http://www.vancouver-whistler-canada.com/A RSS document generated from www.vancouver-whistler-canada.comCopyright 2011 www.vancouver-whistler-canada.comhttp://www.vancouver-whistler-canada.com/News/?NID=12Whistler gets voted a top ski resort year after year: Best Terrain, or Best Resort Overall or Vancouver best city to live. Visiting Whistler is like 2in1 package. You can visit Whistler for skiing and on the way visit Vancouver one of the best city in the world. Whistler is known as a trendy spot with great ski resorts, plenty for families, kids programs, and adventure zones. To enjoy the scenic view between Vancouver and Whistler, you should rent a Car, Vancouver Limo, Taxi or Bus.Sun, 14 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.vancouver-whistler-canada.com/News/?NID=11Yellow Cab Company Ltd. of Vancouver is an owner-operated Vancouver Taxi company serving the residents, tourists and business professionals in The City of Vancouver and surrounding area since 1921. Yellow Cab prides itself as being the leader in the Vancouver taxi industry in British Columbia and is presently the longest operating Vancouver Taxi Company in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia.Tue, 05 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.vancouver-whistler-canada.com/News/?NID=10Highway 99, also called the Sea to Sky Highway, now is an easy and gloriously scenic drive, thanks to hundreds of millions of dollars in improvements. It was blasted straighter and wider - with many four-lane sections - in time for the 2010 Winter Olympics that were held in Whistler and Vancouver. What hasn’t changed along the road are the jaw-dropping views of craggy peaks, Howe Sound inlet and forest wilderness.Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.vancouver-whistler-canada.com/News/?NID=9A 2011 Mercedes Benz F-Cell Hydrogen Fuel-Cell car is seen on display at the LA Auto Show in Los Angeles November 17, 2010. When completed in 2012, the plant will first supply the company with fuel cell stacks for its small fleet of hydrogen powered vehicles. But Mercedes hopes to grow that fleet from about 200 to 10,000 in the next two to three years.Thu, 17 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.vancouver-whistler-canada.com/News/?NID=8Health Minister Colin Hansen said the change, to take effect April 1, will put the emphasis on preventive measures and give family doctors more time and resources to treat patients with alcohol addiction. "It's saying to family physicians that if they identify somebody that has a chronic alcohol problem, they can treat them in the same way they would treat complex illnesses," he said.Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.vancouver-whistler-canada.com/News/?NID=7METRO VANCOUVER -- As Metro Vancouver mayors once again grapple with ways to pay for transportation projects, the wide transit disparities across the region are threatening to stand in the way of a consensus. Talks have just begun, but mayors are already divided on potential options to fund projects such as the Evergreen Line and extra buses, ranging from road tolls to gas taxes, congestion charges and vehicle levies.Fri, 04 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.vancouver-whistler-canada.com/News/?NID=6Across the Lower Mainland, especially Richmond and Vancouver's west side, mainland Chinese buyers and immigrants are becoming a major part of the market, in some cases competing with each other through multiple offers. According to a report on new multi-family home sales in the Lower Mainland by Colliers, which recently opened a dedicated office in Shanghai to deal with the increasing demand, a total of 2,711 new multi-family units were sold in the region in the fourth quarter of 2010, making it the most active quarter of the past year.Sun, 27 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.vancouver-whistler-canada.com/News/?NID=5Vancouver received a 100/100 ranking for its health care services, education system and for its culture and environment rating. It also received an impressive 95/100 stability ranking. The report’s authors did note that Vancouver’s crime rate is on the rise. Vancouver’s murder rate of 2.6 per 100,000 is well above the Canadian 1.8 per 100,000 average.Mon, 21 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.vancouver-whistler-canada.com/News/?NID=4VANCOUVER - When an exhausted but triumphant Rick Hansen pushed himself into Vancouver on May 22, 1987, after circling the globe in a wheelchair for two years, the miles were all behind him but the journey was just beginning. There can't be many who don't know what this Canadian was doing — wheeling himself through 34 countries, 40,000 kilometres of road, highway, and track in the hopes of raising money to find a cure for spinal cord injury and challenging the able-bodied to make the world an easier place for the handicapped to live in.Wed, 16 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.vancouver-whistler-canada.com/News/?NID=3Strong buyer demand has continued to push up prices in many parts of Vancouver, but the overall market conditions are starting to balance out, according to a monthly report by the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV). The latest numbers show that while prices were up overall from a year ago, the amount of increase greatly depended on location.Wed, 16 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.vancouver-whistler-canada.com/News/?NID=2"No white elephants" was the mantra when 2010 Winter Olympics organizers began to build in 2003. On the first anniversary of the Games, locals have a menagerie of venues in various states of use. Yes, there are even some pale pachyderms. B.C. Place Stadium -- where the Games opened Feb. 12, 2010, and closed 17 days later -- is undergoing a $458-million retractable-roof retrofit to be completed by the fall. Across False Creek, the Vancouver Olympic Village is in receivership over $740 million that developer Millennium owes City Hall.Wed, 16 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.vancouver-whistler-canada.com/News/?NID=1GPS technology leads cops to robber ,It was in victim's iPhoneWed, 16 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT