"I hit a roadblock at the Westview Highway entrance. OK, no problem, I'm not (shaking) in my pants or anything. I get to the officer: 'Have you had anything to drink tonight?' I can't lie; I say: 'Yes, I had a drink at the Taphouse.'"
Karina Stampfli recounts the events leading to a failed breathalyzer test that left her with a suspended driver's licence and a mission to inform people about the perils of drinking and driving (from an Aug. 1 news story).
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"You know that feeling you get when you first wake up in the morning and nothing feels real? That's what it feels like now."
North Vancouver rower Lauren Wilkinson describes the surreal feeling of capturing a silver medal at the London Olympics (from an Aug. 3 news story).
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"There's a fish that just fell out of a tree."
Jan Bailey recalls the cedarneedle covered fish, a cichlid, she saved after it dropped unexpectedly into her backyard (from an Aug. 3 news story).
