
Karin Larsen
@CBCLarsen
Karin Larsen is a former Olympian and award winning sports broadcaster who covers news and sports for CBC Vancouver.
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Vancouver's newest pro hockey players pumped for Professional Women's Hockey League debut
"Now it's not a dream of playing for the Vancouver Canucks with the Sedins like I once had. Now you can dream about playing on PWHL Vancouver," said Surrey's Jenn Gardiner.
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B.C.'s craft brewers pitch tax reforms to help already shrinking industry
The 219-member strong B.C. Craft Brewers Guild is asking the province to reduce the tax burden for small beer producers and to "stop favouring foreign-owned beer conglomerates."
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B.C. author leads 'David against Goliath' lawsuits alleging big tech used writers' works to train AI
Best-selling author J.B. MacKinnon is the representative plaintiff in four proposed class-action lawsuits that allege copyrighted books written by Canadian authors were illegally being used to train large language models.
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Man accused of killing brother of Lapu-Lapu Day murder suspect pleads guilty
Dwigth Kematch will be sentenced in Vancouver on Aug. 11 after pleading guilty to the second-degree murder of Alexander Lo, the older brother of Kai-Ji Adam Lo.
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Man accused in Lapu-Lapu Day tragedy appears in court to determine whether he's mentally fit to stand trial
Many of the details surrounding Kai-Ji Adam Lo's Wednesday court appearance are subject to a court-ordered publication ban, but a media consortium is challenging the ban.
Canada -British Columbia |

Alleged B.C. plane hijacker Shaheer Cassim makes brief court appearance
Shaheer Cassim allegedly threatened a flight instructor in Victoria, commandeered a small plane and flew it to Vancouver International Airport.
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CBC Investigates
Man charged with sexual assault of 14-year-old girl arrested and released twice in weeks before alleged attack
John Frederick Field was arrested and released after a March 26 alleged trespass incident at a woman's East Vancouver home. Two months later he was charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in a public bathroom.
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Swim fans ask city council to deny additional funding for Vancouver Aquatic Centre renewal
Vancouver Aquatic Centre users continue to speak out against the surprise plan to replace the 50-metre swimming pool in downtown Vancouver with one half the size.
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Canada's Paula Findlay headlines Vancouver T100 triathlon world tour stop
Competitors in the 100-kilometre race swim two kilometres in English Bay, cycle 80 kilometres around UBC, and then run 18 kilometres along the beach.
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L.A. man who allegedly preyed on Saanich, B.C., girl sentenced to 40 years for child luring and pornography
In 2020, parents of a 12-year-old Saanich girl went to police after finding sexually explicit messages on their daughter's phone and computer from an unknown individual.
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