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Calgary mayor Nenshi declares Canucks are toast by eating toast
The hockey-inspired civic war between Vancouver and Calgary took a strange turn this morning with the release of a tad too-long video of Cowtown mayor Naheed Nenshi chowing down on a piece of...
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Video: Canucks were down 3-1 to Flames once before …
We admit it looks bleak. The Vancouver Canucks were smoked 3-1 in Calgary on Tuesday. They now trail the best-of-seven series 3-1 with Game 5 set for Thursday night at Rogers Arena. But we are here to...
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Vancouver city hall considers charging marijuana dispensaries $30K for...
A proposal to create a new business licence and zoning requirements for marijuana-related businesses will be put before Vancouver City Council next week. Although the city has no jurisdiction to...
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Canucks fan falls victim to online ticket scam in Calgary
Zack Skrobotz, a Vancouver Canuck fan living in Calgary, says he was humiliated by a scam artist who sold him counterfeit tickets to Tuesday’s Canucks-Flames playoff game at the Saddledome. Skrobotz...
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Interactive map: Which Vancouver pot shops are near schools?
The City of Vancouver has proposed new rules to regulate the city’s growing number of marijuana-related businesses, including banning such shops from within 300 metres of a school or another...
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Harry Bains issues statement about his nephew’s murder
Surrey-Newton MLA Harry Bains issued a statement Thursday about the murder last Sunday of his nephew Arun Bains, 22. “First of all, let me thank everyone who reached out to our family with your love...
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Premier Clark, NDP leader Horgan still believe in Vancouver Canucks
It’s not Divine intervention, but it’s the best we could do on short notice. With the Vancouver Canucks facing elimination tonight, and knowing what intense political junkies hockey players tend to be,...
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Nanaimo Hells Angel gets five-year sentence
A long-time member of the Nanaimo Hells Angels was sentenced to five years in prison for his role in the extortion of and theft from a former associate. Robert (Fred) Widdifield was convicted last...
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Mother of Wanting Qu reportedly arrested in China on corruption charges
The mother of Wanting Qu, the musician girlfriend of Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson, has been jailed in China on corruption charges, according to the China Daily, a state-owned newspaper. Reporter...
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Former Coquitlam snowboarder still on the lam after new charges
Former Olympic snowboarder and Coquitlam resident Ryan Wedding is facing new drug charges out of Nova Scotia along with another former Metro Vancouver man. Police in Nova Scotia announced details of...
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What’s really going on with ambulance response times in B.C.?
As regular readers of this blog know, we’ve been fighting with the B.C. Ambulance service for nearly a year now to get access to raw data that would reveal whether it is taking longer for ambulances to...
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Pacquiao-Mayweather is a big-ticket fight in Vancouver
It’s being called the fight of the century. Regardless of whether Saturday’s long-awaited welterweight bout between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. lives up to pre-fight hype in terms of...
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More shots fired in Surrey after a few days of calm
Premier Christy Clark announced additional government funds for the Surrey RCMP-Surrey Schools Wrap program for at-risk kids. Clark made the announcement in Surrey Tuesday afternoon with RCMP Chief...
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More than 400 bikes up for grabs at Vancouver police auction
What happens if you are at Able Auctions’ annual Vancouver Police Recovered Goods Auction on Saturday and you spot an item that belongs to you? Auctioneer Rob Kavanagh says it happens every year. “If...
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Surrey RCMP investigating another shots fired call
Surrey RCMP is dealing with another shots fired incident. Several people called 911 about 10:25 p.m. Tuesday to report hearing gun shots near 88th Avenue and 134B Street. Police responded and “located...
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Westjet brings cheap, non-stop Las Vegas service to Abbotsford
Westjet is introducing a new non-stop. twice-weekly service between Abbotsford and Las Vegas. Current Abbotsford-Vegas service on Westjet includes a stop in either Calgary or Edmonton. The service will...
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Video: ‘Urban Wildlife Guy’ tracked bear in East Vancouver
Bruce Causier’s YouTube channel is devoted to wild critters that live among us in Vancouver. Causier, who calls himself the Urban Wildlife Guy, has recorded and uploaded dozens of videos of raccoons,...
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Interactive map: What’s the vaccination rate at your kid’s school?
About a year ago, my colleague Tara Carman published some interactive maps showing the measles vaccination rate at schools across the Lower Mainland. Well, today Tara got hold of updated vaccine data...
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Video: On this date in 1982, Canucks coach Roger Neilson waved the white towel
Since playoff hockey came and went in a flash in Vancouver this year, we figured we’d provide a flashback to when the Canucks were the toast of the NHL. Today is the 33rd anniversary of towel power....
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Found on Reddit: White Rock councillor thinks pregnant women should wear...
David Chesney is off to an inauspicious start as a first-term councillor in White Rock. The Peace Arch News reported Tuesday that the 63-year-old editor/publisher of the White Rock Sun, an online...
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