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Thursday is the Socializing For Social Change Vancouver (#S4SCYVR) event at Pink Elephant Thai (1152 Alberni Street, Vancouver). The event is a fundraiser for Keep A Breast Canada , a non-profit group dedicated to educating young Canadians about preventing
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Government announces new HST/PST housing transitional rules The government today announced the HST/PST transitional rules on new homes. As the province transitions back to the PST, which will replace the HST effective April 1, 2013, measures to ease the
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A Montreal institution Dunn's Famous opened in Vancouver on Tuesday night with a very successful grand opening event at their new location on Seymour St, just south of Robson, on the ground floor of the new Capital Residences condo building. Dunn's
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Take your neighbourhood expert with you. Anywhere Picture this... you find the perfect home. The curb appeal is sensational. You walk through the property and every room is just right: that quartz counter-top you’ve always wanted; a marvelous kitchen
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Here is the release from BCREA Economics Now: Bank of Canada Interest Rate Announcement - October 25, 2011 As was universally anticipated, the Bank of Canada opted to hold its target overnight rate at 1 per cent this morning. Ongoing uncertainty in the
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Canadian real estate search and information site Zoocasa launched a new feature last week called Zoopraisal. What is a Zoopraisal you may be wondering? A Zoopraisal is a computer generated estimate of the value of a property. In the United State Zillow
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The Real Estate Weekly, that Metro Vancouver real estate newspaper you get in with your free local paper, has just re-branded itself for the 21st century as rew.ca. Tuesday night was the launch party at the Four Seasons and they put on a great event,
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This is nothing new, but the point was driven home to me during our stay at the Howard Johnson By Disneyland Park back in May. The location and walk-ability was great. This saved us valuable time, allowed us to avoid taking shuttles to Disneyland, or
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North of 4th in Kitsilano • 846 sq. ft., 4 bath, 2 bdrm apartment - MLS® $473,000 CAD - Huge patio! Kitsilano Vancouver West, Vancouver Property information
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I am thinking this is going to be a series. I have no idea how log a series it will be. Last week my wife and I took our 3 kids (11,7, and 5) to Disneyland for the first time. We were also travelling with my sister-in-law, her husband and their daughter
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Established in 2010 on the the NW corner of East 28th Ave and St. George St. Marche St. George is located in an old coner store within a small wood-frame apartment building (where the owners live). I came across this neat little shop while I had a condo
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Great Neighbourhood! • 1,279 sq. ft., 3 bath, 3 bdrm townhouse "But like a half duplex" - MLS® $592,000 CAD - Like a Half Duplex Victoria Dr, Vancouver - Welcome home to this lovely 3 bedroom townhouse (more like a ½ duplex)
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Looking for a place to meet a visiting realtor from Calgary last week I put the question out to my twitter (follow me @604homesguy ) followers and received a number of great suggestions. I decided on Bier Craft Tap and Tapas on Commercial Dr. THe location
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I was meeting for lunch with a Penticton REALTOR who was in town yesterday and she wanted sushi. So I headed over to Yelp and found a few options, but the 1st one I picked is not open for lunch. In the end I decided on Juno Bistro. I was pleased to see
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Beginning January 24, 2011, TD Canada Trust will offer more flexible payment options to eligible mortgage customers. These new features allow customers to take advantage of amounts they have paid ahead when the unexpected happens. For example, customers
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