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updated: Fri Jul 18, 2008 10:49 pm

British Columbia News

Local news for British Columbia continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

4 hrs ago | CBC

RCMP fully supports Taser-death probes: commissioner

RCMP Commissioner William Elliott says it's not improper to express sympathy and support for individual officers involved in the death of Robert Dziekanski.

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8 hrs ago | CANOE

Funeral Saturday Vancouver airport Taser victim

A memorial will be held Saturday in Poland for Robert Dziekanski, the Polish man who died at Vancouver International Airport last October after being jolted by an RCMP Taser.

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12 hrs ago | Northwest Newspapers (Northwest Herald)

Two off-duty NV RCMP officers make kidnapping arrest

THE third and final suspect in a local kidnapping case was arrested on Wednesday after two off-duty North Vancouver RCMP officers spotted him on Robson Street and alerted Vancouver Police.

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16 hrs ago | Paper Age

Fate Remains Uncertain for Harmac Pulp Mill

July 18, 2008 - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge is giving a mill-employee group one more week to come up with a plan to buy the Harmac pulp mill in Nanaimo, B.C. In the meantime, the judge also approved ...

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20 hrs ago | CBC

Lights on, but compensation off, as Vancouver blackout ends

BC Hydro said power had been restored to all downtown customers by Thursday morning.

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Yesterday | MyTELUS

B.C. College of Physicians and Surgeons disciplines doctors for sexual misconduct

One doctor exposed himself to patients, while another propositioned a woman while he was performing a vaginal exam on her and then called her for dates.

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Thu Jul 17, 2008

The Chronicle

3 : Canadian couple attacked in Kenya planning to return home next week

A missionary couple from Vernon, B.C. who were brutally beaten in Kenya will come home next week, despite wanting to continue their work in the African country.

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Related Topix: Canada, World News, Kenya, Africa,

MyTELUS

B.C. judge awards Australian man $180,000 for Internet defamation

A B.C. Supreme Court judge has awarded an Australian man $180,000 for being the brunt of an Internet tirade conducted by a Nanaimo, B.C., man.

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Mining News

British Columbia Sells Record $610 Million In Oil And Gas Rights In July

British Columbia sold $610 million in oil and gas rights in July, a record for any month that also helped the province surpass the previous annual record in just four months.

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CBC

Witnesses sought in East Vancouver hit-and-run death

The intersection of East Broadway and Clark Drive is one of the area's busiest intersections.

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Canada.com

Premiers want meeting on native issues

Canadian premiers pressed the federal government Wednesday to convene a meeting to remedy the poverty and underfunding of education in native communities.

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Related Topix: Canada, North America, World News, City University of New York System, City University of Seattle, City College (City University of New York System)

CBC News

Quebec move toward safe-injection sites could be awkward for Tories

Health officials in Quebec are preparing to open a supervised-injection site in Montreal in the coming months and say it could become one of many in the province.

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Related Topix: Canada, Drugs, Science / Technology

Wed Jul 16, 2008

KXXV-TV Waco

Canada deports US soldier who fled Iraq war duty

Associated Press - July 15, 2008 11:43 PM ET VANCOUVER, British Columbia - For the first time, Canada has deported a U.S. Army deserter who fled north to avoid the Iraq war.

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Related Topix: Canada, US Army, US Military

MyTELUS

Author sifts through claims surrounding collapse of East Coast cod fishery

It was an environmental catastrophe fuelled by greed, stupidity, political pressure and inept fisheries management.

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Related Topix: Canada, North America, World News, Newfoundland, PA

Lake Cowichan Gazette

Murdered model's memorial set for Sunday

Friends and family will gather at Falconshead Grill. One week after receiving word of her death, Joel Berry, accompanied by friends, sorts through photos, videos and belongings of Diana O'Brien at the home they ...

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Related Topix: Canada

Globe and Mail

Lights out in Vancouver for third day

Unprecedented outage caused by circuit failure keeps more than 1,000 stores, businesses and buildings in the dark July 16, 2008 at 5:00 AM EDT VANCOUVER - B.C. Hydro blamed a continuing blackout affecting more ...

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National Post

Phone trouble adds to Vancouver's blackout woes

As BC Hydro restored power to about half of the 2,200 downtown Vancouver customers who lost power Monday morning, Telus crews were delivering generators to customers in an attempt to restore phone service.

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Tue Jul 15, 2008

Global Public Media

Deconstructing Dinner: Co-operatives: Alternatives to Industrial Food ...

Deconstructing Dinner: Co-operatives: Alternatives to Industrial Food IV / Cross-Canada Trike Tour III 10 Jul 2008 It's been a topic of discussion throughout many broadcasts of Deconstructing Dinner: While ...

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Related Topix: Canada, Agriculture, Science, The College of New Jersey, The College of Wooster, The College of Idaho

CANOE

Canada deports U.S. army deserter

A U.S. Army deserter who fled to Canada three years ago has been deported back to America to face possible court martial or a return trip to Iraq.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Canada,

Hotel Online

Gail Chapelsky Appointed General Manager of the New L'Hermitage Hotel, Vancouver, British Columbia

Boutique Hotels & Resorts of British Columbia is pleased to announce the appointment of Gail Chapelsky as general manager of the new L'Hermitage Hotel that opened its doors in Vancouver this month.

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