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B.C. ends sex tests as researcher charged
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 15:20The B.C. government has cancelled a program that tested the sexual responses of young sex offenders by attaching sensors to their genitals, after it learned one of the researchers has been charged with a sexual offence.
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Lightning sparks 165 new B.C. wildfires
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 13:28Lightning strikes caused an estimated 165 new wildfires in B.C.'s Interior overnight Wednesday, prompting officials to issue two new evacuation orders and call in aerial reinforcements as hot, dry weather continued.
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Police identify woman in Abbotsford homicide
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 12:54Homicide investigators have identified a woman who was shot to death in Abbotsford, B.C., early Wednesday morning as Mandy Astin Johnson, 22, of Langley.
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Racist graffiti defaces Richmond mall parkade
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 10:45Members of the Lower Mainland's Chinese community are expressing shock at racist graffiti painted on the walls, the ceilings and the stairwell of a shopping mall parkade.
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Greenpeace protesters arrested in Vancouver
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 09:54Four Greenpeace protesters who chained themselves in the Vancouver office of the Enbridge pipeline company have been arrested and released by police.
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B.C. government halts HST flyer again
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 07:58The B.C. government has again postponed plans to mail out flyers outlining the benefits of the harmonized sales tax, even though the flyers have already been printed.
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Quiet night at Vancouver fireworks
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 06:55Tens of thousands of people crowded onto beaches ringing Vancouver's English Bay as the third night of the Celebration of Light fireworks festival lit up the sky.
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Mount Currie band rounds up stray dogs
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 06:14Volunteers at the Mount Currie reserve north of Whistler plan to spend Thursday evening picking up stray dogs.
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Wildfire north of Kamloops forces 125 to flee
Wed, 07/28/2010 - 21:12An aggressive new wildfire has broken out north of Kamloops, at Bonaparte Lake, forcing an estimated 125 people to flee their homes.
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B.C. woman calls for aboveground pool regulations
Wed, 07/28/2010 - 21:07A Greater Victoria woman, whose home was badly damaged when a neighbour's above-ground pool collapsed last year, is calling for the industry to be regulated.
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Suitcase stickers draw ire of Baird's office
Wed, 07/28/2010 - 20:37Two Vancouver entrepreneurs selling eye-catching stickers to easily identify their luggage say they might consider halting sales within Canada.
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Lillooet wildfire scorches 1,000 hectares
Wed, 07/28/2010 - 19:15A wildfire in the Yalakom Valley near Lillooet, B.C., has burned an estimated 1,000 hectares.
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Vancouver parks smoking ban delayed
Wed, 07/28/2010 - 17:22The Vancouver Park Board has delayed implementing a smoking ban at the city's parks and beaches, but say the ban will likely be in place before the upcoming long weekend.
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Mounties seize 1,500 pot plants in B.C. bust
Wed, 07/28/2010 - 16:36Mounties in Kamloops, B.C., have seized 1,500 plants from a marijuana grow operation in the Red Lake area.
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Alberta gas shortage spreads to B.C.
Wed, 07/28/2010 - 16:33A gasoline shortage at some Shell stations has spread from Alberta to southeastern B.C., with the petroleum giant unable to say when the pumps will be able to run again.
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Worker impaled in Victoria crane mishap
Wed, 07/28/2010 - 15:55A crane operator was trapped for two hours and impaled on a piece of metal when a mobile crane toppled over as it was being moved at a Victoria worksite on Tuesday.
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Get informed before selling old gold: BBB
Wed, 07/28/2010 - 15:43The Better Business Bureau in British Columbia is advising consumers to do their homework before responding to internet sites or television ads offering to buy their surplus gold.
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Greenpeace mock oil spill targets Enbridge
Wed, 07/28/2010 - 14:55Greenpeace protesters stage a mock oil spill at the Vancouver offices of Enbridge after the Alberta pipeline company admits it was responsible for an oil leak in Michigan.
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B.C. man gets 11 years for child sex tourism
Wed, 07/28/2010 - 13:21Kenneth Klassen, 59, of Burnaby, B.C., was sentenced Wednesday to 11 years in prison for committing sex tourism with children and importing child pornography.
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B.C. suspends penile sex tests on young offenders
Wed, 07/28/2010 - 12:52The B.C. government has suspended a test called a penile plethysmograph, which it was using to assess young sex offenders to determine their risk of reoffending after treatment.
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