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Looking for something to do on these nice warm days we've been having in Vancouver lately (one might say "FINALLY!")? Well Vancouver has some great outdoor swimming pools. Second Beach Pool is a good one for all ages. The pool is huge and right on the edge of the ocean, right beside Second Beach itself and the area also offers a ...

Over the weekend the crane at the 61 story Shangri-la condo and hotel tower came down. Personally I am suprised how little an impact it has had on the city skyline. What do you think of it? Matthew Collinge: Vancouver REALTOR®

The Zip Trek experience in Whistler has been very popular since it opened some years ago and now you can try a zipline adventure right in Metro Vancouver with the opening tomorrow of Grouse Mountain's Air Grouse ziplines. They are starting with 3 and will be expanding the operation in the Fall of 2008. The weather is supposed to be great ...

Onni Group is set to start pre-sales on one of their riskier developments to-date with the Chinatown location of their V6A development. Not too much info. available on it yet. It will be located on Union Street between Main and Gore, on the section of Union that you have to take if you are west-bound on Prior and want to go to Main instead of ...

Not Chandler again! Didn't we have enough about him last year. He too has run out of money and his H & H and Garden City projects are too be completed by someone else. CBC broke the news just after midnight last night on their website. Take a look. I have to run right now, but I wanted to get the news out there. Hat tip to Victoria ...

I will be down at the BC Real Estate Convention (in Ballroom A, B & C at the Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre at Canada Place) today from 4 till 6pm which is when it ends. This is the last day of this free convention/ trade show covering all aspects of the real estate industry. I will be at the Royal LePage Westside booth (booth #3) ...

This is the 4th year for the BC Real Estate Convention and it has gotten bigger every year. It must be the cost of admission. It is free! There will be exhibitors from many different real estate related fields, including developers both local and international), lenders, renovators, insurers, and of course some REALTORs will be there as ...

Looking for something to do in Vancouver this weeekend? Then head inside to the BC Home + Garden Show which is on from today through Sunday at BC Place stadium in downtown Vancovuer. I am try to get some information from the show's website but the darn thing won't load. Anyway it starts this afternoon I think and admission for adults is ...

I am running out of time to get this out on Friday so I will keep it short. Grouse Mountain will be open for 24 hours straight this weekend to celebrate just two years until the start of the Olympics. Here is what you can expect in the middle of the night on Grouse Mountain (straight from their website): Skiing Snowboarding Ice skating Midnight ...

Today is the start of Chinese New Year and Vancouver is one of the hot spots in North America for this event. The main event is the big parade in Vancouver's Chinatown on Sunday at noon. There are also events on Sunday at the Dr. Sun Yat Sen Chinese Garden, the Floata Chinese Restuarant and at International Village. This is the year of the ...