Air Canada launches direct flights from Brisbane to Vancouver and other top stories.

• Air Canada launches direct flights from Brisbane to Vancouver

  The first of Air Canada's daily direct flights between Brisbane and Vancouver touched down on Friday Photo: Supplied Canada's rugged landscape and ski slopes are now closer than ever before after Air Canada launched daily direct flights from Brisbane to Vancouver on Friday.Air Canada's direct flights will link Brisbane to Vancouver in under 15 hours, departing from Brisbane 10.40am daily.Air Canada's Boeing 787-8 will transport 251 passengers daily until Octo..

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• Brisbane weather: Wild conditions to hit Saturday

  

  Video will begin in 5 seconds. Superstorm to bring huge rainfall Up to 150mm of rain will fall across south east Queensland over the weekend, as people are urged not to "put themselves in peril". Nine News PT2M5S 620 349 A weather system bringing heavy rain, gale-force winds and dangerous, stormy seas to south-east Queensland is moving quicker than expected, forecasters say.The Bureau of Meteorology now expects the surface trough that's already triggered a severe weather warn..

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• Murder among Brisbane's elite

  

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• Third pedestrian in just over 12 hours hit in Brisbane

  

  A third pedestrian has been struck by a vehicle in Brisbane in just over 12 hours after a horror period on the roads.Police are investigating after a 53-year-old Annerley man was struck by a ute on Ipswich Road at about 6.20 on Friday morning. A pedestrian is in a serious condition after being struck by a ute in Annerley. Photo: Supplied The man suffered internal injuries and was taken to the Princess Alexandra Hospital in a serious condition where he was rushed to theatre for treatmen..

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• Brisbane deserves some answers from owners of the Roar Football ...

  

  Matt McKay of the Roar celebrates after an April match. Photo: Getty Images The time for questions is over at Brisbane Roar. Now is the time for some answers – and they should come directly from owner Nirwan Bakrie.With the Bakrie Group granted until June 6 to address Football Federation Australia's concerns about its day-to-day running of the Roar, football fans in the city could be forgiven for thinking they've stumbled onto the set of Groundhog Day.No so..

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• Lions to kiss Blues away

  

  Lions lose sixth in a row1:40AFL: Brisbane have suffered their sixth straight defeat after going down to the Hawks by 48-points. A SONG from the soundtrack to 1990s TV show Dawson’s Creek is part of Brisbane’s solution to their horror road record.The Lions take on in-form Carlton at Etihad Stadium on Saturday and are desperate to turn around their terrible away form with Brisbane losing by an average margin of 11 goals per match when they leave the Gabba.To help Brisbane players prepare for th..

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