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View ArticleDaphne Bramham: Pedophile Christopher Neil a.k.a. Swirl Face pleads for a...
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — Confessed pedophile, sex tourist and child pornographer Christopher Neil struggled to compose himself before addressing the judge Friday at the end of a two-day sentencing...
View ArticleIndependent Investigations Office probes Salt Spring Island death
The Independent Investigations Office of B.C. has been called in to investigate a death on Salt Spring Island after a man who was found unresponsive by police later died. Salt Spring RCMP said Friday...
View ArticleRefugees benefit from community support
When it comes to starting a new life in Canada, some Syrian refugees are luckier than others. When Amjad Ktifan and his family moved out of the Surrey hotel that had been their first home in Canada,...
View ArticleFinancing evolves to let companies capitalize on the crowd
Before Guusto co-founders Skai Dalziel and Joe Facciolo tried crowdfunding to raise money for the online gift-giving startup they’d spend two years building, they tried the usual venture-capital...
View ArticlePete McMartin: Political Acts — Gregor Wanting What He Wants
The Instagram video runs a mercifully short 20 seconds. His Honour, Mayor Gregor Robertson, is seen reclining on a sofa, at his ease, dressed casually in a T-shirt. He backdrops his girlfriend, Wanting...
View ArticleCapilano University cancels popular Community Music Program
Capilano University is closing its popular Community Music School to focus on credit programs for undergraduate students, according to the university’s outgoing president Kris Bulcroft. Bulcroft said...
View ArticleThis Week in History: 1910 The pioneer car dealer Hoffmeister Bros. offers a...
Electric cars are all the rage. Pre-orders for Tesla’s modestly-priced Model 3 electric car are closing in on 400,000, even though it probably won’t be available until late 2017. But electric cars...
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You need new patio furniture. New knives. Or a new fridge. Maybe a new mattress and a new espresso maker, too. Then don’t miss the Spring 2016 edition of likeitbuyitvancouver.com. Presented by The...
View ArticleVideo: Cyber criminals target small business
Conversations That Matter features Dominic Vogel a cyber security consultant who says big businesses are doing such a good job of thwarting the efforts of hackers they have turned their attention to...
View ArticleA record 350,000 people attended the Surrey Vaisakhi Parade
Surrey’s annual Vaisakhi Day parade was a record-breaker this year. Upwards of 350,000 people gathered to celebrate at the event, which is among the largest Vaisakhi parade outside of India and in its...
View ArticleMandatory one-year prison sentences for child sex offenders ruled...
The B.C. Supreme Court has found a mandatory minimum sentence of one year in prison for an offender who sexually assaults a victim under the age of 16 to be unconstitutional. In declaring the law had...
View ArticleLegomaniacs converge in Richmond for Metro Vancouver's first BrickCan
Twenty-one-year-old twins Brandon and Taylor Walker have been playing Lego since they were boys. Like most kids they grew out of their toys, the dinosaurs, superheroes, and stuffies destined for the...
View ArticleJoel McCready, Logan Schuss score four goals each, Stealth get past Rush
Joel McCready and Logan Schuss scored four goals each to lead the Vancouver Stealth past the Saskatchewan Rush 14-12 on Saturday in National Lacrosse League action. Rhys Duch and Corey Small both...
View ArticleAs Canada probes Haida Gwaii ocean fertilizing, new project proposed in Chile
VANCOUVER — The federal government is still investigating an experiment off the West Coast almost four years ago aimed at boosting salmon stocks that sparked an international outcry. Now a former...
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Mother’s Day is in two weeks. Go fast to find Mom a great gift and save big bucks, too, at likeitbuyitvancouver.com. Don’t waste time if you’re interested. Merchandise is flying off the virtual store...
View ArticleWhitecaps finally find the scoring touch
What a difference a goal makes. Actually make that what a difference two goals make because it wasn’t until Jordan Harvey drilled home a shot from a Cristian Techera corner in the sixty third minute...
View ArticleVancouver not the only city dealing with surge in pot dispensaries
TORONTO — A recent spike in the number of storefront marijuana dispensaries in parts of the country is prompting calls for the government to regulate an area not covered by current legislation. The...
View ArticlePolice probe Sunday morning Kamloops shooting
An area near Parkcrest Avenue an Holt Street in Brocklehurst was cordoned off Sunday morning as Kamloops Mounties investigated an incident in which several shots were fired into a home. Staff Sgt....
View ArticleTeen shoots 2 outside Wisconsin prom before cop kills him
ANTIGO, Wis. — An 18-year-old gunman opened fire outside of a high school prom in northern Wisconsin, wounding two students before a police officer who was in the parking lot fatally shot him,...
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