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.

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Red Robin at Broadway and Oak

... and Oak Address: 1001 West Broadway Phone: 604-733-6494 homepage In the Catbird Seat a Summer Eatin? feature by Jason Chin Eat Vancouver Writer Monday, ...

Beginning to say goodbye to Vancouver

I?m supposed to be packing my stuff for travel today. Instead, I slept till noon, after an interesting Friday and Saturday. I met up with my good friends last Friday to bike around Stanley Park. Vancouver is so beautiful, we are . ...

WTS - What The Surrey #7 - Anti-Car Theft Capital

Auto theft has dropped by 35 per cent across the province and 43 per cent across Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley? ?Surrey, which police five years ago dubbed the ?auto theft capital of North America,? has had the biggest drop. ...

Beginning to say goodbye to Vancouver

beautiful vancouver. duckies :). part of the detour route for the sea wall. strolling at the park. Vancouver sunset as seen at Prospect Point. Vancouver sunset as seen at Prospect Point. I?m supposed to be packing my stuff for travel ...

Community rallies around ailing man

A huge outpouring from the Sikh community for a paralyzed man facing deportation.

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Vancouver Boasts New Cross Country Facilities for 2010 Olympics

Work to build a brand-new 2010 Olympic Cross-Country, Biathlon and Ski Jumping venue in Callaghan Valley is on schedule. While the British Columbian wilderness has posed some very unique challenges, the project should be complete by ...

7/8/2007: Vancouver Island: Organic farming poses natural challenges

The people and places of Vancouver Island John and Katy Ehrlich believe they?re strengthening community ties, promoting healthy food choices and encouraging stewardship of the land by raising organic produce on their Cowichan Valley ...

7/8/2007: Vancouver Island: Attempt to free Robertson II fails

The Robertson II has now been lying on its side on a reef off Saturna Island for a full week. A Friday night attempt to use a barge to winch the schooner off the reef at high tide failed. ?It?sa pretty heavy boat, so either something ...

7/8/2007: The Capital And Vancouver Island: Let?s raise a glass to ...

Raise an Amor de Cosmos to Amor de Cosmos: This week marked the 110th anniversary of the death of a street-brawling BC premier, newspaper publisher and all-round eccentric. Amor De Cosmos, who founded and edited the British Colonist, ...