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Archive for the ‘BC’ Category
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Crime rates in Vancouver falling – or are they?
Crime records recently released by the City of Vancouver as part of their Open Data Catalogue would have you believe crime rates are falling – but dig a little deeper and the statistics are a little misleading.
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Journalists: Embrace Your Inner Geek
Last week I gave a guest lecture to journalism students at Langara College in Vancouver, B.C. Alex Samur, the regular instructor had asked me to give a basic introduction to data journalism: what it is; why we need it, and…
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picket-2-go
As the Fraser Canyon scenery screams by in a torrent of copper and viridian, Kim Marshall takes one hand off the steering wheel to point excitedly at the blue and gold train as it emerges from the tree line on…
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Help me please so that this freakazoide can be put in jail
Diane Simpson has barely slept since her son Apollo-Lyn was gunned down earlier this week, in what was the latest in a rash of fatal shootings that plagued Metro Vancouver over the Christmas long weekend.
In a voice thick with…
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White minefield
Mountain passes ranging all the way from the B.C. coast to the Alberta border are on high alert against avalanches – but the real danger comes when the winter snowstorms end, a senior forecaster says.
The Sea-to-Sky, Kootenay Boundary, Purcells,…
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Four days, four fatal shootings
With four fatal shootings in as many days and fears that the Lower Mainland is about to fall witness to another bloody gang war, police did their best to alleviate the public’s concerns by announcing the incidents weren’t linked to…
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The appeal of polygamy
A court-appointed lawyer will not appeal a B.C. Supreme Court ruling that upheld Canada’s ban on polygamy, leaving the federal and provincial attorneys-general only two days to decide what to do next.
The decision announced on Wednesday by George Macintosh,…
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Bad mushrooms
The province’s chief coroner has ordered a public inquest into how three employees of a Langley mushroom farm died in 2008, after inhaling noxious fumes, in the hopes that a broader examination of the incident can prevent similar deaths from…
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Thrill-kill
In his 26 years as a conservation officer, Steve Wasylik says he’s never before seen the brazen thrill-killing that has recently targeted bighorn sheep near Kamloops.
“There was simply no effort to recover the animals,” Mr. Wasylik said. “They weren’t…
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Xmas bad guys
RCMP officers have seized $1.15-million of counterfeit $100 bills at a Richmond apartment – one of the largest hauls in British Columbia history according to police.
The Federal Commercial Crime Section monitored the forgers for two months before they…
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They’ve got no mom now
In the last moments of her life, Thuy Yen Vu was sitting in the driver’s seat of her BMW SUV on the street in front of her family’s home in a quiet neighbourhood of southeast Vancouver.
Frank Brick, her neighbour,…
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Meth sting
A series of co-ordinated police raids involving more than 150 officers swept across three cities to bust five meth labs early Thursday morning.
The province’s Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit had been monitoring the labs in Vancouver, Surrey and…
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Making amends
The Whistler-based company responsible for the slaying of more than 50 sled dogs in April of last year has donated its remaining animals and property to a non-profit foundation, denying that this is a damage limitation exercise.
The Sled Dog…
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Dumpster-divin’ bear
The dumpster-diving black bear discovered in downtown Vancouver Monday got a reprieve from being euthanized – but may not survive in the wild, says a conservation officer.
The 45-kilogram, 18-month-old juvenile was tranquilized Monday afternoon after hitching a ride on…
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Go occupy something else
The Occupy movement and the labour movement have been allies, but that association has begun to fray as protesters looked to shut down Vancouver’s port – a move that would cost union members a day’s pay.
More than 60 Occupy…