Wednesday 10th March, 2010
City Garden lands value soars from $9.5m to $59m in four years
Globe and MailT he price of paradise just increased exponentially. The market value of the Garden City lands that Richmond city council this week decided to buy for $59.2-million was only $9.5-million just over fo...
Vancouver opens viaduct bike lane
CBC NewsThe City of Vancouver opened another bike lane for cyclists heading downtown on Wednesday morning, this time over the Dunsmuir Viaduct from East Vancouver. The lane was modeled after the popular bike...
Paralympic torch relay hits Vancouver
Calgary HeraldFormer paralympic athlete and now coach Phil Chew carries the paralympic flame at the top of the Peak Chair in Whistler in preparation of the 2010 Paralympic Games that begin on Friday.
Researchers make cancer breakthrough
CKNWResearchers at the BC Cancer Agency say they've made a key discovery which could mean more effective treatments for Hodgkin lymphoma patients. Researchers have discovered a correlation between a pa...
Former Vancouver teacher on next Shuttle flight
Seattle Post-IntelligencerBy TOM VOGTTHE COLUMBIAN VANCOUVER, Wash. -- Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger already has taken one trip with the space shuttle Discovery, moving along at something like 1 mph. Her next trip will be a ...
Government of British Columbia: Royalty Program Improves B.C.'S Competitive Edge
Market WireNEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release 2010EMPR0006-000252 March 10, 2010 Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources ROYALTY PROGRAM IMPROVES B.C.'S COMPETITIVE EDGE VICTORIA - A new $120-mil...
Hockey Canada finds Crosby's missing gear
CBC NewsSidney Crosby scores on U.S. goalie Ryan Miller in overtime to give Canada the gold medal in men's hockey at the Vancouver Olympics on Feb. 28. (Chris O'Meara/Associated Press)
Vancouver opens viaduct bike lane
CBC NewsThe City of Vancouver opened another bike lane for cyclists heading downtown on Wednesday morning, this time over the Dunsmuir Viaduct from East Vancouver. The lane was modeled after the popular bike...
Winter weather returns to Metro Vancouver
Vancouver SunWinter weather has returned to British Columbia's South Coast, with snow falling on the mountains and Metro Vancouverites once again reaching for their warm coats as they prepare to host the 2010 Para...
2010 Paralympic Winter Games torch relay arrives in Vancouver
Vancouver SunMETRO VANCOUVER — The 2010 Paralympic Winter Games torch relay arrived in Vancouver this morning at Riley Park Community Centre where it was greeted by 150 people.The torch was escorted to the park ...
VPD name homeless man in suspicious death case
CKNWVancouver Police are putting out more information as they investigate the suspicious death of a homeless man. So far police say they've had no luck tracking down the family of the 55-year-old man f...
Bike lane champion on council in hospital after collision with car
Vancouver CourierThe official opening of a bike lane on the Dunsmuir viaduct Wednesday was overshadowed by news that a city councillor is in hospital after being struck on his bike near 51st and Granville streets.
Couple arrested for counterfeiting U.S.$75,000
Globe and MailA n escaped prisoner from Alberta has been arrested in Surrey with $75,000 in U.S. currency RCMP say was the product of a sophisticated counterfeiting ring. Nathan Paolinelli, 29, and his girlfriend ...
More child sex and porn charges laid against Surrey man
Globe and MailM ore sex and child pornography charges have been laid against a Surrey, B.C., man who was arrested in January following an investigation into abuse involving nine children. The RCMP say with the eig...
No sign of missing Montreal sailor: Chilean searchers
CBC NewsChilean and Ecuadorian search crews have scoured their coastlines for a missing Montreal woman, but have made no sightings so far. Jade Chabot left for Chile in January to learn how to be a skipper a...
Meggs injured in crash
CKNWVancouver City Councillor Geoff Meggs is recovering at Vancouver General Hospital after getting into a serious crash in south Vancouver. Meggs was riding his bicyle at the time of the crash with a ...
Escapee accused in counterfeiting operation
CKNWA man who walked away from an Alberta prison is now accused of running a counterfeiting operation that drew the attention of the U-S Secret Service. Surrey mounties arrested 29 year old Nathan Paol...
More charges in Surrey porn case
CKNWRCMP have laid eight more child porn charges against a Surrey man arrested January 22nd. Corporal Annie Linteau with the RCMP says the charges include include sexual assault, invitation to sexual t...
Bike lanes for viaduct
CKNWThe Dunsmuir Viaduct looks a little different today, as the city has added protected bike lanes. More cyclist-friendly measures are on the way.
Restaurant review: La Belle Auberge
Globe and MailT he 2010 Zagat Guide doesn’t exaggerate when it describes La Belle Auberge – newly anointed as the Top Food award-winner for the Greater Vancouver Regional District – as one of our ...
B.C. surf town could ban fast-food outlets
CBC NewsA councillor in Tofino, B.C., wants to ban fast-food franchises and retail chains from the West Coast surf town in order to preserve its uniquely laid-back character. For the approximately 2,000 resi...
Indian status coming for thousands of Canadians
CBC NewsMore than 45,000 Canadians could be recognized as status Indians under changes the federal government plans to make to the Indian Act, CBC News has learned. The changes come after Ottawa lost a court...
Surging Canucks end lengthy road trip in Arizona
CBC NewsWhen the NHL season began back in October, many in the hockey world wondered if the Vancouver Canucks could handle a gruelling 14-game road trip while the Olympics occupied the city. After all, the l...
Vancouver key to Asia-Pacific strategy
The ProvinceVancouver could become an Asia-Pacific airline hub, but it also might end up a stub, Air Canada boss Calin Rovinescu said Tuesday.Rovinescu, who has been piloting the country's flagship carrier for cl...
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