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Snow hits Metro Vancouver
CBC BC - 6 hours 46 min ago
Residents of some parts of Metro Vancouver awoke to slushy snow on Thursday morning, while other areas just got cold rain.
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Cancer patients benefit from advance in diagnosis
CBC BC - 7 hours 58 min ago
An international team of cancer researchers has found a way to predict which Hodgkin's lymphoma patients won't respond well to therapies, opening the door to using a less aggressive regimen on those more likely to be cured.
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Lambs to Slaughter (in Life)
The Tyee - 13 hours 37 min ago
Salt Spring Island lamb is legendary. And has never been more threatened.
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Dick Cheney's Entrance Music (in Arts and Culture)
The Tyee - 13 hours 57 min ago
Or, war pigs, please get your own damn songs.
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Smarten Up or Die (in Tyee Books)
The Tyee - 14 hours 12 min ago
'Ecological Intelligence': Do humans have what it takes to survive?
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Co-operate, and You'll Get Ahead (in News)
The Tyee - 14 hours 14 min ago
New BC internship program helps prepare for a career in the co-op sector.
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Canucks end marathon road trip with SO loss
CBC BC - 15 hours 16 min ago
The Vancouver Canucks had to settle for one point in their final game of their marathon road trip, falling 4-3 in a shootout to the Phoenix Coyotes on Wednesday.
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Vancouver homeless man fondly remembered
CBC BC - 16 hours 25 min ago
Those who knew Thomas Sawyer are in mourning following the Vancouver homeless man's mysterious death on Sunday. Sawyer, 55, was found dying in a downtown alleyway. With no visible signs of violence to his body, he was taken to hospital but died of massive internal injuries
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Victoria police officers charged with assault
CBC BC - 17 hours 59 min ago
The Victoria police department revealed that two of its officers have been charged with assault Wednesday - the same day the B.C. Solicitor General released a report on the use of force by the city's police.
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Canucks' Sedins donate $1.5M to hospital
CBC BC - 18 hours 54 min ago
Vancouver Canucks hockey stars Daniel and Henrik Sedin have donated $1.5 million to help build a new BC Children's Hospital.
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Truck stolen with baby sleeping inside
CBC BC - 19 hours 16 min ago
A Surrey, B.C., couple had an hour of terror after their truck was stolen with their six-week-old baby inside.
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Indian status coming for thousands of Canadians
CBC BC - 19 hours 35 min ago
More than 45,000 Canadians could be recognized as status Indians under changes the federal government plans to make to the Indian Act, CBC News has learned.
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Paralympic torch arrives in Vancouver
CBC BC - 20 hours 8 min ago
The Paralympic torch relay lit up a small pocket of Vancouver on Wednesday as it made its first stop in the host city, where fresh memories of the Winter Olympics are fuelling excitement for their sequel.
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Passengers held up flight to watch hockey
CBC BC - 20 hours 28 min ago
Travellers the world over know the pains of flight delays due to fog, weather, late pilots or just plain busy airports. But how about a delay due to a hockey game?
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B.C. government’s paid Olympic volunteers recognized at waste awards
The Straight - Wed, 03/10/2010 - 16:55
The B.C. government’s paying of public servants who volunteered at the 2010 Winter Olympics was one of the past year’s worst examples of government waste, according to the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.
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Alberta counterfeiters nabbed in B.C.
CBC BC - Wed, 03/10/2010 - 16:53
Police in Surrey, B.C., have busted a counterfeiting operation they say was run by an escaped Alberta inmate and seized $75,000 US in fake U.S. bills, fraudulent credit cards and drugs.
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Surrey man faces more child porn charges
CBC BC - Wed, 03/10/2010 - 15:39
A 36-year-old Surrey, B.C., man has been charged with eight more offences, including sexual assault, invitation to sexual touching and making and distributing child pornography, in an ongoing investigation that has already netted several similar charges against him.
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Vancouver opens viaduct bike lane
CBC BC - Wed, 03/10/2010 - 14:07
The City of Vancouver opened another bike lane for cyclists heading downtown on Wednesday morning, this time over the Dunsmuir Viaduct from East Vancouver.
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Hockey Canada finds Crosby's missing gear
CBC BC - Wed, 03/10/2010 - 13:34
The mystery surrounding Sidney Crosby's missing stick and glove from the Olympic gold-medal game on Feb. 28 has been solved, Hockey Canada announced Wednesday.
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Loonie at par by summer: economists
CBC BC - Wed, 03/10/2010 - 11:44
Interest rate increases will drive the Canadian dollar back up to parity with its U.S. counterpart by this summer, economists say.
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