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Richmond (Vancouver, BC) News Archives for October 2009

Oct 31, 2009 | Star Phoenix

Protest cuts short Rockland leg of relay

What started as a peaceful protest in Centennial Square grew increasingly disruptive Friday evening as a group of 200 protesters blocked the Olympic relay's route through the Victoria neighbourhood of Rockland, cutting that leg of the relay short.

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Oct 31, 2009 | The Province

Murder rate nudges up: Worrying rise in handgun homicides

Abbotsford police investigate the scene of a suspicious death on No. 3 Road in March this year.

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Thu Oct 29, 2009

The Toronto Star

Another foot washes up on Vancouver-area beach

RCMP Const. Annie Linteau, right, looks on as Delta Police Const. Paul Eisenzimmer displays a photograph of a shoe that was on one of five feet that washed up on B.C. shores, during a press conference in Vancouver, B.C., July 10, 2008.

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Wed Oct 28, 2009

Stuff

Foot washes up on Vancouver beach

A mystery foot has washed up on the shores of Canada's pacific coast province of British Columbia - the seventh in the last two years.

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Tue Oct 27, 2009

Richmond Review

Parental abduction ends peacefully in Richmond

Two young children were just a matter of hours from going off the grid in Hong Kong in a dramatic case of parental abduction that ended peacefully on Sunday thanks to the co-ordinated actions of police in Richmond and Toronto.

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Mon Oct 26, 2009

Madison Publishing

Whistler CT scanner to go into service on Nov. 2

Beginning on Monday , the staff at the Whistler Health Care Centre will have an important new tool with which to diagnose patients who come into the facility suffering from apparent cases of acute trauma.

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Sun Oct 25, 2009

Vancouver Sun

Two suspected of abducting their kids in Ontario found in Richmond

METRO VANCOUVER a ' An abduction case involving two Toronto children has ended safely in British Columbia.

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Sat Oct 24, 2009

Vancouver Sun

Convicted robber accused of new 7-robbery spree

An accused serial bank robber was arrested Friday evening in the Downtown Eastside after being spotted by police officers, said Const.

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Fri Oct 23, 2009

Lake Cowichan Gazette

Richmond woman makes MuchMusic VJ Search's top 16

Richmond's own Christina Meng is hoping for a whole lot of hometown support as she pursues her dream.

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Canada.com

Vancouver architecture front and centre at London festival

As incongruous as a skyscraper in Stanley Park, an undulating 60-metre-long, eight-metre-high high-tech "wave" of sustainably-harvested B.C. cedar wood was unveiled Monday amid a sea of ancient grey stone engulfing one of London's most photographed landmarks.

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Thu Oct 22, 2009

Times-Herald

Fresh ingredients, wide influences make Vancouver's Chinese food world's 'best'

Chef Ru Lin Zhang, owner of Lin's Chinese Restaurant, displays two of the restaurant's specialties, honey prawns, left, and juicy pork dumplings while posing for a photograph in Vancouver, B.C. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck October 20th, 2009 October 20th, 2009 Topics : Lin Chinese Cuisine and Tea House , North American , Vancouver , Hong Kong , ...

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Wed Oct 21, 2009

Vancouver Sun

Blog: Which Metro Vancouver city has the most babies?

This post is part of an ongoing series examining which neighbourhoods and cities have the most children .

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Tue Oct 20, 2009

The Tyee.ca

In BC, Suffer the Children

PremierA Campbell'sA forgotten promise to BC's youngsters with special needs. By Militant Moms on the Move , Today, TheTyee.ca Cuts will hurt kids with Down Syndrome.

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Mon Oct 19, 2009

Canada.com

Boat migrants await fate in Vancouver

Corrections officers help load two Gray Line buses with bags of what appeared to be clothing before the migrants were taken away Sunday from the Wilkinson Road jail.

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Sat Oct 17, 2009

The Globe and Mail

Former B.C. Lion faces new sex-assault charges

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Fri Oct 16, 2009

Vancouver Sun

Accused killer denied knowing victim, but police surveillance reveals a different story

Charles Kembo, shown here in a 2006 file photo on the balcony of a Vancouver apartment, told police that he did not know one of the victims he is accused of killing.

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Wed Oct 14, 2009

The Province

Horrific details emerge in trial of accused multiple killer Charles Kembo

Courtroom sketch of accused murderer Charles Matthew Kembo by Felicity Don in Vancouver, BC Tuesday, October 13, 2009 [PNG Merlin Archive] Photograph by: Felicity Don, Sketch for The Province Charles Kembo killed four people close to him for financial gain, and assumed the identities of his victims, a prosecutor said Tuesday.

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Tue Oct 13, 2009

Medincine Hat News

Man accused of killing four people did so to profit from their identities: Crown

A B.C. man on trial for the murder of four people he knew intimately killed so he could use their identities to fuel his self-styled image as a rich, successful businessman, prosecutors alleged Tuesday.

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Canada.com

Multiple murder trial starts in B.C. for refugee

The trial of Charles Kembo, shown here in a 2006 file photo on the balcony of a Vancouver apartment, has been adjourned until Oct.

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Mon Oct 12, 2009

Canada.com

Man's body dragged five kilometres by B.C. bus

RCMP were Saturday morning trying to identify the body of a man hit by a car, then dragged underneath a bus for five kilometres across two British Columbia highways Friday night.

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Sun Oct 11, 2009

Canada.com

Chinese Vancouver: A decade of change

HONG KONG a ' Remember "Hongcouver?" You don't hear that word much anymore in the polite society of Vancouver, a city that has grown into Canada's a ' and North America's a ' most effortlessly Asian metropolis.

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Sat Oct 10, 2009

24 Hours Vancouer

24 Hours Vancouver

Employees of Delta Hotels and Resorts are revealing what they think are the top hidden gems across Canada.

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Thu Oct 08, 2009

The Globe and Mail

Recovered gun a a silent killing machine'

Recovered gun 'a silent killing machine' Vancouver police have already linked this Mac-11 machine pistol to several gang-related shootings in the area.

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Wed Oct 07, 2009

Journal of Commerce

Vancouver Regional Construction Association award winners have golden time at gala

The Vancouver Regional Construction Association announced their Gold Awards of Excellence winners during an Oct.

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Mon Oct 05, 2009

CBC

Mountie to be charged with impaired driving following crash

A Vancouver-based RCMP officer faces charges of impaired driving following a single-vehicle crash at the south end of the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge on early Saturday morning, according to police.

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Sat Oct 03, 2009

Journal of Commerce

PCL Constructors earns silver for Vancouver Convention Centre

It is destined to join such buildings as the Hotel Vancouver on Georgia Street or the Marine Building on Burrard Street as a local icon.

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Fri Oct 02, 2009

Tri-City News

Caps urged to rein in civic election spending

The perception that big money can buy civic power has many municipal leaders ready to agree to cap election campaign contributions.

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