Again and again and again
A March letter from “Sometime Reader in Rural Manitoba,” asked, “Is it just me or is there more redundancy around these days?”
Sometime Reader attached a Free Press clipping quoting former Manitoba premi...
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Archive : 2013
Monster in the lake
It’s not a composite creature like Frankenstein. It’s more like Dracula, who’ll suck the lifeblood out of a hapless victim. But it’s no legendry horror of Hollywood or Halloween mythology. A real monster is poised to...
Two major real estate issues in the news
There were two fairly major national housing market issues mentioned last week. One was former MP, turned author and blogger, Garth Turner accusing the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) of inflating the reporting of national MLS® ...
Press tour of 1882 — Selkirk’s natural advantages noted
by Bruce Cherney (part 3)
In his address to the 1882 Canadian Press Association excursionists (read by town clerk John McDougall), Selkirk Mayor James Colcleugh included the typical welcome, but he also told the story about the...
Local commercial real estate thriving, but momentum hampered by a lack of supply
Demand for commercial real estate remains solid in Winnipeg, despite more than a decade of consecutive price growth, according to a recent report.
Tight market conditions, however, have hampered momentum, according to the 2013 ...
Test your trivia knowledge
Go ahead trivia lovers, make your day! Feast your insatiable trivia appetite on this vast, varied and voluminous array of assorted facts and figures and dazzle your friends.
Inventions
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Things that go bump in the night
Many people fear Halloween and hide from small visitors demanding treats.
There are good reasons for such fears. Halloween is the eve of All Saints Day, a Christian holy day commemorating saints and martyrs.
Stone Fort ghost tales
At Halloween time each year, Fright Night at the Fort is held at Lower Fort Garry Historic Site. According to the advertising for the Friday and Saturday evening event that ends on October 26, during the 90-minute tour: &ldq...
The many benefits of homeownership
Talking about throwing the baby out with the bath water! It is a huge leap of logic to deduce that because house prices have been going up too much for some economists’ liking that homeownership should now be que...
Press tour of 1882 —association members boarded steamboat for a cruise down the Red River
by Bruce Cherney (part 2)
A few months after the spectacular collapse of the real estate boom in April 1882, over 100 members of the Canadian Press Association descended on Winnipeg for a tour of the Canadian Pa...