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Sunday Nov 22

2010 street cleanup takes shape 4:58 PM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
Larry Gilmour, 55, unsuccessfully panhandles former federal Liberal leader Stephane Dion in downtown Victoria, where Dion attended a meeting on homelessness in November 2007.

Friday Nov 20

TransLink's Prendergast offers parting advice 12:58 PM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
Departing TransLink CEO Tom Prendergast is returning to run New York's transit system. Keep the pressure on to get the kind of transit system the region needs.
Road pricing risky but worth it: Red Ken 11:13 AM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
Former London Mayor Ken Livingstone spoke to Metro Vancouver business and civic leaders Thursday. Former London Mayor Ken Livingstone says the controversial congestion charge he forced on his city's motorists was a winning strategy to beat gridlock, but one that might be difficult to replicate here.

Thursday Nov 19

Time for everyone to get H1N1 shot 2:13 PM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
VICTORIA – All B.C. residents are now eligible for the H1N1 influenza vaccine, and the provincial health officer is hoping that available supplies available around the province are used up as soon as possible.
HST rebate increased for new homes 10:58 AM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
Finance Minister Colin Hansen has extended an extra break for new homes from next year's harmonized sales tax. VICTORIA – The B.C. government is giving a bigger break to new home buyers in the latest move to ease the impact of next year's harmonized sales tax.

Wednesday Nov 18

Hydro drops 21 clean power projects 3:14 PM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
Construction of headpond for Fitzsimmons Creek hydro project on Blackcomb Mountain, 2008. That project will soon be in service and BC Hydro is planning a large expansion of run-of-river and wind power around the province.
Across the board 12:13 PM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
WV trustees call for all-day kindergarten to be rolled out all at once.
H1N1 flu death toll hits 30 in B.C. 7:28 AM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
The H1N1 flu virus is still circulating around, but the peak of serious new cases has passed. Seven more B.C. deaths are now blamed on the H1N1 flu virus, raising the total killed so far to 30.

Tuesday Nov 17

H1N1 flu death toll hits 30 in B.C. 2:59 PM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
The H1N1 flu virus is still circulating around, but the peak of serious new cases has passed. Seven more B.C. deaths are now blamed on the H1N1 flu virus, raising the total killed so far to 30.

Monday Nov 16

Metro Vancouver flood watch ends as storm fades 3:59 PM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
Any defence was better than no defence against the rains Monday. The first big storm of the season has passed and a flood watch issued Saturday for parts of Metro Vancouver has also ended.
Ambulance battle moves to Labour Relations Board 1:14 PM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
Ambulances were moved from the B.C. Interior and Vancouver Island on the weekend to cover for dozens of Lower Mainland paramedics who called in sick on short notice starting Friday night.
Block farm mega-homes, Metro urges 12:29 PM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
A relatively small residential footprint is what Metro officials would prefer to see on farmland, not giant mansions that are sometimes being raised in the middle of properties.

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