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Forest fire burning on Vedder Mountain near Chilliwack
The B.C. Forestry Service is responding to a forest fire burning near the top of Vedder Mountain in Yarrow (12 kilometres southwest of Chilliwack). The Fraser Valley Regional District has classified it...
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Accused killer still hiding out a month after Chilliwack murders
Accused double killer Aaron James David Douglas is still on the run more than a month after he allegedly killed two men in Chilliwack. And the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team is asking for the...
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Canucks first-rounder McCann has mono, will miss Young Stars tourney
The Young Stars Classic tournament in Penticton is now without one of its star attractions after Canucks’ first-round draft pick Jared McCann was sent home due to a bout of mononucleosis. Vancouver...
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What teachers, employer likely talking about today
As teachers and their employer meet with mediator Vince Ready behind closed doors and a cone of silence, it’s likely they’re talking about class size, class composition and specialist teacher ratios....
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Just four people show up for Sophie’s royal visit at Vancouver General Hospital
Just four people showed up at Vancouver General Hospital Sunday for a Royal Visit from Sophie, Countess of Wessex. Not being an Anglophile myself, I had to consult with Google to find out exactly which...
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Film director Uwe Boll opening Bauhaus Restaurant in Gastown
Good taste isn’t something you usually associate with German filmmaker Uwe Boll. You can expect two things from a Boll-made movie: blood and bad reviews. Here’s hoping those associations don’t carry...
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Surrey “most wanted” loses appeal of 23 convictions for drugs, firearms
A man once identified as Surrey’s most wanted criminal has lost his appeal of two dozen gun and drug trafficking convictions that landed him in jail for 15 years. Malakias Swales, 44, had argued to the...
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Twitter reaction: Tentative deal reached in B.C. teachers’ strike
Master mediator Vince Ready apparently bridged a massive chasm overnight in helping the B.C. Teachers’ Federation and government negotiators reach a tentative deal to the end the B.C. teachers’ strike...
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Qantas adds direct Vancouver to Sydney flights for January
Because we can never have too many Australians in Whistler, Qantas airlines is adding six direct flights between Sydney and Vancouver “to cater demand during the peak of the North American winter...
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Education funding also causing uproar in Washington state courts
Although teachers and their employer have reached a tentative deal in the long-running teachers’ strike, major issues still remain before the courts. Just across the border in Washington state, a...
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Commercial Drive-area community garden, playground crawling with rats
Bruce Causier, who shoots and posts videos of urban wildlife to his YouTube channel, captured this rat infestation at the community garden near Commerical Drive and 12th avenue on Sept. 13. “Local...
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30 kilos of cocaine and yacht seized on Vancouver Island, Mounties say
Police seized 30 kilograms of cocaine and a 20-metre yacht on the west coast of Vancouver Island earlier this month. RCMP Staff Sgt. Duncan Pound said that two Vancouver Island men connected to the...
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Murder in Burnaby, suspicious deaths in New Westminster and Surrey: UPDATE
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team spent Tuesday at a Burnaby high-rise where a man was killed the night before. IHIT S.Sgt. Jennifer Pound said details of the victim, including his name, would...
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IHIT investigating death of Burnaby man Abdul Sarwari and New West victim
A 23-year-old man who died under suspicious circumstances in Burnaby this week has been identified as Abdul Sarwari. S.Sgt. Jennifer Pound, of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team, said Sarwari...
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U.S. agents seize cocaine, methamphetamine believed destined for B.C.
U.S. agents say they have seized 15 kilograms of cocaine and nine of methamphetamine they believe was destined for B.C. drug traffickers. Homeland Security agents were tipped that the drugs were hidden...
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Man killed in police-involved shooting near Valemount
The Independent Investigations Office has been called out to a lakeside roperty near Valemount after a man was killed and a woman was injured in a police-involved shooting. The IIO said in a news...
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What Chinese immigrants like, and don’t, about Canada (chart)
Got a new story up on our website about what Chinese immigrants in Metro Vancouver like, and don’t, about their new home in Canada. The story is based on an Insights West survey using their new...
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Lawyer and former Olympian Bob Kasting joins Vancouver mayor race
UPDATE: Post has been corrected to add Cedar Party candidate Glen Chernen. Vancouver lawyer Bob Kasting, who has represented a number of community associations that have brought lawsuits against the...
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IHIT takes over case of slain teen Serena Vermeersch
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has taken over the probe into the murder of 17-year-Serena Vermeersch, who police say was killed in a random attack. Vermeersch’s body was found in the Surrey...
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Jeremy Clarkson says Top Gear is coming to Vancouver
Jeremy Clarkson, host of BBC’s Top Gear, indicated on Twitter Tuesday that the extremely popular car show is coming to Vancouver to film an episode. Clarkson dropped the nugget of news while engaging...
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