"Modest" is the word being used by the B-C Real Estate Association to describe home sales in this province. 4500 sales were recorded by the Multiple Listing Service in February - that's down 24 per-cent from the same month a year ago. Total sales dollar volume was down 30 per-cent from last year and the average price was down 8 per-cent. Associaton … [Read more...]
Trilogy by Shea Homes® Offers Vancouver Residents Opportunity to Escape Gloomy Winters and Enjoy Resort Living in Sunny Arizona
January 28, 2013 by
Encanterra Country Club by Shea Homes, a developer of high-end resort communities designed for families and the baby boom generation will host a series of free informational sessions in Vancouver about buying vacation homes in Arizona’s #1 resort community, Encanterra Country Club. A hot-selling community for Canadians buying second homes, … [Read more...]
Fire in Maple Ridge claims 4 new homes, damages others
September 26, 2012 by
Four brand new homes have been destroyed in Maple Ridge after a fire in a construction site. Maple Ridge Fire chief Howard Exner says there is no word yet on the cause. But says the fire spread so quickly as the houses were under construction. "Well it was a very aggressive fire there was bascially four houses that were … [Read more...]
Brush fire outside of Vernon leads to temporary evacuation of homes
August 27, 2012 by
A small brush fire in the northwest part of Kalamalka Lake just outside of Vernon, has been extinguished. Deputy Chief with Vernon Fire Rescue Service, Lawrie Skolrood says the fire started about 10:00 last night. "There was some homes threatened and a tactical evacuation done by the RCMP." Skolrood says people are being allowed back to their … [Read more...]
WD Red HDDs aim to improve company’s NASty reputation, bolster reliability in networked homes
July 28, 2012 by
Ever heard a story involving Western Digital Green hard drives within a NAS? It probably didn't end well. For whatever reason, the aforesaid outfit's Green portfolio never has been a hit in the network attached storage world, but the company's (in)directly addressing precisely that with its new line of WD Red HDDs. Specifically, these are called … [Read more...]
Vancouver fires force 14 from homes
May 10, 2012 by
A busy 11 hours for the Vancouver Fire Department. Between 3:40 p.m. and 2:15 a.m., firefighters were called to no fewer than five fires. "We feel that all the fires are unrelated in nature,” says fire captain Gabe Roder. “The first couple were residential fires in the east part of town. One was caused by a plumber and the other was … [Read more...]
Mounties find drug suspects hidden in home’s walls
May 5, 2012 by
Three men tried hide from the RCMP up in Quesnel, but it was no use.RCMP say officers attended a rural home this week and found a massive marijuana grow-op.About 2,500 plants worth several millions on the street.No one appeared to be inside, but a search - with a police dog - indicated no one had left the building.The mounties shortly discovered … [Read more...]
Simons: “Stop closing group homes”
October 17, 2011 by
N.D.P. social development critic Nicholas Simons will be putting a motion forward in the legislature Monday, urging the provincial government to stop the closure of group homes. "They should have stopped a long time ago. There are a lot of people who should not be moved out, they said that people would be consulted before any moves were made and … [Read more...]
Future of Vancouver Island float homes uncertain
July 30, 2011 by
Beginning of Story Content Residents living on about 50 unauthorized floating homes on one of Vancouver Island's most iconic lakes could find themselves evicted as the provincial government and ... Vancouver News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com … [Read more...]
