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Abbotsford council to consider property tax hikes ranging from 1.5 to 4.3 per cent
Abbotsford city council will be considering a property tax increase that ranges between 1.5 to 4.3 per cent during the 2012 budget process.
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Abbotsford GST scam artist who bilked government of $3 million sentenced
An Abbotsford man who helped scam the federal government out of almost $3 million was sentenced in B.C. Supreme Court Friday to two years less a day in jail.
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Ridge commuters detoured by fire
Rush hour is snarled in Maple Ridge tonight. A power pole burst into flames just before 5 p.m. Friday in front of Quality Inn on Lougheed Highway just east of 216th St.
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Boy hit by truck
An 11-year-old Aldergrove boy was hit by a truck and has been rushed to hospital by Air Ambulance Friday afternoon.
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North Vancouver man detained after jaywalking says he's police target
A North Vancouver man who previously won a lawsuit against the West Vancouver police for being wrongfully arrested has been found guilty of "obstructing a peace officer" for refusing to tell RCMP officers his residential address.
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11 weeks later, hiker's disappearance still unsolved
Two and a half months after he vanished while apparently on a day trip to the North Shore, the disappearance of a 21-year-old Vancouver man remains unsolved.
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Sunday feature: The growing threat of resistance
Have a sore throat? Got the sniffles? Instead of heading for the pharmacy, we’ll all be better off if you skip the antibiotics and just stay home. In the 84 years since Alexander Fleming renamed his “mould juice” as penicillin, we’ve abused his Nobel-prize winning discovery.
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Improvisers find common ground on Songlines releases
- Thom Gossage and Other Voices - In Other Words (Songlines Recordings) Rating: 8 (out of 10)
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Surrey high school basketball team at centre of toy-gun takedown in Kelowna
KELOWNA - Now there's one for the yearbook.
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Albert Nobbs close but no cigar
- Albert Nobbs. Directed by Rodrigo Garcia. Starring Glenn Close and Janet McTeer.
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Poster of the Week
A New York-based graphic designer, in-demand saxophonist and member of Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings from 2004 to 2010, Ian Hendrickson-Smith explained his sophisticated rationale behind his retro-inspired gig poster for retro-inspired local act Cousin Harley.
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Surrey council's letter to TransLink is too little and took too long: residents
SURREY - Three months after Surrey city council agreed to send a letter to TransLink on behalf of concerned residents asking to ban 32nd Avenue as a truck route, the residents got what they asked for.
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Set your kids' finances free, says Richmond financial planner/author
If you give your kids a weekly allowance, you shouldn’t withdraw payment to punish them for bad behaviour or poor performance.
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Once Upon a Time: Hit series settling into old North Vancouver library site
- Once Upon a Time airs Sunday nights at 8 p.m. on ABC and CTV. For more information on the series visit shows.ctv.ca/OnceUponATime.aspx.
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Men accused of holding up 34 banks in 10 weeks
Two men are facing a litany of charges after allegedly holding up 34 Lower Mainland banks in a little over two months.
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Abbotsford's Jarrod Bacon found guilty at cocaine conspiracy trial
Notorious Abbotsford gangster Jarrod Bacon and his former father-in-law Wayne Scott were found guilty Friday of conspiring to traffic cocaine back in 2009.
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Vancouver police dog bites prompt lawsuits
The video footage clearly shows how Christopher Evans behaved on the early morning of June 12 when he used his skateboard to repeatedly bash the glass door of a transit bus.
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Reality Jane does chick-lit genre proud
A guest at a dinner party, she was shocked when the conversation shifted to the topic of Susan Boyle, who had just made her star-making debut on a 2009 episode of Britain's Got Talent. Those in attendance were discussing how, based on Boyle's age and appearance, little had been expected of her and she blew everyone away with her powerful voice.
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Lana Del Rey's debut racing up the charts
- Lana Del Rey - Born to Die (Interscope Records) Rating: 7 (out of 10)
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