Horseshoes tourney draws visitors

07/15/11 Amid sunny skies and warm weather, Powell River Horseshoe Pitching Club held its first tournament of 2011. Pitchers recently came from Vancouver Island communities of Port Alberni, Ladysmith and Campbell River, and Winfield in the Okanagan, to compete.

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Chief's grandson, 5, shot dead at Alberta reserve

07/11/11 Alberta RCMP say the five-year-old child who was shot and killed while he slept in his bed at the Samson Cree First Nation early Monday is the chief's grandson.

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European tourist dies on Vancouver Island

07/19/11 A 42-year-old tourist from Europe is dead after plunging 30 metres into a river on Vancouver Island Monday, Mounties say.

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