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Group says BC child poverty rate tied for worst in the land
The latest child poverty report card issued by "First Call BC" shows an increase in the number of poor children in this province.The advocacy group says BC's child poverty rate is 11-point-three per...
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Boy killed at Granite Falls identified
The Mexican exchange student who died Sunday at Granite falls on Indian Arm has been identified.16-year old Marcos Borboa Lara had been in Canada about a year.He was swimming with friends when he...
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Education minister says proposed 10-year deal is "flexible"
BC's minister of education says his government's proposed ten year deal with teachers has room for some "creativity."Peter Fassbender says the proposed ten year deal could possibly include an opt out...
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Police will not say why Burnaby mom vanished from home
Police are still not saying why a Burnaby mother vanished from her home after she put her two young sons to bed Tuesday night, and was found safe yesterday in New Westminster.The frantic search for...
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UPDATED: Gunman in last night's East Vancouver shooting dies
Vancouver police still have more questions than answers after a man shot at two people at Main and 26th Avenue, before turning the gun on himself last night.Const. Brian Montague says the suspected...
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Free ride ends for cops, postal workers on buses
Translink has ended the free ride on buses for police officers, firefighters, postal workers, and others, effective July 1.Spokesperson Jiana Ling says the decision was made so Translink could be more...
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Family pleads with hit and run driver to turn herself in
Nearly a week after losing her father to a hit and run in Burnaby, a young woman is pleading with the driver to turn herself in.Chelsea Simpkins lost her 72-year old father Ed on Sunday night."Please...
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Explosion in Port Moody McDonalds parking lot sends one to hospital
One person has been taken to hospital after it appears a van exploded at a Port Moody McDonalds."Sounded like a big train hitting a wall or something."Nick Tannen says he and other employees at the...
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Man killed in tubing accident identified
The 42-year old man who died during a tubing adventure on Vancouver Island Wednesday was from Aldergrove.William Frank Havill drowned after getting separated from his tube on the Puntledge River near...
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Victoria teacher punished for lying about hockey game, helping kids pull off...
 A teacher at a Victoria high school has been ordered to brush up on his professionalism skills after he played hooky and helped some students pull off a prank.According to B.C.’s Teacher Regulation...
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Coroner urges water safety after four drownings in five days
After a deadly week on the waters, officials are warning British Columbians to keep their wits about them when swimming. Barbara McLintock with the BC Coroners Service says too many people...
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Anti-gentrification demonstrators target another DTES restaurant
Anti-gentrification protesters, some of them masked, picketed a new restaurant on the Downtown Eastside tonight.The demonstrators gathered outside Cuchillo restaurant on Powell Street say new...
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More funding for Pacific salmon
More funding has been committed to ensure the survival of Pacific salmon.Close to $4 million has been promised to the Pacific Salmon Commission's northern and southern fund committees, which include...
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UPDATES: 40 year old Port Coquitlam man found safe
Mounties in Coquitlam say 40 year old Stuart Ranger has been found safe.He'd been reported missing early Saturday morning.
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Coquitlam RCMP are trying to find a man who is an out-patient at Colony Farm Forensic Psychiatric Hospital.43 year old Christopher Todd Taylor was supposed to see staff on July 2nd.He did not show up...
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Underwear Affair underway in Vancouver
If you see a thousand or so runners wearing next to nothing on Vancouver's seawall today, don't be alarmed.It's just the underwear affair, an annual run to raise cash to fight cancer.BC Cancer...
View ArticleBC Wildfire Crews headed to Quebec
The BC Wildfire Management Branch is lending a hand - 100 pairs in fact - to help the province of Quebec deal with forest fires.Spokesman Kevin Skrepnek says BC is sending five 20-person crews out east...
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Two dead after plane crash in San Francisco
Picture courtesy Global BC NewsTwo people are dead and over one hundred people are injured officials try to figure out what caused a plane crash at San Francisco International Airport earlier today.The...
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National and international community planners gather in Vancouver
Over a thousand Canadian and international community planners are gathered in Vancouver to discuss and debate community planning.Director of Policy and Public Affairs at the Canadian Institute of...
View ArticleLargest Urban Orchard in North America opens in Vancouver
The Mayor of Vancouver was on hand at the official opening of a new 'urban orchard' at main and terminal.Gregor Robertson says the SOLEfood orchard is the largest such urban orchard in North...
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