12 guns found in Abbotsford home

The Abbotsford Police Drug Enforcement Unit recovered 12 firearms from a house in a morning raid on Saturday. Full article

Posties stage last rally before work resumes

A crowd of hundreds howled for a general strike outside of Canada Post’s Vancouver headquarters yesterday in a final show of outrage at the legislated end to a month of labour disruptions. Full article

Healing and prayer after riots

Several downtown Catholic communities and Coast Salish representatives joined forces yesterday to promote healing following the Stanley Cup riots. Full article

Marijuana clinic raided by police

Chilliwack RCMP have shut down a marijuana compassion club only two days after it opened its doors, alleging that neither the owner nor the location had a licence to sell its products. Full article

Segal School hit by Stanley Cup riots

The Stanley Cup riots that have put Vancouver in the headlines of the world once again did not leave SFU untouched. Full article

Wrangler, RCMP pull horse from river

A horse is alive and unharmed thanks to the efforts of Chilliwack RCMP and members of a First Nations policing unit who staged a dramatic rescue when a horse and rider fell into the Vedder River. Full article

Highest earners in B.C. pay a lower percentage of their income in taxes: Study

The uproar over the HST is the least of B.C.’s taxation problems, according to a new study that claims that the province’s highest-earning households are paying a lower overall tax rate than middle and lower income earners. Full article

Garneau-Scott resigns from GSS, alleges harassment

The Peak has learned that Christi Garneau-Scott resigned as academic and internal relations officer of the Graduate Student Society recently, citing a poisonous and unproductive workplace as her reasons for doing so. Full article

Vancouver unveils public electric vehicle charging station

Mayor Gregor Robertson appeared at the parking lot behind City Hall Tuesday to show off two electric car charging stations, the first in a pilot program designed to ready the city for widespread adoption of the green vehicles. Full article

Volunteers salvage Vancouver’s honour

Embarrassment and anger over the Stanley Cup riot brought hundreds of volunteers downtown Thursday in a massive effort to clean Vancouver’s streets and its soiled reputation. Full article

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