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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - Buyers have stormed back into the Vancouver housing market. Sales of homes shot 76% higher in June from a year ago, according to the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver. It says the sale of 4300 homes last month is fewer than a hundred below the record high of June 2005.

VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - More signs that we aren't out of the recession yet. Canadians are falling behind on credit payments at an alarming rate.

CHILLIWACK (NEWS1130) - Chilliwack RCMP says Bridal Falls Provincial Park is closed after a man's body was discovered this morning.
Constable Angelina Bowen says crews are on the scene, "Right now the cause of death is unknown, members are on scene investigating and suspicion hasn't been ruled out at this time."

VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - Vancouver Police say they've recovered the body of a man reported missing May 30th. The body of 21-year-old David Bakstad was found in the waters off Siwash Rock on Tuesday.

VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - The Canadian Lung Association is wading into the debate over allowing pets in the cabin of planes. The organization thinks if airlines allow pets in passenger cabins, there should also be pet-free flights.

VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - Keep an eye out for train number 306 if you're taking SkyTrain Friday morning. TransLink is testing one of the new Bombardier-made cars to be delivered before the Olympics.

VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - Bigger isn't necessarily better ... it's how you use it that counts. We're talking space in the latest trend in luxury homes.

VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - They're younger, they're hungry, and tonight the B.C. Lions open up their CFL season against the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - Mounties in Surrey subdued a 15-year-old boy with a Taser late Thursday night. Early reports indicate the teen had been drinking and was waving a knife at friends, and officers before he was tasered near a fire hall on 104th Ave. near 130th St.

RICHMOND (NEWS1130) - RCMP are asking witnesses to come forward after a jewelry store was robbed in Richmond Centre Mall.

VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - It may be a decision that finally pleases bike riders and drivers... City hall is considering a cyclist and pedestrian bridge over False Creek. The $45 million dollar project would link Vanier Park to Sunset Beach.

VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - Vancouver Police are trying to find a man who sexually assaulted a 20-year-old woman very early Wednesday morning.  The woman had been walking with a friend on the 4th Avenue off ramp of the Granville Street Bridge at about 4 am when the man jumped out, knocked the victim down and assaulted her.  The woman's friend was able to fend off the attacker and he ran under the off ramp.

COQUITLAM (NEWS1130) - For the second time in under a year, 26 year old Matthew Mikolajczy has walked away from the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital at Colony Farm in Coquitlam.  He is considered to be unstable and in need of immediate medical attention.  A Canada-wide warrant has also been issued for his arrest.

BURNABY (NEWS1130) - A 60-year-old man has been killed outside his business in south Burnaby near Meadow Avenue and Byrne Road. Mounties say the owner of Berto Contractors died around 10:00 a.m. under suspicious circumstances.

VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - Canada's economy won't be back to 2007 levels until 2012, according to a noted economist who uses gross domestic product--per person--as the best indicator of where our economy stands.