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Hockey's field of
dreams
Three teens kill time behind Crofton House School on a blistering hot August day
by hammering a softball-sized ball back and forth with sticks that look like
half-size shepherd's crooks.
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Too many pillars,
say Chinatown gate critics
The Chinatown Millennium Gate is intended to be a distinctive landmark that
attracts tourists to the historic area, but at least one Chinatown businessman
says it could have the opposite effect.
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Chinese herbs
safe if used correctly, says practitioner
Most traditional Chinese herbs are beneficial and shouldn't be lumped together
with a list of medicines being recalled by Health Canada, says a practitioner of
traditional Chinese medicine.
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New towers to
block park's sun
In return for creating a centre for the Vancouver International Film Festival
Society, a developer has won the right to build two residential high-rises on a
downtown property instead of one.
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Big Apple still
on edge after attacks
It's been just over a week since the devastating WTC tragedy. Here in New York,
as I'm sure is the case throughout the world, people are finding it tremendously
difficult to get back to "normal."
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Bus riders pan
fare hike idea
The city's beleaguered bus riders seem resolved to copping another fare hike,
even though the looming increase will be coupled with service reductions.
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City wants more
convention centre details
The city wants more details in a business plan for the $495-million expansion of
the Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre.
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Kits business
benefits from unstable situation
Business is booming at a newly opened teleconferencing centre in Kitsilano in
the wake of last week's terrorist tragedy.
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Store sells
entire stock of gas masks
The threat of U.S. attacks on Afghanistan has people flocking to local army
surplus stores to purchase gas masks and survival gear.
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