Tag Archives: Vancouver

Zimbabwean Life In Canada

April 12, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

Since 2000, over a million Zimbabweans have left the country to seek better life in foreign countries. Most settled in South Africa, Botswana and the United Kingdom but a sizeable group has made Canada home. Journalist Tsungai Chipato, a resident … read more »

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Canada’s forgotten women

February 2, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By Allison Martell and Teresa Carson REUTERS Squamish Elder Eugene Harry blesses photos of women missing from Vancouver’s downtown eastside, prior to the start of a commission of inquiry into their disappearance, many of them victims of serial killer Robert … read more »

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Canadian miner Nevsun accused of using forced labour at Eritrea mine

January 12, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

Handout A Jan 2013 handout photo of a truck at Nevsun’s Bisha mine in Eritrea. When the Vancouver-based miner initiated construction of Bisha in late 2008, the government ordered the miner to enlist a state-controlled contractor called Segen Construction for … read more »

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Canada’s Housing Bubble Springs A Leak

November 4, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By: Mike Whitney Sagging prices and droopy home sales in Vancouver have set off alarms across Canada. These are the first signs that the country’s overheated real estate market has begun to cool. Homes sales have plunged 33 percent year-over-year, … read more »

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Toronto: Plastic bag ban: Who wins

June 8, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

When Jenny Hughes heard Toronto’s city council had repealed the 5 cent plastic bag fee, she was furious. “But then I heard they banned the bags. This is amazing,” said Hughes, who runs Me+You, which makes reuseable bags in Vancouver. … read more »

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Transgender Miss Universe Canada ready for show down

May 15, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

The Canadian transgender Miss Universe contestant who sparked global media attention when she was disqualified from the pageant was all smiles at a Toronto photo shoot on Saturday. A bubbly Jenna Talackova appeared to be enjoying herself as she posed … read more »

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Gezahgn Eshetu of Ethiopia wins Vancouver Marathon 2012

May 6, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Having lived in Calgary for five years, Kenyan native Bernard Onsare has adjusted to temperatures cold enough to flash freeze a lithe, no-body-fat African runner. So, he had to chuckle a little when Ethiopian Gezahgn Eshetu, making his first visit … read more »

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Harare, Zimbabwe voted the worst city to live in – with Lagos, Nigeria in bottom 5

February 22, 2011 by benim

Vancouver has been rated as ‘most liveable city’ in the world. The Canadian west coast city was ranked top for the fifth year in a row in a survey in which London made it only to number 53. And Manchester … read more »

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Sex Assault Alleged Aboard Air Canada Flight

January 26, 2011 by benim

Police are investigating an alleged sex assault aboard an Air Canada flight to Vancouver from Toronto. According to information sworn to obtain a search warrant, the incident involved an apparently intoxicated man who repeatedly touched a woman sitting next to … read more »

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Charges in sex assaults on young girls

January 11, 2011 by benim

A 47-year-old man from Nanaimo, B.C., was arrested Friday for allegedly sexually assaulting four girls between the ages of 7 and 14. Police allege Gary Alan McIntyre sexually assaulted the girls over the past 18 months while they were at … read more »

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Residents attack oil exploration staff in Kenya

November 15, 2010 by benim

Employees of an oil and gas exploration company were injured during a demonstration by local residents in northern Kenya, police said on Monday. Security officers were deployed to protect staff including Kenyans and at least two Chinese nationals exploring in … read more »

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Tour bus crashes with SUV

October 17, 2010 by benim

Several people were taken to hospital to treat injuries from small abrasions to neck and spinal injuries after the shuttle tour bus they were riding in collided with an SUV in Abbotsford, about 75 kilometres east of Vancouver. The collision … read more »

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