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Vancouver Portal News Archive

2007

• June 28 - A new wing has opened at the Vancouver International Airport. The seven-gate wing will increase capacity by 1.5 million passengers. This expansion has been the largest since the opening of the current international terminal. (CKNW News)
• June 21 - Jim Chu 47, will be Vancouver's new police chief, replacing former chief Jamie Graham. Chu will be the first Vancouver police chief of Asian descent. (News 1130)
• March 12 - The countdown clock to the 2010 Winter Olympics in front of the Vancouver Art Gallery was vandalized with spray paint. (CKNW News)
• March 8 - VANOC's financial plan for the 2010 Winter Olympics will be presented to the board on Tuesday, and will be released to the public after. (CKNW News)
• February 9 - A Vancouver child died from influenza. This is the first pediatric death in Canada during an unusually late flu season. (CBC News)
• February 4 - A series of subterranean tremors beneath Vancouver Island ended today earlier than anticipated. (CBC News)
• January 23 - Crown prosecutors will present the interogation tapes for the the murder trial of Robert William Pickton. (CBC News)
• January 15 - The New Westminster School Board was fined C$75,000 for recklessness in regards to asbestos removal. (CBC News)
• January 12 - An engineering report finds that fabric damage and human error are responsible for bringing down the dome at BC Place Stadium. (CBC News)
• January 10 - A truck being loaded onto a B.C. ferry plunged into Nanaimo Harbour when the ship unexpectedly left the dock. (CBC News)
• January 9 - Vancouver Police seize six guns - four semi-automatics and two assault rifles used in shootout in Richmond last week. (CBC News)
• January 5 - BC Place Stadium dome undergoes an emergency deflation after section tears open. CBC News
• January 4 - A private medical clinic will not be accepting patients using BC medical cards due to a fee dispute with the provincial government. CTV News
• January 2 - 3 women robbed, beaten in 'senseless beatings' CBC News
• January 1 - Bring back First Night party: Vancouver police. CBC News

2006

• December 31 - Stanley Park was reopened Sunday, about two weeks after a heavy windstorm swept through the park and caused extensive damage. CBC News
• December 27 - Const. Howard Chow said investigators have confirmed attacks on 25 women in Vancouver, Burnaby and Coquitlam. CBC News
• December 26 - Boxing Day shoppers get Internet leg up The Vancouver Sun
• December 25 - Power returns to B.C. homes lashed by storm CBC News
• December 24 - B.C. moves to recycle e-waste more safely. The Vancouver Sun
• December 23 - 59-year-old man trapped for days in Stanley Park was saved by cellphone. 'The Vancouver Sun
• December 22 - B.C. First Nation can hunt at night: Supreme Court. CBC News
• December 21 - Sandra Stalman pleas to find missing teen. The Vancouver Sun
• December 20 - Mayor Sam Sullivan seeks provincial and federal dollars to repair Stanley Park.
• December 17 - A major windstorm hits Vancouver and the Lower Mainland region.