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16 hrs ago | Canada.com

Food agency's B.C. fish inspection program weak: critics

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency conducted only 42 tests of retail fish in B.C. over the past three years to ensure consumers are getting what they pay for - a number so small that critics say it does little to deter offenders.

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Related Topix: Canada, Life, Food, Seafood,

20 hrs ago | Star Phoenix

United Nations gang can be artful dodgers when heat is on

United Nations gang leader Clay Roueche being taken into custody in Texas on May 17, 2008.

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Related Topix: Prison, Drugs, Canada

Sat Jul 04, 2009

Vancouver Sun

'Father figure' dies fighting off vehicle thief in Burnaby

Police investigate an incident involving a business owner and a van in south Burnaby Thursday.

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Related Topix: Canada, Criminal Defense Law, Law

Fri Jul 03, 2009

The Georgia Straight

City council wants answer from Vancouver Art Gallery

Vancouver city council needs to know this month whether the Vancouver Art Gallery will be moving ahead with plans to relocate to the inner False Creek harbour, according to councillor Heather Deal .

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Related Topix: Canada,

Thu Jul 02, 2009

CBC

RCMP investigate after man dies following altercation in Metro Vancouver

Police in Burnaby are investigating after a man died in an incident involving a van.

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Related Topix: Canada

CKNW News Talk 980

Metro Vancouver Canada Day Celebrations

There is plenty of fun to be had across Metro Vancouver on Canada Day. Keep in mind, there will be plenty of bus re-routes, so check translink.ca for details.

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Related Topix: Canada, World News

Wed Jul 01, 2009

Calgary Herald

East-side Vancouver school shows steady academic improvement by focusing on provincial exams

When Kathlina Whatley and her classmates started Grade 8 at John Oliver secondary school five years ago, students regularly set fires in lockers, pulled fire alarms, and even sprayed the school with bear Mace.

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Related Topix: Canada, Adolescents and Pre-Teens, Education Etc.

Journal of Commerce

Understanding security clearances for Federal Government Contracts

Defence Construction Canada is holding a series of seminars across B.C. to help contractors and consulting engineers understand the process of gaining security clearance for work on federal government contracts.

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Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News,

Tue Jun 30, 2009

MiddletownJournal

New Victoria boss - says finances stable

It didn't take Ken Neufeld long to buy a home in Oakwood or sell his old one in Buffalo, N.Y. Both were completed in a 48-hour period.

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Related Topix: Canada

Mon Jun 29, 2009

Vancouver Television

Vancouver officials want trash turned to energy

A new garbage incinerator is the best solution to deal with the Lower Mainland's growing garbage problem, according to Metro Vancouver officials.

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Related Topix: Canada

Sun Jun 28, 2009

Vancouver Sun

Battle over bylaws heats up for Burnaby's Dragonwood Industrial Park

A few dogs roaming around a Burnaby neighbourhood. That's how it all started. Last Thursday, the SPCA was told of a possible puppy mill, or doggy daycare, in the area of Dawson Street and Beta Avenue.

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Related Topix: Canada, Marmaduke, AR

Sat Jun 27, 2009

The Globe and Mail

Surrey man charged in death of wife

Surrey - Canadian Press, Wednesday, Jun. 24, 2009 05:25AM EDT A Surrey, B.C., man on parole for murder has been charged with second-degree murder in the killing of his 59-year-old wife, who was herself a convicted murderer.

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Related Topix: Canada, Prison

Fri Jun 26, 2009

Vancouver Sun

Thousands gather in Vancouver to support Iran protesters

Canadian Liberal leader and leader of the opposition Michael Ignatieff and his wife Zsuzsanna Zsohar take part in a candlelight vigil for Iran in front of the Vancouver Art Gallery on Thursday.

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Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News,

Burnaby News Leader

Burnaby city council approves 2.5 per cent pay raise

Council has approved a 2.51 per cent pay increase for itself. Using a formula developed in 2007 based on the consumer price index, average weekly wage increase in B.C. and the 2008 CUPE Local 23 increase, Mayor Derek Corrigana s salary will increase from $95,029 in 2008 to $97,414 in 2009.

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Related Topix: Canada

Thu Jun 25, 2009

Burnaby News Leader

New on the Block: Ray Culos releases book, Vancouver's Shoeshine Boys

Long-time Burnaby resident Ray Culos has written Vancouver's Shoeshine Boys about Italian immigrants shining shoes in downtown Vancouver.

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Related Topix: Canada, North America, World News, Joliet, IL

The Georgia Straight

Climate change the subject of Metro Vancouver trash talks

Climate change, according to environmentalist Helen Spiegelman, is the most urgent issue facing the world today.

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Related Topix: Canada

Wed Jun 24, 2009

Burnaby News Leader

Burnaby supports U-Pass expansion to colleges

The Canadian Federation of Students has got the backing it wanted from council in calling for TransLink to provide universal transit passes to all post-secondary institutions and not just SFU and UBC.

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Related Topix: Canada

Toronto Sun

Mystery of WW1 soldier's medals deepens

A search on the other side of the ocean for the family of a Canadian First World War vet has led to a search on the other side of Canada.

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Related Topix: Canada

CBC

Garbage a burning issue in Metro Vancouver

A worker at the GVRD waste to energy plant looks on as garbage is incinerated to be turned into electricity and steam energy.

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Related Topix: Canada,

Tue Jun 23, 2009

Star Phoenix

Read the 1987 Vancouver Sun story about Brenda Blondell's murder conviction

Spectators in the public gallery applauded Friday as a B.C. Supreme Court jury found Brenda Blondell and Andrea James guilty of second-degree murder in the killing of Mya Kulchyski.

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Related Topix: Canada, Drugs,

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