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Victoria soon to be home to longest recreational trail circling an airport 27 Aug 2013 | 08:51 pm
Construction of a recreational trail circling the perimeter of Victoria International Airport is expected to be completed by mid-September, says airport CEO Geoff Dickson.
The sensational last stand of China's Bo Xilai 27 Aug 2013 | 08:48 pm
‘Police chief who betrayed me was passionately in love with my wife,’ says disgraced former Communist Party heavyweight
Regional sales tax touted as TransLink’s only option 27 Aug 2013 | 08:45 pm
Transit advocates are pushing a regional sales tax as the only option for TransLink to generate the $6.5 billion it needs to expand bus and transit service in Metro Vancouver. In their Leap Ahead plan...
McDonald’s goes meatless for first time in a decade 27 Aug 2013 | 08:01 pm
For the first time in more than a decade, McDonald’s Canada is going meatless with its entrée offerings. But Tuesday’s nationwide unveiling won’t showcase the menu item vegetarians have been expecting...
Thai police crackdown on sale of 'laughing gas' balloons in tourist district 27 Aug 2013 | 05:49 pm
Thai authorities are cracking down on vendors in Bangkok's main backpacker district selling cheap doses of balloons filled with nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, to tourists.
Calgary pet groomer facing animal cruelty charges after video surfaces (WARNING: Graphic video) 27 Aug 2013 | 10:09 am
A Calgary woman has been charged with eight animal cruelty offences after five dogs were abused while being groomed at a downtown pet daycare earlier this year. A former employee, who was also the gro...
Gerald Ford recalls 'Squeaky' Fromme assassination attempt in 1975 videotape (with video) 27 Aug 2013 | 10:01 am
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - President Gerald Ford recalled seeing a hand holding a large handgun slipping through a crowd at the California statehouse in 1975 before a Secret Service agent lunged at Charles ...
'A step in the right direction': Surrey’s new B-Line bus service ready to go Sept. 2 27 Aug 2013 | 07:18 am
Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts thinks the new B-Line express bus service along King George Highway that is a highlight of TransLink’s upcoming service changes is “a step in the right direction.”
Two escorts found dead in same New West apartment complex 27 Aug 2013 | 07:16 am
Police are warning escorts to be vigilant after two women working as online escorts were found dead in the same apartment complex in New Westminster. Jill Lyons, 45, was found dead in a unit in the 20...
Michael Smyth: B.C. Ferries pay-packets madness has to stop 27 Aug 2013 | 07:08 am
Pity those poor ferry executives in Washington state, who can only gaze north in envy at the corporate feeding frenzy happening at B.C. Ferries. Sunday’s column detailed the shocking differences in ex...
