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Vancouver Sun - West Coast Homes
Home and Garden, from the Rockies to the St . Lawrence
OTTAWA, TORONTO, CALGARY: New homes, and new or renewed forms of homes, are a year-round attachment of Canadian home-and-garden journalism. Generating newspaper attention recently was the growing appreciation for the townhouse in Ottawa, top; the showhome of a highrise-development in the Toronto suburb of Brampton, above left; and a showhome for a tract-housing development in north Calgary. You can learn a lot about your town when you read the out-of-town newspapers. Consider this, from the Ottawa Citizen townhouse story: "To a large extent, their proliferation comes from the maturing of Ottawa as an urban centre and the municipality's professed commitment to housing intensification to combat urban sprawl." Every life-long Ottawa resident who thinks a townhouse an exemplar of intense residency...
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News In Brief
'Upcycling' is one of those reminders of the elasticity of the English language. The word 'upcycle' has only appeared in this newspaper twice in the last 10 years. It means, according to one of the 342,000 Internet sites in which the word appears, the "repurposing of a material into a product of higher quality. An example would be a purse made out of woven candy wrappers." It must have considerable currency in Calgary, if this introduction to a Herald story on used-items stores is a guide: 'Don't have just the right upcycle elements hanging around your baserment.? Check out local flea markets, second-hand shops . . . ."
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Builder scales apartments to appeal to downsizers
CASCADE -- Project location: Westwood Plateau, Coquitlam
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Ginger delivers promised spice to Main Street
GINGER -- Project location: Strathcona, Vancouver
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Annual seminar a promise of useful tips for new buyers
PETER SIMPSON -- peter
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The Globe and Mail - Real Estate RSS feed
Thursday, March 11, 2010 5:17:00 AM CST
Play called for renos at Maple Leaf Gardens
BBB Architects accepts makeover challenge – complete with a new ice rink two floors up from street level


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A room with a view - onto ground zero
New York hotel's proximity to the site of the Sept. 11 attacks used as a marketing tool


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Toronto buildings scoop up REX awards
The best in commercial real estate singled out for innovation, creativity


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Lawrence abd Centennial
Cul-de-sac lot with a good layout


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Eglinton and Royal York
Attractive price point gives bungalow a boost


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