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  <title><![CDATA[Canadian Condo & HOA News from CAN]]></title>
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     <title>Never cut legal corners</title>
     <description><![CDATA[We recently missed notice of a lawsuit, which was sent by mail to an owner who was away for two months, and now we are scrambling to address our failure to respond to the claim within the correct time period.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 12:19:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/sunday_homes/story.html?id=d0c81829-3cc9-4904-bbad-698b6e59ad1b</link>
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     <title>Cochrane condo hit with big repair bill</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Condo owners in Cochrane are paying up to $38,000 each to construct a $4.5-million retaining wall after a series of small landslides]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:15:28 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/city/story.html?id=4a45a9ad-4f60-4789-95f6-fb6163874cb5</link>
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     <title>BC: Province must find a way to resolve disputes, owners say</title>
     <description><![CDATA[B.C. needs a dispute resolution system for strata corporations, according to the head of a group representing condo owners.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:30:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/capital_van_isl/story.html?id=0103c852-7a44-48db-9481-589d0da9dbad</link>
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     <title>B.C.'s leaky condo crisis far from over, report says</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Coastal British Columbia's leaky condo crisis is far from over, a recent report prepared for the provincial government shows.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:55:33 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=ec2ab1f3-bfb0-4401-9a6e-12e474b634a6&k=10772]]></link>
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     <title>Community association spreads warning about contractors</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Queenswood Heights Community Association (QHCA) executive were alerted to the issue after a neighbourhood resident raised concerns about poorly-done work on the resurfacing of his laneway,]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:40:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.eastottawa.ca/article-229202-Community-association-spreads-warning-about-contractors.html</link>
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     <title>Fewer than half of leaky condos fixed: report</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Nearly 60 per cent of B.C.’s leaky condos still need fixing, and repairs over the next five years could reach $700 million, according to a report prepared for the Homeowner Protection Office.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:00:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.bclocalnews.com/surrey_area/peacearchnews/news/20749974.html</link>
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     <title>Ontario makes sprinklers mandatory for new condos apartments 4 storeys or taller</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A move to mandate sprinkler systems in all new Ontario condos and apartments four storeys tall or higher was welcomed by firefighters Wednesday, although they said the new rules fell short of what they were hoping for.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:00:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5iVNuWYBjjWOPOEO2K_pHBi-z4iMg</link>
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     <title>Strata can be ordered to pay 'damages' to owners for strata fees deemed unfair</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Dear Condo Smarts: We live in a 68-unit townhouse complex. All of our units are close to the same size so we have generally paid the same amount in strata fees each month. We're now faced with major construction and the cost is going to be about $1.1 million. We have several owners who have advised the strata council they will not pay the same as everyone else]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:43:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=d06b8f82-894e-4c90-9082-ea34836bda1f</link>
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     <title>Real estate agents may face lawsuits over massive condo repair</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The builder of a northwest condo complex whose "systematic failure" in construction led to a $10-million repair bill likely won't face any lawsuits related to the building. But real estate agents who sold units in the northwest complex could be sued as condo owners make their first payments towards their share of the massive repair bill.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:25:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/city/story.html?id=2a53852e-a614-4324-9e3b-55e08efbd96a</link>
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     <title>Condo owners can keep Canadian flag</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Dean Clark's flag fight is over.  The strata council at his Newton townhouse complex has backed away from its demand he remove a Canadian flag that's been flying from his home for the past four years or face a $50 fine.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:49:43 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.canada.com/surreynow/news/story.html?id=9b0dcda7-c02d-4b29-8aff-d047e834ff27</link>
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     <title>Good rules make for good neighbours</title>
     <description><![CDATA[It is important that by properly drafting the condominium rules, one can avoid debating same before the courts. Typically, problems include (1) a unitholder who fails to pay his/her condominium fees, (2) or who abuses their privileges regarding the exercise equipment or (3) fails to comply with the aesthetic norms of the building.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:02:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://thesuburban.com/content.jsp?sid=13318950964404881702072198468&ctid=1000004&cnid=1015588]]></link>
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     <title>BC: ‘Patriot’ faces fine</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Surrey man attached the flagpole and flag to the fascia of his attached home, near his front door, four years ago and he had never had a complaint until last month.  That’s when he received a letter from the property management company that runs his townhouse complex, Bear Creek Village.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 10:40:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.bclocalnews.com/surrey_area/peacearchnews/news/19372454.html</link>
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     <title>Green up</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Improve your indoor atmosphere with these condo-friendly plants]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 10:05:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=b5400858-8bad-43d3-9276-0856c3c8e6a1</link>
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     <title>Developers forced to stop selling condo units</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Two Bear Mountain condominium developers have been barred from marketing their properties because they broke a key rule under the province's Real Estate Act.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 10:16:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=6a8c9b98-7905-4678-96d1-8f9d3e7d70e6&k=54170]]></link>
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     <title>Condo project targeted by activists</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Concord Pacific project in the booming Downtown Eastside has become the first to be targeted by local activists who are gearing for an anti-condo war.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:40:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=5a8c2be3-e7dd-42dc-9b08-85b6d6a8e72d&k=96360]]></link>
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     <title>Ban lifted on drying laundry outside in Ontario</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Ontario will outlaw clothesline bans by this summer to encourage citizens to use the environmentally friendly option when doing laundry.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:38:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.torontosun.com/News/Canada/2008/04/19/5329776-sun.html</link>
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     <title>Condo owners seek shelter from shoddy work</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Condominium owners facing big repair bills are calling for legislation to protect their investment.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:14:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2008/04/21/condos-hfx.html</link>
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     <title>CGL covers third party property damage to condo's foundation, court rules</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Commercial General Liability (CGL) policy does cover third party property damage caused by a condominium contractor's negligence in trying to repair its own constructed foundation, the Ontario Court of Appeal has ruled.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:51:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.canadianunderwriter.ca/issues/ISArticle.asp?id=82956&issue=04152008]]></link>
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     <title>Condo Boom in Toronto makes US Cities Envy</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In Toronto, something of a boom mentality still exists although the housing market in much of the United States may be moribund. Several hundred Toronto residents braved the cold to line up before the opening of the sales office of a new condo project. Certified checks in hand, they wanted to make sure they got their choice]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:27:38 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.turks.us/article.php?story=20080409122403166</link>
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     <title>A "wooftop" deck at Canadian condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A company called Amacon is building what it says is Canada's first condo dog run in its new downtown development, the Beasley Residences – a 2,000 square-foot, mulch-lined dog run on the eight floor of the 33-story condo complex.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 05:22:28 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/features/mutts/blog/2008/03/with_potential_2000_fines_for.html</link>
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     <title>Condo conflicts on the rise, lawyer says</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Fights involving condo owners and condo boards are one of the most rapidly growing areas of law in Canada, a Toronto lawyer who specializes in condominium law said yesterday.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 05:50:25 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080325.CONDOLAW25/TPStory/TPNational/Ontario/</link>
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     <title>Going green on your condo deck</title>
     <description><![CDATA[As more people give up larger homes with backyards for yardless condos, many are refusing to give up the pleasure of a garden.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 04:41:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=701d2f22-ad09-4c11-8726-8c050a779f2c&k=48419]]></link>
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     <title>Condo Sales In Canada Up By 30 Percent In February</title>
     <description><![CDATA[While the U.S. home property market continues to suffer a downturn, the Canadian housing industry is on an uptick, marked by a 15 percent hike in new homes in February. Fueling the housing boom was the construction of multiple-family units, including condominium towers.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:22:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7010284984</link>
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     <title>Noisy condo site ruining weekends, neighbours complain</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The pounding sound of construction in Calgary's southwest Mission district is making it impossible to relax on the weekend, upset neighbours say.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:21:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2008/03/10/noise-complaints.html</link>
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     <title>Top 10 Things You Should Know Before Buying A New Condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Wendy Mesley visited a number of new condominium sales offices and actually went through the process of buying a condo, which she later rescinded, in order to see firsthand what condo buyers are dealing with. They also interviewed a number of recent condo buyers to get their opinions as well.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 04:45:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.movesmartly.com/2008/03/top-10-things-y.html</link>
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     <title>Communal calamities</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Come hell or high water, scenarios like these will cost you. The communal nature of condo living means you pay now through an individual insurance claim, or later when your condo fees rise because of higher corporate premiums.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 11:11:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thestar.com/living/article/309486</link>
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     <title>Making claims for leaks</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q: An owner in one of the townhouses in our complex had a leak into the dining room resulting from repairs to his bathroom directly above. He is asking the strata to repair the damages. Is this correct? Who is responsible?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 04:42:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/News/2008/02/28/4881394-sun.html</link>
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     <title>Disgruntled condo buyers calling for government protection</title>
     <description><![CDATA[ News that construction of the Sophia condo development is on hold with financial difficulties has buyers calling for government protection.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 04:07:14 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.cknw.com/news/news_local.cfm?cat=7428109912&rem=86499&red=80110923aPBIny&wids=410&gi=1&gm=news_local.cfm]]></link>
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     <title>Lawyers predict condo maintenance headache</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The condo building frenzy sparked by Alberta's economic boom could lead to maintenance headaches for condo owners down the road, construction lawyers said Thursday.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2008 05:46:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/city/story.html?id=33db1ebe-90ba-4d28-b8e0-a2b84dc4bd6a</link>
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     <title><![CDATA[Legal Q & A]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q: Is it legal for the board to throw a wine and cheese party for the owners without the owners voting for the expenditure?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2008 07:05:10 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thestar.com/living/article/300831</link>
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     <title>Condo owners slam board's 'special fees'</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Some east-end condominium owners have asked police to be on hand when they meet Wednesday night out of fear their own board of directors will try to break up the meeting.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 13:17:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://ottsun.canoe.ca/News/OttawaAndRegion/2008/02/04/4824492-sun.html</link>
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     <title>Newfoundland: Faulty fridge wiring led to condo fatality</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A fire that killed a woman in a St. John's condominium this weekend started with a faulty refrigerator, investigators said Monday.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:26:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2008/01/28/condo-fire.html</link>
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     <title>Don't peg the blame on developers</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Well, it seems our elected leaders have decided it's high time to put an end to restrictive covenants that prevent homeowners from stringing clotheslines in their backyards.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 06:50:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thestar.com/living/article/296904</link>
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     <title>Alta. seniors critical after car fumes fill condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Two seniors are in critical condition in an Edmonton hospital after a car was left running in the parking garage of their assisted living home, filling the building with carbon monoxide.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:24:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080121/seniors_poisoning_080121/20080122?hub=Canada&s_name=]]></link>
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     <title>Police allege brothers sold parking spaces as condos</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Toronto police allege two brothers defrauded a bank and investors by selling condominium units that turned out to be parking spaces.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 04:43:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2008/01/17/tto-fraud.html</link>
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     <title>McGuinty says it's time for Ont. to put sprinklers in residential high rises</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Ontario may finally mandate the use of sprinklers in high rise residential buildings, but not in single family homes, Premier Dalton McGuinty said Wednesday as he admitted the province lags behind the rest of Canada in the fire safety systems]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 05:01:25 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5gfGRKQLq0iplyBHIHDMjQrCtaLqw</link>
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     <title>Condo floor plans can be too good to be true: lawyer</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Slick suites promised by condominium developers may turn out not to be the urban dream buyers thought they were purchasing, a real estate lawyer warns.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 06:08:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/cbc/080110/canada/vancouver_bc_condo_12</link>
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     <title>Residents await return to condo building months after plane crash</title>
     <description><![CDATA[RICHMOND, B.C. - A condominium building struck on the eighth and ninth floors by a twin-engine plane in October is still empty as repairs drag on.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 04:37:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=c25866f4-2a76-43bb-9260-fc659bbc7719</link>
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     <title>Huge condo bill taxes owners</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Jennifer Shelley received an unpleasant surprise last month: a $28,000 bill towards repairs at her apartment complex. Shelley, who has owned her apartment at Penhorwood Place in the Lower Townsite for a year, said the bill came from the complex’s condo board, requesting the funds be paid as of Thursday.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:21:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.fortmcmurraytoday.com/Local%20News/364117.html</link>
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     <title>A first: Condos outselling houses</title>
     <description><![CDATA[New condominium sales in the Toronto area officially passed the 50 per cent mark for the first time, outselling new low-rise homes, according to November figures]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 05:48:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/287648</link>
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     <title>Emboldened by a surging loonie, Canadians snap up U.S. homes</title>
     <description><![CDATA[For moderate-income Canadians like Farley, the race is on to take advantage of the loonie, which in September reached parity with the U.S. dollar for the first time since 1976. Many are combing the Internet for anxious American home sellers and looking with an investor's eye at the condos they rented while on vacation in sunbelt states.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:22:10 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.canadaeast.com/business/article/157506</link>
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     <title>Peril lurks deep</title>
     <description><![CDATA[It's widely believed that many more of the 4,000 (mostly residential) condo corporations in the GTA should be taken over, but the victims lack the financial resources to go to court. Unit owners suffer in obscurity as their buildings deteriorate around them.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2007 07:28:05 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thestar.com/living/article/282611</link>
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     <title>Condo owners sue</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Several condominium dwellers are suing a neighbour couple and the City of Edmonton after a fire allegedly caused by a cigarette damaged their homes and property.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 05:04:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.edmontonsun.com/Business/WhosSuing/2007/12/02/4702107-sun.html</link>
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     <title>Oversized lightbulb cited in condo fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA["There were no injuries, no fatalities.... The cause of the fire, after further investigation, has been determined to be from larger wattage bulbs being used," MacMullen said. "The enclosed area of the fixtures caused a much hotter area and the insulation broke down and the wires caught fire."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 04:15:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.intelligencer.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=796558&auth=By+W.+Brice+McVicar+The+Intelligencer]]></link>
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     <title>Soaring construction costs kill condos</title>
     <description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER - Vancouver-based Eden Group has cancelled two city condominium projects, citing rising construction costs that would have created huge losses if they were to proceed]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 03:38:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/business/story.html?id=86a97401-70c2-4f92-84f0-3b1450da3907&k=47552]]></link>
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     <title>Province to investigate shoddy condo construction practices</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Rockingham-Wentworth Coun. Debbie Hum says homeowners, especially condominium owners, will be happy to hear that the province is forming a steering committee of provincial and municipal employees to investigate construction practices.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 04:33:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.hfxnews.ca/index.cfm?sid=83245&sc=89]]></link>
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     <title>Toronto the condo king of North America</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Toronto is the busiest condominium market in North America and has already shattered previous yearly sales records despite rising prices.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2007 04:18:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://680news.com/news/local/article.jsp?content=20071119_083344_4960</link>
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     <title>Divorce stokes the condo boom</title>
     <description><![CDATA[...most brokers - at least those who care to admit it - have long known: When married or common-law couples go their separate ways, the real estate market often benefits.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 11:39:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20071116.re-divorce-1116/BNStory/RealEstate</link>
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     <title>Condos</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Condominium ownership calls for a collective and prudent administration of multiple unit dwellings - conflicting interests, in every imaginable shape and form, have led to a proliferation of condominium-related litigation.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:10:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://thesuburban.com/content.jsp?sid=19450903842014577982185301471&ctid=1000004&cnid=1013531]]></link>
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     <title>Condo seekers set up weeklong camp to stake out bidding position</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A line stretching about 100 people long has formed outside a Toronto condo office — a full week before the units are to be released for sale.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 11:05:33 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2007/11/06/condo-sales.html</link>
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     <title>Revised condo plan revives wind debate</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The condominium towers may be thinner and taller, but regional councillors for the Dartmouth, N.S., area still wonder how a proposed development might affect the paddling course on Lake Banook.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 04:47:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2007/11/02/banook-condos.html</link>
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     <title>CA: Canada's flag causes local flap</title>
     <description><![CDATA[For one couple in an Orangeville luxury condominium, according to information obtained by this paper, it's a time to come under fire for displaying the Canadian flag in their window "to Honour the Men and Women serving our Country in Afghanistan,"]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 05:52:49 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.citizen.on.ca/news/2007/1101/Local_news/031.html</link>
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     <title>Condo crash victims planning lawsuit</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Richmond couple whose condo took a direct hit from an airplane is planning to sue for damages.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 07:32:15 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2007/10/29/bc-condocrashlawsuit.html</link>
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     <title>Condos slow to join green bandwagon</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Builders of residential housing are doing it. So are owners of single-family homes. So why are condo owners among the last to jump on the energy-efficiency bandwagon?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2007 15:56:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/story.html?id=42a834a8-9ab9-4b0b-98e4-63a7bdc2d0de</link>
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     <title>Residents of condo hit by plane don't know when they can return</title>
     <description><![CDATA[People forced out of their Richmond condos, after the building was hit by a plane on Friday, don't know when they will be allowed to return. 105 units are still off-limits.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 05:36:03 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.news1130.com/news/topstory/article.jsp?content=20071022_085939_1180</link>
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     <title>Saving sunshine could soon be the law</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In the Drake Landing Solar Community in the Alberta town of Okotoks, just south of Calgary, Sterling Homes inserted legal encumbrances into its purchase agreements, stipulating that the 52 new homeowners could not plant vegetation that shaded solar panels]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2007 17:41:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.canada.com/globaltv/national/story.html?id=f09783cb-64fe-4fdd-b6f6-9a50d0aa414c</link>
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     <title>Pilot dead after small plane crashes into B.C. highrise</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A small plane flying fast and low crashed into a ninth-floor unit in a downtown Richmond high-rise condominium Friday afternoon, killing the male pilot and injuring two residents.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2007 07:47:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/story.html?id=df10f71e-bd1d-40a6-9da9-f3ef20ad020c&k=12533]]></link>
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     <title>Condo and apartment dwellers lax about fire safety</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A recent study on fire safety reveals that Canada’s condominium and apartment dwellers are not keeping up with Canadians living in houses when it comes to fire safety practices.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 04:56:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://thesuburban.com/content.jsp?sid=52817364815211848561883986083&ctid=1000038&cnid=1013245]]></link>
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     <title>Condo sales drive housing starts to 29-year high</title>
     <description><![CDATA["The steaming hot condo market powered the volatile multiple units construction in all regions of the country," BMO Nesbitt Burns economist Robert Hogue said yesterday.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 04:29:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/265173</link>
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     <title>Service standards set for condo managers</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The first 20 companies have been certified under a new set of standards for condominium managers in Ontario.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2007 14:13:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20071005.CONDO05/TPStory/TPEntertainment/Ontario/</link>
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     <title>Leaky condo class action bid denied</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The B.C. Supreme Court has denied the latest bid to have B.C.’s leaky condo disaster certified as class action lawsuit.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2007 04:31:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.richmondreview.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=45&cat=23&id=1076496&more=0]]></link>
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     <title>Damaged condo will stay empty for now</title>
     <description><![CDATA[An emergency safety inspection yesterday morning of a three-storey condo building on Papineau Ave. has determined the need to remove the brick exterior to see if the building is still solid enough for habitation.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2007 15:52:19 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=14ae11fc-00c0-475a-affc-5d27041bd437&k=78458]]></link>
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     <title>Crews still working on fire that destroyed 56 condo units</title>
     <description><![CDATA[This morning the fire that gutted an almost-finished condo complex in New Westminster was still keeping crews busy. Fifty-six of the 231 units, part of the $26 million CopperStone development, have been destroyed]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2007 03:33:49 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.news1130.com/news/topstory/article.jsp?content=20070927_100003_5844</link>
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     <title>Leaky-condo legal battle rumbles on</title>
     <description><![CDATA[It took no less than a B.C. Supreme Court ruling to allow them to retain an engineering firm to rehabilitate the buildings that suffered from water-penetration problems following their construction in 1994.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 03:44:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.straight.com/article-102052/leaky-condo-legal-battle-rumbles-on</link>
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     <title>Developer reiterates green pledge</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Calgary developer's verbal promise to meet high environmental certification standards on a development it hopes to build along the riverbank will be tested in the coming weeks during negotiations with civic officials.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 03:38:33 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/local/story.html?id=b0b5df10-9036-4312-a664-9a5cfaaf551f</link>
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     <title>Councillor wants condo residents to take TTC</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Toronto - Councillor Howard Moscoe is re-introducing a plan that would provide a free, one-year transit pass to people who buy condos along the city's subway lines.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 03:37:19 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.680news.com/news/local/article.jsp?content=20070919_070726_5956</link>
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     <title>Pioneers in condo-land</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Condominium offices have been around for more than 20 years but are rare in Canada, with most development in the United States confined to a handful of medium-sized cities, such as Grand Rapids, Mich., and Phoenix]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:19:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070918.PRCONDO18/TPStory/Business</link>
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     <title>Housing affordability sharply deteriorates across Canada, says RBC Economics</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Homeownership costs continued to climb steadily with Canada’s housing affordability sharply eroding across all four housing types in the second quarter, according to the latest Housing Affordability report released today by RBC Economics.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2007 04:46:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=47671</link>
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     <title>Fate of condo cats in judge's hands</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But it was deja vu for Judge Joseph Quinn, who ruled in favour of another cat owner in the same building in 2005.  "Are you going to ask me to overrule myself?" Quinn asked corporation lawyer Erik Savas Thursday in the St. Catharines courtroom.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:35:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=675178&catname=Local+News&classif=News+Live]]></link>
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     <title>New management at troubled condo project speaks with building staff</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The court appointed Ira Smith trustee and receiver incorporated as the building's new manager, after months of legal wrangling between the Mirvish Group and project developer Harry Stinson.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 26 Aug 2007 10:22:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.680news.com/news/local/article.jsp?content=20070825_165237_5324</link>
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     <title>Elevator maintenance man crushed</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Body of worker found in West End building's elevator shaft after he fails to respond to pager messages]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:41:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=17ff5274-3b7c-49c1-90f3-5c9b1442fb44</link>
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     <title>Boo to electric dryers</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Throughout North America, however, greedy real-estate interests and homeowners as snobbish as they are priggish have so successfully portrayed clotheslines as the disgusting apparatus of the undeserving poor that, according to Alexander Lee, of Concord, N.H., zoning laws, landlords' rules and community covenants restrict or prohibit the hanging-out of laundry in 60 million American backyards.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 04:52:32 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=653604&catname=Editorial&classif=]]></link>
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     <title>Condo expert takes aim at city</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The City of Kitchener could get dragged into a messy lawsuit involving the Eaton's Lofts. Residents of the unfinished downtown project are already suing developer Lorchrist Properties and three former directors of their condominium corporation for $46 million.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2007 04:28:51 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.therecord.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=record/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1186557345880&call_pageid=1024322085509&col=1024322199564]]></link>
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     <title>Tory MLA wants loophole closed</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Stelmach government needs to close a loophole in its tenancy law that let owners of Red Deer's Monarch Place bypass a mandatory one-year's notice before turning the affordable-housing project into condos]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2007 03:39:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=d86fd7aa-45db-4123-bb78-2ea231a13f15</link>
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     <title>Homeowners sickened with worry over leaky condo cost</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Lise Begin is convinced her home is making her sick. Begin suffers from fibromyalgia and says her home in a townhouse complex on Creekside Drive causes her nothing but stress that aggravates her illness. That stress has been made even worse by the revelation that owners of the strata properties could face repair bills of up to $106,000 each.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 05 Aug 2007 16:29:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.canada.com/vancouverisland/nanaimo/story.html?id=1455f760-0068-496d-b8d0-bbfb835f4001</link>
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     <title>Builders at condo fire site await insurance ruling</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Deshane, who is analyzing how the fire started and spread, said his findings should help determine how much the insurance company will pay out, or if someone else's insurance needs to provide compensation.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 05 Aug 2007 16:08:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Edmonton/2007/08/03/4390137-sun.html</link>
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     <title>Mitic is getting to keep his parking spot after all.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But thanks to some sober second thought by the condo administration and the laws of the land this proud Canadian fought to preserve, Mitic gets to keep the spot for his prized ride.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2007 02:59:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://torontosun.com/News/Columnists/Warmington_Joe/2007/07/31/4381533.html</link>
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     <title>The Taliban took his legs. Now condo management is taking his parking space</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But enter the rigid rules of a condo complex to the story. After several weeks of parking these motorcycles in their two rented parking spaces at their rented condo at Yonge and Sheppard, they have been told they have to remove them by 1 p.m. tomorrow or they will be removed for them.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 02:27:32 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://torontosun.com/News/OtherNews/2007/07/29/4377229-sun.html</link>
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     <title>Rules confusing for insurance coverage of garage repair</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q: Upon returning from a holiday we found that our garage door was badly damaged. Our insurance agent advised that the damage would be covered by the condo corporation's insurance. Management said that the condo corporation had not made an insurance claim but had arranged for the repairs to be carried out and that we will be billed for the cost. Should the cost be covered by the condo's insurance?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jul 2007 16:14:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thestar.com/living/article/239456</link>
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     <title>Judge puts loft owners in control</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents of the troubled Eaton's Lofts have wrested control of the building away from the developer and majority owner only days before a looming eviction deadline.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2007 04:23:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://news.therecord.com/News/CanadaWorld/article/220478</link>
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     <title>Brokers wait for piece of condo action</title>
     <description><![CDATA[About 150 real estate agents and brokers camped out, some for more than 24 hours, for the chance to buy units at a much-hyped waterfront condo in a waiting game some called "survival of the fittest."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2007 04:12:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/240381</link>
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     <title>Condo blaze called arson</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Fire investigators say a massive condo fire that left about 100 people homeless was arson]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 04:58:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/Alberta/2007/07/25/4366338-sun.html</link>
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     <title>Edmonton fire raises buring questions</title>
     <description><![CDATA[What looked like a "war zone" after fire tore through a south-side condo complex could easily have been prevented, said residents and Edmonton's fire chief yesterday.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2007 04:12:40 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2007/07/23/4361195-sun.html</link>
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     <title>Savvy boards can save a lot</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Self-managing your condo corporation doesn't have to be scary, says one woman who learned it from the ground up.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2007 04:00:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thestar.com/living/article/237066</link>
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     <title>Hundreds homeless after condo blaze</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Hundreds of Edmontonians were forced to flee their homes after fire ripped through a southside condo project yesterday, spreading to neighbouring townhouses and causing an estimated $20-$25 million in damage.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 22 Jul 2007 07:31:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2007/07/22/4359112-sun.html</link>
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     <title>Leaky-condo legal battle rumbles on</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The struggle of leaky-condo buyers is far from over. Take the case of Strata Plan LMS 1725 , owners of units at the Governor's Tower and Villas condominiums in Yaletown.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:28:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.straight.com/article-102052/leaky-condo-legal-battle-rumbles-on</link>
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     <title>City to take condo fight to court</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The City of Toronto is running out of strategies to fight a controversial condo plan it fears will destroy a creative employment area in the west end.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:20:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thestar.com/article/235058</link>
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     <title>GVRD leaky condo bill skyrockets</title>
     <description><![CDATA[It’s going to cost "at the minimum" another $10 million to repair leaky condo buildings owned by the Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD).]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:19:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.peacearchnews.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=44&cat=23&id=1021549&more=0]]></link>
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     <title>Having a blast!</title>
     <description><![CDATA[With Vancouver Island’s booming real estate market showing no signs of slowing down, the demand for new construction sites has developers contemplating parcels of land they’d bypassed previously because of the extensive excavation work required. Blasting away tonnes of solid bedrock isn’t cheap, but ever-increasing prices for condominium towers and other large structures have now made the more difficult projects financially viable.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2007 04:32:43 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.vicnews.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=36&cat=23&id=1017972&more=0]]></link>
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     <description><![CDATA[Jamshid Maleki thought he had found an investment opportunity that would help set him up for his retirement years. Instead, he’s now one of two people suing the developer of a New Westminster condominium after their sales contracts were torn up when rising construction costs stalled the project.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 04:36:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.burnabynewsleader.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=41&cat=23&id=1015372&more=0]]></link>
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     <title>Eco-density zealots must recognize that condo living is not for everyone</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Greater Vancouver's civic leaders are talking a lot about density these days -- elevating the D word to almost mythical status. Indeed, there's a lot to like about people moving into compact places like the downtown core, since land in our region is finite, while the population continues to grow.  But density isn't for everyone -- a point that some density boosters fail to see.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 04:33:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/editorial/story.html?id=33e01390-6492-44db-bcd1-2aefa005922c</link>
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     <title>It's Still Condo Mania in Canada</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Nearly half of all new home sales in Toronto in April were high-rise condominium suites, lofts and stacked townhouses. Across Canada, from 2001 to 2005, condo starts have posted an annual increase of more than 16 per cent, accounting for almost one-third of new home construction. Despite the amount of new product available, in most parts of the country, it's still a sellers' market.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 03:49:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://realtytimes.com/rtcpages/20070614_condocan.htm</link>
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     <description><![CDATA[Forget SARS, bird flu and mad cow disease. The nation's biggest city is in the grip of a new plague. It's called Condo Fever. The chief symptom is an irrational desire to dump your pleasant house with a back yard on a quiet street and buy a shoebox in the sky for twice the price.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:05:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070609.COWENTE09/TPStory/National/columnists</link>
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     <title>Condo owner sues smoking neighbour</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A North Vancouver condominium owner is suing her neighbour, claiming her smoking on the outdoor patio is a nuisance causing her stress, irritability and disrupting her sleep]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2007 16:35:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/story.html?id=cfc5b668-d343-4540-ab7e-f10f3a129231&k=87207]]></link>
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     <title>Judge reserves decision on leaky condo's class-action</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Leaky condo owners will have to wait as long as two months before the B.C. Supreme Court rules on whether to certify as a class action a lawsuit stemming from the billion-dollar construction crisis.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2007 09:38:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.richmondreview.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=45&cat=43&id=987830&more=]]></link>
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     <title>Get your ash out on to the balcony</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Most condo dwellers don't have a green thumb. In fact, they probably chose the high-rise lifestyle precisely because it doesn't require mowing a lawn every week. But plenty of units these days feature balconies, and while the common treatment usually involves a couple of folding chairs and stinky running shoes, some local landscape architects argue it's possible to transform a cramped balcony space into a functioning mini backyard complete with barbecues, foliage, lighting and seating arrangements]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2007 05:49:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=c9b445ef-14f6-438b-9a42-8fe88d4e5fa5</link>
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     <title>Condo fire in Chilliwack fuels talk of arsonist on loose</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A fire yesterday morning that razed a condo complex under construction in Chilliwack has some nearby residents worried that an arsonist is on the loose.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2007 17:01:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=c7b69414-dfc7-43fe-a159-f2457ea7bb65&k=26357]]></link>
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