Provides the latest RSS feeds for Vancouver News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Vancouver News.Net http://www.vancouvernews.net/ en-us Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:09:40 -0500 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:09:40 -0500 30 T 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... http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=33001258&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:14:06 -0500 Globe and Mail http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=33001258&cat=535f27099a41ff22 The 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... http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=33000094&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:45:43 -0500 CBC News http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=33000094&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Former 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. http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=33000107&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:44:28 -0500 Calgary Herald http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=33000107&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Researchers 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... http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=33001259&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:13:12 -0500 CKNW http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=33001259&cat=535f27099a41ff22 By 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 ... http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32996779&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:34:48 -0500 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32996779&cat=535f27099a41ff22 NEWS 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... http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32996670&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:28:49 -0500 Market Wire http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32996670&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Sidney 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) http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32996789&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:07:29 -0500 CBC News http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32996789&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Winter 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... http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32996797&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:07:25 -0500 Vancouver Sun http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32996797&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Vancouver 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... http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32997942&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:33:33 -0500 CKNW http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32997942&cat=535f27099a41ff22 The 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. http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32997941&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:32:40 -0500 Vancouver Courier http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32997941&cat=535f27099a41ff22 A 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 ... http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32994358&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:46:21 -0500 Globe and Mail http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32994358&cat=535f27099a41ff22 M 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... http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32994357&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:46:20 -0500 Globe and Mail http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32994357&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Vancouver 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 ... http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32994360&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:43:24 -0500 CKNW http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32994360&cat=535f27099a41ff22 A 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... http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32994361&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:43:24 -0500 CKNW http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32994361&cat=535f27099a41ff22 RCMP 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... http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32994359&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:43:23 -0500 CKNW http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32994359&cat=535f27099a41ff22 A 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... http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32989817&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:22:49 -0500 CBC News http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32989817&cat=535f27099a41ff22 More 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... http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32989819&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:22:48 -0500 CBC News http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32989819&cat=535f27099a41ff22 When 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... http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32989818&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:22:47 -0500 CBC News http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32989818&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Members of visible minorities in Metro Vancouver will outnumber white residents three-to-two in another two decades, largely because of expected immigration from Asia and India, according to the lates... http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32989822&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:21:39 -0500 The Province http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32989822&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Fans wanting to thank Roberto Luongo for his performance during the gold-medal Olympic hockey game will get their chance Thursday when the Canucks captain lights a celebration cauldron at Robson Squar... http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32989820&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:21:34 -0500 Calgary Herald http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32989820&cat=535f27099a41ff22 The City of Port Coquitlam is seeking nominations for its 12th annual Volunteer Recognition Awards.Nominations will be accepted until 4 p.m. Friday in six categories including arts, heritage and cultu... http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32981732&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:12:02 -0500 Vancouver Sun http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32981732&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Vancouver's visible minority population is on track to become the majority over the next two decades, according to new projections by Statistics Canada. http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32981733&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:12:01 -0500 Vancouver Sun http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32981733&cat=535f27099a41ff22 -The B.C. Liberals are pressing forward with a bill to repeal the provincial sales tax, aiming to have it introduced and possibly passed through the legislature by the end of the month. http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32981734&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:12:00 -0500 Vancouver Sun http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32981734&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Certain frequently prescribed pills for depression and anxiety are associated with an increased risk of cataracts in the eyes, a study by B.C. and Quebec researchers shows.Using a database of more tha... http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32980667&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:11:57 -0500 Vancouver Sun http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32980667&cat=535f27099a41ff22 With the end of the Olympics, 1,000 or so Games-related surveillance cameras are being removed from Vancouver streets, sparking calls to keep them. http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32981736&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:11:50 -0500 Vancouver Sun http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32981736&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Health Services Minister Kevin Falcon is looking at ways to woo out-of-province patients looking for surgeries or other procedures into B.C. hospitals so he can charge a premium and generate more r... http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32980529&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:11:47 -0500 Vancouver Sun http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32980529&cat=535f27099a41ff22 B.C. teachers chose a new union leader Tuesday and prepared to do battle with an old one.The new president of the B.C. Teachers' Federation is Susan Lambert of Burnaby, who is now vice-president and w... http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32981735&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:11:44 -0500 Vancouver Sun http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32981735&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Fans wanting to thank Roberto Luongo for his performance during the gold-medal Olympic hockey game will get their chance Thursday when the Canucks captain lights a celebration cauldron at Robson Squar... http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32981737&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:11:41 -0500 Vancouver Sun http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32981737&cat=535f27099a41ff22 An ex-Mountie already charged with impersonating a police office to allegedly get access to information about the Bacon brothers has been arrested again. http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32981739&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:11:39 -0500 Vancouver Sun http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32981739&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Friday's opening ceremony of the Paralympics will be a family-friendly show that will include a segment about the origins of the international sporting event, says the producer of the event. http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32981740&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:11:38 -0500 Vancouver Sun http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32981740&cat=535f27099a41ff22 A new poll suggests that a strong majority of people living in the Olympic host communities -- Metro Vancouver, the Sea to Sky corridor and Whistler -- think hosting the Games was worth it, despite... http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32981738&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:11:35 -0500 Vancouver Sun http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32981738&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Most able-bodied folks aren't comfortable with disability, despite national heroes like Terry Fox and Rick Hansen.My dad spent most of his last five years in a wheelchair. Once people saw the chair, m... http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32981743&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:11:33 -0500 Vancouver Sun http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32981743&cat=535f27099a41ff22 The former common-law wife of a man accused of killing four people broke into tears Tuesday while recalling one of the alleged murder victims.Under cross-examination, defence lawyer Don Morrison asked... http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32981742&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:11:29 -0500 Vancouver Sun http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32981742&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Invite the world to your living room, and they might start turning over the china to see where it was made. That's the lesson being driven home to Vancouver gallery owner Jennifer Kostuik and award-wi... http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32981741&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:11:27 -0500 Vancouver Sun http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32981741&cat=535f27099a41ff22 3/10/2010 We've learned more about the homeless man who was found dead in a downtown Vancouver alley early Sunday morning. Police are calling his death suspicious. Jeff Adams came to know 'Tom' ... http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32979206&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:14:23 -0500 CKNW http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32979206&cat=535f27099a41ff22 B ritish Columbia's quest to replace Ontario as the top destination for clean-energy investment dollars will now be headed up directly by Premier Gordon Campbell. Ontario's new energy pricing strateg... http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32977026&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:37:09 -0500 Globe and Mail http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32977026&cat=535f27099a41ff22 G angsters in the Fraser Valley city of Abbotsford may soon find their faces on publicly displayed posters as police consider using a new tactic in their war on gangs. Police in Abbotsford, where eig... http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32976308&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:37:08 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32976308&cat=535f27099a41ff22 We have listened to your feedback and are making some changes. We now require everyone to create a unique display name that will be shown when you leave a comment. This display name can not be chang... http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32977029&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:37:08 -0500 Globe and Mail http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32977029&cat=535f27099a41ff22 T he Vancouver suburb of Richmond has agreed to buy a property in the provincial agricultural preserve from a native band and a federal Crown corporation for five times its assessed value. The city c... http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32977028&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:37:05 -0500 Globe and Mail http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32977028&cat=535f27099a41ff22 T eenagers in Victoria looking for an easy, legal high, have started downing cough medicine, with at least five overdosing in the past two weeks, according to the Vancouver Island Health Authority. W... http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32977027&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:37:04 -0500 Globe and Mail http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32977027&cat=535f27099a41ff22 The I.T. industry continues to evolve at an exponential pace, DTM Systems is a leader in new technology and how it can be applied to business problems and opportunities. DTM blends solutions from the ... http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32975198&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:32:38 -0500 PR Web http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32975198&cat=535f27099a41ff22 The B.C. Lions began clearing up their logjam at quarterback by releasing Buck Pierce on Tuesday. The move comes a day after Casey Printers agreed to a contract extension, and now leaves the team wit... http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32976304&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:09:13 -0500 CBC News http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32976304&cat=535f27099a41ff22 3/10/2010 NDP Leader Carole James says the Government is sending mixed messages to parents and children. James says on the one hand the Government wants kids to be more active, but on the other ... http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32977042&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:41:22 -0500 CKNW http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32977042&cat=535f27099a41ff22 3/10/2010 Groups interested in keeping the Stanley Park Farmyard and Bloedel Conservatory on Little Mountain open aren't exactly beating down the door to get their bids on the table to the Park Boa... http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32977043&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:41:20 -0500 CKNW http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32977043&cat=535f27099a41ff22 With hundreds of patients to be transferred from Riverview Hospital mental health facility in Coquitlam to institutions in Vancouver, the daughter of a resident living at St. Vincent's Hospital Lan... http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32977030&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:40:48 -0500 Vancouver Courier http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32977030&cat=535f27099a41ff22 As athletes gather in Vancouver this week for the 2010 Paralympic Games, none of the apartment balconies at the Athletes Village were designed to allow access for wheelchairs. http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32977031&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:40:47 -0500 Vancouver Courier http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32977031&cat=535f27099a41ff22 The Vancouver School Board is staging its first anti-homophobia conference March 24.The Dare to Stand Out conference is expected to draw about 120 students and teachers from around the province. Most ... http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32977032&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:40:45 -0500 Vancouver Courier http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32977032&cat=535f27099a41ff22 More than five weeks after they voted, UBC's undergraduate students are still waiting for the official results of the Alma Mater Society election after electoral fraud was confirmed in a report rel... http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32977033&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:40:44 -0500 Vancouver Courier http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32977033&cat=535f27099a41ff22 From the age of eight to 18, Richard McDonald lived at New Westminster's Woodlands School, a provincial institution that was rife with abuse.The mildly developmentally disabled 66-year-old says he saw... http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32977035&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:40:43 -0500 Vancouver Courier http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32977035&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Vancouverites could light up almost anywhere when Domenic Losito was hired as a health inspector in 1974. The prospect of discovering your local restaurant was cited for a rat infestation through t... http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32977036&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:40:42 -0500 Vancouver Courier http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32977036&cat=535f27099a41ff22 People often use the Mennonite Central Committee Thrift Shop as a nighttime dumping ground for ripped clothes and deformed furniture, but Monday the amount of trash left in front of the store reach... http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32977037&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:40:41 -0500 Vancouver Courier http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32977037&cat=535f27099a41ff22 One of the school district's oldest school buildings could be knocked down unless the community it once served can find a way to save it.The building is one of four structures on the Sir Guy Carleton ... http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32977038&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:40:39 -0500 Vancouver Courier http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32977038&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Questions about the massive bill for the Olympics aside, Canadians can take pride in the environmental initiatives that made the 2010 Winter Games one of the greenest Olympics ever. Lillehammer, No... http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32977039&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:40:39 -0500 Vancouver Courier http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32977039&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Knowing that between the 2001-02 and 2008-09 school years, 181 public schools in B.C. have been closed and school districts across the province are facing record funding shortfalls, it's about time ... http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32977040&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:40:36 -0500 Vancouver Courier http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32977040&cat=535f27099a41ff22 To the editor:Re: "City happy with 'low' number of Olympic noise complaints," Mar. 3.If there were only 157 noise complaints, make me 158. My wife and I and a few friends visited the Saskatchewan pavi... http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32977041&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:40:35 -0500 Vancouver Courier http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32977041&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Jannik Hansen scored the decisive goal with 2:08 remaining, Mikael Samuelsson had his first hat trick and the Vancouver Canucks rallied to beat the Colorado Avalanche 6-4 in an NHL game Tuesday night. http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32971248&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:22:41 -0500 The Seattle Times http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32971248&cat=535f27099a41ff22 An argument over a stolen cellphone appears to have triggered a brawl involving more than two dozen Victoria-area teenagers that resulted in two youths requiring hospital treatment early Saturday morn... http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32969087&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:36:57 -0500 CBC News http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32969087&cat=535f27099a41ff22 3/9/2010 A former Mountie who's already facing charges is back in trouble with the law. Rob Sidhu has been charged with assault and uttering threats in connection with a domestic dispute. Sidhu is... http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32967761&cat=535f27099a41ff22 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:33:48 -0500 CKNW http://feeds.vancouvernews.net/?rid=32967761&cat=535f27099a41ff22