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• Rare redwing sighting draws birders to Vancouver Island - CBC.ca

  07-01-2016 14:10 via
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  Rare redwing sighting draws birders to Vancouver Island
  CBC.ca
  It's a bird that's not very colourful and most people wouldn't give it a second look, but the sighting of a redwing on Vancouver Island has gained the attention of birders across North America. The redwing, a type of thrush found throughout parts of ...
  

• Monster home drives debate in West Vancouver - CBC.ca

  07-01-2016 14:05 via
  CBC.ca
  Monster home drives debate in West Vancouver
  CBC.ca
  High-priced, ultra-desirable and scenic beyond belief: West Vancouver's real estate scene is about a lot of things. Humility isn't one of them. A drive through one of Canada's richest postal codes reveals a landscape teeming with newly minted faux ...
  

• High-end homes sales climb in Toronto, Vancouver in 2015: report - CTV News

  07-01-2016 10:14 via
  CTV News
  High-end homes sales climb in Toronto, Vancouver in 2015: report
  CTV News
  TORONTO - A new report says sales of homes worth $1 million or more heated up in Toronto and Vancouver last year as the low loonie fuelled demand from foreign buyers. The report from Sotheby's International Realty Canada says sales of homes worth $1 ...
  Luxury home sales drive already hot Vancouver housing marketReuters Canada
  High-end homes sales up in Toronto, Vancouver, down in CalgaryMacleans.caall 35 ne
  

• 'Room,' 'Sleeping Giant' win big at Vancouver critics awards - Vancouver Sun

  07-01-2016 06:46 via
  Vancouver Sun
  'Room,' 'Sleeping Giant' win big at Vancouver critics awards
  Vancouver Sun
  VANCOUVER - The captivity drama "Room" and the coming-of-age tale "Sleeping Giant" were the big winners at an awards bash hosted Wednesday by the Vancouver Film Critics Circle. An evening gala crowned the Canada-Ireland co-production "Room" ...and more »
  

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• Vancouver subset struggling to escape corrections system's 'revolving door ... - The Globe and Mail

  07-01-2016 04:43 via
  The Globe and Mail
  Vancouver subset struggling to escape corrections system's 'revolving door ...
  The Globe and Mail
  The most chronic offenders in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside incur public service costs of more than $5-million every year yet see no meaningful signs of improvement, according to a new study from Simon Fraser University. The findings suggest that this ...
  Most living in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside migrated from other cities, provincesVancouver Sun
  2016: A binner's odyssey
  

• Assessed at $385900, could this be Vancouver's cheapest house? - Vancouver Sun

  07-01-2016 02:15 via
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  Assessed at $385900, could this be Vancouver's cheapest house?
  Vancouver Sun
  VANCOUVER -- The little grey house at 937 Mclean Dr. is trim and tidy, with a small front patio for barbecuing and a stand of bamboo growing beside the porch. At first glance, there's little to distinguish it from any of the thousands of small homes in ...and more »
  

• Vancouver Welcome Map project opens interactive door to Syrian refugees - CBC.ca

  07-01-2016 02:13 via
  CBC.ca
  Vancouver Welcome Map project opens interactive door to Syrian refugees
  CBC.ca
  Jennifer Rae Pierce knows what it's like to be a newcomer in a strange land. The UBC PhD planning student has travelled a path from her U.S. home to South Africa, Hungary, Israel, India and now Canada. While attending the Vancouver press conference ...
  

• 'Huge' Atlantic lobster washed up in Vancouver likely set free by animal-lovers - CBC.ca

  07-01-2016 01:37 via
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  'Huge' Atlantic lobster washed up in Vancouver likely set free by animal-lovers
  CBC.ca
  It's certainly not a typical sight on Vancouver beaches — or anywhere on the West Coast, in fact. The carcass of a large lobster, native to the Atlantic ocean, with claws almost as big as a man's size 11 shoe. "I saw it from far away, and thought wow ...
  

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• Balvenie's $45K scotch, Fifty, coming soon to Vancouver - CBC.ca

  07-01-2016 00:34 via
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  Balvenie's $45K scotch, Fifty, coming soon to Vancouver
  CBC.ca
  An ultra-rare whisky, with a price tag to match, is making its way from Scotland to Vancouver in the coming week. The distillery, Balvenie, is sending one bottle of its $45,000 single malt, Fifty, to the signature liquor store on Cambie Street at W ...and more »
  

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