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  • Separated bike lane could be coming to Point Grey

    (Jonathan Hayward/Canadian Press) The City of Vancouver is considering a separated bike path along Cornwall Avenue and Point Grey Road in the city's Point Grey neighbourhood. The first of three open houses to discuss the plan takes place tonight. "I would love to see both lanes of traffic taken off Point Grey Road," said former Vancouver city councillor and avid cyclist Peter ...

  • Vancouver man abandons Porsche on B.C. ferry

    (Braveheart/Wikipedia) A Vancouver man left his Porsche on a B.C. ferry last night, and the luxury vehicle is now in a police impound lot. Delta police say the man drove onto the ferry in Swartz Bay -- but left the vehicle behind when the ferry docked in Tsawwassen. "We contacted the owner of the Porsche, however, the phone was disconnected," said Const. Ciaran Feenan. "We had ...

  • Trudeau raises environmental questions over pipeline

    Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau says a proposed west-east pipeline project will not go forward unless it addresses key environmental concerns. Calgary-based TransCanada Corp. is in the process of lining up potential producers who would use the proposed pipeline, which would run from Alberta to New Brunswick. The federal Liberal leader told the CBC's Information Morning Fredericton on ...

  • Coal terminal expansion vital argues Fraser Surrey Docks

    Coal would be loaded onto barges on the Fraser River and towed to ships waiting on Texada Island, then loaded onto freighters travelling to Asia. (Fraser Surrey ...

  • New West parkade a blight on revitalized waterfront

    There's a growing movement in New Westminster, B.C., to tear down a parkade that stretches across the city's waterfront. The raised structure was built in the late 1950s to combat the trend of shoppers driving to bigger malls in the suburbs. It now sits half empty, and residents complain it blocks access to the revitalized waterfront. "Anyone who's seen it knows it's ...


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The Searchers

John Ford's "The Searchers" begins with a door opening, and ends with that same door closing, but in both scenes, John Wayne stands alone. When the film begins, Wayne's character, Ethan Edwards, a lonely, complex, and embittered man, first appears on horseback as a small figure, and steadily grows larger as he approaches. At the end of the film, he stands alone, framed by the same doorway, and the ... ...

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  • Man stabbed last night in Vancouvers Downtown Eastside still in critical condition

    VANCOUVER - Vancouver police investigators have been unable to identify the victim of a stabbing last night in the city's Downtown Eastside. VPD spokesman Const. Brian Montague said a man was stabbed at about 7:40 p.m. near Gore and Hastings Street. When officers arrived, they found the man in the 400-block of Prior Street suffering from life-threatening stab wounds. He was taken to ...

  • Flood watch underway in central B.C. Interior

    Several communities in B.C.'s central Interior are watching for signs of flooding after days of heavy rain. The B.C. River Forecast Centre is maintaining high streamflow advisories for the following ...

  • Mounties hunt for sex assault suspect in Port Alberni

    Port Alberni, B.C. Paramedics and police were called to the scene, near some railroad tracks, on Tuesday. The girl was taken to a local hospital before being airlifted to Victoria General Hospital for treatment. The suspect is described as a First Nations male in his early 20s wearing dark clothing, a red baseball cap and carrying a backpack. The RCMP says it's drawing on the resources ...

  • 750 homes sliding away in Quesnel B.C.

    Around 750 homes are shifting and cracking in the small city of Quesnel, where land is slipping two to seven centimetres every year. (Flickr Creative Commons/John ...

  • RCMP Google Doodle salutes 140 years of Mounties

    Google Canada has marked the 140th anniversary of the founding of the North-West Mounted Police, the force that would later merge with the Dominion Police to become the ...

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