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Holcomb wins bobsled gold at Lake Placid
Lake Placid :: NY :: USA | 1 day ago
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N.Y. — Reigning four-man bobsled world champion Steven Holcomb has won the four-man World Cup event at Mount Van Hoevenberg, leading the U.S. to a 1-2 finish for the second straight day. Holcomb finished the two-run race in 1 minute, 49.60 seconds on...
Tags: John Napier, Steven Holcomb, American Napier, world cup, Lake Placid, Mount Van Hoevenberg, U.S, old napier, practically grew, napier practically, Wolfgang Stampfer, Bobsleigh, allnews, Vancouver Canucks, Lake Placid New York, Placid, Essex County New York, Matt Pettinger, Main Street, Vancouver, Gastown, British Columbia, Hospitality Recreation, Winter Olympic Games, Pierre Lueders, Winter Olympics, Winter sports, Lindsey Vonn, Biathlon, Cross-country skiing, Olympic sports
Olympic organizers scuttle plan to turn cruise ships into hotels
Vancouver :: WA :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility British Columbia — An Olympic accommodation plan in which thousands of visitors would have stayed on cruise ships has been called off because of the rough economy. Group since that time," said company president Greg Peart. "We've never been able to recover...
Tags: cruise ships, rough economy, Vancouver, British Columbia, Hotel, Canada Line, Norwegian Star, Tourism, Hospitality Recreation, DEAP
Top court backs Crown in protecting Basi-Virk informant
Ottawa :: Canada | 3 days ago
Credibility Last updated on Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 2:59AM EST A legal battle that delayed a political corruption trial for nearly two years in British Columbia has been ended by a Supreme Court of Canada ruling on the Crown's right to protect the identity of a secret...
Tags: Supreme Court of Canada, secret informant, British Columbia, B.C, Canada, Ottawa, Elizabeth Bennett, Year of birth missing, Court system of Canada, Law Crime, Names, Punjab, Virk, Privilege, BC Legislature Raids, Evidence law, Rights of the accused, Jat
British Columbia's salmon: Socked
Vancouver :: Canada | 3 days ago
Credibility British Columbia, bringing worries of financial and job losses, threats of extinction and a perplexing lack of answers. This season only 1.7m of the 10.4m sockeye salmon that were forecast to return to the Fraser river in fact made it—a 50-year low. That...
Tags: British Columbia, Fraser river, salmon farming, wild salmon, fishing farming, Canada, Vancouver, Oily fish, Aquaculture of salmon, Sockeye salmon, Chinook salmon, Sea louse, Oncorhynchus, Salmon, Aquaculture, Environment
BC Rail's future in doubt
Vancouver :: Canada | 4 days ago
Credibility British Columbia's transportation minister says the future of one of Canada's smallest railways is under review. Shirley Bond told the legislature Wednesday that the provincial government is examining the entire operation of Crown-owned BC Rail, but she...
Tags: BC Rail, Canada, Vancouver, Squamish British Columbia, British Columbia, Business Finance, Sea to Sky Country, Canadian National Railway, Politics
Freshwater sport fishing a $500-million catch for B.C.
Toronto :: Canada | 5 days ago
Credibility A fter years of decline, freshwater sport fishing is on the rebound in British Columbia, according to a new study that found more than 300,000 anglers are spending more than $500-million a year on the activity...He said the study is important because...
Tags: sport fishing, British Columbia, stock programs, Mr. Peterson, Canada, Toronto, Salmo, Salvelinus, Bass fishing, Angling in Yellowstone National Park, Recreational fishing, Angling, Fishing
Pests on move worldwide as climate warms
Seoul :: South Korea | 7 days ago
Credibility In British Columbia they have laid waste to an area twice the size of Ireland. -A microscopic parasite is spreading a deadly disease among salmon in Alaska and British Columbia. Researchers say rising water temperatures are partly to blame. -The U.S....
Tags: British Columbia, South Korea, Seoul, Zoonoses, Tick, Beetle, Mosquito, Humboldt Squid, Acari, Lyme disease, Spirochaetes, Environment
British Columbia: call of the wild
Terrace :: Canada | 8 days ago
Credibility my very own call of the wild Make your Jack London fantasies come true on the ultimate fishing trip in British Columbia, 100 miles from the nearest road Steelhead fishing in British Columbia. I barely remember my grandfather – only that he would clap...
Tags: Bell Irving, Steve McPhail, Jack London, British Columbia, Ruaridh Nicoll, log jam, Michael Brackenhofer, Bavarian Michael, Alaskan, Canada, Terrace, Fishing, Artificial fly, Hospitality Recreation, Fly fishing, Salmon, Rainbow trout
Will Harper face his former polling watchdog?
Quebec :: Canada | 14 days ago
Credibility D aniel Paillé was a surprising choice when Prime Minister Stephen Harper appointed him in 2007 to review polling practices when the federal Liberals were in charge. The move came back to bite the government, as Mr. Paillé’s report directed its strongest...
Tags: Nova Scotia, Bloc Quebecois, British Columbia, Tory Bill Casey
Child age range wrong in vaccine ads
Edmonton :: Canada | 18 days ago
Credibility A proposal that would stop insurance companies from suing municipal fire departments in the province passed second reading at the Alberta Legislature Tuesday. Edmonton police have issued an arrest warrant for a 40-year-old man in the slaying of a woman...
Tags: Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, flu shots, Calgary Flames, h1n1 shots, h1n1 flu, staff member, families received, care worker, British Columbia
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