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Vancouver's Tim Lee takes Sobey Art Award

Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

One of Canada's most internationally acclaimed rising stars nabs $50,000 prize

Fair Copyright for Canada Vancouver Chapter Holds C-61 Funeral

Michael Geist's Blog (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008

The Vancouver Province reports on mock-funeral for C-61 staged by the Fair Copyright for Canada, Vancouver chapter over the weekend.

The McSlippery Doctrine

halls of macadamia (Free subscription) | yesterday

Don't sweat it, pal... in Dalton McGuinty's Ontario , you can always apologise... -- Spence Cole from Vancouver, Canada writes: "Sorry officer. If I didn't have that last beer, I would have probably seen the stop sign. Hope the guy in the other car is ok ." -- Posted 07/10/08 at 12:16 PM EDT *

Amanda Zhao’s parents arrive in Canada

Victoria Chinatown (Free subscription) | yesterday

———————– They are finally here in Vancouver. They are Yang Baoying, Zhao Zisheng and Li Junjun. They are the family of murdered Chinese student Amanda Zhao. They arrived at YVR yesterday after flying 20 hours Beijing-Hong Kong-Vancouver. The tickets were sponsored by CARE Society. Their visa application fees were sponsored by MLAs Jenny Kwan and Mike Farnworth. [...]

• Amanda Zhao’s parents arrive in Canada - Chinese in Vancouver

New rules leave homeless out in cold, lawyer says

CBC.ca (Free subscription) | yesterday

Advocates for Vancouver's homeless have unleashed a barrage of criticism against new federal voting regulations and what they say are the inadequate efforts by Elections Canada to get homeless people registered to vote ahead of the Oct. 14 poll.

TRUCKS SALES * USA - Heavy Duty LNG Trucks Increased

trucks world news (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008

Export Order from Westport Innovations Inc. , to El Toro Export Vancouver,BC,Canada - Earthtimes (press release - London,UK) -6 Oct 2008: -- Westport Innovations Inc. , a global leader in alternative fuel, low-emissions transportation technologies, announced today that El Toro Export, LLC of El Centro, California , a processor, marketer, and exporter of various agricultural commodities, has ordered...

• Westport Innovations Inc.: Westport Innovations Inc.: Sales for Heavy Duty LNG Trucks Increase With El Toro Export Order - Market Wire - Transportation and Logistics: Trucking

VIIF 2008

Starbun (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008

Hey Readers of Starbun Instead of a comic, I will post an illustration I did that will never get used for the Vancouver International Improv Festival . Starts tomorrow (Oct 7) and runs until October 11 at the Roundhouse Community Centre. Groups from all over Canada and the US are in town and it should be a great time. Groups like The Crumbs, Scratch (their in the drawing),Instant Theatre, Dad's Garage,...

Sabina Silver Corporation: Sabina Silver Announces Final 2008 Jo Zone Results

Market Wire (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (MARKET WIRE) Sabina Silver Corp. (TSX VENTURE: SBB) is pleased to announce additional favourable results from the 2008 drilling at the recently defined Jo Zone at the Hackett River Project in Nunavut Canada. Also, following a recent trip to site by an independent consulting geologist with significant applied Volcanic Massive Sulphide (VMS) experience, opportunities for...

Playland - Messed - (2008) :30 (Canada)

Adland (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008

Wanna get really messed up, legally and with no hangover? Go to Playland! Rethink, Vancouver strike again. read more

Coast Capital Savings - No Fees Equals No Stress - (2008) :30 Canada)

Adland (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008

A novel USP, this bank promises that you'll get your hair back... From Rethink, Vancouver read more

Mr Lube - The Keys - (2008) :30 (Canada)

Adland (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008

Rethink, Vancouver use hypno-advertising. Kinda. read more

I wish I had more time in Canada

Travelblog (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008

So what have I been up to I had a few days in Canada where I met up with my good friend Lish. Lish was doing a course in Vancouver so while she worked during the day I was a tourist. But we had a few days together and Lish's girlfriend Jen is from Canada so we had our own personal tour guide. We hired bikes yes bike riding again and rode around Stanley Park which is this massive park in the

The Brontës in the world of arts - A review

BrontëBlog (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008

Our thanks to Ashgate Publishers for sending us a review copy of this book. The Brontës in the World of the Arts Edited by Sandra Hagan, Vancouver Island University, Canada, and Juliette Wells, Manhattanville College, USA Series : The Nineteenth Century Series * Imprint: Ashgate * Illustrations: Includes 21 b&w illustrations and 1 music example * Published: September 2008 * Format: 234 x 156 mm * Extent:...

Vancouver International Film Festival / VIFF - Foreign Film - (2008) :30 (Canada)

Adland (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008

TBWA Vancouver welcomes the typical types that frequent the Vancouver International Film Festival. read more

Vancouver International Film Festival / VIFF - Die Hard - (2008) :30 (Canada)

Adland (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008

TBWA Vancouver welcomes the typical types that frequent the Vancouver International Film Festival. read more