Welsh saint we have and he has been that country’s patron since the 12th century.
Very little that can be verified is know...
Manitoba’s bats endangered
Years ago, Manitoba Conservation officer Bill Stilwell revealed to a newspaper I was the working for at the time that a series of limestone caves existed in the Interlake. This was well before the caves and their mammal inha...
Real estate offers to purchase must be in writing
by Steve Hyman
“Verbal offers are not worth the paper they are written on” — with apologies to Yogi Berra.
In my position of manager of professional standards for the Manitob...
1940 Winnipeg Brier — a Manitoba loss and a Saskatchewan win would have made a tie-breaker necessary
by Bruce Cherney (part 2 of 2)
With New Brunswick skip Nick Thibodeau’s errant last rock striking one of the boards dividing the ice sheets at Winnipeg’s Amphitheatre Arena, Saskatchewan scored two a...
City’s tax freeze ending with 3.5-percent property tax increase
The city’s preliminary 2012-14 operating budget is calling for an end to 14 years of property tax freezes in Winnipeg.
The budget unveiled by the executive policy committee (EPC) includes a 3.5-per-cent property tax incre...