Sentences with phrase «major urban centres»

The foundation runs a number of programs throughout the year, primarily focused on feeding hungry children, including a program that runs during summer months in major urban centres.

He adds that police do not have the resources currently to address the volume of crime in this area and may not have the expertise if it takes place outside major urban centres.

When looking for that ideal retreat, keep in mind that places closer to major urban centres carry higher price tags but other factors can also drive up a property's price.

The movement out of rental accommodation into homeownership continued in 2004 and the average apartment vacancy rate for major urban centres rose from 2.2 to 2.7 per cent.

Downtown Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal continue to share the dubious reputation for having Canada's highest commercial - to - residential tax ratios, all in excess of 4:1, according to a 2012 survey of property tax rates of major urban centres produced by the Altus Group for the Real Property Association of Canada (REALpac).

Worpswede was a village about 20 miles from Bremen, itself a significant art centre, near Hamburg and the other major urban centres of North Germany.

With housing prices spiking in major urban centres like Toronto and Vancouver, much of that growth has been in smaller communities as more and more young families choose to move further away to realize their dreams of owning a home.

Like most major urban centres, London, once a place with overlooked spaces open to occupation and experimentation, has become an increasingly difficult environment for emerging artists.

Court of Appeal e-filing expands access to the court for litigants outside B.C.'s major urban centres by allowing parties to file documents without attending at the court.

The national office vacancy rate will drop from the current 6.2 per cent by the fourth quarter of 2008 to 5.6 per cent as major urban centres continue to see the amount of available space decline, says Cushman & Wakefield LePage's Outlook» 08: Annual Market Review.

And, at the same time, neither of Alberta's major urban centres expresses a strong preference for regulation, following the overall pattern for the province:

In many major urban centres Labour thrives: witness the victory of Labour's Marvin Rees in Bristol's recent mayoral election.

For those in the market for condominiums, Carney warned of a potential collapse in pricing in major urban centres due to high supply and high investor demand (which can be fickle and damaging in the long run).

However, you can now find new - build homes in major urban centres where developers buy, tear down and build new (often called an infill)

Part of a new programming initiative designed to build on its On Tour exhibitions program, which is one of the largest touring art exhibition programs in the world, these agreements allow the Gallery to extend its reach to other major urban centres across Canada.

on a network of sleek passenger trains that zip 200 mph and beyond between major urban centres, the United States is still fussing about where to install a single high - speed rail line for a proposed California project.»

Additionally, premiums may vary depending on the area in which you reside, typically being higher in major urban centres such as Edmonton and Calgary.

Montreal stood as the only major urban centre in Canada to post negative sales growth for 2013 year over year, reporting an eight per cent decrease in homes sold over $ 1 million compared to 2012.

As online legal research resources become more personalized and sophisticated, it is increasingly important that lawyers outside of major urban centres be offered such training and have access to the reference services of a trained law librarian at the local level, especially if they are to be expected to offer competent and competitive legal services to their clients.

Arifuzzaman, the retail analyst, thinks now may be the time for Target to consider cutting loose its money - losing locations, particularly those outside major urban centres.

Being a government town helps insulate Ottawa from the peaks and valleys experienced by real estate markets in some of Canada's other major urban centres.

He and other officials watched with growing alarm as homebuyers took on ever - larger mortgages, particularly in major urban centres like Vancouver and Toronto.

CREA said activity was below year - ago levels in more than 80 per cent of all local markets, in all major urban centres except for Montreal and Ottawa, with the vast majority of year - over-year declines well into double digits.

Located about 30 minutes south of Lyon, the town was once the capital city of the Allobroge Gauls and became a major urban centre in Julius Caesar's Roman Empire by 47 BC.

One of the most pressing immigration challenges is the fact that 76 % of all newcomers have chosen to settle in the three major urban centres: Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver.

If business takes you outside major urban centres, Fairmont isn't much use.

Data from Workopolis, Canada's biggest careers site, offers a snapshot of the markets in major urban centres.

Whether in Calgary, Edmonton or outside of those two major urban centres, roughly four - in - five Albertans say their government is on the right side of the dispute.

Condominium dwellers in major urban centres are indeed the lucky ones in at least this respect, with newer fibre broadband providers emerging as alternatives to traditional phone and cable companies.

And as you've grown, we've grown right alongside you, with 59 offices across Canada in both major urban centres and rural communities.

While still down overall from last year when sales started slumping in the face of fears about the housing market and tighter mortgage lending rules, high - rise condo construction starts came in 22 per cent higher in major urban centres in May compared with April.

This is one of the great advantages of working in serviced offices or co-working spaces in a major urban centre; the cross-pollination of ideas and inspiration.

Labour's support is largely centred in major urban centres, while Tory support is more spread out.

The two major urban centres, Greater Manchester and Merseyside, lie towards the southern end, with a range of other former industrial towns but large rural and suburban areas also.

Labour will then turn its fire against the Liberal Democrats in major urban centres, particularly Liverpool, Sheffield and Newcastle.

If both spatial and temporal changes in storms continue, as they are likely to do as the world warms, there will be more destructive flooding across the world's major urban centres.

By the end of the 1960's, the David Dunlap Observatory, being located near the major urban centre of Toronto, found itself plagued with the problem of light pollution.

The fine print, however, is that this overvaluation only applies to a couple of major urban centres, such as Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal.

Statistics Canada reported in 2012 that Canada's overall vacancy rate was 2.8 % and of the major urban centres, Calgary's was the lowest at 1.3 %.

Not surprisingly, in every region and major urban centre, the value of our real estate holdings outweigh our more immediately accessible liquid assets.

Check out our ranking of Canada's 35 major urban centres to see how their real estate prospects compare to Brantford, this year's pick for the best city to buy property.

Myers also examined the rationale behind the threat of a housing bubble, particularly in Canada's major urban centres.

But these properties generally appreciate at a much slower rate than, say, a home in a major urban centre.

Its low unemployment rate and affordable yet steadily rising housing prices pushed the city to the top spot in our annual ranking of the best places to buy property in Canada's major urban centres.

Of course, the opposite is true: the closer you buy property to a major urban centre, the more costly the land, the faster you can turn the property around for a profit.

At present, most of the major urban centres in Canada are either in a seller's market or a balanced market, with the exception of the Atlantic provinces.

If, however, you're in another major urban centre, such as Toronto, Vancouver or Calgary, you may want to consider the location of your purchase.

Finding and buying a condo in a major urban centre can be daunting.

As I live in a major urban centre, there is no limit to the choice of daycamps my wife and I can send our daughter to.