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Trustees back from China ready to tell their stories

Trustees back from China ready to tell their stories

Board chair promises a report on visit and what the benefits of the trip are for SD43 students
Fans take to Twitter to say #ThankYouSedins

Fans take to Twitter to say #ThankYouSedins

It is a special week for hockey fans, players and Daniel and Henrik Sedin as the twins announced their impending retirement early this week. Their final home game was last night at Rogers Arena.
Brewers go ‘on the knife’ to help protect women

Brewers go ‘on the knife’ to help protect women

An event to put women “on the knife” will help make them feel safer when attending bars or nightclubs. But they’re not learning commando skills or how to fashion a shiv.
Emergency alerts go wireless

Emergency alerts go wireless

If your smartphone buzzes unexpectedly at 1:55 p.m. on May 9, don’t be alarmed. It will be an alarm. It will be the first test of wireless emergency alerts in British Columbia issued by the national Alert Ready program.

Treatment needed to battle OD crisis

A new report is calling for more provincially regulated treatment and recovery programs in the battle to curb the rising death toll associated with illicit drug overdoses.
I Watched This Game: Vancouver gives the Sedins the send-off they deserve (and vice versa)

I Watched This Game: Vancouver gives the Sedins the send-off they deserve (and vice versa)

Canucks 4, Coyotes 3 (OT)
I Watched This Game: Vancouver gives the Sedins the send-off they deserve (and vice versa)

I Watched This Game: Vancouver gives the Sedins the send-off they deserve (and vice versa)

Canucks 4, Coyotes 3 (OT)
B.C. sees drop in overdose deaths: 'A really positive sign'

B.C. sees drop in overdose deaths: 'A really positive sign'

The number of illicit drug overdose deaths across B.C. declined in February, raising hopes that the province has turned a corner in its battle against the epidemic. The B.C.
Bogus U.S. bill passed in Port Moody

Bogus U.S. bill passed in Port Moody

Police followed up and found $2,000 in fake U.S. and Canadian currency, U.S. secret service called in to confirm the bogus bills

New Metro vote on retirement allowances

“I think it is important that politicians change their minds if the citizens are going in a different direction," said Metro Vancouver board chair and Port Coquitlam Mayor Greg Moore.