by Dennis McCloskey | Feb 2, 2015 | Featured, Profiles
Recently the president and CEO of McDonald’s Restaurants, Don Thompson, admitted his company continues to struggle in the fast food market, saying the corporation hasn’t kept up with the times and that changes are in store for its U.S. restaurants. A week later,...
by Donald Lapowich | Jan 30, 2015 | Featured, Legal Issues
As you are aware (or should be) as a professional real estate broker/salesperson, there are professional duties that must be honoured at all times. These legal obligations are not just words or hearsay, and can be illustrated by events now taking place in the United...
by Diane Slawych | Jan 29, 2015 | Featured, News
The world is full of quirky homes, something the average traveler eventually discovers. Some houses are perched on towering rocks in the middle of rivers, others border the sides of steep cliffs, while some are so tiny that you’re forced to hunch over when you go...
by Tony Palermo | Jan 28, 2015 | Featured, Guest Columns, News
Zoocasa’s broker of record Darryl Mitchell wants to set the record straight. Since it launched in 2009, the Rogers-owned site has created a lot of controversy in the real estate community. It began when Century 21 successfully sued Zoocasa for scraping listings from...
by Marty Douglas | Jan 27, 2015 | Featured
Planning sessions, whether short or long range, are a sop to the membership of organizations, sold to our leaders by facilitators and resold to us by our executive officers because, because… well, we’ve always done it that way. I’m guilty of the exercise on all sides...
by Connie Adair | Jan 26, 2015 | Featured, Profiles
Bill Meyer remembers it well – it was the Tuesday after Labour Day 1977, his first day in a law enforcement class so he could become an RCMP officer. “At two minutes to nine, some guy gets on stage and says into the microphone, ‘Bill Meyer. Call home immediately’,”...
