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Happy 'homecoming' for X-Files writer, producerIt was a time for thank-yous and celebration Thursday asChris Carter, creator of the highly popular X-Files televisionseries, and the show's writer and producer, Frank Spotnitz, returnedto the city where it all began -- Vancouver -- for a specialscreening of the newly released feature film The X-Files: I Want ToBelieve.
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Parents of Olympic swimmers teaming up to purchase ticketsParents of the Canadian swim team going to the BeijingOlympics say they have had to use every ingenious method at theirdisposal to obtain tickets to their childrens' events.
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Bacteria can thwart E. coliEDMONTON -- Ever wonder why you can enjoy a blood-rare steak,but a hamburger has to be cooked all the way through?
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Duke's Cold War refuge named B.C. nature reserve
A vast tract of wilderness in southeastern British Columbia, acquired by a German aristocrat during the Cold War as a haven for his family, has become Canada's newest conservation reserve.
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A vast tract of wilderness in southeastern British Columbia, acquired by a German aristocrat during the Cold War as a haven for his family, has become Canada's newest conservation reserve.
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Anti-foie gras protesters file complaint over arrest
Animal-rights group Liberation BC has filed a complaint with the Police Complaint Commissioner against three Vancouver police officers after the arrest of the group's campaign director.Joanne Chang was arrested July 18 outside West Restaurant on South Granville at a protest against the restaurant's sale of of foie gras. Police were called by an area resident annoyed by the group's use of a megaphone. In a statement released by Liberation BC, Ms. Chang said: ''We feel that the Vancouver police acted like private security and violated the rights of a law-abiding citizen in order to defend the profits of a high-end business.''
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Animal-rights group Liberation BC has filed a complaint with the Police Complaint Commissioner against three Vancouver police officers after the arrest of the group's campaign director.Joanne Chang was arrested July 18 outside West Restaurant on South Granville at a protest against the restaurant's sale of of foie gras. Police were called by an area resident annoyed by the group's use of a megaphone. In a statement released by Liberation BC, Ms. Chang said: ''We feel that the Vancouver police acted like private security and violated the rights of a law-abiding citizen in order to defend the profits of a high-end business.''
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Will ferry costs sink island life?
Michelle Easterly doesn't want to leave the island she has lived on for a quarter of a century. But she fears she'll have to.''It's my home; it's where my daughter was raised,'' she said. ''If I can't survive here, then I'll have to sell the property. ... We're all kind of reeling here. This is our highway and our lifeboat.''
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Michelle Easterly doesn't want to leave the island she has lived on for a quarter of a century. But she fears she'll have to.''It's my home; it's where my daughter was raised,'' she said. ''If I can't survive here, then I'll have to sell the property. ... We're all kind of reeling here. This is our highway and our lifeboat.''
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Muslim man gets $11,000 over post-9/11 backlash
B.C.'s Human Rights Tribunal has awarded $11,000 to a Muslim man of Arab descent because he was the victim of a co-worker's paranoia after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
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B.C.'s Human Rights Tribunal has awarded $11,000 to a Muslim man of Arab descent because he was the victim of a co-worker's paranoia after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
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Missing man likely dead, homicide team says
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says missing Burnaby resident Kellan McElwee, 25, is likely a victim of foul play, and that his parents have posted a $30,000 reward for information leading to his remains.
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The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says missing Burnaby resident Kellan McElwee, 25, is likely a victim of foul play, and that his parents have posted a $30,000 reward for information leading to his remains.
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MLS seeks two expansion teams by 2011
Major League Soccer's board of governors has approved plans to expand by two teams by 2011, commissioner Don Garber announced Thursday.
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Major League Soccer's board of governors has approved plans to expand by two teams by 2011, commissioner Don Garber announced Thursday.
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'I wanted to steal some money,' accused killer of B.C. model says
The man Chinese authorities accuse of killing a B.C. model in Shanghai earlier this month says he stabbed Diana O'Brien after she hit him and knocked him to the floor, reports a Shanghai television news program posted on the internet Thursday.
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The man Chinese authorities accuse of killing a B.C. model in Shanghai earlier this month says he stabbed Diana O'Brien after she hit him and knocked him to the floor, reports a Shanghai television news program posted on the internet Thursday.
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