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3/16/2010
VICTORIA/CKNW(AM980)
"Good evening. It's been called a small miracle..."
No, Tony Parsons wasn't referring to his return to television.
Without much fanfare, the 71-year-old anchorman made his debut as the host of CHEK-TV's Newscast.
Parsons will appear nightly Monday through Friday at 10 P.M.
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3/16/2010
VANCOUVER/CKNW(AM980)
The 1.8 kilometre right-of-way for the Olympic Street Car Line will sit unused after the Paralympics wrap-up next week.
Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson says there are no plans to continue any sort of rail service on the line, even though the City recently spent 8.5 million dollars upgrading the tracks.
Robertson says it's up to Translink and the Province to decide when or if service will resume.
Until then, the Mayor is promising the tracks won't rust away, "No, that's the latest technology for tracks. It's very durable and it will be there for the long term. Certainly we're hopeful that we can take advantage of that infrastructure being invested in."
The two Bombardier trams operating on the Olympic Line will be returned to Belgium after March 21st.
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3/16/2010
VANCOUVER/CKNW(AM980)
As questions surrounding the firing of Vancouver's Chief Electrical Officer continue to pile-up, the City's lone NPA Councilor says Mayor Gregor Robertson needs to be accountable.
Suzanne Anton says Mayor Robertson Chaired the meeting in which Ark Tsisserev's departure was rubber-stamped, so she doesn't buy claims that he doesn't know details of the severance, "The Mayor must have known what lay behind it, and if he didn't know what lay behind it, he should have known. He should have brought those reasons to Council rather than, I think in effect, pulling the wool over Council's eyes and saying, 'Well, he's leaving anyway so don't worry about it.' Because essentially that's what happened."
Anton says the Mayor also needs to investigate allegations made by the Electrical Contractors Association of BC that some electrical code regulations were not met at some venues during the Winter Olympics.
Robertson is dismissing those allegations as "baseless."
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3/16/2010
VANCOUVER/CKNW(AM980)
The City of Vancouver along with Chinatown merchants hope a new neon sign will help bring economic prosperity back to the neighbourhood. Civic politicians joined merchants at the lighting ceremony for the new landmark at the corner of Keefer and Quebec.
While this sign is on a City-owned building, it's hoped that businesses will decide to install their own, "To stimulate evening activity again. Chinatown was once known for its vibrant night life and its colourful neon lights." Jordan Eng with the area's Revitalization Committee.
The bilingual sign is 45 feet tall and reads "Chinatown Plaza" and "Chinatown Welcomes You."
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3/16/2010
LANGLEY/CKNW(AM980)
The SPCA says it has now forwarded both Criminal Code and animal cruelty charges to the Crown following a probe into the Mountain View Conservation and Breeding Centre in Langley.
The SPCA's Marcie Moriarty says the charges centre around Jerome the Giraffe, who suffered from overgrown hooves. He died shortly after being given anesthetic ahead of surgery on his feet.
Moriarty says she thinks further charges are possible, "Similar concerns with respect to animals being in distress on the property. What I can say is, with respect to Jerome, there was ample evidence to most certainly demonstrate that he was in distress as a result of failure to act on the part of Mountain View."
Moriarty says it's now up to Crown to look over the case and decide whether or not to lay charges.
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3/16/2010
VANCOUVER/CKNW(AM980)
A Cactus Club Restaurant could be coming to English Bay Beach.
The Vancouver Park Board will take a look at a staff recommendation next Monday which calls for the restaurant to replace the old concession stand.
Board Chair Arron Jasper, "The agreement that we will have with Cactus Club is really to make sure that we are being sensitive to the neighbourhood. So whether that's hours of operation, noise and odor management, maintenance of the facility and the surrounding grounds."
Jasper says beach goers would continue to be served because the new restaurant is slated to have a take-out window.
If the proposal is approved, the City will collect a minimum of 240-thousand dollars in rent from the restaurant chain each year.
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3/16/2010
VANCOUVER/CKNW(AM980)
Less than a week after reporting only a few expressions of interest in the Bloedel Conservatory, there's renewed hope from the Vancouver Park Board.
"We're pretty confident that with the interest that's been expressed, that we will have at least one proposal coming forward to keep the Conservatory going as a Conservatory."
Park Board Chair Aaron Jasper won't release any names, but he says four groups are interested in taking over the longtime attraction at Queen Elizabeth Park which has been losing more money than it takes in, "We don't want to prejudice the process or the outcomes, so we respect the groups are dotting their i's and crossing their t's, but based on conversations I've had and based on the feedback from our staff, we are feeling cautiously optimistic."
The deadline for proposals is April 30th.
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3/15/2010
VANCOUVER/CKNW AM 980
Two men arrested on a sailboat that arrived from Panama are now charged in connection with a massive cocaine bust.
The boat arrived in Port Hardy on March 6th, and had just over one thousand kilograms of cocaine on board.
One of the men is from Victoria, the other is from Mexico.
Solicitor General Kash Heed says today is a bad day for business in BC's organized crime world.
He says this bust keeps hundreds of millions of dollars worth of cocaine off the street.
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3/15/2010
VANCOUVER/CKNW AM 980
Stunning comments from the Executive Director of the Electrical Contractors Association of BC.
Debra Cahill says "some electrical code regulations were not met at some venues" during the Winter Olympics.
Cahill says concerns were raised even before the Olympics when the pavilions were going up if Canadian electrical code standards were being met. she says there were 'huge' concerns expressed about proper grounding on some of the bandstands and fire code regulations in general that weren't being met.
".....You want to make sure everything is meeting to Canadian standards to the electrical code and I'm not exactly certain that those were met and I know that those were concerns that were raised during the time that the Olympics were starting to take place."
Cahill also says some inspectors weren't even allowed into some sites.
Cahill says her request to Mayor Gregor Robertson's office for a meeting has gone unanswered.
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3/15/2010
METRO VANCOUVER/CKNW AM980
Richmond RCMP are trying to track down some stolen Olympic clothing.
It happened sometime overnight the evening of March 5th.
Two men got inside the Bosco Sports warehouse in the five thousand block of Miller road.
The warehouse is home to the Bosco clothing line, the official Olympic supplier for Russia and the Ukraine.
About 40 thousand dollars worth of clothing was taken from the warehouse.
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