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An always timely and sometimes humourous look at the day's local, national and international news and entertainment posted online and sent to your email address every week day at 5 p.m.
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Helmet rule hurts local hockey coach
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A Surrey youth hockey coach has been temporarily sidelined for not wearing a helmet behind the bench, though he is unable to due to his practice of wearing a turban for his Sikh faith.Why does a coach of 10-year olds have to wear a helmet but an NHL ...
8 views | aggregated: 6 days 6 hours ago
topics: surrey
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Indian navy sinks wrong ship in pirate battle
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It turns out that pirate ship the Indian Navy sunk in a battle in the Gulf of Aden last week was actually a Thai fishing trawler in the process of being taken over by Somalian pirates.This is the worst maritime decision since that Serbian swimmer d...
9 views | aggregated: 1 week 1 day ago
topics: olympics
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Record fine for Facebook spammer
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A U.S. federal court has ordered Adam Guerbuez to pay Facebook a record $873 million in damages after he hacked into the social networking site and sent its users numerous sleazy junk messages and business solicitations.As further punishment, he will...
9 views | aggregated: 1 week 2 days ago
topics: business
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Olympic torch relay to begin and end in B.C.
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It was announced this morning that the 2010 Winter Games torch relay will begin and end in B.C..It was a hard-fought contest, as B.C. narrowly edged out strong bids from Nunavut and Prince Edward Island.VANOC says the torch will be within an hour's d...
12 views | aggregated: 1 week 5 days ago
topics: 2010-winter-games, vanoc
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Vancouver lands Juno Awards for GM Place
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The Juno Awards are coming to Vancouver March 26-29, with the main awards show being broadcast live from GM Place, it was announced this morning.The annual tribute to whatever Canadian music acts have made the most money in the past year will run a 4...
8 views | aggregated: 1 week 6 days ago
topics: developer, olympics
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Identity theft plagues 1.7 million Canadians
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(AP Photo)A man of many identities, Sacha Baron Cohen ( Borat , Bruno ) gets dragged off a runway during Milan fashion week Victim of identity fraud is a rapidly-growing problem affecting 1.7 million Canadians and cost victims $150 million this pas...
9 views | aggregated: 2 weeks 1 day ago
topics: business
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Strike slows mail service
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Mail delivery was late but still getting through today after 2,100 inside Canada Post workers set up picket lines to back their contract demands.Personally, I received my mail around 3:00 this afternoon, complete with a big Peter Ladner For Mayor b...
11 views | aggregated: 2 weeks 2 days ago
topics: mayor, strike
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Gassy Jack
"Gassy Jack" by The Evaporators (SOCAN). Video directed by Jason Margolis from the CD/LP &...
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jumpfilm
active: 29 min 22 sec ago |
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When Jesse Was Born
Explores the turbulent, sometimes painful, and often humorous lives of one blue-collar family as the...
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active: 3 hours 30 min ago |
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A Piece of Glass
With the 2010 Olympics rapidly approaching, many people are concerned about the issue of homelessnes...
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 Kristin
active: 7 hours 35 min ago |
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