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		<title>Demolition begins at Albion Fish Plant</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2013 06:54:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Demolition work has begun on the former Albion fish plant on Vancouver&#8217;s Great Northern Way. The facility is being torn down to make way for Mountain Equipment Co-op&#8217;s new headquarters. In January, Albion moved its operations to a 6,000 square &#8230; <a href="http://brettballah.com/2013/03/16/demolition-begins-at-albion-fish-plant/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brettballah.com&#038;blog=31136309&#038;post=66&#038;subd=brettballah&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">An excavator tears down a wall at the former Albion fish plant in Vancouver.</media:title>
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		<title>Money in the neighbourhood</title>
		<link>http://brettballah.com/2012/07/01/money-in-the-neighbourhood/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2012 03:17:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was bound to happen. With dozens of 3-storey buildings all constructed in the mid-to-late 1970s, there&#8217;s a need in Grandview/Mount Pleasant for major exterior renovations and renewal. Here&#8217;s a look at a couple of buildings where hundreds of thousands &#8230; <a href="http://brettballah.com/2012/07/01/money-in-the-neighbourhood/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brettballah.com&#038;blog=31136309&#038;post=109&#038;subd=brettballah&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How do you restore a creek?</title>
		<link>http://brettballah.com/2012/06/28/how-do-you-restore-a-creek/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2012 21:40:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can you restore a soothing, calming, wetland in the middle of the city? What would it take? For some along St. George Street in Mount Pleasant, it takes vision, elbow grease, willpower, and money. As it stands, St. George is &#8230; <a href="http://brettballah.com/2012/06/28/how-do-you-restore-a-creek/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brettballah.com&#038;blog=31136309&#038;post=99&#038;subd=brettballah&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>1016 &#8211; E 7th Ave</title>
		<link>http://brettballah.com/2012/04/26/1016-e-7th-ave/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 01:52:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>East Van blog</dc:creator>
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		<title>Mount Pleasant&#8217;s last sea-front cottage</title>
		<link>http://brettballah.com/2012/04/26/mount-pleasants-last-sea-front-cottage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 01:43:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>East Van blog</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was alerted to this place by my colleague at Global BC Chester Ptasinski and also excellent reporter, Mike McCardell &#8211; to whom I&#8217;m indebted for his historical knowledge. It&#8217;s a small, unregarded, green-blue house set back from the street &#8230; <a href="http://brettballah.com/2012/04/26/mount-pleasants-last-sea-front-cottage/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brettballah.com&#038;blog=31136309&#038;post=74&#038;subd=brettballah&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Council approves Rize development</title>
		<link>http://brettballah.com/2012/04/17/council-approves-rize-development/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 23:35:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After several days of contentious public hearings, Vancouver city council gave its blessing, Tuesday, to a new high-rise development in Mount Pleasant. More than 200 residents made appeals to council during public hearings, to turn down the $150-million development. The &#8230; <a href="http://brettballah.com/2012/04/17/council-approves-rize-development/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brettballah.com&#038;blog=31136309&#038;post=71&#038;subd=brettballah&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why Gary Carter&#8217;s death has hit me hard</title>
		<link>http://brettballah.com/2012/02/16/why-gary-carters-death-has-hit-me-hard/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 01:25:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gary Carter died today, and it&#8217;s hit me harder than I ever thought possible. If you don&#8217;t remember him, Carter was an all-star catcher with the Montreal Expos in the early 1980s. He went into the baseball Hall of Fame &#8230; <a href="http://brettballah.com/2012/02/16/why-gary-carters-death-has-hit-me-hard/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brettballah.com&#038;blog=31136309&#038;post=62&#038;subd=brettballah&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A walk down Great Northern Way</title>
		<link>http://brettballah.com/2012/02/09/a-walk-down-great-northern-way/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:10:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I went for a walk along Great Northern Way late last week, and took a few shots of recent developments along the road. Industrial on one side, residential on the other, and unfortunately way too loud most of the day. &#8230; <a href="http://brettballah.com/2012/02/09/a-walk-down-great-northern-way/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brettballah.com&#038;blog=31136309&#038;post=57&#038;subd=brettballah&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New MEC HQ sails through public hearing</title>
		<link>http://brettballah.com/2012/01/30/new-mec-hq-sails-through-public-hearing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:54:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A proposal by Mountain Equipment Coop to build a new five-storey headquarters in east Vancouver has been given a unanimous stamp of approval after a public hearing Monday night at city hall. The building would be constructed on a pair &#8230; <a href="http://brettballah.com/2012/01/30/new-mec-hq-sails-through-public-hearing/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brettballah.com&#038;blog=31136309&#038;post=47&#038;subd=brettballah&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vancouver Opera&#8217;s new digs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vancouver Opera showed of its new 30,000 square foot facility, Thursday, to hundreds of subscribers. Last July, the Opera consolidated several offices throughout the city, including a ticket office downtown, at its current facility at McLean St. and East 3rd &#8230; <a href="http://brettballah.com/2012/01/26/vancouver-operas-new-digs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brettballah.com&#038;blog=31136309&#038;post=40&#038;subd=brettballah&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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