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TORONTO – An adrenaline-pumped patron asked if he should retrieve a gun minutes before an innocent bystander was fatally shot outside a Toronto strip club, a jury heard Tuesday.

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HIV-positive former stripper Suwalee Iamkhong is starring in what may be the toughest gig of her life in Canada.

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25 YEARS AGO
The Globe and Mail reported that the stripper who had a conversation with Canadian Defence Minister Robert Coates during his visit to a cabaret bar in Lahr, West Germany, said that she had cried all day and was so upset she could not eat because the minister had been forced to resign over an evening she described as completely harmless. “I can’t eat any more, and I cried all day today. I feel awful that because of this, a man’s life has been destroyed,” dancer Micki O’Neil said.
50 YEARS AGO
The Globe and Mail reported that the announced closure of four uranium fields by 1961 doomed 4,100 miners to joblessness in Ontario’s Elliot Lake. Richard Alonzo Gonzales blasted the former king of the amateurs right off the court in a professional tennis final at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto. Alex Olmedo, shining light in the 1958 U.S. Davis Cup victory, was beaten in straight sets, 6-2, 6-1, by “Big Pancho,” f …

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Stebbings says he was well aware of the archetypal source material he was working with, but wanted to strip it down to the basic mechanics of good and bad, and stick as close to the baseline as possible.
“I think people need to see how a lot of people in our society live. We turn a blind eye to all the invisible people out there, whether they are dealing with drug addiction or a disability,” says Stebbings.
“I spent a lot of time in Vancouver and I used to go to the First United Church at Hastings and Gore. I definitely saw how the other half lived,” he says.
Dennings wasn’t all that familiar with that other half, but in order to play the role of a teenage prostitute in this Canadian take on Taxi Driver, she did spend some time with a spokesperson for sex trade workers.

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That’s not how we roll here. You see, there are really two Canadas, just as there are two kinds of bears you might meet hiking in our great wilderness. If you come across a grizzly bear, you should lie down and pretend to be dead. But if you stumble across a black bear, you must run for your life. Or perhaps it’s the other way around. The point is that there are two kinds of bears and either way you’re in a lot of trouble.
Outside the happy Olympic village, you’ll find that other Canada — a dark and edgy place. Just wander down to Vancouver’s seedy Downtown Eastside neighborhood where you’ll find homeless people, prostitutes and addicts “jonesing” for illegal drugs just as you would in any midsize American city. To help you find your way, there is even a government information center there with free pamphlets to answer all of your questions. So if you want to “see where the action is” or “take a walk on the wild side,” please go downtown and visit “our government information center.”

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This sentiment reflects a last-minute shift in mood here. Despite continued protests — some 1,500 rallied downtown Friday afternoon — many Vancouverites seem willing to put aside their concerns, at least for the next two weeks.
“The banners have gone up and lots of visitors are arriving,” said David Anderson, a University of British Columbia professor who has monitored public reaction. “There’s the perception that some sort of party is about to ensue.”
As local gossip blogger Lainey Lui put it: “There’s a buzz that’s definitely building.”
This love-hate relationship makes sense in a city where political affiliations divide almost equally between the Liberal and New Democratic parties, adding fuel to a history of public debate.
In other words, people here tend to argue, albeit in a politely Canadian manner.
This time, much discord focused on spending a projected $5.6 billion for a brief spectacle instead of helping the troubled Eastside, where homelessness, addiction and prostitution abound.

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Regardless of who carries Canada’s torch, Vancouver is prepared to showcase itself to the world. This postcard-pretty city of 2.2 million people was gaining momentum Thursday afternoon along the bustling streets downtown and with large murals welcoming some 800,000 athletes, visitors and media.
More than 90 countries will compete in some 330 events between today and Feb. 28. A record 1.6 million tickets have been purchased. It’s a good thing considering some $1.75 billion has been spent getting Vancouver ready, plus another $900 million for security. The final tab could be more than $5 billion.
Canada can spend all the money in the world, but it’s not going to stop people protesting about the Olympics. Many have whined about local and provincial governments spending so much dough on sports when Vancouver is littered with drug- and prostitute-infested neighborhoods and homeless across the city.

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The accused pair had been kicked out of the Brass Rail strip club on Yonge St. minutes before the shooting Jan. 12, 2008, Crown attorney Hank Goody said in his opening submissions. Zekarias is accused of vowing to shoot bar staffers and encouraging Paredes to pull the trigger of his Baby Desert Eagle 9-mm semi-automatic handgun — an alleged move that cost passerby O’Keefe his life.

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In the last two decades Richmond has become Vancouver’s new Chinatown, home to the second-biggest Asian community in North America; Asian Canadians now make up about 60% of Richmond’s population.
Stepping into one of Richmond’s shopping malls is a quick trip to the contemporary Orient. Yaohan Centre has a giant pan-Asian supermarket, and Aberdeen Centre is classic, over-the-top Hong Kong, right down to a showy multimedia water-fountain production in the foyer.
There are Sikh temples, the biggest Buddhist temple in North America, Chinese foot massage parlors and herb shops, but I go to Richmond to eat, especially at the Richmond Night Market, open weekends throughout the summer. You can smell the spicy lamb kebabs and sautéed noodles long before you reach the maze of 300 stalls lighted by strings of lights and hazed in plumes of smoke from grilled squid and prawns.

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The accused pair had been kicked out of the strip club minutes before and Zekarias vowed to shoot bar staffers, who never knew that Parades was packing a semi-automatic weapon in his waist-band, court heard. Goody said that Zekarias persistently pressed Parades to “pull the heat” to “smoke these fools.”

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