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• Vancouver puppy credited with saving owner's life

  31-05-2017 23:41
  
  It often takes years, if not decades, to develop a track record worthy of a Hall of Fame distinction. Leo, however, has bucked that trend by leaps, bounds and years. Dog years to be exact.
  
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• Mother of Derik Lord claims her son's case is being investigated by Innocence Canada

  31-05-2017 23:36 via vancouversun.com
  
  The mother of convicted killer Derik Lord says that her son’s case is being investigated by Innocence Canada, a group that helps exonerate prisoners.
  Elouise Lord posted on Facebook’s Free Derik Lord page on May 27 that the family had heard from the organization.
  “They have assigned Derik a lawyer and requested all our information we have on Derik’s case,” she wrote. “They must have seen something they can use.”
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• Rob Shaw: A glimpse behind-the-scenes of B.C.'s power-sharing talks

  31-05-2017 23:33 via vancouversun.com
  
  VICTORIA — The bulk of a power-sharing deal that will topple Premier Christy Clark’s government was settled between the B.C. Greens and NDP as early as Sunday morning, prompting the Greens to end talks with the Liberals after concluding they just philosophically could not support that party.
  The NDP emerged with the deal after five negotiating sessions in which a running list of agreed-upon positions (which New Democrats started to write down as early as Day 2 of the talks) grew into
  
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• GoFundMe page set up for New Westminster teen who died of overdose

  31-05-2017 23:33 via vancouversun.com
  
  A crowd-funding page to raise money for a funeral has been set up for a New Westminster teen who died Friday night of an apparent drug overdose.
  The girl, who has been identified as 16-year-old Angel Loyer Lawrence, and a friend fell ill after ingesting a substance they thought to be the party drug MDMA. 
  Loyer Lawrence died after taking the unknown drug, while her friend remains in critical condition in hospital.
  On Saturday, police warned the public about a deadly batc
  
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• Sky-high Vancouver photoshoot provides stunning views for aviation geeks

  31-05-2017 23:23 via vancouversun.com
  
  Far from the world below, up where the clear winds blow, a photoshoot is taking place.
  The Vancouver Airport said there was “no need for concern” if people spot two planes flying closely together over the Greater Vancouver region on Wednesday. The two planes are part of a mid-air photoshoot taking place with Air Canada for a commercial.You might see 2 planes flying together in the area today. No need for concern, just @AirCanada & WolfeAir on a photo shoot! Flight #AC7169 pic.twi
  
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• B.C. festival guide: Choose the right summer party for your musical tastes

  31-05-2017 23:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Canadians are crazy for summer festivals. Give us a weekend weather forecast which suggests the possibility of no rain or snow and we head out en masse to take in multistage events all across the country.
  Some — Montreal Jazz Festival, Winnipeg Folk Festival and Calgary’s Sled Island — have become global brands. 
  People know what they are getting into if they head to them, and that should liven up the experience, but to really glean the greatest benefit from your fest
  
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• 15-year-old accused of drunkenly assaulting another teen with bear spray

  31-05-2017 22:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  The teen is accused of drunkenly assaulting a 19-year-old Vernon-area man with bear spray on the dock of Kal Beach on Kalamalka Lake.
  
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• More dramatic testimony about fatal gangland shooting in Kelowna

  31-05-2017 22:55 via vancouversun.com
  
  KELOWNA — Three more local residents told their harrowing stories in B.C. Supreme Court on Wednesday about witnessing gunmen open fire outside the Delta Grand Hotel in the gangland shooting that left Jonathan Bacon dead.
  Dianne Hofer had been checking out paddleboards in a nearby store with a friend and his son when they got into their car about a block from the scene.
  Driving toward the hotel, Hofer heard what she thought was the “sound of firecrackers going off.”
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• Horgan and Weaver visit Government House with power-sharing agreement

  31-05-2017 22:53 via vancouversun.com
  
  VICTORIA — The B.C. NDP and Green leaders took their power-sharing agreement to Lt.-Gov. Judith Guichon on Wednesday morning, to try and convince her to let them govern once Premier Christy Clark’s Liberal government is defeated.
  NDP Leader John Horgan and Green Leader Andrew Weaver visited Government House with a copy of the accord that the 44 MLAs from both parties signed Tuesday.
  A representative for Guichon accepted the documents on her behalf.
  Horgan said the move is important &
  
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• Vancouver defender Shannon Woeller earns Canada callback for Costa Rica games

  31-05-2017 22:27 via theprovince.com
  
  Vancouver defender Shannon Woeller, summoned by coach John Herdman as an injury replacement in April, has earned a callback for Canada’s games against Costa Rica in Winnipeg and Toronto.
  The fifth-ranked Canadians play No. 30 Costa Rica at Investors Group Field on June 8 and Toronto’s BMO Field on June 11.
  Woeller is part of a 19-woman roster that closely resembles the group Herdman took to Europe in April when Canada defeated No. 6 Sweden 1-0 and lost 2-1 to top-ranked Germany.
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• John Horgan, Andrew Weaver visit B.C.’s government house

  31-05-2017 22:06 via globalnews.ca
  
  The leaders of British Columbia's New Democrats and Greens have attended government house to deliver signed copies of their four-year agreement to run the province under a minority government.
  
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• High water blamed for Highway 97 sinkhole in Vernon

  31-05-2017 22:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  Transportation officials believe high water is likely what caused a sinkhole to form on Highway 97 in Vernon Tuesday evening.
  
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• Three men arrested for separate alleged sexual offences on Lower Mainland transit

  31-05-2017 22:03 via globalnews.ca
  
  Three men have been arrested following separate alleged sexual offences that happened on the transit system over the last month.
  
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• Must-have office gadgets and accessories

  31-05-2017 21:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  Kristina Stoyanova from Get Connected Media has the latest must-have tech gadgets including a travel mug that won’t tip over and spill and a phone charger for your key ring.
  
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• New book captures spirit of Canada’s centennial year

  31-05-2017 21:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  Victoria author Tom Hawthorn captures the history of Canada’s 100-year-anniversary in his new book “The Year Canadians Lost Their Minds and Found Their country: The Centennial of 1967.”
  
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• RCMP still searching for Shuswap man missing, presumed dead, after mudslide

  31-05-2017 21:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  Roy Sharp, 75, was reportedly in or around his home when the slide came crashing down on Sunnybrae-Canoe Point Road May 5.
  
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• Vancouverites can combine Mexican Riviera and Pacific Coastal voyage

  31-05-2017 21:04 via theprovince.com
  
  Good news for sun-seekers this fall: Holland America Line has announced that the 1,964-guest Oosterdam (pronounced oh-sterdam) will be joining her sister, Westerdam, in the Mexican Riviera this fall, with weeklong sailings operating out of the Port of San Diego.
  Oosterdam, which has called the Mexican Riviera home during past seasons, will sail a total of 11 weeklong voyages to the region between September 2017 and February 2018, with cruises offering port calls in Cabo San Lucas, Mazatlá
  
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• BC NDP and Greens to push legal challenge of Trans Mountain pipeline

  31-05-2017 20:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  B.C.'s NDP-Green Party alliance is vowing to go to court to try to block the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.
  
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• Buller says missing and murdered women inquiry will return to Yukon

  31-05-2017 18:38 via vancouversun.com
  
  WHITEHORSE — Chief commissioner Marion Buller says the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Girls will return to Yukon, but perhaps will visit a different community next time.
  Buller has said previously that the inquiry will need more time and more money to complete its work, but has not said how much is needed or when the request will be made to the federal government.
  She says after testimony wraps up in Whitehorse this week, the commissioners will discuss how much more
  
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• Benning clarifies statement, believes Markstrom will “eventually” be Canucks starter

  31-05-2017 18:36 via theprovince.com
  
  Jim Benning believes Jacob Markstrom will be the starting goaltender for the Vancouver Canucks. Just not now but “eventually”, whenever that is.
  The Canucks general manager clarified his comments during a TSN interview Tuesday in which he stated that the 27-year-old Markstrom is going “to be the starter moving forward.” What he meant was the plan is to allow Markstrom, whose three-year, $11 million US contract extension kicks in this fall, to continue to transition into t
  
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• Search underway for B.C. teacher who vanished while checking field trip spot

  31-05-2017 18:32 via vancouversun.com
  
  CRAWFORD BAY — Searchers backed by a dog team and a helicopter continue to scour a recreational area of southeastern British Columbia hoping to find any sign of a school teacher who disappeared on Monday.
  An RCMP news release says Alvin Dunic left Crawford Bay Elementary-Secondary School, about 75 kilometres north of Creston, just before noon.
  It says the 57-year-old wanted to find a good spot for a class project and intended to return in about 30 minutes, but was reported overdue just bef
  
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• Horgan and Weaver to visit Government House with power-sharing agreement

  31-05-2017 18:30 via vancouversun.com
  
  VICTORIA — The B.C. NDP and Green leaders will take their power-sharing agreement to Lt.-Gov. Judith Guichon Wednesday morning, to try and convince her to let them govern once Premier Christy Clark’s Liberal government is defeated.
  NDP Leader John Horgan and Green Leader Andrew Weaver plan to visit Government House at 10 a.m. with a copy of the accord that the 44 MLAs from both parties signed Tuesday.
  Guichon is not expected to be there personally to receive the document, but the lea
  
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• Real Scoop: Live updates from the Jonathan Bacon murder trial

  31-05-2017 18:26 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 Wednesday, mor
  
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• Homicide police investigating after dead man found inside Abbotsford home

  31-05-2017 18:25 via vancouversun.com
  
  Police are seeking suspects and witnesses after a dead man was found inside an Abbotsford home this week.
  Just before 2 a.m. on Wednesday, Abbotsford Police were called for a report of a “suspicious circumstance” at a home in the 2300-block of Cameron Crescent.
  Upon arrival, officers discovered a man inside the home who had died. Details on the cause of death or what led police to believe it was a homicide have not been released. No suspects have been identified at this time.
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• The Morning Skate, May 31: Do you miss Torts? Plus, moving forward with Markstrom.

  31-05-2017 18:09 via theprovince.com
  
  Despite a reader email which seemed to believe I felt otherwise: I do miss John Tortorella, just for his quotability.
  The brief period where teams got compensation in exchange for executive and coaching hires is benefitting the Canucks: Torts’ move to Columbus will deliver a pick of some kind to his old team.
  Here’s Ben Kuzma:
  Depending what occurs in the hours before Thursday’s compensation deadline, there’s a chance the Blue Jackets could already have a deal in place wi
  
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• Jacob Markstrom will be Canucks’ starter ‘going forward’: Jim Benning

  31-05-2017 18:00 via theprovince.com
  
  Sounds like Jacob Markstrom will be the Vancouver Canucks’ number one goaltender next season.
  In a conversation Tuesday with TSN’s Pierre LeBrun at the 2017 NHL Scouting Combine in Buffalo, Canucks’ GM Jim Benning was asked about his club’s goaltending situation. According to several reports, the Canucks have interest in re-signing 36-year-old Ryan Miller, a move that many have questioned. Why would a rebuilding team pay for a pricy, aging veteran when they have cheaper,
  
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• Lindsey Vonn rocks bikini after Tiger’s arrest

  31-05-2017 17:53
  
  Talk about kicking a guy when he’s down.
  
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• TSB report on fatal Leviathan II sinking near Tofino to be released June 14

  31-05-2017 17:28 via vancouversun.com
  
  The Transportation Safety Board’s final report investigating the 2015 fatal capsizing and sinking of the Leviathan II will be released in two weeks.
  The TSB announced Wednesday it plans to host a media conference on June 14 to publicly release its investigative report into the Oct. 25, 2015 incident that saw 27 passengers tossed from a 20-metre whale-watching vessel into the Pacific Ocean near Tofino, about 320 kilometres northwest of Victoria. Six people – five Britons and one Austr
  
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• One lane closed on Golden Ears Bridge after over-height barge hits railing

  31-05-2017 17:21 via vancouversun.com
  
  Engineers will be on site inspecting the Golden Ears Bridge Wednesday morning after an over-height crane on a barge hit and damaged the railing on the eastern side of the span.
  An over-height crane on a barge struck the eastern side of the bridge around 6:30 a.m. and knocked out three posts and at least two sets of railing, according to TransLink spokesman Chris Bryan. TransLink oversees the operation and maintenance of the Golden Ears Bridge.#rareaccident #bardge crane vs bridge Golden Ears bri
  
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• BCAA Play Here Finalist: Mckay Street Park in Prince Rupert

  31-05-2017 17:18 via globalnews.ca
  
  Which B.C. community will win $100,000 towards a new playground courtesy of BCAA? Global News spoke with our finalist in Prince Rupert at Mckay Street Park
  
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• Daily Poll: Is testing the house a good idea or a bad one for Christy Clark?

  31-05-2017 16:41 via vancouversun.com
  
  The balance of power shifted in B.C. this week, with the B.C. NDP and Greens teaming up to end what’s been a 16-year-long Liberal reign.
  B.C. NDP Leader John Horgan and B.C. Greens Leader Andrew Weaver announced Monday they had agreed on a power-sharing deal that would see the Greens support an NDP government over the course of the next four years. That puts the joint camp one seat over the 43 seats the Liberals picked up in the May 9 election.
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  Christy Clark vows to fight on even a
  
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• Victoria, B.C. eyes bid to host 2022 Commonwealth Games

  31-05-2017 16:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  After 23 years, Victoria could once again host the Commonwealth Games.
  
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• Search and Rescue looking for missing school teacher in Crawford Bay

  31-05-2017 16:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alvin Dunic from Crawford Bay has been missing since Monday.
  
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• Political panel reaction to BC NDP and Green party alignment

  31-05-2017 16:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  Gavin Dew from the BC Liberals, Mira Oreck from the BC NDP and Michael Wiebe from the BC Green party join Sonia Sunger to discuss their reaction to the latest political developments in B.C.
  
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• Crane on a barge hits and damages the Golden Ears Bridge

  31-05-2017 16:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  A crane on a barge hit and damaged the Golden Ears Bridge Wednesday morning.
  
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• What is covfefe?

  31-05-2017 15:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  Online producer Amy Judd joins us this morning to talk about the typo everyone is discussing – what did President Donald Trump mean when he tweeted covfefe?
  
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• Homicide team called to Abbotsford home

  31-05-2017 14:22 via globalnews.ca
  
  A residential street in Abbotsford is behind police tape this morning and the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) has been called in.
  
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• Daphne Bramham: Breaking the silence on forced child marriages

  31-05-2017 12:30 via vancouversun.com
  
  A young South Asian teenager flicked through her best friend’s wedding photos on her smartphone. The bride was young and beautiful in her heavily adorned dress, veiled, with eyes lowered.
  The friend had gone to India from Vancouver to visit. Yet, there she was. A bride. And she hadn’t come back to finish high school.
  The teen swiped to the next photo — a man that her father had picked to become her husband. She was leaving soon to meet him in India
  
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• Former NHL player, advocate for abused children, to tell Vancouver conference why he kept a brutal secret for so long

  31-05-2017 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Pediatricians from across Canada will hold their annual conference in Vancouver this week and in his keynote address, former NHL player Sheldon Kennedy, will urge doctors to learn more about recognizing and reacting to childhood trauma.
  More than 900 pediatricians and other child health professionals are expected to attend the Canadian Paediatric Society’s 94th Annual Conference, May 31-June 3. Kennedy, who has become one of Canada’s most important advocates for violence and abu
  
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• Canada 150: Jack Webster, a journalist who was larger than life

  31-05-2017 09:01 via vancouversun.com
  
  To mark Canada’s 150th birthday, we are counting down to Canada Day with profiles of 150 noteworthy British Columbians.
  For decades, B.C.’s most recognizable voice had a Scottish accent.
  Jack Webster was the king of the Vancouver airwaves from the 1950s until his retirement in 1988, first on radio, then on TV.
  He was tough but charming, a hard-boiled newsman yet a total showboat. Politicians knew they were in for a rough ride on his show, but many loved it — former Prime Minist
  
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• Subway Head of the Class Revisited: Elgin Park basketball champ still devoted to the game

  31-05-2017 09:00 via theprovince.com
  
  In fact, as we chronicled the seasons of her high school basketball career with Surrey’s Elgin Park Orcas, culminating with the 2008 B.C. Triple A championship title, a scholarship to NCAA Seattle University and a place among that year’s Subway Head of the Class honourees, it seemed clear that a revisit in later life would reveal that her crush on the sport was more like a lifelong romance.
  “My work is my passion,” confirmed Kerfoot earlier this month as she spoke about E
  
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• Penticton manufacture to reopen next week

  31-05-2017 08:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  Britco Construction's shuttered Penticton operations are set to reopen next week following successful company restructuring.
  
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• Jacob Markstrom will be Canucks’ starter next season: Jim Benning

  31-05-2017 08:11 via theprovince.com
  
  Jacob Markstrom will be the Vancouver Canucks’ number one goaltender next season.
  In a conversation with TSN’s Pierre LeBrun at the 2017 NHL Scouting Combine in Buffalo, Canucks’ GM Jim Benning was asked about his club’s goaltending situation. According to several reports, the Canucks have interest in re-signing 36-year-old Ryan Miller, a move that many have questioned. Why would a rebuilding team pay for a pricy, aging veteran when they have cheaper, younger options?&nbs
  
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• Power shut down in Summerland neighbourhood as groundwater rises

  31-05-2017 07:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  A State of Local Emergency has been declared for the Trout Creek neighbourhood in Summerland as rising ground water is encroaching on some electrical junction boxes.
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Witnesses to Bacon shooting describe terror

  31-05-2017 07:21 via vancouversun.com
  
  It was a dramatic day at the Kelowna trial of three men charged with killing Red Scorpion Jonathan Bacon on Aug. 14, 2011.
  Visitors to the city who had booked at the luxurious Delta Grand hotel described the terrifying scene that unfolded before them when gunmen dressed all in black began firing.
  Some were less than a metre away as dozens of shots rang out. It is amazing that there weren’t more casualties that day.
  Of course none of the witnesses could identify who the masked shooters were
  
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• Opinion: We are neglecting our responsibility to kids in care

  31-05-2017 07:00 via theprovince.com
  
  Growing up in government care in Manitoba was difficult. The deep politicization of child welfare didn’t help matters. Polarized public opinion and a controversy-avoidant government shaped the legislation and policies that affected my day-to-day life.
  Everyone, it seemed, was seeking to provide me with the best care — but it often missed the mark. Unfortunately, my experiences in the care system are not isolated, but illustrate systemic government failures across the country to provi
  
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• Opinion: Make a difference in lives of those living with multiple sclerosis

  31-05-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Every year in May, the world is reminded about the importance of recognizing the needs of those living with multiple sclerosis (MS). Today, Wednesday May 31, is World MS Day, a day that brings the global MS community together to share stories, raise awareness and campaign with and for everyone affected by MS. This year’s May awareness theme is life with MS. For some, that means finding the best solutions to living as independently as possible. For others, it could mean sharing strategies a
  
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• Letters: Deal unifies left, divided right needs new party

  31-05-2017 07:00 via theprovince.com
  
  I think Monday’s announcement by the B.C. Green party to support the New Democrats in a minority government is historic.
  It represents a bringing back of the white-collar, liberal, environmental left that split from the blue-collar, unionized left in 1983 when International Woodworkers boss Jack Munro cut a deal with Bill Bennett Jr. to back away from a general strike.
  The government survived, but the split in the left was an open sore for years — the government workers and
  
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• Global News Hour at 6: May 30

  31-05-2017 06:55 via globalnews.ca
  
  Watch Global News Hour at 6 with Chris Gailus and Sophie Lui for Tuesday, May 30, 2017.
  
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• The Happenings: Three things to do in Vancouver on Wednesday, May 31

  31-05-2017 06:14 via vancouversun.com
  
  Looking for something to do in Metro Vancouver? Here are three suggestions for Wednesday, May 31.
  The Canada Show: The Complete History of Canada in One Hour
  Vancouver Fringe presents an old favourite: The Canada Show, which stars three singing historians fighting to tell their own version of Canada’s history. According to Vancouver Fringe, “Carly Pokoradi is the francophone character, always focusing on the ways in which French Canadians have been mistreated, Alex Gullason is fighti
  
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