Bombs, Booby Traps Slow Marjah Assault CBS News NATO, Afghan Troops Meet Little Taliban Resistance but Face Daunting Patchwork of Explosives in Town | Font size Print E-mail Share 0 Comments Play CBS Video Video Battle Looms in Afghanistan | American and allied forces have launched a major new offensive against the Taliban. About 15,000 U.S. Mari...
Too little sense, not too few dollars Canada Dot Com      | When reporters and visitors want to balance the ubiquitous upbeat image of Vancouver in her Olympic glory, they head for the Downtown Eastside. | And why not? With its legions of homeless, addicted and/or mentally ill, with its open drug and sex trades and its rampant petty crime, it's...
Good riddance to Olympic security cameras Canada Dot Com    | With the end of the Olympics, 1,000 or so Games-related surveillance cameras are being removed from Vancouver streets, sparking calls to keep them. | The proponents tout the benefits to law-enforcement and public feelings of safety -- a poli...
A matter of perspective Canada Dot Com    | Invite the world to your living room, and they might start turning over the china to see where it was made. That's the lesson being driven home to Vancouver gallery owner Jennifer Kostuik and award-winning Canadian photo-artist David Burdeny...
Jaffer pleads guilty to careless driving CBC | Former Conservative MP Rahim Jaffer pleaded guilty Tuesday in an Ontario courtroom to careless driving and must pay a $500 fine. | Jaffer had been charged with impaired driving and possession of cocaine but those charges were dropped. Jaffer will a...
Air India bombing perjury trial halted in Vancouver The Times Of India VANCOUVER: The perjury trial of a man who gave key testimony at the trial of the 1985 Air India terrorist bombings that killed 331 people has been delayed because the jury has been dismissed. | Inderjit Singh Reyat is charged with lying 27 times unde...
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Tattoos linked to deviance? Canoe Study makes connection, but ink fans say it's not true | By JENNY YUEN, QMI Agency | TORONTO - Jeff Robertson’s knuckles may say “punk,” but he says he’s as harmless as the tattoo ...
1985 Air India terrorist bombing perjury trial halted after Canadian jury dismissed KDVR VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The perjury trial of a man who gave key testimony at the trial of the 1985 Air India terrorist bombings that killed 331 people has been delayed because the jury has been dismissed. | Inderjit Singh Reyat is ch...
Air India terrorist bombing perjury trial halted Wtop | VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) - The perjury trial of a man who gave key testimony at the trial of the 1985 Air India terrorist bombings that killed 331 people has been delayed because the jury has been dismissed. | Inderjit Singh Reyat is charge...
Vancouver restaurateur sues over Avatar story CBC Canadian director James Cameron poses prior to the opening of Avatar in Davos, Switzerland, in January. (Virginia Mayo/Associated Press) | A Vancouver restaurant owner is a filing copyright infringement lawsuit against director James Cameron, his pro...
Dalai Lama blasts China on Buddhism CBC | The Dalai Lama accused Chinese authorities on Wednesday of trying to "annihilate Buddhism" in Tibet as he commemorated a failed uprising against China's rule over the region. | The Dalai Lama, in his annual address from exile in India to mark the 51st anniversary of a failed Tibetan uprising against China, said Chinese authorities were conducting...
South Korea back on track Asia Times | By Robert M Cutler | MONTREAL - The South Korean economy, which last year scraped through the global slowdown without sinking into recession, returned to the recovery path last month after faltering in January, Finance Minister Yoon Jeung-hyun said on Friday, backed by a report that attributed earlier negative data to one-off factors such as heav...
