TILMA and marijuana

Dianne Watts, the Mayor of Surrey, B.C., is pressing for regulation, either local or provincial, of hydroponics equipment as a way of combatting B.C.'s marijuana grow-op problem (Surrey Prepared To Go Solo In Grow-Op Crackdown - Sept 15). She may be able to gain broad-based citizen support. (Globe Insider subscribers only)

Pending sale of pristine waterfront property upsets Islanders

Western Forest Products is selling more than 1,800 hectares of its Vancouver Island property, less than two months after saying that changes to its land would come slowly, raising concerns among everyone from timber workers to surfers.

Commission cancels riding-boundary hearings

The B.C. Electoral Boundaries Commission is cancelling public hearings scheduled for this fall, after the province announced there will be new legislation to deal with electoral boundaries.The commission recommended that the legislature be increased by two seats to 81, but that three rural ridings be scrapped while seats are added in the Okanagan and Vancouver areas.

Woman stabbed to death in B.C. rooming house

Vancouver police are investigating the city's 15th homicide.A 42-year-old woman was stabbed to death Friday night in a rooming house in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.Police say the woman came out of her room and into the hallway, yelling that she had been stabbed.

The Dotted Line - Washington Post

The new bankers' hours include Sundays - Globe and Mail

Flyers open preseason with win over Devils - Allentown Morning Call

Beethoven takes flight - Ottawa Citizen

Rath Yatra to be held in middle of Nevada desert - Hindustan Times

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Dealing with Your Strata Council

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Random notes from Anaheim?s OT win over Vancouver

I covered the exhibition opener for the Canucks in Vancouver. It?s good to be back at GM Place for NHL hockey (even of the pre-season variety). My last such experience was Game Seven versus Dallas, prior to heading off to the IIHF World ...

Scheduling the hot topic as governors convene

And clubs such as the Edmonton Oilers, Calgary Flames and Vancouver Canucks will get those guaranteed sellouts ? the Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal ...

transfers in Vancouver

Does anyone know of hotel in Vancouver that offers transfers from the airport to the hotel as well as from the hotel to the pier.

Tree planting scheduled for Stanley Park

A massive tree planting effort will be getting underway within a week at Stanley Park to replace the approximately 10-thousand trees which were knocked-down by last December?s wicked windstorm.

Father loses daughter in Thai airline crash

The father of a Vancouver woman says he has been told by relatives she was a passenger on the One-Two-Go flight that crashed in Thailand, killing 89 people.

Vancouver, Canada (Oct 18, 2007)

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Canucks Photo Post

Because sometimes a good night out just deserves to be seen in Flickr photo form. Keira landed us some tickets for tonight?s game so we made sure to celebrate the Canucks? return to the ice in this their first pre-season game vs Anaheim ...

Zhang his own worst enemy

Xiao Zhang could end up doing more time.

Union member denies harrassing wedding party

A member of one of Vancouver's striking CUPE unions denies ruining a wedding last month at Van Dusen Gardens.

Man arrested in Friday fatal stabbing

Vancouver Police have a person of interest in the city's 15th homicide.

Dead motorcyclist had a history

Vancouver Police have released more details of a fatal motorcycle crash on the Granville Street Bridge early Saturday.