Cosmetic surgeons promoting their services through a local makeover contest raises ethical and health concerns. Photo by Dan Toulgoet.
Extreme risk
It's 9 a.m. on a Monday morning and a handful of skeptical local media types, three cameramen and a perky publicist are crammed into a small elevator heading up to a third floor office about to surprise one lucky Vancouverite.
Colourful Costco project underway Asphalt on the parking lot just west of General Motors Place is being broken up to make way for the $170 million Costco towers development.
Crisis centre provides online resource for youth The forum is high-tech, but youth contacting a new Internet-based hotline are dealing with the familiar issues of suicide, abuse and bullying, says the director of community education at the Vancouver-based Crisis Centre.
Liberals of different feathers attacked together Rick Cook was so disgusted by the attack on Vancouver-Burrard Liberal MLA Lorne Mayencourt's office that he decided to help pay the cleanup bills.
Rabid skunk could have infected humans A rabid skunk found in Stanley Park in May was a potential risk to humans after all, despite early reports claiming it was not.
Better groomed horses with one-armed bandits A pro-slot machine group promises that if city council approves slots at Hastings Racecourse it will use revenue from the machines to create a groom school at the track.
City realtor touts Knight St. tunnel plan With the Richmond-Airport-Vancouver rapid transit line on hold, local realtor Kelly Alm has rekindled a project to build a cut-and-cover truck and bus tunnel down Knight Street.
Drive on to include addicts in neighbourhood As Devon MacFarlane sees it, drug addicts and alcoholics have been living around Commercial Drive as long as the community has been there.
