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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Students owe Ottawa $800-million in loans

Canadian students owe the federal government about $800-million in defaulted student loans.The Vancouver-based Coalition for Student Loan Fairness says nearly $98-million of that amount is interest.

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.

Windows On Mac With VM Fusion

I?m really liking VM Ware?s Fusion. I got the download from the Apple web site and despite having to re-authenticate Windows by talking to a MicroSoft computer for a few minutes, this really really rocks. I?d been running Windows on the ...

Today's Trivia: Fun with Google's Smackdown....

Just for fun, while playing with Google's Smackdown, I did a challenge of "bullshit" vs. "horseshit".... Here's the score:- Bullshit = 18300000 Horseshit = 418000. So bullshit is over 43 times as popular as horseshit, ...

"Helping the Needy Get Nerdy. . . ."

It's the Free Geek Vancouver Technology Centre [link], whose coordinator, David Repa, contacted me after my post last week to show me "a much closer to home recycling option." However, "recycling option" doesn't even scratch the ...

Vin Fin

Vintropolis Vintropolis Closes Vin Fin a news feature By Jason Chin Eat Vancouver writer Saturday, August 11th, 2007 I was walking to the gym the other day when I saw the above sign on the door of what was the wine bistroVintropolis. ...

Vancouver Strike: Good Coverage & No Coverage by LIS Educator ...

The Progressive Librarians Guild stands in solidarity with the striking Vancouver Public Library workers of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 391 as they fight for a fair and equitable contract that addresses pay equity, ...

Transit times between Vancouver, Seattle, and Los Angeles

And how long to drive from downtown Seattle to downtown Vancouver, BC? And how long from Seattle to LA? How would you budget your time in each city? We're leaving on Sunday evening and we have to get back by Friday night. ...

Vancouver launches manhunt - Edmonton Journal

StarPhoenixVancouver launches manhuntEdmonton Journal - 19 hours agoVANCOUVER - Police say they have launched one of the largest manhunts in Vancouver's history in a race to find two masked gunmen responsible for the Thursday morning ...

Woodstock Nation to the Steelstock nation

Sat Nam,. Here is a video of a Kundalini Yoga class being taught to a bunch of hippies at the Woodstcok festival in 1969. The video shows, Tom Law, one of Yogi Bhajan?s early students teaching kriya for elevation. Hari Bhajan Singh.

Hilary Duff Vancouver Concert Pictures

Pictures of Hilary Duff from her Vancouver, BC Concert as a part of her "Dignity" tour. Thanks to chinafoodlovr522 on hilaryfan Tags: hilary duff, hilary duff concert, dignity, dignity concert, hilary duff tour, hilary duff photos . ...

Vancouver to check out Portland streetcars

The Vancouver City Council will cross the Columbia next week to check out Portland's streetcar system.

Vancouver Island and BC

We caught the ferry to Vancouver Island and chugged into the harbor at Victoria. Amazingly clean and pretty city flower baskets hanging from the lampposts lots of historical buildings etc. We checked into our teeny tiny hostel room and ...

new POV of Duncan~Vancouver Island BC

well...i have been here .(cowichan valley)....hmmmm 2 months now and been exploring around more. I have a new point of view~Some time ago i wrote that Duncan looked like it needed a good scrubbing. Well..i have to say now that parts of ...