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Time Running Out For B.C. Schools To Start On Time

Time Running Out For B.C. Schools To Start On Time

With days ticking down to the scheduled start of the school year without any new talks planned in the teachers strike, parents may have to scramble to either get ready for school or find alternative daycare. “There’s not a lot of time left,” said B.C. School Trustees Association president Theresa Rezansoff. But “schools will be […]

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TSX Rises Amid Further Signs U.S. Housing is on The Rebound

TORONTO — The Toronto stock market is higher amid a solid earnings report from the biggest U.S. home improvement retailer and positive U.S. economic data. The S&P/TSX composite index ran up 46.79 points to 15,385.26. The Canadian dollar lost 0.2 of a cent to 91.66 cents US. U.S. markets were higher as economic data showed […]

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Too Little Salt in The Diet May Be a Bad Thing, Research Suggests

TORONTO — A pair of large international studies are questioning the validity of the notion that the less salt a person consumes, the better. In fact, the Canadian-led research suggests too little salt in the diet may even be a bad thing. The studies, published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, involved more than […]

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Amateur Detective Tracks Down Kijiji Scammer

MONTREAL — If you scam Raffi Laleyan, he will find you. It might not be today, it might not be tomorrow, but eventually, the 25-year-old web developer will have satisfaction. That appears to be the lesson his scammer has learned after Laleyan thwarted a 17-year-old who sold him a fake Samsung phone in the West […]

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Parents Forced to Live With Uncertainty as School Strike Persists

In a normal year, North Vancouver mother Laura Meyers would be going through the familiar, perennial back-to-school routine right about now: picking up school supplies, shopping for new clothes and getting ready for the year ahead for her 13-year-old son Denis. But not this year. “I don’t believe (school) is going to be starting in […]

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Updated: Fire Guts Brookswood Barns

A barn fire in South Brookswood left Langley Township firefighters suffering from heat exhaustion on a blazing Monday afternoon. The Township fire department was called in at 11:44 a.m., said assistant fire chief Bruce Ferugson. The fire was on 197A Street just north of 28th Avenue, and started in or near a shed and barn. […]

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Government Panel Had Concerns About Langley TWU Law School

An expert legal panel hired by the B.C. government to advise on whether to approve a religious-based law school expressed serious reservations about major aspects of the plan, yet eight months later the government approved the school. Trinity Western University, an evangelical Christian institution, applied to the B.C. ministry of advanced education in June 2012 […]

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Rail Overpass Open at Mufford-Glover Area

The Mufford-64th Avenue rail overpass opened Monday, diverting traffic over the rail line and onto new routes. The two new signal lights that will allow drivers to head through the route were activated, and the changeover from the old to the new routes was handled by the provincial Ministry of Transportation, said Paul Cordeiro, Langley […]

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Tips on Preparing Your Home For Rental

Cynthia Kent and her husband, John, didn’t set out to be landlords, but career choices made it necessary. “We have rented out our home in Florida for nine years because we move all over with the military,” says Kent, who recently relocated her family from Nevada to Alabama for yet another posting. Some people become […]

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Condo Smarts: Who Has to Maintain Balconies?

Dear Tony: Our strata has sent a notice reminding us that we are responsible for maintaining and repairing our balconies, and that it includes the railings, siding and decking. Several owners, with old balconies in a serious state of disrepair, are confused about the responsibility and to what extent they have to maintain the balconies. […]

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