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Car Dealers Still Not Competitive With US Pricing
Kelly Connell has a love-hate relationship with her automobile. She loves the boxy look of the Honda Element. It's the kind of car you either like or...
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cosmo_girl |
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Canadians Growing More and More Worried About the Economy, Spending Less
Survey results released Friday show a sizable jump in the number of Canadians worried about the economy compared with just a few weeks ago, with the s...
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Canadian_Revolution |
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Chilly Real Estate Trends Trickle Down to Kootenay Region
The softening real estate market that's driven down home prices in the Lower Mainland is spreading to the B.C. Interior, experts say.
The Real Esta...
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politix_pete |
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Bloomberg on Vancouver housing slump
It looks like Vancouver's housing slump is starting to get attention from outside Canada. Several people pointed out this Bloomberg article about our...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
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Canfor Decides Not to Rebuild PG Plywood Plant Following Massive Fire
Two months after a massive fire destroyed Canfor's North Central Plywood plant in Prince George, the company has announced it will not be rebuilding t...
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hippe_gal |
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More Cashola for Canadians -- Says Report
Canadians who get salaries can expect an average increase of 3.5 per cent in 2009, a survey from compensation and benefit consultants Morneau Sobeco s...
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hippe_gal |
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Well Known Granville St Butcher Closes Shop After 100+ Years in Business
Every Friday after an intense week of work, John Culter heads from his Fairview office to Jackson's Meats at Granville and 11th and buys a couple of s...
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cosmo_girl |
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'Simple' solution to housing squeeze
Realtor urges more density in exchange for extra units sold at lower profit (at least someone is starting to figure it out)
Bob Rennie, one of Vanc...
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MintyPop |
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Economics blind spot is a disaster for the planet
New ScientistAs long as our economic system is based on chasing economic growth above all else, we are heading for environmental, and economic, disast...
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Stephen Rees's blog |
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Stephane Dion in Town to Shore Up Vancouver Ridings Ahead of Vote
With a week to go before voting day, Liberal leader Stephane Dion swept into town Tuesday reaching out to left-of-centre parties for support.
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"It's the economy, stupid."
The above quote is from Bill Clinton's campaign strategist James Carville, who used it during Clinton's first Presidential election in 1992. The as...
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Walter Schultz |
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My Top Story #3 - Yaletown Seawall
Topics: Food Crisis, Global Warming, Dependence on Automobiles, Downtown Eastside, Homelessness, Education, Interest Rates, Economy, Summer Weather, A...
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Jeff-Birmingham |
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Bad News for Big Oil
Oil industry operatives are sweating bullets over whether the incoming Obama Administration will be keen to buy dirty oil from Alberta tar sands...
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Liberals and Conservatives Tied on Environment, But Green Issues Taking a Backseat to Economy Among Voters
From the Province --
Stephane Dion has staked his campaign on it, there's an entire party devoted to it, but the environment is being left in th...
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Trim the grocery bill, not nutrition
TORONTO, (Reuters) - Food prices, fuel costs and economic fears are growing, but that doesn't mean you can't eat healthfully while on a recession diet...
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MintyPop |
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Sex and the City Boosts Vancouver Economy
As most people are well aware, Sex and the City premieres today nationwide, much to the delight of many a female, and many a gay man for that matter. ...
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cosmo_girl |
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Canadian Dollar Continues to Plunge in Bad Economic Climate
The Canadian dollar fell almost two full cents today, ending the day at 87.28 cents U.S., continuing a downward slide that began in earnest at the end...
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Canadian_Revolution |
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A guest post from Jim Miles
This letter was circulated to the BCEN LW list and is reprodcued here by permission of the author.I have wrestling with this issue for some - the BCEN...
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Stephen Rees's blog |
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The NDP's promises don't add up.
The week after Premier Campbell laid out his action plan to spend $485 million over 3-years to safeguard British Columbians from the growing global ec...
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Walter Schultz |
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South Granville Bakery Shuts Its Doors Due to Rising Lease Rates
Rising property leases along South Granville have claimed another long-time independent business.
The Antonino Bakery has served coffee, pastries a...
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hippe_gal |
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Housing Market Slows on the Shore
After years of favourable conditions for home sellers, the North Shore real estate market appears to be giving buyers the upper hand, according to a n...
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cosmo_girl |
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New PBS Series e(2) transport
NEW YORK, Nov 17, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) kontentreal, a NY-based documentary filmmaking company, announced the upcoming debut of environmenta...
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Stephen Rees's blog |
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West-Enders Tighten Their Grip on Affordable Housing
Representatives from the City of Vancouver gathered to discuss proposed density plans for Vancouver's West End during a town hall meeting hosted by ...
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Urban_Cowgirl |
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Fill 'er up! Gas prices drop...for now
What a difference 12 hours can make.
Overnight, the price of gas in some parts of Canada fell between six and nine cents a litre, following a drop ...
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cosmo_girl |
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Campbell looking like a liability for Liberals
Fixed election dates make for a better democracy.But some Liberals must be wishing Premier Gordon Campbell had been more interested in political advan...
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Paying attention |
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Rising Seed Costs Push Prices for Local Pumpkin Farmers
From the air, you can see the arms of the lower Fraser River wrap around Westham Island before spilling into the Strait of Georgia, carrying billions ...
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hippe_gal |
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Another Plug for Bob Rae as Liberal Leader
It's the delegates, stupid . When I appeared on CBC Radio's Daybreak program on the morning of Monday Dec.4 to read the entrails of the Liberal ...
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B.C. Policy Perspectives |
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You Say You Want a (Green) Revolution
While the jury is still out on whether President-elect Barack Obama will prove able to usher in meaningful change during his time in office, his...
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Breaking: EPA Kills US Coal Plants
Wow. A decision by the Environmental Protection Agency today has ruled that all new and proposed coal-fired power plants must have their carbon dioxid...
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The [Climate Policy] Change We Need
by Sheril Kirshenbaum Just a week ago, Barack Obama addressed the nation that had just elected him the 44th President of the United Stat...
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suddenly poorer, condo prices to fall furthest.
It looks like the correction' phase of the Canadian real estate market cycle is picking up steam and Vancouver is strapped to the front on the loco...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
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Forecast: BC housing market hit hardest in 2009
CREA release In line with the recent downward revisions of Canadian economic and job growth forecasts, The Canadian Real Estate Association is upd...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
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Al Gore: Enivornmental Solutions Equals Economic Solutions
When economy and environment are pitted against each other (a la Stephen Harper) we are manipulated into thinking that we must sacrifice one in order ...
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Made in the U.S.A.
Have you been wondering what the hell just happened to the global economy? Let me give you some simple insight into what has caused some of the recent...
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Walter Schultz |
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Good news: Harper turns conciliatory
The Harper government is finally toning down its antagonism towards their political enemies. I love that. In fact, if Harper et al are serious about l...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
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Morning Brew: Boom and Bust
Vancouver Olympic Village sees $100 million Bailout: Did City staff intentionally try to mislead the public?. Naw, they wouldn't do that, would they?A...
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Beyond Robson |
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City of Vancouver bails out Olympic Village
Remember that rumour that the construction of the Olympic Village is running into credit difficulties and the various assurances that taxpayers wouldn...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
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Obama and a new world
I was 15 when the photo appeared, in Life magazine, I think. Barack Obama was six.It was a black and white shot of a Mississippi sheriff named Lawrenc...
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Paying attention |
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Environmental degradation comes with real costs: Think-tank
Vancouver SunWhat really annoys me about this headline is the use of that last hyphenated word think tank . The Organization for Economic Co-oper...
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Stephen Rees's blog |
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Assessment freeze, tax deferral useful stopgaps
How bad is it going to get in British Columbia? And who is going to take the brunt of the beating as the economy reels from the collapse of a global f...
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Paying attention |
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We need immigrants, but how to retain them?
Immigration Reforms Put Canada On The Right TrackConference Board of Canada release The convergence of Canada's temporary and permanent ...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
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We do need more immigrants
Found this article written by the CEO of the Conference Board of Canada in response to James Bissett's op-ed The truth about immigration is that co...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
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Home buying intention remains steady despite turmoil: poll
Isn't this interesting? In fact, I was strolling down streets neigbouring my place (close to downtown Richmond) on Sunday and I checked out a few open...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
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The Abbotsford Report
If you had told me six months ago that the City of Abbotsford wants to see exclusive tram tracks in the curb lane of its main drag (South Fraser Way) ...
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Stephen Rees's blog |
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Cool Booster McCain all spin no substance on job promises
One day to go and McCain (R-AZ) is re-branding himself the coal booster in a last ditch effort to pick up some support in coal States like Pennsylv...
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Coal Booster McCain all spin no substance on job promises
One day to go and McCain (R-AZ) is re-branding himself the coal booster in a last ditch effort to pick up some support in coal States like Pennsylv...
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Property tax assessments to be frozen
Gordon Campbell has pledged to freeze BC property tax assessments at their 2007 level to help people cope with turbulence in property values'. I'...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
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Are too aggressive Liberals helping James?
I've got to admit, I didn't watch Carole James economic pitch on TV. I was watching David Copperfield make a '48 Lincoln appear out of nowhere at the ...
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Paying attention |
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Road closure our chance to try public transit
Adrian Nieoczym - Kelowna Capital NewsIt's a major headache, this closure of Highway 97 between Peachland and Summerland.But I also find the governmen...
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Stephen Rees's blog |
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Forecast: Vancouver area house prices to fall 10% in 2009
BRITISH COLUMBIA REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATIONFALL 2008 HOUSING FORECASTfull report here.CONSUMER CONFIDENCE STALLS HOME SALESResidential unit sales on the ...
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