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As you may have heard, the Vancouver Whitecaps recently announced their plans for a new downtown stadium!
Right on the waterfront in historic Gastown, the stadium will have spectacular views of Burrard Inlet and the North Shore Mountains. With a capacity of 15,000 seats, fans will have a close-up experience for a wide range of events including Whi ...
Business Network International is a great nework for business people. Each chapter of BNI allows only one type of business per member eg. one accountant, one insurer, one financial planner, etc. Each member acts as a sales team for eachother. There is no better business than referral business. Mike Andruff belongs to BNI Westside, a flourishing chapter that meets at the Arbutus Club each T ...
Our recent visit to the Canadian RE/MAX Convention allowed use a magnificent opportunity to tour Quebec City, possibly the most cultured city in the nation. The restaurants are widely varied. The museums each tell their histories. The art galleries are too numerous to keep track of and the place just shines for tourists.
The Chateau Frontenac, possibly one of the most photograped buildings in ...
During the second week of October 2005, the 22nd Annual RE/MAX Canadian Conference was held at La Malbaie, Quebec. The venue for the conference was the Fairmont Le Manoir Richelieu. Our accommodation was at the Auberge (Hotel in French) des 3 Canards – about a fifteen minute walk to the conference center.
We set up our Exhibitor Display table on Thursday along with 32 other RE/MAX realtors. T ...
The 22nd Annual Canadian REMAX Conference for 2005 is held in OCTOBER outside of Quebec City, Quebec. I heard an incredible quote by Winston Churchill yesterday:
We make a living by what we get...
We make a life by what we give.
We are staying at a place called Mal Baie at the Auberge Trois Canards, translation is roughly HOTEL OF THE 3 DUCKS, and we are right on the North Bank of the St. L ...
According to Multiple Listings Service data, sales of apartment properties remained relatively unchanged with a less than 1 per cent increase in September 2005 to 1,339 sales, compared to 1,331 sales in September 2004. The benchmark price of an apartment property in Greater Vancouver, calculated by the Board’s Housing Price Index, is $275,165, up 18.4 per cent from one year ago.
Sales of atta ...
Claire and I are having a wonderful visit with my sister Laurie and the Buck family in Ottawa. Today we visited Parliment Hill, toured the Parliment Buildings, went past the Rideau Canals, passed through the Fairmont Chateau Laurier, drove through the Gatineau Hills, visited Bytown Market and had a great steak dinner in Orleans. We are delighted for our hosts who have just purchased their dre ...
Do you want to reduce the risk to school children, public pedestrians, cyclists, pets and motorists?
A transportation engineer from the Engineering Services of the cityof Vancouver in beautiful British Columbia recently mailed a survey out to the Blenheim Street Neighborhood residents with some information on the Blenheim Street Improvements proposed between 16th Avenue and Marine Drive.
Ble ...
AVERAGE VANCOUVER BUNGALOW PRICE HITS $500,000
The extended version of this article can be found in Tuesday, October 4th's, Vancouver Sun newspaper.
The average price for a Vancouver bungalow hit almost $500,000 in the third quarter of 2005. The Royal LePage survey shows that the price of the average Vancouver bungalow rose 8.8%, year over year, to reach $499,667.The report said that Victoria ...
Last weekend "the boys" went to Ted Stewart's place up in Black Tusk. After stopping for donuts at the Squamish Wendy's, we had the usual steak dinner and poker night playing Texaas Holdem. Yours truly was in the last two hands of the night. My hand was 2 2's and 2 queens, and I went all in. Too bad for me my buddy was sitting with 3 6's!