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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - Vancouver will debate lifting its moratorium on mixed martial arts fighting in the city as the Vancouver Athletic Commission was told to stop sanctioning these events in late 2007.

VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - Just days after the third anniversary of the sinking of the Queen of the North, the captain in charge that night has his job back.

VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - Vancouver's legal community has lost one of its most prominent members.

Barry Gibson, one of Canada's best-known media lawyers, died yesterday of a heart attack in his office at the Vancouver law firm Farris, Vaughn, Wills & Murphy. He was perhaps best known as counsel to 100 newspapers, magazines and book publishers in Western Canada. Gibson was also the long-time lawyer for The Vancouver Sun's news department.

VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - Housing prices in Vancouver may have fallen by more than 10 per cent on average, but our city is still the wealthiest in the country.

NEW WESTMINSTER (NEWS1130) - New Westminster Police say tenants of a Royal Avenue high-rise have been allowed to return home.  The building was evacuated around 10 last night after police discovered several jars of an unknown chemical substance.

OTTAWA (NEWS1130) - Critics say it's outdated, a drag on the courts and it hurts the reputation of the Canadian justice system. There's word that "two-for-one" credit for time criminals serve before trial may soon be scrapped.

MAPLE RIDGE (NEWS1130) - Mounties in Maple Ridge are asking for your help locating a suspect (photo above) who they believe broke into a bait car and stole a leather jacket.

CHILLIWACK (NEWS1130) - R.C.M.P. in Chilliwack have arrested a man they believe stabbed a taxi driver during an attempted robbery in mid-March.

VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - Investigators have confirmed the man shot and killed by Vancouver police last Friday was not the suspect officers were looking for.

 

New Westminster police have evacuated tenants from an 11-storey apartment building on Tuesday evening.

VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) -  If you own a home in Vancouver you'll likely be paying about 6 per cent more in property taxes.  That's if the city approves its budget next month.  The proposed increase is a lot lower than the 10 per cent originally planned. It is currently sitting at just under six per cent. 

 

BURNABY (NEWS1130) - A Vancouver man has been fined $1,000 for trying to bribe his driving test examiner.  Kim Huynh resorted to bribes as he was trying for his licence for the 8th time. 

PORT MOODY (NEWS1130) - Port Moody Secondary School will be open Wednesday after being closed earlier today because of flooding.  The school was evacuated when the sprinkler system went off and water began pouring through the ceiling from the second floor to the first floor.

VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - RCMP Corporal Monty Robinson has faced intense cross-examination today at the Braidwood Inquiry, over his actions when he confronted Robert Dziekanski at YVR, and how he monitored Dziekanski after the Polish man fell unconscious.

VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - The Fox Cinema on Main Street in Vancouver is fighting to stay in business.  A business licence hearing at Vancouver City Hall has been looking into whether to shut down Vancouver's last porno theatre.