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		<title>Report of snakehead fish in Burnaby park under investigation</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The provincial government is preparing a crew to investigate a possible snakehead fish sighting at Burnaby&#8217;s Central Park.]]></description>
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		<title>Ex-Island pastor accused of sex crime</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 13:07:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A youth pastor who worked for years in Colwood has been charged with a sex crime for allegedly having an inappropriate sexual relationship with a teenage girl from the church.]]></description>
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		<title>Teen&#8217;s party post on Facebook brings &#8216;chaos&#8217;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Facebook is not a good place for teens to post information about house parties if they want to keep the gathering manageable and hang on to household belongings, say Saanich police.]]></description>
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		<title>Police tag teen, ending rash of car break-ins</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 13:07:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saanich police say they may have ended a one-person crime spree with the arrest of a 16-year-old.]]></description>
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		<title>At 35, woman is given voice and &#8216;freedom&#8217; with technology</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[April Proudlove&#8217;s voice may be stilled by cerebral palsy, but she is able to make herself heard.]]></description>
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		<title>Homeowner&#8217;s son charged in Colwood fire</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 13:07:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[West Shore RCMP have confirmed a home at 3116 Antrobus Cres. in Colwood was torched on purpose.]]></description>
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		<title>Scooter users vying for space face bumpy ride</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mobility scooters bring freedom to the elderly and others who cannot walk long distances but they also bring frustration when utility poles and other obstacles block sidewalk access.]]></description>
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		<title>Island salmon farm culling fish after virus confirmed</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A salmon farm north of Tofino is preparing to kill its fish after tests confirmed infectious haematopoietic necrosis virus.]]></description>
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		<title>First tenants move into newly renovated Queens Manor units</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Doug Chipera doesn&#8217;t hesitate when asked what his room at a former Traveller&#8217;s Inn at 710 Queens Ave. has meant to him.]]></description>
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		<title>Sidney council reverses on market deal</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The spat between the Town of Sidney and the association that runs the popular Thursday night street market seems to be over.]]></description>
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		<title>Lawyers support judge decrying mandatory minimum sentences</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Local lawyers are applauding a Victoria provincial court judge who spoke out against mandatory minimum sentences earlier this week.]]></description>
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		<title>B.C. should be prepared to swallow water cost increase: health officer</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[If people were willing to pour money into municipal water infrastructure as readily as they are to spend it on bottled water, we could be assured the safe drinking water we need for years to come, says B.C. health officer &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishcolumbia.name/news/b-c-should-be-prepared-to-swallow-water-cost-increase-health-officer/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>2009 Sooke hotel deal comes under scrutiny</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 13:07:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two-term Sooke councillors say they were unaware of an agreement municipal staff made in 2009 to defer $660,000 in development costs for the owners of the Prestige Hotel.]]></description>
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		<title>Liquor-store looters end up behind bars</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Four people are facing break and enter charges after the glass door of Spinnakers Beer and Wine Store in James Bay was smashed in and fistfuls of liquor taken Tuesday morning.]]></description>
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		<title>Traffic beat heats up for summer</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 13:07:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saanich police officers were out in force at the Quadra-McKenzie intersection Tuesday ticketing people for everything from talking on cellphones to running red lights.]]></description>
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		<title>Seniors, others incensed over TaxiSaver program getting the axe</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 13:07:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Advocates for seniors and people with disabilities are speechless after Translink announced it is phasing out the TaxiSaver service. For the past 20 years, TaxiSaver allowed HandyDart customers to call for a cab ride at half the price. Translink expects &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishcolumbia.name/news/seniors-others-incensed-over-taxisaver-program-getting-the-axe/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Operator charged, but Maple Ridge daycare remains open</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The operator of a daycare in Maple Ridge has been charged with sex-related offences, but the daycare remains open. Edgar Hernandez faces charges of sexual interference and sexual assault, and is accused of touching a young girl inappropriately. A spokesman &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishcolumbia.name/news/operator-charged-but-maple-ridge-daycare-remains-open/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Coleman attacks &quot;Communist&quot; NDP</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BC Liberal house leader Rich Coleman sounded like a red-baiting politician of the 1950&#8242;s in the Legislature today. Coleman called the NDP &#8220;communists&#8221; during a debate about his government&#8217;s plan to privatize the liquor distribution system. &#8220;I know the socialist &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishcolumbia.name/news/coleman-attacks-communist-ndp/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Falcon calls Mulcair comment &quot;ignorant&quot;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 13:07:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finance Minister and Deputy Premier Kevin Falcon says he&#8217;s amazed at comments by federal NDP leader Thomas Mulcair, who has called the premiers of BC, Alberta and Saskatchewan &#8220;messengers&#8221; for Prime Minister Stephen Harper. The premiers have criticized Mulcair for &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishcolumbia.name/news/falcon-calls-mulcair-comment-ignorant/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Daycare operator faces sex charges</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A daycare operator in Maple Ridge is facing sex charges. Police say 48 year old Edgar Hernandez of Maple Ridge is facing charges of sexual interference and sexual assault. He&#8217;s accused of touching a young girl inappropriately. The crimes are &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishcolumbia.name/news/daycare-operator-faces-sex-charges/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Girl seeks information on fathers killer</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 13:07:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An appeal for information today, exactly three years after a local man was gunned down at the Legacy Bar in Cloverdale. Police say Chris Whitmee was an innocent victim, just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Today in &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishcolumbia.name/news/girl-seeks-information-on-fathers-killer/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Province announces new mining strategy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 13:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The BC government has announced what it&#8217;s calling a new &#8220;mining strategy&#8221; to promote growth in what is already a booming industry. Energy and Mines Minister Rich Coleman says the plan includes further streamlining of regulations, and building partnerships with &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishcolumbia.name/news/province-announces-new-mining-strategy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Wives, children of Langley mushroom farm workers want justice</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 13:07:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The families of the victims in the 2008 mushroom farm accident that killed three men and permanently disabled two others say they are afraid for their future after losing the men in their lives. Tracey Phan, whose dad Michael was &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishcolumbia.name/news/wives-children-of-langley-mushroom-farm-workers-want-justice/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Vancouver developer infects mobile devices, takes on Angry Birds and Draw Something</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 13:07:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like the viruses that plague his game’s world, Richmond, B.C. developer Dan Archibald is infecting the mobile world with Pandemic 2.5. Released two weeks ago on the Apple app store for iPhone and iPad, Pandemic 2.5 is currently the third &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishcolumbia.name/news/vancouver-developer-infects-mobile-devices-takes-on-angry-birds-and-draw-something/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>25,000 B.C. civil servants vote to strike, say government wage offer too little</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 13:07:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Members of B.C.&#8217;s biggest public sector union have voted 82 per cent in favour of a strike, but no immediate walkouts are planned. Darryl Walker, president of the 25,000-member B.C. Government and Service Employees Union, said Tuesday that union negotiators &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishcolumbia.name/news/25000-b-c-civil-servants-vote-to-strike-say-government-wage-offer-too-little/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>CKNW on location for Corus Feeds Kids</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 13:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CKNW&#8217;s The Morning News with guest host Jon McComb is live on location at The Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society this morning for Corus Feeds Kids. Corus Feeds Kids is a campaign designed to help alleviate hunger among Canadian children &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishcolumbia.name/news/cknw-on-location-for-corus-feeds-kids/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A day on the water in Alberni Valley turned into a brawl</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 06:34:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A 41-year-old fisherman suffered a broken leg]]></description>
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		<title>Family reacts to Coroner&#8217;s Jury recommendations</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 05:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite the Coroner&#8217;s Jury findings, 10-year-old Eric Tran reads out a statement to the media to show his family is still hurting. His dad, Ut Van Tran, was one of the workers who died at the Langley mushroom farm in &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishcolumbia.name/news/family-reacts-to-coroners-jury-recommendations/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Coroner&#8217;s Jury releases recommendations after mushroom farm deaths and injury</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 05:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[More inspections, more reporting, more training. That&#8217;s among the 15 recommendations made by an Inquest jury into the deaths of three workers at a mushroom farm in Langley four years ago. &#160;Jim Sinclair, head of the BC Federation of Labour, &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishcolumbia.name/news/coroners-jury-releases-recommendations-after-mushroom-farm-deaths-and-injury/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mushroom farm jury urges mandatory training</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 03:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BURNABY, B.C. &#8211; All British Columbia agricultural workers and their employers should undergo mandatory two-day training sessions on occupational health and safety, a coroner&#8217;s jury has recommended at the inquest into the accidental deaths of three men at a Langley, &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishcolumbia.name/news/mushroom-farm-jury-urges-mandatory-training/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Burnaby mayor received three per cent salary increase in 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 00:10:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mayor Derek Corrigan received $144,569 in wages, benefits and travel allowance last year, down from the more than $145,000 he received in 2010.]]></description>
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		<title>More City of Burnaby staff made the $150K club in 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 00:10:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While there were fewer people at the City of Burnaby making more than $100,000 in total last year, the amount of those making $150,000 or more went up from nine to 15.]]></description>
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		<title>Kittens rescued from Burnaby construction site</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 00:09:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An animal rescue group saved a cat and her litter of kittens from a Metrotown-area construction site in Burnaby last weekend.]]></description>
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		<title>Daughter pleads for help in father’s 2009 murder</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 23:49:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The daughter of a man shot dead three years ago for being in the wrong place at the wrong time is asking for the public’s help to find her dad’s killer. Lexus Burkholder-Whitmee was only nine when her dad Christopher, &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishcolumbia.name/news/daughter-pleads-for-help-in-fathers-2009-murder/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Biologists check for suspected `Frankenfish’</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 21:57:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &#8211; Government biologists will inspect a Burnaby, B.C., pond for a suspected snakehead fish dubbed Frankenfish for its monstrous ability to decimate native species and slither onto dry land. Matthias Herborg, an invasive species expert with the Environment Ministry, &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishcolumbia.name/news/video-biologists-check-for-suspected-frankenfish/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Want prizes? Now is the time to sign up for Bike to Work Week</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 21:08:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whether for better health, wealth, or saving the atmosphere, hundreds of teams have already signed up for Bike to Work Week, which runs from May 28 to June 1 this year. Shana Myara, Program Manager of HUB, formerly the Vancouver &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishcolumbia.name/news/want-prizes-now-is-the-time-to-sign-up-for-bike-to-work-week/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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