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30000 Canadians are homeless every night
A homeless man keeps warm in his blankets in a park in downtown Toronto. On any given day, about 30,000 Canadians are homeless, a new report says. (Kevin Frayer/Canadian ...
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Wearing a mask at a riot becomes a crime today
A bill that would ban the wearing of masks during a riot or unlawful assembly and carries a maximum 10-year prison sentence with a conviction of the offence is scheduled to become law today. Bill C-309, a private member's bill introduced by Conservative MP Blake Richards in 2011, passed third reading in the Senate on May 23 and is expected to be proclaimed law during a royal assent ...
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Mask ban bill expected to become law today
A bill that would ban the wearing of masks during a riot or unlawful assembly and carries a maximum 10-year prison sentence with a conviction of the offence is scheduled to become law today. Bill C-309, a private member's bill introduced by Conservative MP Blake Richards in 2011, passed third reading in the Senate on May 23 and is expected to be proclaimed law during a royal assent ...
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Canadian border agents being impersonated in phone scam
The CBSA said in a media release that the unit is not designed nor is it mandated to make phone calls requesting personal information or payments over the ...
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B.C. teacher duct-taped students mouths
The B.C. Teacher Regulation Branch has reprimanded a Vancouver teacher after she duct-taped her students' mouths in an effort to keep them quiet. Margo Fowler, a math teacher at Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School, is rated as a top-notch educator on the popular website RateMyTeachers.com, where students describe her as "helpful," "entertaining" and "Just. ...
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Alice Munro wins Ontarios Trillium Book Award
. The winners of Ontario's foremost prize for literary excellence, were announced Tuesday evening in Toronto. The Trillium Book Award English-language and French-language winners receive $20,000. The winners of the Trillium Book Award for Poetry in English-language and the Trillium Book Award for Children's Literature in French-language each receive $10,000. "The works of ...
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Botched surgery fuelled attack at Vancouver 7-11 Judge
A hostage-taking at a 7-11 in downtown Vancouver in November 2012 was motivated by a call for justice after surgery was performed on the wrong leg, B.C. Provincial Court heard Tuesday. (QMI Agency files) VANCOUVER -- A hostage-taking at a downtown Vancouver 7-11 last year, in which a woman was nearly set on fire, was motivated by a call for justice after surgery was performed on the wrong leg, ...
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Half of First Nations children live in poverty
First Nations Idle No More protesters hold hands and dance in a circle during a demonstration at the Douglas-Peace Arch crossing on the Canada-U.S. border near Surrey, B.C., on Jan. 5, 2013. Aboriginal peoples are a growing percentage of Canada's population, but the poverty rate for children is being called 'staggering.' (Darryl Dyck/Canadian ...
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Donors get Bobo Darling back on their feet
The BC SPCA's Vancouver branch is publicly thanking local animal lovers who donated a total of $16,730 to help Bobo, a toy poodle that needed expensive surgery to save his ...
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This day in history June 19 1938
It's the first carbon fibre-bodied convertible in Aston Martin's history and, like the coupe on which it is based, the Vanquish Volante is the ...
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Explore B.C.s wilderness on the move with new electronic maps for mobile
If you're out exploring British Columbia's wilderness for fun or for work, GeoBC has produced a useful tool to add to your mobile mapping kit.GeoBC's topographical maps are now available in a high-resolution electronic format, making it easy to view on mobile devices.While it's not an app, the new generation of Terrain Resource Information Management (TRIM) base map series is ...
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Its a dogs world
MAN'S BEST FRIEND IS EXCLUDED FROM FEW PLACES - THE WORKPLACE TYPICALLY BEING ONE OF THEM.But moves are afoot (or should we say apaw?) to change that. Launched in the United Kingdom in 1996, followed by the U.S. in 1999, Take Your Dog to Work Day is designed to raise awareness about pet adoption, rescue groups and the role dogs play in our lives. Several studies suggest having pets at work ...
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Dragon Boat Festival organizers looking for location funds for permanent boathouse
An estimated 5,000 paddlers are expected to hit the waters of False Creek this weekend as the 25th annual Dragon Boat Festival gets underway.It's a milestone organizers are rightfully proud of, and one they hope will go some way to convince city officials that the popular sporting and cultural event could use some help staying afloat.In particular, organizers have been lobbying the city in ...
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Camper missing near Harrison Lake presumed dead
A 65-year-old camper who went missing near Harrison Lake on June 9 after reports that gunshots had been fired is believed to have drowned. Agassiz RCMP said Tuesday that a land and water search for Vancouver resident Raymond Salmen was initiated after police received complaints of shots being fired. Police believe Salmen was in need of help and fired shots to try to draw attention to himself. ...
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Keepsake bike stolen from 85-year-olds garage
Burnaby Mounties say an 85-year-old man is devastated over the theft of a bike he rode across Canada in the mid-1980s. Cpl. Rick Skolrood said the man kept the 10-speed Apollo bicycle mounted on the wall in his garage to remind him of his trip. On June 8, a thief broke into his detached garage in ...
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Man should be deported over gang ties Ottawa
A man allowed into Canada 17 years ago should be kicked out of the country because there is ample evidence he was part of an Asian criminal gang, says the federal ...
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Temporary bridge to open over Skagit River today
British Columbians driving to Seattle and further south will be relieved that a temporary bridge over the Skagit River is set to open today. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee Tuesday announced that a temporary span on the Interstate-5 bridge across the Skagit River in Mount Vernon, Wash. will be ready for use today. After the span collapsed on May 23, Inslee set a goal of restoring it by mid-June. The ...
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Strathcona woman is planting the seeds for a new kind of urban garden
As calling cards go, it's about as unusual - and effective - as they get. That's because one of the ways Judy Kenzie advertises her new heirloom seeds business is to drive around Vancouver with a farm in the back of her ...
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Victim dragged by car during jewelry theft
A 61-year-old North Vancouver man was treated for minor injuries after he was dragged behind a car for a block during a robbery in Vancouver on Monday afternoon. Sgt. Randy Fincham, a spokesman for the Vancouver police, said a man who had made a purchase from a store on East Broadway was walking north on Quebec Street when the suspect grabbed the bag of jewelry, and ran to a waiting car. The ...
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Tackling the Northwest Passage - in a rowboat
Centuries ago, explorers searched for a trade route from Europe to Asia, navigating a treacherous maze across the Arctic to find an elusive Northwest ...
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New playground brings smiles
St. George's student Jordan Sidoo admits there were times when he was weary of selling pen and pencil sets to his friends, family and anyone else to raise money to build a playground for an East Vancouver ...
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Postmedia Citizen coverage of robocalls wins award for public service journalism
Postmedia News and The Ottawa Citizen's coverage of the "robocalls" during the 2011 federal election has won the prestigious Michener Award for public service ...
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Liberal minister Bennett expects Columbia River Treaty to continue
As lead minister for B.C. on the looming discussions with the U.S. on the Columbia River Treaty, Bill Bennett has no illusions about what the province might be facing on the other side of the ...
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Hundreds attend Change Brazil protest in Vancouver
Hundreds of Brazilians took to the street in Vancouver in a show of solidarity with a wave of protests in Brazil against the shoddy state of public transit, schools and other public services in the booming South American giant. "I wish I could go there and fight with them because we are so tired of everything," said Vancouver protester Matheos Martins. Sparked earlier this month by a ...
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Abbotsford takes Metro Vancouver to task over burning issues
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