Vancouver News latest RSS headlines - Vancouver Star.comProvides the latest RSS feeds for Vancouver News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home pageSupport for RCMP in airport tasering draws outcry- July 18, 2008 OTTAWA -- The commissioner of the RCMP and the Premier of British Columbia went too far last year with their support for the Mounties involved in the death of a Polish citizen after he was tasered at ...http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/535f27099a41ff22/id/16264624/ QE Park trees felled to improve view- July 18, 2008 VANCOUVER -- For all the buzz about chainsaws entering Queen Elizabeth Park, 70 trees were chopped down yesterday with nary a whimper from protesters.&34;There&039;s a couple of ladies that came up with ...http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/535f27099a41ff22/id/16264623/ Clearing of 70 trees at Vancouver park elicits opposing views- July 18, 2008 Visitors at Queen Elizabeth Park in Vancouver expressed different views about the removal of 70 trees by park board crews on Thursday morning. The Vancouver Park Board approved a plan earlier this mo...http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/535f27099a41ff22/id/16264464/ Fired B.C. lottery boss wins top pay in public service- July 18, 2008 The highest-paid public servant in British Columbia last year was a man fired by the Campbell government over allegations of lottery retailer fraud. Vic Poleschuk was terminated June 2007 as presiden...http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/535f27099a41ff22/id/16260395/ New effort aims to keep gangs out of Vancouver restaurants- July 18, 2008 Vancouver police Supt. Warren Lemcke says the new Restaurant Watch program will give the police more eyes and ears and ensure the public has a safe dining experience.http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/535f27099a41ff22/id/16258819/ Audit slams ICBC for ignoring internal vehicle sales scam- July 17, 2008 An independent investigation has concluded ICBC did not do enough to stop its own staff from selling written-off vehicles with documents that hid their crash history. The report by auditors with Pric...http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/535f27099a41ff22/id/16251430/ Olympic and Paralympic merchandise "takes off" in new store at Vancouver International Airport- July 17, 2008 New retail outlet at YVR offers a wide range of 2010 Winter Games merchandise RICHMOND, BC, July 17 CNW - Official Olympic and Paralympic apparel and merchandise for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic ...http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/535f27099a41ff22/id/16249740/ Full power finally restored to downtown Vancouver- July 17, 2008 Traffic is disrupted in downtown Vancouver Monday after an underground fire melted cables in a BC Hydro substation, disrupting power supply to over 20,000 customers.http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/535f27099a41ff22/id/16249712/ Little shop of mags belongs to a dying breed- July 17, 2008 Go to the National section Coins are placed on a rubber change mat promoting the Wall Street Journal. It dates from a time when the venerable business newspaper was not owned by Rupert Murdoch,...http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/535f27099a41ff22/id/16236510/ Tipster sparks date-rape investigation- July 17, 2008 VANCOUVER -- A tip from a worker in an aboriginal drop-in centre has sparked a police investigation into 11 incidents of date rape - most in the Downtown Eastside - possibly committed by one man over ...http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/535f27099a41ff22/id/16236511/ |