Condominium sales are steadily increasing, according to recent statistics compiled by WinnipegREALTORS®.
“While off to a slow start at the beginning of the year like other MLS® property types,&rdqu...
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Here are a few bits of trivia to ponder as the hammock sways gently in the summer breeze, hamburgers sizzle on the barbecue and mosquitoes prepare for a tasty meal of their own.
Major League Baseball&rsquo...
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While I was watching one of the endless re-runs of Murder She Wrote, I thought how formulaic this murder series is. Jessica Fletcher invariably discovers some clue overlooked by detectives. Then, 15 minutes before the progra...
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The Heritage Highlights section of our newspaper has recently been focusing on the ferry crossing between Winnipeg and St. Boniface, noting that, “Winnipeg came to life as a child of its two major rivers — the Re...
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If you are one of a number of Manitobans upset or wondering out loud why our land transfer tax is so high and have requested that Manitoba Finance Minister Stan Struthers respond to your concern, you may have already receive...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 2)
A reporter for the Manitoban wrote a June 28, 1873, article about his experiences with the Winnipeg and St. Boniface Ferry. “The man at present in charge of the ferry,” rela...
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The previously named Winnipeg Convention Centre is counting on the international recognition of a big bank’s name to make it a big player on the convention centre circuit. The Winnipeg Convention Cent...
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In honour of Canada Day, here’s a little quiz that will test your knowledge of our home and native land (answers at the end of the column):
1. Who was Lawren Harris?
2. In what province ...
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Some years ago, this sign appeared in London: “How dare New York call itself the Big Smoke?”
Such amusing signage shows up everywhere. Sometimes, as in the London example, the endeavour to provoke la...
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“What place is this?” asked Jacques Cartier.
“Kanata,” was the reply from two youth.
Because of a mistake in translation, an Iroquoian name for village became the name of a n...
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