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6-year-old sexually assaulted in Metro Vancouver

CBC News - Sun, 2009-07-05 12:38
Police are warning parents to be vigilant after a six-year-old girl was sexually assaulted at knifepoint in Surrey, B.C., on Friday.
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Lawrie's pitching gem wasted at Canada Cup

CBC News - Sat, 2009-07-04 21:16
Canadian pitcher Danielle Lawrie was the victim of poor run support Saturday, tossing an eight-inning gem against Venezuela, only to lose 1-0 at the Canada Cup women's softball tournament.
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6th bomb at B.C. pipeline causes gas leak

CBC News - Sat, 2009-07-04 17:51
EnCana Corp.'s natural gas pipeline in northeastern B.C. sprang a small leak after being targeted by a sixth bomb Saturday, the second case of what the RCMP describe as 'domestic terrorism' in less than a week.
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Free speech at risk during 2010 Olympics, group says

CBC News - Sat, 2009-07-04 12:50
The B.C. Civil Liberties Association is warning free speech will be in danger during the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
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Family of missing B.C. teen says shift focus from ex-boyfriend

CBC News - Sat, 2009-07-04 12:25
The brother of a teenage girl from Squamish, B.C., who has been missing for two weeks says too much attention is being paid to her former boyfriend.
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Canadian-made sci-fi series gets ABC pickup

CBC News - Sat, 2009-07-04 09:36
Defying Gravity, a CTV science-fiction series made in Vancouver, has been picked up by ABC in yet another coup for Canadian-made television programs.
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Riders edge Lions in wild opener

CBC News - Fri, 2009-07-03 23:08
B.C. Lions' receiver Ryan Grice-Mullen dropped a Hail Mary pass with 13 seconds to go that would have won the game, a back-and-forth 28-24 Roughriders' win that featured a whopping 15 turnovers.
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Hundreds gather at funeral for Surrey teen killed in crash

CBC News - Fri, 2009-07-03 21:02
More than 300 people gathered at a funeral home in Delta on Friday to pay their respects to a Surrey teenager killed in a car crash.
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Van sought in Burnaby man's death, earlier theft

CBC News - Fri, 2009-07-03 18:05
A van sought in connection with the death of a Burnaby businessman on Thursday may be linked to a theft that took place in the city two weeks ago.
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Canucks ink Mikael Samuelsson to 3-year deal

CBC News - Fri, 2009-07-03 17:45
Free agent winger Mikael Samuelsson signed a three-year contract with the Vancouver Canucks on Friday.
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Foul play ruled out after body found at Bridal Veil Falls

CBC News - Fri, 2009-07-03 16:44
Police say foul play has been ruled out after a man's body was found in Bridal Veil Falls Provincial Park Friday morning.
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Grouse Grind trail north of Vancouver reopened

CBC News - Fri, 2009-07-03 16:39
The Grouse Grind trail on Vancouver's North Shore reopened Friday afternoon after being closed due to falling rock.
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Helicopter lift of blades to Grouse Mountain windmill delayed

CBC News - Fri, 2009-07-03 14:11
Work on a windmill as tall as a 20-storey building on the peak of Grouse Mountain has been delayed because of a helicopter pilot's concerns about lifting the massive blades.
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Real estate sales booming in Vancouver and Victoria areas

CBC News - Fri, 2009-07-03 14:03
Historically low interest rates and discounted housing prices are fuelling a real estate boom on B.C.'s south coast with sales in Vancouver up 75 per cent compared to June of last year.
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Pedestrian and bike bridge proposed for False Creek

CBC News - Fri, 2009-07-03 08:01
Mayor Gregor Robertson is supporting a proposal to build a bike and pedestrian bridge across False Creek at a cost of $45 million.
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Fisheries and Oceans Transfers Three Lightstation Properties to Gulf Islands National Park Reserve

Government of Canada BC News - Fri, 2006-05-19 12:24
The Honourable Loyola Hearn, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, and the Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of the Environment and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, announced today the transfer of three lightstation properties in British Columbia's southern Gulf Islands to the Gulf Islands National Park Reserve of Canada. The transfer includes Portlock Point Lightstation on Prevost Island, Active Pass Lightstation at Georgina Point on Mayne Island and East Point Lightstation on Saturna Island.
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Funding announced to expand French resource centre

Government of Canada BC News - Fri, 2006-05-19 10:55
An investment of $648,750 was announced today from Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD) and Service fransaskois de formation aux adultes (SEFFA) that will benefit Francophone post-secondary students, their instructors and post-secondary institutions in Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Yukon and Northwest Territories, with improved access to an expanded French-language resource library, Le Lien, at Collège Mathieu.
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New Food Safety Initiative Launched in British Columbia

Government of Canada BC News - Fri, 2006-05-12 13:00
Canada's new government is providing British Columbia with $2.64 million for the Food Safety Initiative (FSI) to enhance and promote food safety systems in its food processing industry.
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Competition Bureau Announces Start of Trustee Sale Process for Port Terminal in Vancouver

Government of Canada BC News - Fri, 2006-05-12 09:16
The Competition Bureau announced today that the sale of Agricore United's AUV grain handling terminal in the Port of Vancouver will go to a Trustee. This follows Agricore United's decision to abandon its challenge to the 2002 Consent Agreement with the Bureau, which required it to sell either the UGG (now AUV) terminal or the Pacific Elevators Limited terminal.
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Small Businesses Booming in Western Canada - British Columbia

Government of Canada BC News - Tue, 2006-05-09 11:20
The Honourable Carol Skelton, Minister of National Revenue and Minister of Western Economic Diversification today released Revisiting Portraits of Small Business Growth and Employment in Western Canada.
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