Indoor workers to vote on city's last-ditch offer

Vancouver's indoor workers will vote tomorrow on the city's final contract offer, which their union rejected more than a week ago.''The city feels that the offer is fair and reasonable,'' city spokesman Jerry Dobrovolny said. The City of Vancouver applied to the Labour Relations Board last Tuesday to have CUPE 15 members vote directly on the city's final offer, even though the union rejected it on Monday night.

Councillor pleads guilty to impaired driving

Vancouver city councillor Tim Stevenson, a former United Church minister, yesterday let the public in on a guilty secret he has been keeping for more than a year: an impaired-driving charge that has now cost him his licence for a year as part of a suspended sentence.

Police have no proof of home invasion in killing

Police say they haven't found proof that three men invaded the Burnaby home of school principal Shemina Hirji and killed her - as investigators were told by her new husband Paul Cheema.

Union issues strike notice even as talks resume

Just hours after issuing a legal 72-hour strike notice yesterday morning, the union that represents Vancouver's garbage collectors agreed to go back to the bargaining table with the city today to hammer out a deal that would prevent a full-blown walkout.

Sobeys buys Thrifty, gains foothold in B.C.

A Vancouver Island supermarket icon known for its organic produce and fresh prepared fare was scooped up by Sobeys Inc. yesterday, in a move observers predict will be the first in an aggressive West Coast expansion.

Vancouver General gets more beds, better scanner

Extensive renovations in Vancouver General Hospital's emergency department mean there are now more beds, improved infection-control and a state-of-the art CT scanner - the first of its kind in Canada.

Korea Air jet being repaired after aborted takeoff [deck#]

A Korean Air pilot had to abort takeoff at Vancouver International Airport after a loud bang was heard aboard the passenger jet as it was heading down the runway yesterday.

On the West Coast, the ocean can move mountains

Herb Wilson has a stock reply when he's asked how far Polaris Minerals Corp.'s Orca quarry is from California, the project's most important customer.Twenty-five miles, he likes to say, a response that while a geographic whopper - the quarry, on northern Vancouver Island, is actually about 1,150 miles from San Francisco - works as a sales pitch.

Crash kills pilot, injures passengers

A hockey player who played for the San Jose Sharks' farm team last season was injured in a plane crash on Vancouver Island that killed the pilot.Glenn Olson, a 23-year-old left winger, who is currently a free agent after playing for the Worchester Sharks, was rescued from the crash site, media reports said. He was listed in stable condition yesterday, said a nurse in the Intensive Care Unit of St. Joseph's Hospital in Comox. A second passenger, a 22-year-old man, also survived and was in critical condition.

Immediate disruption to services unlikely

The lifeguards will be on the beach, the garbage will be picked up and city planners will be in their offices today as city hall and its unionized workers in Vancouver plot their next moves in a labour dispute that has threatened to disrupt municipal services during a summer heat wave.

Jul 18, Soaring loonie

Will the soaring loonie reach parity withe the US dollar?

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One month until Barcamp Vancouver

Barcamp Vancouver is in one month (August 17-18). I am soo excited to be going for the first time. I don?t know yet what I will talk about though, hope to narrow down a topic before the end of the month. Add your name to the waiting ...

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In an attempt to make some sense of the qualitative/quantitative issues surrounding Vancouver's current urban form/makeup, a look at some previous observations made by Trevor Boddy in his September 2005 ?Vancouverism vs. ...

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Vision Critical is seeking a Flash Programmer in Vancouver

Our growth has created an immediate need for a Flash Programmer in Vancouver. You are a smart, energetic, outgoing and organized individual with a creative flare. As a Flash programmer, you will be responsible for the implementation of ...

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Sundown and moonset - almost. I hope you enjoy this one, Everyone. (I like it, anyway)