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Show Homes
Aurora at North Point
87 Vega Street
14 Atlas Crescent
Amber Gates
234 Tennant Gate
Bonavista
28 Bow Water Drive
Bridgwater Trails
197 Willow Creek Road
Devonshire Park
29 Tackaberry Way
Ridgewood West
6 Joynson Crescent
Sage Creek
14 Snowberry Circle
204.224.4243
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It seems quaint now, but in the fall of 1998, a story
touting "cyberspace" as a source of information
for homeowners noted that all you needed was a
computer and a modem to tap into the World Wide
Web. According to Statistics Canada, only 29.2 per
cent of Manitoba households used a computer on a
regular basis in 1997, but the interwebs were catching
on in a big way, and screechy dial-up modems that
tied up home phone lines were giving way to cable
modems. A 1999 Shaw Cable ad boasted that cable
modems were 100 times faster than "regular telephone
access," and visitors to the Parade of Homes could
try out high-speed internet for themselves in six
show homes.
By the spring of 2008, entertainment units with built-in
fireplaces were a thing, along with man caves furnished
with beer fridges and big-screen TVs. All those extras
didn't come cheap. KDR Homes had the first Parade
entry with a million-dollar price tag ($1.2 million to be
precise), for a 4,500-square-foot show home in the
new Bridgwater Forest neighbourhood with an in-
ground swimming pool, three-car garage and built-in
cappuccino maker, among other attractions.
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