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Olympic ticket sales postponed due to 'epic fail' 2:09 PM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
Messages of frustration over an apparent failure of the Vanoc Olympic ticket website on the day of final ticket sales are piling up in social media avenues.
B.C. paramedics legislated back to work 10:24 AM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
British Columbia has legislated its striking paramedics back to work.
Victoria to look into liquor laws that ban 20-ounce beer 1:58 AM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
The provincial government has finally decided to look into the fact its liquor laws prohibit the serving of the time-honoured 20-ounce Imperial pint of beer in B.C.
Liberals have little choice but to make over transportation corporations 1:58 AM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
Few companies, public or private, would be embarrassed by an independent review that concluded the following:
I'll pass on the torch (as if that were possible) 1:57 AM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
I was taking a shower when the Olympic torch relay came through my bathroom.
Indian luger defines 'makeshift' for 2010 Games 1:57 AM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
Indian luger Shiva Keshavan is hoping to carry his country's flag at the Olympic Winter Games in February.
Tourism Passport Program offers free or discounted prices to Games media 1:57 AM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
Three thousand journalists covering the 2010 Olympics will get free access to major B.C. attractions, tours, nightclubs and 50-per-cent discounts on restaurant food bills.
Organization that helps soldiers' families falls into financial trouble 1:57 AM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
The non-profit organization that offers social services to the families of B.C.-based soldiers serving in Afghanistan is scrambling to maintain its programs as demand soars.
Scientists predict outbreak will worsen 1:57 AM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
New cases of the H1N1 flu pandemic gripping B.C. will likely continue to rise until the last week of November or the first week of December, according to a scientist at the B.C. Centre for Disease Control.
Managing the crisis is his business 1:57 AM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
Dr. Perry Kendall was enjoying a holiday in Mexico last spring when he heard about a new virus ripping through parts of Mexico and it looked like a killer.
Alberta asks employees to swear oaths if off sick with flu 1:56 AM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
Alberta government employees will be asked to swear oaths declaring they were sick if they miss work for an extended period due to the H1N1 flu.
How can we get ahead of a virus? Math 1:56 AM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
One of the key tools used by medical authorities to get ahead of a virus as it races through a population is mathematical modelling, which uses computers and a whole host of data to mimic the behaviour of the virus in human populations.
Universal H1N1 vaccine a waste, expert argues 1:56 AM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
Dr. Richard Schabas is used to swimming against the tide. He resigned as Ontario's chief medical officer of health in 1997 after becoming frustrated that his advice was being ignored by the provincial government.
Wealthy hospital donors jump the H1N1 queue 1:56 AM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
First it was hockey players. Now, wealthy hospital donors have jumped the queue to get H1N1 flu shots.
Four teens face charges after alleged bully beaten, burned 1:56 AM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
Four Vancouver teens are facing a raft of charges after they allegedly retaliated against a bully on Wednesday by stripping him, badly beating him and zapping him with a stun gun with a jolt strong enough to leave a burn mark to his head.
Officer guilty of assault remains on active duty 1:56 AM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
An RCMP officer found guilty of assault continues on active duty with the Surrey detachment, RCMP media relations officer Sgt. Rob Vermeulen said.
A fine Victoria drizzle greets Charles and Camilla 1:55 AM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
Taking shelter under umbrellas from a light Vancouver Island drizzle, Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla the Duchess of Cornwall, made a fashionably late arrival in Victoria Friday to begin a four-day visit to British Columbia.
Found foot belonged to man reported missing in 2008 1:55 AM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
A right foot found recently on a Richmond beach belonged to a man from the Lower Mainland who was reported missing nearly two years ago, RCMP said.
Pet peeves from the dining world 1:55 AM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
This week, we invited the dining public and the servers who wait on them to rant (or rave) online. It was like you'd been muzzled for centuries.
TransLink plagued by 'operational issues': report 1:55 AM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
TransLink has been plagued by "significant operational issues" and has not worked hard enough to manage its finances, B.C. comptroller-general Cheryl Wenezenki-Yolland said in a report Friday.

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