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• Multiple forces fuelling Vancouver real estate market, CMHC says - The Globe and Mail

  06-10-2016 19:05 via theglobeandmail.com
  
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  Multiple forces fuelling Vancouver real estate market, CMHC says
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  Multiple forces are fuelling the Vancouver region's real estate market and it is unclear how much impact foreign buyers may be having on prices, according to Canada's federal housing agency. “Although the extent to which wealthy foreign buyers/capital ...
  Vancouver housing sales slowing prior to tax: CMHCMacleans.ca
  Vancouver housing already slowing before foreign-buyer tax -CMHCReutersa
  
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• New Familiar Wild album a 'break up letter' to Vancouver - CBC.ca

  06-10-2016 15:00 via cbc.ca
  
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  New Familiar Wild album a 'break up letter' to Vancouver
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  "You better run. You better run from this city on the hunt," sings Melissa Bandura on a single from her band Familiar Wild's new album, which is described as an "edgy breakup letter to Vancouver." Bandura is among a growing number of people who have ...
  
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• West Vancouver to propose own tax targeting speculators - The Globe and Mail

  06-10-2016 12:00 via theglobeandmail.com
  
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  West Vancouver to propose own tax targeting speculators
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  As Vancouver prepares to start taxing empty homes, West Vancouver is close to proposing the second such tax in B.C., but with a different model that local politicians say is a simpler and more effective way of targeting both local and foreign property ...
  West Vancouver seeks higher tax rate for investment propertiesCBC.caall 2 news articles »
  
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• Terrace residents return home following police-ordered evacuation - Vancouver Sun

  06-10-2016 06:18 via vancouversun.com
  
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  Terrace residents return home following police-ordered evacuation
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  The RCMP evacuated homes on two streets in a small community near Terrace on Wednesday because of "an unfolding police incident." Google Maps. Share Adjust Comment Print. TERRACE, B.C. — A police incident that saw the RCMP evacuate homes on ...and more »
  
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• Trove of historic documents heads to Vancouver Public Library - CBC.ca

  06-10-2016 04:30 via cbc.ca
  
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  Trove of historic documents heads to Vancouver Public Library
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  Thousands of boxes of aging federal documents, containing reams of information on B.C.'s First Nations, will move to downtown Vancouver as part of a new collaboration between the national archives and the public library. Altogether, about 5,500 boxes ...
  
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• Gilmore Girls fanatics take East Vancouver café by storm - CBC.ca

  06-10-2016 04:30 via cbc.ca
  
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  Gilmore Girls fanatics take East Vancouver café by storm
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  Fans of the Gilmore Girls took a Vancouver café by storm after it was transformed into Luke's Diner — the trademark café from the recently revived TV show. Vancouver's Trafiq Café and Bakery was transformed into the fictional Luke's Diner — alongside ...
  Gilmore Girls coffee pop-up brews anticipation among Vancouver fansVancouver Courier
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• Toronto home sales are still rising as Vancouver's drop - The Globe and Mail

  06-10-2016 03:52 via theglobeandmail.com
  
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  Toronto home sales are still rising as Vancouver's drop
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  Home sales are surging in the Greater Toronto Area while tumbling in the Vancouver region, raising the prospect that a new tax in B.C. has foreign buyers increasingly looking eastward. While Ontario doesn't track home buyers who are not Canadian ...
  Metro Vancouver real estate sales cool, but prices remain stableCBC.ca
  Vancouver home sales plunge nearly 33% in SeptemberGlobalnews.ca
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• Vancouver moves to regulate Airbnb - CBC.ca

  06-10-2016 03:47 via cbc.ca
  
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  Vancouver moves to regulate Airbnb
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  Vancouver politicians are moving ahead with a staff plan that calls for restrictions on short-term rentals such as Airbnb. The city report, first released last week, urges council to prohibit property owners from renting out vacant properties to short ...
  Vancouver council supports further investigation into short-term rental taxVancouver Sun
  Vancouver to move ahead with regulation of AirbnbiNews880.com
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• Anti-Trump demonstrators in Vancouver urge Americans to vote against Trump - CBC.ca

  06-10-2016 00:17 via cbc.ca
  
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  Anti-Trump demonstrators in Vancouver urge Americans to vote against Trump
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  About 20 demonstrators waving anti-Trump signs gathered outside the Trump Tower in downtown Vancouver on Wednesday. They were organized by the group Avaaz in an effort to encourage Americans living abroad to vote in the upcoming U.S. election.
  Anti-Trump demonstration urges Americans in Vancouver to voteCTV News
  Anti-Trump activists set sights on recruiting Americans living in VancouverVancouver Sun
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• Teen arrested following assault at UBC dorm - Vancouver Sun

  06-10-2016 00:15 via vancouversun.com
  
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  Teen arrested following assault at UBC dorm
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  Thamer Hameed Almestadi, pictured in this undated image from his Facebook page, was charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault and assault with a weapon following an incident at a UBC student residence on Oct. 4, 2016. Facebook / PNG.
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