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Falcons won’t fly in Vancouver Opera’s “Aida’

a little Verdi told me... A city bylaw prohibits birds of prey on stage

No Kind Words for Kinder Morgan

Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson opposes colossal expansion to tanker traffic through Burrard Inlet

Moody Swings: Port Moody elects NDP Trasolini in Byelection

Trasolini transformed: former Mayor and Translink council member elected to BC Legislature

US Secret Service Sex Scandal

Not-so-Secret Service!

“Sea Noise Evil” : Hydrophones monitor ocean noise for effect on Whales

BC coastal residents can tune in to whale songs on 92.3 FM

Garage Sale purchase possibly a valuable Tom Thomson

"Not a Tom Thomson in my opinion. perhaps a Dick Dickson or Harry Harrison?"

Roger Bricoux, cellist who perished on the Titanic

A survivor described one last view of the musician dragging his cello up the sinking ship's deck after he had helped a passenger into a lifeboat.

“The Band Played On”: Remembering the Musicians of the Titanic

Musicians Wallace Hartley, John Woodward, George Krins, John Clarke, Percy Taylor, Roger Bricoux, Theo Bailey, John Hume continued to play as the Titanic sank

North Vancouver may allow backyard chickens

"Psst..Our Neighbours are planning to raise chickens!"