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• 46 things to do in Metro Vancouver on Sunday, June 11 - Straight.com (blog)

  10-06-2017 23:04 via straight.com
  
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  46 things to do in Metro Vancouver on Sunday, June 11
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  Looking for something to do on Sunday? The Straight's got you covered. Here are 46 events happening in or around Vancouver on Sunday, June 11. CONCERTS. The Rogue Folk Club presents world-eclectic multi-instrumentalist David Lindley at St. James ...
  
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• Search continue for private plane missing on flight to Kamloops

  10-06-2017 22:47 via vancouversun.com
  
  The search is continuing for a light aircraft that disappeared Thursday somewhere between Cranbrook and Kamloops.
  A man and a woman were on the four-seater plane which had departed from Lethbridge, Alta, and landed in Cranbrook to refuel, Cranbrook RCMP said in a news release.
  Alex Simons, 21, of Kamloops and Sidney Robillard, 24, of Lethbridge, Alberta, were expected to arrive in Kamloops at 4 p.m. Thursday.
  Their Piper Warrior aircraft, call letters C-GDTK, left Cranbrook around 3 p.m. that da
  
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• REAL SCOOP: IHIT investigating Langley slaying - Vancouver Sun (blog)

  10-06-2017 22:22 via vancouversun.com
  
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  REAL SCOOP: IHIT investigating Langley slaying
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  Langley RCMP and IHIT investigators at the scene of a fatal overnight shooting at the Browns Social House on 200th Street in Langley, BC, Saturday, June 10, 2017. One man was killed and another taken to hospital. Jason Payne / PNG. Share Adjust ...
  Dinner out turns terrifying for patrons who witnessed Langley shootingCTV Newsall 16 news articles »
  
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• REAL SCOOP: IHIT investigating Langley slaying

  10-06-2017 22:21 via vancouversun.com
  
  Homicide investigators are probing a targeted murder at a popular Langley restaurant.
  The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says a man was killed and a second wounded at the Browns’ Socialhouse at 200th Avenue and the Langley Bypass near Willowbrook Mall.
  Police were called to the scene just before midnight Friday.
  Here’s my colleague’s story:
  If I learn more today, I will try to update this post.
   
  
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• Transit Police nab suspect wanted in alleged February sex assault

  10-06-2017 22:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  A man who was seen causing a disturbance at the Waterfront SeaBus terminal earlier this week was nabbed by Transit Police.
  
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• Recipe: ‘Almost’ mac and cheese

  10-06-2017 22:11 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alina Bobyleva and Colin Medhurst of The Juice Truck share a recipe for "almost" macaroni and cheese.
  
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• Union Gospel Mission wilderness program helps men overcome addiction

  10-06-2017 21:44 via vancouversun.com
  
  GARIBALDI PROVINCIAL PARK — Looking out on Cheakamus Lake, Tom Sauls recalls how he would often stand at Crab Park in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside and gaze north at the mountains, dreaming of someday escaping homelessness and addiction to find refuge in the wilderness.
  Sauls, 57, would take swigs of strong beer beneath the stars and picture himself climbing the green hills to look down upon the glimmering city. In his mind, Burrard Inlet would finally separate him from the shou
  
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• Arson massacre at Upstairs Lounge

  10-06-2017 21:26
  
  There were no rainbow flags posted on Facebook.
  
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• Sex assault suspect arrested following Tuesday morning SeaBus terminal standoff

  10-06-2017 21:18 via vancouversun.com
  
  A man who allegedly sexually assaulted a woman and then tried to grab her daughter in a February 2017 incident has been arrested.
  On Tuesday morning, Transit Police were called to the downtown Vancouver Waterfront Station SeaBus terminal for the report of a man yelling and waving a stick around.
  “As police arrived, the man entered a restricted area that consisted of a narrow cat-walk, one to two meters above sea level,” read a media release by Transit Police.
  SeaBus traffic was halte
  
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• Jeff Paterson: Blink, and your shot at the Stanley Cup is gone

  10-06-2017 21:00 via theprovince.com
  
  A tweet from hockey writer and statistical analyst Tyler Dellow earlier in the week got me thinking. Dellow posted to social media: “Good way to realize how hard it is to get to the final is to go back and look at a team that lost and count the players who get another shot.” I decided to take him up on that offer and examine the post-season histories of the 20 players in uniform for the Vancouver Canucks on the night of June 15, 2011.
  While head coach Alain Vigneault returned to the
  
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• B.C. Lions cut quarterback Price, leaving third-string pivot job to newcomer Ross

  10-06-2017 20:30 via theprovince.com
  
  The B.C. Lions cut 12 players Saturday morning, including quarterback Keith Price, who was last year’s third-string pivot.
  Newcomer Alex Ross, a 24-year-old Coastal Carolina product, is the lone quarterback left on the roster after Jonathon Jennings and Travis Lulay.
  Ross did get some NFL interest, including a tryout with the Atlanta Falcons.
  In January, Lions GM and coach Wally Buono gave this scouting report on Ross to our Mike Beamish: “He’s not big. And he’s prob
  
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• Weekend Poll: Are you prepared to care for your aging parents?

  10-06-2017 19:33 via vancouversun.com
  
  These are the bruises left on Patricia Craven’s wrists that her son alleges came from being forcibly restrained by hospital security at St. Paul’s Hospital on Monday.
  This week, we heard from Aaron Craven, a local Vancouver man whose mom was admitted to St. Paul’s Hospital this week to stabilize her Alzheimer’s medication.
  The treatment she received, however, may have been less than ideal. Craven alleges hospital security restrained her and stripped her naked after she be
  
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• Small Town BC: Cultus Lake

  10-06-2017 19:29 via globalnews.ca
  
  Mon, Sep 19: Michael Kuss features one of British Columbia’s scenic small towns.
  
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• Saturday Chef: Dairy-free mac and cheese

  10-06-2017 19:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Juice Truck’s Chef Alina Bobyleva and cookbook co-author Colin Medhurst show Lynn Colliar and Shanel Pratap how to make their ‘Almost mac and cheese’ recipe, a plant-based dish that is creamy and packed full of flavour.
  
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• Reigning Olympic trampoline champion Rosie MacLennan

  10-06-2017 19:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  Sat, Jun 10: Two-time Olympic gold medalist Rosie MacLennan is weighing another run at the podium in 2020. This year the 28 year old is touring Canada for the country’s 150th birthday, encouraging young people to get outside and try new activities.
  
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• Gardenworks: Succulents

  10-06-2017 19:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  Succulents can thrive outside during the warm summer months, then move inside in the fall. As gardening expert Leanne Johnson explains, the plants are easy to care for and do not require much soil or space to grow.
  
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• Top fashion trends for summer 2017

  10-06-2017 19:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  Sat, Jun 10: Update your wardrobe for summer. Metropolis at Metrotown Stylist Hayley Hudson shows off four of the top trends for the season: metallics, deconstructed shirts and trench coats.
  
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• Open House: Steam ovens

  10-06-2017 19:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  Sat, Jun 10: Steam ovens are the hottest new appliance for both aspiring and professional chefs. In Open House, Kaitlyn Herbst checks out how they work with help from The Dirty Apron’s Chef David Robertson.
  
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• Makeover: Gearing up for summer

  10-06-2017 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Diane Sorochuk is a 23-year-old teacher and vice principal. She is gearing up for a trip and wanted style update for summer.
  Diane has medium textured and slightly wavy hair. It was previously lightened and she is ready to go little brighter for the summer. To lighten her overall colour, I applied very fine weave-foil highlights round her hairline and did some customized hair painting for a ribbonlike colour effect. To colour balance her highlights, I used a warm-golden blond tone to compliment
  
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• Beauty Bar: ATTITUDE Super Leaves Science collection

  10-06-2017 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  What it is: A collection of body care products including shower gels, shampoos, conditioners and more that harnesses the power of “super leaves” — primarily Watercress and Indian cress leaves. 
  The natural ingredients are reportedly known for the “regenerative properties” and are also high in vitamins and minerals to nourish skin.
  The Canadian brand’s collection of products also targets a buzzy topic in the beauty world at the moment: environmen
  
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• One dead, one in hospital following Friday night shooting outside Langley restaurant

  10-06-2017 18:10 via vancouversun.com
  
  One man is dead and another is in hospital following a Friday night shooting in Langley.
  According to RCMP, reports of a possible shooting were received just before midnight. Police who arrived to the Brown’s Socialhouse located near Willowbrook Mall found one man suffering gunshot wounds and another man already dead in the parking lot outside the restaurant.
  The surviving victim was taken to hospital but no further updates on his condition have been released.
  It’s unclear whether th
  
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• Transforming studio living: MIT startup brings robotic furniture to Vancouver - CBC.ca

  10-06-2017 17:01 via cbc.ca
  
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  Transforming studio living: MIT startup brings robotic furniture to Vancouver
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  Imagine a bedroom that, with a touch of a button, morphs into a living room. Push another button and it becomes a kitchen, a gym or an office. It may sound like science fiction but Ori Systems, a startup out of MIT, is bringing the robotic furniture ...
  
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• Ed Willes: Travis Lulay savours the time he has left

  10-06-2017 17:00 via theprovince.com
  
  KAMLOOPS — The other day, Travis Lulay glanced up from the sweat and misery of two-a-days and saw his old teammates, Bobby Singh and Sherko Haji-Rasouli, taking in the Lions’ training camp.
  They looked tanned and relaxed. They looked pain- and stress-free. Lulay, who was none of those things, was about to say, ‘Hey look, there’s Bobby and Sherko.’ Then he realized those names didn’t mean a lot to 95 per cent of the players at Lions camp.
  “I’m the o
  
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• Sold (Bought): West Van home attracts considerable attention

  10-06-2017 16:09 via vancouversun.com
  
  4 — 1786 Esquimalt Avenue, West Vancouver
  Type: Three-bedroom, three-bathroom townhouse
  Size: 1,660 sq. ft.
  BC Assessment: $1,103,000
  Listed for: $1,088,000
  Sold for: $1,320,000
  Sold on: April 2
  Days on market: Five
  Listing agent: Stan van Woerkens at RE/MAX Crest Realty
  Buyers agent: Shannon McNulty at RE/MAX Real Estate Services
  The big sell: Listing agent Stan van Woerkens reports that 115 interested parties attended the open houses for a three-level townhome, which has the largest floo
  
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• Westbank's Joyce to bring a striking design to its neighbourhood

  10-06-2017 15:42 via vancouversun.com
  
  A planned 30-storey tower next to Vancouver’s Joyce-Collingwood SkyTrain station will feature ways of accommodating families that are sure to be high profile — quite literally.
  Instead of penthouse units, the top floor of Westbank’s striking Joyce highrise will be a public space for residents. The “rooftop learning and activity lounge,” as Westbank calls it, will include a library space, a music room and private study rooms that will include a tutor who will come in
  
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• The Bowker Collection a nod to its Oak Bay neighbourhood

  10-06-2017 15:29 via vancouversun.com
  
  It’s back to the future for the Bowker Collection, Abstract Developments’ new project in Oak Bay, one of Western Canada’s oldest municipalities.
  The Bowker Collection’s rusticated brick facade is a nod to the historic neighbourhood, while the solar-ready building and an electric car for residents are forward-looking elements of the four-storey development, the first residential multi-family mixed use project approved by the District of Oak Bay in more than a decade.
  Peter
  
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• Victoria actor Emily Piggford being rewarded for her love of work

  10-06-2017 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Victoria actor Emily Piggford first came to attention with her work in Impulse Theatre. The movement-based performance company known for site specific works was started by her former classmate Andrew Barrett. She toured Toronto with the company for the Summerworks Festival five and a half years ago. At the urging of her agent, she stuck around. It was a good move, and she hastily set about establishing a busy career.
  Piggford has gone on to work in such varied series as Netflix’s Eli Roth-
  
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• The Home Front: Home furnishings to match the beautiful outdoors

  10-06-2017 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  It’s hard to beat nature when it comes to beauty, but some designers are doing a pretty good job at complementing it through home decor and furnishings that accessorize outdoor living and entertaining.
  The Sun caught up with two designers whose products encourage us to spend more time in our backyards, on our porches and patios.
  Sandy Chilewich launched her innovative textiles company, Chilewich, in 2000, believing the woven vinyl material traditionally used for outdoor furniture upholster
  
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• Style Q&A: Arc’teryx sets up shop on Burrard Street

  10-06-2017 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Vancouver has long been a mecca of outdoor beauty, outdoor adventure – and outdoor clothing.
  And one brand that’s boosting the locale’s latter element is Arc’teryx. The North Vancouver-based business has been at the forefront of technical outwear and apparel design since its start in 1989. Now, they’re set to expand their foothold in their hometown with a new location on Burrard Street. 
  Megan Cheesbrough, the brand’s director of global retail chatted wit
  
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• Opinion: Cetaceans do not belong in aquariums

  10-06-2017 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  It is perfectly legitimate to debate the ongoing relevance of established democratic institutions, and I — as an elected Vancouver park board commissioner — welcome constructive criticism of our deliberations and decisions.
  To suggest, however, as The Vancouver Sun has done in a recent editorial, that the park board be abolished because of its recent vote to expand the ban on displaying cetaceans in Stanley Park is to ignore mounting public, scientific and ethical considerations.
  For
  
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• Living legend Bonnie Raitt slides into Vancouver

  10-06-2017 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Bonnie Raitt
  June 19, 8 p.m. | Queen Elizabeth Theatre
  Tickets and info: From $79.50 at Ticketmaster.caBonnie Raitt wants to set the record straight. It seems somewhat unnecessary. When you have 10 Grammy Awards lined up in a row on your mantle and your most recent album Dig In Deep debuted at #10 on the Billboard Album Charts, does it matter if you get called a blues woman, folk rocker or roots artist or not?
  “My thing is probably as much R&B as it is blues or rock ‘n’ rol
  
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• Five Things to Know: Balmoral residents get alternate housing, Kamloops couple's plane disappears

  10-06-2017 14:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Housing units have been secured for displaced residents of the Balmoral, a small plane carrying two has disappeared en route to Kamloops, and a Vancouver man’s murder trial took a turn when the court heard a tape of him confessing to stabbing his brother. Here are five things you need to know:
  Balmoral Hotel residents get alternate housing
  A joint effort by the city and B.C. Housing secured 131 permanent housing units for the soon-to-be displaced tenants of the Balmoral Hotel, reports Post
  
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• One man dead, another in hospital after Langley shooting

  10-06-2017 11:34 via globalnews.ca
  
  Langley RCMP are investigating after a shooting in a restaurant parking lot.
  
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• Langley RCMP investigating after brazen shooting outside restaurant

  10-06-2017 11:34 via globalnews.ca
  
  Langley RCMP are investigating after a shooting in a restaurant parking lot.
  
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• This just in: Body Shop Almond Milk & amp; Honey, La Prairie White Caviar Illuminating Pearl Infusion and bareMinerals Brilliant Future Age Defense and Renew Face Serum

  10-06-2017 10:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  The Body Shop
  Almond Milk & Honey Soothing & Restoring Body Butter
  They say: The new line of Almond Milk and Honey Body Care products has been “lovingly formulated for sensitive dry skin.”  Enriched with essential oils this body butter will deliver two days of moisture.
  We say: Body Shop’s body butters are always a smooth, non-sticky delight and this one is no different. Our tester liked the quick-absorbing, very lightly scented, vegetarian, colourant-fre
  
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• Missing Plane

  10-06-2017 09:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  Fri, Jun 9: In the rugged and mountaineous terrain of BC’s interior, officials confirm a plane has gone missing between Cranbrook and Kamloops with two people on board. Catherine Urquhart reports.
  
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• Semi collision claims life near Westwold, B.C.

  10-06-2017 07:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  RCMP say one person has died following a collision between a transport and a vehicle Friday afternoon in Westwold, between Kamloops and Vernon. The crash on Highway 97 shut down the route for more than four hours. The transport driver sustained minor injuries, but the driver and sole occupant of the car died at the...
  
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• Public services need public scrutiny to protect public interest

  10-06-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  The federal government’s new infrastructure bank has become increasingly controversial over the last few months. Studies have suggested the bank’s projects will be expensive and slow to advance. The high-priced developments will likely be out of range for all but the largest municipalities.
  However, little attention has been paid so far to what is perhaps the biggest reason for controversy: The lack of public transparency about the public-private partnerships the bank will support.
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• Opinion: Stop Victoria spewing sewage into sea

  10-06-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Green party Leader Andrew Weaver is trying to shut down the wrong pipeline. He laments the potential environmental threat of the proposed Kinder Morgan pipeline while right on his doorstep the City of Victoria actually allows millions of tonnes of raw sewage to be pumped into the sea.
  Victoria pumps the equivalent of a tankerload of raw sewage into the ocean on a daily basis and this has been going on for decades. Where has Weaver been on this issue? Where are all the Green protesters? Why has t
  
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• Opinion: Farmland speculation: The buck stops with municipal politicians

  10-06-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  In his May 26 article, Postmedia reporter Sam Cooper noted that the B.C. government’s decision to exempt farmland from the 15-per-cent foreign buyers tax is fuelling runaway speculation on property in the Agricultural Land Reserve.
  He also noted that several other provincially sponsored tax breaks have been contributing to an agricultural land rush in the Metro Vancouver area — lower property taxes on farmland that meets minimal production levels, a 50-per-cent break on school and tr
  
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• Canada 150: Dan George, a North Shore native chief who became a Hollywood star

  10-06-2017 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.
  On July 1, 1967, Chief Dan George was invited to speak at a giant celebration at Empire Stadium marking the 100th anniversary of Confederation.
  He stunned the crowd of 32,000 with a lament for the loss of the native way of life across Canada.
  “In the long hundred years since the white man came, I have seen my freedom disappear like the salmon going mysteriously
  
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• Adopt-a-school can help kids thanks to readers and supporters

  10-06-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  The Vancouver Sun’s Adopt-A-School program has so far this year sent more than $623,000 to 85 schools across the province to feed hungry children and ensure they are properly clothed.
  Since it began in 2011 the program has raised close to $4 million to help teachers and principals struggling — with few resources — to deal with the effects of poverty in the classroom.
  Many children arrive at school hungry without having breakfast and with no food to get them through the day and
  
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• Family says missing pilot had little experience

  10-06-2017 06:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  As the search continues for a small plane missing in the B.C. Southern Interior, Global News is learning more about the pilot. Jonathan Simons said Alex Simons had under nine months experience. Alex Simons and his girlfriend Sidney Robillard flew from Lethbridge to Cranbrook Thursday, where they stopped for gas. They took off for Kamloops...
  
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• UFC Auckland: Lewis vs. Hunt Punch Drunk Predictions

  10-06-2017 06:39 via theprovince.com
  
  While I’m not particularly fond of six-fight main cards and FS1 pacing, Saturday’s UFC event from Auckland, New Zealand, is actually sneaky good if you’re not hung up on names and simply embracing seeing competitive, entertaining fights.
  With Derrick Lewis and Mark Hunt scheduled to trade heavy artillery in the main event, the night should end in emphatic fashion, and before we get there, some veteran stalwarts and blue-collared middle tier talent will throw down.
  The quest to
  
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• Search underway after private plane carrying two fails to arrive in Kamloops

  10-06-2017 05:39 via vancouversun.com
  
  A private four-seater airplane travelling from Lethbridge to Kamloops has gone missing with a man and woman aboard, according to a release from Cranbrook RCMP.
  Alex Simons, 21, and Sidney Robillard, 24, both of Kamloops, were expected to arrive in Kamloops at 4 p.m. Thursday, but never did so.
  Their Piper Warrior aircraft, whose call letters are CGDTK, was last seen stopping for fuel in Cranbrook around 3 p.m. that day. There has been no contact with anyone on the plane.
  Crews from CFB Comox beg
  
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• Global News Hour at 6: Jun 9

  10-06-2017 05:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  Watch Global News Hour at 6 with Chris Gailus and Sophie Lui for Friday, June 9, 2017.
  
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• Taking tropicals outdoors takes some adjusting

  10-06-2017 05:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  At this time of year when we tend to spend many more hours outdoors, more folks are creating a tropical living space on their decks and patios.
  It’s a fun trend and today there is a wide selection of tropical plants that are relatively easy-to-care-for and love the sun and warmer summer weather.
  The only caution is the need for acclimatization. Most of these plants have either been grown in warm greenhouses or are recent arrivals from Florida and-or California.
  No matter which tropical pla
  
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• Vancouver Island activists call out federal government over Canada’s refugee backlog

  10-06-2017 04:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  A Vancouver Island group is among many across the country upset because the Syrian families they've raised thousands of dollars to sponsor and bring to Canada are still stuck overseas.
  
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• Yoghurt recall in Canada

  10-06-2017 04:18 via globalnews.ca
  
  Today’s Global News Hour at 6 Health Matters is brought to you by Pharmasave.
  
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• BC Evening Weather Forecast: Jun 9

  10-06-2017 04:18 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Friday, June 9, 2017 evening weather forecast for Vancouver, British Columbia and the surrounding area.
  
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