Archive : June 2012

Resurrecting a long-forgotten word

  World-wide media are writing about Luka Magnotta and his victim, Jun Lin.  Magnotta’s former neighbour was interviewed by the Sun, which then wrote: “MacKinnon says he was the only resident of t...

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Old-time Canada Day celebrations

  Today, Manitobans are among the most enthusiastic Canadians when it comes to celebrating Canada Day, but that has not always been the case. In fact, the first year of the province’s existence was so marred by internal ...

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Condos attracting more people to the downtown

  There is good reason to be optimistic about more residential development occurring downtown and within the Exchange District, as related by Stefano Grande in the article below. One chart pulled from WinnipegREAL...

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Let’s take a look at evermore

  Twelve years ago, when a cousin wondered how long I’d be able to keep coming up with column topics, I declared that there’s probably a column lurking in every word in the dictionary. To prove this, I...

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Park honouring immigrants

  After a rather vocal public protest against its location at The Forks, city council decided against a $7-million subsidy for a waterpark, including an hotel, on a city-owned parking lot known as Parcel Four at the southwest ...

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Time to review land transfer tax

  WinnipegREALTORS® and the Manitoba Real Estate Association are the only organizations raising concerns about the increasing burden of the land transfer tax (LTT) on Manitoba home buyers.  When introduce...

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