Canada was invaded by elephants this summer. Or so it seemed.
Ian Capstick, panelist on Power and Politics (Newsworld), warned of an elephant in the room while discussing climate change, July 24.
Following the deat...
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Certainly the corner of Portage and Main is great for vehicles, but it’s also certainly not people-friendly, since it hasn’t been open to above-ground walkers for decades. On the other hand, cars, trucks and buse...
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When a home is purchased, there are direct and indirect benefits for the local economy. A lot of ancillary purchases are triggered beyond the initial payment on the home. It almost always involves remodelling and customizing the home to the...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 4 of 4)
Canadian National Railway (CNR) officials said they had made an offer that would have allowed Grand Beach cottagers to purchase the lots they were leasing from the railway in 1958 (Free Press, Aug...
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Population increases and stable unemployment numbers, coupled with low mortgage rates, will spur builders to maintain new home production at 4,250 units this year and next in Winnipeg and the surrounding municipalities,...
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Maybe you’re having one of those days. From the moment you dragged yourself out of bed, everything went wrong. No fun, eh?
Like the old adage says, “Some days are diamonds — some days are mud.&...
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On July 23, Justin Trudeau, Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, provoked a media stir by saying he favours legalization, regulation and taxation of the hallucinogenic drug, marijuana. Citing crime statistics related to alcohol prohibitio...
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Churchill, Manitoba, is Canada’s only deepwater Arctic seaport. On the other hand, Russia possesses 16 such ports, making it the major northern player in the global warming sweepstakes associated with ships traversing a growing ice-fr...
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You need to be very careful when attempting to jump to conclusions about Winnipeg’s real estate market.
Why?
It will often surprise you with some rather impressive numbers after showing poor resul...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 3)
The railway that owned and ran Grand Beach was in financial difficulty by 1918, just four years after the Canadian Northern Railway’s (CNoR) majority shareholders, William Mackenz...
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