by REM Editorial Team | May 4, 2010 | Letters to the Editor
With the recent buzz regarding the Competition Bureau alleging that CREA’s strict rules governing the MLS system makes it impossible for competitors to offer innovative services to consumers, I would like to note that there is competition in the current marketplace...
by REM Editorial Team | Apr 21, 2010 | Publisher's Page
It has been a mystery to me for many years why so many people think that a hot and sunny day is a great day. What in the world is the matter with these people? In the blazing heat without a cloud in the sky you have to squint all day, sweat buckets, withstand...
by REM Editorial Team | Apr 13, 2010 | Letters to the Editor
Re/Max has recently been practicing pure “puffery”, conducting a national radio and TV advertising campaign that claims they are, “Canada’s Favourite Agents”. While new agents are taught that you can’t make such claims unless the source or basis on which the claim is...
by REM Editorial Team | Apr 6, 2010 | Letters to the Editor
It appears the Competition Bureau has an axe to grind and they have chosen us as their test case. Their contention that we are restricting competition is neither factually nor conceptually correct. If you type in anything but MLS to inquire about property sale...
by REM Editorial Team | Mar 31, 2010 | Letters to the Editor
I read with considerable interest Michael Polzler’s opinions in the March 2010 edition of REM (Paid advertisement, page 2). Michael challenged us to make our voices heard. I identify very strongly with consumers when it comes to their relations with some so-called...
by REM Editorial Team | Mar 24, 2010 | Publisher's Page
By Heino Molls A lot of newspapers are scrambling to be online because they fear that if they don’t do it, somebody else will take their news, put it on the Internet and become a more favoured place to go for updated information. It’s true that general newspaper...