PORT COQUITLAM

1901 Colodin CloseASKING PRICE: $695,000SELLING PRICE: $688,000PREVIOUS SELLING PRICE: $324,464 (2001)TAXES: $3,130 (2006)DAYS ON MARKET: 43BUYER'S AGENT: Wesley Behan, Blum Real Estate team, ReMax Central

New contract proposals spark hope in strike

After two weeks of silence between the city and its striking inside workers union, there is a glimmer of hope that the two parties could meet at the bargaining table soon. The City of Vancouver offered two different contracts yesterday to CUPE 15, the union representing its 2,500 striking inside workers, as a way of showing the public they are trying to put an end to the civic dispute, according to a city spokesman.

Downtown Eastside leads in drug-death toll

A report on illegal drug use in Vancouver says deaths were down in the city and the rest of B.C. for 2006.However, residents of the Downtown Eastside don't fare well in the report from the Canadian Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Use.

Rain, birds and strike delay seawall restoration

The restoration of Stanley Park's seawall, destroyed in fierce storms last December, has been delayed by at least a month, according to Vancouver Parks Board chair Ian Robertson.Though the city had hoped to open the length of the wall to the public this fall, Mr. Robertson said it could now be as late as the end of December.

Treatment won't help rapist, parole board says

A man dubbed the Paper Bag Rapist serving an indefinite sentence for a string of brutal attacks on Vancouver women over almost eight years is beyond hope for treatment, the National Parole Board says.

Plugging the depths of the Pacific into the Internet

The 140-metre-long ship Ile de Sein will sail from the Alberni Inlet off Vancouver Island today with a valuable cargo in its hold.Carefully laid by hand, 925 kilometres of wire lies coiled in two massive, doughnut-shaped storage tanks - high-powered, fibre-optic cable that scientists hope will help bring back answers from the deep sea about everything from earthquakes to missing fish.

Fire at Langley school determined to be arson

Fire investigators have determined arson was the cause of a blaze at a Langley elementary school.The fire was contained to one classroom at Peterson Road Elementary, but there was smoke damage to other parts of the school.

TB outbreak hits taxi drivers hard

The windows of the taxis in Port Alberni are rolled down, however hard it rains, the most obvious sign that the small Vancouver Island city is the centre of what health officials say is an unprecedented outbreak of tuberculosis.

Library workers picket with pizzazz

The song Happy Together was not meant to be played on the accordion, nor is it traditionally considered a union protest song, but as striking Vancouver library worker Todd Wong pumped out the tune yesterday for fellow picketers yesterday in Library Square, it was a little bit of both.

Dog stands ground against marauding bear

A plucky Rottweiler and a mother who made raucous noise by banging pots and pans are being credited with helping scare away a black bear who trapped four children in their tree house in a West Vancouver backyard.

This Weekend: Comix and Stories, Vancouver

"We get a lot more art students, a lot more women, and a lot more people interested in comics more as art than a graphic narrative," says organizer Leonard Wong, reached by phone in Vancouver. Dealers stock their tables with Love ...

More Vancouver Dog Art

Dog_sign_4. Vancouver street art meets Vancouver dog signage in a wacky display of artistic fireworks!

Vancouver authors, writers and poets come to Library Square to ...

Vancouver authors, writers and poets come to Library Square to address striking Vancouver library workers.

Wireless Internet on Vancouver buses

I?ve written about the need for a city-wide, wireless Internet system in Vancouver, and it?s high time that we stop thinking about catching up with what other, major metropolitan areas are doing on the other side of the Rockies. ...

Dating Vancouver Bc

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Now you're (almost) talking!

A positive early reaction from CUPE Local 15 to a pair of new contract offers by the City of Vancouver.

Some Canada Line compensation forthcoming

The Musqueam Band has made a deal for compensation with the contractor doing the work on the Canada Line.

Cannon silenced by civic strike

Another victim of the civic strike in Vancouver.

Among the stars on the green carpet...

Fifth Avenue Cinema's hosted a screening of Leonardo DiCaprio's new film, The 11th Hour, Thursday night.

2008 Candidates

Let's just say today were the caucuses, not next February. Let's say your candidates were the following:. Senator Joseph Biden Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton Senator Chris Dodd Former Senator John Edwards Former Senator Mike Gravel ...

Molester convicted

Langley RCMP are pleased their two-year investigation has resulted in the conviction of a child molester.

Another suit levelled against Riverbend developer

Yet another lawsuit against CB Ddevelopments, the real estate developer that backed-out of pre-sale contracts at the unfinished Riverbend Development in Coquitlam.