A pooling of resources in a joint effort between the public and private sectors is required to resolve Manitoba’s severe rental housing shortage, according to a new report prepared by a provincially-appointed roundtabl...
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A brief mention in the 1966 book, The Maya, by Yale University anthropologist Michael Coe, is allegedly responsible for the plethora of end-of-the-world prophesies associated with December 21, 2012. Coe wrote that in the May...
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As much as organized real estate is committed to helping buyers make one of the most important investments of their life when they acquire a home, they also work closely with all levels of government to ensure these new owne...
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Humans have been indulging in alcoholic concoctions for at least as long as written records exist. We find mentions in folklore and music. Who can forget the wonderful “Drink! Drink! Drink!” scene in Sigmund Romb...
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by Bruce Cherney
On display in the Western Canada Aviation Museum, 958 Ferry Rd., is a Fokker Super Universal monoplane with a storied career in Canadian aviation history that spans the decades from the 1920s to...
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The only thing that goes faster than the month of December is your summer vacation. Let’s ponder a few December dates, but we’d better hurry, before the month of January arrives.
December 2, 1927 &md...
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Did you hear the theory that the world will end next month, on December 21, 2012? Scary thought, eh? But wait a minute. Haven’t we been down this “impending disaster” road before? If, like me, you&rsq...
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Both print and electronic media have devoted time and space to the recent turmoil within the BBC.
London correspondent, Eric Reguly, writing on November 12, told Globe and Mail readers, “Mr. Entwistle, who...
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Nineteen eighty-four was a watershed year for the Grey Cup. It was then that the Calgary Stampeders and their fans invaded Toronto. After this invasion, it was no longer just a Grey Cup game, it was Grey Cup Week, and ...
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In April 1999, WinnipegREALTORS® established a task force to look at the issue of mixed-use development in the downtown. The task force strongly encouraged CentreVenture, the city’s downtown development agency, to ...
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