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Watch these two thieves arrogantly try to steal a bait car in B.C. (Video)

Watch these two thieves arrogantly try to steal a bait car in B.C. (Video)

"Steal a bait car, go to jail"
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Remember when gas cost $1.03 a litre in Metro Vancouver?

Remember when gas cost $1.03 a litre in Metro Vancouver?

B.C. Hydro report touts electric cars over gas-powered vehicles
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Janitor who won $7 million says he won't stop being a janitor

Janitor who won $7 million says he won't stop being a janitor

Vito Halasan won a whopping $7 million, but has no plans to leave his job as a janitor. He just might scale back his hours.
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Global drug study ranks Canada #3 in the world for drunkenness

Global drug study ranks Canada #3 in the world for drunkenness

Canada is famous for many things – but is drunkenness one of them?
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It's a long weekend in Burnaby, so of course these 2 bad things will happen

It's a long weekend in Burnaby, so of course these 2 bad things will happen

Long weekends in Metro Vancouver usually involve two things – higher gas prices and crappy weather. This coming Victoria Day weekend will have a mix of both. First, the weather.
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Nearly 30% of fatal crash victims weren’t wearing seatbelts

Nearly 30% of fatal crash victims weren’t wearing seatbelts

A report from the BC Coroners Service released Thursday revealed that many car crash fatalities may have been preventable.
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Les Leyne: Entitlement, lack of oversight led to downfall

Les Leyne: Entitlement, lack of oversight led to downfall

Beverley McLachlin outlined the elaborate flow chart that supposedly illustrates how accountability and responsibility are handled at the B.C. legislature.
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Vote now in the Record's Readers' Choice contest!

Vote now in the Record's Readers' Choice contest!

Do you have a favourite restaurant in New Westminster? How about a local hairstylist who you think is the greatest? What about the best frozen dessert? Everybody has something they love in New West.
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Watchdog group calls on B.C. to slash gas taxes

Watchdog group calls on B.C. to slash gas taxes

Canadian Taxpayers Federation says province should eliminate carbon tax, cut TransLink tax. Province says oil companies are the problem.
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What to do when invasive insects attack your garden

What to do when invasive insects attack your garden

We have lost track of the number of times we have heard, “I lost my ash tree to the Emerald Ash Borer.” Major Canadian cities lost over eight percent of their tree canopy when this invasive insect moved through.
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