A freakish tragedy has occurred in West Vancouver in which a large fir tree has fallen on a home, crushing the bedroom of the couple living there. Police say the dead couple is Mike Sharp, former president of the West Vancouver Minor Hockey Association and his wife Caroline.
Narrow lot on Greenwood may get narrow house
A couple of years ago we told you about the sale of a skinny 20 by 100-foot lot adjacent to 953 Greenwood Ave in East York. Now Andrew Gabriel,22, an aspiring developer, wants to build there. Keep in mind the depiction above seems to have quite a bit more open space on one side than the lot does. Not to quibble. Garage lot 20×100 for $599k on Greenwood and Sammon
Tap and pay makes credit cards sit up straight
The cashless revolution and easy tapability are working a card payment revolution at many levels. Many new cards from Visa and MasterCard are aligned to an upright look in keeping with the tap and pay process. And Apple wants you to rely on your phone for everything. Everything. But if your cards are in the phone rather than your wallet, you have to hope the phone doesn’t fail.
