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Hit-run victim identified
Mogadishu :: Somalia | about 8 hours ago
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Taser, after a video of the altercation with police came to light. A man arrested Monday in connection with a mass murder in Surrey, B.C., had just won a huge poker jackpot.
Tags: Vancouver Island, Somalia, Mogadishu, Disaster Accident, Homelessness, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, North Cowichan British Columbia, Cowichan Valley, Downtown Eastside, Busking, Vancouver, Taser, Socioeconomics, Amanda Lindhout, Humanitarian aid
Vancouver Island New Democrat among hundreds bailing water from flooded homes
Victoria :: Canada | 3 days ago
Credibility New Democrat MLA is getting some first-hand experience of the province's emergency preparedness, after his Vancouver Island home was flooded on the weekend. Bill Routley says he's been bailing water out of his basement and he's called in machines to dig...
Tags: Vancouver Island New Democrat, Canada, Victoria, Bill Routley, Year of birth missing, Flood, Disaster Accident, Weather, Environment, North Cowichan British Columbia, Cowichan Valley, Cowichan River, Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island residents survey flood damage
Vancouver :: Canada | 4 days ago
Credibility Hundreds of people on south Vancouver Island forced from their homes by flooding have been allowed to return, but most won't be able to stay because of damage to their houses. Alberta and B.C. are looking to add more international sparkle to Canada's...
Tags: Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada, Vancouver, Montreal Alouettes, Prima ballerinas, Ulyana Lopatkina, BC Lions, Disaster Accident, Hornby, Sumas Washington, Lower Mainland, Law Crime, Weather
Getting a Dunkin' in Duncan!
Heavy rains combined with unusually high tides have flooded large areas of Duncan on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The town of 27,000 sits near the mouth of the Cowichan River and the river estuary is not far off. The Koksilah River is also nearby...
Tags: Duncan, flood, Cowichan, tides, heavy rains, Vancouver Island, Canada, Victoria, Vancouver, Koksilah River Provincial Park, Cowichan Valley, Cowichan River, Disaster Accident, Environment, allnews
Girl, 15, sexually assaulted in Port Coquitlam
Duncan :: Canada | 5 days ago
Credibility Police in a Metro Vancouver suburb are investigating after a 15-year-old girl was sexually assaulted early Saturday morning. November is living up to its reputation as B.C.'s wettest month in the calendar year. Dozens of homes have water "up to the...
Tags: Vancouver Island, vancouver islanders, B.C., Duncan, Koksilah River, Cowichan Valley, North Cowichan, heavy rain, Hornby Island, hornby islanders, Canada, Disaster Accident, Environment, Weather, North Cowichan British Columbia, Cowichan River, Cowichan Tribes, Duncan British Columbia, Koksilah River Provincial Park, Levee, Island Savings, Hospitality Recreation, Northwest Division, Island Savings Centre, Cowichan Valley Regional District, Geotechnical engineering, Cowichan Lake, Vancouver Canucks, Cowichan Bay British Columbia, Vancouver, Canuck
Coast Salish culture gets its day in the sun
Toronto :: Canada | 7 days ago
Credibility Last updated on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009 11:54PM EST T he items are crafted from bone and antler, yew and cedar, dried grass and mountain goat hair...All are artworks – and that's how they will be seen when the world comes to British Columbia for a two-week...
Tags: Coast Salish, Vancouver Island, Canada, Toronto, Coast Salish art, Northwest Coast art, First Nations in British Columbia, Salish Sea, Native American art, Pacific Northwest, Canadian art
Windstorm rips across Lower Mainland
Edmonton :: Canada | 7 days ago
Credibility A massive windstorm ripped across the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island last night, cancelling ferries and knocking out power. BC Ferries cut all evening sailings to and from the Island for safety reasons but it expects sailings to resume, as scheduled,...
Tags: Vancouver Island, B.C. First Nation, Vancouver Park Board, Greater Vancouver, East Vancouver, Washington, Edmonton, eye surgeon, eye clinic, laser eye, Canada, Vancouver, BC Ferries, Ferry, Coast of British Columbia, Sunshine Coast, Disaster Accident, Environment, Vancouver Police Department, Law Crime, Alberta, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, Pandemic, Education, Health Medical Pharma, Wally Buono, Human Interest, BC Lions
Lonely Planet offers new Vancouver guide in Encounter series
Vancouver :: Canada | 8 days ago
Credibility A new guide to Vancouver is just out from Lonely Planet's pocket-sized Encounter series. The $15 paperback comes with a detachable map and a section on the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. Among the area highlights described in the guide are Stanley Park, artsy...
Tags: Lonely Planet, Vancouver Island, encounter series, Canada, Vancouver, Main Street, Gastown, Hospitality Recreation
State of emergency declared after flooding in Courtenay, B.C.
Courtenay :: Canada | 9 days ago
Credibility The mayor of Courtenay, B.C. has declared a state of emergency after heavy rains bloated the local river and flooded low-lying areas in East Courtenay, closing bridges and roads and snarling traffic. Mayor Greg Phelps said areas surrounding the Puntledge,...
Tags: B.C, Vancouver Island, Courtenay, flooding warning, Canada, Blizzards, Ice storms, Winter storms of 2008￢ﾀﾓ09, Disaster Accident, Weather, Environment, Flood warning, Cowichan River, Nanaimo, Comox Valley, Cowichan Valley, Oyster River, Law Crime, Taser, Paramedic, Gendarmerie, Public Safety Canada, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Heavy rain prompts flood watch for parts of southwestern B.C.
Vancouver :: Canada | 10 days ago
Credibility Heavy rains deluging British Columbia's south coast and parts of Vancouver Island have prompted the provincial Environment Ministry to warn residents to be on the lookout for flooding along the region's rivers...Environment Minister Barry Penner said...
Tags: flooding watch, pineapple express, Barry Penner, heavy rain, Vancouver Island, Canada, Vancouver, Flood alert, Flash flood watch, Great Coastal Gale, Flood, Weather, Disaster Accident, Environment
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