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Being Canadian around the world

 By Heino Molls The woman I love the most in the world is of Irish descent. A couple of months ago we celebrated her cultural heritage here in Canada on St. Patrick’s Day. I have been thinking about that for a while.   It occurs to me that we should also be promoting...

On Advertising

If you are looking to advertise your service or product in REM and you expect a fast response or immediate sales from one ad – then please don’t advertise here. In fact, don’t advertise anywhere. Save your money. If you insist on spending money, spend it somewhere...

Misdirected bureaucrats

  Ever since I read the article Bureau sees 'no major restrictions' in the February REM, I have been formulating my letter to Ann Bosley, president of CREA, and I emailed her a few minutes ago with my views.  If you read that article carefully, you will...

Shame on you, David Suzuki

By Randy Norman   Shame on you, David Suzuki.   I believe you should stop promoting compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) and start promoting light emitting diodes (LEDs). You are sabotaging the future by promoting the technology that’s second best.   Don’t get me wrong. I...

Setting the real estate industry apart

We live and work in a world that is pretty efficient. We are building things and making things with rules for service and manufacturing. We have service standards, business rules and measures for everything we do from restaurant cleanliness to the conduct of teachers...

Donut shop marketing

A few weeks ago I was at the Tim Hortons drive-through in beautiful Stratford, Ont. As is typical at Timmy’s there was a line-up of a few cars as I waited for my turn.   When I got to the window to get my order, the young lady at the drive-through counter told me to...