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• Greater Vancouver housing market heats up as B.C. politics shift ... - The Globe and Mail

  02-06-2017 23:49
  
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  Reigning in prices ranks high on the agenda of BC NDP and Greens as home prices in May set a new record after a short lull.
  Metro Vancouver restaurants & businesses between a rock and a hard place with rising rentCKNW News Talk 980
  Vancouver real estate market heating up again as sales and prices riseFinancial Post
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• Contrast in Styles: Vancouver Whitecaps set to host high-flying Atlanta United

  02-06-2017 23:27 via theprovince.com
  
  VANCOUVER — Jordan Harvey was still shaking his head Sunday morning.
  The Vancouver Whitecaps had thoroughly dominated D.C. United the previous afternoon in almost every facet, but were stunned to walk away empty handed after a failure to capitalize on their boatload of opportunities and a dubious penalty decision ended in a 1-0 home defeat.
  “Going into those last few minutes I thought we’d at least drag a point out of it,” Harvey said in advance of Vancouver’s game
  
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• Sedins eager to get to work with Canucks rookie head coach Travis Green

  02-06-2017 23:07 via theprovince.com
  
  VANCOUVER — When the Vancouver Canucks hired Travis Green as their new head coach this spring, a video of his fight with Dan Cloutier from their playing days was widely circulating online.
  Henrik Sedin took part in that 2003 game against the Boston Bruins, but also needed a refresher of the altercation sparked by former Canucks winger Todd Bertuzzi cross-checking Green into Cloutier, then Vancouver’s netminder, to set off a melee in the crease.
  “I’ve seen that clip,&rdquo
  
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• Whitecaps’ Nico Mequizda out eight weeks after heavy tackle in Montreal

  02-06-2017 23:05 via theprovince.com
  
  Marco Donadel’s tackle on Nico Mezquida was ugly.
  Nico Mezquida played gamely on, but was substituted at half time Tuesday during the Canadian Championship match vs. Montreal.
  Donadel came in heavy on top of the box as Mezquida ran on to the ball and with a two-foot tackle won the ball while taking out the Uruguayan playmaker.Ouchhhhh. pic.twitter.com/e7vYL9Ecl6
  — Vancouver Whitecaps (@WhitecapsFC) May 30, 2017
  Referee David Barrie waved play on. Mezquida stayed down for some time, b
  
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• Vancouver Aquarium takes in pair of rescued seal pups

  02-06-2017 23:05
  
  The Vancouver Aquarium has seen its first two seal pup rescues in what officials believe to be the beginning of a busy summer rescue season.
  
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• A new battle to save Vancouver's Chinatown - The Globe and Mail - The Globe and Mail

  02-06-2017 22:00
  
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  Residents fear a gentrifying path of condos will erase the 'heart and soul' of Vancouver's Chinatown. Rafal Gerszak/The Globe and Mail. Back in the sixties, they ...and more »
  
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• Newell Brown inbound? Canucks look to the past for future power-play coaching help

  02-06-2017 21:56 via theprovince.com
  
  The Vancouver Canucks’ power-play difficulties have been well documented by, well, just about everybody.
  So it comes as no surprise that special teams would be of great import as Travis Green looks to finalize his coaching staff. In this case, a step back might be a big step forward.Hearing VAN taking long look at Newell Brown for one of its assistant coaching spots. Was in ARIZ last season.
  — Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) June 2, 2017
  Newell Brown was the last coach to have real
  
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• Vancouver forecasts 400 overdose deaths in 2017

  02-06-2017 21:45
  
  The City of Vancouver says the 170 estimated deaths so far this year is already 78 per cent of last year’s total.
  
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• Evacuation order for Vancouver's Balmoral Hotel - CTV News

  02-06-2017 21:34
  
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  The City of Vancouver has issued an order of evacuation for a rundown rental building in the Downtown Eastside that some long-time residents say will leave them homeless. In a statement posted online, the city said that building officials determined ...
  City to evict tenants, orders immediate repairs to Balmoral Hotel ...Vancouver Sun
  Vancouver orders SRO-owners to repair building unsafe for peopleCBC.ca
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• How to handle a crow attack during nesting season

  02-06-2017 21:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  People living in Vancouver’s West End are coming under attack by angry birds. Jordan Armstrong has the details on where it’s happening and what you should do if you get a scare from the air.
  
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• Two seal pups rescued by Vancouver Aquarium at start of pupping season

  02-06-2017 20:46 via vancouversun.com
  
  Two rescued seal pups have been admitted to the Vancouver Aquarium’s rescue facility, just as pupping season gets underway.
  Princeton and Georgina are both named for Canadian towns – Princeton, B.C. and Georgina, Ont. – in honour of Canada 150. Both seals were found still covered in the fur of premature pups and had remnants of their umbilical cords attached.
  VANCOUVER, B.C.: JUNE 2, 2017 – Two rescued seal pups have been admitted to the Vancouver Aquarium’s rescue
  
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• Floating bridge will not float away

  02-06-2017 20:34 via globalnews.ca
  
  It's one of very few floating bridges in the world specifically designed to accommodate fluctuating water levels.
  
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• Vancouver to evict tenants, orders immediate repairs to 'disgusting' Balmoral Hotel

  02-06-2017 20:32 via vancouversun.com
  
  The City of Vancouver is evicting tenants from the Balmoral Hotel and has ordered the dilapidated building’s landlords to begin repairs immediately.
  “The City of Vancouver’s Chief Building Official has determined that the structural and fire concerns at the Balmoral constitute an unsafe condition and has issued an order pursuant to the Vancouver Building Bylaw directing that occupancy of the Balmoral cease as of June 12,” read a statement given to reporters at a media con
  
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• High-octane soccer: The rise of Atlanta United FC

  02-06-2017 20:32 via vancouversun.com
  
  Take an owner with deep pockets, a big potential fan base, a big-name manager and some smart market research, put it all together and what do you get?
  Atlanta United, of course, the expansion team that’s playing high-octane soccer and is in the playoff mix to boot. They’re here in Vancouver to play the Whitecaps on Saturday at B.C. Place (2:30 p.m., TSN).
  It’s all a bit of a surprising success in a region known best for college football, then the NFL, with the NBA and Major Lea
  
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• Police looking for man who stole wedding ring from Portland stabbing victim

  02-06-2017 20:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  Police in Portland, Oregon have released video of what they say is a man stealing a wedding ring and backpack from one of the train stabbing victims.
  
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• Abbotsford murder victim was 'known to police'

  02-06-2017 20:25 via vancouversun.com
  
  The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has identified the victim of Wednesday’s murder in Abbotsford as 41-year-old Nektarios Pardalis.
  Abbotsford RCMP discovered Pardalis’s body inside his Cameron Crescent residence after responding to “a suspicious circumstance” at the home at around 1:45 a.m.
  Details on the cause of death or what led police to believe it was a homicide have not been released.
  The investigation has revealed that Pardalis lived alone, and he was
  
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• By the Numbers: Atlanta getting lucky, Caps on upward trend

  02-06-2017 20:09 via theprovince.com
  
  Atlanta United and their more-than-two-goals-per-game offence is coming to town.
  The Whitecaps looked to have rediscovered their defensive steel.
  It may seem crazy to say, but Atlanta looks ready for a fall. Using the expected-goals stat calculated by American Soccer Analysis, Atlanta are nearly 15 goals ahead of where you’d normally figure they’d be, given where they’re taking shots from and where they’re conceding shots against.
  The Whitecaps are 2.3 goals behind what t
  
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• Vancouver Festival of Ocean Films helps 'break the sound barrier'

  02-06-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Vancouver Festival of Ocean Films
  Sunday, June 4, 3-10 p.m. | Vancity Theatre, 1181 Seymour St.
  Tickets | $15-$25 at eventbrite.ca
  If you literally dip below the surface on the issue of the marine environment, you’ll understand there is a massive sound-pollution problem.
  Propeller noise, naval sonar testing, oil-company exploration explosions, cruise ships are all causing a cetacean-killing clamour.
  Directed by Daniel Hinerfeld of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the
  
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• Town Talk: Canadian Club honours Grace McCarthy and other distinguished citizens

  02-06-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Supreme Court of Canada Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin and B.C. Lt.-Gov. Judith Guichon attended a Canadian Club luncheon.
  VISIONS WE HAVE FOUND: Beverley McLachlin’s judicial career has led her from the Vancouver County Court to chief justice of the B.C. Supreme Court to, in 2000, the Supreme Court of Canada. At the Terminal City Club this week, soon-to-be-published novelist McLachlan attended the 20th annual luncheon of the Canadian Club of Vancouver whose president Raymond Greenwood&r
  
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• Balmoral Hotel tenants hit with evacuation order

  02-06-2017 19:59
  
  The City of Vancouver issued an evacuation order to tenants of the Balmoral Hotel on June 2, saying tenants must be out of the building within ten days.
  
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• Victim of Abbotsford homicide identified as 41-year-old resident

  02-06-2017 19:53 via globalnews.ca
  
  The victim of a homicide in Abbotsford earlier this week has now been identified as 41-year-old Nektarios Pardalis. 
  
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• Victoria’s makeover and all things local

  02-06-2017 19:51 via vancouversun.com
  
  If you’re looking for a hip and swanky getaway, maybe with a little splurge, Victoria is the ticket. Sure it’s still retirement central but young Canadians are making an impact. This isn’t the city I remember from a few decades ago, when I’d had enough of the “newly weds and nearly deads” and moved to big sister Vancouver.
  Of course change is inevitable and some people whine about it, but Victoria has changed for the better and I get why people young and old a
  
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• Governments ‘won’t rest’ on opioid crisis: Trudeau

  02-06-2017 19:48 via vancouversun.com
  
  The prime minister says all levels of government must continue to push for “lasting solutions” to the rising opioid epidemic in Canada.
  Justin Trudeau addressed the Federation of Canadian Municipalities Friday in Ottawa.
  
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• No further concessions on Trans Mountain, Kinder Morgan Canada says

  02-06-2017 19:21 via globalnews.ca
  
  Kinder Morgan Canada won't make further concessions on its Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, the company's president said Friday, setting the stage for a showdown with British Columbia's potential government-in-waiting.
  
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• Daily Poll: Is John Horgan getting ahead of himself with Site C?

  02-06-2017 19:20 via vancouversun.com
  
  In Vaughn Palmer’s Thursday column, he detailed how NDP Leader (and perhaps soon-to-be B.C. premier) John Horgan sent a letter Wednesday to B.C. Hydro, asking them not to proceed with Site C construction until a new government is established.
  The $9-billion Site C project is a hydro dam located on the Peace River in northeast B.C. Unlike the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion, the Site C project is under provincial jurisdiction and was approved by the B.C. Liberal government in 2014.
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• Second suspected arson at same north Okanagan home

  02-06-2017 19:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  "This was an extremely hot fire, causing heat damage to a pick-up truck parked nearby and charring to a fence."
  
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• Greater Vancouver home sales return to almost record levels in May

  02-06-2017 19:06 via vancouversun.com
  
  Avocado toast be damned. Home sales bounced back to nearly record levels across the Greater Vancouver area in May, according to the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver’s latest numbers.
  Residential home sales hit 4,364 last month, just 8.5 per cent down from May 2016, which saw an all-time record 4,769 homes sold. It was also an increase of 22.8 per cent over April 2017, when 3,553 homes sold.
  The numbers shared Friday note that May 2017 was 23.7 per cent above the 10-year May sales ave
  
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• This Just In: Joico Blonde Life Brightening Masque, Chanel Ombre Premiere Eyeshadow Cream and SMD Cosmetics Inhyunjin collection

  02-06-2017 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  
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  Blonde Life Brightening Masque
  They say: To help with the high maintenance of a blond mane, Joico says it delivers a product specially formulated to keep the horrible Bs (brassiness, brittleness and breakage) at bay.
  We say: This masque is a moisturizing machine. Our tester’s hair, thanks to an abundance of beachy blond highlights and its natural curl, is as dry as an Arizona acreage. Top-notch conditioners are the only way she can combat the frizz, and this masque liv
  
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• Fab 5: Let the sun shine

  02-06-2017 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Have you heard? Besides being harmful to our eyes, a few studies have now shown that blue light — as in, the light that our cellphones emit — may also give off infrared radiation, which could have harmful, aging effects on the skin. Eek! The verdict’s still out on the exact impact of blue light, but it’s more reason than ever to make sure you’re well-armed with a good SPF. Here are five of our must-haves.
  BANANA SPLIT
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• No further concessions on Trans Mountain pipeline, Kinder Morgan Canada president says

  02-06-2017 18:49 via vancouversun.com
  
  TORONTO — Kinder Morgan Canada won’t make further concessions on its Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, the company’s president said Friday, setting the stage for a showdown with British Columbia’s potential government-in-waiting.
  Ian Anderson said he is willing to meet with the provincial NDP and Greens, who have vowed to immediately stop the $7.4-billion development should they oust the Liberals from power.
  But moments after toasting Kinder Morgan Canada’s debut e
  
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• Flood threat critical at Penticton area housing development

  02-06-2017 18:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  "The wall is holding but the water level is quickly approaching the spillover point on parts of the structure."
  
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• YWCA Women of Distinction award gala raises more than $192K

  02-06-2017 18:37 via vancouversun.com
  
  More than $192,000 was raised this week at the 2017 YWCA Women of Distinction Awards.
  As part of the evening’s festivities on Tuesday at the Vancouver Convention Centre, a number of women were honoured for their contributions and achievements in various fields. Some 1,500 guests and volunteers were in attendance.
  This year’s recipients included:
  • Arts, Culture & Design: Kathleen Bartels, director of the Vancouver Art Gallery
  • Business & the Professions: Anne Stewa
  
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• Conversations That Matter: Did we miss out on Asia?

  02-06-2017 18:30 via vancouversun.com
  
  This week’s Conversation That Matters features Stewart Beck of the Asia Pacific Foundation on the opportunities that Donald Trump’s isolationist and anti-trade rhetoric aimed at Asia present to Canada.
  Did we squander the endowment that was created in 1970 by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau when Canada was the first western nation to recognize the government of the People’s Republic of China?
  Many experts believe Canada relied too heavily on our relationship with the&nb
  
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• Spike in crow attacks in Vancouver’s west end

  02-06-2017 18:18 via globalnews.ca
  
  The odd crow attack is nothing new around Vancouver but there has been a major spike in close calls in the west end.
  
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• Movie reviews: Wonder Woman, Land of Mine

  02-06-2017 17:22 via globalnews.ca
  
  Dana Gee tells us whether Wonder Woman lives up to the hype and takes a look at the other movies opening this weekend.
  
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• BCAA Play Here Finalist: Eric J. Dunn Elementary School

  02-06-2017 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, Eric J. Dunn Elementary School in Port Alberni.
  
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• Metro Vancouver home sales heat up in May

  02-06-2017 16:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says home sales across the region returned to near record levels in May.
  
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• John Horgan urges BC Hydro not to finalize Site C deals

  02-06-2017 16:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  BC NDP Leader John Horgan appears to be taking the first steps to address the controversial Site C Dam project.
  
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• Condos, townhomes hottest sellers in Metro Vancouver: real estate board

  02-06-2017 16:34
  
  The board says residential property sales totalled 4,364 in May, a leap of 22.8 per cent over the 3,553 homes sold one month earlier.
  
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• The Morning Skate, June 2: The Lions are benefiting from the NFL’s dopey doping policy

  02-06-2017 15:08 via theprovince.com
  
  Drug policy? What drug policy?
  The B.C. Lions are benefiting from the NFL’s super rigid marijuana policy.
  Ed Willes talked to Korey Banks to get the dope on dope:
  In a phone interview, former Lions defensive back Korey Banks estimated 40 per cent of his teammates used marijuana when he was playing. While it’s difficult to know if that number is accurate, it doesn’t sound exaggerated.
  “Guys used it for different reasons,” Banks said from Ft. Lauderdale. “To rel
  
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• West End neighbourhood being warned about crow attacks

  02-06-2017 15:03 via globalnews.ca
  
  Reporter Jordan Armstrong is in the West End of Vancouver this morning where residents have seen a spike in crow attacks. If you get attacked, what should you do?
  
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• Five Things to Know: Balmoral tenants stage sit-in, Horgan says halt, B.C. has very good dogs

  02-06-2017 14:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Balmoral residents stormed City Hall, John Horgan told B.C. Hydro to hold off on finalizing Site C contracts, and two B.C. terriers win SPCA courage awards.
  Here are five things you need to know:  
  Balmoral tenants stage City Hall sit-in
  More like sitty hall, am I right? (I’m not right. I’ll move on.)
  Tenants of the Downtown Eastside’s dilapidated Balmoral Hotel, whose plight was covered in The Vancouver Sun earlier this week, stormed City Hall and staged a sit-in out
  
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• Dana Larsen: It's Time To End Vancouver's Wasteful War On Weed For Good

  02-06-2017 13:12
  
  While newspapers fall over themselves to be scandalized by 100 grand going towards policing 4/20 once a year, they are silent about the much bigger expense of fighting the pointless war against cannabis. The fact is that Vancouver's cannabis activists have saved the city many millions of dollars over the years. Read more: Cannabis, 420, Vancouver, Dana Larsen, Policing, Blog, Marijuana, Marijuana Dispensaries, Vancouver 420, Vancouver Marijuana, War on Drugs,Canada British Columbia News
  
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• What’s hot in home décor for summer 2017?

  02-06-2017 09:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Keeping up with the trends and best new looks when it comes to your home can be as daunting as following the ever-changing face of fashion. What’s hot? What’s not? Home décor style moves quickly, so keeping current can be challenging. Always on top of all the hottest home decor trends, we sat down with La-Z-Boy design expert Debbie Heal to chat about new looks, colours, textures and more.
  Q: In the 90s it was all about monochromatic palettes like beige, taupe, and cream.
  
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• Head of the Class Revisited: 2012 honouree reaching new heights thanks to dogged determination

  02-06-2017 09:00 via theprovince.com
  
  From the moment he first graced the pages of The Province as a member of Subway’s 2012 Head of the Class as one of our student-athlete valedictorians, the graduate of Chilliwack’s G.W. Graham Secondary seemed to so succinctly define the connective relevance between excellence in athletics and academics.
  “Beyond the fact that exercise, in and of itself, is helpful for any academic pursuit, it’s about the attitude with which I approach running and the attitude with which I
  
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• Crow attacks in Vancouver

  02-06-2017 08:22 via globalnews.ca
  
  Thu, Jun 1: Their eggs have hatched, and aggressive crows have been swooping down on people in Vancouver, especially in the West End. Catherine Urquhart tells us about a new map, showing people where it’s happening.
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Witness describes trying to save Jon Bacon

  02-06-2017 07:56 via vancouversun.com
  
  There was more stunning testimony at the trial of Jujhar Khun-Khun, Jason McBride and Michel Jones Thursday. Hearing Vaughn Smeltzer, a Penticton man who ran towards the hotel to help the wounded, was really remarkable. 
  He tried his best to save Jonathan Bacon and probably prolonged the Red Scorpion gangster’s life for an extra half an hour. But despite his valiant efforts, Bacon died.
  The trial is now adjourned until Monday. I will be covering it live for another week and hope to re
  
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• Kelowna hosts national tenpin youth championships

  02-06-2017 07:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  Eight teams of bowlers, ages 10-22, are representing seven provinces.
  
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• The Happenings: Three things to do in Vancouver on Friday, June 2

  02-06-2017 07:04 via vancouversun.com
  
  Looking for something to do in Metro Vancouver? Here are three suggestions for Friday, June 2.
  Lord of the Schwings: A Tolkien Burlesque Night
  I’m a sucker for the Geekenders’ nerdy, body-positive burlesque parodies, so I wasn’t going to let their latest production pass without comment. Fresh off last month’s Star Wars-themed show, The Empire Strips Back, the troupe heads to Middle Earth for this month’s event. If you’ve ever wanted to see Gandalf the Grey bec
  
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• UFC 212: Aldo vs. Holloway Punch Drunk Predictions

  02-06-2017 07:01 via theprovince.com
  
  Saturday’s UFC pay-per-view from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is one of those events that, when taken in its totality, lands in the C+ to B- range.
  It’s an international pay-per-view, which means a ton of fighters from the host region – in this case, Brazil – and no real need to stack the deck with serious names or pivotal match-ups because the building will be packed from the jump and having a featherweight championship fight in the main event is automatically going to keep th
  
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