While the six-part Professionally Speaking series in the Winnipeg Real Estate News on the new OurWinnipeg blueprint has concluded, it is only the beginning in terms of actually implementing the new plan to shape Winnipeg&rsq...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 2 of 2)
According to the Fargo Forum and Daily Republican, an “Old Settler” claimed that the spring 1897 inundation would become the greatest flood in the history of the valley...
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A new CIBC poll conducted by Harris/Decima reveals that half of all Canadians said they would choose a fixed-rate mortgage if they had to decide today, a notable increase over last year.
Canadians al...
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In the endless list of things in life that drive you crazy, grocery shopping should near the top.
Why?
There’s quite a few reasons, such as ...
The aggravation of ads,...
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Readers may have been surprised when last week’s column failed to deal with slang usage of “dickens.”
But dickens as found in exclamations like, “What the dickens?” has nothing to d...
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Officially, winter ended on March 20, but the so-called cold-weather season never really began in earnest. In fact, with the exception of a few days when the thermometer hit around -20°C, temperatures were well above nor...
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Sheldon Zamick’s overriding desire is to “help others help themselves, so they can then do wonderful things.”
The recipient of this year’s Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 1)
The residents of Emerson were greeted by a scene more reminiscent of Venice, Italy, than a community situated in the midst of a prairie landscape. But instead of a gondola, ...
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Increased agricultural output and growth in manufacturing will be key drivers for Manitoba’s economy in the year ahead, according to the latest RBC Economics Provincial Outlook report.
RBC anticipate...
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We often complain about the predictability of our daily existence. Why can’t we have some of the excitement that people in the news are experiencing. And look at all that sordid, titillating stuff people are talk...
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