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Search to resume after B.C. avalanche Mar 14, 2010 / 6:08 am
RCMP and rescue workers near Revelstoke, B.C., are waiting for first light so they can continue to search for more survivors of an avalanche that left at least three people dead and an unknown number of others missing. CBC.ca

Authorities confirm at least three people are dead and 17 others injured after an avalanche struck Boulder Mountain Saturday afternoon. CTVBC.ca

Three people are confirmed dead and two others are in critical condition after an avalanche struck an annual snowmobiling event in southeastern British Columbia on Saturday. CBC.ca


Canucks enjoy sweet homecoming Mar 13, 2010 / 10:00 pm
The Vancouver Canucks pummelled the Ottawa Senators 5-1 at GM Place on Saturday in their first contest on home ice since their NHL-record 14-game road trip ended. CBC.ca

The Vancouver Police Department issued a warning Saturday that a man convicted of assaulting multiple women in the city's downtown core last year may have breached his parole. CTVBC.ca

The thoughts of staff at an Edmonton car dealership where two employees were fatally shot are now on whether a third worker who was hit will survive life-threatening wounds. CTVBC.ca

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A former Corporation of Delta director of engineering has been charged with one count each of possessing and accessing child pornography. CTVBC.ca

While sponsorships for the Paralympics have been pouring in as the Games are held on Canadian soil for the first time, organizers say athletes still need more funding to rise to the top. CBC.ca

Heavy fog postpones alpine skiing on the first day of the Paralympics but Canada wins in sledge hockey. CBC.ca


Canada wins sledge hockey opener Mar 13, 2010 / 1:04 pm
It was a little closer than they might have liked, but the Canadian sledge hockey team won its opener at the Vancouver Paralympics on Saturday. CBC.ca

Vancouver police are asking for the public's help in locating a man who is wanted for a parole violation. CBC.ca

A small plaque affixed to a nondescript wooden post just outside two dusty tents in the sprawling coalition military base in southern Afghanistan bears a tribute to the first Canadian reporter killed in Afghanistan. CTVBC.ca



Churches celebrate Olympic spirit Mar 13, 2010 / 10:22 am
A number of Lower Mainland churches plan to once again harness the spirit of the Winter Games to provide what they call "radical hospitality." CBC.ca

CTV broadcast Friday's 2010 Paralympic Games Opening Ceremony live across British Columbia, and will replay it again on Saturday, March 13 at 1:30 p.m. local time. CTVBC.ca

South Park will open its 14th season on Wednesday, and take on Tiger Woods. The troubled golfer encounters Stan, Kyle, Kenny and Cartman in their animated Colorado town. CTVBC.ca

Provincial governments across Canada appear leery about setting rules limiting access to public services for people who wear certain forms of religious attire, as Quebec did earlier this week when it expelled a Muslim woman from government-sponsored language classes over her niqab. CTVBC.ca

The Vatican on Saturday denounced what it called aggressive attempts to drag Pope Benedict XVI into the spreading scandals of pedophile priests in his German homeland, and contended he has long confronted abuse cases with courage. CTVBC.ca

This is the weekend most Canadians lose an hour of sleep as they switch from Standard Time to Daylight Time. Before going to bed Saturday night, time pieces should be set ahead one hour. CTVBC.ca













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