An autopsy has confirmed that the death of Vancouver Island teenager Tyeshia Jones is a homicide.
Posted: | 10:27 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 208255 |
Rating: | 20826 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Posted: | 10:24 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 208018 |
Rating: | 20802 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Environment Canada is warning southern Ontario residents to get ready for what could be the biggest snowstorm to hit the region in two years, with up to 30 centimetres in the forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday.
Posted: | 10:13 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Weather |
Hits: | 207855 |
Rating: | 20786 |
Poster: | Hyack |
One year after B.C.'s distracted driving law was implemented, police said they're catching too many drivers using hand-held cellphones while driving.
Posted: | 10:09 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207903 |
Rating: | 20790 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Central Chile still runs the risk of a large earthquake close to the site of last February's Magnitude 8.8 event, scientists say.
Posted: | 10:07 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 208202 |
Rating: | 20820 |
Poster: | Hyack |
There is now even more evidence that life on Earth may have been seeded by material from asteroids or comets.
Posted: | 9:55 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Science |
Hits: | 208146 |
Rating: | 20815 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Posted: | 9:52 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 208025 |
Rating: | 20803 |
Poster: | Hyack |
CHARLESTON, S.C. - In a small laboratory on an upper floor of the basic science building at the Medical University of South Carolina, Vladimir Mironov, M.D., Ph.D., has been working for a decade to grow meat.
Posted: | 9:48 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Science |
Hits: | 207958 |
Rating: | 20796 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Posted: | 9:41 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Science |
Hits: | 207842 |
Rating: | 20784 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Researchers have a new tactic to save endangered whales tangled in fishing line: Get them to calm down with sedatives shot from a dart gun so they can pull closer and cut the potentially fatal gear away.
Posted: | 9:31 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Environmental |
Hits: | 207711 |
Rating: | 20771 |
Poster: | Hyack |
The recall campaign in Oak Bay-Gordon Head winds up in five days and it appears canvassers will not have gathered the number of signatures required to dump Liberal MLA Ida Chong.
Posted: | 9:18 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Provincial Politics |
Hits: | 207771 |
Rating: | 20777 |
Poster: | Hyack |
The Canadian government is abandoning plans for a remote scientific camp on the Arctic Ocean ice this year, citing dangerously thin ice conditions.
Posted: | 9:16 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207703 |
Rating: | 20770 |
Poster: | Hyack |
The Canadian military is denying a media report that there are flaws in the F-35 stealth fighter jets the Conservative government has agreed to spend billions to purchase.
Posted: | 9:13 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Military |
Hits: | 208034 |
Rating: | 20803 |
Poster: | Hyack |
The first Canadian flight out of Egypt has arrived in Frankfurt, Germany, after a six-hour delay caused when airport officials demanded $2,000 US in cash from each passenger.
Posted: | 9:11 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207743 |
Rating: | 20774 |
Poster: | Hyack |
China's state-run CCTV is once again under suspicion doctoring footage, this time with images lifted from the movie "Top Gun" in a segment supposedly depicting the capabilities of China's state-of-the-art J-10 fighter jet. The newscast aired on Dec. 23 sh
Posted: | 7:19 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Funny |
Hits: | 208980 |
Rating: | 20898 |
Poster: | Scape |
VANCOUVER - You can now find out how good of a driver you are without ever putting your key in the ignition.
Posted: | 2:30 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207840 |
Rating: | 20784 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
Alex Harvey has won his first cross-country skiing world title. The native of St-Ferreol-les-Neiges, Que., skied to victory in the men's 30-kilometre pursuit race Monday at the under-23 world championships in Oetepaa, Estonia.
Posted: | 12:49 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207834 |
Rating: | 20783 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
CAIRO, EGYPT - We're getting reports out of Cairo that security guards are demanding Canadians pay them bribes before they'll let them fly home.
Posted: | 12:42 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207717 |
Rating: | 20773 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
NORTH VANCOUVER - A local jewelry designer's work will be featured in this year's Oscar gift bags.
Posted: | 12:41 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Arts & Entertainment |
Hits: | 208053 |
Rating: | 20805 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
Originally, Manitoba Hydro chose a route on the east side of the province but the government stepped in to overrule those plans, saying a west side route will preserve a boreal forest on the east side.
Posted: | 11:15 AM on Monday |
Topic: | Provincial Politics |
Hits: | 207807 |
Rating: | 20781 |
Poster: | Curtman |
Posted: | 9:26 AM on Monday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207876 |
Rating: | 20789 |
Poster: | snookums |
The Ontario government is giving Hamilton an additional $22.5 million to renovate Ivor Wynne Stadium for the 2015 Pan American Games.
Posted: | 11:31 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207793 |
Rating: | 20779 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
The City of Toronto has issued an extreme cold weather alert as temperatures are expected to a plunge to a low of -16 Celsius Sunday night with a major snowstorm in the offing within the next two days.
Posted: | 11:21 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Weather |
Hits: | 208284 |
Rating: | 20828 |
Poster: | Hyack |
VANCOUVER - A British tabloid is reporting Prince William and Kate Middleton will visit Canada this summer.
Posted: | 11:02 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207777 |
Rating: | 20778 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
VANCOUVER - A Trinity Western student from Fort Langley has been named Miss Canada 2011.
Posted: | 10:59 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Arts & Entertainment |
Hits: | 207873 |
Rating: | 20787 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
A German man didn't have to hand over a dime for a new car, but he did have to pay in ink.
Posted: | 9:18 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Strange |
Hits: | 208219 |
Rating: | 20822 |
Poster: | Hyack |
A northern Alberta family is rallying around five orphaned boys who lost their father Friday, asking Albertans to contribute to a trust fund set up to help ease financial difficulties.
Posted: | 7:39 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 208177 |
Rating: | 20818 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
A 50-year-old woman is lucky to be alive after taking a 30-metre plunge while snowshoeing on the North Shore.
Posted: | 7:37 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207802 |
Rating: | 20780 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
A Vancouver singer who battled cancer while using her talents to raise money for research and lift the spirits of young chemotherapy patients has died at the age of 20.
Posted: | 7:35 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Arts & Entertainment |
Hits: | 208268 |
Rating: | 20827 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
A married couple from Kamloops, B.C. who's been living in a hotel since an RCMP cruiser smashed into their home in December says they are being denied compensation from the Mounties' insurance company.
Posted: | 7:29 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 208067 |
Rating: | 20807 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
A Quebec man who has spent the past decade walking around the world to raise awareness about children facing violence and conflict has arrived in Canada to begin the final leg of his journey.
Posted: | 7:26 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207730 |
Rating: | 20773 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
Canadians are still confused about the rules for a popular tax shelter heavily promoted by the Tory government and the big banks, a new study suggests.
Posted: | 1:09 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Economics |
Hits: | 208193 |
Rating: | 20820 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
It's no secret that lawyers don't get a lot of love. ("What do you call 1,000 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean?" goes one old joke. The answer? "A good start.")
Posted: | 12:56 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Arts & Entertainment |
Hits: | 207843 |
Rating: | 20784 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
The common-law wife of a Canadian man suspected of supporting a terrorist group says her husband is innocent.
Posted: | 12:54 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207725 |
Rating: | 20773 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
Ottawa is sending chartered aircraft to Cairo and other parts of Egypt to fly out Canadians who have been unable to leave the North African country.
Posted: | 12:52 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207670 |
Rating: | 20767 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
The British survey found that 25 per cent of women think about food every 30 minutes, while only 10 per cent report thinking about sex that often.
Posted: | 12:06 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Lifestyle |
Hits: | 208329 |
Rating: | 20833 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
Still feeling a bit sapped from winning the women's title at the world sprint championships a week ago, Christine Nesbitt found a way to remain unbeaten on the World Cup circuit over the weekend in Moscow.
Posted: | 12:05 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207690 |
Rating: | 20769 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
CANMORE, AB - One man is severely injured after an avalanche in the backcountry near Canmore, Alberta.
Posted: | 12:29 AM on Sunday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207738 |
Rating: | 20774 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
INSITE and the expansion of the methadone program credited for fewer deaths.
Posted: | 12:28 AM on Sunday |
Topic: | Health |
Hits: | 207712 |
Rating: | 20771 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
RALEIGH, NC - Vancouver Canucks winger Daniel Sedin won the Accuracy Shooting event at the NHL Super Skills Competition. Daniel defeated Patrick Kane of Chicago Blackhawks in the final.
Posted: | 12:23 AM on Sunday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207720 |
Rating: | 20772 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
Glenn Howard's rink is on quite a roll. The squad from Coldwater, Ont., defeated defending world champion Kevin Koe of Edmonton 7-3 on Saturday night to advance to the final of the BDO Canadian Open. Howard's foursome hasn't lost in the event all week at
Posted: | 12:22 AM on Sunday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207686 |
Rating: | 20769 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
While the debate over headshots has dominated the airwaves and headlines in the past year, NHL players seem to have little interest in eliminating fighting from the game according to the players who responded to a recent poll conducted by Hockey Night in
Posted: | 6:52 PM on Saturday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207670 |
Rating: | 20767 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
For Warren Shouldice, there really is no place like home. The Calgarian was a World Cup aerials winner Saturday at Canada Olympic Park to cap a four-medal haul by the host team at the Canada Post Freestyle Grand Prix.
Posted: | 6:20 PM on Saturday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207666 |
Rating: | 20767 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
Sidney Crosby has been cleared for light workouts.
Posted: | 4:08 PM on Saturday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207723 |
Rating: | 20772 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
The NHL has released its list of competitors scheduled for the all-star skills competition on Saturday night (CBC, CBCSports.ca, 7 p.m.) in Raleigh, N.C.
Posted: | 4:01 PM on Saturday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207780 |
Rating: | 20778 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
Things didn't go quite the way freestyle skier Jenn Heil wanted Saturday afternoon.
Posted: | 3:15 PM on Saturday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207576 |
Rating: | 20758 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
Posted: | 3:11 PM on Saturday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207600 |
Rating: | 20760 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
Posted: | 3:08 PM on Saturday |
Topic: | Arts & Entertainment |
Hits: | 207800 |
Rating: | 20780 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
VANCOUVER - You thought the proposal was big? Just wait for the wedding. News1130 got an update from a Vancouver man who wants to tie the knot at Rogers Arena, with 20,000 of his closest friends.
Posted: | 3:07 PM on Saturday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207743 |
Rating: | 20774 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
Calgary's Alex Gough made history in Cesana Pariol, Italy, becoming the first Canadian ever to reach the podium at the luge world championships when she slid to a bronze medal on Saturday.
Posted: | 3:06 PM on Saturday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207653 |
Rating: | 20765 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
Cricket Canada continues to wait on Indian visas for three Pakistan-born players, with the start of the World Cup just three weeks ahead.
Posted: | 3:03 PM on Saturday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207708 |
Rating: | 20771 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
Canadian skier Manuel Osborne-Paradis has suffered a broken left leg after crashing heavily during a World Cup downhill in the French Alps on Saturday.
Posted: | 12:24 PM on Saturday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207559 |
Rating: | 20756 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
Christine Nesbitt won the 1,500-metre race Saturday in Moscow to remain unbeaten at the distance this season. The Canadian finished in 1 minute, 56.80 seconds for her fourth straight World Cup victory at the distance.
Posted: | 12:23 PM on Saturday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207519 |
Rating: | 20752 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
RCMP say they believe a body found near Duncan on Vancouver Island is that of an 18-year-old girl who disappeared a week ago.
Posted: | 6:27 AM on Saturday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207549 |
Rating: | 20755 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
A Canadian invention that was inspired by butterflies could help clip the wings of clever counterfeiters.
Posted: | 6:25 AM on Saturday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207611 |
Rating: | 20761 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
Tens of thousands of Egyptian protesters clashed with police for the fifth day on Saturday, demanding the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak even as the Cabinet resigned on his orders.
Posted: | 6:23 AM on Saturday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207500 |
Rating: | 20751 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
Posted: | 12:44 AM on Saturday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207766 |
Rating: | 20778 |
Poster: | Hyack |
The Ptarmigan Vase, a rare artifact inspired by First Nations and British Columbian imagery, has been acquired by the National Gallery of Canada.
Posted: | 9:17 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207463 |
Rating: | 20746 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
Posted: | 9:14 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Arts & Entertainment |
Hits: | 207519 |
Rating: | 20752 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
Eric Staal chose loyalty with the first overall pick, the Sedin twins were broken up, and the Toronto Maple Leafs' lone selection was the final pick after the dust settled on the first NHL all-star draft in Raleigh, N.C., on Friday.
Posted: | 6:46 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207568 |
Rating: | 20757 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
A new study has found that water flowing from the Atlantic Ocean into the Arctic is warmer than it's been in 2,000 years. The increased heat input has "far-reaching consequences" and is likely helping fuel the remarkable change underway at the top of the
Posted: | 5:53 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Environmental |
Hits: | 207653 |
Rating: | 20765 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Edmonton Eskimo defensive lineman Adam Braidwood was released on $5,000 bail Thursday.
Posted: | 5:06 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207519 |
Rating: | 20752 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday signed the ratification of a nuclear arms cut pact with the United States, the centrepiece of President Barack Obama's efforts to reset ties with Moscow.
Posted: | 4:59 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207546 |
Rating: | 20755 |
Poster: | Hyack |
When Ryan Semple crashed through two fences in World Cup downhill training run this week, it was simply more bad news for a Canadian ski team that has suffered a slew of injuries this season.
Posted: | 4:59 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207590 |
Rating: | 20759 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
Montreal Alouettes quarterback Anthony Calvillo says he is feeling great after undergoing treatment for thyroid cancer.
Posted: | 4:58 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207549 |
Rating: | 20755 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
Nunavut archaeological sites threatened by climate change may be saved thanks to new high-tech equipment, says the territory's director of culture and heritage.
Posted: | 4:55 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207501 |
Rating: | 20750 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Calgary police have charged a local man in connection with several aircraft being targeted by a laser earlier this month.
Posted: | 4:52 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207740 |
Rating: | 20774 |
Poster: | Hyack |
HAMILTON, Ont. -- City council in Hamilton has approved a new motion on the reconstruction of Ivor Wynne Stadium for the 2015 Pan American Games.
Posted: | 4:53 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207435 |
Rating: | 20744 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
REGINA -- Regina Mayor Pat Fiacco has spent a day sporting an Alouettes jersey after losing a Grey Cup bet to Montreal Mayor Gerald Tremblay.
Posted: | 4:50 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207485 |
Rating: | 20749 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
A Victoria woman who faked a series of life-threatening illnesses in order to pay for her gambling addiction has been sentenced to three years in jail.
Posted: | 4:48 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207545 |
Rating: | 20755 |
Poster: | Hyack |
CALGARY -- Craig Conroy felt abashed Thursday when he saw the circle of television cameras and lights around him.
Posted: | 4:49 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207343 |
Rating: | 20734 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
Some Regina posties are refusing to deliver mail to certain residents until they start shovelling snow that is building up.
Posted: | 4:39 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207511 |
Rating: | 20751 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Head coach Alain Vigneault will be one of the coaches and forwards Henrick and Daniel Sedin along with Ryan Kesler have been selected to play in the game.
Posted: | 4:37 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207329 |
Rating: | 20733 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
EGYPTIAN riot police fired teargas, rubber bullets and water cannon to disperse large anti-regime protests after Friday prayers in Alexandria and Cairo.
Posted: | 6:28 AM on Friday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207634 |
Rating: | 20764 |
Poster: | Scape |
VANCOUVER - It's the biggest women's sporting event in the world, and the City of Vancouver may try to bring it here. The city could be putting together a bid to host the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, along with six other Canadian cities.
Posted: | 11:29 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207379 |
Rating: | 20738 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
ASPEN, CO - Ashleigh McIvor has suffered a season ending knee injury. Training at the X Games, the first ever Olympic ski cross champion has a suspected torn ACL in her left knee.
Posted: | 11:27 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207448 |
Rating: | 20745 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
With only about 50m left to drill, time is running out for the Russian scientists hoping to drill into Vostok - the world's most enigmatic lake. Vostok is a sub-glacial lake in Antarctica, hidden some 4,000m (13,000ft) beneath the ice sheet.
Posted: | 9:54 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Science |
Hits: | 207542 |
Rating: | 20754 |
Poster: | Hyack |
An unmanned plane the U.S. government has been using to patrol North Dakota's northern border since 2009 is now flying along a greater section of America's northern frontier, stretching from Spokane, Washington, to the Lake of the Woods region in Minnesot
Posted: | 9:47 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207569 |
Rating: | 20757 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Negotiators are now confident that Canada and Denmark will resolve their dispute over Hans Island, and sooner rather than later. Relations between the two countries have grown irritable at times in recent years because of their competing claims to the bar
Posted: | 9:40 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 207642 |
Rating: | 20764 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Scientists have identified the mechanism that controls the internal 24-hour clock of all forms of life -- a finding they say should shed light on some shift work-related problems like diabetes, depression and cancer.
Posted: | 9:36 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Science |
Hits: | 207604 |
Rating: | 20760 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Ottawa must carry out its proposed multibillion dollar purchase of American-made F-35 fighter jets or it could risk causing problems in Canadian air force down the road, the defence minister says.
Posted: | 9:28 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Military |
Hits: | 207858 |
Rating: | 20786 |
Poster: | Hyack |
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - A convicted killer who escaped from an Arizona prison said after his capture that he had planned to overdose on heroin at Yellowstone National Park and let bears eat him to end the fear and panic he was experiencing while on the run.
Posted: | 9:22 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Strange |
Hits: | 207581 |
Rating: | 20758 |
Poster: | Hyack |
A winter storm warning remained in effect for Prince Edward Island Thursday night, but weather elsewhere across Atlantic Canada was improving after high winds, heavy snow and rain caused transportation headaches during the day.
Posted: | 9:20 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Weather |
Hits: | 207496 |
Rating: | 20750 |
Poster: | Hyack |
It was a great trifecta of gaffes. First there was the geography slip-up by the defence minister; then the action-hero-turned-governor gets befuddled by which war Canada was waging; and finally the opposition leader's blunder that had a famous Microsoft b
Posted: | 9:13 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 207538 |
Rating: | 20754 |
Poster: | Hyack |
VANCOUVER - Canucks defenseman Alex Edler will have back surgery Monday and the team is not sure when he will return. Canucks General Manager Mike Gillis says that tests show Edler has a tear in one of his discs and it is an injury that will not repair it
Posted: | 5:35 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207404 |
Rating: | 20740 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
NEW YORK, NY - MLB.com's top 50 ranked prospects list is out and it includes 21 year old Langley native and second baseman Brett Lawrie.
Posted: | 5:34 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207418 |
Rating: | 20742 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
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.
Posted: | 5:32 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207426 |
Rating: | 20743 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
VANCOUVER - Vancouver is soon going to be home to the first bike polo court in the world.
Posted: | 5:31 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207399 |
Rating: | 20740 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
VANCOUVER - Vancouver Police say they have managed to take down several groups of violent drug dealers who prey on the most vulnerable people in the Downtown Eastside.
Posted: | 5:29 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207486 |
Rating: | 20749 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
VANCOUVER - The race to become the next premier of BC just got a little uglier. The NDP has released a series of attack ads.
Posted: | 5:28 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Provincial Politics |
Hits: | 207451 |
Rating: | 20745 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
VANCOUVER - If you download or stream a lot of videos, get ready for a little tap on the shoulder from your internet provider. There will soon be new fees for going over your data limits.
Posted: | 5:26 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Tech |
Hits: | 207787 |
Rating: | 20779 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
Posted: | 11:24 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207835 |
Rating: | 20784 |
Poster: | Curtman |
Posted: | 8:04 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Environmental |
Hits: | 207758 |
Rating: | 20777 |
Poster: | can-aid-ian |
The Chinese are getting off dirty coal and getting on clean nuclear energy to power their future.
Posted: | 7:40 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Environmental |
Hits: | 207696 |
Rating: | 20770 |
Poster: | can-aid-ian |
A female polar bear swam continuously for more than nine days in just-above-freezing water -- travelling almost 700 kilometres -- in search of Arctic sea ice, researchers have found.
Posted: | 12:44 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207507 |
Rating: | 20751 |
Poster: | Hyack |
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.
Posted: | 12:33 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207463 |
Rating: | 20746 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Posted: | 12:31 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Science |
Hits: | 207576 |
Rating: | 20759 |
Poster: | Hyack |
It was a night to remember for Lee Sweatt. Sweatt, playing in his first NHL game, scored the winning goal as the Vancouver Canucks defeated the Nashville Predators 2-1 Wednesday night.
Posted: | 10:51 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207510 |
Rating: | 20751 |
Poster: | Hyack |
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.
Posted: | 9:34 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207400 |
Rating: | 20740 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
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?
Posted: | 8:49 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207422 |
Rating: | 20742 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
Fans are fondly looking back on Gretzky's career and the impact the Great One had on the game he dominated.
Posted: | 5:59 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207480 |
Rating: | 20748 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
COQUITLAM - Coquitlam RCMP executed a search of an unlicenced day care over the weekend after a one-year-old boy died there over a week ago.
Posted: | 5:36 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207530 |
Rating: | 20753 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
VANCOUVER - BC Place Stadium will be getting a new name, but that won't happen for at least a few months.
Posted: | 5:31 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207447 |
Rating: | 20745 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
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.
Posted: | 3:08 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207492 |
Rating: | 20749 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
Police are investigating the �bizarre� tale told by a 24-year-old man found stripped and handcuffed to a telephone pole in Lantzville.
Posted: | 1:38 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Strange |
Hits: | 208362 |
Rating: | 20836 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
Posted: | 1:33 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 208347 |
Rating: | 20835 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
Unsubstantiated allegations were made in the media against Buddy Tavares after video became public showing the Kelowna man being kicked in the face by an arresting RCMP officer on Jan. 7, said association executive director David Eby.
Posted: | 1:32 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207625 |
Rating: | 20764 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
Animal cruelty officers in Dawson Creek, B.C., are probing the mysterious case of a dead dog encased in a block of ice.
Posted: | 1:30 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207700 |
Rating: | 20770 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
VANCOUVER - It's the same gas pouring through the pipes, but saying "so long" to Terasen has proved costly for local homeowners. Those who decided to get their gas through a third party marketer are paying a whole lot more.
Posted: | 1:27 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 207453 |
Rating: | 20745 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
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.
Posted: | 1:26 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207481 |
Rating: | 20749 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
VANCOUVER - They are the new adult toys of choice. Smart phones and laptops may be speeding up the hook-up as people use their thumbs and fingers to poke, tap and swipe their partner right into bed.
Posted: | 1:24 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Lifestyle |
Hits: | 207588 |
Rating: | 20759 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
VANCOUVER - Look out Mom and Pop shops. The war between Walmart and Target for retail supremacy in Canada could result in a lot of collateral damage for smaller retailers.
Posted: | 1:19 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 207677 |
Rating: | 20768 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
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.
Posted: | 1:18 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207547 |
Rating: | 20755 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
Jack Layton�s ultimate goal is to abolish the Senate but he knows that isn�t about to happen any time soon, so he is urging Stephen Harper take some baby steps toward reform.
Posted: | 10:48 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 207901 |
Rating: | 20790 |
Poster: | hurley_108 |
Unless the lawyers for Jordan Brown who is now aged 13, can convince the judges to change tack, he will be tried in adult court and if convicted will serve an automatic life sentence with no chance of parole. He would become the youngest child in US histo
Posted: | 12:43 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 208531 |
Rating: | 20853 |
Poster: | BeaverFever |
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.
Posted: | 10:00 PM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207725 |
Rating: | 20773 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
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.
Posted: | 9:58 PM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207694 |
Rating: | 20769 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
Kelowna Mounties had the highest number of official complaints in 2010 about the improper use of force among all RCMP detachments in British Columbia.
Posted: | 9:56 PM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207452 |
Rating: | 20745 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
Posted: | 9:50 PM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207511 |
Rating: | 20751 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
The RCMP's internal review of the Robert Pickton serial killer case concluded that the officers involved in the investigation would change little if they had to do things over again, according to a copy of the 2002 report obtained by the Times Colonist.
Posted: | 9:48 PM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207547 |
Rating: | 20755 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
Posted: | 9:45 PM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Arts & Entertainment |
Hits: | 208279 |
Rating: | 20828 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
Posted: | 9:44 PM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Provincial Politics |
Hits: | 207505 |
Rating: | 20751 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
Posted: | 9:42 PM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207401 |
Rating: | 20740 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
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.
Posted: | 9:41 PM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207388 |
Rating: | 20739 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
Posted: | 9:36 PM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Tech |
Hits: | 207783 |
Rating: | 20778 |
Poster: | Canuckism |
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.
Posted: | 6:41 PM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207386 |
Rating: | 20739 |
Poster: | Canuckism |