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Another N. Van apartment building burnsBC Local News - May 11, 2008A three-story building in Lonsdale went up in flames late Sunday afternoon. The fire started in a ground-floor suite in the building, located at 120 East Fifth St. Officials at the scene said the fire started with someone cooking on a stove. Tenants will not be able to return to the building tonig... more » |
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Five Surrey schools closed during police raidSurrey North Delta Leader - May 08, 2008Some drops of blood, the sound of a gun and an errant text message all led to a huge police raid and lockdown of five schools in Newton Thursday. It all began at about 2 p.m. when police were searching for a person of interest in a criminal matter in the 8400 block of 144 Street. The person they we... more » |
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BC Buzz - May 9, 2008BC Local News - May 09, 2008The BC Buzz webcast reviews this week's top headlines from across the province. Some of the stories that made headlines this week include: North Vancouver apartment fire kills 3, Black bear hit by car in Abbotsford, Big Bike rolls into New West, and Steveston Farmers and Artisan Market opens up.... more » |
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PG mayor calls it quitsPrince George Free Press - May 08, 2008Mayor Colin Kinsley will not seek re-election in the fall. He announced he is retiring from public life at the North Central Municipal Association (NCMA) opening ceremonies Thursday morning. Kinsley is currently in his fourth term as mayor and spent three terms as a city councillor prior to being el... more » |
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Deadly North Vancouver fireNorth Shore Outlook - May 07, 2008The beeping noise was faint, but he told his dad he wanted to check it out. Minutes later he was running down the hallway of the apartment building, warning “fire, fire!” Dustan Roach-Matthews, 11 years old, and his father, Bryan, escaped the burning building at 155 East 19th St. in North Vancouve... more » |
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Bomb threat closes PoCo Home DepotBC Local News - May 04, 2008A Port Coquitlam Home Depot store was evacuated Sunday afternoon after workers received a bomb threat. Mid-afternoon Sunday, a bag was found in the parking lot and placed on a store counter. Employees were told there was a bomb inside and pulled the fire alarm. The store was evacuated. Insp. Da... more » |
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Fire does $1 million damageAbbotsford News - May 05, 2008Jason and Nadine Tubman woke up in a panic early Monday morning, just before 2 o’clock. They heard sirens and someone ringing their doorbell and banging on their front door, warning them: “Get out! Get out!” When they opened their front door, they saw a firestorm roaring over two new houses down th... more » |
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Nightmares continue for boy attacked by pit bullSurrey North Delta Leader - May 06, 2008A young man armed with a baseball bat is being credited with saving a boy who was seriously mauled by a pit bull over the weekend. Jordan Slezak, 20, was chatting with his mom at home Sunday afternoon when he heard screaming. Looking outside, he saw a pit bull attacking 11-year-old Sean Bajwa at Ced... more » |
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BC Buzz - May 2, 2008BC Local News - May 02, 2008The BC Buzz webcast reviews this week's top headlines from across the province. Some of the stories that made headlines this week include: Human remains found on Sumas Mountain in Abbotsford, Merchants at New Westminster Quay wary over revitalization plan, NFLer Marcus Trufant visits Port Coquitlam... more » |
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Bus crash badly hurts newlyweds in EgyptSurrey North Delta Leader - May 04, 2008Steve and Sharon Pannu should have been welcoming their daughter and son-in-law home to Surrey from their honeymoon Friday afternoon. Instead, they were desperately searching for updates on the conditions of Jennifer Pannu-Eladam, 25, and Rick Eladam, 31, after the newlyweds were seriously injured ... more » |
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Three killed in North Vancouver fireNorth Shore Outlook - May 07, 2008Three people died Tuesday night when fire ripped through a three-storey apartment complex on 19th Street in North Van. Officials are investigating the fire police are now describing as "suspicious." Witnesses say they heard an explosion shortly before flames erupted in the building. Fire crews fro... more » |
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Bear killed on freewayAbbotsford News - May 08, 2008A bear died after a vehicle traveling east on Highway 1 near the Whatcom Road exit struck the black bruin about 2:30 a.m. on Wednesday. The animal managed to stagger away from the scene of the accident, but died in a ditch near Castle Fun Park. The driver was not injured, but the impact caused exte... more » |
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Holocaust remembered in VictoriaVictoria News - May 05, 2008Monday was Holocaust Memorial Day in B.C., an occasion commemorated by a candle lighting ceremony at the legislature. Six Holocaust survivors lit six candles to remember the six million Jewish men, women and children killed in Europe between 1933 and 1945, as well as the more than five million death... more » |
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Residents left homeless after Kitimat apartment fireKitimat Northern Sentinel - April 23, 2008With one of the three Baxter apartment buildings now a smouldering ruin, residents of the building are urged to register themselves at the public safety building. A reception centre has been established to take in people who have been made homeless through the blaze. Bob MacLeod, the search and re... more » |
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WHEN THE PARTY TURNS DEADLYQuesnel Cariboo Observer - April 25, 2008The garage door shuts with a bang, the only sound a hum to the left. He gestures to the source, a metal door. Employees Only. Inside lay the bodies of somebodyâs loved one. Someoneâs mom? Dad? Daughter? Feet shuffle, creating distance between living and dead. They stand, hands jammed into pocket... more » |
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Paul Callow: 1 year laterSurrey North Delta Leader - April 24, 2008It was Feb. 23, 2007, and the heavy jail cell door at Mountain Institute in Agassiz rolled open. The man inside was one of the most notorious serial rapists in recent Canadian history. Paul Callow, Ontario’s “balcony rapist,” was given the moniker for climbing in the balcony doors of apartments and... more » |
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Farm vehicle safety is improving: inspectorsSurrey North Delta Leader - April 17, 2008The passenger side front wheel of the older model GMC van made a clunking noise as inspector Leo Belanger rocked it side-to-side with his hands. The steering and suspension were dangerously loose. "This should be tight," he said. "There's potential for that to disconnect and this wheel would be gone... more » |
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Finding his daughter... in jailSurrey North Delta Leader - April 22, 2008The last time he saw his daughter Brenda, Surrey resident Tom Martin held the chubby-cheeked one-year-old on his lap and hugged her close. It was 49 years ago. He and Brenda's mother Marjorie were about to split up. Marjorie moved out of the province, taking Brenda with her. After many years of sile... more » |
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Three murder victims remembered in MerrittMerritt Herald - April 27, 2008It is something no one can understand – the sudden and violent death of three innocent children. But it wasn't understanding that brought the community together in Merritt on Sunday afternoon. It was prayer. Residents of Merritt were joined by people as far away as Vancouver to pay their respects ... more » |
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Copper thief likely to blame for Surrey explosionSurrey North Delta Leader - April 26, 2008A copper thief is likely to blame for an explosion that levelled one Surrey home and damaged several others Saturday. Surrey fire investigators believe the blast that rocked a quiet, semi-rural neighbourhood near 196 Street and 94A Avenue was caused by a natural gas leak, and the most likely source... more » |
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Church floor collapses at concertAbbotsford News - April 25, 2008The teenage girls saw the whole terrifying incident unfold. When the floor collapsed in front of the stage at Central Heights Church during Friday night's Christian rock concert, Kristen Lemna, 18, and Felicia Daase, 17, were about five pews back, watching about 60 of their friends and peers fall i... more » |
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Sewer collapse contaminates Bowker CreekVictoria News - April 25, 2008People are being told to stay away from Bowker Creek after an apparent sewer main collapse let human waste into the water. The city began receiving calls shortly after 9 a.m. Friday reporting toilet paper and human waste floating in the creek, said city spokesperson Katie Josephson. Engineering sta... more » |
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Human remains discovered on Sumas MountainAbbotsford News - April 28, 2008Mission RCMP officers are scouring Sumas Mountain in Abbotsford after human remains were discovered off Taggart Road Monday morning. The remains were reported to police by a hiker around 9 a.m., said Mission RCMP's Sgt. Greg Pridday. "The bones are located down a steep embankment and partially s... more » |
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NFL's Marcus Trufant visits PoCo schoolThe Tri-City News - April 30, 2008Lucas Smith was undisputedly the most popular Grade 2 student Tuesday morning at Port Coquitlam's Blakeburn elementary school. Lucas won an online National Football League contest — Take a Player to School — and thus had the opportunity to host Seattle Seahawks defensive back Marcus Trufant on stag... more » |
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Arson fire forces changes for hundreds of seniorsLangley Times - April 29, 2008A devastating arson fire on Monday night has forced the Langley Seniors Resource Centre to close its doors. Around 11:15 p.m., Langley City firefighters arrived to find flames and smoke shooting out of the east side of the 51B Avenue building with heavy, thick smoke pouring from the eaves. Firefig... more » |
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On board with the Coast GuardBC Local News - December 05, 2007We sit in our car, waiting at the barbed wired gate. Contemplating, in our heads: Do we buzz #1, #2, or #3? #3 - "Hovercraft," says the voice over the speaker as we explain we are here to visit intern Eryn Moore. The gate opens and we are admitted to the Coast Guard station. Teacher Sandra Meie... more » |
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Bouncing with basketball babesKamloops This Week - May 11, 2008Scott Reeves, Emily Ferguson and Sarah Cameron each have their own reasons for being at Dufferin Elementary School on Monday evenings. Reeves, the head coach of the Thompson Rivers University women’s basketball team, wants to see the sport of basketball grow in Kamloops. Eight-year-old Emily has... more » |
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Gymnastic gatheringSouth Delta Leader - May 01, 2008South Delta meet adds incentive of prize money for cash-strapped athletes ‘When we started this it was a sleep over with about 40 kids and we used one of the halls in the recreation centre,” says Carlene Lewall smiling. Try that now and you’d need room for well over 600 youngsters from all across ... more » |
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Bonner ushers in new era in KamloopsKamloops This Week - April 22, 2008After five months of speculation, the Kamloops Blazers introduced Craig Bonner as the team’s fifth general manager, yesterday. Bonner, assistant general manager and assistant coach with the Vancouver Giants, came to terms on a five-year contract over the weekend with the Blazers. This will be Bonn... more » |
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Vees blank Kodiaks in must win gamePenticton Western News - April 23, 2008Penticton Vees captain Brett Hextall continued his playoff heroics with his 13th and 14th goals of the post-season and first two in the Doyle Cup championship to earn the Vees a 3-0 win over the Camrose Kodiaks Tuesday night. Hextall broke the 0-0 deadlock with three minutes remaining in the first ... more » |
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Workers prepare for the worst at HarmacNanaimo News Bulletin - May 07, 2008Hours before the fate of the Harmac mill was determined in a Vancouver courtroom Wednesday, workers carried on with their duties, resigned but hopeful. “What can we do?” said Kevin Malone, a millwright and 31-year veteran at Harmac. “It’s out of our hands, but this whole thing is a crying shame. In... more » |
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Seeking the ‘Quay’ to successNew Westminster News Leader - April 30, 2008On days when Romi Chakervarti’s store struggles to sell $10 worth of merchandise, he remembers the days when the Westminster Quay Public Market first opened. “It was so busy, there were so many people,” said Chakervarti, who rang up his first sale the day the market opened in August 1985. “It was a... more » |
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No money for power line: CampbellSmithers Interior News - April 22, 2008Premier Gordon Campbell called the electrification of Hwy 37 a “critically important part” of the province’s future, but until an investor steps up with $158 million the project will sit on ice. Campbell delivered the news to a crowd of hundreds of mining professionals during his closing address at... more » |
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Ellaray’s condition defies oddsPeace Arch News - May 02, 2008Doctors had to do quick research the day Ellaray was born, to determine just what was disfiguring the tiny girl they’d just delivered. Ellaray’s grandmother, Myrt Lewis, recalls physicians travelled from the U.S. to examine the rare condition that covers her granddaughter’s midsection and peppers t... more » |
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'This girl is mine'Peace Arch News - May 02, 2008Ellaray’s eyes go wide when she spots the bright-eyed girl staring back at her. Gurgling with excitement, she gasps in delight, her tiny hands lifting to her cherub-like cheeks, the brown-eyed toddler across from her mimicking her every move. Ellaray ducks through a nearby doorway, out of sight of t... more » |
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