Vinyl siding is the foremost cladding applied to houses in Canada and the United States because it’s a relatively cheap alternative to wood and composite sidings.
Personally, I find polyvinyl chloride (PVC) repugnant to look a...
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The pace of downtown revitalization is directly related to the opinions, beliefs and knowledge of the mayor.
Whether you agree with this or not is a topic that’s ripe for a good conversation. But the reality is this: if the ma...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 1)
Rum-running during the Prohibition Era was quite lucrative on both sides of the United States-Canada border. While Windsor, Ontario, on the Canadian side, with its connection to Detroit, Michigan, on the American...
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Invasive species have a tendency to stick around, even after they are first detected as a pest and steps are taken to attempt their eradication.
Be it cane toads in Australia — introduced in attempt to curb beetle grubs destro...
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Canada’s housing became more affordable in the second quarter of 2014 thanks to a decline in mortgage rates, according to the latest Housing Trends and Affordability Report issued by RBC Economics Research.
“It was more afford...
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by Todd Lewys
They’re something that aren’t talked about a whole lot, yet make all kinds of sense — infill housing developments.
Should you take a look around the city, you might notice that more infill projects ar...
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One hundred plaques, recalling Canada’s first national internment of “enemy aliens,” were recently unveiled from coast to coast to mark the 100th anniversary of the War Measures Act, which on August 22, 1914, was given Royal a...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 2 of 2)
Note: The following article first appeared in the Real Estate News on November 8, 2002. Since the article was first published, new information has been obtained. With the commemoration this year of the 100th...
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The wolf cuts a wide swath throughout folk literature. Aesop’s Fables (ca. 600 BC) contains some of our earliest references to the dangerous wolf.
Everyone knows, The Boy Who Cried Wolf, but another 23 fables also...
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by Steve Brown, National Association of REALTORS® president
“Isn’t the real estate industry just like any other business? Don’t we have a product to sell? Isn’t the industry based on profit and loss and market ...
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