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All this hot, sunny weather has us thinking once again about convertibles. And while many of them are well into the premium zone and beyond, don't be discouraged: there are still more than a few affordable convertibles out there.

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Living to 100 is now within sight for thousands of Canadians

Centenarians make up the second fastest growing age group in Canada after 60- to 64-year-olds. Statistics Canada tallied their population at 5,825 in 2011, 84 per cent of whom are women. That marks an increase of about 2,000 since 2001, and the number is expected to reach 78,300 by 2061, boosted by the baby boom generation. Claire Adelberg, 98, attends a fitness class at Terraces on 7th assisted living facility in Vancouver.

Anyone who thinks an active mind is key to a long, happy life will be buoyed by a chat with 105-year-old Alice Okerstrom. “I’m on the computer all the time,” she says with infectious cheer while sitting in the garden of her seniors’ apartment in Coquitlam. “Today I looked up the difference between prawns and shrimp after someone asked about it at dinner.”

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Vancouver plans to overhaul traffic flow at south end of Burrard Bridge

Another overhaul of cycling infrastructure has been proposed for the city’s west side, this one a $6-million plan to reduce car traffic headed onto Cornwall Avenue from the Burrard Street Bridge by up to 30 per cent. The proposal, slated to go to the standing committee on planning, transportation and environment on July 24th, calls for several changes to the intersection at the south end of the Burrard Street Bridge including:

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Pete McMartin: Floods! Crime! Crack videos! And, um, bike lanes!”

In Montreal, they’ve moved police headquarters into city hall to facilitate the arrest of whatever crime boss inhabits the mayor’s chair. In Toronto? Rob Ford. Enough said.

Vancouver’s easy drug access may have helped kill Cory Monteith, says Calgary columnist

Ask any informed Vancouverite where you could pick up a bit of heroin and they’d be able to tell you.

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Photos: Top images from around the globe

View the best photographs from hot spots around the world.

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Social media outrage over Calgary column linking Cory Monteith's death to InSite

Is she "insane," "an imbecile" or just the person responsible for killing journalism? Canadians are taking to social media in droves to slam columnist Licia Corbella for her opinion piece suggesting that Cory Monteith might be alive if he was looking for drugs anywhere else but Vancouver.

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Drama reaches a fever pitch as world awaits royal birth

Rumours that the former Kate Middleton had gone into labour flashed across Twitterverse late Friday afternoon.

Photos: The royal baby watch in London

Outside the Lindo Wing of Saint Mary's Hospital in London where Britain's Prince William and his wife Catherine's baby is expected to be born.

Canucks 2013-14 schedule released: season-opener versus Sharks

The Vancouver Canucks’ new season will begin against the team that ended their last one.

Telus on offensive over possible Verizon market entry

American telecom giant Verizon Wireless hasn’t finished rounding out a potential bid to enter the Canadian market, but Telus Corp. CEO Darren Entwistle has gone on the offensive to keep it from jumping in under the federal rules designed to foster new, fledgling entrants. Telus isn’t opposed to Verizon making a bid to come in, Entwhistle said, but he wants it to be on terms that are fair.

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Courtney Love attends An Evening With Women, in Los Angeles. Love will perform Monday, July 22 at Vancouver’s Commodore Ballroom.

Courtney Love: On music, dieting, and why Vancouver is boring

Easily the most polarizing personality in rock, Courtney Love nonetheless deserves some credit. As frontwoman for Hole, she created some of the most boundary-pushing music of the alt-rock ’90s. Despite being a famous rock widow, she’s yet to sell out the legacy of her late husband, Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain (or so she would say).

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Sebastien Boucher, 33, spent more than two days lost in the North Shore mountains after snowboarding out of bounds at Cypress Mountain ski resort. He was located safe on Dec. 18, 2012.

Snowboarder lost in backcountry on Cypress raises $10,000 for North Shore Search and Rescue

A snowboarder who was rescued from the backcountry of Cypress Mountain Resort has raised $10,000 to donate to the rescuers who saved his life.

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Photos: $10.2M North Vancouver waterfront home

This unique 5,009-sq-ft wood-frame home at 5345 Indian River Road in North Vancouver's Deep Cove features 200 feet of waterfront access on a one-acre property, five bedrooms and two full and three half bathrooms. Click here for the full listing.

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B.C. legal aid lawyers halt funding protest to show good will to new justice minister

Lawyers who handle legal aid cases in British Columbia have put their protest on hold in an effort to get talks started with the new provincial justice minister after an 18-month deadlock.

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Thick haze over Vancouver caused by pollution, wildfire smoke

A thick haze that blanketed much of the Lower Mainland on Friday was caused by particles in the air combined with water vapour, a Metro Vancouver air quality planner said.

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Police: 4 men found captive in Houston garage in 'deplorable conditions,' 1 in custody

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Authorities: DNA test of remains confirms link between Boston Strangler suspect, last victim

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Obama wades into race, tells of his own experiences being racially profiled

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Work continues at the crash site of the train derailment and fire Tuesday, July 16, 2013 in Lac-Megantic, Que.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

Lac-Megantic: Federal board tells policy-makers to make rail-safety changes now

The federal Transportation Safety Board has requested two immediate regulatory changes for train travel, despite its investigation into the Lac-Megantic tragedy still being in its early stages.