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		<title>A night of violence in Metro Vancouver</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Three people were hurt in an early morning shooting in Gastown, on a weekend Vancouver Police warned about increased gang activity downtown. The area around Richards and Water Streets is closed, and the VPD says it could stay that way for the next several hours. The shooting happened inside the Waterfront transit station at about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>$50M lottery ticket sold in Vancouver</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Halloween weekend must feel like Christmas for one lucky lottery ticket holder in the Vancouver area. There was one winner in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw and the winning ticket is worth a whopping $50 million. The ticket was sold in Vancouver, the B.C. Lottery Corp. said on its website Saturday morning. In addition to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Metro Vancouver residents face tax increase</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Metro Vancouver residents are in for a tax hike following the regional district board&#8217;s approval on Friday of a 5.8-per-cent increase for next year&#8217;s operating budget. The owner of an average $600,000 home will pay an additional $44 in Metro&#8217;s share of property taxes, for a total of $513. The extra revenue of $33 million [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seven gangsters arrested in busy Vancouver park</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Uniformed Gang Task Force interrupted a meeting of seven well-known gangsters and associates &#8212; some of whom had loaded assault rifles &#8212; in a busy Vancouver park Wednesday afternoon. The specialized anti-gang team came upon the group in Kensington Park, at 33rd Avenue and Knight Street, about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday. Sgt. Bill Whalen of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anti-gang posters hit Vancouver-area schools</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new poster campaign targeting gang lifestyles is set to hit high schools around Metro Vancouver. The posters were created as part of a contest held by the Teens Against Gangs, a project sponsored by the region&#8217;s police gang task force, the Vancouver Sun and TransLink. Three local high school students designed the winning posters. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vancouver fireworks organizers want to add pay-only seating</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fireworks fans may be able to reserve a prime beachfront spot at Vancouver&#8216;s Celebration of Lights next summer — but it&#8217;ll cost them. The cash-strapped organizers of the popular fireworks event want to add temporary pay-only bleacher seating for 1,000 people in the area just south of the English Bay Bathhouse building in an attempt [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.vancouvertops.com/news/general/2010/10/vancouver-fireworks-organizers-want-to-add-pay-only-seating/</link>
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		<title>Vancouver Convention Centre may need expansion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Vancouver Convention Centre is only two years old, but it may need to be expanded in five years. The problem is the city is so popular with meeting organizers. The Province newspaper reports by the end of this year, the facility will have hosted 25 conventions. Thirty-three events are already booked for next year. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.vancouvertops.com/news/general/2010/10/vancouver-convention-centre-may-need-expansion/</link>
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		<title>Nature worth billions dollars to Vancouver</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to a unique study by the David Suzuki Foundation and Pacific Parklands Foundation. The study examines benefits provided by nature across Metro Vancouver, such as filtering air and water or combating climate change by absorbing carbon dioxide. Those benefits have a cash value of $5.4 billion annually, or about $2,462 per person, according to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.vancouvertops.com/news/general/2010/10/nature-worth-billions-dollars-to-vancouver/</link>
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		<title>House prices down in August in Vancouver</title>
		<description><![CDATA[More information on house prices came out today. TeraNet says house prices in major metropolitan areas were up 0.2 per cent in August compared to July. But Vancouver&#8216;s house prices actually fell 0.4 per cent in August. However prices are still above what they were a year ago in every city studied, with Vancouver prices [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monster development may change Vancouver&#039;s skyline</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A proposed half-billion dollar 48-storey development called the Burrard Gateway could dramatically change Vancouver&#8216;s skyline. Jim Pattison Developments along with Reliance Properties are proposing a three tower residential development with the tallest tower standing at 466 feet. The whole development would feature close to 600 residential units and span 774,318 square feet on Burrard near [...]]]></description>
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