<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine</title><link>http://the-vanderveen-team.newsvine.com/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 3 Jan 2013 23:20:07 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 13:06:00 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Canadian dollar dips after release of Fed minutes</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Canadian dollar closed lower Thursday as the greenback  strengthened late in the afternoon amid doubts about how long the U.S.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Vanderveen Team]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Vanderveen Team]]></source><link>http://the-vanderveen-team.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/03/16331163-canadian-dollar-dips-after-release-of-fed-minutes</link><guid>http://the-vanderveen-team.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/03/16331163-canadian-dollar-dips-after-release-of-fed-minutes</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>dollar</category><category>fed</category><category>minutes</category><category>federal-reserve</category><category>loonie</category><category>fiscal-cliff</category><pubDate>Thu, 3 Jan 2013 23:19:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=the-vanderveen-teamA5B5089C-2EE4-F478-7859-710D7FBCA7CC.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="168" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=the-vanderveen-teamA5B5089C-2EE4-F478-7859-710D7FBCA7CC.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>IMF warns Canada's economy still too weak to raise rates </title>
<description><![CDATA[The International Monetary Fund is telling the Bank of Canada to hold  off on monetary tightening until the economy performs better.
The IMF says in a new report on Canada that the economy slowed in 2012 and will underperform again in 2013 with sub-2% growth.
The Washington-bas&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Vanderveen Team]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Vanderveen Team]]></source><link>http://the-vanderveen-team.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/19/16019890-imf-warns-canadas-economy-still-too-weak-to-raise-rates</link><guid>http://the-vanderveen-team.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/19/16019890-imf-warns-canadas-economy-still-too-weak-to-raise-rates</guid><category>business</category><category>canada</category><category>economy</category><category>imf</category><category>interest-rates</category><category>bank-of-canada</category><pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:39:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=the-vanderveen-team0C9943AE-AED5-0927-7171-C42F977E54E9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=the-vanderveen-team0C9943AE-AED5-0927-7171-C42F977E54E9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>  IMF warns global slowdown is deepening </title>
<description><![CDATA[Plagued by uncertainty and fresh setbacks, the world economy has  weakened further and will grow more slowly over the next year, the  International Monetary Fund says in its latest forecast.
Advanced economies are risking recession while the economic malaise  is spreading to mor&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Vanderveen Team]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Vanderveen Team]]></source><link>http://the-vanderveen-team.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/09/14318525-imf-warns-global-slowdown-is-deepening</link><guid>http://the-vanderveen-team.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/09/14318525-imf-warns-global-slowdown-is-deepening</guid><category>business</category><category>canada</category><category>imf</category><category>lending</category><category>world-economic-outlook</category><category>household-debt</category><category>outlooks</category><category>canada-job-hungry-alberta</category><pubDate>Tue, 9 Oct 2012 15:32:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=the-vanderveen-team72908013-6994-C5D0-F035-179E2D9981E7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=the-vanderveen-team72908013-6994-C5D0-F035-179E2D9981E7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Coyotes may be start of larger urban carnivore trend </title>
<description><![CDATA[First it was foxes, skunks and raccoons. Now coyotes are setting up  shop in increasing numbers within urban settings in North America. Are  larger carnivores next?
A professor of wildlife ecology at Ohio State University says urban  coyotes, the largest of the mid-size carnivor&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Vanderveen Team]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Vanderveen Team]]></source><link>http://the-vanderveen-team.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/05/14245870-coyotes-may-be-start-of-larger-urban-carnivore-trend</link><guid>http://the-vanderveen-team.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/05/14245870-coyotes-may-be-start-of-larger-urban-carnivore-trend</guid><category>coyotes</category><category>animals</category><category>north-america</category><category>cities</category><category>home-garden</category><category>black-bears</category><category>urban-coyotes</category><category>urban-animals</category><pubDate>Fri, 5 Oct 2012 17:47:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Calgary downtown parking rates highest in Canada, second in North America</title>
<description><![CDATA[Calgary downtown parking rates are the highest in  Canada and second most expensive in North America, according to global  real estate firm Colliers International&rsquo;s 12th Annual Parking Survey  released Tuesday.
The survey said Calgary&rsquo;s  average median parking rate o&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Vanderveen Team]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Vanderveen Team]]></source><link>http://the-vanderveen-team.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/05/14245665-calgary-downtown-parking-rates-highest-in-canada-second-in-north-america</link><guid>http://the-vanderveen-team.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/05/14245665-calgary-downtown-parking-rates-highest-in-canada-second-in-north-america</guid><category>parking</category><category>vehicles</category><category>odd-news</category><category>north-american</category><category>cities</category><category>parking-rate-survey</category><category>annual-parking-survey</category><category>calgary-chamber</category><pubDate>Fri, 5 Oct 2012 17:34:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=the-vanderveen-team5DE55B83-E4A6-8D98-6258-CF53391FA697.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=the-vanderveen-team5DE55B83-E4A6-8D98-6258-CF53391FA697.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Walter the crow becomes part of Ottawa family</title>
<description><![CDATA[This past spring, an Ottawa family discovered an  injured baby bird in the grass near a bike path and took it home to  nurse it back to health.
Now, Walter the crow is able to fly, but that's about all that's ordinary about him.
"He's certainly my best friend in the animal king&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Vanderveen Team]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Vanderveen Team]]></source><link>http://the-vanderveen-team.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/28/14139877-walter-the-crow-becomes-part-of-ottawa-family</link><guid>http://the-vanderveen-team.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/28/14139877-walter-the-crow-becomes-part-of-ottawa-family</guid><category>children</category><category>family</category><category>odd-news</category><category>friends</category><category>adopted</category><category>crows</category><category>patrik-renaud</category><pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:12:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Animal parts spill causes traffic stall on Barlow Trail</title>
<description><![CDATA[Police say it appears the brakes on a transport vehicle somehow  turned on, jarring the vehicle to a stop along Barlow Tr. near 114 Ave.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Vanderveen Team]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Vanderveen Team]]></source><link>http://the-vanderveen-team.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/27/12993038-animal-parts-spill-causes-traffic-stall-on-barlow-trail</link><guid>http://the-vanderveen-team.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/27/12993038-animal-parts-spill-causes-traffic-stall-on-barlow-trail</guid><category>truck</category><category>animals</category><category>odd-news</category><category>spill</category><category>parts</category><category>roads</category><category>barlow-trail</category><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2012 17:20:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Canadian Economy grows by modest 1.9% in first quarter </title>
<description><![CDATA[Canada&rsquo;s economy grew less in the first quarter than the Bank of  Canada had expected, and well short of market forecasts in March,  suggesting the central bank will be in no rush to follow through on a  warning it could raise interest rates.
Gross domestic product  expand&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Vanderveen Team]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Vanderveen Team]]></source><link>http://the-vanderveen-team.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/01/12009182-canadian-economy-grows-by-modest-19-in-first-quarter</link><guid>http://the-vanderveen-team.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/01/12009182-canadian-economy-grows-by-modest-19-in-first-quarter</guid><category>canada</category><category>economy</category><category>report</category><category>world-news</category><category>gdp</category><category>first-quarter</category><pubDate>Fri, 1 Jun 2012 15:48:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Garbage truck lands on Saturn </title>
<description><![CDATA[It was a shocking wake-up call for the owner of a Saturn in west Edmonton Monday morning.
Brian Fortuin parked his car Sunday on the street, near 156th Street and 96th Avenue.
Police knocked at his door at around 6:30 a.m. saying, "My car has been smushed."
&nbsp;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Vanderveen Team]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Vanderveen Team]]></source><link>http://the-vanderveen-team.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/28/11920702-garbage-truck-lands-on-saturn</link><guid>http://the-vanderveen-team.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/28/11920702-garbage-truck-lands-on-saturn</guid><category>police</category><category>odd-news</category><category>cars</category><category>accidents</category><category>investigating</category><category>garbage-truck</category><category>smushed</category><pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2012 15:59:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>How the Chicken Conquered the World | History &amp; Archaeology </title>
<description><![CDATA[The chickens that saved Western civilization were discovered, according  to legend, by the side of a road in Greece in the first decade of the  fifth century B.C. The Athenian general Themistocles, on his way to  confront the invading Persian forces, stopped to watch two cocks  f&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Vanderveen Team]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Vanderveen Team]]></source><link>http://the-vanderveen-team.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/24/11861715-how-the-chicken-conquered-the-world-history-archaeology</link><guid>http://the-vanderveen-team.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/24/11861715-how-the-chicken-conquered-the-world-history-archaeology</guid><category>history</category><category>food</category><category>the-world</category><category>chickens</category><category>conquer</category><pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 16:16:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Polar bear shot dead in Newfoundland after house break-in and livestock attack</title>
<description><![CDATA[Fifty-five-year-old Louis Reardon got the shock of his life early Thursday when he leapt out of bed to his son's cries of "Polar bear!" as a large male bear broke into their home in northern Newfoundland.
"He  had the door busted open to the dining room with his two front paws a&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Vanderveen Team]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Vanderveen Team]]></source><link>http://the-vanderveen-team.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/30/10944388-polar-bear-shot-dead-in-newfoundland-after-house-break-in-and-livestock-attack</link><guid>http://the-vanderveen-team.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/30/10944388-polar-bear-shot-dead-in-newfoundland-after-house-break-in-and-livestock-attack</guid><category>homes</category><category>odd-news</category><category>polar-bear</category><category>break-ins</category><category>polar-bear-attack</category><category>angry-bears</category><category>louis-reardon</category><pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 19:47:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=the-vanderveen-team8A4A195D-BC7D-A336-0421-F68BBEAFC5D3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=the-vanderveen-team8A4A195D-BC7D-A336-0421-F68BBEAFC5D3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>'Lorax' statue stolen from Dr. Seuss's home </title>
<description><![CDATA[A 300-pound bronze statue of the Lorax, a character from the Dr.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Vanderveen Team]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Vanderveen Team]]></source><link>http://the-vanderveen-team.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/28/10904001-lorax-statue-stolen-from-dr-seusss-home</link><guid>http://the-vanderveen-team.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/28/10904001-lorax-statue-stolen-from-dr-seusss-home</guid><category>stolen</category><category>odd-news</category><category>dr-seuss</category><category>ornaments</category><category>bronze-statues</category><category>lorax</category><pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:13:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>'Boomerang kids' stick close to the nest, affecting their Boomer parents' real estate and retirement choices, report says</title>
<description><![CDATA[The adult children of their Baby Boomer parents are continuing to  have a large financial effect on the Boomers well into retirement,  influencing everything from their real estate buying decisions down to  where &mdash; and when &mdash; they retire, according to the TD Canada Tr&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Vanderveen Team]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Vanderveen Team]]></source><link>http://the-vanderveen-team.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/22/8954522-boomerang-kids-stick-close-to-the-nest-affecting-their-boomer-parents-real-estate-and-retirement-choices-report-says</link><guid>http://the-vanderveen-team.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/22/8954522-boomerang-kids-stick-close-to-the-nest-affecting-their-boomer-parents-real-estate-and-retirement-choices-report-says</guid><category>business</category><category>economy</category><category>homes</category><category>children</category><category>real-estate</category><category>finances</category><category>boomer-rang-kids</category><pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:35:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>To fix the economy, fix the housing market</title>
<description><![CDATA[The central irony of financial crisis is that while it is caused by  too much confidence, too much borrowing and lending and too much  spending, it can only be resolved with more confidence, more borrowing  and lending, and more spending.
Most policy failures in the United State&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Vanderveen Team]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Vanderveen Team]]></source><link>http://the-vanderveen-team.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/24/8468274-to-fix-the-economy-fix-the-housing-market</link><guid>http://the-vanderveen-team.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/24/8468274-to-fix-the-economy-fix-the-housing-market</guid><category>business</category><category>economy</category><category>freddie-mac</category><category>fannie-mae</category><category>banks</category><category>united-states</category><category>finances</category><category>mortgage-banking</category><pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:46:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Read your mortgage contract, the details could cost you</title>
<description><![CDATA[You just made the largest purchase of your life based on borrowing  more than you ever have before. Are you really going to bother reading  that 25-page contract with all the rules on your mortgage?
The answer is usually no.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Vanderveen Team]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Vanderveen Team]]></source><link>http://the-vanderveen-team.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/21/8432405-read-your-mortgage-contract-the-details-could-cost-you</link><guid>http://the-vanderveen-team.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/21/8432405-read-your-mortgage-contract-the-details-could-cost-you</guid><category>business</category><category>laws</category><category>mortgages</category><category>reading</category><category>home-buying</category><category>canadian-mortgages</category><category>mortgage-contracts</category><pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:58:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Canada doesn't see housing bubble, no need to cool</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Vancouver housing market is attracting unusually strong demand  but Canada as a whole does not face a housing bubble that requires  government action, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Wednesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Vanderveen Team]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Vanderveen Team]]></source><link>http://the-vanderveen-team.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/05/8169385-canada-doesnt-see-housing-bubble-no-need-to-cool</link><guid>http://the-vanderveen-team.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/05/8169385-canada-doesnt-see-housing-bubble-no-need-to-cool</guid><category>business</category><category>canada</category><category>homes</category><category>real-estate</category><category>finances</category><category>vancouver</category><category>calgary</category><category>canadian-housing-bubble</category><pubDate>Wed, 5 Oct 2011 16:28:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>