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Minor hockey player hit with puck in critical condition - Vancouver Sun
The player appeared motionless, said the witness, who declined to give his name. Fundytus, who plays centre, was hit in the neck during the third period of a game against Maple Leaf Athletic Club Raylin MFG, according to a witness who spoke to Global ...
Edmonton minor-hockey player dead after being hit by a puck - Vancouver Sun
It was a solid shot from the point [and it] hit him in a fluky spot, I guess,” said one witness who asked not to be identified. Friends and teammates of Fundytus took to Twitter Saturday evening to send him their best wishes. By late Sunday morning, ...
In Monday's newspaper - Vancouver Sun
One VFD official, who wouldn't give his name, reached an agreement with protesters preparing to erect a super-sized tent that included large sheets of plywood. Protesters asked that city inspectors supervise them putting it up to ensure it caused no ...
Vancouver Mayor's frustration mounts over Occupy protest as woman dies at ... - Vancouver Sun
A speaker, who wouldn't give her name, said fire and police officials would have to bring the order to the nightly general assembly so it could be voted on. She said they wouldn't dismantle the tent city, saying protesters still hope the site will grow ...
Syrian tank fire kills three in Homs: Activists - Vancouver Sun
In Homs on Thursday, tanks pounded a residential district and a witness who declined to be named said he saw dozens of civilian bodies at the National Hospital, which is controlled by the security forces. Activists said a further 19 people were killed ...
Global financial turmoil follows call for Greek debt referendum - Vancouver Sun
However, an insider who's close to the negotiations with Greece, who insisted on anonymity in order to speak freely, said there was no room for renegotiating the bond-swap terms because last week's deal "set the parameters for a debt exchange offer. ...
EU debt deal 'shows G20 we can act': German source - Vancouver Sun
Speaking to reporters ahead of a critical Group of 20 meeting in Cannes on November 3 and 4, the source said that Europeans would present the "package for stabilising the euro" to the other economic powerhouses around the table. ...
China's local debt pileup raising risk of hard landing - Vancouver Sun
“Right now, most banks have cut off new loans to local government financing firms,” said a senior executive at a medium-sized bank in Beijing, who declined to be named because he was not authorised to speak on the matter. The cities and financing ...
Secret panel calls shots on placing American extremists on kill list - Vancouver Sun
The officials insisted on anonymity to discuss sensitive information. They confirmed that lawyers, including those in the Justice Department, were consulted before Awlaki's name was added to the target list. Two principal legal theories were advanced, ...
Eight workers sent to hospital in Regina refinery explosion - Vancouver Sun
A foreman for Chemco electrical contractors, who declined to give his name, described the massive explosion. "The explosion went up about 250 feet in the air - it was a huge fireball," he said. "I was about 300 feet away . . . I'm composing myself now. ...
Explosion rocks Regina refinery - Vancouver Sun
A foreman for Chemco electrical contractors, who declined to give his name, described the massive explosion. "The explosion went up about 250 feet in the air — it was a huge fireball," he said. "I was about 300 feet away ... I'm composing myself now. ...
In Thursday's newspaper - Vancouver Sun
"It is a balanced plan that will put the health of Canadians first, while respecting an individual's ability to make their own choices," a government official said Wednesday. The panel's report, provided to Health Canada last November and obtained by ...
Federal government to spill energy drinks decision on Thursday - Vancouver Sun
"It is a balanced plan that will put the health of Canadians first, while respecting an individual's ability to make their own choices," a government official said Wednesday. The panel's report, provided to Health Canada last November and obtained by ...
Bahrain feels heavy weight of sectarian tension - Vancouver Sun
Saud, a young IT lecturer at a private university who did not want to be identified by his full name, says Wefaq and most Shi'ites want an Islamic republic and they are escalating violence against security forces to get it. He denies that Sunnis are ...
U.S. tax crackdown unfair: Flaherty - Vancouver Sun
... are underway involving the US Treasury Department on proposed US legislation that will compel Canadian banks to turn over information on their American clients to the US Internal Revenue Service, according to a source briefed on the matter. ...
Terror threat clouds start of 9/11 ceremonies - Vancouver Sun
"We're looking at travel records, times, dates that people may have traveled, passenger lists, itineraries," a US counterterrorism official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told the Washington Post. Obama on Friday repeated his order for security ...
Porsche plunges after merger with VW fails because of pending lawsuits - Vancouver Sun
Porsche SE's third-quarter earnings may be reduced by about 1.6 billion euros because of the revaluation of the holding company's remaining stake in its car-making operations, a person familiar with the matter said. The exact impact of the non-cash ...
Obama job plan to offer $300 billion in tax credits, school renovation projects - Vancouver Sun
In his speech before a joint session of Congress, Obama also will ask lawmakers to renew the 2 percent payroll tax cut that was approved last December and to extend jobless benefits, said the person, who requested anonymity to talk more freely about ...
Boeing supplier signs 10-year labour deal - Vancouver Sun
A shop-floor machinist, who asked that his name not be used, said older Spirit workers were so disgruntled that there was talk after the deal of organizing a vote to oust the union. He said that possibility has receded in the year since, ...
Toddler in serious condition after cougar attack at park - Vancouver Sun
The family - who asked not to be identified - had just packed up their gear at Kennedy Lake, a day-use park in Vancouver Island's Pacific Rim National Park Reserve. As the family headed off the beach at about 6 pm Monday, the toddler raced about three ...
Goldcorp throws cold water on stock touts - Vancouver Sun
Lone Star's investor relations person, who declined to give his name, initially disavowed any knowledge of the Stock Castle alert. He later admitted that several people had mentioned it to him, but he claimed he hadn't bothered to look at it. ...
Star tracks - Vancouver Sun
A family member also told RadarOnline that there is absolutely no truth to the report: "This is absolutely not true," the source, who did not want to be identified, said. "No way are they splitting up. They are totally together and are not separating," ...
Shots fired outside Que. strip club; cop almost run down - Vancouver Sun
An employee at the club who refused to give her name said a bouncer had been shot after an altercation between a group of young men and "a girl." The employee said the bouncer was shot once in the chest and once in the hip. ...
London fears more violence, riots - Vancouver Sun
"We know we have been victimised by this government, we know we are being neglected by the government," said another middle-aged man who declined to give his name. "How can you make one million youths unemployed and expect us to sit down? ...
US military's ban on gays to end on Sept. 20 - Vancouver Sun
... will announce on July 22, 2011 that the US military is ready to repeal the ban on gays serving openly in the armed forces, the last major hurdle to formally ending the policy, US officials said on Thursday, speaking on condition of anonymity. ...