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WHO'S GAME?: POTENTIAL MUSICAL ACTS FOR THE OLYMPIC CEREMONIES

The creative team for the 2010 ceremonies includes three Vancouver music moguls who manage some of the biggest names in music, Canadian or otherwise, a strategic move on the part of VANOC to ensure access to A-list musicians.

VSO juggling schedules during venue strike

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra is holding meetings this week, working on contingency plans in case the strike by the city's workers is not resolved in the next week.The VSO season is scheduled to open on Sept. 29 with a concert by celebrated American violinist Sarah Chang at the Orpheum, a city-run theatre that is not operating during the strike.

Baby died days after entering foster care

The British Columbia government is being asked to give a grieving Vancouver Island family some answers after their two young girls were taken into foster care and one of them died just days later.

Sex attacks prompt drugged-drinks warning

Vancouver police are warning women to keep an eye on their drinks at bars and nightclubs after four women were sexually assaulted after their drinks were spiked with drugs.Constable Tim Fanning is encouraging anyone who's gone home with a new acquaintance, then woken up and not remembered what had happened, to report the incident to police.

Safety rules proposed for balloon rides

Transportation Safety Board investigators reviewing a fiery balloon accident that killed two people near Vancouver last month are recommending a crackdown on the regulation of commercial balloon operations, an investigator said yesterday.

Body found in high-rise, Burnaby man in custody

Burnaby Mounties are holding a man in custody after the suspicious death of a woman in a Metrotown high-rise.Police say the body of a woman was found early yesterday after police responded to a 911 call. RCMP say it appears the man and woman knew each other, and the incident is not believed to be a random act. Homicide officers are investigating.

Cargo the Mountie dog gets teeth into arrest

A police dog has helped put the bite on a man suspected of holding up a cab driver with a syringe.Mounties say a driver from Chilliwack Taxi told an RCMP officer early yesterday that as he was dropping off a passenger, the man brought out an uncapped syringe and stuck it to his neck, demanding money.

THEATRE: NOW PLAYING

CONTINUING:Lady Windermere's Fan***In this sharp production of the Oscar Wilde classic Lady Windermere's Fan, Vancouver director Stephen Drover shows that he'scapable with a play that was written more than a century ago.

Theft won't delay construction timetable, project leader says

Vancouver's $800-million convention centre expansion will be completed on time despite what police called the ''audacious'' robbery of $160,000 in steel and aluminum parts for its roof, the project leader said yesterday.

Matthew Good?s Hometown Sendoff Show

Walking into The Centre for Matthew Good?s Vancouver stop on the Nothing to Hide Tour I spotted his sister-in-law, Chloe, along with her children and Matt?s parents. We chatted briefly then headed into the show, wondering how ?tight? ...

Good in North America - better in Asia

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty discussed the soaring loonie with the Governor of the Bank of Canada Thursday.

Cross-border lawsuit over baby carrots

An American vegetable company is suing the Canadian Food Inspection Agency over this summer's massive recall of baby carrots.

Lance Armstrong to ride BC's Tour of Courage (Vancouver Province)

Lance Armstrong overcame testicular cancer to win the Tour de France an astonishing seven consecutive times. Now the retired American cycling legend will lend his name to rides in BC this weekend, in a race against time to help people ...

Ultimate Fighting Ban in Vancouver BC

The temporary ban on ultimate fighting in this balmy seaside Valhalla goes into effect immediately, except for November...

2010 - the smoke-free Olympics

Vancouver Olympic organizers are working toward a smoke-free Olympic experience for visitors come 2010.

International Olympic Broadcast Centre will be ready in time

The man in charge of ensuring the Vancouver/Whistler Olympics are delivered on-time and on-budget expects the future home of the Broadcasting Centre to be ready before 2010.

Pipeline rupture leads to fallout in Court

It's the first of what's expected to be many lawsuits following July's oil spill on the Barnet Highway in Burnaby.

Government issues statement on infant's death

The Provincial Government still refuses to comment on the case of a four month old Nanaimo girl who died last week.

Bigger dollar mixed blessing to industries

The rising Canadian Dollar is bad news for BC's forest industry, but the mining sector isn't as worried.

Quarry industry in the spotlight

NDP Labour critic Chuck Puchmayr says a confusing patchwork of regulations and inspections may be part of the problem in the quarry industry, "And certainly different inquests are pointing the finger at confusion with regards to who's ...

Edmonton at Vancouver 9/20/07

I don't get out to many NHL games anymore but I was given free tix for tonight's game and I thought I should post my 2 cents. Zack Fitzgerald vs. Zach Stortini These two had a brief chat in the 1st and lined up next to each other during ...