by Todd Lewys
As the local real estate market transitions from fall into winter, sellers and buyers are facing different scenarios.
In a nutshell, the balanced real estate market — which still features more than 5,000 homes to...
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Though I have 20-years of experience as a fine furniture maker, I’m still intimidated by the thought of building a stringed instrument such as a guitar or ukulele. My fears were allayed recently when I visited the workshop of Fred Casey, ...
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Readers know the term, “loanword” — a word lifted into English from another language. But, since we never return them, they should probably be called “usurped,” “adopted,” or, “stolen” words...
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Winnipeggers will go to the polls to elect a new mayor and city councillors on Wednesday, October 22. While the media has given credible and extensive reports of each candidate’s platforms, and groups and organizations, such as WinnipegRE...
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Last Thursday evening, on October 9, WinnipegREALTORS® teamed up with media partner Shaw TV and presented the first live televised debate of this year’s civic election. All seven mayoral candidates were invited and for the over two-ho...
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by Bruce Cherney
After conquering British music halls, he was poised to lay siege to the theatres of the New World and claim his share of vaudeville fame. At the time, vaudeville was the popular entertainment medium, and Winnipeg played a...
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It was an event that had all the makings of an auspicious, informative evening.
On October 9, WinnipegREALTORS® and Shaw TV Channel 9 joined forces to put on the 2014 Mayoral Forum, live from the Franco-Manitoban Cultural Centre. With...
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by Todd Lewys
As most everyone knows, the mantra in real estate is, “location, location, location.”
In today’s increasingly balanced real estate market, that age-old saying is now being followed closely by another:...
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If you’re having turkey as the main course of your Thanksgiving Day meal, you’re gobbling down a dinosaur; that is, a descendant of the dinosaurs that supposedly vanished from the earth 65 million years ago. Today, it’s unders...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 6 of 6)
The “Roaring Twenties” was a period when the automobile was coming into vogue as a means of personal transportation — vehicles, such as the Model-T, were becoming more affordable to many wo...
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