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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 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:47:12 -0500 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:47:12 -0500 30 Canada is calling Libyan diplomats on the carpet in Ottawa and Tripoli over reports of systemic torture by the country’s new interim government.The diplomatic double-whammy is being delivered ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203021394/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:58:55 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203021394/ Rick Frey, the father of a woman murdered by Robert Pickton, says a RCMP apology for failing to catch the serial killer sooner is meaningless."It is not going to pacify now," Mr. Frey said ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022141/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:58:48 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022141/ It’s now certain that Canada’s flagship research and development program is headed for a major revamp in the next federal budget. Prime Minister Stephen Harper ended any lingering ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203021780/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:58:28 -0500 The Globe And Mail http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203021780/ the markets are just too rocky to pull the trigger. It’s been said so much, and for so long, that it’s only human to start wondering whether there’s ever going to be a right ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203021781/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:58:22 -0500 The Globe And Mail http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203021781/ Hockey fans of all ages have flocked to Ottawa's Conference Centre to explore NHL's Fan Fair during the all-star weekend. With over thirty interactive attractions, there is enough to keep ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022145/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:58:17 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022145/ The Harper government is threatening to hold back promised funding for an arena north of Montreal, fearing it will be used by a professional hockey team and open the door to a wave of new demands ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022142/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:58:15 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022142/ Canadian securities regulators are preparing to impose new rules on agencies that assess the creditworthiness of the millions of dollars in debt issued by corporations, governments and other ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203021782/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:58:14 -0500 The Globe And Mail http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203021782/ The federal government is well ahead of schedule in reducing the size of the deficit, even as it is preparing to cut back on pensions and the size of the public service.The Finance Department ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022143/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:58:08 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022143/ The Calgary woman who was beaten so badly at a posh Mexican hotel that she’ll require facial reconstruction surgery is back in Canada, according to her family. Sheila Nabb, who was on ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203021754/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:58:02 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203021754/ - A handful of drilling results from an infill drilling program lit a fire under Commerce Resources' (TSX-V: CCE) shareprice on Friday, up 17 percent to C$0.38 on heavy trading as of ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022156/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:43:27 -0500 Mine Web http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022156/ Billboard’s Rock Singles chart. Tickets for Van Halen's May live shows in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton and Winnipeg go on sale tomorrow at (1/28/12) at 10 a.m. ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022212/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:27:52 -0500 Examiner http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022212/ One of Canada's most powerful sports organizations now has a new Chief Executive Officer. On Thursday, Own the Podium, the organization responsible for dividing $70 million in federal funding ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022213/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:27:47 -0500 Examiner http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022213/ Alberta workers had the highest weekly earnings in the country in November, while Ontario showed the weakest wage growth in the last year, Statistics Canada says. The average weekly non-farm wage ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203021842/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:27:43 -0500 CTV http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203021842/ A rally cry from Justin Bieber asking fans to become organ donors has done wonders for Ontario's Trillium Gift of Life Network, which has seen a boost in registrations from people offering to ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022211/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:26:55 -0500 CTV http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022211/ MONTREAL -; A small-town Quebec mayor who made anti-Israel remarks is defending himself against critics who say he should resign. Stephane Gendron says he's sorry if he offended anyone when he ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203021721/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:23:52 -0500 CTV http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203021721/ competing against Canada's energy companies for workers . "It's a gold-rush, boomtown mentality going on," Prokopanko said. The tight labor market ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203021799/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:19:08 -0500 Business Journal http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203021799/ NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The Food and Drug Administration said Friday that it had detained orange juice shipments from Canada after they tested positive for low levels of a banned fungicide previously ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203021805/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:04:08 -0500 CNN Money http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203021805/ Reports emerged Friday that Facebook Inc. will begin the process of selling shares to the public as early as next week. Citing unnamed sources within the company, the Wall Street Journal reported ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022152/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:03:42 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022152/ Ratings agency Fitch downgraded the credit ratings of five eurozone nations Friday, including economic heavyweights Italy and Spain. The others were Belgium, Cyprus and Slovenia. It lowered the ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203020087/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:03:42 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203020087/ reports of systemic torture by the country's new interim government. The diplomatic double-whammy is being delivered in both capitals by the Foreign Affairs Department in the form of a note, ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203021402/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:03:40 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203021402/ . Join former NHL player and coach Pat Quinn, along with hockey mentor Ron Davidson, as they will provide coaching tips and advice. Quinn and Davidson will be ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022158/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:03:39 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022158/ Ottawa bride Melissa Jeurgensen calls herself a ';modest'; shopper rather than a ';thrifty'; one. She would rather spend more to make her wedding reception memorable for her 120 ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203020592/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:03:39 -0500 Ottawa Citizen http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203020592/ EU economic affairs commissioner Olli Rehn, left, told the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Friday that a Greek debt relief deal is "very close." (Vincenzo ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022153/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:03:38 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022153/ The federal budget deficit now stands at $17.3 billion, eight months into the fiscal year, the Finance Department reported Friday. That compares with $26 billion for the same period last year. In ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203021768/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:03:33 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203021768/ Vancouver's Filip Peliwo plays a backhand in his junior semifinal match against Mackenzie McDonald of the United States at Melbourne Park on Friday. (Lucas Dawson/Getty ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203021804/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:03:31 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203021804/ Canada's heritage minister says his own department will be cut first and perhaps deepest in order to give more money to arts groups during the next budget. "One commitment I will make is ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203021769/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:03:30 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203021769/ Calgary-based WestJet unveiled details of its new service into New York City on Friday and rival Porter Airlines countered by announcing increased service into nearby Newark, New Jersey. WestJet ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203021980/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:03:30 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203021980/ Police released a surveillance video Friday that shows a man calmly walk to the door of a Scarborough barber shop and remove what they say is a shotgun from his bag seconds before Chris Thompson was ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022162/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:03:27 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022162/ Environmental groups involved in the debate over Enbridge Inc.'s Northern Gateway oilsands pipeline to the west coast report that donations have soared in recent weeks -- especially after ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022155/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:03:27 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022155/ A jury has been selected for the trial of a Newfoundland man facing weapons and assault charges stemming from a week- long armed stand off with police in 2010. Leo Crockwell, 56, who has been in ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203021772/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:03:27 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203021772/ An accounting change boosted Ford's fourth-quarter net income, but without the gain the company fell short of Wall Street's expectations. Weak sales in Europe and lower production in ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203019879/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:03:24 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203019879/ With just over a week to go until the City of Toronto and one of its major unions are in a position for either a strike or a lockout, the union says the negotiations are going nowhere. "I ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022163/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:03:23 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022163/ The Babine Forest Products sawmill in Burns Lake, B.C., one week after an explosion and fire killed 2 workers, and injured 19 others. (Betsy ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022167/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:03:23 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022167/ A sports equipment maker is trying to reduce head injuries with a new type of helmet. Bauer Hockey unveiled its Re-akt helmet in Ottawa on Friday, calling it the first designed specifically to ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203021770/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:03:23 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203021770/ The Alward government's legislative reforms to Enbridge Gas New Brunswick are being denounced as "devious" by a high-profile New Brunswick Progressive Conservative. Bud Bird, a ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022201/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:03:22 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022201/ Calgary police say there have now been six deaths related to ecstasy mixed with paramethoxymethamphetamine (PMMA) in the city. The medical examiner alerted Calgary police today that toxicology ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022190/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:03:22 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022190/ Dwarf tossing continues to come under fire. Weeks after the novelty 'sport' gained international attention at the Golden Globe Awards, a strip bar in Windsor, Ont., plans to host a dwarf ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203021771/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:03:22 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203021771/ A fire at a BC Hydro substation near Chilliwack, east of Vancouver that knocked out power to 38,000 customers in the region, has raised health concerns about smoke from the site. The fire broke out ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022168/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:03:20 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022168/ Toronto Photographer Andrew MacNaughtan, known as documenter to Rush and photographer of Canadian celebrities, passed away suddenly in Los Angeles, Calif., Wednesday. ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203021773/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:03:20 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203021773/ Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty is being criticized as the province braces for advisor Don Drummond's cost-cutting blueprint. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022164/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:03:20 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022164/ A species of marine turtle found in Atlantic Canadian waters could soon be classified as at risk. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans is asking for public input on adding the loggerhead turtle ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022202/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:03:19 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022202/ The Calgary Zoo has revealed pictures and video its newest arrivals, four species of penguins. Penguin Plunge, a newly built exhibit near the north entrance to the zoo, is tentatively set for a ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022192/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:03:18 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022192/ Changes to Canada's retirement income system are in the works, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said a speech to economic leaders in Davos, Switzerland on Thursday. (Eric ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022165/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:03:17 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022165/ The RCMP has issued an apology for not catching B.C. serial killer Robert Pickton earlier. The top Mountie in British Columbia, Assistant Commissioner Craig Callens, said the force feel deep regret ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022170/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:03:17 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022170/ Premier David Alward's plan to establish a Panel on Accountability and Responsible Government is getting mixed reviews. Alward announced the idea during his ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022203/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:03:16 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022203/ Students block the entrance to the Montreal offices of the Quebec Department of Education. They said they would stay there until the Charest government dropped plans to increase tuition fees. ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022159/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:03:16 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022159/ MLA Lloyd Snelgrove has left the Alberta Progressive Conservative caucus. Snelgrove was the finance minister in former pemier Ed Stelmach's government, but was not invited to the cabinet table ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022193/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:03:15 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022193/ Tests on Andrea Bargnani's injured calf muscle revealed no significant damage, but the Toronto Raptors have no timeline for his return. The Raptors forward reinjured his strained calf in the ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022166/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:03:14 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022166/ A vapour-based cigarette used by people who want the feel of smoking without the nicotine, requires a power charger that doesn't conform to government safety standards, according to the ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022204/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:03:13 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022204/ The sand and dirt that helps us navigate icy Edmonton streets is becoming a hazard for those who have difficulty breathing. The mild weather has melted the snow and streets that were once wet or ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022198/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:03:12 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022198/ (Canadian Press) Teachers throughout B.C. are being urged to wear black on Friday to mourn the 10th anniversary of the passage of two bills that limited teachers' bargaining rights. The BCTF ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022171/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:03:10 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022171/ McKesson Canada is investing $25 million into a distribution business in Moncton that will serve the Maritime region. McKesson Canada is moving to a new distribution centre in Moncton's ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022205/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:03:10 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022205/ Ottawa bride Melissa Jeurgensen calls herself a ';modest'; shopper rather than a ';thrifty'; one. She would rather spend more to make her wedding reception memorable for her 120 ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203020535/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:03:09 -0500 Ottawa Citizen http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203020535/ The man serving parole for the shooting death of Const. Ezio Faraone 22 years ago faced 15 charges in an Edmonton courtroom Friday. Albert Foulston, 49, is facing charges of possession for purpose ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022200/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:03:07 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022200/ Starbucks says food items can vary from store to store and urges customers to check labels for allergy information every time. (Kiichiro Sato/Associated ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022172/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:03:07 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022172/ A local grassroots foundation, Hannah's Heroes, formed after five-year-old Hannah Hatlen died of brain cancer, has spurred a major discovery in the treatment of childhood brain cancer by ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022185/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:03:02 -0500 Vancouver Sun http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022185/ The commanding officer of the RCMP has responded to recent criticism of the force raised at the Missing Women inquiry in British Columbia by issuing an apology for not solving the missing women case ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022177/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:02:57 -0500 Edmonton Journal http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022177/ A local grassroots foundation, Hannah's Heroes, formed after five-year-old Hannah Hatlen died of brain cancer, has spurred a major discovery in the treatment of childhood brain cancer by ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022186/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:02:56 -0500 Vancouver Sun http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022186/ The commanding officer of the RCMP responded to recent criticism of the force raised at the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry by issuing an apology for not solving the missing women case ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022182/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:02:51 -0500 The Province http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022182/ A local grassroots foundation, Hannah's Heroes, formed after five-year-old Hannah Hatlen died of brain cancer, has spurred a major discovery in the treatment of childhood brain cancer by ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022187/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:02:41 -0500 Vancouver Sun http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022187/ Indian athletes Barkath Ali (L) and Derada More prepare for the final of the 100 meter sprint at the World Dwarf Games in Belfast July 27, 2009. The games, which attracted competitors from all over ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022173/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:01:59 -0500 Calgary Herald http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022173/ A poster for the dwarf-tossing contest at Leopard's Lounge & Broil. (Facebook) An Ontario strip club that was the impetus for a law against so-called dwarf-tossing is at it again. The law ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203021824/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:01:56 -0500 C News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203021824/ Stephane Martin Bissonnette WINNIPEG - An inmate who escaped from hospital has been accused of robbing two banks while he was on the lam. As was first reported by QMI Agency, Stephane Martin ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203021826/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:01:53 -0500 C News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203021826/ Mohammad Shafia (L), Tooba Mohammad Yahya (C), and their adult son Hamed leave the courtroom at the Frontenac county courthouse in Kingston on January 18, 2012. (REUTERS/Lars ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203021825/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:01:50 -0500 C News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203021825/ Calgary police are investigating a sixth death tied to tainted ecstasy. A 43-year-old man died in a northeast home and was found with PMMA in his ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022174/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:01:43 -0500 Calgary Herald http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022174/ RCMP officers, friends and family members of fallen RCMP pilot Dave Brolin attended his funeral in Surrey, on Thursday. Brolin had successfully completed a training exercise and was about to return ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022179/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:01:32 -0500 Leader-Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022179/ The return of a popular motorcycle rally and music festival in the North Okanagan has caught the eye of RCMP.Last summer, 40,000 bikers, including some with gang affiliations, descended on Salmon ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022188/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:01:01 -0500 Vancouver Sun http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022188/ METRO VANCOUVER - A fire at The Vancouver Sun's printing press sent five people to hospital last night with smoke inhalation, and has delayed the delivery of Friday's edition of the ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203020609/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:59:48 -0500 Times Colonist http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203020609/ The association representing Canadian energy service companies cut its 2012 drilling forecast by 11 per cent on Friday, citing a tight labour supply and chronically weak natural gas prices that have ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203020037/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:58:55 -0500 Calgary Herald http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203020037/ lunar colony , which would cost billions, when you can send a man nearly into space for only $400? That's what Canadians Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad did with an albeit plastic man from Lego ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203021816/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:50:16 -0500 CNet http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203021816/ Mohammad Shafia (front), his wife Tooba Mohammad Yahya (R) and their son Hamed (2nd L) arrive at the Frontenac county courthouse in Kingston January 25, 2012. The trio are charged with the murder of ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203021786/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:46:11 -0500 National Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203021786/ Canadian Food Inspection Agency The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is warning people not to consume a certain brand of milk that may be contaminated with cleaning products. Neilson Trutaste 2% ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203021787/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:46:06 -0500 National Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203021787/ TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian dairy products producer Saputo Inc is warning customers not to consume one of its milk products because it could be tainted with a cleaning ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203021757/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:43:22 -0500 Reuters http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203021757/ SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Canadian shares rose fractionally on Friday, spurred on by strong gains in technology and gold stocks. The S&P/TSX Composite ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203020616/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:39:54 -0500 Market Watch http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203020616/ MONTREAL - A 24-year-old man was being questioned by Montreal police, in connection with the second homicide of the year.The suspect was arrested Wednesday evening in Ottawa.Montreal police, working ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022180/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:28:54 -0500 The Gazette http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022180/ MONTREAL - Rumour has it Belhassen Trabelsi, the so-called "Godfather" of Tunisia, has left Montreal for Mexico, following in the footsteps of Moammar Gadhafi's son in search of a ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203021430/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:28:41 -0500 The Gazette http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203021430/ Canadian stocks struggled to stay in positive territory in trading Friday as hopes for a breakthrough on Greek debt talks were offset by lower-than-expected growth in the U.S. economy. By midday, ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022148/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:27:56 -0500 Canada.com http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022148/ WINNIPEG -- When a flaxseed muffin costs $160,000, it better taste really good and be terrifically super-healthy for you.That's somewhat oversimplifying some serious research being conducted in ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022149/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:27:43 -0500 Canada.com http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022149/ EDMONTON -- Three Edmonton homeowners whose houses slid into a river valley more than a decade ago will get $1.35 million in compensation under an agreement with the province and the City of ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022150/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:27:37 -0500 Canada.com http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022150/ One of two CONCACAF Women's Olympic soccer berths will be on the line tonight when Canada faces Mexico in the semifinals of the qualifying tournament at B.C. Place in Vancouver. This match ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203021794/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:08:48 -0500 TSN http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203021794/ 1/27/2012 The top mountie in British Columbia has officially apologized for the RCMP's failure to catch serial killer Robert Pickton sooner. Assistant Commissioner Craig Callens says it is ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022206/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:52:13 -0500 CKNW http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203022206/ The uncle of Sheila Nabb says she is back home in a Calgary hospital. She is also out of a coma and is breathing on her own. Stephanie Brennan ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203016675/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:28:25 -0500 CTV http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203016675/ A flight was held up for four hours when a cat escaped from its carrycase and ran amok in the cockpit. Ripples got free when her carrier was accidentally opened by a passenger trying to put luggage ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203016631/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:14:49 -0500 Orange News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203016631/ Canada's starting 11 pose for a photo prior to their final group game against Costa Rica at the CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament earlier this week in Vancouver. The team ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203016652/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:08:09 -0500 CBC News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/71df8d33cd2a30df/id/203016652/