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… a career which took him to 25 different clubs – including Nottingham Forest, Otago United and Vancouver Whitecaps, the German is travelling the…
The cable is going underneath here," says Benoit Pirenne, standing at the water’s edge on Canada’s Vancouver Island. "It’s going out 500 miles…
… third which was great but I haven’t competed in Veysonnaz since before the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. "I. British snowboarding number one Zoe…
The sound of a school of orcas or killer whales, recorded in the north Pacific, off Vancouver.
This is the sound of male humpback whales "singing", part of a breeding display. Recorded in the north Pacific, off Vancouver.
16th). Recorded – in Bang Saray, Thailand by the band & co-producer Dan Weller, and mixed in Vancouver by Mike Fraser. ‘A Flash Flood Of Colour…
Matthew Pinsent meets Russia’s current crop of athletes hoping to compete at the London Olympics.
… opening ceremony in 2008. Athens gave its residents 11 days to get used to them before the 2004 Games started and last year’s Vancouver Winter…
Canada and Alaska. In British Columbia a snow storm caused severe disruption to travel networks and power supplies, with ferries to Vancouver…
After months of speculation, a West Coast-inspired restaurant called Pier 7 will open at Shipbuilders’ Square this spring.
A homeless man is dead but police aren’t yet saying how after he was found under a blanket
A Valentine’s Day sugar cookie recipe from Flour Bakeshop in Horseshoe Bay.
Charges laid in spree of stickups that happened as often as twice a day
Health officials fear pertussis outbreak in eastern Fraser Valley may move west
North Shore transit riders had an interesting morning commute Wednesday when their quiet bus ride was disrupted by two men.
West Vancouver MP and Canada-Mexico group chair John Weston meets with tourism industry about repairing a once-booming travel partnership
Incentive payouts to be reduced if profit falls short at insurance corporation
Does the North Shore need its own detox and treatment centre? Terry, a recovering crack addict born and raised in North Van, thinks so
Whether you’re hunting for the latest DC comic book or a Star Wars action figure from your childhood, Big Pete can help.
The lights will soon go dark at the Zellers location in Tillicum Centre as Target Corp. is planning a $10 million overhaul of the store before opening its first Target store in Victoria next spring.
Historic Yarrows site a challenge; future uses still undetermined
The Ballet Nacional de Cuba spun, leapt and chasséd their way into Western Canada Friday night, kicking of their tour at the Royal Theatre.
Canadian opposition is growing to a U.S plan to attach satellite tags to endangered southern resident killer whales.
David Arthur Johnston has received another 60-day jail sentence for pitching a tent in Centennial Square for four days earlier this week.
The Snuneymuxw First Nation is preparing court action against the City of Nanaimo and the Harmac pulp mill over a water-sharing agreement between the city and the mill that is expected to be signed soon.
Veteran Vancouver Island politician Ron Cantelon says he will be back at work at the legislature this month after recovering from a heart attack in October.
When Bill James was told in 1976 that the dam on De Mamiel Creek would be named after him, he felt proud and honoured, said his daughter, Mary Gardner.
There was movement at the bargaining table this week between BC teachers and their employers, but in the end, no progress was made.
The Public School Employers’ Association tabled a counter-offer on Eednesday after the teachers revealed their demands for a pay hike.
The Teachers’ Union wanted to sign off on only one item, saying the rest was the same as past proposals.
But BCPSEA neogtiators said the deal was to be taken as is, not pieced out.
Chair Melanie Joy on the chances of ever reaching a new collective agreement:
“Given the current state and the lack of conversation at the table, and the preconditions that are still set by the union, the likelihood of a negotiated settlement is remote.”
Though the two sides are going into their twelfth month of contract talks, Joy says she still does not support a legislated agreement.
The courts have given the BC government the go-ahead to recover a total of six million dollars owed by a defendant in the Air India trial.
In a ruling Friday, BC Supreme Court Judge Daphne Smith dismissed appeals brought by Ripudaman Singh Malik, as he tried to avoid paying back the money he owes the government in legal costs.
The judge said Malik has not demonstrated any real intent to pursue his appeals and has a history of attempting to defraud the provincial government.
So, she would not grant him more time to file necessary documents.
Malik has already repaid about two million dollars out of his debt.
In 2005, he and Ajaib Singh Bagri were acquitted on murder charges linked to the 1985 Air India bombings that killed 331 people.
The mayor of Kitimat is hoping plans to build at least two liquified natural gas plants within three years will boost spirits, and business, in her community.
“It’ll mean jobs for people that can stay in the community now. It’s really a win-win situation.”
Mayor Joanne Monaghan says when she moved to Kitimat 40 years ago, the population was 15,000, and it’s dropped to less than 9,000.
“So it has dropped a lot. We’ve lost several schools. As you know, we’ve gone through some pretty rough times and now, suddenly, things are turning around and people are happy.”
The Rio Tinto Alcan smelter is now the biggest employer in Kitimat, providing about a thousand jobs.
The new LNG plants are expected to add at least 800.
It looks like the boy who was airlifted to hospital after being struck by a pick-up truck outside an Aldergrove school, may have been horsing around in traffic.
The incident happened just before 3:00pm on 29th Avenue.
The boy suffered head injuries and was taken to Childrens’ Hospital by air ambulance.
Police now say it looks like two boys ran across the street, where there was no crosswalk.
One boy made it – while the 11-year old didn’t.
Police say the driver remained at the scene.
Premier Christy Clark’s political opponents say the natural gas strategy she announced today could drive up BC Hydro rates for residential customers.
NDP energy critic John Horgan supports LNG plants, but says the BC Utilities Commission should be empowered to make sure residential rate-payers don’t get whacked with higher rates.
“Whenever you have BC Hydro having to go above and beyond just providing electricity to customers, there’s gonna be a cost.”
And Conservative leader John Cummins is upset that BC Hydro does not have to be completely energy self-sufficient by 2016 and can buy extra power as needed.
“So we’re gonna be subject if you will to the will of the marketplace – and that’s not good.”
Cummins says buying power on the open market is going to be more expensive in the years ahead.
Gory details from a woman who says she was first on the scene after two men got into a fight in the middle of Fraser Highway in Langley.
Alicia Thompson and her boyfriend were driving on the highway at 240th Street when they saw a man lying in the road kicking his legs around.
“There was people, like, running out of their houses, the police and ambulance had already been called, and he had a huge gash in his head, and he just kept saying, I was hit with a crowbar! I was hit with a crowbar!”
She said the man told her he had gotten into a fight with his son and that neighbours reported seeing a man flee the scene.
Police, meanwhile, say two men are in hospital with serious but not-life-threatening injuries after getting into a fight.
They would only say the men are related and had been arguing over some property.
7.4 per cent rate in 2011 a six-year high: report
