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New traffic regulations target port-bound trucks

Truck speed limit imposed on parts of Nanaimo and Renfrew streets
Checking account

Checking account

An upcoming decision, which may ban bodychecking in many minor hockey rinks around the Lower Mainland, has reignited the debate about hitting in youth hockey

Gordon skates for gold at junior national championships

Vancouver figureskater Mitchell Gordon is a junior Canadian champion. The 15-year-old Kitsilano secondary student won gold this week in Moncton, N.B. at the 2012 Canadian Figure Skating Championships.

Class Notes: Water works

Water works Students at Churchill secondary school, who call themselves Youth4Tap, are replacing some of the school's old water fountains with new state-of-the-art refillable water stations.

Central Park: Tied died

TIE DIED The city's bylaw officers are going to crack down on dog owners who leave their pets tied up outside public areas, such as on sidewalks adjacent to stores.

City hall eyes online rental database

Association wants inquiry tool for landlord names

City axes art space, rental suites from Kingsway complex

Developer must make larger cash contribution

Vancouver cops send innocent man to the hospital

Case of mistaken identity stemmed from suspected bank robber

Multi-layered Amarillo blurs borders

Illegal immigrant experience visually overwhelming

Bodychecking for beginners

Bodychecking is simple to explain. The purpose of laying a check in a contact sport such as hockey is to separate an opponent from the puck. Beyond the definition, bodychecking is much more difficult to teach, practise and eventually master.
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