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Expect hot spells interspersed with cooler temperatures this summer
Southwestern British Columbia should expect typical summer temperatures this year, although the southern interior will see more heat than usual.That's the prediction of meteorologists at AccuWeather.com, which said in its summer outlook Monday that Canadians in general will experience hot spells interspersed with cooler periods.However, it will be more of the same in Metro Vancouver and ...
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Granville Island buskers balk at rule and audition changes
Buskers on Granville Island are upset with new regulations and a strict new audition process that stripped a popular autistic musician of his permit to perform at the bustling tourist ...
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Charismatic movement speaks to many
'God's movin' in this place. I am undone. I've got tears flowin.' I've got snot comin' out of my nose. God, we can be undignified with you. Knowin' our indignity is all for you."Pastor Rico Galindez is shaking in front of about 500 people who are praying and swaying in the near-dark sanctuary of Cedar Grove Baptist Church in north Surrey.It's ...
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This day in history May 21 1934
William Malkin's beloved wife Marion died on Nov. 11, 1933. Six months later, the pioneering businessman and former Vancouver mayor announced he would build a memorial for her - a modern "shell" theatre in Stanley Park, modelled on the famous Hollywood Bowl in California.Malkin announced the plan for the Marion Malkin Bowl on May 17, 1934. Four days later - 79 years ago today - he ...
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Benefactor focus on service shapes B.C. private school
Pattison has never been involved with day-to-day operations but said he offered financial support because it was a Christian school that promoted family values and fit with his evangelical ...
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Former Sun editor Neil Reynolds let reporters freely tell the story
Neil Reynolds made a career out of steering Canadian newspapers along uncharted courses, looking for stories with scant regard for the safe or ...
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Titanium disc implants give freediver another shot at sport
To treat her severe neck pain, free-diver Jill Yoneda faced the possibility she would never again glide in the ocean to depths of 180 feet.In 2012, three herniated discs forced Yoneda to take a break from her sport and consider her options for treatment.She was told the "gold standard" would involve fusing two vertebra together with bone grafts, severely limiting her mobility ...
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Ryan Dempster thankful for time with Cubs
Red Sox pitcher Ryan Dempster has dropped two of his past three starts to fall to 2-4 with a 4.27 earned-run average in nine games. (Jim Rogash/Getty ...
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Douglas Todd Ecstatic Christian charismatic movement is powerful in Metro Vancouver around world
"God's movin' in this place. I am undone. I've got tears flowin.' I've got snot comin' out of my nose. God, we can be undignified with you. Knowin' our indignity is all for you."Pastor Rico Galindez is shaking in front of about 500 people who are praying and swaying in the near-dark sanctuary of Cedar Grove Baptist Church in north Surrey.It's ...
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Irish P.M. Enda Kenny applauded at Boston College graduation
Boston College graduates gave Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny a standing ovation Monday while a small group of anti-abortion activists protested outside. ...
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Green businesses balk at Vancouver bike lane
Cyclists on a tandem bike and pedestrians are silhouetted while using the seawall along False Creek in Vancouver, B.C., in March, 2013. A proposal to create a separated lane on the edge of Chinatown has generated anxiety among the kinds of green, local businesses that Mayor Gregor Robertson frequently touts as the future of the city. (DARRYL DYCK/THE CANADIAN ...
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Summer to rank among Canadas warmest on record typical temperatures predicted for Metro Vancouver
Southwestern British Columbia should expect typical summer temperatures this year, although the southern interior will see more heat than usual.That's the prediction of meteorologists at AccuWeather.com, which said in its summer outlook Monday that Canadians in general will experience hot spells interspersed with cooler periods.However, it will be more of the same in Metro Vancouver and ...
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Bylaw review could put wind in sails of Vancouver kitesurfers
Stephen Codrington, at Spanish Banks Beach in Vancouver on Sunday, lets the air out of the kite he uses when kitesurfing. (DARRYL DYCK For the Globe and ...
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Ian Mulgrew Judge’s attack on proposed court reforms misses the mark
B.C. Supreme Court Justice Mark McEwan is raising alarms about nefarious government plans to transform the legal system. In a recent speech, now posted on the bench’s website, he roused the lawyerly faithful with hoary myths of their societal importance and warned the government is using ';an anti-adjudication narrative'; to dramatically change the ...
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With season nearly one-third over Vancouver Whitecaps struggle to find positives
Several tornadoes struck parts of the nation’s midsection Sunday, concentrating damage in central Oklahoma and Wichita, Kan. One person was killed near Shawnee, Okla., and 21 injuries were reported throughout the state.Victims and emergency responders might not get much of reprieve as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Storm Prediction Center was forecasting ...
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Vancouver link to Hadfields space guitar
A Vancouver company says it will re-start production of a guitar used by Chris Hadfield in space, prompting dozens of new orders. The Canadian astronaut gained worldwide attention when he performed David ...
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Vancouver weather 2013 top-10 warmest summers on record
"The biggest takeaway from this forecast is it's not going to resemble last year's summer, which was the warmest summer on record for Canada," Brett Anderson, lead forecaster for Canada, told The Canadian ...
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NDP wants RCMP inquiry into $90K payment to Duffy
The NDP is calling on the RCMP to investigate the actions of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's former chief of staff, Nigel Wright, who resigned recently after news emerged of a secret $90,000 payment he made to Senator Mike Duffy in relation to the Senate expense scandal. NDP ethics critic Charlie Angus announced Monday that a letter had been sent to the commissioner of the RCMP, Robert ...
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Nanaimo Facebook group takes aim at thieves
Residents fed up with petty crime in Nanaimo have turned to social media to try to prevent theft. The Facebook group 'Stealing Nanaimo' -- with close to 900 members -- allows people to list property that has been stolen in the hope that second-hand stores and pawn shops will check the site. "When someone steals something, it either gets pawned off or shipped out somewhere," ...
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Vancouver man jailed after showing up at Jennifer Lawrence’s home
A Canadian citizen is being held in jail in Kentucky charged with stalking and threatening Hollywood star Jennifer Lawrenceand her family.Han Cong Zhao, 23, a former university student from Vancouver, is being held on $100,000 bail in the Jefferson County jail in Louisville, USA Today has reported.Prosecutors say Zhao sent more than 200 messages and a threatening voicemail to the actress's ...
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Vancouver man murdered in targeted Costa Rican hit says private investigator
Vancouver father Brad Deering, 42, and three others were inside his gated community home in San Jose in Costa Rica on Thursday morning, when three men stormed the house, shot and killed Deering and tied up the others. A local private investigator believes the killing was a targeted hit. The PI believes Deering was selling ...
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B.C. on high alert for new coronavirus health officer
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Bid to re-open Langley Speedway
A Metro Vancouver committee is considering a proposal to re-open the Langley Speedway that closed almost three decades ago. The Langley Speedway was once a crown jewel of car racing in the area, hosting events as big as Nascar. But the track now sits empty, having closed in 1984 due to failing popularity. "We think that if we partnered with Metro Vancouver and the community, it could ...
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Missing B.C. man feared kidnapped in Mexico
METRO VANCOUVER -- The family of a Coquitlam man who went missing in Mexico is desperately seeking information about what they now believe is a ...
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Xbox launch Tuesday highly anticipated
It's almost time for a new Xbox. Eight years have passed since Microsoft unveiled the Xbox 360, double the amount of time between the original Xbox debut in 2001 and its high-definition successor's launch in 2005. With the next-generation Xbox expected to be revealed Tuesday, anticipation for the entertainment console's latest evolution is running high. "People get excited ...
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