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The story is graphic and may be difficult to read. The trial has only just begun. I cannot imagine what the families are going through. I cannot help myself from jumping to conclusions. And yet: http://www.thestar.com/article/173834

There's been a few threads on Vancouver in recent weeks and it got me wondering if we could scrape together enough folks in the lower mainland (and perhaps beyond) to have a decent sized get together. So, whoever's down with such a plan, let yourself be known in this thread and we'll see if...

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2005/02/08/924568-cp.html I was reading the justifications for this program, and it raised a thought. My question, therefore, is "Why not institutionalize the addicts?" A lot of the justification has to do with safety and reducing crime, and the issue of how...

http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2004/05/28/canada/hysteria_040528 A leading epidemiologist at the University of British Columbia says a suspected poisoning on a Vancouver bus earlier this week appears to be a case of mass hysteria. (snip) A suspicious passenger and mysterious pellets were suspected...