Man fatally shot in brawl at Vancouver strip club

One man is dead after a double shooting in what police described as a ''Wild West'' brawl at a downtown Vancouver strip club.The fight broke out around 10:40 p.m. Wednesday between two groups of men at the Cecil Hotel's popular exotic dancing lounge. ''Fists, chairs, bottles were flying inside the bar,'' Vancouver police Constable Tim Fanning told reporters yesterday morning.

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Vancouver organizers wage war on brokers

Vancouver Olympic organizers say they've wiped out plans by local ticket brokers to resell prized tickets to the 2010 men's gold-medal hockey game at inflated prices.''We've tracked down somebody's source of tickets and eliminated that source,'' Vancouver Organizing Committee ticketing head Caley Denton disclosed yesterday.

Monkey killed in Vancouver zoo break-in; staff hope its missing mate is still alive

Staff at a British Columbia zoo are devastated after a vicious vandal broke in and killed one of their resident spider monkeys.The monkey's mate is missing and zookeepers are hoping the female monkey may have escaped during the attack and was not taken by the vandal.

Police identify one victim in B.C. apartment fire

Police have identified one of the three elderly women killed in the fire that swept through a North Vancouver apartment building Tuesday night as 84-year-old Ilse Wilhelmine Dragossy.

Two churchgoers suing over floor collapse

A lawsuit has been filed in the collapse of an Abbotsford church floor during a Christian rock concert almost two weeks ago.Two sisters, who were among about 40 people injured, are suing the B.C. Conference of the Mennonite Brethren Churches and United Productions, the promoters of the rock group Starfield.

Elderly fire victims were steps from safety

Police have identified one of the three elderly women killed in the fire that swept through a North Vancouver apartment building Tuesday night as 84-year-old Ilse Wilhelmine Dragossy.

City to close Maritime Museum in '09

The Vancouver Maritime Museum, with its thousands of artifacts, says it has been told that the city is planning to close the museum at the end of 2009, long before a new National Maritime Centre would be built in North Vancouver.

Injecting drugs not a right, lawyer tells B.C. court

The Charter of Rights and Freedoms doesn't protect the right of drug addicts to shoot up, federal lawyers told a B.C. court yesterday, arguing that the future of Vancouver's supervised-injection site is a matter of policy, not law.

The Haida ember in full flame

Bill Reid created about 1,500 works in his lifetime, bringing Haida art into the mainstream consciousness. However, anyone hoping to see an exhaustive representation of his life's work at Vancouver's new Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art may be disappointed. Still, the gallery and its first exhibition, Bill Reid: Master of Haida Art, contains some treasures.

Apple Store Vancouver update

It was way back in February that we found out the precise location of the upcoming Vancouver Apple Store ? just five blocks down the road from Troll World Headquarters?, which is pretty much as convenient as we could ask for with a ...

Jack FM -Vancouver Talent Explosion - Winner

Rachael Chatoor being announced the 2008 Jack FM Vancouver Talent Explosion $20000 award winner by Steven Segal live on-stage at the Red Robinson Show Theatre.

Jack FM Vancouver Talent Explosion 2008

Rachael Chatoor performs 99 Bottles of Beer - Winner of the 2008 Jack FM Vancouver Talent Expolsion. Rachael won $20000 in cash and a 1 year $20000 performing contract from Great Canadian Casinos.

Vice Chancellors visit from Pakistan

For any society to progress it is a must to have the highest education possible for its people. The strength of the western society as one knows is education. Recently, Government of Pakistan has taken a very serious interest in higher ...

Cheerry Blossom Time

Unfortunately, we have had some high winds and the blossoms are disappearing fast but they are so beautiful when they bloom.

Mayor Sullivan Supports Insite

These initiatives - combined with the BC government's leadership on social housing - have led to a renewed sense of hope that collaboration between all levels of government is a reality and a critical part of the solution for Vancouver. ...

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2006 - the snow. Stanley Park Fire Department 2007 - Stanley Park and its beauty and wildlife Feeding the Coons As far as museums go, I think that Vancouver's Museum of Anthropology. Truly unique. UBC Museum of Anthropology.

Drupal Camp Vancouver, Fearless City Media, The Revolution Will Be ...

The purpose of the Fearless Media Project is to facilitate community participation in the creation of media and community dialogue on issues relevant to people in the Downtown Eastside (DTES) of Vancouver. ...

3 x Vancouver

So I arrived in Vancouver and why I got stuck on dirtiness I don?t know, walked down Hasting St which is the street where the crackheads and the homeless and the misfits of Vancouver pull their carts around and get their food and go to ...

Vancouver mayoral candidates unite to keep 'shooting gallery' open

In a news conference in downtown Vancouver, four different candidates from two different party's plus a former mayor, came together to deliver a united message to the federal government: stop being ideological, look at the facts, ...

Vancouver Shooting Spree: 8 Shot, At Least 2 Dead/VIDEO

Eight people were shot at a restaurant in Vancouver's notorious east end early Thursday morning. Two people died, one person is in critical condition and five others were being treated for injuries after gunmen entered the Fortune ...

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revertebrate posted a reply:. The Lion's Gate Bridge from the Greyhound window. Then the seedy underbelly and the nightclubs. Oh the 90's were fun.