Vancouver Sun - 2012-02-22

• Business tax hikes, spending freeze
• Liquor distributi­on sell- off among surprises
• IS SHOOTING A PET HUMANE?
• Voters concerned by lack of new health, education spending.
• Barbara Yaffe: B. C.’ s outlook bright, compared to rest of Canada.
• Government looks to privatize liquor warehouses, distributi­on.
• Home builders pleased with new tax credit for first- time buyers.
• Harvey Enchin: A dour budget for grim economic times.
• Crown drops sex assault charge in alleged rave rape
• Judge declares killer must serve 10 years before eligible for parole
• Computeriz­ed tests leave some seniors reeling
• Mountie in fatal crash addicted to alcohol, substance abuse expert testifies
• Premium hike seen as essential to pay for rising cost of services
• Districts ‘ will be feeling pressure’ as spending on public schools stays flat
• Spill danger remains, says first nations
• Airport authority opposes plan for Richmond developmen­t
• Reward offered in latest attack on bus driver
• Missing Women inquiry follows new tack with public panels
• Lawyer suspended for misconduct
• Former B. C. engineer freed from Indonesian jail
• Falcon prescribes tough medicine for uncertain times
• How best to ensure special needs kids get proper support?
• An antibiotic­s wake- up call
• Fiscal road map or attack on middle class?
• Budget doesn’t provide blueprint for change, just more of the Liberals’ failed legacy: NDP
• Lingerie Football League is a demeaning, pathetic spectacle
• Farmland under increased pressure from commercial interests
• Malkin Bowl gets year- round treatment
• Greek bailout may not work, lenders fear
• High- speed train system derailed by corruption, economy
• Syrian ceasefire caught in crossfire
• Drug tunnels proliferat­e
• STUDY: BOOZE IN MOVIES A BIG INFLUENCE ON TEENS
• Genital mutilation ‘ unacceptab­le’
• Chinese firms act for profit, not state: report
• B. C. delegates put stamp on NDP race
• All forms of fossil fuels must be regulated: scientists
• No kidding, goats develop accents, scientists say
• Flu shots help keep unborn babies at healthy weight
• Drug war ‘ costly failure’, U. S. group warns Canada
• Newly discovered planet made up mostly of really hot water
• Attempted defection puts party boss in tight spot
• Children used as ‘ cannon fodder’
• Burning of Koran spark riots at airbase
• Struggling sea otters face a new threat — sharks
• Orgy claims haunt Strauss- Kahn
• Mugabe, 88, intends to run again
• Retail sales fall in B. C.
• RARE LOSS IN REGULATION FOR CANUCKS
• Columnist David Baines
• Dell shares fall on earnings miss, outlook
• B. C. forecasts higher natural gas royalties
• Budget harbours tax increases, cuts under guise of ‘ tax policy changes’
• Provincial debt expected to rise to $ 66.4 billion by 2014- 15
• Carbon tax rises, but its future is far from certain
• Choosing the right manager can be gamble
• Betting smaller is better
• Blackberry Playbook update brings built- in email
• It will be tougher to get a mortgage in future, survey of economists predicts
• Pipeline feeding Burnaby terminal to be twinned
• Ricker rebounds in a big way
• BOBSLEIGH:
• Bitz injury complicate­s trade strategy
• Fisher over the moon about being under the weather
• Regular maintenanc­e keeps Cannon blast- ready
• Avalanche land Downie in three- team swap
• Jones shows resilience with pair of victories
• Great balls of fl avour
• Cooking slowly at low heat is key to getting fork- tender texture
• ENTERTAINM­ENT:
• Classic Beef Meatballs
• Mini- Buffalo Chicken Balls With Blue- Cheese Dressing
• Braised Beef Pot Roast with Mixed Peppercorn­s
• Cutting the cable
• Thin celebritie­s may boost women’s self- esteem
• Bieber has another book in him
• SEAL of approval: Thriller co- stars real- life commandos
• LOOK WHO’S TALKING
• THE NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

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