Last Updated: Tuesday
June 13, 2000 |
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$10 million offered to end doctors'
dispute VICTORIA -- Health Minister Mike Farnworth has come up with
$10 million in a last-minute bid to head off a doctors' work
stoppage that threatens health care in Prince George. Full
Story
Gone in two days - 31 Burnaby
cars Burnaby RCMP are blaming a rash of car thefts over the
weekend on the opening of the new movie Gone in 60 Seconds, a
tire-spinning, engine-roaring flick about vehicle heists. Full
Story
Tax notices upset
residents As the long-running rent dispute between Musqueam Indians
and the homeowners who lease their lots from the band reached the
Supreme Court of Canada on Monday, leaseholders had a new
complaint. Full
Story
Vancouver ad sells bogus
immigration An ad placed in a newspaper in the former Soviet Union urges
people to send $50 US to an address in Vancouver to be entered into
a "lottery" for Canadian immigration visas -- a lottery that doesn't
exist. Full
Story
Chinese migrants go on prison
rampage The leaders who incited a rampage of nearly 50 Chinese
migrants at the Alouette River correctional facility Monday could
face punishment, including segregation, a corrections official
says. Full
Story
Musqueams' tenants
worry As the long-running rent dispute between Musqueam Indians
and the homeowners who lease their lots from the band reached the
Supreme Court of Canada on Monday, leaseholders had a new
complaint. Full
Story
Regional roundup The Delta Youth
Services and Crime Prevention Society says it will reduce the
operating hours of a drop-in and referral centre in Tsawwassen
unless the municipality comes through with a bigger grant. Full
Story
AIDS group takes aim at
government funding Poor people with AIDS
are dying because the province is refusing to give them money to buy
needed vitamins and food, B.C.'s largest AIDS advocacy group will
argue at a press conference today. Full
Story
Regional Roundup News briefs from
around the Lower Mainland. Full
Story
In site today In Opinion,
Vaughn Palmer discusses B.C. Reform's evangelical zeal. In Sports,
the New Jersey Devils win the Stanley Cup. And in Entertainment,
Mexico strives to reclaim its Hollywood-south status.
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