The Royal British Columbia Museum (RBCM) is today one of the leading cultural organizations in the world. The Museum was founded in 1886; the Archives in 1894. The two institutions joined together in 2003 to become British Columbia’s provincial museum and archives. It is housed in Victoria’s harb
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01/11/2011
January 11, 2011... Canadian Bank Prime rate is currently 3.00%. TD Canada Trust is offering 3.80% APR on a 5 year open variable rate mortgage. The Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) was up 155.93 points closing at 13,401.05. Canadian dollar exchange rate rose today 36 basis points to 101.04 USD*.
01/11/2011
January 10, 2011... Canadian Bank Prime rate is currently 3.00%. National Bank is offering 2.85% APR on a 5 year closed variable rate mortgage. The Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) was down 27.18 points closing at 13,245.12. Canadian dollar exchange rate dropped today 15 basis points to 100.68 USD*.
01/10/2011
Part of my childhood was spent living in a little cottage on the waterfront in Cordova Bay, a distinct community just a few miles north of Victoria on the Saanich Peninsula. I can remember the beautiful beach that I spent so much time on searching for shells, crabs and bullheads (little fish) in
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01/08/2011
Just was looking through some pictures of our trip to the south of England in the summer of 2008. I came across this picture of a wild young horse in the beautiful Dartmoor countryside in County Devon. He just stood there for the longest time staring at me. And I stared at him. He was a gorgeous
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01/07/2011
January 7, 2011... Canadian Bank Prime rate is currently 3.00%. National Bank is offering 2.85% APR on a 5 year closed variable rate mortgage. The Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) was down 39.37 points closing at 13,272.30. Canadian dollar exchange rate rose today 52 basis points to 100.83 USD*.
01/07/2011
As a child growing up in Victoria, I wasn’t all that aware that an ever increasing number of people wanted to come to Victoria in order to see the sights of this quaint harbour city. I didn’t really realize it was such a tourist attraction. I do remember, however, that there was an increased numb
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01/07/2011
January 6, 2011... Canadian Bank Prime rate is currently 3.00%. National Bank is offering 2.85% APR on a 5 year closed variable rate mortgage. The Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) was down 84.32 points closing at 13,311.67. Canadian dollar exchange rate dropped today 5 basis points to 100.31 USD*.
01/06/2011
It was common practice in British Columbia between 1920 and 1960 to bury residential heating oil tanks in the ground. These tanks had a life span of approximately 20-25 years. When installing an above ground replacement tank, many underground tanks were disconnected from the oil furnace and left
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01/05/2011
January 5, 2011... Canadian Bank Prime rate is currently 3.00%. National Bank is offering 2.85% APR on a 5 year closed variable rate mortgage. The Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) was down 6.32 points closing at 13,395.99. Canadian dollar exchange rate rose today 21 basis points to 100.36 USD*.
01/05/2011