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The B.C. Civil Liberties Association is warning free speech will be in danger during the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. CBC.ca

The brother of a teenage girl from Squamish, B.C., who has been missing for two weeks says too much attention is being paid to her former boyfriend. CBC.ca

More than 300 people gathered at a funeral home in Delta on Friday to pay their respects to a Surrey teenager killed in a car crash. CBC.ca

A van sought in connection with the death of a Burnaby businessman on Thursday may be linked to a theft that took place in the city two weeks ago. CBC.ca

Police say foul play has been ruled out after a man's body was found in Bridal Veil Falls Provincial Park Friday morning. CBC.ca

The Grouse Grind trail on Vancouver's North Shore reopened Friday afternoon after being closed due to falling rock. CBC.ca


Work on a windmill as tall as a 20-storey building on the peak of Grouse Mountain has been delayed because of a helicopter pilot's concerns about lifting the massive blades. CBC.ca

Historically low interest rates and discounted housing prices are fuelling a real estate boom on B.C.'s south coast with sales in Vancouver up 75 per cent compared to June of last year. CBC.ca

Surrey police used a Taser to subdue a knife-wielding 15-year-old boy who was aggressively confronting people in Royal Kwantlen Park on Thursday night. CBC.ca

The City of Surrey wants to install as many as 10 massive electronic billboards near its major bridges in order to raise some cash, but at least one councillor says the plan is a bad idea. CBC.ca

Dale Barltrop, an Australian-born violinist who trained in the U.S., has named as concertmaster of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. CBC.ca

A Chinese government company will spend $1.74 billion to buy new stock issued by Canadian mining giant Teck Resources Ltd. CBC.ca


Mayor Gregor Robertson is supporting a proposal to build a bike and pedestrian bridge across False Creek at a cost of $45 million. CBC.ca

Vancouver police are warning the public to be vigilant after a woman was sexually assaulted near the Granville Street Bridge early Wednesday morning. CBC.ca

The father of one of the last people to see a 17-year-old Squamish girl before she went missing on Bowen Island almost two weeks ago says his son had nothing to do with her disappearance. CBC.ca

Police in Burnaby, B.C., say a 60-year-old man is dead after what they described as an 'incident' involving a van Thursday morning. CBC.ca

A former Victoria Salmon Kings hockey player was found not guilty of assault causing bodily harm Thursday. CBC.ca

The Grouse Grind trail on Vancouver's North Shore has been closed because of falling rock in the upper sections that has made that part of the popular hiking route dangerous, according to Metro Vancouver officials. CBC.ca
















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