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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/cat/535f27099a41ff22/ en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 06:08:13 -0400 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:08:13 -0400 30 Southwestern British Columbia should expect typical summer temperatures this year, although the southern interior will see more heat than usual.That's the prediction of meteorologists at AccuWeather.com, which said in its summer outlook Monday that Canadians in general will experience hot spells interspersed with cooler periods.However, it will be more of the same in Metro Vancouver and ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214657164/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:58:32 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214657164/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Buskers on Granville Island are upset with new regulations and a strict new audition process that stripped a popular autistic musician of his permit to perform at the bustling tourist ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214657163/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:58:31 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214657163/scat/535f27099a41ff22 'God's movin' in this place. I am undone. I've got tears flowin.' I've got snot comin' out of my nose. God, we can be undignified with you. Knowin' our indignity is all for you."Pastor Rico Galindez is shaking in front of about 500 people who are praying and swaying in the near-dark sanctuary of Cedar Grove Baptist Church in north Surrey.It's ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214657166/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:58:31 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214657166/scat/535f27099a41ff22 William Malkin's beloved wife Marion died on Nov. 11, 1933. Six months later, the pioneering businessman and former Vancouver mayor announced he would build a memorial for her - a modern "shell" theatre in Stanley Park, modelled on the famous Hollywood Bowl in California.Malkin announced the plan for the Marion Malkin Bowl on May 17, 1934. Four days later - 79 years ago today - he ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214657165/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:58:31 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214657165/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Pattison has never been involved with day-to-day operations but said he offered financial support because it was a Christian school that promoted family values and fit with his evangelical ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214657167/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:58:30 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214657167/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Neil Reynolds made a career out of steering Canadian newspapers along uncharted courses, looking for stories with scant regard for the safe or ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214657168/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:58:30 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214657168/scat/535f27099a41ff22 To treat her severe neck pain, free-diver Jill Yoneda faced the possibility she would never again glide in the ocean to depths of 180 feet.In 2012, three herniated discs forced Yoneda to take a break from her sport and consider her options for treatment.She was told the "gold standard" would involve fusing two vertebra together with bone grafts, severely limiting her mobility ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214656691/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:58:29 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214656691/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Red Sox pitcher Ryan Dempster has dropped two of his past three starts to fall to 2-4 with a 4.27 earned-run average in nine games. (Jim Rogash/Getty ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214655958/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:54:13 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214655958/scat/535f27099a41ff22 "God's movin' in this place. I am undone. I've got tears flowin.' I've got snot comin' out of my nose. God, we can be undignified with you. Knowin' our indignity is all for you."Pastor Rico Galindez is shaking in front of about 500 people who are praying and swaying in the near-dark sanctuary of Cedar Grove Baptist Church in north Surrey.It's ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214653969/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:47:19 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214653969/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Cyclists on a tandem bike and pedestrians are silhouetted while using the seawall along False Creek in Vancouver, B.C., in March, 2013. A proposal to create a separated lane on the edge of Chinatown has generated anxiety among the kinds of green, local businesses that Mayor Gregor Robertson frequently touts as the future of the city. (DARRYL DYCK/THE CANADIAN ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214652412/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:58:05 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214652412/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Southwestern British Columbia should expect typical summer temperatures this year, although the southern interior will see more heat than usual.That's the prediction of meteorologists at AccuWeather.com, which said in its summer outlook Monday that Canadians in general will experience hot spells interspersed with cooler periods.However, it will be more of the same in Metro Vancouver and ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214652360/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:39:42 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214652360/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Stephen Codrington, at Spanish Banks Beach in Vancouver on Sunday, lets the air out of the kite he uses when kitesurfing. (DARRYL DYCK For the Globe and ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214651470/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:52:34 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214651470/scat/535f27099a41ff22 B.C. Supreme Court Justice Mark McEwan is raising alarms about nefarious government plans to transform the legal system. In a recent speech, now posted on the bench’s website, he roused the lawyerly faithful with hoary myths of their societal importance and warned the government is using ';an anti-adjudication narrative'; to dramatically change the ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214650181/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:27:50 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214650181/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Several tornadoes struck parts of the nation’s midsection Sunday, concentrating damage in central Oklahoma and Wichita, Kan. One person was killed near Shawnee, Okla., and 21 injuries were reported throughout the state.Victims and emergency responders might not get much of reprieve as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Storm Prediction Center was forecasting similar ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214649237/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:14:38 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214649237/scat/535f27099a41ff22 A Vancouver company says it will re-start production of a guitar used by Chris Hadfield in space, prompting dozens of new orders. The Canadian astronaut gained worldwide attention when he performed David ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214649238/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:14:12 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214649238/scat/535f27099a41ff22 "The biggest takeaway from this forecast is it's not going to resemble last year's summer, which was the warmest summer on record for Canada," Brett Anderson, lead forecaster for Canada, told The Canadian ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214649240/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:14:06 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214649240/scat/535f27099a41ff22 The NDP is calling on the RCMP to investigate the actions of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's former chief of staff, Nigel Wright, who resigned recently after news emerged of a secret $90,000 payment he made to Senator Mike Duffy in relation to the Senate expense scandal. NDP ethics critic Charlie Angus announced Monday that a letter had been sent to the commissioner of the RCMP, Robert ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214641637/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:01:23 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214641637/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Residents fed up with petty crime in Nanaimo have turned to social media to try to prevent theft. The Facebook group 'Stealing Nanaimo' -- with close to 900 members -- allows people to list property that has been stolen in the hope that second-hand stores and pawn shops will check the site. "When someone steals something, it either gets pawned off or shipped out somewhere," ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214641697/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:01:21 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214641697/scat/535f27099a41ff22 A Canadian citizen is being held in jail in Kentucky charged with stalking and threatening Hollywood star Jennifer Lawrenceand her family.Han Cong Zhao, 23, a former university student from Vancouver, is being held on $100,000 bail in the Jefferson County jail in Louisville, USA Today has reported.Prosecutors say Zhao sent more than 200 messages and a threatening voicemail to the actress's ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214641701/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:01:09 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214641701/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Vancouver father Brad Deering, 42, and three others were inside his gated community home in San Jose in Costa Rica on Thursday morning, when three men stormed the house, shot and killed Deering and tied up the others. A local private investigator believes the killing was a targeted hit. The PI believes Deering was selling ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214640351/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:54:01 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214640351/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Simply confirm your registered email address below and click "Reset Password." We will immediately email you a link back to the site where you can enter a new password for this ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214640160/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:33:15 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214640160/scat/535f27099a41ff22 A Metro Vancouver committee is considering a proposal to re-open the Langley Speedway that closed almost three decades ago. The Langley Speedway was once a crown jewel of car racing in the area, hosting events as big as Nascar. But the track now sits empty, having closed in 1984 due to failing popularity. "We think that if we partnered with Metro Vancouver and the community, it could ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214638037/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:34:09 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214638037/scat/535f27099a41ff22 METRO VANCOUVER -- The family of a Coquitlam man who went missing in Mexico is desperately seeking information about what they now believe is a ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214634608/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:27:29 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214634608/scat/535f27099a41ff22 It's almost time for a new Xbox. Eight years have passed since Microsoft unveiled the Xbox 360, double the amount of time between the original Xbox debut in 2001 and its high-definition successor's launch in 2005. With the next-generation Xbox expected to be revealed Tuesday, anticipation for the entertainment console's latest evolution is running high. "People get excited ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214634473/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:26:53 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214634473/scat/535f27099a41ff22 METRO VANCOUVER -- The family of a man from Coquitlam, B.C., who has gone missing in Mexico is desperately seeking information about what they now believe is a kidnapping. Diego Hernandez, 22, was last seen May 8 in Puerto Vallarta, where he'd been working as a martial arts instructor. He grew up in Coquitlam, but joined his mother about two years ago in the Mexican resort town where she ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214634616/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:23:03 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214634616/scat/535f27099a41ff22 A jobless Canadian IT professional who is collecting employment insurance is upset because he now suspects several recent jobs he applied for went to temporary foreign workers. "Out of the 50 some odd jobs that I've applied for, I've heard back from two," said Glen Hamel, of Mississauga, Ont. "The rest -- I never hear ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214628683/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:34:15 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214628683/scat/535f27099a41ff22 5/20/2013 A Vancouver MP says she's not surprised Prime Minister Stephen Harper's chief of staff has resigned after it was discovered he cut a 90 thousand dollar cheque to Senator Mike Duffy. The cheque was intended to cover Duffy's disallowed housing expenses. Here's Liberal Joyce Murray. "What is surprising or concerning I think is how long the Prime Minister ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214627602/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Mon, 20 May 2013 04:20:54 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214627602/scat/535f27099a41ff22 A love-in. That was last night's Fleetwood Mac concert. From the moment Mick Fleetwood bounded onstage, dropped his giant, lanky self behind his kit and started the drum roll leading into Second Hand News, it was on your feet and sing along to every song at Rogers Arena. On the basis of three albums made in the seventies, the second configuration of what began as a very fine UK blues-rock ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214625588/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Mon, 20 May 2013 02:51:04 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214625588/scat/535f27099a41ff22 THE District of West Vancouver will complete remediation work in the British Properties after illegal landscaping work triggered a landslide that damaged a tributary of fish-bearing Rodgers Creek.However, the hefty bill - estimated to be between $100,000 and $150,000 - will be going to the homeowner.Council resolved to undertake the work at 2785 Chelsea Close and bill the homeowner last week.The ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214624670/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Mon, 20 May 2013 01:59:44 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214624670/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Taylor Swift poses backstage with her awards at the Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sunday in Las Vegas. (John Shearer/Invision/Associated ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214623326/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Mon, 20 May 2013 00:15:55 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214623326/scat/535f27099a41ff22 An online petition supported by prominent Canadian artists, authors and celebrities proposes renaming Vicotira Day to give Canadians a chance to honour both the Crown and the indigenous peoples of Canada. (Tom Hanson/Canadian ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214622391/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Sun, 19 May 2013 22:29:43 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214622391/scat/535f27099a41ff22