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Few laughs, tough questions as Biden chats with Kimmel

June 9, 2022 Dereck Carrier

There weren’t a lot of laughs, but U.S. President Joe Biden got some unsolicited advice from Jimmy Kimmel on Wednesday when the president sat down for his first in-person interview

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Prayer service, vigil to honour Muslim family on anniversary of London attack

June 6, 2022 Dereck Carrier

Holding flowers and reciting verses of the Qur’an, members of the Muslim community in London, Ont., gathered for a prayer service Monday to remember four members of a family killed

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Politics

Calling social conservatives dinosaurs was ‘wrong terminology’, says Patrick Brown

May 28, 2022 Dereck Carrier

Federal Conservative leadership candidate Patrick Brown says calling social conservatives “dinosaurs” in a book he wrote about his time in Ontario politics was “the wrong terminology.” “I guess a better

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Mount Pleasant residents protest possibility of a new park pool

May 12, 2022 Dereck Carrier

Thirteen years after closing, a new outdoor pool may be built in Mount Pleasant Park—but not everyone wants to take the plunge. Signs reading “Save Mount Pleasant Park Stop the

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Health Canada seizes sex enhancement products from Metro Vancouver stores

May 11, 2022 Dereck Carrier

Health Canada is warning residents of British Columbia and Alberta that multiple unauthorized sex enhancement and workout products have been seized from stores because they pose serious health risks.  The

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Spike in emergencies at Vancouver’s Wreck Beach prompts changes

April 17, 2022 Dereck Carrier

Vancouver’s popular Wreck Beach has gotten so busy that a corresponding spike in emergency calls to police, firefighters, paramedics and marine rescuers is prompting officials to take up a greater

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Lifestyle

Here’s how Canada’s new budget could impact affordable housing in Vancouver

April 16, 2022 Dereck Carrier

A federal budget announcement, both in its size and scope, has a lot in common with Oprah Winfrey’s infamous proclamation that everyone in her studio audience gets a car. It’s

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Free heroin, meth and coke were secretly shipped across B.C. by a Vancouver group

April 13, 2022 Dereck Carrier

“Six years in, six feet under.”  It’s a gutting sentiment that provides insight into why a local drug advocacy group says it is taking extreme measures to provide drug users in the

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Vancouver’s Commercial Drive is a vintage-lover’s dream

April 13, 2022 Dereck Carrier

Mount Pleasant is often thought of as the destination for thrift shopping in Vancouver but Commercial Drive is really a contender for the designation of best thrifting in the city.

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Technology

‘Super protest’ planned for Bill Gates arrival at Vancouver Ted Talk

April 5, 2022 Dereck Carrier

Anti-vaccine protesters, including activist Chris Sky who’s been arrested for his anti-vaccine antics, want to protest in Vancouver while Bill Gates and others participate in the upcoming Ted Talks conference. A variety

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