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B.C. byelection in NDP territory tests strength of minority government

20-01-2019 23:36 via cbc.ca

British Columbia's minority New Democrat government faces a crucial popularity test this month in a byelection in one of its traditionally safe constituencies where the outcome could threaten Premier John Horgan's one-seat hold on power.

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UBC study gives Kelowna, Kamloops mobile drug consumption sites mixed reviews

20-01-2019 23:16 via cbc.ca

A new report measuring the effectiveness of two mobile supervised consumption sites in Kelowna and Kamloops found the sites provided a useful service but were undermined by “operational challenges.”

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12 bald eagles poisoned on Vancouver Island

20-01-2019 23:15 via globalnews.ca

Six bald eagles are dead and six others sick after being poisoned in the North Cowichan region. Advocates believe they scavenged a euthanized farm animal that was improperly disposed of.

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Haida Gwaii home to a distinct but vulnerable pocket of northern goshawks

20-01-2019 23:01 via cbc.ca

A new study by UBC researchers has found that Haida Gwaii's population of northern goshawks are the last remnant of a highly distinct genetic cluster of the birds.

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Richmond RCMP issues warning about fake door-to-door security firm employees

20-01-2019 22:37 via cbc.ca

Richmond RCMP are warning residents of the Hamilton area to exercise caution after saveral people received knocks at the door from people allegedly posing as employees of ADT, a company that provides electronic security to homes.

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Okanagan art exhibit doesn't shy away from uncomfortable day school history

20-01-2019 22:00 via cbc.ca

Drawings and paintings created by Indigenous children that attended the Nk'Mip day school in B.C.’s Interior during the 1930s and 40s are now featured in a Kelowna exhibit.

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Huge crowds pack Pitt Meadows’ iconic Roosters Cabaret for closing weekend

20-01-2019 21:37 via globalnews.ca

The local institution is shutting its doors for good on Sunday night, after more than two decades in business.

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Mortgage rates expected to drop

20-01-2019 21:15 via globalnews.ca

The Royal Bank of Canada has become the first of the major banks to lower its posted interest rate for five-year fixed-term mortgages, a move that has been widely anticipated amid tumbling bond yields. Mortgage & investment advisor Peter Kinch joined Jennifer Palma on BC1 to discuss.

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Drug users launch speakers bureau targeting organizations, businesses, and educators

20-01-2019 21:15 via globalnews.ca

A team of current and former drug users have joined forces with megaphone Magazine to form a Speakers Bureau. Megaphone’s Executive Director, Jessica Hannon and James Witwicki, Megaphone speaker and vendor joined Jennifer Palma on BC1 to talk about the Speakers Bureau initiative.

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Kitten permittin': group pushes for cat licences in Greater Victoria

20-01-2019 21:00 via cbc.ca

Victoria Natural History Society has sent letters to 13 Greater Victoria municipalities asking them to consider licensing cats as dogs already are.

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The Bailey Experience

20-01-2019 20:54 via globalnews.ca

Jay sits down with Adam Scorgie and Michael Hamilton to discuss their new documentary ‘The Bailey Experience’.

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PuSh International Performing Arts Festival

20-01-2019 20:54 via globalnews.ca

Coleen learns more about this year’s PuSh International Performing Arts Festival.

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Vancouver Island poisoning kills 6 eagles, sickens 6 others

20-01-2019 20:49 via globalnews.ca

The first sick birds turned up on Wednesday. By Saturday, the Raptor Rescue Centre had found a dozen.

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Carbon Monoxide Safety Tips

20-01-2019 20:47 via globalnews.ca

Assistant Chief Rick Cheung and Captain Jonathan Gormick, from Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services, talk about the dangers of Carbon Monoxide.

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Vancouver Climate Emergency

20-01-2019 20:44 via globalnews.ca

Coleen Christie is joined by Vancouver city councillor, Christine Boyle, to discuss the recent motion to pass a climate emergency.

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Plotting for success: Winter gardening tips for the antsy gardener

20-01-2019 20:00 via cbc.ca

While January might be a bit too early to get your hands in the soil and start planting, one gardening expert says there is still plenty you can do to plot for success.

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Underdog Kelowna Rockets beat the league’s best team in a shootout

20-01-2019 18:45 via globalnews.ca

The crowd was on their feet cheeringwhen Kelowna Rockets' goalie Roman Basran deflected the Prince Albert Raiders' final shootout attempt.

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The kindness of strangers: lessons from leather-clad motorcyclists who stopped to change flat tire

20-01-2019 18:00 via cbc.ca

This week's story takes place in Ontario in the late 1950s, when Pauline Buck was driving to her family’s summer cabin as a child.

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Ulta Beauty (ULTA) Stake Has Boosted by British Columbia Investment Management Corp; Bank Amer (BAC) Holder Gvo Asset Management LTD Cut Position by $4.79 Million as Share Value Declined - D Minute

20-01-2019 17:05 via dminute.com

Ulta Beauty (ULTA) Stake Has Boosted by British Columbia Investment Management Corp; Bank Amer (BAC) Holder Gvo Asset Management LTD Cut Position by $4.79 Million as Share Value Declined D MinuteBritish Columbia Investment Management Corp increased its stake in Ulta Beauty Inc (ULTA) by 3.52% based on its latest 2018Q3 regulatory filing with the SEC.

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British Columbia Investment Management Holding in Lauder Estee Cos (EL) Has Cut by $11.16 Million; Envestnet (ENV) Share Value Declined While Ashford Capital Management Has Boosted Position by $322,020 - The Hi New Ulm

20-01-2019 17:02 via hinewulm.com

British Columbia Investment Management Holding in Lauder Estee Cos (EL) Has Cut by $11.16 Million; Envestnet (ENV) Share Value Declined While Ashford Capital Management Has Boosted Position by $322,020 The Hi New UlmBritish Columbia Investment Management Corp decreased its stake in Lauder Estee Cos Inc (EL) by 53.41% based on its latest 2018Q3 regulatory filing with the ...

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Tech solutions to overdose crisis raise questions of accessibility and practicality

20-01-2019 17:00 via cbc.ca

A smartphone app developed by researchers at the University of Washington acts as an alarm system that can detect when someone overdoses.

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Bold Coyote sparks alarm in Vancouver neighbourhood

20-01-2019 16:00 via cbc.ca

A bold coyote has been spotted at all times of the day in Vancouver's Mount Pleasant neighbourhood and shows no fear of people, which has parents and pet owners increasingly concerned.

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Avalonbay Cmntys (AVB) Market Valuation Rose While British Columbia Investment Management Lowered Its Position by $2.03 Million; Citigroup Usd0.01 Common Stock (C) Shareholder Rathbone Brothers Plc Has Lifted Holding - The Hi New Ulm

20-01-2019 15:54 via hinewulm.com

Avalonbay Cmntys (AVB) Market Valuation Rose While British Columbia Investment Management Lowered Its Position by $2.03 Million; Citigroup Usd0.01 Common Stock (C) Shareholder Rathbone Brothers Plc Has Lifted Holding The Hi New UlmRathbone Brothers Plc increased its stake in Citigroup Inc Usd0.01 Common Stock (C) by 5.41% based on its latest 2018Q3 regulatory filing with the SEC.

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A wheelchair user's guide to consent

20-01-2019 15:00 via cbc.ca

Gabrielle Peters, a wheelchair user in Vancouver, reminds people to ask before touching or pushing their chair.

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Canadians Phelan, Serwa crowd the podium at World Cup ski cross event

20-01-2019 13:36 via cbc.ca

Canada's Brittany Phelan and Kelsey Serwa scored silver and bronze medals, respectively, at a ski cross World Cup event in Idre Fjall, Sweden on Sunday.

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BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp Reduces Position in Walt Disney Co (DIS) - PressOracle

20-01-2019 13:28 via pressoracle.com

BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp Reduces Position in Walt Disney Co (DIS) PressOracleBRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp reduced its holdings in Walt Disney Co (NYSE:DIS) by 23.4% during the third quarter, according to its ...

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Big telcos hike internet prices amid soaring demand, revenues

20-01-2019 10:00 via cbc.ca

Telus, Bell and Shaw are all raising prices on select internet plans over the next few months. The hikes come on the heels of internet price increases by Telus, Shaw, Bell and Rogers in 2018.

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Abandon Trans Mountain if consultations fail to satisfy all Indigenous stakeholders, says Singh

20-01-2019 10:00 via cbc.ca

Jagmeet Singh says the federal government should be willing to end the expansion of the TransMountain pipeline if consultations do not end in “partnership” and “buy in” from all the communities along the route.

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Colorado Joins CARB ZEV Push, But British Columbia Goes A Step Further - CleanTechnica

20-01-2019 09:00 via cleantechnica.com

Colorado Joins CARB ZEV Push, But British Columbia Goes A Step Further CleanTechnicaJanuary 20th, 2019 by Steve Hanley. Last year, outgoing Colorado governor John Hickenlooper signed an executive order committing his state to joining the ...

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British Columbia's Whisky Controversy Enters Year Two (Episode 751: January 20, 2019) - WhiskyCast

20-01-2019 09:00 via whiskycast.com

British Columbia's Whisky Controversy Enters Year Two (Episode 751: January 20, 2019) WhiskyCastIn our second of two episodes from this week's Victoria Whisky Festival in Victoria, British Columbia, we'll talk with Eric and Allura Fergie of Fets Whisky Kitchen ...

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Equipment shed fire in Burnaby is ‘under control’, says Deputy Chief

20-01-2019 06:07 via globalnews.ca

Burnaby fire crews are working to extinguish a fire that's consumed a large equipment shed on property adjacent to the Kinder Morgan tank farm.

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Burnaby fire crews contain storage shed fire near Kinder Morgan tank facility

20-01-2019 06:07 via globalnews.ca

Burnaby fire crews extinguished a fire that destroyed a large storage shed on property next to the Kinder Morgan tank farm Saturday night.

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Firefighters scramble to contain fire burning on Burnaby Mountain

20-01-2019 05:46 via cbc.ca

Residents describe a glowing skyline as a fire destroyed a large storage facility on Aubrey Street near Pinehurst Drive and close to the Kinder Morgan tank farm. Firefighters kept the flames from spreading to the surrounding forest.

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Measles outbreak leads to public health emergency

20-01-2019 04:45 via globalnews.ca

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Former BC Liberal MLA Richard Lee named as federal Liberals’ new candidate in Burnaby South

20-01-2019 03:37 via globalnews.ca

Lee faces off against Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, after the Liberals dropped Karen Wang for controversial online comments. Nadia Stewart reports.

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Races heating up in key byelections in B.C.

20-01-2019 03:34 via globalnews.ca

Global’s Legislative Bureau Chief Keith Baldrey breaks down two key byelections in B.C. as the races heat up in Nanaimo and Burnaby South.

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Looming deadline to extradite arrested Huawei executive

20-01-2019 03:34 via globalnews.ca

American authorities have yet to formally request that Meng Wanzhou be extradited to the U.S. from Canada. If the Jan. 30 deadline is missed, experts say there’s a strong possibility Meng could be released. Julia Foy reports.

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Kelowna approves supportive housing project despite outrage from neighbours

20-01-2019 03:32 via cbc.ca

Kelowna city council has approved a controversial B.C. Housing project that will see a 52-unit supportive housing building developed on a vacant lot surrounded by condos and houses in the city's Midtown neighbourhood.

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Hundreds turn up for Vancouver’s Women’s March

20-01-2019 03:31 via globalnews.ca

Marches were held around the world Saturday for gender equality and the end to violence against women. Jill Bennett has more on the third annual Women’s March and spoke with those who turned up to have their voices heard in Vancouver.

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Hundreds attend Vancouver women's march

20-01-2019 02:53 via cbc.ca

Hundreds of people showed up for the third Women's March in Vancouver on Saturday — a smaller crowd than in previous years but one that organizers say was still powerful.

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Dog rescued after being found alone in snowbank along Coquihalla

20-01-2019 02:10 via globalnews.ca

While plowing Highway 5 southbound between Hope and Merritt road workers spotted a dog sitting on a snowbank on the side of the road.

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Vancouver, Surrey to offer free test rides in driverless shuttles in February

20-01-2019 01:51 via globalnews.ca

Autonomous vehicles are coming to Vancouver and Surrey next month, as part of the cities' bid to build driverless car corridors in the future.

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New Westminster police issue warrant for suspect in stolen 54-40 instrument case

20-01-2019 01:29 via cbc.ca

39-year-old Yannick LePage to face charges of possession of stolen property in connection to guitar thefts.

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Cariboo volunteer fire department receives surprise gift from Alberta truck enthusiasts

20-01-2019 00:48 via cbc.ca

The McLeese Lake Volunteer Fire Department has a new truck in its garage, all thanks to a surprise donation from a group of generous truck enthusiasts.

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Mission mom outraged at 24-hour suspension for impaired driver that killed family dog

20-01-2019 00:42 via globalnews.ca

Jaclyn Andall said the driver narrowly missed her 16-year-old son.

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24-hour suspension handed to drug impaired driver who killed family dog sparks outrage

20-01-2019 00:42 via globalnews.ca

Jaclyn Andall said the driver narrowly missed her 16-year-old son.

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Svend Robinson officially nominated as NDP candidate for Burnaby North-Seymour

20-01-2019 00:15 via cbc.ca

Former MP Svend Robinson officially re-entered politics after a 13-year hiatus Saturday morning when he was nominated as the candidate for Burnaby North-Seymour.

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