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When Besnik Dobreci was an Albanian teenager growing up in Kosovo in the ’80s, he avoided the police: brutes who would harass anyone who looked at them the wrong way.
New hires questioned as crime rates falling
While you wouldn’t know it from watching the 6 o’clock news, crime across Canada is on the decrease.
Charles Dickens students spruce up neighbourhood
This time last year, many of Peter Wohlwend’s neighbours on Windsor Street were thinking of moving.
South Van firm tops polluter list
A manufacturer of resins for gluing particle board and furniture has been dubbed the city’s worst chemical emissions polluter by an environmental web site.
PNE confident it can avoid pickets
With attendance already down because of the transit strike, Playland is bracing for the possibility of pickets by Pacific National Exhibition workers this summer.
Kitchen store ethically correct
Anne Drinkwater was so concerned about how her main supplier treated his employees and the environment, she travelled to India to see for herself.
Public’s right to know at issue in police complaint challenge
A Police Complaint Commission policy not to reveal which municipal police forces employ disciplined officers listed in its annual report has been challenged by the B.C. Civil Liberties Association.
Free service connects clients with lawyers
Need a family-law lawyer in Alberta? A personal-injury lawyer in Ontario or small-claims advice in B.C.?
Meeting planned to discuss Windsor St. bike route
Cycling along Windsor Street on the East Side could soon be a little safer if city plans for a bike route meet with community approval.
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