When selling your home, you want to make sure as many potential buyers as possible are aware of your property. The best way to ensure maximum exposure is through the services of a REALTOR® and the Multiple Listing Servic...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 1)
Canadian National Railway (CNR) announced on Monday, August 14, 1950, that the company intended to sell a portion of its property in Grand Beach, the resort community that began life fo...
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“Awesome!” was how one tweet on Twitter described last year’s Folklorama.
“This was the first year that I have been and I can honestly say that I had no idea how fabulous it is,” co...
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by Todd Lewys
There is much more to being a REALTOR® than listing a home, or helping a client find one.
Much more.
The first thing a REALTOR® offers sellers — unlike priva...
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Manitobans are quite aware that the first Monday in August is a civic holiday, but when the concept of such an annual holiday was first entertained, no set date was established, although it was generally felt the holiday sho...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 2 of 2)
The fortunes of the Dr. A.W. Hager’s Paris Circus, the first circus ever to perform in Manitoba, were delivered another financial blow when a rain downpour caused shows to be...
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For all the talk about the need to rejuvenate Winnipeg’s downtown by attracting more residents to live downtown — and there certainly was recently with the controversial decision by city council to grant home buy...
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None of the following is exactly earth-shaking information, but on the other hand, it does offer you some tidbits with which to dazzle your friends next time you’re sitting around looking for a topic of conversation. &...
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E. McIntosh wonders why we don’t adopt American spellings.
There’s probably no single reason Canadian/English spellings remain unreformed. But one obvious reason is resistance from people like you an...
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The NASG (National Association of Senior Golfers) has negotiated with the USGA to modify the rules of golf for seniors. With tongue-in-cheek, here’s what they came up with:
Rule 1.a.5 — A ball sliced...
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