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Police Make Arrest in Canada Pipeline Bomb Probe

JEREMY HAINSWORTH ABC News 01/09/2010

B.C. real estate on an upward climb for the rest of '09

DERRICK PENNER VANCOUVER SUN 08/27/2009
Police Make Arrest in Canada Pipeline Bomb Probe

An anti-energy industry activist convicted of bombing oil and gas wells a decade ago was arrested in connection with the investigation into a series of pipeline bombings in northeastern British Columbia, his lawyer said.

B.C. real estate on an upward climb for the rest of '09

VANCOUVER — Spurred by record-low mortgage rates, provincial real estate sales should continue to rise through the remainder of 2009 from last year’s market fall, according to the B.C. Real Estate Association’s latest forecast.

Canadian police probe whether suspected killer Ryan Jenkins had help

Kim Murphy and Andrew Blankstein and Ari B. Bloomekatz Los Angeles Times 08/24/2009

In Okanagan real estate, the bliss outweighs the risks

Jane Armstrong The Globe and Mail 07/26/2009
Canadian police probe whether suspected killer Ryan Jenkins had help

Detectives are investigating whether Ryan Jenkins got help disposing of model Jasmine Fiore's body after he allegedly killed her and whether others helped him flee and hide, police said.

In Okanagan real estate, the bliss outweighs the risks

It was a quintessential Okanagan summer afternoon. As sunbathers lingered on the beach and boats bobbed in the water, a spectacular mushroom cloud grew in the sky, not unlike the plume that rose after the twin towers collapsed in New York.

6,000 British Columbia fire evacuees head home

About 6,000 residents of West Kelowna, B.C., began returning home Tuesday morning, after large parts of the Okanagan community were evacuated Saturday because of forest fires.

Thousands flee western Canadian wildfires

Emergency crews made slow progress Sunday to contain wildfires that have forced thousands of residents of a western Canadian community to flee their homes.

B.C. home prices stabilizing: BCREA report

BRIAN MORTON VANCOUVER SUN 05/26/2009
B.C. commercial real estate has survived worst of recession

VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s commercial real estate markets started their downturn long before the current recession began and have likely passed through the worst of times, a new report from Central 1 Credit Union said Tuesday.

B.C. home prices stabilizing: BCREA report

Housing market conditions are improving more rapidly than expected with the average price for a home in B.C. now predicted to decline five percentage points less in 2009 than forecasted at the beginning of the year, the B.C. Real Estate Association said Tuesday.

Real estate expectations fall

DERRICK PENNER VANCOUVER SUN 05/20/2009
 
Real estate expectations fall

British Columbia's real estate markets have reached a point where it is difficult to predict if they'll go down any further or begin a recovery -- or even when either might occur.