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Updated: Fri Nov. 20 2009 15:06:23
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St. Paul's Hospital Lights of Hope:
The St. Paul's Hospital Lights of Hope display brightens up the city during the holiday season from November 19th till the Olympic Winter Games. Your donation helps support inspired care, research and teaching. To make a donation, call 604-662-HOPE. www.helpstpauls.com
Hancock Wildlife Foundation: Live Streaming Video Cameras
Campaign 2000: End child and family poverty in Canada
The Langley District Help Network
Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society
The Richmond Food Bank Society
Health hazard alert various snack foods containing peanut butter may contain salmonella bacteria
Canuck Place Children's Hospice
If you have a complaint about:
- Car Purchase or Lease: Contact the Vehicle Sales Authority of British Columbia (formerly the Motor Dealer Council of BC) at www.vehiclesalesauthority.com
- Businesses: Including fitness clubs, weight loss organizations etc, contact the Business Practices and Consumer Protection Authority at www.bpcpa.ca or the Better Business Bureau at www.bbbvan.org
- Real Estate Agents or Home Sale or Purchase: Contact the Real Estate Council at www.recbc.ca
- Stock Brokers or Firms (including stock market scams): Contact the BC Securities Commission at www.bcsc.bc.ca
- Scams (Such as telemarketing, email, phony prizes): Contact the BC Crime Prevention Assoc. www.bccpa.org or Phone Busters at www.phonebusters.com
- Telemarketers and Ad Mail: Contact the federal Do Not Call List http://www.lnnte-dncl.gc.ca To prevent you from getting junk mail register with Canadian Marketing Association at www.the-cma.org
- Advertising: Contact the Competition Bureau at www.competitionbureau.gc.ca
- Financial Institution (Bank): Contact the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada at www.fcac-acfc.gc.ca or your bank manager, regional manager, and bank's ombudsman
- New Home Builder: Contact the Homeowner Protection Office at www.hpo.bc.ca
- Roofer: Contact the Roofing Contractors Association www.rcabc.org
- Moving Company: Contact the Better Business Bureau at www.bbbvan.org or the Canadian Association of Movers at, www.mover.net or the Business Practices and Consumer Protection Authority www.bpcpa.ca
- ICBC: Use the Fairness Review Process at www.icbc.com/dispute/how_to.asp
- Cell Phone Company: Contact The Commissioner for Telecommunications Services http://www.ccts-cprst.ca/en/
- Strata Disputes or Questions: Condominium Home Owners Association www.choa.bc.ca
If you can't seem to solve the dispute you can go to Small Claims Court, www.ag.gov.bc.ca/courts/civil/smallclaims/
The Safer Parking Initiative (SPI)
U.S. FDA Halloween Colours in Cosmetics Safety list
The F.O.R.C.E. Society for Kids Mental Health
KELTY RESOURCE CENTRE: at BC Children's Hospital
Loan Rates | Mortgages: Closed, variable to 5 year
IIHS-HLDI: Crash Testing & Highway Safety
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Canadian Marketing Association
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Recall of Boxed "Cha Cha" Dessert Due to Possible Chemical Contamination
Latest shellfish contamination closures in B.C.
Rabbit River Farms on the BCSPCA
SPCA Certified Food Request Form for Retailers
Foundation for Digestive Health and Nutrition
Mennonite Central Committee British Columbia
I-5 - 36th Street to Slater Road Pavement Repairs
School Seismic Assessment - All Schools
19th Annual Pacific Spirit Run
The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada's CPR Anytime™ Family & Friends™ personal learning program
Vancouver Police Department stolen property gallery
Slashfood
Epicurious
Recipe-Zaar
All-Recipes
Vikram Vij
Crossroads Hospice Society
#200 - 2232 McAllister Avenue
Port Coquitlam, BC V3C 2A6
Kidsafe
Genetics Home Reference
Poison Awareness First Aid and Poison Prevention Information
Climate change and infectious diseases in North America: the road ahead
Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of Canada
Charge Of The Goddess - A Week for Women in Whistler
U.S. National Institutes of Health Clinical Trials
