It was an electric morning with over 3000 people out at the Olympic Torch unveiling in Whistler Village this morning. I am attaching a few shots taken this morning of the first torch bearers, International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge, Gordon Campbell and Vanoc CEO John Furlong along with a Vancouver Sun story on the unveiling.
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Olympic Torch Unveiled in Whistler. 2010 only 365 days away!
Federal budget offers good news for homebuyers and homeowners
The following news release was issued by Real Estate Board of Vancouver today: Federal budget offers good news for homebuyers and homeowners VANCOUVER, B.C. – January 29, 2009 –Yesterday’s federal budget offered a number of initiatives to benefit homebuyers and homeowners in our communities. “The housing measures tabled in yesterday’s budget will go a long [...]
Real Estate Inventory in Whistler drops… Why?
We have seen the over all number of current active listings in the Whistler Listing System drop from 773 on Sept 18, 08 to 691 as of Jan 10, 09. Active chalet listings decreased by 16%, active condo listings decreased by 15%, active town house listings decreased by 7%, active vacant land listings increased [...]
Just Another Boom & Bust
With all this talk of economic crisis, some are losing sight of the fact that these cycles happen again and again. In an interesting article The links between now and 1958 Jacqueline Thorpe from the financial post puts things into perspective. She writes… “In these times of economic ‘crisis’ it bears keeping in mind how [...]
Whistler Mountain To Open Wednesday, November 26
Here’s some quick news about an early opening at Whistler Blackcomb that I received by email… Whistler Blackcomb officials have announced that Whistler Mountain will open early on Wednesday, November 26. Whistler Mountain will open for daily operations on November 26 with access to Emerald Express, Big Red Express and Franz’s Chair via the Whistler [...]
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