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Vancouver’s Parking Wars: get ready for new ways to pay for not taking transit
Like most drivers, I find parking on city streets to be a costly and irritating affair. I’ve worn out pockets carrying enough change to plug the meter, and my initial experience with Vancouver’s...
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Vancouver Whitecaps reach the playoffs (just)
First things first. Congratulations to the Vancouver Whitecaps for making the playoffs. The final standings are decided over a season and not just on recent form and Vancouver have been the fifth best...
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NBA officials once again prove their incompetence, costing Toronto Raptors...
By Michael Hobson To blame the officials for a loss comes across as whining by any team and is number one on the excuse making meter in sports so it is not surprising that the blatant incompetence...
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Volunteers wanted to help prep City of Vancouver in case of disaster
With earthquakes rattling the West Coast and the clean-up work continuing in the wake of Superstorm Sandy in the east, emergency officials in Vancouver say its high time the city looks to better...
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Vancouver producer Chin Injeti up for two Grammy Awards
Vancouver producer Chin Injeti could be headed for more Grammy glory. Injeti, who already has shared Grammy gold working on Eminem‘s Recovery, has two albums on which he worked vying for Grammy...
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NDP touts value of Hollywood trip
In an interview Thursday, Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development Bill Bennett criticized NDP leader Adrian Dix for flying to Los Angeles this week to meet with film industry executives....
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Black Sabbath tour, play Gorge Amphitheatre in August
It may be your only option to see Ozzy and friends reunited this summer. British metal trailblazers Black Sabbath will soon be touring in support of their new Rick Rubin-produced album 13 (out June...
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How Far Can These Canucks Go?
by Scott Taylor That, of course, is the question on everyone’s mind these days, casual fan or otherwise. And at no point in Canuck history has there been such a polarized response. As the defending...
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Victoria company SendtoNews mines digital gold from world of sports: Delivers...
Victoria startup Send-toNews is off to the races. The 22-person company that just moved into new offices on Victoria’s inner harbour has scored a digital deal with NASCAR, giving it the global rights...
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Why Aren’t Canucks’ Playoff Tickets Selling?
by Scott Taylor What was once the hottest ticket in town, Vancouver Canuck playoff tickets are very much getting a ho-hum response from the ticket buying public this time around. We can think of a few...
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B.C. man admits he arranged cocaine shipments from Mexico – UPDATED with...
He is a B.C. man who set up shop in Mexico and has been linked to one of the deadliest drug cartels in the world. Now John Darrel Krokos is preparing to spend at least 10 years in a U.S. jail after...
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Tegan and Sara get Closer with Taylor Swift in Los Angeles (video)
After showing up during Macklemore and Ryan Lewis‘ set at the Osheaga festival in Montreal earlier this month, indie pop duo Tegan and Sara have made an appearance on stage with another big name:...
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The Super Ego of Roberto Luongo
by Scott Taylor With another Canuck season on the horizon, the improbable has occurred. Roberto Luongo remains – front and centre – as he has for nearly every moment since his arrival here seven long...
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Long Beach and San Diego boat tour
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. That is precisely what we have been doing. Across our searches we found the vast majority of listings to be in Southern California. Instead of letting...
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Carnival da Lynn stages Brazilian-like Sun Run training show for Flabbio and...
A Sunday morning winter storm that made driving tricky, running slushy and motivation to leave the comforts of home extra challenging, failed to stop a former Olympian from bringing a Brazilian flavour...
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Vancouver may be sushi capital of North America
The long knife flashes as Kuni Shimamura dissects prawns and scallops and effortlessly combines them with rice inside a shell of dark-green seaweed. Washing his hands for the umpteenth time today, the...
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Val Nelson: paintings that explore the familiar and the surprising
An exhibition of new oil paintings and drawings by artist Val Nelson at Bau-Xi Gallery is a combination of works that are both challenging and comfortable. They’re arranged in the gallery so that...
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Sony studio move to Vancouver gets thumbs down in Hollywood
The storyline surrounding Sony Pictures Imageworks moving of its head office to Vancouver is a lot different in Hollywood than it is in Hollywood North. The Vancouver film industry is celebrating the...
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John Stevens earns promotion with L.A. Kings, won’t be Canucks’ next head coach
Los Angeles assistant coach John Stevens, who was thought to be a potential candidate for the vacant Vancouver Canucks’ head coaching job, will be staying in Hollywood. The L.A. Times is reporting the...
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Were the Canuck Players as Bad as the Season Ending Stats Indicate?
Last season Canuck scoring stats were a mystery for a lot reasons and the first one would be how could so many players have a poor year at the same time? Usually on a team you see a couple of players...
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