December 2008

Wordless Wednesdays

by Maggie Chandler December 31, 2008 Wordless Wednesdays

Polar Bear Swim

by Maggie Chandler December 26, 2008

The Vancouver Polar Bear Swim Club is one of the oldest Polar Bear Clubs in the world!

Its first swim was in 1920.

Free registration takes place in front of the English Bay bathhouse from 12.30pm. The swims starts at 2.30pm. You receive a commemorative button after you take the plunge.

Venue is English Bay Beach on New …

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Merry Christmas!

by Maggie Chandler December 25, 2008

MERRY XMAS TO YOU AND YOURS!

This from Wikipedia

Christmas (IPA: /krɪsməs/), also referred to as Christmas Day or Christmastide, is an annual holiday celebrated on December 25 that marks and honors the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. His birth, which is the basis for the anno domini system of dating, has been determined by modern historians …

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Wordless Wednesdays

by Maggie Chandler December 24, 2008 Wordless Wednesdays

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Smoke Detectors Save Lives

by Maggie Chandler December 23, 2008

Smoke detectors save lives – the risk of dying in a home fire is cut in HALF when operating smoke detectors are in place.

Replace the batteries at least once a year or use 100V detectors that do not use batteries. Clean smoke detectors at least twice a year and test them at least annually. There …

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Canada Real Estate Roundup

by Maggie Chandler December 22, 2008

Montreal, Newfoundland and Halifax are experiencing rising prices, all other metro areas in Canada are doing the reverse.

Canadian home sales will stabilize in 2009 after a double-digit drop this year, while prices will edge down slightly following this year’s single-digit decline, according to a national real estate firm.

This from Canada.com “Nationally, 440,000 homes are …

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Festival of Trees

by Maggie Chandler December 19, 2008

For the past 21 years the festival of trees has transformed the lobby of the Four Seasons Hotel and upper level of the Pacific Centre into a forest of lavishly decorated trees, to raise funds for BC Children’s Hospital.

You are invited to browse through the display and cast your ballot for your favourite tree.

On display …

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BC Homeownership is 70%

by Maggie Chandler December 18, 2008

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp says home-ownership in British Columbia is approximately 70%. CMHC estimate that 45% of Vancouver Downtown condos are investor owned (adding to a tight rental market) versus 23% of condos across metropolitan Vancouver.

Stats Canada match CMHC figures, stating that 69.7% of households in BC own their own home, leaving 30% of …

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