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HEROS looking to help disadvantaged kids in more Canadian communities

HEROS looking to help disadvantaged kids in more Canadian communities

VANCOUVER - This holiday season, Norm Flynn attended 11 parties in eight cities across sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. If things go according to plan, he will have a chance to travel to even more in 2013.
Ladner aflutter at beating Victoria in bird count

Ladner aflutter at beating Victoria in bird count

VANCOUVER — The last bushtit and swamp sparrow has yet to be tabulated but it appears that Ladner has swooped in and defeated its traditional rival Victoria to claim the annual Christmas Bird Count.
Recent projects renew debate about gentrification in the Downtown Eastside

Recent projects renew debate about gentrification in the Downtown Eastside

VANCOUVER - Herb Varley measures the transformation of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside by the trendy cafes, upscale grocery stores and high-priced salons that are quickly creeping from the city's maze of glass condo buildings toward the notorious inter
Visitors to find full flavours, many products at sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ micro distilleries

Visitors to find full flavours, many products at sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ micro distilleries

VANCOUVER - During the cold winter months when snow falls even in southwestern British Columbia, members of the province's tiny distilling industry are offering a wee taste of their spirits.
Santa arrives by sea taxi for international sailors docked in Vancouver

Santa arrives by sea taxi for international sailors docked in Vancouver

VANCOUVER - All Alexander Geraldizo wants for Christmas this year is to be at home, celebrating a magical day with the one-month-old baby daughter he has never met.
Unfounded avalanche scare Sunday on Grouse Grind angers authorities

Unfounded avalanche scare Sunday on Grouse Grind angers authorities

VANCOUVER — Authorities are warning hard-core hikers to stop climbing the popular Grouse Grind trail on Grouse Mountain after search and rescue crews responded to an unfounded distress call amid an avalanche scare.
Unions seek contempt hearing for federal minister in foreign workers case

Unions seek contempt hearing for federal minister in foreign workers case

VANCOUVER - Two unions challenging sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s temporary foreign worker program want a judge to order a federal minister to personally appear in court to explain why the government hasn't handed over documents linked to a controversial northern British
sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ lawyer pleads guilty to working for a gang

sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ lawyer pleads guilty to working for a gang

VANCOUVER — For the first time in Canadian history, a lawyer has pleaded guilty to participating in the activities of a criminal organization. Vernon lawyer William Jacob Mastop entered the plea in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½
Hydro project a threat to grizzlies, biologist says

Hydro project a threat to grizzlies, biologist says

The Vancouver Sun VANCOUVER — A planned run-of-river hydro project in the Upper Lillooet River Valley poses a significant risk to a recovering population of grizzly bears in southwestern sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½, a provincial biologist is warning.
Minister blasts bridge firm after ice pelts down on cars, injures two people

Minister blasts bridge firm after ice pelts down on cars, injures two people

COQUITLAM - British Columbia's transportation minister has slammed the international contractor that built the newly-opened Port Mann Bridge, saying the forced closure of the span, only weeks after it opened, is an intolerable situation and that the