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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Vancouver Star.com http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/10/id/71df8d33cd2a30df/ en-us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:54:25 -0500 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:54:25 -0500 30 Vancouver, Feb 9 (DPA) Arnold Schwarzenegger will hand the Olympic torch to former Olympic champion Sebastian Coe Friday ahead of the opening ceremony at the Vancouver Games. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/599226/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:00:03 -0500 IANS http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/599226/cs/1/ Toronto, Feb 9 (IANS) Ghost immigration consultants have become a big threat to the immigration process in Canada which lets in more than 250,000 newcomers each year, a large number of them from Punjab. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/599223/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:00:02 -0500 IANS http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/599223/cs/1/ Vancouver, Feb 9 (DPA) Vancouver Games organisers expressed confidence mild weather won't disrupt the start of the winter Olympics as they fine tuned preparations ahead of Friday's opening ceremony. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/599092/cs/1/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:30:03 -0500 IANS http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/599092/cs/1/ In these tumultuous times, with countries around the world dealing with conflicts, natural disasters and economic crises, it may be more important than ever that we come together to build a better wor... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32084735/ Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:20:19 -0500 PR Web http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32084735/ Vancouver, Feb 9 : Arnold Schwarzenegger will hand the Olympic torch to former Olympic champion Sebastian Coe Friday ahead of the opening ceremony at the Vancouver Games. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32084737/ Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:17:57 -0500 New Kerala http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32084737/ Lucas Makowsky reacts to his first place finish in the men's 1500-meter event during the Canadian Olympic Team Trials in Calgary, Alberta, earlier this year. He will compete in men’s 1,500-metre and... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32084744/ Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:57:15 -0500 Leader-Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32084744/ The Toronto Argonauts are expected to introduce their new head coach on Tuesday, and could announce B.C. Lions owner David Braley's purchase of the team soon after. The Globe and Mail reported on its... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32084738/ Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:57:00 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32084738/ Anaheim Ducks centre Ryan Getzlaf suffered a sprained left ankle Monday night, raising immediate concern about his availability for Team Canada at Vancouver. Getzlaf, 24, sustained the injury in the ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32084739/ Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:56:59 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32084739/ The Toronto Blue Jays will charge more for the cheapest seats in the house while holding the line on most of their other tickets under a simplified pricing structure for the 2010 season. The new pric... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32084741/ Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:56:56 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32084741/ Download Flash Player to view this content. A real changing of the guard has happened in Montreal on Monday afternoon. Bob Gainey, who has been the Canadiens' general manager since 2003, stepped... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32084740/ Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:56:55 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32084740/ METRO VANCOUVER - West Vancouver police are looking for a 13-year-old girl who has been missing since Monday afternoon.Tatiana Taylor is said to have run away in West Vancouver around 5 p.m. and is no... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32084745/ Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:56:41 -0500 Vancouver Sun http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32084745/ JACKSONVILLE, FL, February 09, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- "Journey to Excellence: The Young Golfer's Complete Guide to Achievement and Personal Growth," by Henry Brunton, the first Canadian-bred golf ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32084747/ Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:54:35 -0500 24 / 7 Press Release http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32084747/ Canada has been charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of two women from eastern Ontario and with the sexual assault of two others. Col. Russell Williams, 46, commander of Canadian Forces Base... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32084009/ Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:51:46 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32084009/ VANCOUVER, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Hit by a serious injury to her thigh three weeks before the opening of the Vancouver Winter Olympics, Chinese short track medal hopeful Liu Qiuhong is recovering soon eno... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32084746/ Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:20:22 -0500 SINA http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32084746/ The United Nations is calling for the traditional age-old truce during the XXI Winter Olympics which open in Vancouver, Canada, this Friday, urging warring parties to lay down their arms as the Games?... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32082833/ Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:55:42 -0500 Spero News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32082833/ Toyota is recalling about 437,000 Prius and other hybrid cars worldwide to fix brake problems — the latest in a string of embarrassing safety problems at the world's largest automaker. Company pres... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32082314/ Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:31:32 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32082314/ METRO VANCOUVER - Locally made hoodies and shirts depicting a balaclava, two baseball bats and the words “Stompdown” and “Killaz” have raised the ire of Surrey school board officials. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32082834/ Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:29:50 -0500 Vancouver Sun http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32082834/ Tehran, Feb 9, IRNA – The United Nations is calling for the traditional age-old truce during the XXI Winter Olympics which open in Vancouver, Canada, this Friday, urging warring parties to lay down ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32082832/ Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:13:50 -0500 IRNA http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32082832/ Arnold Schwarzenegger will hand the Olympic torch off to Sebastian Coe on Friday morning, the day of the opening ceremony at the Vancouver Games. The California governor and the two-time Olympic gold... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32082835/ Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:51:49 -0500 SINA http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32082835/ A Burnaby man has been charged with manslaughter in the death of 54-year old Sher Singh in 2009. At around 9 p.m. of March 1, Mr. Singh was talking with former colleagues when he noticed a man shopli... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32080927/ Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:29:12 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32080927/ A strong majority of Fort William First Nation residents have voted in favour of a deal that will net the reserve $3.5 million in exchange for settling a long-standing dispute over a pipeline. Band ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32080926/ Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:29:11 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32080926/ P olice have few leads in the search for suspects after a 30-year-old man was shot to death behind a home on in the city's west end Sunday night. Neighbours in the area of Jane Street and Trethewey D... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32080928/ Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:29:10 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32080928/ I n a standoff with all the drama of an old Western, one trustee and the chair of the Toronto District School Board are at odds over a code of conduct and an ignored demand for an apology. The showdo... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32080929/ Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:29:09 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32080929/ WHISTLER -- Just trying to be neighborly. "Wheredya want this?" I asked the closest paramilitary commando security cop at the bottom of the road to Cypress Mountain. He looked through the side windo... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32080677/ Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:11:12 -0500 The Seattle Times http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32080677/ REGINA — Swift Current RCMP officers pulled over a speeding pickup truck on Saturday evening and discovered it was packed with over 600 lbs of marijuana.The driver of the vehicle, Claude Fournier, 4... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32080924/ Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:04:10 -0500 Leader-Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32080924/ Edmonton Oilers' Mike Comrie (91) gets his shot blocked by Phoenix Coyotes' Ilya Bryzgalov (30) as the Coyotes' Adrian Aucoin (33) looks on in the first period on Monday in Glendale, Ariz. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32080920/ Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:04:01 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32080920/ Corey Perry had a goal and two assists as the Anaheim Ducks snapped the Los Angeles Kings' franchise-record nine-game winning streak with a 4-2 victory Monday night in the latest Freeway Faceoff. Jon... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32080919/ Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:04:00 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32080919/ Brandon Yip scored two goals and Chris Stewart had a goal and two assist as the Colorado Avalanche beat the St. Louis Blues 5-2 on Monday night. Paul Stastny had a goal and an assist and T.J. Galiard... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32080921/ Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:03:59 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32080921/ International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge has spoken to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev about his country's repeated doping violations in cross-country skiing and biathlon and says enf... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32080923/ Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:03:53 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32080923/ Edmonton Oilers' Mike Comrie (91) gets his shot blocked by Phoenix Coyotes' Ilya Bryzgalov (30) as the Coyotes' Adrian Aucoin (33) looks on in the first period on Monday in Glendale, Ariz. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32080925/ Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:03:53 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32080925/ VANCOUVER - The world is admiring Vancouver’s green Olympics. Unfortunately it’s not our environmental stewardship they’re focused on but the green slopes of Cypress Mountain, home of several Ol... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32080367/ Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:03:45 -0500 Vancouver Sun http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32080367/ Said Bart Given of KidSport: "What Rob has done, and the gauntlet he has laid down,...is really incredible it is a testament to his character. For someone who has worked so hard, spent countless hours... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32080817/ Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:02:28 -0500 The Province http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32080817/ Certain body styles aren’t the best for crash protection. Minivans are inherently abhorrent, and pickup trucks are only slightly better. It appears, though... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32080811/ Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:48:46 -0500 Canada.com http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32080811/ WINDSOR, Ont. — Prime Minister Stephen Harper has instructed his cabinet to explore the purchase of the Ambassador Bridge between Windsor, Ont., and Detroit from billionaire American bridge owner Ma... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32080810/ Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:48:00 -0500 Canada.com http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32080810/ HAMILTON — The Italian doctor behind a controversial new theory of multiple sclerosis said Monday he welcomes more rigorous scientific investigation of his ideas, but suggested there is no reason MS... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32080695/ Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:47:57 -0500 Canada.com http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32080695/ TORONTO — The commander of Canada’s largest Air Force base, who once flew dignitaries around the country, has been charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of two women Ontario P... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32080812/ Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:38:23 -0500 Japan Today http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32080812/ A southern Ontario man was close to finishing his work at a Connecticut power plant Sunday when he made a fateful decision to send co-worker Adam Young to work in another part of the site. Moments la... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32079165/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:58:40 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32079165/ Vancouver, Feb 9 : Vancouver Games organisers expressed confidence mild weather won't disrupt the start of the winter Olympics as they fine tuned preparations ahead of Friday's opening ceremony. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32079156/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:53:43 -0500 New Kerala http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32079156/ Connecticut authorities are unsure how many people were caught in a deadly blast at a nearly completed power plant that killed at least five people on the weekend. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32078865/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:45:57 -0500 CTV http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32078865/ Vancouver - Vancouver Games organizers expressed confidence mild weather won't disrupt the start of the winter Olympics as more fine tuning was put Monday to preparations ahead of Friday's opening cer... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32079141/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:45:39 -0500 Earth Times http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32079141/ A man works at the freestyle skiing venue at Cypress Mountain, where snow has been airlifted and trucked in because of warmer-than-normal conditions. "Hopefully, winter will come back," says Tim Gayda... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32079159/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:37:02 -0500 USA Today http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32079159/ Nortel Networks Corp. has reached a deal with its pensioners and employees on long-term disability. Under the deal, which requires court approval, Nortel said Monday it will continue to administer it... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32079144/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:34:09 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32079144/ Alberta's finance minister says he won't be wearing a new pair of shoes in traditional fashion when the Alberta government releases its budget Tuesday afternoon. "Twelve months from now, hopefully I'... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32079143/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:34:08 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32079143/ Alberta's finance minister says he won't be wearing a new pair of shoes in traditional fashion when the Alberta government releases its budget Tuesday afternoon. "Twelve months from now, hopefully I'... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32079163/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:34:03 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32079163/ Anti-Olympic activists are making no secret of where and when they plan to protest against the Olympic flame as torch-bearers wend their way through Metro Vancouver. But the activists are not saying e... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32079158/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:34:02 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32079158/ Alberta's finance minister says he won't be wearing a new pair of shoes in traditional fashion when the Alberta government releases its budget Tuesday afternoon. "Twelve months from now, hopefully I'... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32079161/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:34:02 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32079161/ If approved, The 1,200-kilometre pipeline would run through the Mackenzie Valley from Inuvik, N.W.T., to northern Alberta, where it would connect with southern markets. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32079162/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:34:02 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32079162/ By Sharon Kirkey Canwest News Service Jessica Lloyd was remembered on Monday as an easygoing, fun-loving young woman whose death has shocked friends and strangers alike. "She had an amazing persona... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32079145/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:28:39 -0500 National Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32079145/ TORONTO • Richard Warman, Canada's top online hate-hunter and scourge of free speech advocates, offered his first public response on Monday to the online campaign against him led by conservative blo... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32079147/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:28:34 -0500 National Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32079147/ EDMONTON -- Catharina Zinkewich died a gruesome death in a decrepit one-room shack on a farm north of Edmonton. She died last month the way she had lived out the twilight years of her life -- alone, f... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32079151/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:28:25 -0500 National Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32079151/ VICTORIA -- A police officer who said he feared for his life drew his gun on a man accused of creating a disturbance Sunday night. Police eventually used a Taser to subdue the six-foot-one and 215-po... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32079152/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:28:23 -0500 National Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32079152/ Sailors from HMCS Athabaskan transfer supplies to the beach in Haiti. Some 500 Canadian sailors are taking part in Canada's aid mission in the country. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32079026/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:23:01 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32079026/ WHISTLER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- 02/08/10 -- Canadian Snowboardcross athlete and Olympic rider Rob Fagan showed his true colours today as he announced he plans to donate half of his winnings to charity ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32079036/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:21:31 -0500 Earth Times http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32079036/ Zina Kocher At 160 centimetres, or a little more than five feet tall, in her sneakered feet, Jenn Heil does not look like a force to be reckoned with. That is, not until she straps on her boots, skis... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32078823/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:16:17 -0500 TSN http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32078823/ W estern Canada is likely to bear the brunt of a looming medical-isotope shortage, experts warn. When a leak first shut down Canada's isotope-producing reactor last year, the resulting shortage of ra... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32077383/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:26:16 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32077383/ Various images of a TTC fares booth beneath Yonge Street at Yonge Street and streetcars on Yonge Street. Another fare hike is expected to be approved today. (Photo: Peter Power / The Globe and Mail) http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32077385/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:26:13 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32077385/ Canadian Snowboardcross athlete and Olympic rider Rob Fagan showed his true colours today as he announced he plans to donate half of his winnings to charity should he reach the podium next week. Fa... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32077212/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:20:02 -0500 Market Wire http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32077212/ Vancouver - Arnold Schwarzenegger will hand the Olympic torch to former Olympic champion Sebastian Coe on Friday ahead of the opening ceremony at the Vancouver Games, officials said Monday. The Califo... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32077354/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:12:46 -0500 Earth Times http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32077354/ VANCOUVER, B.C. - The board of Northgate Minerals Corp. (TSX:NGX) has given formal approval to start development of the company's US$339-million Young-Davidson mine, the company said Monday. The proj... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32076923/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:10:27 -0500 Canadian Business http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32076923/ When it comes to global puck, Canada's men and women are second best, according to the International Ice Hockey Federation. The federation released its pre-Olympic rankings on Monday, just days befor... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32077184/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:01:05 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32077184/ Ontario's controversial move to harmonize sales taxes will be part of a new $1.6-million government ad campaign that's poised to hit newsstands on Thursday. The print ads, which highlight an income t... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32077352/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:01:04 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32077352/ J.S. Giguere's perfect run as a Toronto Maple Leaf is over. Through a series of deflections and funny bounces, the San Jose Sharks snapped Giguere's shutout streak and handed him his first loss weari... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32077364/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:01:04 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32077364/ The best team in the NBA is beginning to get healthy. The Cleveland Cavaliers, riding an 11-game winning streak, could get guard Delonte West back in the lineup Tuesday against the New Jersey Nets. ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32077366/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:01:00 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32077366/ Col. Russell Williams, centre, speaks to Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Walter Natynczyk, left, and Defence Minister Peter MacKay during a visit to CFB Trenton on Jan. 17. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32077360/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:00:59 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32077360/ Col. Russell Williams, centre, speaks to Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Walter Natynczyk, left, and Defence Minister Peter MacKay during a visit to CFB Trenton on Jan. 17. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32077370/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:00:59 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32077370/ An Ontario man whose father died in one of Canada's worst airline crashes is hoping to connect the families of the victims, nearly half a century later. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32076810/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:00:58 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32076810/ It was like finding a needle in a haystack.Desperate police searchers combed through tons of garbage at the Burns Bog dump site over the weekend until they found the discarded body of a newborn baby b... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32076892/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:00:58 -0500 Vancouver Sun http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32076892/ An Ontario man whose father died in one of Canada's worst airline crashes is hoping to connect the families of the victims, nearly half a century later. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32077368/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:00:58 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32077368/ Seniors with high blood pressure may face a higher likelihood of developing a type of dementia, a new Canadian study suggests. About one in five Canadians has high blood pressure. For years, doctors ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32077371/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:00:57 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32077371/ A new co-ordinated network that aims to get treatment for New Brunswick trauma patients more quickly was unveiled Monday. Doctors and provincial government ministers were at the Saint John Regional H... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32077382/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:00:57 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32077382/ Vancouver cab drivers are not only seeing no benefit from the Olympics, the restrictions around the big event are costing them business, one industry spokesman says. (CBC) http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32077372/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:00:56 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32077372/ HAMILTON, Ont. - Your chances of bumping into an artist are probably higher in West Bolton, Que., than anywhere else in Canada. The tiny community in Quebec's scenic Eastern Townships is the only m... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32077062/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:00:54 -0500 C News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32077062/ CAPE MAY, N.J. - Cape May County, at the southern tip of New Jersey, has put out the welcome mat for Quebecers for decades. "Many in the Quebec market are very, very loyal to us," says Diane Wielan... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32077374/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:00:51 -0500 C News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32077374/ The torch relay is coming closer to Vancouver. Managing Editor Kirk LaPointe discusses our coverage of this and other stories that editors and reporters at The Vancouver Sun are publishing in the news... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32077379/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:00:39 -0500 Vancouver Sun http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32077379/ TORONTO — The Crown opened its case Monday against the final two accused in the Boxing Day shootout that killed Toronto teenager Jane Creba four years ago.During the course of the trial, Crown attor... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32077375/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:00:11 -0500 Leader-Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32077375/ Romeo Phillion, who spent 31 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit, was released in 2009 when a court overturned his 1967 murder conviction. He is now seeking a retrial in order to clear his n... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32077376/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:00:08 -0500 Leader-Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32077376/ VANCOUVER — It was like finding a needle in a haystack.Desperate police searchers combed through tons of garbage at the Burns Bog dump site near Vancouver over the weekend until they found the disca... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32076891/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:59:40 -0500 Leader-Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32076891/ Romeo Phillion, who spent 31 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit, was released in 2009 when a court overturned his 1967 murder conviction. He is now seeking a retrial in order to clear his n... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32077380/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:45:14 -0500 Windsor Star http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32077380/ VANCOUVER — It was like finding a needle in a haystack.Desperate police searchers combed through tons of garbage at the Burns Bog dump site near Vancouver over the weekend until they found the disca... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32076893/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:44:45 -0500 Windsor Star http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32076893/ Romeo Phillion, who spent 31 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit, was released in 2009 when a court overturned his 1967 murder conviction. He is now seeking a retrial in order to clear his n... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32077356/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:44:34 -0500 Canada.com http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32077356/ EDMONTON — Whenever a child shows up in an emergency ward with a minor head injury, Dr. Terry Klassen has to decide whether to order a CT scan.The decision isn't always easy and requires Klassen, a ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32077357/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:44:31 -0500 Canada.com http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32077357/ REGINA — A Somali refugee has been sentenced to two months for beating his sister repeatedly with a power cord and threatening to shave off her hair to punish her for sneaking out of the house to ce... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32077358/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:44:25 -0500 Canada.com http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32077358/ MONTREAL — Advances in medicine, behavioural psychology, pharmaceuticals, prosthetics. Computers, digital imaging, satellites in space and global positioning systems in cars. Poison gas, nuclear bom... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32077359/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:44:23 -0500 Canada.com http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32077359/ VANCOUVER — It was like finding a needle in a haystack.Desperate police searchers combed through tons of garbage at the Burns Bog dump site near Vancouver over the weekend until they found the disca... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32076884/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:44:21 -0500 Canada.com http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32076884/ Johnson has it down to five factors. Per capita income, population, climate, political structure, and the big enchilada: home court advantage. That's what makes Canada the favorite this month in Vanco... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32075102/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:13:51 -0500 USA Today http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32075102/ When it comes to global puck, Canada's men and women are second best, according to the International Ice Hockey Federation. The federation released its pre-Olympic rankings on Monday, just days befor... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32074894/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:10:17 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32074894/ The Chicago White Sox are taking Hall of Famer Luis Aparicio's No. 11 out of retirement for newly acquired 11-time Gold Glove winner Omar Vizquel. A Venezuelan like Aparicio, Vizquel will wear the nu... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32075098/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:10:16 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32075098/ Donte' Stallworth will get the chance to resurrect his NFL career, but it won't happen in Cleveland. The Browns released the troubled wide receiver on Monday, wasting little time after NFL Commission... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32075097/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:10:15 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32075097/ Indiana Pacers centre Jeff Foster will miss the rest of the season with a back injury. The Pacers announced Monday that Foster will have surgery after the NBA all-star break. He is expected to be re... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32075096/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:10:13 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32075096/ The New York Giants have been awarded offensive tackle Herb Taylor off waivers from Denver. The Giants announced the move on Monday, a day after the Super Bowl. Taylor was originally a sixth-round d... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32075095/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:10:12 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32075095/ Marcus Thames has agreed to a minor league contract with the New York Yankees, who also finalized a one-year, $1.1 million US deal with Randy Winn to give themselves more left field options. Thames, ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32075094/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:10:11 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32075094/ Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder Clint Mathis will miss four to six weeks after having surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee. The team said Monday that Mathis was hurt in training last week... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32075093/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:10:09 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32075093/ Royal Bank of Canada's chief executive was paid 19 per cent more in 2009 than a year earlier, even as the annual profit of Canada's largest bank fell 15 per cent. RBC's annual disclosure shows CEO Go... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32074292/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:10:08 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32074292/ A Brudenell truck transport company was back in operation Monday, a day after a fire destroyed its building on the main highway leading into the town of Montague. The family-owned company, Morley Ann... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32075086/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:10:06 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32075086/ The availability of medical isotopes is in question as one of Canada's major supplies is scheduled to be shut down for repairs later this month. Since the National Research Universal reactor in Chalk... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32075099/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:10:04 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32075099/ A new initiative, called Downtown Proud, is putting formerly homeless or unemployed people to work cleaning up 30 blocks of Edmonton's downtown area. The project was launched by the Downtown Business... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32075105/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:10:02 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/32075105/