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Firefighters battle East Van blaze...

It took dozens of firefighters to control the fire at a townhouse complex on MarQuette Crescent Sunday.

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Get the engine humming for GranFondo...

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Goon sequel

Hockey-mad actor Jay Baruchel 'furiously typing away' at Goon sequel script

It's numbingly humid outside, the Stanley Cup has been decided and the NHL's stars are shining on the...

Zara Phillipps, granddaughter to Queen Elizabeth II, expecting a child

LONDON - Buckingham Palace says Queen Elizabeth II's granddaughter Zara Phillips and rugby star Mike...

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Long-time member to lead Vancouver Cantata Singers

Conductor, mezzo soprano, and educator Paula Kremer has been selected as the new artistic director of...

Halle Berry’s bed, nail clippers to be sold in online auction

MONTREAL — A pair of nail clippers, a hairbrush and a queen-sized bed are among the items up for...

KISS still a Monster 40 years later

Canadians have always embraced KISS. In the shock rock band’s early days, Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons...

Movie review: Spanish sex comedy I’m So Excited falls flat

Though Daft Punk recently resurrected the gold lamé ghost of disco, Pedro Almodovar does nothing...

Book review: Cooked delves into elementary food

When we entered the age of the consumer, it was inevitable that the house beautiful and the gizmo period...

UBC prof helped develop Krypton language for blockbuster Man of Steel

Much of Christine Schreyer’s work as a linguistic anthropologist centres on revitalizing indigenous...

Despicable Me 2 tramples The Lone Ranger at the holiday box office

The minions have overtaken “The Lone Ranger.”

Cast of characters grapples with light and dark in magical novel

The Miracles of Ordinary Men, Amanda Leduc’s debut novel, explores territory seldom seen in contemporary...

Stephen King’s Joyland a small marvel

When I was growing up, the door to the bedroom next to mine was always closed, and came with my mother...

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Coronation Street stars taking kickbacks?

Beloved British soap opera Coronation Street is being hammered after an alleged ethics breech by several...

Bollywood's Oscars headed to Florida in 2014

Bollywood's version of the Oscars is coming to Florida, and it marks the first time that the multiday...

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FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2012 file photo, celebrity chef Paula Deen poses for a portrait in New York. A week after Deen's admission of using racial slurs in the past surfaced in a discrimination lawsuit, pop culture watchers, experts in managing public relations nightmares and civil rights stalwarts who have tried to help other celebrities in her position see a long, bumpy road ahead. (AP Photo/Carlo Allegri, File)

Man charged with trying to extort $250,000 from embattled celebrity cook Paula Deen

Authorities on Friday arrested a New York man charged with trying to extort money from embattled celebrity...

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Brits pick George and Alexandra as favourites in the royal-baby-name sweepstakes

The British bookies have made George and Alexandra the favourites in the royal-baby-name sweepstakes...

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Jay-Z is teaming up with Samsung to release his new album, offering the music for free to one million users of Galaxy mobile phones.

Jay-Z 's Magna Carta Holy Grail among new CD releases this week

Here's a list of some new CD releases for the week of July 2:

Johnny Depp ‘seemingly has no ego,’ says Lone Ranger co-star

Actor Armie Hammer says his co-star in The Lone Ranger, Johnny Depp, “seemingly has no ego”...

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We Are the City creates distinctive, adventurous post-rock July 4,at Vogue Theatre.

Vancouver events: We Are the City, Kiss, New Kids on the Block and more

Check out best events in Vancouver July 4 to July 11,

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Book review: Cooked delves into elementary food

When we entered the age of the consumer, it was inevitable that the house beautiful and the gizmo period...

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Celebrities trickle in to Vancouver as busy summer of filming begins

Talent agencies are busy lining up local talent and extras for a number of movies and TV commercials...

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Allison Janney moving forward with The Way, Way Back

Allison Janney seems to specialize in variety when it comes to portraying mothers. She played a suffocating religious zealot mom in Hairspray, then a strong-willed mom in The Help. Her latest mommy role is all about being unhinged in the […]

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Allison Janney moving forward with The Way, Way Back

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“Prince of Darkness” del Toro says there’s plenty of depth under the Rim

SAN FRANCISCO — Pacific Rim isn’t a remake of the Godzilla-versus-King Kong monster mash up, but it is Guillermo del Toro’s tribute to that Japanese genre. “I grew up in a good time when they were popular so I was […]

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Girls is no documentary says showrunner

At 41-year-old Girls showrunner Jenni Konner claims she’s ‘post-shock’ “I’m too old to be shocked,” Konner laughs during a recent phone call. “I’ve been around too long.” As the executive producer and writer of the controversial HBO series about modern […]

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British food star Nigella Lawson was involved in a bust-up with her husband, the advertising executive Charles Saatchi. He has since accepted a police caution.
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Charles Saatchi to divorce TV chef Nigella Lawson after assault at restaurant

LONDON - Prominent art collector Charles Saatchi said Sunday he is divorcing his celebrity chef wife Nigella Lawson because she did not publicly defend his reputation after images emerged of him grasping her throat in a posh London restaurant.

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KISS fan Ron Fisher poses for a photo with another member of the KISS Army before the concert at Rogers Arena on Saturday.

KISS rocks Rogers Arena

Vancouver’s Rogers Arena was filled with fans sporting fanciful makeup and spangly boots to see rock legends KISS perform in Vancouver Saturday. Our photographer Gerry Kahrmann got all dressed up to blend with the crowd and take these shots:

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Cameron MacDonald: On endangered tracks

Langara biology instructor Cameron MacDonald decided to take his family on a 25,000-kilometre, 114-day road trip with a mission — he wanted to see if they could track down 34 endangered species. So MacDonald and his wife, Briana Fraser, and two very young children, Brora and Finn, packed into a used minivan and headed out into the wilds of North America.

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