Today "CMHC" the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation has reported that August 2009 housing starts are up in Canada compared to July 2009 and so this is great news for the British Columbia and Canadian economies. Read todays news release at the CMHC website at:
http://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/en/corp/nero/nere/2009/2009-09-09-0815.cfm The CMHC web site is a great place ...
Posted by Ryan Bird
on September 9, 2009
United States President Barack Obama will speak to the US congress and the American public tonight with a speech about his plans to reform the US healthcare system. This very important speech will start at 5pm Pacific or 8pm Eastern and we be broadcast on ABC,CBS,CNN, NBC TV plus other broadcasters as well. Will these health care plans in the United States have any impact ...
Posted by Ryan Bird
on September 9, 2009
Well what a Monday of the Labor day long weekend for PGA golfer Steve Stricker as he won the Deutsche Bank Championship at the TPC Boston coming in at minus 17. Steve Stricker has now overtaken Tiger Woods in the FedEx Cup standings and is now #1 on the this list. 100 players started for the battle to win the Deutsche Bank Championship and Steve Stricker was ...
Posted by Ryan Bird
on September 9, 2009
Mr. Jim Balsillie Co-CEO of RIM the makers of the Blackeberry has increased his offer purchase to $242.5 million US dollars in his plan and dream of moving the NHL's Phoenix Coyotes to Hamilton, Ontario. You can goto the web site www.makeitseven.ca and put your support behind this bid to create a 7th NHL hockey team in Canada. Also you can read these two articles about Mr. ...
Posted by Ryan Bird
on September 8, 2009
Well at last the NFL 2009/2010 football season starts on Thursday night September 10th, 2009 in Pittsburgh at Heinz Field when the Tennessee Titans take on the hometown Superbowl Champion Pittsburgh Steelers. This game starts at 8:30 pm Eastern / 5:30 pm Pacific and is broadcast in on NBC TV or you can also read about it at NBC sports www.nbcsports.com or on the NFL ...
Posted by Ryan Bird
on September 8, 2009
Well yesterday was a huge day for all Vancouver Canuck hockey fans when goalie Roberto Luongo extended his contract for 12 years and $$$ 64 million dollars. This contract will run until the 2021-2022 NHL hockey season. This should give the Canucks the edge and hopefully a Stanley Cup or two or three. The Vancouver Canucks have never won the Stanley Cup in ...
Posted by Ryan Bird
on September 3, 2009
Well at last the new Canada Line Skytrain has opened. The new Canada Line runs from downtown Vancouver under False Creek and down Cambie Street to the Airport (YVR) and to Richmond Centre. This new line has 16 stations in Vancouver and Richmond and adds 19 km's of skytrain to the system. This is a great way to get to the Airport or to Richmond Centre and it is pretty fast as ...
Posted by Ryan Bird
on September 3, 2009
Hard to believe it but the PNE the Pacific National Exhibition starts tomorrow morning in Vancouver at Hastings Park at the corner of Hastings Street and Renfrew Street. This is the fair's 99th year and it will be bigger and bettter than ever with a lot of sunshine I hope as usually the PNE has its share of rain. The fair opens at 11am on Saturday August ...
Posted by Ryan Bird
on August 21, 2009
Just announced Tiger Woods will play this years The Barclays PGA tournament at Liberty National, Jersey City, New Jersey from August 25th to Sunday August 30th. Tiger will join Phil Mickelson and Vijah Singh competing in this event. You can watch this years tourney on the Golf Channel or on CBS Sports , visit www.thegolfchannel.com or goto www.cbssports.com to see the TV schedules, ...
Posted by Ryan Bird
on August 21, 2009
Will the B.C. government harmonize the Federal Sales Tax (GST) 5 % and the Provincial Sales Tax (PST) 7% into one 12 % tax starting July 1st, 2010 ? What effect will this have on the B.C. economy and the Vancouver real estate market ? Other provinces like Ontario are planning to harmonize the 2 taxes as well.
go read about this big issue at www.fin.gov.bc.ca/scp/hst. ...
Posted by Ryan Bird
on August 7, 2009