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B.C. voters opted for 'anything but'

The great thing about political punditry is the ability to be right and wrong at the same time and get away with it, which is why the pundits who were no better at predicting the outcome of the B.C. election shouldn't be expected to be any better at interpreting the results.


 
Rachael Fouladi

City runner dealing with emotional impact

A Burnaby resident and SFU psychology professor is alive and well but a bit shaken, after a close call at Monday's Boston Marathon.


 

BTO co-founder on trial for sex charges

An early member of iconic Canadian rock band Bachman-Turner Overdrive had a sexual relationship with a young girl, a B.C. judge was told last week.


 

Don't call kettle black if you're the pot

If you are going to shoot poison darts at the enemy, be sure they don't fit your intended victim's blowgun.


 

Thoughtless gifts costly

If you are going to shoot poison darts at the enemy, make sure they don't fit your intended victim's blowgun.


 

Thoughtless gifts could prove costly

If you are going to shoot poison darts at the enemy, make sure they don't fit your intended victim's blowgun.


 

Thoughtless gifts costly

If you are going to shoot poison darts at the enemy, make sure they don't fit your intended victim's blowgun.


 

Departure of auditor leaves MLA frustrated

Local MLA Kathy Corrigan is disappointed that auditor general John Doyle has accepted a post in Australia, and she blames the Liberal government for his departure.


 
A Victoria Grizzlies

Chiefs assist. coach under investigation after brawl

Victoria-area Mounties have opened an investigation into the actions of Chilliwack Chiefs assistant coach Brandon Fleenor at the end of a Jan. 12 British Columbia Hockey League game.


 
Nanaimo-based performer David James

Hwhy is David James in Hwhite Rock? For the Cash, man

To better impersonate one of country music's late superstars, David James haunts the thrift stores.


 

Inmate Pawliw dies at ARH

Ferndale Institution inmate Gordon Michael Pawliw has died of apparent natural causes at the age of 65, reported assistant warden Tanis Kinney last Thursday.


 

Say hello to your fresh new Courier

There are many of us who put out this newspaper, both online and in print. Hardworking professionals in sales, accounting and administration from our publisher on down provide the vital business foundation. A production department we share with other newspapers in the Glacier chain provides graphics wizardry and puts pages together. A Vancouver-based printer produces those pages in physical form. A team of delivery people drops copies of the Courier on doorsteps across the city to make us the largest circulation of any community newspaper in Canada. An online team puts our stories, photos and video on the web and on mobile apps.


 
Editorial cartoonist Adrian Raeside

B.C. Ferries a favourite Raeside target

DESPITE his abhorrence of it, editorial cartoonist Adrian Raeside might have been addicted to the B.C. Ferries Sunshine Breakfast.


 

Kitimat refinery a billionaire's pipe dream

PUNDITS and politicians may gas away all they want about oil pipelines and refineries, but let us turn to a local, hard-nosed expert for an informed opinion.


 

Municipal paycheques too hefty

Pity Jack Lew, President Barack Obama's White House


 

Deity in a dress ready to crucify Vancouver

God is scheduled to visit Vancouver this month in the form of a potty-mouthed Scottish drag queen.


 
Coquitlam-Maillardville MLA Thorne

Thorne staying for now

Coquitlam-Maillardville NDP MLA Diane Thorne hasn't packed it in yet, despite members of her own party who suggested she had.


 
Abstract and landscape work

Crime writer featured at Spoken Ink night

If crime fiction is your thing, then don't miss the Burnaby Writers' Society's next Spoken Ink night.


 

Bond lays down the law on policing

For the second time in as many months, the province has offered an extension to municipalities who haven't signed off yet on the proposed new 20-year RCMP contract with the federal government.