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As the province toughens up its smoking regulations, members of Vancouver Coastal Health are urging the district to take their own smoking bylaws even further.On Tuesday (Feb.

Making sure skaters have a good roof over their heads could cost taxpayers $1 million. And residents won't have a say over the expenditure since council defeated a motion to seek public approval .

Sylvie [email protected] co-owner of a Taco Del Mar that was firebombed in Vancouver last week was found dead in the Howe Sound early Friday (Feb. 15).

A number of homeless people making a crude refuge in the downtown Pavilion were recently kicked out of the structure for their own safety, said Mayor Ian Sutherland in a letter to United Church Minister Daniel Bogert-O'Brien, who criticized the move.

Before Canadians started to read of violence erupting out of the Kenyan presidential election last December, Sheri Davis watched smoke rise out of Nairobi's largest slum from a porch.

Jane Smith is preparing for the adventure of her life - and for her life.

Squamish has been handed an official role for the 2010 Winter Olympics. To coincide with the two-year countdown Tuesday (Feb.

VANOC is donating $1 to the Callaghan Valley Training Centre for every stair shoveled at the Olympic venue's ski jumps on Saturday (Feb. 16) after the Coast Cup competition hosted by Spud Valley.

The road to 2010 passed right through Squamish on the official two-year countdown to the Games Tuesday (Feb. 12) when the CBC's Early Edition radio show was broadcast from Cleveland Avenue.

The pomp and fanfare of opening and closing Olympic ceremonies are, for some, the highlights of the Games, and their plans are held as a closely guarded secret to maintain their grandeur.