Police pledge to hunt down gunmen, avert retaliation

Amid fears of retaliatory killings, Vancouver's police chief said the force will move quickly to try to find those responsible for a gang-related shooting in a Chinese restaurant that left two dead and six wounded on Thursday.

Bear killed near playground

RCMP in North Vancouver say a black bear that had lost its fear of humans was killed yesterday after it began charging pedestrians and an officer called to the scene.

B.C. to probe man's death soon after leaving custody

A public inquiry into the 1998 death of Frank Joseph Paul, who had been in the custody of the Vancouver police, will be wide-ranging, Attorney-General Wally Oppal promised yesterday.

Lower expectations, city tells union

As the civic strike in Vancouver enters its fourth week, both sides in the dispute say they are willing to return to the table, but no dates have been set to go back to bargaining since talks broke down late Thursday.

Sea of guns overwhelms police

Vancouver police, in the early stages of trying to solve one of the worst shootings in the city's history, yesterday said they are struggling to deal with a tide of guns in the streets of a community that will welcome the world for the Winter Olympics in less than three years.

Manhunt on for gunmen who sprayed restaurant

Vancouver police launched a massive hunt yesterday for two masked gunmen who strolled into a Chinese restaurant at about 4:30 a.m. and opened fire, killing two of eight people at one table and wounding six others in what police described as possibly the worst shooting in city history.

Border officer charged with sexual assault

Surrey Police have charged a Canada Border Services Agency officer with sexual assault following a complaint from an 18-year-old woman who said she was attacked in a bathroom near the customs building.

Union breaks media ban, so city ends negotiations

Vancouver's three striking unions accused the city late yesterday of refusing to negotiate properly since negotiations resumed a week ago, leading the city to declare that talks had officially broken down because the unions ended the news media blackout.

Housing starts on Island increase 63 per cent

Canada Mortgage and Housing reports construction began on more than 400 new homes on Vancouver Island in July, a 63-per-cent increase over the same period last year.Housing starts in other Island cities were slightly lower, but CMHC says multi-family starts are expected to pick up in the second half of the year.

Vancouver man gets 10 years for child porn

Vladamir Regalado, 44, of Vancouver was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court to 10 years in prison and 10 years of supervised release for Possession of Child Pornography. He was arrested at the Canada-U.S. border on April 25, 2006, after a customs search of his luggage uncovered a note expressing his sexual interest in children.

8/10/2007: Good news on climate change: We?re using a lot less ...

BY LARRY PYNN Amid global warming?s threat to our water supply ? extreme bouts of rain in winter, followed by drought in summer ? the Greater Vancouver Regional District has some good news that?s easy to swallow: People are using ...

8/10/2007: Warming will slow briefly, but we?ll see record heat ...

OTTAWA ? Global warming will slow briefly in the next year or two but then charge ahead, making at least half of the years after 2009 warmer than any time in recorded history, British scientists claim. Their new method of predicting the ...

8/10/2007: GANG- STYLE SLAYINGS

In what Vancouver police say is likely the worst mass shooting in the city?s history, two masked gunmen burst into an east- side all- night Chinese restaurant early Thursday and shot eight people in front of horrified onlookers. ...

Vancouver

True to plan, I have been in Vancouver since Monday. She?s been treating me well, thanks to my masterful cunning and ability to (what we in the travelling around the world trade employ sophisticated lingo to brand as?) not die. ...

the jitters

I am drawing a quavering line between a possible boycott of Beijing, China's US $ holdings, the present shakiness of the stock markets, and Vancouver RE, but that link is there. Vancouver RE is meaningless in overview. ...

Flame held to rope gave protester moment of fear - Vancouver Sun

CBC NewsFlame held to rope gave protester moment of fearVancouver Sun - 18 hours agoTwo hours after Vancouver resident Melanie Raoul lowered herself down the Great Wall of China to protest the occupation of Tibet, she looked up and saw ...

Hotel workers rally for better working conditions in Vancouver hotels

Vancouver hotel workers are calling for a middle class standard of living, and safer working conditions for housekeepers. A couple hundred workers held a rally in front of the Art Gallery in hopes of improving ...

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Adventure fantasy with Claire Danes & Robert De Niro.

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CUPE 391: Vancouver Library workers still on strike

I had directed Donald to the history division which holds a micro-fiche collection of Chinese head tax registrations, of which the Vancouver Public Library is one of the few institutions in Canada to have. ...

Falling grain silo flattens Subaru in Vancouver

VANCOUVER -- A parked car was flattened Friday when a 15-ton steel silo tank fell off a moving flatbed truck, crashed through the State Route 14 guardrail and rolled about 25 feet near the Glenn Jackson Bridge. Nobody was injured...