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1. Magazines - Post Magazine - SUNDAY MORNING

   City scope: cold shouldered

   Posted Jan 13th 2013, 12:00am by PEG FONG

   ... to meet people here, but not that easy to make friends," she says. "It's very hard to break in with strangers, into their circles here in Vancouver." The survey, conducted ...

   http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/1124542/city-scope-cold-shouldered
2. Chinese love affair with Canada continues

   Posted Jan 19th 2011, 12:00am by Peta Tomlinson

   ... demand', some investors still worry about flattening apartment rentals. Vancouver's office and condo markets remain 'red hot', fuelled by international visitors who bought after last ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/736090/chinese-love-affair-canada-continues
3. Vancouver enjoys real estate revival

   Posted Feb 10th 2010, 12:00am by Andrea Pawlyna

   ... Vancouver Andrea Pawlyna Since the global economic meltdown caused housing values in Vancouver to plunge by 17 per cent last year - and hit bottom last March - prices and housing transactions have dramatically bounced back. Sales of existing homes in Vancouver, a long-time Hong Kong favourite, shot up by 25 per cent in November year on year, according to the Canadian Real ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/705899/vancouver-enjoys-real-estate-revival
4. Vancouver

   Posted Feb 01st 2009, 12:00am by Nicolette Loizou

   ... Vancouver Nicolette Loizou For laid-back west-coast style without the pretension (or cost) of Los Angeles, Vancouver fits the bill. A mix of the shimmering new and evocative old merges with the tribal influence of the city's first settlers to create a unique look. Inspiration can be found at Cross Decor and Design (1198 Homer Street, tel: 604 689 2900; www.thecrossdesign.com ), ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/668493/vancouver
5. Mob killing rattles wealthy neighbours

   Posted Nov 16th 2007, 12:00am by Petti Fong

   ... who's living next door to you?' The death of gangster Hong Chao Huang, also known as Raymond, on November 3 capped a worrying trend for Vancouver's Westside, where the average price ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/615815/mob-killing-rattles-wealthy-neighbours
6. Vancouver grapples with bus violence

   Posted Aug 13th 2007, 12:00am by Petti Fong

   ... then for 'some inexplicable reason' punched the old man in the face before running away, leaving the senior citizen injured, said Vancouver police constable Howard Chow. Drivers say the problem ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/604059/vancouver-grapples-bus-violence
7. Residents' association bites the hand that feeds

   Posted Apr 23rd 2007, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... Vancouver Vancouver When trying to bring down a government with persistent, annoying attempts to disrupt its business, is it reasonable to expect that government to cut your funding? This is a dilemma faced by the Downtown Eastside Residents Association (Dera), one of Vancouver's most strident groups. Dera has the very worthy objective of trying to find homes for the hard-to-house. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/590074/residents-association-bites-hand-feeds
8. Canada saying no to drug grow-ops

   Posted Nov 24th 2004, 12:00am by John Gray

   ... police if there seems to be evidence of a grow-op. To protect buyers, the real estate boards of Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley, the largest in British Columbia, have changed ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/479347/canada-saying-no-drug-grow-ops
9. News - World - CANADA

   Canada's United Steelworkers union warns Chinese miners pose safety risk

   Posted Nov 24th 2012, 12:00am by Ian Young in Vancouver

   ... safety requirements is a recipe for disaster." The union wants work halted immediately at the Murray River mine, more than 1,000 kilometres north of Vancouver, where staffing is in the hands ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1089476/canadas-united-steelworkers-union-warns-chinese-miners-pose-safety-risk
10. News - World - Palestine

    Activists building ship in Gaza to defy Israel

    Posted Oct 04th 2012, 11:12am by Agence France-Presse in Vancouver

    ... Jim Manly. Manly held a news conference at Vancouver’s airport before flying for Naples to join the Estelle ship, which is scheduled to sail from Italy this month carrying humanitarian ...

    http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1053615/activists-building-ship-gaza-defy-israel

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