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A hulking barge, which has got stuck on a beach after breaking free from its tethers during fierce rains in southwestern British Columbia state of Canada, seems to have become an unlikely celebrity.    The residents of Vancouver had also witnessed the barge get perilously close to a bridge. But thankfully, winds pushed it away towards a beach.   For over a month, the barge has been stuck even after several attempts have been made by authorities to move it.

The stranded boat that broke free of its tethers has become a local celebrity – with tribute T-shirts and its own Twitter account

Tills were jingling right through the weekend as shoppers headed out to snap up their last-minute Christmas gifts.

Vancouver Park Board commissioners have unanimously approved increasing funding to hire more rangers to patrol parks.

Recovery from disaster is a long process, as this Museum of Anthropology exhibition demonstrates. Open until Sept. 19. The idea was to posit a radical reassessment of our relationship, to buy fewer things, repair them more often and lighten the overall footprint of consumption. But it turns out plenty of folk were already well on their way, caring for items, both practical and whimsical, with gentleness, affection and care. A bounty of submissions arrived — coats, frying pans, earrings, key chains — each with a story attached. Whether it’s a very old teddy bear or an upright piano, the...