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New home for Harbour Air

September 10, 2012, 2:30 pm
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It's a dispute that's been going on for years and it's finally come to end.


Harbour Air and the "Vancouver Harbour Flight Centre" have a new deal in place - with the help of a mediator,  to operate at the new Canada Place terminal.


At issue was a lease agreement and perceived safety concerns.


Harbour Air C-E-O Greg McDougall says it's a relief to have an agreement in place that will see his planes flying out of a new, permanent terminal by year's end.

"Very relieved because it's been totally a major focus of the company in all different aspects to try and get a resolution to the very heart of our business which is operating in and out of Coal Harbour."

The only drawback however is that passengers will see an extra $9.50 tacked on to every flight to help pay for the new location. 

 

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I-I-O investigating Prince George shooting

September 10, 2012, 11:46 pm
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A police-involved shooting in Prince George will be the first investigation for the newly formed Independent Investigation Office. 

One person has died after RCMP were called to a rural area Sunday morning to deal with a serious criminal offense.

At least one shot was fired Monday evening.  There are no reports of police injuries. 

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No threat in suspicious package in Victoria

September 11, 2012, 1:19 am
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An x-ray has revealed the suspicious package found on a B-C Transit bus in Victoria was a t-shirt and a non-threatening note. 

Two streets near the legislature were cordoned off after the package was found Monday. 

The RCMP Explosive Disposal Unit was called to Victoria.

Government and Superior Streets have since reopened.

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Mayors to weigh in on coast guard cuts

September 11, 2012, 9:44 am
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The Union of BC Municipalities' 2012 convention will be getting underway in a couple of weeks, and the province's mayors will all be weighing in on cuts to the coast guard.


A resolution set to go before the convention calls on mayors to petition the federal government to maintain the current levels of staff on watch year-round at five marine communication and traffic services centres in BC.


The coast guard has announced the number of officers on watch will be reduced.


The resolution says the move could threaten the safety of "coastal communities, boaters, fishers, mariners, aviators, and the environment."


The convention runs from September 25th to the 28th in Victoria.

 

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Paul McCartney Tickets On-Sale Friday - Watch the Tour Trailer

September 11, 2012, 10:05 am
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Paul McCartney returns to Vancouver on Sunday, November 25th at BC Place for the first time since The Beatles played Empire Stadium in 1964.

McCartney's On The Run Tour has played over 30 dates spanning North and South America, the UK and Europe and the United Arab Emirates.

Tickets for the November 25 Paul McCartney performance at BC Place are on sale Friday, September 14 at 10am.

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Pilot error blamed in deadly Mission plane crash

September 11, 2012, 10:09 am
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The Transportation Safety Board has released its report into a fatal crash last year.


The crash happened midair on February 9, 2011 in the Mission area.


Four planes had taken off from Langley for a formation flight to Chilliwack, but two of the planes,  both Cessnas,  collided during a turn.
One of the planes fell into a slough, two people inside died. 


The pilot of the other plane managed to land in a nearby field.


Bill Yearwood with the T-S-B says during the attempt to turn, one of the aircraft on the right lost sight of the lead aircraft, and while trying to re-engage, it collided with that lead plane.
 
"Re-engagement during a formation is very risky and in most cases, the plan should include a maneouvre that does not attempt to re-engage."

Yearwood says there was no plan on how to re-engage if the pilots lost formation.


He says there were no mechanical issues.
 
 

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Brand new investigative office busy already

September 11, 2012, 11:47 am
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A spokesperson for the brand-new "Independent Investigations Office" says they are pleased so far with now the RCMP secured the scene of last night's police shooting in Prince George.


Owen Court speaks for the new office.

"Just after 7:30 our office received a report from the Prince George RCMP that their officers had been involved in a shooting which resulted in the death of one individual.  We were able to dispatch a team very quickly and they were on a plane within a couple of hours and arrived at the actual scene in Prince George just a few minutes past midnight.  Then this morning we were able to dispatch additional investigators and as of late this morning we have approximately 10 people at scene now."

After  a day-long standoff at a rural property, a man was shot dead by an RCMP officer.


However, no details of the circumstances have been released yet by the RCMP or the I-I-O.

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ICBC workers plan one day walkout

September 11, 2012, 1:27 pm
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After one day of job action coordinated with the BC Government and Service Employees' Union earlier this month, COPE Local 378 says more strike action is coming.


It'll be on September 18th just for the one day.


COPE local 378 president David Black says more than 15-hundred members at 55 ICBC claim centres will be striking that day.


The job action taken on September 5th was meant to get ICBC and the government's attention to get them back to the bargaining table.

"And unfortunately that's been unsuccessful so we feel the need to take other action with other members on September 18th."

Black says essential services will still be provided.


Members have been without a contract for two years.


 

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City of Vancouver expanding food scraps recycling program

September 11, 2012, 1:37 pm
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The City of Vancouver is expanding its residential food scraps recycling program.

Starting today, people who live in a house or duplex can add all food scraps and food soiled paper to the yard waste in their green bins.

This means we'll be putting an increasing amount through the composting side, recycling the food scraps to create compost and soil rather than it going to our landfill."

Mayor Gregor Robertson says garbage pick-up schedules are not changing.

He adds staff will be bringing a plan to council in the coming weeks that will require businesses and multi-unit residential buildings to have recycling services for food scraps in place shortly.

 

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City looking at recognizing Vancouver Canadians after Northwest League Championship win

September 11, 2012, 1:44 pm
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The Vancouver Canadians are once again Northwest League champions -- downing the Boise Hawks 12-9 on Sunday.

The win comes after the Canadians defeated Tri-City last year.

"We're looking at how to celebrate the win with the Canadians, second pennant in a row in the Northwest League so it's a great accomplishment, the club has done a remarkable job winning two years in a row now and winning honours as a great club, a great franchise."

Mayor Gregor Robertson says they're looking at options for the team to come to City Hall and be recognized.

He says they want to make sure they can reach all the players before the athletes head off to their off-season.

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Gas line rupture over

September 20, 2012, 3:31 pm
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Hundreds of people forced to leave the area when construction crews ruptured a major gas line in Vancouver have been given the go-ahead to return.


About a dozen buildings had to be evacuated around nine this morning in the 500-block of West 7th Avenue, between Cambie and Ash.


Fortis crews remain on site making the necessary repairs.

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Marijuana activist Dana Larsen granted initiative petition by Elections BC

September 20, 2012, 3:51 pm
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Elections BC has granted another initiative petition but don't expect to see anyone out gathering signatures.

 The petition to amend the police act was granted to Dana Larsen but he says they were just practicing.

  "We have been going back and forth with Elections BC with different variations on the legislation trying to find something that they would agree that was constitutional and valid and we succeeded in that so we have a formula now where BC can decriminalized cannabis as a province but the actual signature gathering for the real campaign will start next year."

 Larsen says it is just a dry run

 "Getting the approval this time was more of a, sort of a, test for us we are actually planning on resubmitting next year in the fall and really trying to get the signatures at that time."

 Larsen says over the next year they will put the infrastructure in place to gather signatures.

 "That is exactly correct we are going to be touring the province we are going to be gathering volunteers collecting people to register in advance so that when they promise to sign the actual petition when the time comes."

 Decriminalizing pot is actually a federal matter but Larsen says it can be legalized by changing the police act to remove enforcement.

 Out of eight initiative petitions only one, the anti-HST petition, has succeeded in triggering a referendum.

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Reporter calls Clark's accusation "baffling"

September 20, 2012, 5:48 pm
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After Premier Christy Clark claimed her comments that the culture in Victoria is "sick" were taken out of context, the National Post reporter who published them -- is defending his story.

Clark says Brian Hutchinson knew what she meant and he wanted to portray it differently.

Hutchinson calls Clark's comments "baffling".

He says the story ran full-comment online, titled "BC Premier avoids sick culture in legislature".

"So, it's completely in context.  We're talking about and clearly, we understood, I always understood that she was talking about a sick culture in the context of the legislative assembly and that's exactly how the story was framed."

Yesterday, Clark defended her comments by saying she was talking about the "Legislature" when she said Victoria, not the city or the people within it.

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Latest poll troubling to Liberals

September 20, 2012, 9:31 pm
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A new Ipsos Reid poll spells more trouble for the ruling Liberals.

The NDP are now polling at 49 percent support. That is 17 points up on the Liberals who actually improve three points to 32 percent.

The BC Conservatives have fallen to 12 percent with the biggest drop, four points, from the last poll.
 
On the personal approval front, Christy Clark has the support of 33 percent of respondents. But is sitting at 60 percent, an increase of four points when it comes to disapproval.
 
That compares to 51 percent approval for NDP Leader Adrian Dix and 34 percent disapproval. Dix also has an eight point lead on Clark in the category of Best Premier. 

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SCOC decision comes Friday

September 20, 2012, 9:34 pm
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The Supreme Court of Canada will release its decision Friday on whether Vancouver sex workers can challenge the country's prostitution laws.

Canada's top Court will release its ruling on an appeal made by the Federal Government to try and stop the sex workers' challenge.

Katrina Pacey says her clients want to dispute laws including a ban on keeping a bawdy house and communicating for the purposes of prostitution.

The Pivot Legal Society lawyer says the case has also sparked a debate on access to justice, "It's very important because it's about how marginalized access to the Court system and whether or not they should be allowed to come forward in various ways, such as a collective, to bring human rights claims before the Courts."

The decision will come down in the wake of a ruling in Ontario last spring that struck down the ban on brothels.

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Commissioners meet to protect 'Our Jewel'

September 20, 2012, 9:50 pm
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After the latest in a string of arsons in Vancouver's Stanley Park, the Park Board is contemplating long-term security ideas.

The Commissioners had an online meeting with staff Thursday.

Vice-Chair Aaron Jasper: "We've directed our staff to talk with the City of Vancouver's Security Department to consult with the police department and come back to us with some strategies. And if there's some costs associated with that, then we can have that discussion at the time."

The latest two arsons in the park happened earlier this week; a dumpster was set on fire at Malkin Bowl. A short time later, another garbage fire spread to the Brockton Oval change-room facility.

Earlier this summer, the Station at the miniature train attraction was destroyed by fire.  

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Fired Cowichan trustees turn to community for by-election help

September 20, 2012, 10:56 pm
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They won't be going to Court, but are turning to the community to help get a by-election.
 
The Trustees on the Cowichan School Board were fired July 1st after failing to submit a balanced budget.

Although some trustees had considered challenging their dismissal in Court, they've decided doing so would take up a lot of time and money.

Former Board Chair Eden Haythornthwaite: "We've been approaching everyone we can think of and everyone from the BCTF to the Council of Canadians, to our MLA to the UBCM to various town councils, individuals, all of our partner groups, the local aboriginal organization, asking for them to write to the Minister requesting a by-election in Cowichan as soon as possible."

They've been able to secure requests from all those groups, except the UBCM, which gets underway in a few days.
 
For his part, newly-appointed Education Minister Don McRae is not ruling out a by-election, but isn't committing to one either.

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Fans camp out overnight to buy iPhone 5

September 21, 2012, 6:45 am
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Another iPhone, another set of lineups snaking around Apple storefronts around the world.

This morning, it's the iPhone 5.

Once again, fans camped out all night outside the shops, including on the sidewalk outside Pacific Centre in downtown Vancouver.        

“I got my cooler here, got two foot-long sandwiches from Subway, got two cans of Red Bull, two cases of Sprite, got my lawn chair here, small blanket, watching Scarface on my tablet."

"I slept for a couple hours. I brought a sleeping bag with it, so I just cuddled up inside of it."

"A backpack that had bottles of water, trips to A&W for the restroom and some food. Other than that, just good company." 

By the end of the month, analysts say Apple will ship as many as 10 million iPhone 5s.

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Sex workers granted leave to challenge prostitution laws

September 21, 2012, 7:02 am
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Vancouver sex workers have been cleared to challenge Canada’s prostitution laws.

The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed an appeal brought by the federal government that tried to stop the sex workers from disputing the laws.

Those laws include a ban on keeping a bawdy house, procurement, and communicating for the purposes of prostitution.

The sex workers had sought public interest standing in a case to launch a constitutional challenge against those laws.

The B.C. Court of Appeal granted them that status, and the federal government appealed.

But now, in a unanimous decision, the country’s top court says the group can go ahead.

Sheryl Kiselbach, one of the respondents, says she hopes the ruling will pave the way for change to make sex work safer.

"I’m very happy that now, finally, I can go to court and tell the judges how these laws affected me and how they continue to affect other sex workers."

Lawyer Katrina Pacey with the Pivot Legal Society say they're not sure yet how or when to continue the legal battle.

But they plan to see how a similar case in Ontario plays out.

The decision comes in the wake of a similar case in Ontario, where a court there struck down the ban on brothels last spring.

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Colin Hansen won't run in next B.C. election

September 21, 2012, 9:05 am
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Another veteran Liberal MLA is getting out of politics.

Vancouver-Quilchena Liberal MLA Colin Hansen is not going to run in the provincial election next May.

Hansen was first elected back in 1996.

He has served as health and finance Minister, and was minister responsible for the 2010 Olympics.

Hansen says he's proud to have served as a member of the Liberal team and leaves with mixed emotions.

 

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