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REAL SCOOP: Author Aaron Chapman's engaging story of the Clark Park Gang
Aaron Chapman’s latest book, The Last Gang in Town, was launched at the Biltmore a couple of weeks back. I didn’t make it to the launch, but did manage to catch up with Aaron last week and interview...
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Dunfee, Zimmer lead the way for Fall Classic's record field to power through...
Musician Roger Miller once said “some people walk in the rain, others just get wet.” The singer-songwriter who penned the classic King of the Road could have updated that gem on Sunday after watching...
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Victoria woman sets out to smash solo sailing record
A 74-year-old woman has set out from Victoria in a bid to become the oldest person to sail alone around the world. “It’s a personal challenge to see if I can,” said Jeanne Socrates, who has already...
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Trudeau needs pipeline 'Plan B' to Kinder Morgan route: ex-premier Harcourt
OTTAWA — Former B.C. premier Mike Harcourt, who knows first-hand what it’s like to face a massive, global-scale environmental protest, is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to consider a “Plan B”...
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Submerged, fuel-leaking tug lifted from B.C. central coast waters
A submerged tug on British Columbia’s central coast that leaked nearly 110,000 litres of diesel fuel was finally lifted from the waters west of Bella Bella late Monday afternoon and suspended alongside...
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Vancouver city staff want fewer parking spots and more bikes on 10th Avenue...
Less stressful for drivers, safer for cyclists, and better access for emergency vehicles heading to Vancouver General Hospital. That is the pitch city staff are making to garner support for proposed...
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Supreme Court justice reserves decision on evicting homeless campers
A B.C. Supreme Court justice has reserved a decision on a City of Vancouver injunction aimed at evicting homeless campers from 58 West Hastings. Monday’s hearing was called into a homeless encampment...
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11 overdoses, one day: Police warn about rash of ODs in Downtown Eastside
Vancouver police and health care providers are warning local drug users about a rash of drug overdoses in the Downtown Eastside. Police said 11 non-fatal overdoses were reported on Monday alone from a...
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Addiction centre blames lack of antidote drug in man's overdose death
VANCOUVER — Three days after Brandon Jansen entered his 11th treatment centre for an addiction to the opioid fentanyl, he died partly because an antidote and therapeutic drug that could have stopped...
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Global health system researchers meet in Vancouver to share ideas on fixing...
More than 2,000 global health experts are in Vancouver this week sharing research and ideas about how to improve access to care, especially to disadvantaged populations and in low income countries with...
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B.C. Coroner identifies man shot by VPD at Canadian Tire Thursday
A man shot and killed by Vancouver police last week was detained in China in 2002 for his involvement in a Tiananmen Square demonstration in Beijing. Daniel Peter Rintoul, 38, has been identified by...
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Daphne Bramham: Queen's protection won't stop kills for thrills of B.C....
Whether they’re elephants, lions, tigers or bears, killing an animal simply so that its head, paw or pelt can be used for display is beyond barbaric. It’s unconscionable. Yet, British Columbia’s...
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Empty containers lost at sea near Vancouver Island after Hanjin ship hits...
Rough weather sent 35 empty shipping containers on the Hanjin Seattle tumbling into the ocean off the west coast of southern Vancouver Island. The containers hit the sea shortly after 1 p.m. on Nov. 3,...
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REAL SCOOP: Man charged after DTES shooting Monday
Vancouver Police have announced charges against a 27-year-old man in connection with a shooting Monday that sent a woman to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Andrew Oscar Owusu has been...
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Wife granted temporary court order preventing St. Paul's Hospital from ending...
A Vancouver woman has won a temporary court order preventing St. Paul’s Hospital from taking her young husband off life support. On Nov. 11, Onkarbir Singh Toor, 34, suffered cardiac arrest at his home...
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Richmond seeks to join appeal of stinky compost facility's air-quality permit
The City of Richmond has changed its mind and decided it will apply to join the appeals of a stinky compost facility’s air quality management permit. The permit was issued by Metro Vancouver on Sept....
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Andy-Oscar Owusu charged with shooting woman in downtown Vancouver
A 27-year-old Vancouver man faces assault and firearms charges after a woman was shot in a taxi cab early Monday morning in the city’s Downtown Eastside. Vancouver police were called to the area of...
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Punk rocker Joe Keithley takes on Steve Darling, Katrina Chen in...
VICTORIA — The race to represent Burnaby-Lougheed in the legislature is getting another high-profile entertainment personality, as the B.C. Greens have named punk rocker Joe Keithley as their candidate...
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B.C. dad remembers the music-loving daughter he lost to fentanyl-laced cocaine
A 21-year-old Maple Ridge woman who died after using fentanyl-laced cocaine was preparing to start a real estate course and turn her life around, after a troubled past that included a string of bad...
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Five Things: A few facts about superbugs in Canada
Drug-resistant superbugs infect more than 20,000 hospital patients a year in Canada, with a direct cost of $250 million. It’s a problem that is likely to grow more challenging as antimicrobial...
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