The city considered the most expensive in Canada is now offering help to people who can't afford to buy a home in Vancouver. The Rental Standards Database offers an online search of residential buildings, so renters can make more informed decisions. Mayor Gregor Robertson says most landlords treat tenants with respect, but this database keeps … [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...]
NYC Hotel Week Offers Deep Discounts on Rooms
December 28, 2012 by
Snag fabulous rates on hotel rooms in the Big Apple with the second annual New York Hotel Week. Read on for more of the discount details. Fodor's Travel News … [Read more...]
Sandton Kura Hulanda Offers Exclusive Fodors.com Deal
October 4, 2012 by
Need an reason to go to the Caribbean? (Really?) Ok, well here's one you can't refuse—a sweet deal exclusive to Fodors.com from the Sandton Kura Hulanda Resorts in Curacao. Fodor's Travel News … [Read more...]
AdventureSmith Explorations Offers Luxury Cruises in Belize
July 22, 2012 by
No one wants to take 'just another cruise,' so AdventureSmith Expeditions has announced the launch of a luxury 7-night round-trip cruise in Belize. The maiden voyage will sail in December 2012. Fodor's Travel News … [Read more...]
Stressed Mountie offers advice to others
July 18, 2012 by
Corporal Catherine Galliford has a tip for women in the RCMP: don't use the force's internal health services if you've got a problem. "Quite frankly, I tell everybody this. Don't go to health services for help. They're not there to help you, they're there for the company. So, you go to your own doctors and figure it out from there." That … [Read more...]
Android Offers Indoor Maps of Smithsonian Museums
July 13, 2012 by
As of Tuesday, Android users will be the ones navigating Smithsonian museums like regulars. Google Maps will soon be available for the largest museum network in the US from San Francisco to DC. Fodor's Travel News … [Read more...]
B.C. offers Musqueam $5 million in bid to solve land dispute
June 14, 2012 by
A dispute over a housing development being built over sacred native land in Vancouver could soon be resolved. The provincial government has offered the Musqueam band nearly $ 5 million to negotiate a land swap with the owners of the Marpole Midden project. Band member Cecelia Point says the developer must now agree to give up the site of ancestral … [Read more...]
Family offers reward after woman still not found after a year
June 13, 2012 by
A $ 5,000 reward has been offered for information to help find a woman missing from the Vancouver area for more than a year. Angeline Pete, a member of the Quatsino First Nation, left Port Hardy after celebrating her son's seventh birthday in April 2011. Since she was reported missing the following month, North Vancouver RCMP have looked into more … [Read more...]
Family of man believed to have shot, killed two people offers statement
June 2, 2012 by
The family of Angus David Mitchell, the now-dead man suspected in three shootings – two of which were fatal – has released a statement through the Vancouver police. The 26-year-old’s family says they wish to express “their extreme sorrow and heartfelt sympathies” to the families of Vivien Diem Huynh and Andy Tran … [Read more...]
