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Two Days to Launch of SpaceX CRS-7: My Behind the Scenes Tours of NASA’s...
The view from the Social office. At about 7:30 am, a charming man in a silver van made an extra trip to the Press Accreditation Building just to escort me to the News conference site, which is right...
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SpaceX CRS-7 with NASA Social: Want to see what’s going up in the Dragon?
By now, I am pretty much a professional NASA hangabout. I don’t need to use Google maps to narrate my journey to the press site anymore. I know the NASA organizers and engineers by name and I am having...
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Women’s World Cup: Canada’s Sesselmann lashes out at her critics
Canadian defender Lauren Sesselmann, whose defensive slip led to England’s opening goal in Canada’s 2-1 quarter-final loss on Saturday, lashed out at her critics in an Instagram post on Monday. Lauren...
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Highlights from the Summer Festival 2015 at SFU, Burnaby (with video)
MCs: Rin-senpai (Rin Ling) and roux♪ (Winnie Tang) prefer the terms, “Natsu matsuri” or “Japanese-themed night market” rather than “Anime convention” to describe The Summer Festival, the one-day event...
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Surrey Six killer looking for love
Surrey Six killer Matthew Johnston is looking for love while serving his life sentence. The former B.C. man has posted an ad on the prison dating service Canadian Inmates Connect, seeking female...
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Surrey Mounties need help identifying targets of shooting
Surrey RCMP wants to know who was shot at outside an Earl’s restaurant earlier this month. The Mounties have released photographs from surveillance video of two men they believed were targeted in the...
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More violence in Surrey overnight
Surrey RCMP is investigating another shooting and a near-fatal stabbing in which the victim is refusing to cooperate with police. The shooting happened at 3:20 a.m. in the 15700-block of Fraser Highway...
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Vancouver teacher scores a hit with spooky podcast The Black Tapes
PAUL BAE (top) and TERRY MILES (Kristine Cofsky photo) So you like NPR. You like people with pleasing voices who are able to mine fantastic but true tales from seemingly mundane events. But you also...
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Canucks release roster for Shawnigan Lake development camp
First rounders Brock Boeser, Jake Virtanen and Jared McCann highlight the roster of prospects expected to attend the Vancouver Canucks’ development camp, July 6-8, at Shawnigan Lake School. The...
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Burnaby man launches crowdfunding campaign to raise $250 million for TransLink
Voters may have overwhelmingly rejected a tax increase to pay for a proposed $7.5 billion upgrade of Metro Vancouver’s transit and transportation system, but one Burnaby man is not ready to admit...
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Video: Violent scenes from Vancouver’s Cannabis Day clash
Vancouver Police made four arrests at Wednesday’s Cannabis Day demonstration at the Vancouver Art Gallery. A VDP release said one man faces potential trafficking charges, while three others faced...
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Map: Where are marine accidents happening near you?
A bit of a catch-up day today. I’ve done a bunch of interactive maps and charts on various projects recently but haven’t been very good about blogging about them. My colleague Larry Pynn had a couple...
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Why are there so many empty school spaces in East Vancouver?
On Monday, my colleague Tracy Sherlock had an interesting story about why there are so many empty school spaces in East Vancouver, especially since there are actually far more school-aged children...
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Interactive map: How Metro Vancouver voted on transit tax
I made an interactive map, and some charts, to accompany our coverage of yesterday’s transit tax plebiscite results. Here they are (mobile versions here and here): Filed under: The Data Trail Tagged:...
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Women’s World Cup: Coming to Vancouver this weekend? Bring lots of cash
The Americans are coming! The Americans are coming! Let the price gouging begin. With BC Place Stadium set to host the World Cup final, 4 p.m. PT, on Sunday, Vancouver is bracing for an invasion of...
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Video: 350 early risers celebrated Canada Day on top of Mt. Seymour
At 2 a.m. on Canada Day, 350 proud Canadians hiked to the top of Mount Seymour to wait for the sunrise and sing our national anthem. Using a drone and two SLR cameras, filmmaker Trevor Block captured...
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Vancouver’s super hot, super dry June explained in one chart
As most Vancouverites already know, June was unseasonably hot and dry this year, with the city (and much of the rest of the province) flirting with near-record high temperatures for much of the month....
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Canuck star Daniel Sedin selling his Shaughnessy mansion for $5.9 million
Vancouver Canucks star Daniel Sedin has listed his Shaughnessy mansion for $5.898 million. The way the Canucks have been trading fan favourites and shedding front-office staff lately, this will...
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Three Alberta Hells Angels now facing murder charges
Three Alberta bikers arrested after the Hells Angels international meeting and parade in Greece last month are now facing murder charges. The trio – two from the Hells Angels Westridge chapter and one...
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Man injured in Surrey shooting Sunday
Surrey RCMP is investigating yet another shooting that took place about 1:45 p.m. Sunday in the 12300-block of 71 A Avenue. “Upon arrival, officers located a male victim suffering from minor cuts from...
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