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What&#39;s With the Riot Kiss?
 What's With 
 That Riot Kiss? 
Jun 17, 2011 7:28 AM CDT

What's With That Riot Kiss?

Time stood still for couple in apparent lovers' embrace amid chaos

(Newser) - The earth moved for two apparent Vancouver lovers, but it wasn't because of the riots. Though the city went completely bonkers when the Canucks lost the Stanley Cup, the two were captured in a photo locked in "The Kiss" that has captivated the public. Bizarrely, the pair's...

Thousands Join Vancouver Cleanup

City pitches in to scrub riot damage away

(Newser) - The sun had barely risen over the aftermath of the Stanley Cup riot in Vancouver before the first of thousands of volunteers arrived to help clean up their city. People who arrived with gloves, brooms, and garbage bags said they wanted to do their part to restore Vancouver's good...

Shame on You, Vancouver

 Shame on You, Vancouver 
OPINION
Jun 16, 2011 7:23 PM CDT

Shame on You, Vancouver

Hockey riots mar a world-class city: Helene Elliott

(Newser) - Vancouver's police chief is blaming "anarchists and criminals" for the violence that erupted last night after the Canucks lost the Stanley Cup, reports the Vancouver Sun . Some numbers from AP : 100 arrests, 150 injuries requiring hospital treatment, 15 burned cars, 9 injured cops, three stabbing victims, and scores...

Vancouver Erupts in Rioting After Canucks Lose

Fans go on rampage as Bruins lift Stanley Cup

(Newser) - Hockey fans enraged by the Canucks' 4-0 home loss to the Boston Bruins in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals went on a rampage in downtown Vancouver. The mood turned ugly downtown as some 100,000 fans watched the game's final minutes at bars and restaurants, and on...

Scientists Find Bedbugs Carrying Nasty Surprise

Drug-resistant MRSA bacteria found on bedbugs in Vancouver

(Newser) - Hate insects? Afraid of germs? Researchers are reporting an alarming combination: bedbugs carrying "superbug" germs. Canadian scientists detected drug-resistant MRSA bacteria in bedbugs from three hospital patients from a downtrodden Vancouver neighborhood. The study is small and very preliminary: Five bedbugs were crushed and analyzed after a simultaneous boom...

Comic Must Pay $16K for Lesbian Insults: Court

Jokes during amateur's show were discriminatory, says victim

(Newser) - A Canadian human rights tribunal has ordered a stand-up comedian to pay a woman $15,700 after he insulted her and her partner at a show. Lorna Pardy says amateur comic Guy Earle discriminated against her based on gender and sexual preference, the Vancouver Sun reports. The owner of the...

World's Most Liveable City Is...
 World's Most Liveable City Is... 
in case you missed it
Feb 26, 2011 12:40 PM CST

World's Most Liveable City Is...

Vancouver, for the fifth straight year

(Newser) - Looking for a new place to hang your hat? Consider Vancouver, which tops the list of the world’s most liveable cities for the fifth year running, Reuters reports. The annual survey from the Economist Intelligence Unit ranks cities on stability, health care, culture and environment, education, and infrastructure, and...

Facebook Photos Lead to Arrests in Gang Rape at Party

Canadian police bust teen who may face child porn charges

(Newser) - After Facebook photos of a brutal gang rape at a party went viral, police have made two arrests and are calling for a halt to the sharing of the images, which have been "spreading like wildfire," the lead investigator tells the Vancouver Sun . "The very public discussion...

Stray Penny, Pebbles Kill Baby Whale

Nala's airway became blocked at Vancouver Aquarium

(Newser) - Sad news from the Vancouver Aquarium: A baby beluga whale is dead after her airway became blocked by a buildup of debris including pebbles and a penny. The stones are part of the aquarium, but it's unclear how the penny got in there and why Nala wasn't able to expel...

Teacher Cuts Student's Photo From Every Yearbook

District has agreed to reprint them

(Newser) - Teachers are the rational ones, right? Explain that to one in Vancouver who took a pair of scissors and cut out the photo of a middle school student from all 150 school yearbooks. It seems the student had made what the teacher deemed a "hurtful" comment about the principal...

Andrew Koenig Hanged Himself: Source
Andrew Koenig Hanged Himself: Source
Feb 26, 2010 10:40 PM CST

Andrew Koenig Hanged Himself: Source

Friends found Growing Pains actor, 41, in tree deep in Vancouver park

(Newser) - A source close the investigation into Andrew Koenig's death tells E! the 41-year-old was found hanging from a tree in a Vancouver park yesterday. The actor's father, Star Trek star Walter Koenig, said only that his son committed suicide during a news conference yesterday; the source says a search party...

Andrew Koenig Took Own Life: Dad

Walter Koenig, friends found actor's body in Vancouver park

(Newser) - Andrew Koenig committed suicide, said the actor’s father, who, along with a number of the 41-year-old’s friends, found Koenig’s body in a Vancouver park. Andrew Koenig played Richard “Boner” Stabone on the 1980s sitcom Growing Pains. Father Walter Koenig, who played Chekhov on the original Star ...

Andrew Koenig's Dad: Let Us Know You're OK

Former Star Trek actor pleads for son to get in touch

(Newser) - Andrew Koenig's father pleaded on television for his son to give his family a sign that he was all right. Two weeks after the actor disappeared, Walter Koenig—also an actor, the one who played Chekov on the original Star Trek—called a press conference with his wife. "I...

Andrew Koenig Cleaned Out Apartment Feb. 4

Missing Growing Pains actor didn't plan to come back, says landlord

(Newser) - Evidence that Andrew Koenig’s disappearance was planned far in advance continues to mount. The Growing Pains actor gave his landlord 30 days' notice to move out of his Venice, Calif., apartment in January. He was completely moved out by Feb. 4, before he left to visit friends in Vancouver....

'Boner' From Growing Pains Missing
'Boner' From Growing Pains Missing
Feb 21, 2010 2:25 PM CST

'Boner' From Growing Pains Missing

Andrew Koenig, 41, last seen in Vancouver 1 week ago

(Newser) - The actor who played "Boner" on the '80s family sitcom Growing Pains has been reported missing in Vancouver. Andrew Koenig, 41, the son of Star Trek actor Walter Koenig, was last seen a week ago and missed a flight to the US on Feb. 16, reports USA Today . Koenig's...

Peggy Fleming Hurt in Biden Van Accident

Ex-Olympians shook up in motorcade crack up

(Newser) - Former Olympic gold medalists Peggy Fleming and Vonetta Flowers were slightly injured in an accident as they traveled yesterday in Vice President Joe Biden's motorcade in Vancouver. The women were treated at a local hospital "as a precaution" and released after their van plowed into the vehicle in front...

Identity of Torch Bearer Remains a Mystery
Identity of Torch Bearer Remains a Mystery
vancouver olympics
Feb 12, 2010 4:05 PM CST

Identity of Torch Bearer Remains a Mystery

Mother of marathoner, Wayne Gretzky on short list to light Olympic fire

(Newser) - Speculation is running wild in Canada about who will light the Olympic cauldron at tonight's opening ceremony. Wayne Gretzky is a popular, if obvious, guess, but many hope the honor will fall to Betty Fox. Fox is the mother of Terry Fox, the late marathon runner who ran across Canada...

Olympic Luger Dies Following Practice Crash

Nodar Kumaritashvili of Georgia lost control of his sled

(Newser) - Just hours before the opening ceremony, an Olympic luger from the country of Georgia died today after a crash during training near Vancouver. Nodar Kumaritashvili, 21, lost control of his sled, went over the track wall, and struck an unpadded steel pole near the finish line at Whistler Sliding Center....

Paper Mistakes 'Pedobear' for Olympic Mascot

Cartoon bear is associated with pedophilia, not sports

(Newser) - From the fact-checking department: When publishing an image of Olympic mascots, check to make sure there's not a cartoon bear with ties to pedophilia mixed in. A Polish paper made just such a mistake, accidentally lifting the meme known as "Pedobear"—widely used to mock pedophiles—from Google...

7th Severed Foot Hits Canadian Shores

Like others, severed by natural causes, but no less mysterious

(Newser) - Another foot has washed up on a British Columbia beach, bringing the total to seven over the last two years. The right foot, inside a running shoe like some of the others, was separated from the body through a “natural process,” police officials tell the Vancouver Sun. Officials...

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