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This price is suitable
for framing
In this consumerist age of 20-something Internet tycoons, there
was little shock last night when a painting by one of Canada's premier
artists set new price records at auction.
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Time's up for cell phone,
kids
A
British study may succeed in doing what many a parent has failed to do:
Get kids to stop spending so much time on their cells.
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Chinese
deported
Nearly a year after fleeing in rusty boats, the desperate bids
by 90 Chinese migrants for better lives came to an end yesterday as the
Canadian government flew them home.
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Teacher's sex life
probed
COURTENAY -- Comox Valley school officials and police won't
discuss an "investigation into inappropriate conduct" by a female
teacher with a male student at G.P. Vanier senior high school.
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Women can't be sexual
predators? Hah!
It's a short learning curve. The first time a boy fumbles with
your bra strap, you learn to manipulate. You give sex, you get what you
want.
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There are just too many
mentally ill criminals, says A-G
Attorney-General Andrew
Petter says there are just too many mentally ill people in the criminal
justice system to ever deal fully with them all.
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Free wheel
deal
Pick up The Province newspaper, and you could win a Jeep TJ,
Trans Canada Trail Edition. For details, check out the contest page at
Carclick.com. You could also win golf passes, passes
to the Molson Indy, or tickets to the Air Canada golf championship. Your
entry form is in The Province newspaper classifieds. Contest closes
Monday June 5.
Also in site
In Double
Click, Jim Jamieson reports that some of the world's best
brains are draining to Canada. In Entertainment,
Bob Barker's beauties reveal all. And in Sports,
Vancouver Grizzlies GM Stu Jackson resigns.
Front row
seats to WWF
Win front row seats to
the World Wrestling Federation's WAR is RAW on May 29! Get right up
there ringside, and "smell what The Rock is cookin'." Our contest prizes
include not only a pair of front row seats, but also VIP passes to meet
the WWF stars. See The Province newspaper for details and entry forms.
Contest closes Wednesday May 17. Stand by, too, for a double-page poster
in The Province newspaper on May 29.
New Sports
Scores menu
Our new Sports Scores menu makes it easier than ever to stay
on top of your game. Hockey, basketball, baseball, golf, tennis,
European soccer, auto racing, all the latest scores are easy to reach
through our big new Sports Scores menu.
Win a cowboy
adventure
Win the Ultimate Cowboy
Adventure. You could win Canada 3000 airline tickets for four, to
Anchorage, Alaska, or Whitehorse, Yukon. Plus hotel accommodation,
travel and food vouchers, and tickets to attractions including a
Northern rodeo. Our contest is a feature of the Cloverdale
Rodeo, which runs May 19-22 in Cloverdale. Check out The Province
newspaper for contest details. And get your complete Cloverdale Rodeo
guide in The Province newspaper on Wednesday May 17.
Broadway
Breakaway
The Province newspaper
and Future Shop present the $20,000 Broadway Breakaway contest. One
hundred lucky winners will be the first to preview Future Shop's new
flagship store on West Broadway, and share in a $20,000 shopping spree.
One person will get to spend $10,000, and the other 99 will share the
other $10,000. You'll have only one hour to shop, so check out the Future Shop website,
and start making up your shopping list. See The Province newspaper for
details. Contest closes at noon Friday May 12.
Champagne
Supernova!
AuctionsBC.com is
offering a chance to spend two luxurious nights in Whistler's Pinnacle
Hotel. Loosen your muscles in your private jacuzzi, dry off in front of
the fireplace and top it off with the finer things in life - champagne
and chocolates! Go to AuctionsBC.com right now and start
bidding.
B.C.'s most
amazing moms
Share your stories about
terrific moms and win big! Here's the deal: Send us a short letter and
tell us why your mom is the best mom in B.C. Make us laugh, or cry, or
go hug our own Moms. We'll pick three letters and give those people a
fabulous Britney Spears prize pack. Send your letters to Britney, The
Province, Suite 1, 200 Granville St., Vancouver V6C 3N3, fax 605-2786 or
e-mail jmcdonald@pacpress.southam.ca.
Got pictures of you and mom? They'd be appreciated but we won't be able
to return them. Contest deadline: today at noon. We'll share some of
your tales on Mother's Day, May 14.
Vote in this
week's poll: Love Bug Strikes Again and
Again
The Vancouver
Sun/Province has reported that PC users face new variations of the
ILOVEYOU computer virus, including one concealed as a joke and another
as confirmation for a Mother's Day gift order . Have you taken any
precautions to ensure the security of your personal computer?
Vote in our poll.
You will also find results of
our earlier poll on WCB here.
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