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Simon Fraser has been approved to join the NCAA , the first time membership has been granted to a college outside the United States.

The FDIC's latest report on its Small-Dollar Loan Pilot Program sheds new light supporting the short-term payday loan industry financial model for those needing short-term financing.

Even as it looks at moving some commercial jet manufacturing out of state, Boeing has recently opened an unmanned aircraft division in Kent, seeking to grab a larger share of a growing and potentially huge market.

Vancouver is recognized around the world for a number of things, but harnessing its intellectual capacity for new developments is not yet one of them.

May / June 2009 Top Stories: Geological Wonders Ten dramatic sites in California, Arizona, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Idaho reveal how the surreal landscape of the West evolved.

WASHINGTON - California public-works official Bob Beaumont says the $2.1 million he may get from President Obama's stimulus plan "isn't going to make a lot of difference" in a county with $40 million in "shovel-ready" projects.

Robert McCauley, the artist featured in the new show at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art, will discuss his life and art from 5 to 6 p.m. Friday at the museum's Roger Hull Lecture Hall.

Ottawa intends to largely fall in line with the tough national automobile-emission standards Barack Obama, the U.S. President, introduced Tuesday -- rules that would add US$600 to the cost of producing a U.S. car and improve fuel efficiency by an average 5% per year starting in 2012.

MIGUEL CHAVEZ WAS FOUND GUILTY ON A NUMBER OF COUNTS, INCLUDING MONEY LAUNDERING AND CONTINUING CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE, WHICH CARRIES A MANDATORY LIFE SENTENCE WITHOUT PAROLE.

Arthur Erickson, arguably Canada's greatest and most-renowned architect, has died at 84.

Reporting from Washington -- California needs to solve its financial crisis by itself and should not expect an emergency bailout from the White House, an array of Obama administration officials said Thursday, making clear they had no appetite to step in and provide financial assistance or loan guarantees.

Reporting from Washington -- California needs to solve its financial crisis by itself and should not expect an emergency bailout from the White House, an array of Obama administration officials said Thursday, making clear they had no appetite to step in and provide financial assistance or loan guarantees.

District Attorney Steve Cooley hopes yesterday's election will be a warning to a political "machine" at Los Angeles City Hall.

Arthur Erickson, an architect and urban planner whose modernist structures sought to respond to natural conditions, has died.

WASHINGTON -- California, the sunny incubator of America's future, has relished its role as a leading indicator of political trends.

Ottawa intends to largely fall in line with the tough national automobile-emission standards Barack Obama, the U. S. President, introduced yesterday -- rules that would add US$600 to the cost of producing a U. S. car and improve fuel efficiency by an average 5% per year starting in 2012.

Taco Del Mar Dishes out $2 Happy Hour Every Day from 2 - 6 p.m.; New Happy Hour Menu Features Mini Nachos and Quesadillas, Bullet Burritos and Deluxe Tacos Business Wire , May 18, 2009 Monday 5:25 PM GMT Taco Del Mar, a quick-service Mexican restaurant chain featuring Baja beach-style burritos and fish tacos, helps ease the economic pinch by ...

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The Dowco Triumph Street Pipe Band is a Grade One competitive and concert pipe band based in Greater Vancouver.

A plan to have utilities purchase power from homeowners who use solar panels could jump-start the industry and related ETFs.