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Melding rich history, promising future

By Bruce Agnew When state Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen cuts the ribbon to open the new Stanwood train station today, it will be back to the future for the Stanwood-Camano Island area. According to the Stanwood Historical Society...

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Ron Paul defends his plan for Fed oversight

Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2009-11-21 04:28. Defending himself against critics, U.S. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas played down continuing concerns on Friday that his amendment to give Congress sweeping new oversight powers over the...

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Punjab steel units pin hopes on surge in construction

In another development, an Amritsar based NGO, Amritsar Vikas Manch, has urged the state government to take up the matter with Canadian prime Minister to initiate a direct flight between Vancouver and Punjab. Punjab steel units...

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Universal Children’s Day Marks Anniversary of Convention on the Rights of the Child

CDI education programs teach early childhood educators on children’s rights Vancouver, BC November 21, 2009 -- It wasn’t until 1989 that the world officially adopted the principles and ideologies laid out by the UN’s...

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Hey, diamonds say, we want to be money too, like gold!

Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2009-11-21 02:46. De Beers and others in the diamond industry are exploring how to create a viable market for diamond investment. On November 17 the World Federation of Diamond Bourses endorsed a...

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Teen accused of posting Facebook hit list agrees to plead guilty for no jail time

VANCOUVER, B.C. - A B.C. teenager intends to plead guilty to posting a hit list on Facebook targeting 117 of his peers and teachers because it's a charge the Crown could prove, his lawyer said Friday....

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Teen accused of posting Facebook hit list agrees to plead guilty, no jail time

VANCOUVER, B.C. - A B.C. teenager accused of posting a hit list on Facebook that included teachers and classmates at his school intends to plead guilty to some of the charges against him. The lawye...

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Vancouver snow tire sales are hot (B.C.)

Lower Mainland tire stores say Vancouver drivers are pre-ordering winter tires in record numbers. Record snowfalls in December 2008 and January 2009 appear to be fresh in many car owners' memories. ...

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B.C. parents stranded in Nepal with adopted daughter coming home

By Kelly Sinoski , Vancouver SunNovember 20, 2009 6:02 PM VANCOUVER — A British Columbia cardiologist will finally be able to bring her adopted daughter home after nine weeks of being tied up in bureaucratic red tape in...

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Coroner seeks help identifying dead man

By RICHARD J. DALTON JR. , VANCOUVER SUN November 20, 2009 6:02 PM Photograph by: Handout, Vancouver Sun The BC Coroners Service and Richmond RCMP are seeking the public's help to identify a man whose whose body was found...

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