Police call for witnesses on city bus near shooting

Vancouver police are asking to speak to more witnesses to the shooting of Paul Boyd, a 39-year-old animator with a mental illness who was suffering from paranoid delusions when officers shot him dead.

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.

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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.

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.

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.

Duff, Fergie on Teen Choice - ChronicleHerald.ca

Prosecutor deems dancer's testimony another 'performance' - Vancouver Province

Spanning Vancouver's History - Vancouver Province

2 die in balloon's fiery crash - Denver Post

Beware of tax shelter gifting arrangements

Ottawa, Ontario, August 13, 2007?In support of the new Taxpayer Bill of Rights, Carol Skelton, Minister of National Revenue, is urging Canadian taxpayers to be wary of promotions of tax shelter gifting arrangements promising huge tax ...

Vancouver Cancuks New Logo

A guy on the Canucks forums submitted this logo. It has the 6 previous Canucks logos incorporated into it. It is honestly the best thing I have ever seen!

Zombie Walk 2007 - Good times

In other news, I did see the very tall Will Sasso walking by the Vancouver Art Gallery as the zombies were all posing on the steps, but didn't get a picture (bad timing. I had put my stuff away as I was heading home). Comments (0) ...

San Jose/Vancouver Proposal

Forum: Trade Rumors and Free Agent Talk Posted By: Brownie Post Time: 08-26-2007 at 02:14 AM.

Vancouver, day three

This is a Chinese (Asian) mall in Richmond (a suburb of Vancouver, where we're staying). The mall is fairly standard in its general look and feel, but every store is of course aimed at an Asian (primarily Chinese) audience. ...

Thief Steals Patient Information from Downtown Vancouver Clinic

A thief stole a piece of "equipment" from the Downtown Community Clinic containing "limited person client information" primarily relating to "applications for benefits and income tax", clinic representative Maureen Whyte wrote in an Aug ...

More cops needed on Vancouver streets

Vancouver's annual police report has brought the number of cops in Vancouver back into the spot light. Our new Police Chief Jim Chu says we need more officers on the street if we want to continue to see ...

vancouver

In Vancouver at the moment, slightly jetlagged. Sitting on a couch with my cousin's iBook and reading things online... I should probably call Janet, I napped instead of calling her again to see her. Oops. Not much to talk about, ...

Money Saving Tips

Interesting tip I heard on RealtyTV the other night from Sheila Walkington, the Money Coach. If you know what monthly payment of your mortgage would be, and currently you are paying rent, Sheila?s tip is put away the difference of the ...

ExamEar cheat aid company folds website after uproar (Vancouver ...

A transatlantic uproar triggered by a Canadian business selling high-tech cheating aids for students has forced the Toronto-based online retailer of the ExamEar ?wireless micro spy earphone? to shut down its website for ?moral? reasons. ...

Vancouver Pt. 2

Building a social network does not take much. It starts by saying hi to everyone ? not just hot chicks. Anyone standing in line, people walking beside me, people who make eye contact, etc. If I had to average it, one in five of these ...

Vancouver

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