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Canada might have to fight to attract new immigrants
VANCOUVER - Immigration is getting a lot of the credit for keeping Vancouver's economy relatively strong through the recession and for a healthy forecast through the next couple of years. New B.C. highrises at risk in event of major quake
Many recently constructed highrise buildings in British Columbia could topple or crumble in a major earthquake, according to a new study made public on Wednesday. Animal activists want UBC to stop using monkeys for research
VANCOUVER - Animal rights activists will be gathering in front of the Vancouver Art Gallery on Thursday to protest the use of monkeys by UBC researchers. Earthquake car safety: do you know what to do?
VANCOUVER - Hundreds of thousands of people 'dropped, covered, and held on' during the Great BC Shakeout this morning, but what do you do if 'the big one' hits while you're driving? BC Place could get a new name in a few months
VANCOUVER - BC Place Stadium will be getting a new name, but that won't happen for at least a few months. Drivers say roads are safer after cell phone ban
VANCOUVER - A BCAA survey shows close to 60 percent of drivers say the roads are safer since the province banned cell phone use while driving a year ago. However, it also finds a few people are still breaking that law from time to time. Dog in ice block mystifies BC SPCA
Animal cruelty officers in Dawson Creek, B.C., are probing the mysterious case of a dead dog encased in a block of ice. Fewer fatal crashes on Canadian roads
VANCOUVER - It's the kind of tragedy you hear about almost every day; a terrible crash where someone died or was seriously hurt. But new numbers from Transport Canada show Canada's roads are becoming less deadly. Final VANOC bonuses cancelled
VANCOUVER - It was supposed to be financial incentive for Olympic workers to stay on until the end of the games.
But VANOC has decided its now former employees will not get their final bonuses. Vancouver city hall collects almost $60 million in casino profits
The city has collected almost $60 million in casino profits in 11 years and stands to pull in an additional $17 million a year if city council decides to approve a Las Vegas-style resort casino for the neighbourhood around B.C. Place Stadium. 
The Vancouver Art Gallery could be one step closer to an expansion and a relocation near the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, with the city poised to reserve two thirds of the land for two years to finalize a cultural hub. British Columbians get ready to duck and cover
Once a bastion of Cold War fears from the 1950s, the old drill “duck and cover,” which scared the dickens out of schoolchildren everywhere, is back in B.C. Ribbon campaign to provide scholarships for children of fallen officers
The Vancouver Police officer who founded the blue-over-black ribbon campaign that shows respect for officers killed on duty will launch a national campaign next week providing post-secondary education for the children of slain officers. Highly toxic gas tank missing
Burnaby Mounties are looking for highly toxic pesticide tank that's gone missing from a business. It's marked "Toxic Gas" and contains methyl bromide. Gay man attacked in Kootenay hot springs
A gay man from the Lower Mainland ran in fear as his American boyfriend was savagely beaten during their vacation in the Kootenays. The Mounties are suggesting it was a hate crime. Canadians divided on whether racism is rising
Canadians can't agree on whether we are more or less racist as a society. Oldest known Canadian dies at 111
She was born Feb. 8, 1899, in Ukraine and moved to Canada with her husband in 1925. Canadians rank Arctic sovereignty as top foreign-policy priority
A majority of Canadians see Arctic sovereignty as the country’s top foreign-policy priority and believe military resources should be shifted to the North from global conflicts, according to a new opinion poll. Cougar stalking Metro Vancouver farms
A cougar has killed seven farm animals in Metro Vancouver over the past 10 days and is still on the loose, police say. Red Deer man wins $12,500 playing video games at homeMisc CDN | 207312 hits | 11:45 AM on Monday | posted by Alta_redneck
The final hockey game was a nail-biter. Tied 3-3 after three periods. Five minutes of overtime solved nothing. It was shootout time. It was do or die. Gut-check time for Nick Bodemer. Check out a huge earthquake drill this week
Hundreds of thousands of people have signed up to take part in this week's Great British Columbia ShakeOut, a huge drill to test people's abilities to handle an earthquake. An unprecedented insight into killer whale behavior
A scientist with the Vancouver Aquarium has discovered a surprising number of killer whales are preying on grey whales, the species far larger than themselves. Skiers in Western Canada ignore avalanche warningMisc CDN | 206971 hits | 8:07 PM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
Skiers and snowboarders didn't stay away from the backcountry this weekend, despite a special avalanche warning issued for most of Alberta and B.C. Power surge causes damage in eastern P.E.I.
A power surge in eastern P.E.I. this week wrecked TVs, computers and household appliances and left farmers struggling to take care of their livestock. Avoid backcountry, avalanche centre warns
The Canadian Avalanche Centre is telling skiers and snowmobilers to stay out of the snowy backcountry in some parts of British Columbia and Alberta this weekend because of the avalanche risk. Cormorant helicopters not available until 2014
The problem-plagued Cormorant search-and-rescue helicopters will not be available to cover Central Canada and parts of the West and the North until at least 2014, according to newly released Defence Department documents. Restaurant charged for refusing service to blind woman
BARRIE, Ont. - Charges have been laid against a downtown restaurant and its owner for denying access to a blind woman. Laser attacks a growing problem for pilots
Transport Canada statistics show the criminal act of shining a laser into the cockpit of an airplane is a growing problem for pilots in Canadian airspace. Meanwhile, only two people have been convicted. 40-vehicle crash north of Toronto kills woman
A woman has died after a 40-vehicle crash Friday on Highway 11 south of Orillia, Ont. Police said a woman in her 20s was killed in the crash, which occurred in the highway's southbound lanes. N.S. abuse victims get $1.5M church deal
A lawyer representing sex abuse victims in southwest Nova Scotia has negotiated settlements with six victims of two Roman Catholic priests. E. coli tests not required for B.C. meat plant
A B.C. meat processing plant that covered up lab results revealing a sample of its product was contaminated with a deadly E. coli strain will not have to test for the bacteria now that it's provincially regulated. Calgary parks honour Navy, Army, Air Force
Two beautiful new parks, opened last autumn on the site of Currie Barracks in Calgary, Alta., honour the men and women who served in the Second World War and the 16 Canadians who received the Victoria Cross during that war. Chinese groups shun notion of hospice ghosts
A group of condo owners protesting plans for a hospice at the University of B.C. because of superstitions about ghosts don't represent all Chinese people, community leaders said Tuesday. Bountiful a 'cult,' says polygamous leader's brother
The isolated polygamous commune of Bountiful, B.C., is a "cult" where religion is used to control residents and take away their rights, says the brother of one the community's leaders. Controversy heats up over school's smoking shelterMisc CDN | 206636 hits | 8:49 PM on Tuesday | posted by wildrosegirl
A controversy is smouldering in rural Manitoba after one high school ignored a ban on smoking on school property and erected a shelter for staff and students who want to light up. Some highway sections between Alberta and B.C. re-open
Some highway sections between Alberta and British Columbia have re-opened after they were closed due to high avalanche risk. Oilsands blast survivor thankful to be alive
The worker who sustained third-degree burns in an explosion at a northern Alberta oilsands plant in early January says he is thankful to be alive. Truckers cool their heels while highways closed
Truck drivers are sitting idle in Calgary and along the Trans-Canada Highway, waiting for the westbound routes to B.C. to reopen. High avalanche risks have shut down Highway 1 through Lake Louise and Golden, B.C., and Highway 93 from Castle Junction to Ra CRTC may ease ban on broadcasting false or misleading news
OTTAWA—The CRTC is proposing a regulatory change that would give Canadian TV and radio stations more leeway to broadcast false or misleading news. Current regulations contain a blanket prohibition on broadcasting “any false or misleading news.” Historic Okanagan Lake ship hits rough financial waters
City requests review of finances of group caring for SS Sicamous B.C. shares pine beetle lessons with Alberta
Wildfire experts say the pine beetle is making forest fires more dangerous to fight and warn it will worsen as millions of dead trees fall to the ground in B.C. and Alberta.
Wildfire experts say the pine beetle is making forest fires more dangerous Africville church plans unveiled in Halifax
Plans for a replica of the historic Seaview United Baptist Church, which will serve as a memorial to Africville, were unveiled to the public in Halifax Saturday.Back to Canada News
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