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Search results for "Vancouver" ...
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Deadly sawmill explosions
Catastrophic explosions at two Northern British Columbia sawmills in 2012 killed four workers and injured dozens of others. Wood dust was identified as a possible fuel source, but safety agencies, companies and workers said the explosive risk of dust was not well known. The Vancouver Sun launched an investigation to find out how it was possible no one was aware of this wood-dust explosion risk.
Tags: Explosions; sawmills; wood dust
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Welfare Slum Lord
This investigation revealed the misdeeds of one of Canada's worst slumlords. The landlord rented tiny, substandard rooms at exorbitant rates to poor tenants. Many of his renters were on welfare, so the state was paying the landlord thousands of dollars per month. He was later charged with the murder of one of his tenants and was caught trying to flee the country.
Tags: housing; welfare; Vancouver; slums; slumlords; murder; rental housing
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Crack in the Culture
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer report "Honduran village children take a risky journey to escape poverty and deal cocaine in Vancouver, B.C.
Tags: Honduras; drugs; immigrants; Vancouver; poverty; crime; drug trade; children; child prostitution; Honduran youth
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Seifert: Beat of Bolzano
CBC News investigates Michael Seifert, a Vancouver man charged with war crimes in Italy during World War II. Seifert has so far managed to avoid being deported to Italy to stand trial for the crimes that happened fifty years ago, including murder, rape and torture.
Tags: TAPE; TRANSCRIPT; war crimes
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Patient Crisis at VGH
Global News Vancouver "looked for the effect of government cutbacks in public health care and found British Columbia's largest hospital, Vancouver General, has deteriorated to such a point that patient care is in jeopardy. Our investigative series convinced patients, nurses and top doctors to blow the whistle on the dismal conditions and raised concerns about management of the hospital
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Serial Killer Reports
This collection of articles from APB Online investigates the possibility of a serial killer in Nevada and Vancouver.
Tags: prostitution; murder
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B.C.-based foreign lottery schemes target U.S. Seniors
Lotteries have become a major source of revenue for cash-strapped governments. They have also become a major target for con-artists, telesharks and boiler-room operators who offer elderly Americans access to lottery markets they wouldn't normally have, and then take them for every cent they can. The Vancouver Sun set out to peel back the layers of World Project Management Ltd. and to put a face to the man who runs the operaton. (Oct. 31, Nov. 1 - 3, Dec. 22 - 23, 1995)
Tags: None
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Trust and Betrayal
The Toronto Star series "exposes the activities of Metro Police Staff Inspector John Jackson, Bay St. lawyer Tom BAker and Vancouver accountant Michael Graye. Using these men as central characters, the series details corruption at the organizations and exposes a major cover-up."
Tags: police corruption; ethics; money
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Vancouver (British Columbia) Sun discloses that the Canadian government has covered up, due to embarrassment, a ring of Somali refugees who are involved in a multi-million dollar welfare scam in which profits are siphoned off to Somali warlords, Oct. 20, 1993.
Tags: BC Farrow 10 pages
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No title (id: 9315)
The Columbian (Vancouver, Wash.) reports on the activities of Charles Cushman, an activist who argues against environmental protection and is an advocate of the Wise Use Movement, the Sagebrush Rebellion, National Inholders Association, Multiple-Use Land Alliance, and the League of Private Property Voters; finds that he uses manipulation and deception to provoke fear, gain followers and raise funds for his poorly managed businesses, May 17, 1992.
Tags: WA Callahan Wetlands