Deportation nearer for paralyzed Sikh man

A failed refugee claimant who sought sanctuary in an Abbotsford Sikh temple but landed in jail after he made a brief trip to the hospital is a step closer to deportation.

Child released from hospital after apparent opiate overdose

An eight-year-old Surrey boy who suffered an apparent opiate overdose on Monday morning has been released from hospital into the care of the Ministry of Children and Family Development, Surrey RCMP say.

Cities favoure in boundary proposals

Virtually every political border within British Columbia is redrawn in sweeping changes recommended by an electoral boundaries commission.A preliminary report released yesterday proposed increasing the number of MLAs to 81 from 79, and redistributing the seats in favour of urban centres with four new ones for the Vancouver region.

Battle for Canucks not hurting team, GM says

It wasn't exactly the penalty box, but Vancouver Canucks general manager Dave Nonis did not seem a happy man as he testified yesterday in the heated civil suit over ownership of the recently profitable hockey club.

Staff memo sent by city manager riles unions

In a confidential memo to 600 of its staff members, city manager Judy Rogers accused Vancouver's three striking unions of holding the city ransom as part of three ''broader underlying goals'' in the civic dispute.

A sad day for Storyeum may prove a boon to bargain hunters

It was a $22-million dream that was supposed to merge British Columbia's history with Vancouver's cultural pulse. Instead, Storyeum went belly up last fall, and tomorrow an auctioneer's gavel will put the last nail in the coffin of the failed tourist attraction.

Enforce deportation order, NDP says

Lawyers for the B.C. government are reviewing the decision of Abbotsford police to release a man facing multiple weapons charges.Nok Souvannarath, 46, was arrested along with three family members on Friday after police raided his home and seized restricted weapons, including an assault rifle, body armour and more than $20,000 in cash.

Man who attacked officer with chain shot dead by police

Vancouver police shot a 39-year-old man dead on a busy suburban street after he knocked an officer unconscious with a chain and padlock during his arrest, struck another, then charged at three more.

Paralyzed man arrested after leaving sanctuary

A failed refugee claimant who entered a Sikh temple to avoid deportation to India is behind bars after Canadian authorities nabbed the ailing man in a hospital in the Fraser Valley city of Abbotsford.

Intimate musical conversations

LOS ANGELES GUITAR QUARTET At the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts in Vancouver on Sunday Part of Festival VancouverThere's a kind of intimacy that can only come in time - the sort of melding that happens between people when they have known each other not for years, but for decades. Musically, that's the level of cohesion that the members of the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (John Dearman, William Kanengiser, Scott Tennant, and Matthew Greif) have found since they formed more than a quarter century ago - and it showed in every piece they performed at their sold-out Festival Vancouver concert on Sunday.

BarCamp Vancouver 2007 is this Friday and Saturday

Shamelessly quoting the entire post from fellow BarCamp Vancouver 2007 organizer, Jordan Behan. Go BarCampers go! Present! Lead a session (no experience required, just knowledge and passsion, great way to gel some ideas for sessio ...

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Livestock BBQ Mini Ramp Block Party

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Forecast: Vancouver house prices to rise 11.7% in 2007; 6.3% in 2008

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Forecast: Vancouver house prices to rise 11.7% in 2007; 6.3% in 2008

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Brush fire contained

A brush fire on Hollyburn Mountain has been contained by fire crews.

Offer to Vancouver librarians not quite good enough

Vancouver's library workers were happy to be called back to the bargaining table Wednesday.

Vancouver Province -- Hollywood big names recruited to BC cause

In her fight to save BC forests, eco-warrior Tzeporah Berman has enlisted the help of a couple of high-wattage Hollywood stars.

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Vancouver area home prices 2Q 2007

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Toronto area home prices 2Q 2007

STANDARD TWO-STOREY. Price, Price 3, Price 1, % Chg, Est. Est. Mon. Apr-Jun, months, yr ago, 1 yr, Tax, Rental. 2007, ago. Toronto and Greater Toronto Area. Beach District, 530500, 524000, 496600, 6.8, -, -. Bloor West Village, 569000 ...