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		<title>Hong Kong treats for Canadians</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 01:19:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hong Kong welcomes about 400,000 Canadian visitors a year.  The fast-paced hustle and bustle of the city is equally matched by the indulgent spa treatments offered in their luxury hotels. Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong is one of the newer hotels, with glass towers sporting a spa on the 118th floor.  Here you can view the busy harbour below, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cooling Housing Prices</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 01:12:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The luxury housing market is finally starting to cool down, after ten years of rising prices.  The drop was visible in the latter half of 2011, with 454 homes worth over $3 million sold in the first half of the year.  In 2011, the most expensive home sold was $16.8 million, with the most expensive condo sold [...]]]></description>
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		<title>West Vancouver project saved!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 23:59:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Developer, Onni Group, saves a project in West Vancouver at Evelyn Drive.  This huge 20-acre property at Evelyn Drive was originally to be developed by Millennium Group.  However, it failed to get much support as residents believed the highrises would block the view and worsen already bad traffic.  In fact, by 2006, most Evelyn Drive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Vancouver bad for your health?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 23:12:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the StatsCan report, immigrants who have settled into Vancouver are finding that their health has declined.  As many as 1 in 10 report that they arrived in the country in good health, only to find themselves in poor health four years later. The report gives clues into reasons why this is so, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>West Vancouver Leads the Way</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:52:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s no surprise, but from the latest property assessments, West Vancouver is leading the way with housing prices.  And Richmond is following suit, being favoured by foreign investors.  However, what is surprising, is the degree to which West Vancouver has jumped up &#8211; by nearly one-third! Other areas are on the rise, but no so dramatically: 16.4%  Vancouver, 12.2%  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vancouver&#8217;s smallest units: The Micro-lofts!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:27:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The housing issue in Vancouver is hard to ignore, with the latest Occupy movement drawing even more attention to it.  With rising rental prices and rental housing shortages, it comes as no suprise that Vancouverites feel driven away from living in their own city. One developer, Reliance Properties, is determined to change this by introducing the first innovative &#8221;Micro-lofts&#8221;.  This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eco-friendly Christmas presents</title>
		<link>http://victoreric.com/blog/archives/1582</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:46:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the Christmas season nearing, the daunting task of finding just the right present is upon us. Why not alleviate the stress and do something good for the environment by purchasing an eco-friendly gift?  We don&#8217;t even need to leave our seats, we can go online and scroll through luxury gifts as low as $25.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>South Africa discovers the wonder-brick</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are huge polluting companies throughout the world, such as companies that manufacture cement or mine for coal.  However, there is one giant coal mining company in South Africa that is changing its ways to make their activites more eco-friendly for the world. AngloAmerican has decided to make good use of their waste by-product called [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Construction Industry needs a helping hand</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:20:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The amount of money that churns through the residential construction industry is mind boggling.  When you look at last year,  for 260 work days there was $14.9 billion, breaking down to an average of $57.3 million a day across BC.  It even dwarfs the ship building industry which is only worth $8 billion spread over 30 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>30 year break-through for Law School</title>
		<link>http://victoreric.com/blog/archives/1542</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 00:51:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the first time in 30 years, Canada has opened it&#8217;s first purpose-built law school in the University of British Columbia.  This building design has moved away from the design of traditional Law faculties and embraced an open, inviting and flexible environment. It incorporates blond, butter-coloured bricks and Douglas fir millwork and panelling to bring a warm [...]]]></description>
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