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  • Motorists warned to avoid Washington bridge collapse area

    Officials in Washington are warning motorists ahead of the U.S. holiday weekend to avoid the area where a bridge collapsed on Interstate 5 north of Mount Vernon last ...

  • Supreme Court to rule on $5M plagiarized lawsuit decision

    A Vancouver family is anxiously awaiting a Supreme Court decision this morning on a $5 million medical lawsuit they won in 2009 that was overturned because the judge plagiarized most of his ...

  • Greg Weston Senate scandal may be Harpers worst hour

    Prime Minister Stephen Harper's apparent mismanagement of the growing political crisis has already provoked rare public criticism from members of his own cabinet, caucus and Conservative party core. (Chris ...

  • Prolific offenders charged in Coquitlam

    Charges have been laid against two Port Coquitlam men who Coquitlam RCMP are calling prolific offenders. RCMP said Thursday that through the efforts of the Prolific Target Team and uniformed officers, the two men have been charged with several counts, primarily related to break-and-enters. Christopher Fogale, 32, is charged with possession of a break-in instrument, possession of a controlled ...

  • Pickup backs over mother kids in tent

    A 20-year-old woman is facing two charges of dangerous operation of a vehicle causing bodily harm for allegedly backing a vehicle over a tent with a mother and her two children inside. RCMP say the incident happened early Monday morning along Wolverine River outside of Tumbler Ridge, in northeast B.C. Police say it is believed the suspect and her boyfriend were having an argument and when she ...


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Star Trek: The Motion Picture—The Director's Edition [DVD]

Star Trek: The Motion Picture—The Director's Edition [DVD]

These days, it's too easy to take Star Trek for granted. Since the premiere of Gene Roddenberry's original, groundbreaking TV show in 1966, there have been close to a half-dozen spin-off series, nine feature movies (with a tenth in production), and an incalculable deluge of Trek-related cultural artifacts, from the billions of dollars of official merchandising to the incredible amou ... ...

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  • Dude wheres my Porsche

    A newer model Porsche abandoned on the Spirit of Vancouver Island at Tsawwassen terminal Wednesday night delayed the vessel's final sailing by more than an hour while BC Ferries staff and police scrambled to find the owner. When the ship docked at Tsawwassen at 8: 50 p.m., the Porsche was left behind as all other vehicles disembarked from the ship. Delta police traced the licence plates and ...

  • Premiers plan for new spending just say no

    Premier Christy Clark is recalling the legislature for an unusual summer session to enact the B.C. Liberal party's hold-the-line election budget and say "no" to expectations of a big jump in program ...

  • Premier rallies the caucus

    Premier Christy Clark says British Columbia, for the first time since Confederation, has a chance to "punch its weight" because of the mandate voters gave the renewed Liberal party in the May 14 ...

  • This day in history May 24 1944

    Sixty-nine years ago, Enver Hoxha became head of the anti-fascist forces in Albania. And once he had a sniff of power, he didn't want to give it up - Hoxha would become the world's longest-serving Communist dictator, dominating the small Eastern European country until he died in 1985.Hoxha was a hard line Marxist-Leninist, and a supporter of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin. After Stalin ...

  • Hundreds of B.C. homes at risk of land slippage

    More than 10 years ago, Heinz Loelke started having problems with his home: cracks, a corner sinking, the front door sometimes not opening properly.At one point, the living room's double-paned window started leaking because it was no longer sealed properly.He had to replace it - and found a two-by-four stud was cracked.Loelke, 88, who has been living in his home for 41 years with his wife ...

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