Rallies held to protest man's deportation to India

More than a dozen politicians and community leaders came together yesterday to urge the federal government to allow a paralyzed Indian refugee who faces deportation to stay in Canada.Since July, Laibar Singh has lived in sanctuary at an Abbotsford Sikh temple. He left his safety zone on Monday to seek treatment at a local hospital, where he was arrested.

Driver killed, passenger hurt when car hits bus

The driver of a car was killed on the Lion's Gate Bridge yesterday afternoon when her vehicle collided with a West Vancouver transit bus headed into downtown Vancouver. A passenger in the car was in serious condition. Four to five passengers in the bus were injured in the accident at about 4 p.m., according to initial police reports.

The business of bringing hope to Africans in need

Some academics spend the summer attending conferences, touring Europe or relaxing on a beach. In search of something entirely different, two Vancouver professors and their students are spending this summer in African slums, helping to develop local businesses.

Police hunting for thief who steals iPods

Vancouver police are looking for a vicious robber who steals iPods.Constable Howard Chow said yesterday that at least three people were hit over the head and their music players were stolen in the past three weeks.

Maybe Paris really is an environmentalist - StarPhoenix

Reach your denim dreams - StarPhoenix

Learning to Live with Religious Diversity in Québec - Tolerance.ca

One dead, four hurt in BC plane crash - StarPhoenix

Say hello to Sea Snot - New Haven Register (subscription)

Massive Freedom Banner Unvield on the Great Wall of China - World Wide base of reporters, based in UK

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Vancouver teen killed when towed on skateboard by car

Associated Press - August 20, 2007 1:05 AM ET VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) - A 16-year-old Vancouver boy died Sunday when he lost his grip and fell while he was being towed on a skateboard by a...

Poll: Views of Japan and China warming

Asahi - Thanks to thawed diplomatic ties, Japanese and Chinese views of the other country have drastically improved in the past year, a survey of a total 2600 citizens in both countries found. The joint survey, conducted in May by the ...

Japanese lawyers back war time slave labourers

China Daily - A team of Japanese lawyers will continue to work with former wartime Chinese slave labourers and their families to seek compensation from the Japanese government. They will also find ways to ask the companies for whom the ...

Vancouver Whitecaps 0 Montreal Impact 2

Oh the pain: we were clinically dispatched by a far superior Montreal team? The trade that we made with them is a dead loss for us. Gertson appeared and played a good game, the kind of game he used to play for us. ...

Streetcar in Vancouver, USA?

One our readers, who in fact suggested the idea in a comment himself, passed along this article from the Columbian. Apparently Vancouver leaders are thinking about a Streetcar as a catalyst for their waterfront development....

Our 1995-2007

My girlfriend was a few kilometres away in North Vancouver, similarly dismayed. But things improved. Within a couple of hours the sun was shining through, and I was standing nervously in a tuxedo at the Hart House restaurant in Burnaby. ...

FISTF Tournaments :: Satellite of Vancouver

Here are the intermediate results of the Satellite in Vancouver: Barrages: Brian Robinson - Shaan Bal 5-0 Daryl Chreighton - Warren Creighton 0-2 Semi-finals: Gurmeet Khaira - Warren Creighton 0-1 Brian Robinson - Terry Berting 4-0 ...

Telus customers hurt by Canada Line construction

Telus says phone and internet service has been knocked out to more than 800 customers near Cambie and Broadway.

Vancouver teen killed when towed on skateboard by car

A 16-year-old Vancouver boy died Sunday when he lost his grip and fell while he was being towed on a skateboard by a car.

Here we go again!

More headaches for people driving on Cambie Street, already dealing with plenty of Canada Line construction.

Visitor dies in plane crash

A 22-year old man from Iceland has been identified as the person killed in a plane crash near Squamish.