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Few women are prepared for the physical and emotional toll of dealing with breast cancer. But almost no one expects the crushing financial burden that comes with it.
Photo illustration-Dan Toulgoet
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The cost of cancer
Bustling about the kitchen of her small, but cheerful, East Broadway apartment, Trude Huebner brings a cup of tea to the dining room table and places it before a reporter. But the visitor already has a cup of coffee.
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VPD straddling fence on mayor's drug plan
The Vancouver Police Department is staying out of the public debate surrounding Mayor Sam Sullivan's controversial treatment plan to give prescription medication to drug addicts.
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Construction flaw along new sidewalk curbs parents'
enthusiasm
Parents and school officials at a Fraserview elementary school are alarmed over a potentially dangerous construction flaw involving a curbless sidewalk.
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12th & Cambie
Chinese deserve their military moment....The president of a local branch for Chinese-Canadian military veterans wants Mayor Sam Sullivan to proclaim the week of May 14 to 20 as Chinese-Canadian citizenship week.
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Top cop says 'time to move on'
Who will be Vancouver's next police chief?.....After Police Chief Jamie Graham announced his resignation yesterday, the focus now turns to who will lead the 1,200 officers of the department into the 2010 Winter Olympics.
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Nothing dodgy about this sports league but the players
Eddie Lee hopes to turn the playground pastime of dodgeball into big business by capitalizing on childhood nostalgia and groin shots.
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Thief gets in Harms' way
Somewhere in the city, a man is nursing a sore groin after he messed with the wrong woman in the West End Saturday morning.
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Residents get Baker on restaurant chain's case
A dispute between residents of a downtown condominium complex and a popular restaurant chain will soon be resolved with the residents bracing for a defeat.
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Share your vision of Stanley online
Should forest areas knocked down by the December wind storm in Stanley Park become more or less accessible to hikers? That's one of the questions the parks board is asking the public on its website.
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Student pucksters finally get some credits
Starting next September, students at Britannia secondary will learn about slap shots and neutral zone traps along with their reading, writing and arithmetic.
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