Provides the latest RSS feeds for Vancouver News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Canada Standard.com http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/cat/535f27099a41ff22/ en-us Sat, 25 May 2013 19:45:01 -0400 Sat, 25 May 2013 19:45:01 -0400 30 Becoming a member only takes 60 seconds! CKNW News Club Members get a lot more than just the news first. Members get access to exclusive CKNW contests, concert and event presales, and breaking news emails sent directly to them from the CKNW News ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214764604/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Sat, 25 May 2013 18:20:44 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214764604/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Residents in a North Vancouver neighbourhood had a surprise visitor Saturday morning when a black bear broke into a backyard chicken coop. The one-and-a-half-year-old bear managed to eat two out of four chickens in the coop, located behind a home near St. Davids Avenue and 7th St. ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214764173/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Sat, 25 May 2013 17:56:45 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214764173/scat/535f27099a41ff22 A truck carrying an oversize load struck the four-lane bridge on Interstate 5 bridge - the major thoroughfare between Seattle and Canada, sending a section of the span and two vehicles into the Skagit River below Thursday night. ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214763024/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Sat, 25 May 2013 15:03:36 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214763024/scat/535f27099a41ff22 A popular President's Choice juice sold across the county has been recalled due to concerns over the inclusion of sulphites. Loblaw Companies Limited has issued a recall for 1.36-litre bottles of President's Choice white grape juice with a best before date of April 17, 2014. The juice contains sulphites that are not declared on the label. While no one has become ill from drinking the ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214763023/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Sat, 25 May 2013 15:03:35 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214763023/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Vancouver police department investigate after a body was discovered in a burnt out van following an overnight fir e behind 2828 Victoria Dr. in Vancouver, BC., May 25, ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214762211/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Sat, 25 May 2013 13:34:14 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214762211/scat/535f27099a41ff22 A retired West Vancouver police officer has been stabbed to death in Mexico, as two other Metro Vancouver families issue pleas for help to find relatives missing in the popular holiday destination.The body of a woman was discovered Wednesday morning at a home in Playa del Carmen, according to Mexican media reports. She was identified by friends on social media as 60-year-old Lynne Earle.Earle ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214762089/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Sat, 25 May 2013 13:34:02 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214762089/scat/535f27099a41ff22 , today announced the designation of the first two heritage lighthouses in British Columbia under theHeritage Lighthouse Protection Act. The East Point Lighthouse on Saturna Island and the Fisgard Lighthouse in Colwood were designated on the recommendation of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214760603/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Sat, 25 May 2013 10:32:37 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214760603/scat/535f27099a41ff22 A girl from Kelowna, B.C., is making international headlines for chastizing the CEO of McDonald's during the corporation's annual shareholders meeting in Chicago on Thursday. Hannah Robertson was at the meeting to ask some tough questions of the fast food chain's CEO Don Thompson. "Mr. Thompson, don't you want kids to be healthy so they can live a long and happy ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214759310/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Sat, 25 May 2013 08:28:23 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214759310/scat/535f27099a41ff22 VANCOUVER -- Olympic champion Ryan Lochte was the teacher and Hassaan Abdel-Khalik was happy to be the pupil during Friday's opening night of the Mel Zajac Jr. International Canada Cup.Lochte cruised to victories in the 200-metre backstroke and the 200 freestyle before a loud crowd at the University of British Columbia Aquatic Centre.Abdel-Khalik, who will compete at this summer's World ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214758258/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:22:43 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214758258/scat/535f27099a41ff22 B.C. officials insist the province's aging bridges are safe following a "freak" accident that brought down a bridge over the Skagit River in Washington State on Thursday ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214758724/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:22:26 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214758724/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Seventy-four years ago, the Hotel Vancouver swung open its doors for the first time. Six hundred and fifty people came out for an inaugural luncheon celebrating the opening of the grand hotel, designed in a fanciful "modified French Renaissance" style.It was an important civic event, because the Hotel Vancouver had come to symbolize the city during the Depression - it had taken 10 years ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214758723/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:22:25 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214758723/scat/535f27099a41ff22 The significance of the collapse of the Skagit River bridge on the busy Interstate 5 corridor was just beginning to sink in for both Americans and Canadians on Friday as they headed into the Memorial Day weekend, one of America's busiest holiday ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214758722/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:22:25 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214758722/scat/535f27099a41ff22 May 3, 1886: City of Vancouver holds its first election.May 10, 1886: First council meeting.Dec. 14, 1887: First "Vancouver Reading Room" library opens.Sept. 7, 1907: Protest rally at City Hall by the Vancouver Asiatic Exclusion League turns into a riot.1916: Aldermen vote to allow women to hold office.Dec. 5, 1923: Radio was used for the first time in a Vancouver election campaign.Feb. ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214757915/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:22:24 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214757915/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Vancouver and Toronto are two cities increasingly in contrast. Nothing better embodies this than the personal itineraries - recently obtained by The Sun - of their iconic mayors, Gregor Robertson and Rob Ford. ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214758725/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:22:23 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214758725/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Trading unstable land in Johnsons Landing for stable Crown land elsewhere was suggested at a community meeting Thursday as a possible compensation solution for residents whose homes were destroyed or damaged in a landslide there last July."Some of the people applauded that," said Angele Ortega, who lives with her husband Richard Ortega, who left his Johnsons Landing Retreat Centre to ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214758729/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:22:21 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214758729/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Premier Christy Clark's government on Friday dramatically altered the course of negotiations with B.C.'s teachers, serving notice that the employer must abandon previous instructions and now focus on reaching the 10-year agreement Clark promised during the election ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214758727/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:22:21 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214758727/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Police say 14 boaters are alive thanks to the quick actions of some Vancouver Island residents, including an off-duty police inspector. Insp. Andy Lacon of the Victoria Police Department and fellow residents of Youbou heard cries coming across the water off Lake Cowichan just past midnight Monday. Victoria police say local residents of the town, about 38 kilometres west of Duncan, called the RCMP ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214758726/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:22:21 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214758726/scat/535f27099a41ff22 There's no escaping the jitters on the first day of high school.Even the most confident student feels the sting of anxiety - will your grades be good enough? Will you get along with your classmates? Will you be picked on by a bully, a teacher even?Melinda Hanyi had all those concerns and then some when, at 30, she decided to enter into her third go-round with high school.After emigrating ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214758728/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:22:20 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214758728/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Metro Vancouver will send a 25-member contingent to Washington state to conduct "sniff tests" on U.S. sewage plants as it pursues a new $400-million Lions Gate sewage treatment ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214758730/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:22:19 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214758730/scat/535f27099a41ff22 A pitch to allow people to keep laying hens in Surrey's residential neighbourhoods may run into resistance from the city's farmers, who fear the practice will increase the risk of a bird flu outbreak in commercial ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214758731/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:22:19 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214758731/scat/535f27099a41ff22 At a time when most scientists agree we need to wean ourselves off fossil fuels, the prospect of increasing by tenfold our output of greenhouse gases over the next few years is indeed startling.That's the implication in a recent report from the Sightline Institute, a Seattle-based environmental think-tank that focuses on the Pacific Northwest.Sightline was behind a neat little book I ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214758732/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:22:18 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214758732/scat/535f27099a41ff22 ISADORA OPEN: No one could question the dedication of Nicola Follows, who danced here with Paras Terezaki and Anna Wyman's troupes, owned her own Main Dance company, and headed a $4.3-million fundraiser that resulted in the Davie-at-Granville Dance Centre at Scotiabank Dance ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214758018/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:22:17 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214758018/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Today, an estimated 13,000 Telus employees across the country have given up their day off to help those hard-pressed community volunteer services that always have more work than hands to do ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214758733/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:22:17 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214758733/scat/535f27099a41ff22 The Royal Canadian Mounted Police have advised dog owners to be careful in the Vancouver area after a pet was hooked by an unusual trap on a popular trail. Police said the trap consisted of five hooks buried in a piece of meat, The Province reported. It was hung about 5 feet off the ground just off the Baden Powell Trail on Grouse Mountain in North Vancouver. The dog, a labradoodle, lunged for ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214753860/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Sat, 25 May 2013 01:15:23 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214753860/scat/535f27099a41ff22 after being raped twice at a Texas Air Force base says she's been further victimized by military policies about sexual assault. Myah Bilton-Smith is trying to recover from a brain injury and might have permanent brain damage. "Sometimes I have the fear of breaking my family apart just because of how much problems I have," she said during an interview with KATU News. But ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214753200/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Sat, 25 May 2013 00:34:02 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214753200/scat/535f27099a41ff22 It has been more than 125 years since the Last Spike of the Canadian Pacific Railway was driven into the ground, instantly making trains the driving force behind the country's economy. Now, with massive pipeline projects mired in controversy, the need to move crude oil to market could mean a big new boost to Canada's rail sector. Chris Brown reports on a Vancouver businessman's ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214753002/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Sat, 25 May 2013 00:22:59 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214753002/scat/535f27099a41ff22 The unofficial start to the cruise ship season kicked off in downtown Vancouver on Friday as more than 11,000 passengers got on or off three ships docked at the terminal at Canada Place. Tourism Vancouver is expecting a 23 per cent increase in cruise ship passengers this year, and to accommodate the rush Port Metro Vancouver worked with city and tourism officials to bring in more cabs and more ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214753206/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Sat, 25 May 2013 00:22:56 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214753206/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Summer gives us a much needed break in often gloomy, notoriously pricey Metro Vancouver.With the first sliver of blue sky, we bolt from our cramped condos and sleepy suburbs to soak up the sunshine on local beaches and mountains. But you needn't lace up your hiking boots to take advantage of a summer's worth of free entertainment in the great outdoors.From the extensive free program at ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214753209/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Sat, 25 May 2013 00:22:49 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214753209/scat/535f27099a41ff22 LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A Canadian man is facing charges that he stalked the brother of Jennifer Lawrence after authorities say he repeatedly insisted that the man put him in touch with the Oscar-winning actress so he could protect her, according to court documents.Zhao Han Cong, 23, of Vancouver, British Columbia, was ordered Friday to remain held until he could undergo a psychiatric examination to ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214753211/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Sat, 25 May 2013 00:22:37 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214753211/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Wood smoked Jerk Chicken with sam's secret island recipe on the rooftop patio of Black & Blue Steakhouse in Vancouver, British Columbia, Wednesday, May 22, 2013. (Rafal Gerszak for The Globe and ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214752394/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Fri, 24 May 2013 23:34:09 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214752394/scat/535f27099a41ff22 A public hearing will be held into allegations of abuse of authority, deceit and discreditable conduct against a member of B.C.'s Transit Police.The police complaint commissioner announced the hearing for Const. Ken Jansen in connection with an incident in April 2010.The commissioner says Jansen and a member of the RCMP are accused of using unnecessary or excessive force on a person at ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214752271/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Fri, 24 May 2013 23:15:50 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214752271/scat/535f27099a41ff22 A UBC student says he's happy to be alive after the Skagit River bridge collapsed beneath him on Thursday night. Mount Vernon, Washington resident Bryce Kenning says he was making a trip he had made hundreds of times with no incident. But this time was different. "You never expect anything like that to happen in real life, it was like a movie event," said Kenning in an interview ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214751703/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Fri, 24 May 2013 22:09:03 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214751703/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Vancouver resident Cora Maming spent two years hiding inside her home after arriving from the Philippines in 2008. Help from her neighbourhood house helped her with English lessons and confidence, and now Maming now is happily participating in her ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214751704/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Fri, 24 May 2013 22:08:52 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214751704/scat/535f27099a41ff22 FILE: Developer Ender Ilkay walks through park property below his own property where he proposed cabins and lodge would be built above the Juan de Fuca Marine Trail in Victoria. Logging has since begun in the ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214751705/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Fri, 24 May 2013 22:08:51 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214751705/scat/535f27099a41ff22 VANCOUVER -- A Vancouver police inspector who helped develop counter-terrorism plans nationally and target prolific-property offenders locally has earned one of the country's highest honours.Inspector Bob Stewart, a 35-year member of the Vancouver Police Department, has received the Order of Merit of the Police Forces from Governor General David Johnston.The award was created in 2000 and ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214751566/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Fri, 24 May 2013 22:08:26 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214751566/scat/535f27099a41ff22 A customer sits outside the Mighty Oak neighbourhood grocery store in Vancouver, British Columbia, Thursday, May 23, 2013. (Rafal Gerszak for The Globe and ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214750946/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Fri, 24 May 2013 21:19:22 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214750946/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Port Metro Vancouver says "it's all good news this year" on the cruise-ship front."This year, we're seeing an increase of more than 20 per cent for the season from last year," the port's manager of business development, Carmen Ortega, said.That is expected to translate into about 820,000 passengers on 236 sailings. Last season saw 667,000 passengers on 191 ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214750697/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Fri, 24 May 2013 21:00:27 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214750697/scat/535f27099a41ff22 LIST PRICE $1,698,000SALE PRICE $1.6-millionPREVIOUS SALE PRICE $1,798,000TAXES $6,335 (2012)DAYS ON MARKET 175LISTING AGENT R.V. (Will) McKitka, Macdonald ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214749968/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Fri, 24 May 2013 20:10:50 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214749968/scat/535f27099a41ff22 RCMP in North Vancouver have issued a warning after a dog was snared by a cruel trap set with baited hooks near the Grouse Grind Trail yesterday morning. Professional dog walker Hallie Mitchell was out walking her dogs near the Baden Powell trail on Thursday around 10:30 a.m. PT when a labradoodle left the trail and bit into a piece of meat that was hanging about 1 metres off the ground. ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214749982/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Fri, 24 May 2013 19:53:02 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214749982/scat/535f27099a41ff22 You can't help but wish Sigourney Weaver was a friend after spending any time chatting with the affable veteran actress.Despite having an enviable list of film, television and stage work -- so long it literally takes 15 pages to print out her career credits -- two lifetime achievement awards, three Academy Award nominations, two Emmy Awards, a Tony award and two Golden Globe Awards for ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214749008/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Fri, 24 May 2013 18:45:42 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214749008/scat/535f27099a41ff22 (Esteban Felix/Associated Press) The first ever gay pride march is being held in Abbotsford, B.C., this weekend -- in the heart of the Bible Belt. The Fraser Valley city, which has deep religious roots, has held an annual walk against homophobia for several years. But organizers of the Fraser Valley Pride parade say queer youth in the community should no longer feel like victims. ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214747976/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:36:55 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214747976/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Morning cloud cover and showers will make for a grey start to Vancouver's weekend, but look for sunny breaks by Saturday afternoon, says CBC ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214747974/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:36:54 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214747974/scat/535f27099a41ff22 The B.C. Coroner has released the identities of the two men found dead in Kalamalka Lake, south of Vernon, on Wednesday. Frederick Marshall, 50, and Albert Castanelli, 47, both of Vernon, were on a camping trip at the time of their deaths. It is not clear exactly how they died. ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214747973/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:36:54 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214747973/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Vancouverites enjoy the sunny weather during the 2011 Vancouver International Jazz Festival at David Lam Park. The event is seeking to consolidate its three beer gardens into one this ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214747979/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:36:16 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214747979/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Modern-day bridges constructed with cables prevent incidents like the Interstate 5 bridge collapse over the Skagit River on Thursday, a retired B.C. engineer ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214746738/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:27:50 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214746738/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Trinity Western University sits where Glover Road meets the Trans-Canada in Langley, only 50 kilometres east of Vancouver but three hours by public transit and miles away from stereotypical campus life.Notably absent are empties, cigarette butts, or a campus bar. There are no flyers for keggers or toga parties. Outside the entrance to the student centre, various themes of upcoming daily chapels ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214747427/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:27:42 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214747427/scat/535f27099a41ff22 The hospitality industry in Vancouver, British Columbia, is closely watching the effects of the collapsed Interstate 5 bridge in Mount Vernon. Vancouver recorded 475,365 overnight visitors from Washington state in 2012, which accounted for a quarter of the citys overnight visitors from the entire United States, according to data gathered by the Greater Vancouver Visitors and Convention ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214746527/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:26:57 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214746527/scat/535f27099a41ff22 MOUNT VERNON, Washington -- v The four-lane Interstate 5 bridge -- more than half a century old -- collapsed about halfway between Seattle and Vancouver, British Columbia. It was caused by an oversize truck hitting the span, the Washington State Patrol chief ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214745495/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:23:11 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214745495/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Royal Bank has promised it will never outsource a Canadian job to a foreign worker solely to save money. The bank updated its code of conduct on Friday, after facing intense criticism last month for its hiring ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214745100/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:15:45 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214745100/scat/535f27099a41ff22 The western tent caterpillar population is peaking this year, engulfing fruit trees in parts of B.C. and down the western U.S. coast. Western tent caterpillars are easily identified by their black and orange markings and their wispy silk tents woven around tree branches. Tent caterpillars will leave the tent late in June and pupate in cocoons before emerging as adult brown-coloured moths. ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214745498/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:15:44 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214745498/scat/535f27099a41ff22 The B.C. Lions on Friday announced the signing of free agent quarterback Joey Elliott. The 26-year-old Franklin, Ind., native spent the past three seasons with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. During that time, he dressed for 33 games, including nine as the team's starter. Last season, the Purdue grad had his most productive year as a pro as he threw for 2,101 yards and five touchdowns. Elliott ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214745501/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:15:44 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214745501/scat/535f27099a41ff22 A Canadian teen and his dog are recovering from wounds after he rescued the dog from a cougar in what he called "the most terrifying thing I've ever endured." Levi Sadler, 16, said he was at home in Belcarra, near Vancouver, British Columbia, Tuesday night when he heard his black Labrador, Daisy, screaming outside of his window, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported Friday. ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214745462/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:57:13 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214745462/scat/535f27099a41ff22 A truck carrying an oversized load struck the four-lane bridge on Interstate 5 bridge, the major thoroughfare between Seattle, Wash., and Canada, sending a section of the span and two vehicles into the Skagit River on Thursday night. (Elaine Thompson/Associated ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214742727/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:51:08 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214742727/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Celebrated Canadian nature artist Robert Bateman is opening a new gallery in Victoria this weekend, but the artist says the aim is to do much more than showcase his work. The Robert Bateman centre, whose doors open on his 83rd birthday, will display the largest exhibit of original works by the popular wildlife artist. There will be 10 galleries in the centre, including one devoted to his ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214742414/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:51:07 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214742414/scat/535f27099a41ff22 The California businessman behind a controversial ocean fertilization project off B.C.'s west coast has been fired, but the group behind the project says it still supports the ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214742730/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:51:07 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214742730/scat/535f27099a41ff22 High streamflow advisories are expected to be lifted for much of the B.C. Interior today following days of heavy rain. Advisories remain in effect throughout parts of the central interior, the Thompson Region, Boundary, and Okanagan. But Dave Campbell with the B.C. River Forecast Centre says most communities are likely through the worst of it. "I think a lot of those areas were probably ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214742728/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:51:07 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214742728/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Cougars are rarely seen in Langley, but there have been recent sightings. Bears and coyotes also present potential threats as spring weather warms ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214742735/scat/535f27099a41ff22 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:50:58 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214742735/scat/535f27099a41ff22