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• Transgender woman aims to change jail policies after BC Human Rights Tribunal win

  29-05-2017 23:42 via globalnews.ca
  
  A transgender woman who was forced to stay in a men's jail is hoping her win in the B.C. Human Right Tribunal will help change policies.
  
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• Rested Impact feel they can roll Whitecaps in second leg of Voyageurs Cup

  29-05-2017 23:35
  
  MONTREAL — The Vancouver Whitecaps have the lead, but the Montreal Impact will have a lot on their side in the second leg of their Canadian Championship semifinal at Saputo Stadium on Tuesday night.
  Not only will the Impact be at home, they will be well rested against a Whitecaps side that will play its fourth match in 11 days.
  They also have an away goal in the bag after their 2-1 defeat in the first leg of the two-game, total-goal series in Vancouver last week.
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• Report: MLS suspends DC United’s Ortiz, whose dive drew penalty kick call against Whitecaps

  29-05-2017 23:19
  
  The Whitecaps’s 1-0 loss to DC United on Saturday was frustrating enough, even without the controversy.
  The Caps hit the woodwork four times, and dominated the shot count. But still they couldn’t score.
  The game’s only goal came off a penalty kick for DC United, awarded after DC attacker Jose Guillermo Ortiz dove to draw referee Sorin Stoica’s attention. He was striding past Tim Parker and Kendall Waston when it appears he simply lost control of the ball. Waston’s f
  
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• Photos from Aboriginal Grade 7 Moving Forward Celebration

  29-05-2017 23:17
  
  Earlier this month, more than 100 students took part in the VSB’s Aboriginal Grade 7 Moving Forward Celebration.
  
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• BC Greens announce they will support NDP government

  29-05-2017 23:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  BC Green Party leader Andrew Weaver announced in a press conference Monday that his party will work with John Horgan’s NDP Party to form the government.
  
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• B.C. Green and NDP parties strike a deal for ‘stable’ minority government

  29-05-2017 22:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  The B.C. Green Party has reached an agreement to support the NDP party and "create a stable minority government."
  
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• B.C. Greens and NDP to hold announcement about a new government

  29-05-2017 22:29 via vancouversun.com
  
  B.C. Green Leader Andrew Weaver and B.C. NDP Leader John Horgan have announced a joint news conference for 2 p.m. at the legislature to “make a significant announcement about the future of British Columbia’s government” amid power-sharing talks.
  A potential deal between the Greens and NDP could put an end to Premier Christy Clark’s Liberal government, after the Liberals failed to pick up a clear majority of the 87-seats in the May 9 election. The Liberals h
  
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• B.C. Green party strikes deal with NDP

  29-05-2017 22:26
  
  Green leader Andrew Weaver announces the party has struck a deal with John Horgan’s NDP after May 9’s historic election.
  
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• Search underway near Bridal Falls for missing 70-year-old paraglider

  29-05-2017 22:09 via vancouversun.com
  
  RCMP and search and rescue crews are combing the mountainside near Bridal Falls to find a missing paraglider. 
  The paraglider, a 70-year-old man from Agassiz, was reported missing at 5 a.m. Monday. 
  Agassiz RCMP said he failed to return from a paragliding excursion Sunday.
  Mounties, supported by Kent Harrison Search and Rescue, have initiated a ground search for the man in the region of Elk Mountain, a popular paragliding destination in the Fraser Valley.“We are in the
  
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• Potentially impaired driver hit 3 people near Granville Island

  29-05-2017 22:09
  
  Two teenagers and one senior were taken to hospital after a driver ran a red light at West 4th Ave. and Anderson St., near the entrance to Granville Island
  
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• Aerial Assault: B.C. Lions’ receiving corps ready to roar in 2017

  29-05-2017 22:03
  
  KAMLOOPS — Chris Williams is doing some extra work after a training camp session, cutting and stopping to test his surgically repaired knee under a trainer’s watchful eye.
  A few metres away, B.C. Lions quarterback Jonathon Jennings explains with the same precision what the newest addition to the club’s receiving corps brings to the table.
  “Speed and intimidation,” Jennings said without missing a beat. “If I’m lined up at corner, I know I’m goi
  
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• Letters: People with print disabilities have a right to read

  29-05-2017 22:02
  
  Imagine not being able to walk into a library or bookstore and pick up any book you want. Imagine being in school and not being able to read the textbook you’re given. Imagine hearing your friends talk about the latest bestseller, knowing you can’t read it. That’s not accessibility. That’s exclusion.
  The problem is, the right to read isn’t upheld universally. In 2017, British Columbians with print disabilities like blindness still have very limited access to books.
  
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• Live updates: Jonathan Bacon murder trial

  29-05-2017 21:59 via vancouversun.com
  
  Red Scorpion gang leader Jonathan Bacon was shot to death on Aug. 14,  2011, when his vehicle was sprayed with gunfire outside Kelowna’s Delta Grand resort. Injured in the shooting were Hells Angel Larry Amero, Independent Soldier James Riach and companions Leah Hadden-Watts and Lyndsey Black. Charged in the case are rival gangsters Jujhar Khun-Khun, Jason McBride and Michael Jones. B.C Supreme Court Justice Allan Betton is presiding over the judge-alone trial. 
  On Monday, May 29
  
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• Man arrested in connection with 2015 West Kelowna homicide

  29-05-2017 21:55 via globalnews.ca
  
  RCMP arrested a man over the weekend in connection with the 2015 homicide of Hazel Budiongan, who was found dead inside her West Kelowna home on Nov. 4, 2015. West Kelowna RCMP were called to the home to attend to a fire on Boucherie Road and discovered the 37-year-old’s body. Budiongan’s death and the blaze...
  
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• Summer cocktails with a Japanese twist

  29-05-2017 21:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  Quyen Bui, the bartender at Vancouver’s Miku Restaurant, shows us how to make summer cocktails like the ‘Kochi 75’ and a ‘Shiso Mojito’.
  
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• Counsellors assist in New Westminster after deadly overdose kills student

  29-05-2017 21:35 via vancouversun.com
  
  NEW WESTMINSTER — The New Westminster School District says counsellors are helping students and staff cope with the death of a teen who took an unknown drug.
  Police say the student, and a second who remains in critical condition after taking the same substance, became ill on Friday after buying the drug from a street dealer.
  The district says in a news release that both teens have attended Power Alternate Secondary, one of the districts education programs for vulnerable students.
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• Grooming a new generation of theatre-goers with Good Day and Good Night

  29-05-2017 21:30 via vancouversun.com
  
  Good Day and Good Night
  June 6-18 | The Bee Stage at Carousel Theatre for Young People
  Tickets: $12.50 to $15, at carouseltheatre.ca
  You’re never too young for theatre. That’s the idea behind Good Day and Good Night, a new, locally-written and -produced play for theatre-goers still figuring out the intricacies of potty training. The drama features two actors, one playing the confident and popular Sun (Alexandra Lainfiesta) and one the shy Moon (Steven Greenfield). With help from
  
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• Courage to Come Back chair Lorne Segal speaks and acts from the heart

  29-05-2017 21:17
  
  Lorne Segal is standing on the stage. In front of him are government ministers, captains of business and some of the city’s most influential philanthropists.
  
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• Friends of New West teen who died of drug overdose share message

  29-05-2017 21:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  Global News spoke with the friends who were with “Angel” on the night she died from taking what she thought was ecstasy – and as Jordan Armstrong reports, the girls have a message for other teens.
  
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• Record-breaking heat for Vancouver - CBC.ca

  29-05-2017 20:57 via cbc.ca
  
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  Record-breaking heat for Vancouver
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  According to Environment Canada's weather station in Vancouver, it was the hottest May 28th on record in the city — by a very slim margin — with temperatures reaching 25.2 degrees on Sunday. "The previous record was 25 degrees set back in 1934 so ...and more »
  
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• Bacon trial begins despite looming decision

  29-05-2017 20:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  The trial for three men accused in the death of 30-year-old gangster Jonathan Bacon has begun.
  
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• Search underway for 70-year-old paraglider missing south of Chilliwack

  29-05-2017 20:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  Agassiz RCMP say they received a report at approximately 5 a.m. today that the paraglider did not return home from an excursion yesterday.
  
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• Seventy-year-old paraglider missing in Fraser Valley found safe: police

  29-05-2017 20:41
  
  RCMP officials say the search is in its early stages, and they have contacted the Mounties' air services in Comox for help.
  
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• Miracle Weekend 2017: How to watch and donate

  29-05-2017 19:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  The 30th annual Miracle Weekend is taking place from Saturday, June 3 to Sunday, June 4.
  
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• Vancouver's Canada 150 Parade set for July 2

  29-05-2017 19:33
  
  Organizers of Vancouver’s Canada 150 celebrations have put down their Caesars and butter tarts for a moment to announce details on the upcoming Canada 150 Parade through downtown Vancouver.
  
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• Dispute over B.C. Nurses Union election to be considered by labour board

  29-05-2017 17:47 via vancouversun.com
  
  VANCOUVER — A battle over the leadership of the BC Nurses Union is heading to the province’s labour relations board.
  Will Offley was hoping to unseat incumbent Gayle Duteil, but says his candidacy was terminated, along with those of two other people running on the same BC Nurses Vote For Change platform.
  Offley says the labour relations board is to hear their complaint on Tuesday.
  He’s hoping the board will rule he and fellow candidates Sharon Sharp and Mary Jean Lyth, should b
  
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• Daily Poll: Should yoga in the park require a permit?

  29-05-2017 17:46 via vancouversun.com
  
  Red tape is preventing free yoga classes from going ahead in Vancouver’s Dude Chilling Park.
  Vancouver park board says a group organizing the yoga classes must apply for a permit if they wish downward dog in the Mt. Pleasant park.
  Solomon Montijo, who founded the collective about five years ago, told the Canadian Press Friday he was frustrated after city officials warned him the week before that he and other instructors would be fined if they were caught teaching in what is officially
  
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• Counsellors at New Westminster school following teen’s overdose death

  29-05-2017 17:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  Counsellors will be available at a New Westminster school today following the overdose death of a teenage girl on Friday.
  
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• The waiting game: Wait times are on the rise in B.C.

  29-05-2017 17:01 via vancouversun.com
  
  Earlier this month, one of Dr. Brian Day’s patients, a 38-year-old mother of two young kids and an elementary-school teacher, walked into his office on crutches. She had been injured at work while demonstrating a sports drill and needed knee surgery. She had her operation the next day.
  As a workers’ compensation claimant who had become hurt on the job, the woman went straight to the front of the line. As the medical director of the privately run Cambie Surgery Centre, Day says that,
  
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• Three pedestrians sent to hospital after being struck by vehicle at Granville Island

  29-05-2017 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  A senior and two teenaged boys were sent to hospital Sunday after being struck by a car in a crosswalk near the entrance to Granville Island.
  The accident occurred just after 5 p.m. at the intersection of West 4th Avenue and Anderson Street.Vancouver police say the two teenagers were treated for non-life threatening injuries, while an older man remains in hospital in serious but stable condition.
  Police believe a man driving a blue Mazda went through a red light and struck the thr
  
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• Prince Charles' wife Camilla details public fallout from royal affair: 'It was a deeply unpleasant time'

  29-05-2017 16:50
  
  Prince Charles’ wife Camilla, Duchess OfCornwall felt like a prisoner in her ownhome after her extra-marital affair withthe British royal first hit headlines.
  
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• VPD say missing man found safe and sound

  29-05-2017 16:45 via vancouversun.com
  
  Update: Robert Lenfesty, subject of a VPD missing person’s report  has just been located safe and sound. Police say he was located at a restaurant on West Broadway by a citizen who recognized him from the media release.
  Vancouver police are seeking the public’s help in locating a missing man.
  Robert “Bob” Lenfesty was last seen Saturday at 3 p.m. in the area of Oak Street and West 15th Avenue, according to a VPD release.
  The 58-year-old Lenfesty is describe
  
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• Vistas with the sistas, Amigo-ettes bring the smiles to Kanaka Creek; West Van ready to roll out new Summer 5K

  29-05-2017 16:40 via vancouversun.com
  
  Before we discuss the speedster with the chocolate bar-like name who won Sunday’s 10K, or the sweet water station volunteer who decided I was the perfect candidate for her impromptu wet T-shirt contest, we need to ventilate a bit about zumba.
  On one of the hottest mornings of the year, Elena Villacis of Fiesta Latina Fitness in Maple Ridge stood in front of 150-plus runners and walkers gathered at Webster’s Corner Elementary School for the Vistas Run.
  • FOR SUNDAY’S P
  
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• Evacuation alert near Lillooet as wildfire flares

  29-05-2017 16:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  Two homes east of Lillooet, B.C., have been placed on evacuation alert as a wildfire burns nearby.
  
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• Wildfire east of Lillooet prompts evacuation alert for two homes

  29-05-2017 15:51 via vancouversun.com
  
  LILLOOET — Two homes east of Lillooet have been placed on evacuation alert as a wildfire burns nearby.
  The blaze was spotted Sunday and the B.C. Wildfire Service says it quickly scorched nine hectares of bush about eight kilometres east of Lillooet on the east side of the Fraser River.
  Fire information officer Erin Catherall says flames are uncontained and are burning vigorously on the ground and in the crowns of some trees.
  She says a five-member crew was assigned Sunday, backed by an air
  
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• Man dies in Cloverdale crash after hitting a utility pole

  29-05-2017 15:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  A man in his 40s died in a crash in Cloverdale on Sunday and police are now working to determine what led to the crash.
  
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• 3 pedestrians struck in Granville Island crash

  29-05-2017 14:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  One man remains in custody this morning after three pedestrians were hit near the entrance to Granville Island Sunday night.
  
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• Mother Mother, Doobie Brothers among the acts as PNE unveils summer concert lineup

  29-05-2017 14:45 via vancouversun.com
  
  Vancouver indie rock band Mother Mother will kick off this year’s summer night concerts at the PNE.
  The Pacific National Exhibition released its lineup of musical acts for the 2017 Fair at the PNE on Monday, and it’s a star-studded, genre-spanning group of Canadian and international acts. In addition to Mother Mother, who hit the stage on Saturday, Aug. 19, the fair will see concerts from The Pointer Sisters, ZZ Top, Chicago, and the B-52s, among others.
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• Terrorism trial set to begin in B.C. Supreme Court

  29-05-2017 14:34 via globalnews.ca
  
  A trial of a man from Fort St. John who is accused of posting pro-Isis propaganda online, is expected to begin in B.C. Supreme Court this morning.
  
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• Can personal finance apps help you manage your money?

  29-05-2017 13:00
  
  Q: For the past 6 months my partner and I have been working to get better control of how we spend our money. We now have a budget we can live with and a pay cheque plan that helps us manage our money on pay days. However, we are having a lot of trouble finding a way to track our day-to-day spending. For a while, we used a journal. This helped us get our budget organized, but then we started forgetting to write everything down. Now we’re trying to decide if a money management app or program
  
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• Ian Mulgrew: B.C. Law Society boosters of the Begbie brush-off

  29-05-2017 12:30 via vancouversun.com
  
  Like the old Soviet Communist Party airbrushing Leon Trotsky from photographs of Joseph Stalin, the Law Society of B.C. is erasing the province’s first chief justice from its image.
  It has condemned Sir Matthew Begbie’s statue in the foyer of its Vancouver building, eliminated the little bronze Begbies that honour “the lifetime contribution of the truly exceptional in the legal profession” and changed the code word used to trigger safety procedures in its headquarters fro
  
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• Douglas Todd: Almost 7 in 10 Metro residents will be non-white in two decades

  29-05-2017 12:30 via vancouversun.com
  
  Canada is experiencing the fastest rate of ethnic change of any country in the Western world, say international demographers.
  Almost seven of 10 Metro Vancouver residents will be visible minorities, or non-whites, in less than two decades, says Eric Kaufmann, a professor at University of London, Birkbeck, citing Statistics Canada projections.
  In addition, Kaufmann said, University of Laval professor Patrice Dion has worked with Statistics Canada officials to develop projections th
  
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• Your family’s health store

  29-05-2017 09:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  This generation often doesn’t have enough time to sift through the overwhelming choice of healthy options that are available. It’s time to end that confusion. It’s time to ease the burden on those who bear the responsibility of keeping a family healthy. It’s time for a new shopping era for family-health stores.
  We want to usher in this shopping era with a new natural, simple, and effective shopping manner. At Real Organics and Naturals House (Real House), we want to embod
  
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• Head of the Class Revisited: One-time high school superstar sets sights on the Olympics

  29-05-2017 09:00
  
  “The concept of drowning in the deep end is where I thrive,” says Mara, 29, a motivational coach, who 12 years after gracing the pages of The Province as a member of Subway’s Head of the Class, finds himself in the midst of an underdog’s quest to qualify for the Olympics in a sport he put in mothballs for a full decade.
  Fittingly enough, when the superstar high school basketball talent from White Rock Christian Academy showed up for his HOC photo shoot back in 2005, he no
  
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• A happy event of life-changing healthcare

  29-05-2017 09:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Five years ago, Dr. Ken Haycock, a Vancouver-based consultant and research professor, was at a difficult point in his life. He had just suffered a personal tragedy, the death of his wife of 25 years, and was in need of a new physician. Living in West Vancouver at the time, Haycock didn’t know where to begin.
  “My personal physician had just moved and I hadn’t gotten around to looking for a new one just yet,” Haycock recalls. “I discovered Copeman Healthcare completel
  
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• 3 ways to get more from your doctor

  29-05-2017 09:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Does trying to make a timely appointment to see your family doctor cause you endless frustration? Are you tired of covering your health concerns in a five or ten minute window? After initial consultations do you feel like there’s a lack of follow-up?
  If you feel like you’re missing the care in healthcare, maybe it’s time to make a change. Here are three ways to help you feel better:  
  Establish a relationship with your physician
  Research indicates that the better your rela
  
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• Opinion: MEC most trusted brand in B.C. according to survey

  29-05-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  When I was 10 years old, I contracted food poisoning. Actually, my entire family did. I still have memories of feverish days and nights, and being unable to hold any food down for over a week.  After some investigation, the culprit was found to be a can of peas. We lived in Ireland, and canned peas were almost as much a staple of the diet as potatoes, but my mother never bought this particular brand again. She had lost trust in it.
  We know that trust is the golden thread that weaves us toge
  
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