Archive : August 2012

When megadroughts strike

  The land was parched from days of hot temperatures in the mid-30°C. And then came high winds, which whipped up two dust storms that deposited 6,000 tonnes of silt in Winnipeg. What Winnipeggers observed in 1931 was the r...

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Gold medal for fastest to $2 billion

  WinnipegREALTORS® noted that the 2011 third quarter was quite exceptional so it became difficult to match this year. July 2012 proved this point. When it came to the finish line, MLS® sales fell short by less than tw...

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Happenings on the August calendar

  It was just the other day that we were saying, “Boy, I hope this summer is a good one.”    Yes, that was in May. And suddenly, we're half way through those two magic months. July was li...

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An informer by another name

  An informer is one who hopes for a reward in return for information. An incredible amount of slang has been invented to say “informer” —snitch, fink, nark, stoolie, stool pigeon, blabbermouth, ...

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Merv Farmer: integrity and trust

  Merv Farmer, who passed away on July 24, at age 74, was widely recognized as one of the leaders in the community newspaper industry, serving as a director and president of the Manitoba Community Newspaper Association and as ...

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Ten lessons to learn about the housing market

  Earlier this summer, David Wessel, the economic editor of the Wall Street Journal, declared the housing bust is over in the United States. As we all know, real estate is local, but there are indices and statistics that econo...

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