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2005-12-05

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2005-12-04

ESTATE PLANNING: Baby Boomers believe they are going to live forever Jim Jamieson Province Potential for family fireworks increasing, says Rogers Group Financial's Clay Gillespie Estates-and-wills lawyer Les Kotzer remembers the tragic stor…

2005-12-04

Make sure you read Form K before signing it Tony Gioventu Province Dear Condo Smarts: I recently leased an apartment in a downtown highrise . I made an effort to ask all of the pertinent questions of the building manager and the landlord to…

2005-12-04

Know your own tastes and your family's lifestyle, advises TV designer Province Give each room a unique look in choosing colours, designer Sarah Richardson advises Think of layering colours, like in the kitchen, where silver metallic paint c…

2005-12-04

Tony Gioventu Sun Dear Condo Smarts: I recently leased an apartment in a downtown highrise . I made an effort to ask all of the pertinent questions of the building manager and the landlord to ensure I would have no problems. Today I just re…

2005-12-03

The secret's out -- good deals, even waterfront PETER BATTISTONI Sun Latest testimonial to the development industry's hopes of robust new-home sales in New Westminster is the Point. How soundly Royal City developers should be sleeping at ni…

2005-12-03

Peter Simpson Sun David and Carrie Campbell will make their next home in a a two-bedroom, twobathroom townhouse in the Serenity new-home project from Polygon Homes and located atop Burnaby Mountain. ‘Our first choice was a singlefamil…

2005-12-03

HOUSING I November transactions logged at 18.3 per cent ahead of a year ago Derrick Penner Sun Greater Vancouver real estate sales are headed for a high, buoyed by November results showing transactions 18.3-per-cent ahead of a year ago and …

2005-12-03

HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY I The manager last year raised $1.6 billion US for two hedge funds GARRY MARR Sun TORONTO — Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Inc. chief executive Bill Fatt called Carl Icahn one of the “least attractive aspects…

2005-12-02

Vancouver home sales may slow, but prices expected to rise by 7% Ashley Ford Province It will be the Lower Mainland and Western Canada leading Canada's housing market next year, Royal LePage Real Estate Services said in its 2006 market fore…

2005-12-02

Average prices have risen to $469,700 -- the highest amount in any Canadian city Wency Leung Sun Vancouver's housing prices will continue to be the most expensive in Canada, with an average home rising to $469,700 and the city posting some …

2005-12-02

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2005-12-02

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2005-12-02

Michael Kane Sun Q: My 23-year-old daughter is attending university in England for three years and is receiving #11,000 in scholarship money to cover her tuition, #480 in training support fees, and #6,500 in an annual maintenance payment. S…

2005-12-01

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2005-12-01

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2005-11-30

David Carrigg Province A network of high-tech cameras is to be installed on the shoreline around Vancouver to boost security. "We want to be able to track all vessels within our jurisdiction," said Graham Kee, the Vancouver Port Authority's…

2005-11-30

David Carrigg Sun A network of high-tech cameras is to be installed on the shoreline around Vancouver to boost security. "We want to be able to track all vessels within our jurisdiction," said Graham Kee, the Vancouver Port Authority's dire…

2005-11-30

Vint Cerf likens computers and the 'Net to colour television in the 1950s Gillian Shaw Sun Vinton Cerf has often been dubbed father of the Internet for his work on the original U.S. defence department project A dramatic rise in the number o…

2005-11-30

Vint Cerf likens computers and the 'Net to colour television in the 1950s Gillian Shaw Sun Vinton Cerf has often been dubbed father of the Internet for his work on the original U.S. defence department project A dramatic rise in the number o…

2005-11-29

Unsold units hit highest levels in 19 years Province WASHINGTON -- Sales of previously owned homes in the U.S. fell by 2.7 per cent in October as the housing market continues to signal that the boom of the past five years is ringing more ho…

2005-11-29

William Boei Sun VANCOUVER - Long-term lane closures on Cambie Street to make way for RAV Line construction will begin next week. Motorists will find the three lanes on the east side of Cambie closed between King Edward and 37th Avenue, beg…

2005-11-29

Internet overseers gather this week in Vancouver Peter Wilson Sun The future of the Internet is on the table this week as more than 1,000 web experts, gurus and tech company executives get together in Vancouver. Starting Wednesday, the litt…

2005-11-29

Anick Jesdanun Sun NEW YORK -- Although Internet domain names may be getting longer or more complex as websites creatively squeeze into the crowded ".com" address space, most single-letter names like "a.com" and "b.com" remain unused. That …