by Todd Lewys
It’s something that’s happening all over the city, and has been for some time.
That something happens to be construction. No matter what part of town you happen to be passing through, its presence is undeni...
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by Wes Hoover
1. We are not overpaid. Anyone who thinks this just doesn’t understand how our business works. Most real estate agents in most parts of the world work on a contingent fee basis. That means we work for free, we list hou...
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Let’s see how you do on this potpourri of obscure and, perhaps, not so obscure trivia (answers at the end of the column):
1. What baseball outfield star was successful in avoiding all of George Steinbrenner’s 1988 attempts to ...
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Important discoveries at Stonehenge recently captured the attention of historians. Archaeologists announced that the structure was originally circular. As well, dozens of hitherto unknown shrines and chapels have been uncovered along with an un...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 3)
In 1921, liquor bound for the U.S. may have been subject to seizure under an interpretation of the terms of the Manitoba Temperance Act, but by 1924 buying liquor in the province for export was a legal activity, ...
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Augustus Nanton, who was recently inducted into the WinnipegREALTORS® Citizens Hall of Fame, came to Winnipeg from Toronto in 1883, a year after the most spectacular period of real estate speculation in the city’s history.
Follo...
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The most recent inductee into the WinnipegREALTORS® Citizens Hall of Fame was described by Mayor Sam Katz as a man who helped “lay the foundation for what would become a great city.”
Sir Augustus Nanton (1860- 1925) is the...
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by Todd Lewys
It’s been more than three weeks since you listed your home, and you’re wondering why it hasn’t sold.
There could be several possible explanations for it still being on the market: a balanced market th...
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It’s not much of a surprise that Prime Minister Stephen Harper made the recent announcement that one of Sir John Franklin’s missing ships, which were claimed by the Arctic over 160 years ago, had been discovered, although it’s...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 2)
In a scene reminiscent of the HBO series about Prohibition Era bootleggers, Boardwalk Empire, it was reported that one of the Winnipeg victims of the liquor and three-car hijacking in North Dakota, who had been m...
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