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Helicopter rescues NV hiker

Failing light strands unprepared walker in dangerous gully

Salmon projects to get funding

Seymour River, Mackay Creek, McDonald Creek to benefit

Feist takes home Canada's Polaris Prize

FEIST'S album Metals won the 2011 Polaris Music Prize for best Canadian album on Monday, Sept. 24 in a gala ceremony held at the Concert Hall Studios at Bell Media's Masonic Temple in Toronto.

Viral excavator ride has WorkSafe fuming

OFFICIALS at WorkSafe B.C. say theyre not amused after a video of a construction worker swinging from an excavator bucket by a harness like an amusement park ride went viral on the Internet this week.

Recycle that old car seat this weekend

RELIEF from the clutter of old car seats will be available this weekend at the Bellies to Babies Celebration trade show where usedvancouver. com will be on hand to accept expired seats free of charge. The seat drop-off will be available on Sept.

North Shore MPs split on definition-of-life bill

NORTH Shore MPs John Weston and Andrew Saxton found themselves on opposite sides of a vote in the House of Commons this week after parliamentarians weighed in Wednesday on a private members bill tied to the abortion issue.

Peace-loving dealer jailed

A street-level cocaine and heroin dealer who told his bail supervisor he'd like to work towards "world peace" will have to tackle that project from behind bars.
Carson Graham Tight and Bright Day

Carson Graham Tight and Bright Day

Last chance for video contest submissions

THIS is the final weekend for aspiring young British Columbia filmmakers to submit a road safety video in ICBC's 180 contest aimed at making the roads safer for young drivers. In B.C.

Weston tables bill for national fitness day

WEST Vancouver's representative in Ottawa is calling for the creation of a new day to celebrate fitness, in a bid to turn around the country's decadeslong slide into inactivity.