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B.C. health-care workers ratify deal
CBC BC - Fri, 03/19/2010 - 16:56
Health-care workers in B.C. have voted 77 per cent in favour of a new contract.
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Luongo redeemed as Canucks beat Sharks
CBC BC - Fri, 03/19/2010 - 15:01
Roberto Luongo made 32 saves as the Vancouver Canucks beat the San Jose Sharks 3-2 on Thursday night.
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Luck prevented 'worst ever' avalanche accident
CBC BC - Fri, 03/19/2010 - 14:08
A preliminary report into the deadly avalanche near Revelstoke, B.C., last weekend is crediting good luck and a rapid rescue response for limiting the death toll.
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Video may be key to Yaletown death
CBC BC - Fri, 03/19/2010 - 13:29
Vancouver police are hoping the release of a surveillance video will help them uncover why a homeless man was found dying from unexplained injuries in a downtown alley almost two weeks ago.
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Funding crunch means cuts at B.C. schools
CBC BC - Fri, 03/19/2010 - 12:17
School districts across B.C. say they will have to lay off teachers and close schools to deal with looming budget deficits, despite a boost in funding announced by the provincial government earlier this week.
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Canucks give Kesler 6-year extension
CBC BC - Fri, 03/19/2010 - 11:49
The Vancouver Canucks have announced the signing of gritty forward Ryan Kesler to a six-year contract extension.
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OneTouch SureStep glucose test strips recalled
CBC BC - Fri, 03/19/2010 - 11:48
The maker of OneTouch SureStep test strips has issued a voluntary recall of some lots of the product used by diabetics to measure blood-glucose levels.
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Rising loonie bruises B.C. fruit growers
CBC BC - Fri, 03/19/2010 - 11:44
Fruit growers in B.C. say the rising loonie is making a tough situation worse, and without a $10-million cash injection from the provincial government, many of them might be forced to shut down their operations.
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Pine beetle won't kill forestry, B.C. says
CBC BC - Fri, 03/19/2010 - 08:27
The pine beetle attack won't wipe out B.C.'s Interior forest industry - despite pessimistic predictions in a recent report - the province's forests minister says.
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High dollar hurting British ex-pats
CBC BC - Fri, 03/19/2010 - 06:41
The strengthening Canadian dollar might bring benefits to many in this country but British pensioners living in B.C. say the high-flying loonie is hurting their bottom lines.
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Will Green Building Council Kill Green Forestry? (in News)
The Tyee - Fri, 03/19/2010 - 00:30
Some critics say LEED's pending new rules could do just that. As the decision nears, the debate between competing eco-certifiers is nervous and angry. Last of five this week.
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Love is Hell (in Arts and Culture)
The Tyee - Fri, 03/19/2010 - 00:20
Down, down, into fiery depths of French auteur Clouzot's imagination, and his unfinished masterpiece 'Inferno.'
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B.C. forests outlook not gloomy: minister
CBC BC - Thu, 03/18/2010 - 20:30
British Columbia's forests minister says the outlook for the lumber sector in the province's Interior, ravaged by the mountain pine beetle, isn't as pessimistic as an industry report would suggest.
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Abbotsford taxpayers angry over hockey subsidy
CBC BC - Thu, 03/18/2010 - 19:48
Local politicians in Abbotsford, B.C., are under fire from residents who say it's wrong for millions of taxpayer dollars to be spent on a local hockey team while some city services remain underfunded.
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Nike Bauer recalls more hockey sticks
CBC BC - Thu, 03/18/2010 - 19:42
Bauer Hockey Corp. is recalling 13 models of junior hockey sticks due to excessive lead levels in the sticks' paint.
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Surrey gun victim targeted: police
CBC BC - Thu, 03/18/2010 - 19:25
Police say the youth shot to death Wednesday in Surrey, B.C., was likely the victim of a targeted killing.
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B.C. to change motorcycle licensing
CBC BC - Thu, 03/18/2010 - 19:09
The B.C. government plans to toughen rules governing motorcycling based on recommendations from a B.C. Coroners Service death panel review.
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Stuart Parker: The NDP won't let me be a candidate because of my Facebook comments
The Straight - Thu, 03/18/2010 - 17:09
Given that I made only three Facebook posts mentioning the NDP since being vetted, there is little mystery as to the other comments that have made me so dangerous to the NDP.
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McKeever, Forest, Woolstencroft win gold
CBC BC - Thu, 03/18/2010 - 16:49
The gold medals keep coming for Canada's Paralympic team. Canada doubled its gold medal tally to six on Thursday by winning three in Whistler, B.C.
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Canadian sledge hockey team loses semifinal
CBC BC - Thu, 03/18/2010 - 16:41
There will be no Canadian hockey hat trick in Vancouver as the host team was upset 3-1 by Japan in the Paralympic sledge hockey semifinal on Thursday.
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