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Drunk driver gets longer sentence
A drunk driver who killed a motorcyclist in BC on Canada Day 2011 has been ordered to spend more time in jail.In December, Tracy Dawn Smith was sentenced to one day for impaired driving causing the...
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Minister wants to tame the wild west
BC's Community Minister wants to tame the "wild west" of municipal elections when the local government vote arrives again next year.  Bill Bennett says he wants municipal elections to have the same...
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Who got to the tasting room first?
NPA and Vision Vancouver Councillors are fighting over who gets to help craft brewers operate a lounge or tasting room. Â NPA Councillor George Affleck says he filed a motion Monday only to see the...
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BC Election Day One done
Premier Christy Clark wound up day one on the campaign trail at a rally in Burnaby. Â With several candidates by her side, Clark spoke to a few dozen supporters in her home city. Â Her speech featured...
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Another maternity ward theft
Langley RCMP now have a "person of interest" in a theft from the maternity ward of Langley Memorial Hospital.It happened back on March 30th.The parents of a newborn returned to their room and...
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Police say some Pidgin protestors crossing the line
Vancouver Police are warning protestors at the Pidgin Restaurant on the Downtown Eastside they may be crossing the line and one person faces arrest.VPD Constable Brian Montague says police are actively...
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Local man wins millions
BC's latest multi-million-dollar lotto winner says he had to check his ticket three times when he saw how much he had won.Chad Seguin says he checked his 6-49 Quick Pick ticket at a Chevron station the...
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Inshore Rescue Boat stationed in Stanley Park
After the closing of Kits Coast Guard base Ottawa has activated a new Inshore Rescue Boat, based in Stanley Park.A shipping advisory sent out by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans informs mariners...
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Tax change helps move condos
Another milestone has been reached by the man in charge of helping Vancouver taxpayers recover their debt from the Olympic Village at False Creek. "Out of the 737 market condominiums, we've now sold...
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Local runners remember the Boston Marathon
Many Vancouver runners are using their training sessions before the weekend Sun Run to show their support for the people of Boston.The dozens of runners at the Running Room on Denman Street stopped for...
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Explosion at Texas Fertilizer Plant (with Video)
Officials in West, Texas are saying that between five and 15 people are dead after a massive explosion at a fertilizer plant in the small town. More than 150 people were injured by the blast which...
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Sun Run organizers look at terrorism insurance
Organizers of Vancouver’s Sun Run are seeking terrorism insurance for the event, after this week's bombings at the Boston Marathon.Jamie Pitblado confirms BC Athletics, the organization that oversees...
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NDP focuses on education; Liberals on LNG
NDP leader Adrian Dix has taken the New Democrat campaign to Comox, where he vows he'll spend $100 million to improve classroom learning conditions."Twelve years of Liberal cuts and confrontation have...
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Sentencing hearing begins in deadly Lighthouse Park stabbing
Nearly four years after a homeless woman was fatally stabbed in West Vancouver's Lighthouse Park, her boyfriend's sentence hearing is now underway in Vancouver.Tammy-Lynn Cordone's body was found in a...
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City wants to keep old courthouse "cultural" if art gallery does move out
The Vancouver Art Gallery is now one step closer to moving to a new location at Cambie and Georgia.But what's going to happen to the old courthouse once its tenant moves out?Councillor Heather Deal...
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Scammer preys on local seniors
Langley Mounties are looking for a 57-year-old man accused of preying on senior citizens across Canada.They say Richard Earl Rupert is not only wanted on an arrest warrant by them, but by more than a...
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FBI releases photos of suspects in Boston Marathon bombings
The FBI is now releasing photos of two suspects wanted in connection with the Boston Marathon bombings.Two men, both with backpacks, heading to the finish line. One has a white hat, the other a dark...
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Mulcair blasts Harper for putting banks before people
The Federal opposition leader used an appearance in Vancouver today to blast both the Conservative government and the Liberal party for not doing enough to support Canada's labour force."In Stephen...
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No BC Rail bombshell in this campaign
British Columbians, anxious to learn why taxpayers paid six million dollars worth of legal fees for convicted criminals Dave Basi and Bob Virk, won't find out before a new government is elected next...
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Patience please, we're hurrying as fast as we can
With bombs in Boston and ricin sent to Capitol Hill in Washington, DC this week, a Vancouver-based expert on the US-Canada Border says prepare for increased vigiliance when heading south.Joshua Labove...
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