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Wash. Couple Rescued After 4 Days Trapped in Snow

SEATTLE - John and Patricia Norvell kept thinking someone would come help them as they sat trapped for four days on a secluded, forest road near Mount St. Helens with only jelly beans to eat and snow for water. But as the third and fourth days approached, John said he felt dark at times, even as his wife's spirits...

Animal Activists Aflutter Over Real-Piglet Piggy Bank

(Nov. 12) -- Hey, kids, how'd you like to have a piggy bank made from an actual pig? Well, now you can, courtesy of Vancouver, British Columbia, novelty retailer TheCheeky.com, which is offering authentic taxidermied piglet piggy banks for sale on its site. And if you start saving now you might be able to afford one by...

Man in Wheelchair Thwarts Attempted Robbery

(Nov. 10) -- A wheelchair-bound man in Vancouver, Canada, is being hailed as a good Samaritan for helping a store clerk fend off an angry would-be robber. The ordeal, captured on surveillance camera footage, has earned the man accolades both locally and nationally. "I was amazed," Vancouver's former mayor, Sam Sullivan,...

Adbusters Yanked From Store Shelves; Anti-Semitic Photo to Blame?

(Nov. 4) -- The anti-consumerist, culture-jamming Adbusters magazine -- recently known as the hipster publication that ragged on hipsters -- is being taken off the shelves at Canadian drugstore chain Shoppers Drug Mart following a dispute over a "Truthbombs" photo spread juxtaposing images of Gaza and the Warsaw Ghetto,...

Woman Pleads Not Guilty in Acid Hoax

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) -- Her face red and blotchy, the woman who splashed acid in her face in what was a bizarre hoax made a brief court appearance Wednesday and was ordered by a judge to live in a mental health facility while she awaits trial. Bethany Storro, 28, has confessed that she made up the story about the facial...

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05/31/12 Vancouver Canucks: Update on the Goaltending Situation Source: Bleacher Report For those who stopped following the Vancouver Canucks once they lost in the first round, there have been some twists regarding the Nucks' No. 1 goaltender.
05/31/12 Senior Canadians practise Tai Chi in Vancouver Source: Sina More than 350 seniors practise Tai Chi at a local beach in Vancouver, Canada, on May 30, 2012.
05/31/12 Former Vancouver mayor hopes forum will spark debate... Source: The Vancouver Sun - Vancouver - BC - Canada When Harvard urban economist Ed Glaeser looks at Vancouver, he sees an example for the rest of the world of a successful economic powerhouse.
05/31/12 State rules in firefighters' favor Source: The Columbian - Vancouver WA A state employment relations examiner ruled that the city of Vancouver violated state law by refusing to maintain grievance procedures with the Vancouver Firefighters Union.
05/31/12 Vancouver-Clark Parks and Rec director resigns Source: The Columbian - Vancouver WA Vancouver-Clark Parks & Recreation Director Pete Mayer said Thursday that he will resign to take a job in Snohomish County.

Background on Vancouver

Vancouver () is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. The 2011 census recorded more than 603,000 people in the city, making it the eighth largest among Canadian cities.

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