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Down on the fish farm
In February, Frank Dodd went wild.
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Police complainants want cases
reopened
The acting Police Complaint Commissioner is
seeking a legal opinion on whether she can reopen at least 35 files from
complainants who believe they got a raw deal under the regime of former Police
Commissioner Don Morrison.
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Dog's life for
cop canines in old kennels
There's a virus going around the
Vancouver Police Department's dog squad and Brad Stephenson has a pretty good
idea why.
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Ant infestation
keeping city pest specialists busy
An unusual infestation of carpenter
and pavement ants has pest control specialists across the city scrambling to
keep the insects under control.
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Two more
candidates join council seat race
A bicycle-riding businessman from
Kitsilano and a community development activist from Mole Hill are the latest
candidates to seek council nominations for the city's two main civic parties.
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Seniors ready to
party
Nico Smulders moved from Holland to
Canada for one reason only in 1949. "I was in love," he says.
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Graffiti busters
target racism
As a six-foot-two-inch, white male with
a shaved head, Joseph Maskell occasionally attracts "Heil Hitler"
salutes from racist skinheads hanging out near Terminal Avenue close to his
Chinatown office.
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School district
checking 13 schools for leaks
More than a dozen schools across the
city built or repaired in the last 17 years are being checked for leaky condo
syndrome after the Education Ministry announced it would help fund repairs.
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Solid Blue could
help put high tech in black
Two Vancouver businessmen plan to tout the city's high-tech industry throughout
North America by compiling a book profiling key local companies in the industry.
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Cops to get new
place to shoot
Police will get a gun range in the
False Creek Flats and city staff will have a back-up city hall if council
approves its 2003-2005 capital spending plan.
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