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Condo Smarts: Can strata prohibit installation of EV charging stations?
Breadcrumb Trail Links Homes Condos “I have offered to pay for all costs, including an ongoing premium for electricity.” Published Sep 28, 2023 • Last updated Sep 28, 2023 • 2 minute read The Bill 22 legislation requires that a strata corporation cannot unreasonably refuse the installation of a charging station. Photo by Getty Images…
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Wine Guy: Transition from summer to fall with these three wine picks
Breadcrumb Trail Links Wine Life Wine-speaking, this feels like a natural time to move toward pouring more robust reds, pinks and whites. Published Sep 27, 2023 • Last updated Sep 27, 2023 • 3 minute read Photo by JEFF PACHOUD /AFP via Getty Images files Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected.…
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Planning on-site composting for spring planting
Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Article content Q. After filling newly created garden beds with fresh soil mix, we’ve been left with a large heap of the old, removed soil. It’s like dust. Moving the old…
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Condo Smarts: Long-term planning is essential for a strata corporation
Breadcrumb Trail Links Homes Condos “Our 14-floor building in Burnaby is experiencing chronic failures with its hot water system.” Published Sep 21, 2023 • Last updated Sep 21, 2023 • 2 minute read Annual budgets may be amended at your AGM before they are approved. Photo by Getty Images Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and…
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Wine Guy: Wine-based nuptials
Breadcrumb Trail Links Wine This week’s focus is a local bottled look at something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue. Published Sep 19, 2023 • Last updated Sep 19, 2023 • 3 minute read Photo by Andrey Elkin /Getty Images files Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may…
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Spring-flowering bulbs to plant first this fall
Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Article content Q. What spring-flowering bulbs do you plant first in the fall? Article content A. I begin by planting the earliest to bloom. Snowdrops (Galanthus), the first to flower, are…
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Canucks: Quinn Hughes visits Kelowna firehall with $250,000 team donation to Red Cross
Article content Newly minted Vancouver Canucks Captain Quinn Hughes paid tribute Friday to firefighters in the Okanagan, which has been ravaged by wildfires that destroyed homes and forced thousands out of their homes. Article content Hughes brought a $250,000 team donation to the Canadian Red Cross and he and Canucks executives visited the West Kelowna…
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Condo Smarts: Bylaws must set conditions for insurance deductibles
Breadcrumb Trail Links Homes Condos Strata corporations are advised to define the conditions or obligations Published Sep 14, 2023 • Last updated Sep 14, 2023 • 2 minute read Tony Gioventu explains the ins and outs of building damage bylaws in a strata corporation. Photo by Getty Images Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products…
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Virgin River actor Benjamin Hollingsworth's 5 favourite Vancouver-area hot spots
Breadcrumb Trail Links Television Local Arts Entertainment When he’s not starring in the popular Netflix series Virgin River, you might find actor Benjamin Hollingsworth (a.k.a. Dan Brady) at one of these Vancouver-area hangouts. Published Sep 01, 2023 • Last updated Sep 01, 2023 • 2 minute read Actor Benjamin Hollingsworth plays reformed bad guy Dan…
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Disability Ink Goes Mainstream
Erika Bogan by BAW Photography Mine is innocuous enough. It’s a little gecko on my lower abdomen that I got while attending the University of Florida’s homecoming in my freshman year of college. There is no particular meaning attached to it other than I was having a really good time with great friends. Subsequent tattoos,…
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