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• Nolan Baumgartner brings been-there-done-that perspective to Canucks’ coaching staff

  07-06-2017 23:45 via theprovince.com
  
  Nolan Baumgartner didn’t catch the coaching bug by design.
  The new Vancouver Canucks assistant went from sitting on the bench to working behind it when reality and curiosity crossed professional paths. When the 1994 first-round National Hockey League draft pick knew his career was slowly winding down, an opportunity with the Manitoba Moose in the 2008-09 season left a lasting impression on the defenceman, who would play three more seasons.
  And because Baumgartner created the chance, it sai
  
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• Horses head to Surrey Memorial Hospital to visit patient and longtime volunteer

  07-06-2017 23:23 via vancouversun.com
  
  ShelleyLynn Gardner didn’t take ‘neigh’ for an answer once she had made up her mind she was going to grant a patient’s wish.
  Gardner is a rehab assistant at Surrey Memorial Hospital, and volunteers with the engagement radicals team – or “e-rads”, as she calls it.
  “That’s a group of folks who, off the side of their desk, work to change the culture and really increase engagement in the workplace,” said Gardner. 
  “But I like to
  
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• Transit Police Chief Doug LePard hopes to set example, graduates with masters in criminal justice

  07-06-2017 23:19 via vancouversun.com
  
  Chief Doug LePard has built his 36-year-long policing career on protecting and serving – and most recently, expanded that to include studying too.
  LePard, the former deputy chief of the Vancouver Police and the current chief of the Transit Police, graduated Tuesday from the University of the Fraser Valley in Abbotsford with a masters degree in criminal justice. He was also awarded the Governor General’s Gold Medal for his near-perfect 4.23 grade point average.
  “It was great. I
  
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• Canadian Millennials' connections to country, home and family on the wane

  07-06-2017 23:17 via vancouversun.com
  
  Veteran pollster Angus Reid has spent time studying issues that he believes will shape Canada’s future, and his findings on younger Canadians may raise some eyebrows.
  In an interview Wednesday, Reid explained some of the key themes he will discuss in a Thursday speech in Vancouver, on what he calls, “The New Canada.”
  Reid said after combing through polls completed for the Angus Reid Institute on issues such as immigration, family, faith and morality, he was struck mos
  
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• Tana Umaga trips up British and Irish Lions once again

  07-06-2017 23:08 via theprovince.com
  
  AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Tana Umaga once again proved to be a thorn in the side of British and Irish Lions teams when he coached the Auckland-based Blues to a 22-16 win at Eden Park on Wednesday.
  Umaga was captain of the All Blacks team which beat the Lions 3-0 in their most-recent test series in New Zealand in 2005. He played a key part in the defining moment of that series when he and hooker Keven Mealamu tackled Lions captain Brian O’Driscoll in the first test, ruling him out of th
  
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• State funeral for Social Credit first lady Grace McCarthy held today in Vancouver

  07-06-2017 23:06 via vancouversun.com
  
  Legendary B.C. politician Grace McCarthy was honoured with a state funeral Wednesday at Vancouver’s Christ Church Cathedral.
  It was a dramatic service, one worthy of the flamboyant McCarthy.
  Her casket entered the cathedral draped in a Canadian flag, followed by everyone singing O Canada.
  Naturally there was a moving version of Amazing Grace, and heartfelt tributes from Lt.-Gov. Judith Guichon and Premier Christy Clark.Former politician Grace McCarthy's casket arrives #bcpoli .@Roundhouse9
  
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• 5 things about air quality in Metro Vancouver: report

  07-06-2017 23:01
  
  Air quality in the Metro Vancouver region is improving, according to a new report.
  
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• Spa review: Collective Skincare offers a skin reset

  07-06-2017 23:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Collective Skincare
  1268 Pacific Blvd, 778-228-4275
  The Treatment: Tata Harper Total Complexion Reset, $70-$195
  Looking for a summer skin reset that’s plant powered? You may want to head to Yaletown.
  Vancouver-based skin care centre Collective Skin Care, which is located on the second floor of the BeautyMark boutique, recently announced the addition of Tata Harper Total Complexion Reset treatments to its spa menu. 
  Available in two iterations — the&
  
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• Keyboard Kimura: Richmond native Arjan Bhullar’s Octagon debut is now official

  07-06-2017 22:57 via theprovince.com
  
  Arjan Bhullar finally knows when he will step into the Octagon for the first time.
  The 2010 Commonwealth Games gold medalist and 2012 Olympian will put his undefeated record on the line against Luis “KLB” Henrique (10-3, 1 NC; 2-2 UFC) at UFC 216 on Sept. 9 at Rogers Place in Edmonton. UFC representatives confirmed the booking with Province Sports on Wednesday morning.
  Bhullar, the first fighter of South Asian descent to sign with the Ultimate Fighting Championship, has amassed a per
  
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• How much booze can I bring across the border … and other Canadian questions

  07-06-2017 22:56 via vancouversun.com
  
  With summertime nearly here, Canadian visits to the U.S. and other foreign destinations are on the way up.
  Want to bring booze or some other purchase back? The rules are straightforward — but there may still be the occasional surprise. The general rule: the longer you’re away from Canada, the more you can bring back.
  Been away from Canada for less than 24 hours?
  Tough luck. Be ready to declare your purchases and pay duty and taxes on them.
  OK, you made it an overnight trip. Make sure
  
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• Canadian women face showdown in New Zealand ahead of Rugby World Cup

  07-06-2017 22:56 via theprovince.com
  
  Captain Kelly Russell leads a strong Canadian team against top-ranked New Zealand on Friday in a preview of their Women’s Rugby World Cup showdown in August.
  Friday’s match in Wellington, New Zealand, comes on Day 1 of the International Women’s Rugby Series, which features the top three women’s sides in the world plus No. 6 Australia.
  The third-ranked Canadian women face the Black Ferns at Westpac Stadium, known as the Cake Tin for its circular design. Also Friday, No. 2
  
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• B.C. legislature to be recalled June 22

  07-06-2017 22:56
  
  Voters who cast a ballot in the May 9 election will likely find out June 22 which government will lead the province now that Premier Christy Clark has recalled the B.C. legislature.
  
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• Kelowna charter Flair Air purchases ticket vendor NewLeaf

  07-06-2017 22:50 via vancouversun.com
  
  Flair Airlines Ltd., the charter carrier operating the flights behind NewLeaf’s low-price tickets, has now become a national airline after buying out the ticket vendor.
  The Kelowna-based charter aircraft company announced Wednesday it had completed the purchase of all NewLeaf’s assets, and was lauding itself as “Canada’s third national airline.”
  “This announcement makes it officially a national scheduled airline,” explained spokeswoman Julie Remple. &ldq
  
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• The Global Jukebox website continues musical legacy of Alan Lomax

  07-06-2017 22:35 via vancouversun.com
  
  Over more than seven decades American musicologist, author and producer Alan Lomax documented the music of the world. Lomax died in 2002 and now his legacy lives on in a new interactive online database called The Global Jukebox.
  The marvellous musical resource captures no only Lomax’s 18,000-plus field recordings but also draws upon other global archives. 
  Lomax’s recordings such as Blues in the Mississippi Night, interviews like Woody Guthrie’s Dust Bowl Ballads), and Lea
  
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• Horgan says help is on the way for B.C. families needing child care

  07-06-2017 22:35 via vancouversun.com
  
  NDP Leader John Horgan said help is on the way for families grappling with finding affordable quality child care.
  At a news conference at Trout Lake Community Centre in Vancouver on Wednesday, Horgan reiterated his party’s commitment to working towards a $10-a-day child care program.
  He said the first phase of the 10-year plan will be to create 22,000 new spaces over the next three years and train more early childhood educators.
  By the fifth year, there will be 66,000 additional spaces ava
  
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• B.C. Premier Christy Clark to recall legislature June 22 for confidence vote

  07-06-2017 22:27 via vancouversun.com
  
  VICTORIA — Premier Christy Clark’s government has announced she’ll recall the legislature on June 22 for a confidence vote she’s expected to lose, paving the way for the NDP to try to form a government.
  Finance Minister Mike de Jong said Wednesday the legislature will be reconvened for a throne speech.
  “The first order of business in this new parliament will be the election of a speaker,” he said in a statement. “After which, and in the aftermath of a ve
  
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• The Pat-cast: Can you tell the Sedins apart?

  07-06-2017 22:23 via theprovince.com
  
  It’s the Pat-cast with Jeff Paterson and Jason Botchford powered by Eagle Ridge GM.http://media.blubrry.com/theprovincesports/p/archive.org/download/june_7_patcast/june_7_patcast.mp3The boys have a beef with podcast guru and Morning Skater Patrick Johnston. What do they have to do to get some love in the Province Sports daily roundup?
  More importantly, how about the big win for the Trade Tanev crowd? They got some attention from Hockey Night in Canada.
  Of course there’s also disappoi
  
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• British Columbia government to sit June 22

  07-06-2017 22:07
  
  The start of the legislative session is expected to usher in a new minority government in the aftermath of the May 9 election.
  
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• Great Canadian Corolla Road Trip – Tofino

  07-06-2017 21:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  Every great journey has to start somewhere, and for Kristen and Siya, their adventure beings by bear watching and surfing in beautiful Tofino, B.C.
  
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• Meet the new Vancouver Canucks coaching staff

  07-06-2017 20:50 via theprovince.com
  
  While his team on the ice is a work in progress, and will probably be that way for a while, new Vancouver Canucks bench boss Travis Green has put the finishing touches on his eight-man coaching staff.
  Here is a look at the men who will be directing the team into the 2017-18 NHL season.
  TRAVIS GREEN, HEAD COACH
  Travis Green.
  A former skilled centre who played 970 games in the NHL, the 46-year-old Green spent the last four seasons as head coach of the Utica Comets, the Canucks’ American Hock
  
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• Canadian national volleyball team finds new home in Richmond

  07-06-2017 20:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  Wed, Jun 7: Vancouver already hosts a lot of Olympic athletes, summer and winter, who use this as their training base, but a new tenant has arrived at the Richmond oval. The Canadian women’s national volleyball team just moved in, hoping it will help turn around a program that could use a fresh start.
  
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• Okanagan Lake expected to peak next week but don’t let your guard down

  07-06-2017 20:18 via globalnews.ca
  
  As communities throughout the Okanagan continue to fight floodwaters, an end to what seems like the ever-rising Okanagan Lake is now in sight.
  
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• Metro Vancouver Transit Police arrest man on Canada-wide warrant

  07-06-2017 20:14
  
  Richard Linklater has a lengthy criminal history with over 50 convictions including numerous violent offences
  
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• Two men arrested for countless mailbox heists across B.C.

  07-06-2017 20:02
  
  A 28-year-old Maple Ridge man and a 29-year-old Burnaby resident were arrested in connection with break-ins and thefts.
  
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• NDP promise of $10-a-day childcare still in the works: John Horgan

  07-06-2017 19:59
  
  The New Democrats promised to bring in $10-a-day childcare with an investment of $175 million in the 2017-18 fiscal year .
  
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• Strokes cause long-term disabilities in 400K Canadians: report

  07-06-2017 19:55
  
  New study from Heart and Stroke Foundation warns of 'extensive gaps' in services and supports for those impacted.
  
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• First-ever Kamloops Pride Parade planned for August 20th

  07-06-2017 19:55
  
  Parade president says groups working with the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, transgendered, queer and two-spirit communities will get priority for festival booths.
  
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• Niki Reitmayer

  07-06-2017 19:31 via globalnews.ca
  Niki Reitmayer is a contributor on the Jon McComb Show and Traffic Anchor.
  
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• Wine Guy: Pink wine by way of France

  07-06-2017 19:00 via theprovince.com
  
  Last month we looked at a trio of local pink wines, and considering how the rosé season continues in full force (and how a fountain of rosés continue to pass through my tasting glass), it makes sense to highlight another bevy of blush. This time, however, we turn our gaze towards the old school canon of pink wine — to the south of France, where for millennia the myriad shades from bottles of rosé have matched up with Mediterranean sunsets!
  Côté Mas 2016 Ro
  
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• Simi Sara

  07-06-2017 18:52 via globalnews.ca
  Simi Sara is a radio host at CKNW.
  
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• Packed courtroom for verdict in fatal swarming

  07-06-2017 18:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  Wed, Jun 7: The family of a young man who was swarmed and killed in Whistler is not happy about the verdict in the trial of one of the people responsible.
  
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• Delaying Site C dam in B.C. could cost $600M: Clark

  07-06-2017 18:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  Wed, Jun 7: Premier Christy Clark has sent a letter to the BC NDP and the Greens suggesting delaying work on the Site C project in northeast British Columbia could cost taxpayers $600 million.
  
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• Surrey consumption sites set to open

  07-06-2017 18:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  Wed, Jun 7: The City of Surrey has opened its first supervised consumption site, the third in B.C., and the first outside of Vancouver. Grace Ke reports.
  
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• One step closer to mobility pricing

  07-06-2017 18:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  Wed, Jun 7: Metro Vancouver is one step closer to mobility pricing, essentially a use fee for driving on all roads and bridges. As Aaron McArthur reports, the mayor’s council has appointed a commission to figure out how it might work.
  
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• New report says suburbs become unaffordable

  07-06-2017 18:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  Wed, Jun 7: A new report says housing affordability problems are growing faster in some Metro Vancouver suburbs. John Hua tells us where a home is still relatively reasonable.
  
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• NDP leader John Horgan to address the future of child care in B.C.

  07-06-2017 17:38 via vancouversun.com
  
  NDP leader John Horgan is set to make an announcement on the future of child care in B.C.Horgan will be speaking to media at Trout Lake Community Centre at 10 a.m. Wednesday.Child care was one of the issues the NDP campaigned on, included in a platform aimed at easing the pressure on the pocket books of British Columbians.During the campaign, Horgan said the NDP is committed to a $10-a-day child care plan, which will be phased in over a period of 10 years.The plan would cost $1.5 billion a year.
  
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• The Morning Skate, June 7: Welcome, kid.

  07-06-2017 17:15 via theprovince.com
  
  Welcome to Canada, young man.
  Alphonso Davies gave us a great feel-good story during Whitecaps bye week.
  A young man who came with his parents from a refugee camp in Ghana.
  A young man who’s chased his soccer dream. Who got a whole stadium lit up in tribute to him.
  A young man who, proudly, can tell you he is Canadian.
  Well done young man.
  Let’s get skating.
  The Home Team
  — All smiles from Travis Lulay:Visited Carter as patient @BCChildrensHosp in 2015. In remission now, and fu
  
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• State funeral for Social Credit first lady Grace McCarthy takes place today in Vancouver

  07-06-2017 17:12 via vancouversun.com
  
  The state funeral for Grace McCarthy, the first lady of B.C. Social Credit, will take place Wednesday morning in downtown Vancouver.
  She died May 24 at the age of 89 after battling a brain tumour for some time.
  Nicknamed “Amazing Grace” and the “ultimate Socred,” McCarthy helped to revive the Social Credit party after its defeat by the New Democrats in 1972. She was the first female deputy premier in Canada and was regarded as forever optimistic and positive.
  During her t
  
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• Letters: Hospital patients shouldn’t have to pay for parking

  07-06-2017 17:00 via theprovince.com
  
  Last week I had to go to hospital to have an abscess drained. I showed up at 6 p.m. on Saturday and when I arrived I followed the signs to the public parking lot and paid $11.25 for three hours of parking.At 8:30 p.m., with my parking expiring in 30 minutes, I hadn’t even seen a doctor. I couldn’t go out and plug my meter, but I also didn’t want to go out and find my car towed. This, I realized, couldn’t be a unique situation. I suspect there are hundreds, maybe thou
  
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• Abbotsford police arrest man charged with sex offences

  07-06-2017 16:54 via vancouversun.com
  
  Police have arrested a man who was the subject of a public notice in Abbotsford this week.
  Jason Stanley Whitford was arrested Tuesday evening by the Surrey RCMP and the Abbotsford Police Department.
  “The APD would like to thank the Surrey RCMP, the media and numerous concerned citizens for their assistance in this investigation,” said police in a media statement.
  Abbotsford police had advised the public to keep an eye out for Whitford in a notice issued Tuesday.
  Whitford, a 37-year-
  
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• B.C.'s 'Amazing Grace' McCarthy honoured with state funeral

  07-06-2017 16:38
  
  McCarthy was a Social Credit cabinet minister who blazed a trail for women in politics and business.
  
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• Daily Poll: Should construction on Site C be halted while a review takes place?

  07-06-2017 16:23 via vancouversun.com
  
  On Tuesday, Premier Christy Clark traded barbs with B.C. NDP Leader John Horgan over the future of the Site C hydroelectric project.
  The two leaders traded letters, critiquing one another over the handling of the construction, cost and timeline of Site C.
  Horgan – and B.C. Green Leader Andrew Weaver – want to send the project to the B.C. Utilities Commission to be reviewed, claiming the dam will cost the province unnecessary billions if it goes ahead. The nearly $9-billion project wa
  
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• Gasoline delivery service set to launch in Vancouver

  07-06-2017 16:00
  
  San Francisco-based startup Filld is partnering with Car2Go in Vancouver, Portland and Seattle, and hopes to offer its service to consumers soon.
  
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• Incident near UBC briefly closes nearby schools Tuesday

  07-06-2017 15:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  It was a scary situation around the University of British Columbia on Tuesday as several schools were sent into lockdown.
  
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• Man airlifted to hospital following motorcycle crash in Abbotsford

  07-06-2017 15:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  A man remains in hospital this morning after a motorcycle crash in Abbotsford.
  
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• 2 men taken to hospital after trailer catches fire in Surrey

  07-06-2017 14:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  Smoke could be seen billowing out of a trailer at Crestway Bays Mobile Home Park just after 2 a.m.
  
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• Flood and fire seasons converge in Okanagan

  07-06-2017 07:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  Officials are reminding residents that wildfire season has arrived as Okanagan communities anticipate further flooding around local lakes and creeks. “A wet spring and flooding in some areas can make people complacent about forest fires,” the Regional District of the Okanagan-Similkameen (RDOS) said in an information release Tuesday. “High heat, predicted over the next few...
  
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• South Okanagan community under Local State of Emergency

  07-06-2017 07:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  The measure was taken to ensure the flood assistance and response in the community is swift, according to a release from the RDOS.
  
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• Red Wing Resorts under state of emergency

  07-06-2017 07:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Red Wing Resorts near Penticton is under a Local State of Emergency, declared Tuesday evening by the Regional District of the Okanagan Similkameen (RDOS) and the Penticton Indian Band (PIB). The measure was taken to ensure the flood assistance and response in the community is swift, according to a release from the RDOS.
  
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• Canada 150: Chu Lai fought against anti-Chinese discrimination and won

  07-06-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  To mark Canada’s 150th birthday, we are counting down to Canada Day with profiles of 150 noteworthy British Columbians.
  After he died while asleep at home at age 59, the Chinese community in Victoria turned out in huge numbers to say goodbye to one of the country’s pioneers. Chu Lai is not much remembered today, but in his day in the late 19th and early 20th century, he was known for fighting against racism toward Chinese immigrants at a time when it wasn’t popul
  
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