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ESPN (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
British Columbia's provincial health officer says Vancouver Canucks players jumped the line when they received swine flu vaccinations this week.
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Market Wire (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (MARKET WIRE) The British Columbia Securities Commission has settled with a retired teacher who admitted to helping illegally distribute approximately $475,000 in securities.
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<B>Patrick Joubert Conlon</B> (Free subscription) | yesterday
I saw De Carlo when she was a babe in the 1950s and didn't see her as Lily Munster till I saw reruns on TV after I came to the USA. She made 60 movies in the late 1940s and 1950s before doing The Munsters - and I saw most of them as a kid. She was stunningly beautiful. I really loved this lady. Yvonne De Carlo (September 1, 1922 – January 8, 2007) : In her six-decade career, her most prolific...
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HTMF: Prince Rupert's Website (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
There are a few raised eyebrows coming from down south at word that when BC Ferries holds their consultations with the public on November 30th to discuss the proposed Vancouver to Prince Rupert ferry route, they'll be holding it at the Crest Hotel. The Ferry Service has booked space in the British Columbia Room at the hotel, the cost of the two hour conversation with North coast residents will be 300...
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SI.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) -- British Columbia's highest court says Vancouver Olympic officials had no power to include women's ski jumping in the 2010 Winter Games so they could not be found to be violating athletes' rights.
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prefixmag (Free subscription) | yesterday
The xx + jj = whoa. This is not an algebra problem, though it may solve the puzzle of who jj is. The mysterious Swedish group, who have never revealed their identities, are making their U.S. debut this fall with another electronic band of the moment, the xx. Will they play behind a curtain? A U.K.-based electro group, the xx are making many Best of 2009 lists with their self-titled debut, and are...
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The Search Principle blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
From the press release: “…the CARL Library Education Working Group that reviewed the applications awarded three research grants of $2000 to Dean Giustini (University of British Columbia) for his project titled “Canadian academic librarians and their use of social media; a two-phase survey“, to Laura Briggs (University of British Columbia, Okanagan) for her project titled [...]...
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The Independent (Free subscription) | yesterday
Last winter, I was fortunate to ski the biggest lift-served verticals on both sides of the Atlantic. In the Alps, this means the long-standing leader by this measure, the Vallée Blanche above Chamonix. At approaching three vertical kilometres, it is the world's largest. However, across the Atlantic a new contender, the resort of Revelstoke in British Columbia, in its second season of operations,...
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The Blog of Walker (Free subscription) | yesterday
This doesn't look good: Former staff member sues over public reports A former employee of the provincial auditor-general is alleging professional misconduct by members of the auditor-general's staff in connection with public reports issued from 2005 to 2007, which she claims involved manipulation and misrepresentation of findings. The claims by Kathryn Day are contained in two B.C. Supreme Court actions,...
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Reason Magazine - Hit & Run (Free subscription) | yesterday
You might think that movies featuring bare-breasted starlets are more likely to blow up at the box office. But as Tom Jacobs notes in Miller-McCune , that perception suggests you might not be "keeping abreast* of the latest research." Analyses of 914 films released between 2001 and 2005 indicated that sex and nudity do not, on the average, boost box office performance, earn critical acclaim...
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BAYSTREET NEWSWIRE (Free subscription) | yesterday
Vancouver, BC – November 20 th , 2009: Altair Ventures Incorporated (“Altair") (VAN: AVX) and Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd ("Spire") (VAN: CZS) are pleased to announce that the next phase of exploration has started on the Prospect Valley Gold Property in southwestern British Columbia, which Altair recently optioned from Spire. No drilling has been done on the PV property...
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BAYSTREET NEWSWIRE (Free subscription) | yesterday
Vancouver, BC – November 20 th , 2009: Altair Ventures Incorporated (“Altair") (VAN: AVX) and Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd ("Spire") (VAN: CZS) are pleased to announce that the next phase of exploration has started on the Prospect Valley Gold Property in southwestern British Columbia, which Altair recently optioned from Spire. No drilling has been done on the PV property...
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BAYSTREET NEWSWIRE (Free subscription) | yesterday
Vancouver, BC – November 20 th , 2009: Altair Ventures Incorporated (“Altair") (VAN: AVX) and Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd ("Spire") (VAN: CZS) are pleased to announce that the next phase of exploration has started on the Prospect Valley Gold Property in southwestern British Columbia, which Altair recently optioned from Spire. No drilling has been done on the PV property...
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BAYSTREET NEWSWIRE (Free subscription) | yesterday
Vancouver, BC - November 20th, 2009: Altair Ventures Incorporated ("Altair") (VAN: AVX) and Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd ("Spire") (VAN: CZS) are pleased to announce that the next phase of exploration has started on the Prospect Valley Gold Property in southwestern British Columbia, which Altair recently optioned from Spire. No drilling has been done on the PV property since...
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CBC.ca (Free subscription) | yesterday
Some residents of Hornby Island in B.C.'s Strait of Georgia say the death of a popular local artist has heightened fears and concerns about the lack of police and mental health services in their community.
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aarkstore | 11/17/2009
Summary Thunderbird Energy Corp. (Thunderbird) is a Canada-based natural resource company. It is engaged in exploration, acquisition, exploitation and production of natural gas and crude oil resources, primarily in the United States. Thunderbird owns and operates a producing natural gas field in Carbon County Utah, known as the Gordon Creek field. The Company operates in the Canada and United States....
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aarkstore | 11/17/2009
Summary Essential Energy Services Trust (Essential) is an energy service investment trust in Canada. The company is principally engaged in providing well servicing services to oil and gas producers. The company is also involved in providing wireline and rentals services. Essential operates through 10 operating entities, offering a wide range of services focused on the post drilling maintenance and...
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aarkstore | 11/17/2009
Summary Seacliff Construction Corp. (Seacliff) is a general construction contractor. The company provides general contracting, construction management and design-build services through its subsidiary Dominion Construction Company Inc. Seacliff is also engaged in designing, building, maintaining and servicing electrical and data communication systems through its subsidiary company Canem Systems Ltd....