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Husband accused of kidnapping four B.C. children detained in Iran
The B.C. mother of four children, who were allegedly abducted and taken to Iran by their father, says her ex-husband has been detained in Iran. Four abducted Vancouver Island siblings and their father...
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Crash on Bowen Island beach ends five-day string of B.C. boat thefts
VANCOUVER — A Vancouver Island man is expected to appear in a North Vancouver courtroom to face charges related to the thefts of at least four boats and one car. Sunshine Coast RCMP Const. Harrison...
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Service resumes to normal on SkyTrain's Expo Line between Gateway, King...
Service on the Expo Line on SkyTrain has resumed to normal after delays this morning as trains were single tracking. TransLink says the track issue between Gateway and King George stations has been...
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Compliance with safety regulations is a shared responsibility
It was like finding a ticking time bomb: a 240-volt electrical distribution panel with no safety cover under the back deck of a suburban home. Anyone accessing the panel would need to stand in an inch...
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Vancouver police investigating possible drive-by shooting
Vancouver police are investigating a possible drive-by shooting in South Vancouver early Wednesday. VPD spokesman Const. Brian Montague says at 12:30 a.m., officers received several 911 calls from...
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Coast Guard responded to diesel spill near Burrard Bridge in Vancouver
The Coast Guard responded late Tuesday to a diesel spill in the water of False Creek near Burrard Bridge. Spokeswoman Michelle Imbeau says the Coast Guard was alerted to the spill at 6:30 p.m. She...
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Death doulas guide families through difficult transitions
Imagine this scenario: A loved one is in the hospital, with hours or, at best, days to live. They are refusing food, drifting in and out of consciousness. Family and friends are in a state of panic,...
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MEDICINE MATTERS: Angus, Canada's first superbug-sniffing canine goes to work...
BY PAMELA FAYERMAN After she survived a near-fatal hospital superbug infection called Clostridium difficile (C. diff), Teresa Zurberg wanted to do something so others wouldn’t get such serious...
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Daily Diversion | Cuteness overload as Whistler's white bear cub filmed...
This little white bear cub has fascinated onlookers in Whistler after being photographed last month with its mother, a known resident black bear. Whistler tour guide Kathy Jenkins captured this video...
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Vancouver robot creator explores human connection to future technology
Inside a warehouse in a secluded part of Vancouver, engineers and fabricators are building a two-storey tall, 3.5 tonne racing robot with four steel legs and a massive battery pack in its belly. But...
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Physician watchdog makes it easier for B.C. doctors to prescribe addiction drug
VANCOUVER — The College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia is relaxing its regulations covering access to a drug that can help treat heroin addiction. On its website, the college says...
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Worker injured after blast and fire at recycling plant in Burnaby
BURNABY — One worker has been injured in an explosion and fire at a recycling plant in Burnaby. Fire chief Joe Robertson says the blast occurred when an acetylene gas tank was placed in a shearing...
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Investigation begins after fatal crash between dump truck and vehicle in Delta
DELTA — One person has been killed in a crash involving a dump truck in Delta. Police have confirmed the fatality but have released few other details of the collision, which appears to involve at least...
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Vancouver Chinatown real estate bustle puts hundreds of historic photos,...
Tim Wong keeps the keys to a gate at the top of a staircase inside an old Vancouver Chinatown building. The 80-year-old also keeps many of its stories, some of them unwritten anywhere, going back over...
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Richmond woman's e-petition calls for end to birth tourism in Canada
A Richmond woman who is seeking to end so-called birth tourism has more than 1,000 signatures on an electronic petition set to be introduced in the House of Commons. Kerry Starchuk wants the Liberal...
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Reporter must give Monster deposition, says B.C. Court of Appeal
A Sidney journalist has been ordered to appear and give a videotaped U.S. deposition for Monster Energy over her story about the settling of a wrongful-death suit involving the firm’s highly...
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Peer advisers to help on the ground in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
Those who attempt to provide care in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside without first understanding the complex issues faced by the area’s population might as well be speaking an entirely different...
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Survivors of fatal plane crash at Vancouver airport get clearance for...
Six passengers who survived a fatal plane crash near the Vancouver airport nearly five years ago have gotten clearance to have their lawsuits heard in court. Joe Fiorante, a lawyer for five of the...
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Maple Ridge woman, 69, suffers cuts in bear attack
MAPLE RIDGE — A woman suffered cuts to her face Wednesday evening when she was attacked by a bear in Maple Ridge. An official with the Provincial Health Services Authority Carol Boutin says the...
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Goodyear Blimp makes rare appearance in B.C.
Canadian helium heads rejoice. It’s been nine years since a Goodyear Blimp has floated across the border to Canada, and 13 since one has soared over B.C. This week, the famous airship has finally...
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