Category Archives: Cities

Planners from hell – Taken to the cleaners

Posted on June 21, 1998 by urbanrenaissanceinst

(June 21, 1998) Richard Morantz, a Winnipeg property manager, recently bought an apartment building whose previous owner had been providing laundry facilities to tenants at no charge. He didn’t mind that so much. Continue reading →

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Editorial – Too much privacy can be hazardous to the person

Posted on June 21, 1998 by urbanrenaissanceinst

(June 21, 1998) With vast computer network data bases storing detailed information about our private lives, many of us are becoming uneasy about invasions of privacy. Continue reading →

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Bum rap: Antispanking activists need to take a time-out and let parents use their instincts

Posted on June 21, 1998 by urbanrenaissanceinst

(June 21, 1998) Whenever I read something on the spanking controversy, I remember an incident a few years ago in a downtown day care. Continue reading →

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Book reviews – War on jihad

Posted on June 21, 1998 by urbanrenaissanceinst

(June 21, 1998) The Decline of Easten Christianity under Islam: From Jihad to Dhimmitude. Continue reading →

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Saturday Night big prize winner

Posted on May 23, 1998 by urbanrenaissanceinst

(May 23, 1998) Toronto – The two heavyweights of Canadian magazine journalism, Saturday Night and Toronto Life, came first and second at last night’s National Magazine Awards. But Vancouver Magazine was the success story of the evening, coming in third overall and being named Magazine of the year. Continue reading →

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