Provides the latest RSS feeds for Vancouver News. 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 Fri, 24 May 2013 06:07:28 -0400 Fri, 24 May 2013 06:07:28 -0400 30 A cyclist makes his way along Point Grey Road in Vancouver, where cyclists and pedestrians say it is dangerous. (Rafal Gerszak for The Globe and ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214733799/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:17:15 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214733799/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Vancouver Aquarium Senior Biologist Mackenzie Neale poses for a photograph with a display filled with spotted jellyfish at the aquarium in Vancouver, B.C., on Thursday May 23, 2013. (DARRYL ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214734603/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:17:13 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214734603/scat/535f27099a41ff22 PORTLAND, Ore. – Sexual assault in the military has become a topic of a national conversation just in the past couple weeks as top lawmakers in Washington, D.C. push new bills to crack down on it. And a San Antonio newspaper's seven-month-long investigation shows victims are struggling to get help. Myah Bilton-Smith of Vancouver, Wash. said she was raped twice on a Texas Air ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214733802/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:08:37 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214733802/scat/535f27099a41ff22 The WilMar Estate, at 2050 block of S.W. Marine drive, is a historic 1925 mansion in Vancouver, B.C., February 15, 2012. The 1925 mansion is up for sale for the first time. It belonged to the Kitchen family that has died out. The house is being sold with the money going to ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214732285/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Fri, 24 May 2013 03:13:22 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214732285/scat/535f27099a41ff22 An aging bridge on Washington State's Interstate 5 collapsed Thursday evening, dumping a handful of vehicles and people into a river. The four-lane bridge in Mount Vernon, Wash., which is about 100 kilometres north of Seattle, collapsed around 7 p.m. PT, Washington State Patrol Trooper Mark Francis said. Three people were pulled from the water and reportedly treated for hypothermia at ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214731322/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Fri, 24 May 2013 01:32:13 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214731322/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Washington State Patrol says a major highway bridge over a river has collapsed, dumping vehicles and people into the water. Trooper Mark Francis says the four-lane Interstate 5 bridge collapsed about ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214730732/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Fri, 24 May 2013 00:42:27 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214730732/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Vancouver remains the least affordable city to buy a house in Canada while home ownership in Toronto is becoming more difficult, Royal Bank of Canada Economics Research said. The costs of owning a detached bungalow in Vancouver take up 82.3 percent of a typical household's income, up 0.1 percentage points from the previous quarter. In Toronto, the largest city in Canada, that figure is 53.8 ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214730804/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Fri, 24 May 2013 00:38:46 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214730804/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Lauren Potter [left] poses for a photograph with Aliya Dall' Antonia, May 23rd, during her visit to the Down Syndrome Research Foundation in Burnaby. Potter plays Becky in the television show ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214730756/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Fri, 24 May 2013 00:38:31 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214730756/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Mayor Gregor Robertson admits more can be done to improve how the city and its citizens engage with each other. Click the images to view the city's 16 ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214730841/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Fri, 24 May 2013 00:38:15 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214730841/scat/535f27099a41ff22 The Washington State Patrol says the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River at Mount Vernon has collapsed, dumping vehicles and people into the water. Trooper Mark Francis said the four-lane bridge collapsed about 7 p.m. PT, closing all northbound and southbound lanes between Burlington and Mount ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214730143/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Thu, 23 May 2013 23:44:13 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214730143/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Becoming a member only takes 60 seconds! CKNW News Club Members get a lot more than just the news first. Members get access to exclusive CKNW contests, concert and event presales, and breaking news emails sent directly to them from the CKNW News ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214730514/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Thu, 23 May 2013 23:22:26 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214730514/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/214730515/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Thu, 23 May 2013 23:22:25 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214730515/scat/535f27099a41ff22 The investigation into the death of teen in Calgary's northwest community of Citadel is still underway. Police have so far deemed the death as ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214729758/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Thu, 23 May 2013 22:50:28 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214729758/scat/535f27099a41ff22 File photo: Vancouver B.C. September 12, 2012. You’ll wish you were setting sail on the seven seas if you get caught in this traffic jam. Those in and around downtown Vancouver are being warned of higher than normal vehicle traffic volumes as 11,400 embarking and disembarking passengers are set to travel through the Canada Place port on Friday between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. Demand for taxis and ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214729761/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Thu, 23 May 2013 22:50:10 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214729761/scat/535f27099a41ff22 In a Canadian first, the Vancouver Aquarium has successfully bred tadpoles of the Rocky Mountain population of northern leopard frogs, considered one of the most at-risk amphibians in B.C. — Submitted Photo/Vancouver ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214729760/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Thu, 23 May 2013 22:50:09 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214729760/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Like clockwork, Canada Post letter carrier Ryan Mayer knows exactly when the two large German shepherd dogs inside the home on Vancouver's King Edward Avenue will start barking.Just moments after he drops the mail into the box at the neighbouring home and walks toward the steps of the residence with the two big dogs, the barking begins and the howling dogs strain up against the living room ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214729231/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Thu, 23 May 2013 21:52:31 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214729231/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Quality concerns with a Chinese producer of acetaminophen have prompted a recall of four fever medications meant for infants and children. Health Canada said the products being recalled ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214728301/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:55:13 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214728301/scat/535f27099a41ff22 A young Tumbler Ridge mother is in hospital after a pickup truck plowed into the tent she and her kids were sleeping in during a Victoria Day camping trip. Shyane Cooper, 20, was camping near the ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214728463/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:54:53 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214728463/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson (l) and Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts (m) attend a regional mayors meeting in 2001. Also show is mayor Peter Fassbender from ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214727398/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:43:59 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214727398/scat/535f27099a41ff22 A 20-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly backing her pick-up truck over a mother and two children who were asleep in a tent at a campsite in northeastern B.C. The incident began early Monday morning when the woman was having an argument with her boyfriend at the off-road campsite near Tumbler Ridge, according to Cpl. Dan ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214727402/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:43:46 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214727402/scat/535f27099a41ff22 While some see the pending sale of The Centre for Performing Arts as a loss for Vancouver's arts scene, UBC theatre professor and theatre critic Jerry Wasserman says the theatre never lived up to its lofty expectations. "I don't think it leaves much of a legacy at all. This was a white elephant right from the beginning," said Wasserman in an interview with CBC Radio's ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214727403/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:43:46 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214727403/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Close to half of the homes in the rugged hamlet of Johnsons Landing are at a moderate to very high hazard for landslides similar to the one that killed four people last July, according to a government ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214727404/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:43:36 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214727404/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Residents of Johnsons Landing, B.C., are being told many of their homes and properties are uninhabitable following a geotechnical report after a mudslide last year. A massive slide roared through the tiny Kootenay community in July 2012, killing four people. Residents are now being told the slide path remains unstable and more debris could slide down the mountain side at any time, making it ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214724698/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:17:29 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214724698/scat/535f27099a41ff22 A rescue official says two men found dead in Kalamalka Lake, south of Vernon, B.C. on Wednesday, were wearing life jackets that didn't fit properly. (LN?/Wikimedia ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214723287/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:02:21 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214723287/scat/535f27099a41ff22 5/23/2013 One of the largest charitable donations in B.C. history was made today by the estate of Vancouver heiress Judith Jardine. The $40 million will be shared by the Vancouver Foundation, the University of British Columbia and the B.C. conference of the United Church of Canada. The bulk of the money, $34 million, went to the foundation for the creation of a permanent endowment. ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214723291/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:39:26 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214723291/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/214722937/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:39:25 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214722937/scat/535f27099a41ff22 ) was bequeathed to Foundation, to create a permanent endowment that supports the Foundation and the BC Conference of the United Church. In total, the donation amounts to ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214722197/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:47:22 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214722197/scat/535f27099a41ff22 B.C. Premier Christy Clark is expected to speak at a news conference in Vancouver Thursday following her surprise victory in last week's provincial election. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214721737/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:45:31 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214721737/scat/535f27099a41ff22 (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 ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214720114/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:28:26 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214720114/scat/535f27099a41ff22 (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 ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214718545/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:11:36 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214718545/scat/535f27099a41ff22 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 ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214718091/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:11:36 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214718091/scat/535f27099a41ff22 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 ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214716941/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:58:23 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214716941/scat/535f27099a41ff22 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 ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214716942/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:58:22 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214716942/scat/535f27099a41ff22 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 hospital ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214716944/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:58:06 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214716944/scat/535f27099a41ff22 MOSCOW, May 23 (R-Sport) – Sochi Olympics organizers said Thursday that 2,500 doping tests would be conducted at the Winter Games next February, surpassing the total at ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214716129/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:46:35 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214716129/scat/535f27099a41ff22 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 ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214715426/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:45:32 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214715426/scat/535f27099a41ff22 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 of ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214715423/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:45:31 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214715423/scat/535f27099a41ff22 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 ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214715427/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:45:31 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214715427/scat/535f27099a41ff22 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 ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214715428/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:45:30 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214715428/scat/535f27099a41ff22 May 23, 2013 /CNW/ - British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario have followed distinct paths to earn "A" grades in overall health performance, according to The Conference Board of ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214714420/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:35:00 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214714420/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Teens who knew a schoolmate that died from suicide are more likely to consider taking their own lives -- a phenomenon known as a 'suicide contagion.' ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214711456/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:12:29 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214711456/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Photos taken from video made available by London’s The Sun newspaper appear to show one of the assailants speaking to the camera after a brutal attack in broad daylight May 22, 2013 near a military barracks in ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214710583/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Thu, 23 May 2013 05:04:14 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214710583/scat/535f27099a41ff22 In the first nine months of 2012, there were 357 inmate-on-inmate assaults at B.C.'s nine correctional institutions, including North Fraser. There were 560 in 2011.Fellow inmate Leonard Cardinal pleaded guilty in March to aggravated assault in the attack. He was to be sentenced today, but his lawyer requested and received an adjournment until July 4.A B.C. Supreme Court jury ruled in ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214710859/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Thu, 23 May 2013 05:03:57 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214710859/scat/535f27099a41ff22 A review of overdose deaths in B.C. between 2005 and 2010 shows 61 per cent were accidental and related to the use of prescription drugs, according to the B.C. Coroners ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214710860/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Thu, 23 May 2013 05:03:57 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214710860/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Michael Schratter once cycled 40,000 kilometres through 33 countries to raise awareness for mental illness.When he returned to Canada in 2011, the Vancouver teacher aligned himself with a fledgling cycling event organized by the Canadian Mental Health Association, helped re-brand it as Ride Don't Hide in 2012, and is instrumental in their effort to eradicate the stigma associated with mental ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214710861/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Thu, 23 May 2013 05:03:56 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214710861/scat/535f27099a41ff22 It's rare to hear Vancouver's mayor say anything vaguely negative about his city.But, in an era of dramatically sliding voter turnout at the polls, conflict over the pace and scope of urban growth, and feelings of increased alienation between neighbours, even Gregor Robertson has to admit more can "and should" be done to improve how the city and its citizens engage with each ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214710862/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Thu, 23 May 2013 05:03:55 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214710862/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Rowe will be in town this coming week to address the annual meeting of the Canadian Astronomical Society, to be held at UBC. He'll be talking about, among other things, the plans for Kepler's future.In 2012, the mission was given a four-year extension, but this month, one of the Kepler's reaction wheels used for pointing the observatory failed, and it was announced that the data ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214710863/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Thu, 23 May 2013 05:03:55 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214710863/scat/535f27099a41ff22 The personal use of illegal drugs, including heroin and crack cocaine, should be decriminalized as part of a federal-provincial strategy to tackle drug abuse, a B.C.-based national coalition of drug policy experts ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214710864/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Thu, 23 May 2013 05:03:54 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214710864/scat/535f27099a41ff22 After a week of near seclusion, New Democratic Party leader Adrian Dix emerged blinking into the sunlight Wednesday to provide his take on his crushing defeat in the ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214710866/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Thu, 23 May 2013 05:03:54 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214710866/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Adrian Dix said Wednesday that he intends to stay on as leader of the provincial NDP, at least while the party undertakes a comprehensive review of its May 14 election ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214710867/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Thu, 23 May 2013 05:03:53 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214710867/scat/535f27099a41ff22 The RCMP is investigating after two bodies were found in Ka-lamalka Lake, south of Vernon. RCMP spokesman Gord Molendyk says a resident walking in Kalamalka Provincial Park noticed a cooler floating in the water in Cosens Bay, within the park. The resident then saw a second cooler on shore as well as a dog floating in the water, and called police. Molendyk says police and a search and rescue crew ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214710865/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Thu, 23 May 2013 05:03:53 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214710865/scat/535f27099a41ff22 One of the things, one of the many things, that my mother taught me and that I foolishly failed to absorb in any meaningful way, along with "it's just as easy to fall in love with a rich man as a poor one," was that diet combined with exercise leads to a long life.Or, as she delicately put it, while doing army-sanctioned pushups in the middle of the living room every morning, if ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214710868/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Thu, 23 May 2013 05:03:52 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214710868/scat/535f27099a41ff22 People walking around UBC at night are being warned to be vigilant after two women were groped on campus.A 20-year-old woman walking along Wesbrook Mall near Thunderbird Blvd. around 3 a.m. on May 19 was fondled by a man who approached her from behind and grabbed her buttocks under her skirt, say RCMP.The woman screamed and the man ran away. The suspect is described as a "Persian-looking man ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214710285/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Thu, 23 May 2013 05:03:52 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214710285/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Coconut water used to be a refreshing drink, if you happened to be lounging on a beach in India or Brazil. But in the last couple of years coconut water has become nothing short of a ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214710331/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Thu, 23 May 2013 05:03:51 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214710331/scat/535f27099a41ff22 After he threw his back out, professional golfer Matt Stansfield sought the help of naturopath and family friend Jordan Atkinson.Atkinson suggested neural therapy, which involves injecting local anesthetics or homeopathic preparations into the area being treated, such as organ tissue, nerves, muscles or joints. The idea is to numb the pain and reboot the membrane of the nerve tissue, and return ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214710869/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Thu, 23 May 2013 05:03:51 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214710869/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Mornings will be a little quieter in Powell River without Harold Long.For years, the start of nearly every day has been punctuated by the distinctive roar of the former MLA's DHC-2 Beaver float plane heading out over the coastal straits and islands."We'd say 'oh there goes Harold' because it had a special sound to it," recalled Myrna Leishman, a Powell River city ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214710871/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Thu, 23 May 2013 05:03:50 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214710871/scat/535f27099a41ff22 A Cree woman from Saskatchewan who felt she was losing her mind while being held in solitary confinement in federal prisons has settled a lawsuit that claimed she was being treated illegally and ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214710870/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Thu, 23 May 2013 05:03:50 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214710870/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Jeff Scott, president and CEO of Fraser Surrey Docks, needs to turn his business around and hopes a new $15-million coal transfer plan to ship four million tonnes of U.S. coal a year is the ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214710872/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Thu, 23 May 2013 05:03:49 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214710872/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Shortening wait times for hip and knee replacements, increasing electronic health records and starting a national pharmacare strategy are stalled, according to a new progress report. The Health Council of Canada releases its report on health care renewal in Saskatoon on ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214706366/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:26:48 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214706366/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Vancouver police are investigating after a man was stabbed in the city's Downtown Eastside on Wednesday night. The incident occurred around 7:40 p.m. at the intersection of Gore Avenue and Keefer Street. Emergency responders found the man, who has not been identified, in the 400 block of Prior Street. The man suffered serious injuries in the stabbing and is receiving emergency treatment ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214706817/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:26:46 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214706817/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Almost a year after the federal government's latest tightening of the rules for insured mortgages, the association that represents mortgage brokers has come out with a dire assessment of the effect of those changes.Canada's housing market is slowing dramatically in terms of both sales and construction, dragging down economic growth and putting some 150,000 jobs at risk in coming ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214705357/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Wed, 22 May 2013 23:17:26 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214705357/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Finding a Vancouver Canucks fan on the streets of Vancouver was no easy feat Wednesday. Two years after a glorious run to the Stanley Cup final saw a bustling bandwagon overflowing with ... http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214705359/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Wed, 22 May 2013 23:17:14 -0400 http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/214705359/scat/535f27099a41ff22