Truckers plan convoy to extend strike agreement

Port truckers are planning a cavalcade from Surrey to Vancouver today to press for an extension to the agreement that ended their strike in 2005.Truckers want the agreement worked out by mediator Vince Ready extended for a year, Paul Johal, president of the Vancouver Container Truckers Association, said yesterday.

Home invasion leaves beloved principal dead

Just five days earlier, Amir and Roshan Hirji were at their daughter's lavish wedding, celebrating the new life Shemina was beginning with her husband.But yesterday, a steady stream of visitors came to their Burnaby home to grieve her death with them after three men burst into their daughter's town home, killing the newlywed and injuring her spouse, Paul Cheema.

VANOC chair recovering after tumour remove

VANOC chairman Jack Poole has had surgery to remove a tumour on his pancreas and his doctors expect a full recovery, the Vancouver 2010 Olympics Organizing Committee said yesterday.The surgery Thursday was led by Charles Scudamore, head of pancreatic surgery at the University of British Columbia.

Lessons from Hamburg

This week, Trevor Boddy begins a month-long tour of European and Japanese cities to explore new ideas shaping urban planning and architecture.Ranked at the top of the pile on livability indexes from The Economist magazine and international executive relocation firms, Vancouver has lots of reasons to feel good about itself. We live in ''The best place on earth,'' or so we are told by those high rotation commercials paid for by our provincial government. When the sun shines on the mountains, it is easy to believe all this hype.

Clerk robbed twice in one night by same person

A convenience store clerk in Vancouver was robbed not once, but twice during the same night shift - by the same person.A woman was working at the 7-Eleven in the 2000 block of East Hastings Street on Wednesday, when a man came in and asked for cigarettes. He left, then returned brandishing a knife and demanded money.

Vancouver eateries told to issue shellfish warnings

Vancouver restaurants that serve raw oysters are being told to tell customers about the dangers of eating uncooked shellfish.Vancouver Coastal Health is asking restaurants to display cards warning consumers about the risk of illness associated with eating raw oysters and to include an advisory or label in their menus.

Family seeks information on missing Vancouver man

The girlfriend and sister of Ronald Carlow made a tearful plea yesterday for any information about the Vancouver man who vanished from his upscale neighbourhood two weeks ago.The last images of the 38-year-old man were caught by surveillance cameras on June 20 at 4:30 p.m., as he was leaving his apartment in Yaletown.

Log removal to begin in battered Stanley Park

The cleanup of Vancouver's storm-battered Stanley Park has moved into high gear with the arrival of some heavy equipment to remove thousands of downed trees.The park was ravaged by a series of winter storms that blew down more than 10,000 trees and caused mudslides that forced the closing of the park's famed seawall.

Counterfeit drugs caused woman's death, coroner concludes

Shoddy pills from a bogus online pharmacy are to blame for the death of a 58-year-old woman from Vancouver Island, a coroner's report says.Yesterday's conclusion makes Marcia Bergeron the first clear-cut case of a death stemming from counterfeit drugs bought on the Internet, but it likely won't be the last, said Rose Stanton, regional coroner for Vancouver Island.

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VANCOUVER / The city of Vancouver is footing the cleanup bill for corporate graffiti recently painted on several downtown Vancouver sidewalks as part of a rum advertising campaign. About a dozen street corners were illegally emblazoned ...

7/7/2007: Vancouver Island: Man dies on Douglas

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After spending $15000 ? the same amount he paid for the boat ? on several failed attempts to get the schooner Robertson II off a reef, the vessel?s owner and his helpers are hoping the public will help save the stricken tall ship. ...

7/7/2007: Vancouver Island: 22 firefighters battle blaze near lagoon

A rapidly spreading brush fire that covered an acre near Esquimalt Lagoon yesterday was sparked by human activity in a well-known party spot, says Colwood?s fire chief. Chief Russ Cameron said 22 firefighters were involved in fighting ...

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Half-million-dollar entry-level condos may seem exorbitant to locals, but they?re dirt cheap to many international buyers, say realtors. Dale Sproule, director of real estate at Langford?s Bear Mountain resort community, ...

Climber missing on mountain near Chilliwack

One hiker made it down okay, but his buddy has not.

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