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• Report: Whitecaps make big offer to sign Canadian veteran Atiba Hutchinson

  19-06-2017 23:28 via theprovince.com
  
  Turkish media are suggesting the Whitecaps’ long-dreamed-of signing of Atiba Hutchinson is nearing reality.
  According to Turkish news site Haber 3, the Caps have offered Hutchinson’s club Beskitas a US$5 million transfer fee. Haber says the team is getting the support of MLS in covering the large fee, which would far exceed the Whitecaps’ previous record payment.
  West Ham bid a similar amount for Hutchinson a year ago, but were turned down.
  Hutchinson, 35, has one year left on
  
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• Donations for Chrissy Archibald continue to pour in with #ChrissySentMe effort

  19-06-2017 23:21 via globalnews.ca
  
  Family of Chrissy Archibald have organized a food drive at Calgary's Nose Creek School in her memory.
  
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• More tickets released to meet demand for final skate at Surrey roller rink

  19-06-2017 23:06 via vancouversun.com
  
  SURREY — Additional tickets are being made available for the popular final skating sessions at the old Stardust roller rink site in Surrey.
  Weststone Group, the developer that now owns the property at 102nd Avenue and City Parkway in Whalley, wants to “pay tribute” to Stardust by hosting the series of skates before the building is demolished to make way for a 50-storey education centre.
  Four skate times will take place on Saturday, July 8 at Central City Arena, as the rink has
  
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• BC Liberal MLA says he turned down NDP-Green speaker offer three times

  19-06-2017 22:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  One Liberal MLA says the NDP-Green alliance has offered him the speaker's job three times.
  
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• Domestic assault charge stayed against Whitecap Sheanon Williams

  19-06-2017 22:46 via vancouversun.com
  
  Sheanon Williams’ legal troubles are on hold for the time being.
  The Whitecaps fullback made a court appearance on Thursday when he was charged with assault in relation to a domestic dispute. Major League Soccer suspended him pending the outcome of both their own and police investigations, a move the team supported.
  On Monday, the charges were stayed by the Crown. Prosecutors won’t pursue the case at this time, but they have a year to re-file charges.
  A publication ban has been impos
  
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• Domestic assault charge against Whitecaps fullback Sheanon Williams stayed

  19-06-2017 22:35 via theprovince.com
  
  Sheanon Williams’ legal troubles are on hold for the time being.
  The Whitecaps fullback made a court appearance on Thursday when he was charged with assault in relation to a domestic dispute. Major League Soccer suspended him pending the outcome of both their own and police investigations, a move the team supported.
  On Monday, the charges were stayed by the Crown. Prosecutors won’t pursue the case at this time, but they have a year to re-file charges.
  A publication ban has been impos
  
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• Canucks to host draft party at Rogers Arena

  19-06-2017 22:30 via theprovince.com
  
  Don’t want to watch the draft on Friday all by your lonesome?
  Friday’s first round will be shown at The Sportsbar LIVE! from 4 p.m. Doors are at 3 and there’s no cover charge.
  Canucks alumni will be on hand to meet with fans. The team is also hosting contests, giveaways and a draft-themed photo booth.
  Reservations are suggested, the Canucks noted in their press release. Go to sportsbar.ca
   
   
  
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• Critic calls Clark's sudden policy shift 'crass'

  19-06-2017 22:20
  
  Premier Christy Clark will use her throne speech Thursday to call for a ban on union and corporate donations from provincial election campaigns and for welfare rates to be increased by $100 per month — major policy shifts for a B.C. Liberal government that rejected both recommendations during the recent campaign.
  
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• Mild earthquake hits central Vancouver Island

  19-06-2017 22:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.6 has rattled an area of central Vancouver Island.
  
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• Orchestral Hard Rubber meets the road in the Downtown Eastside

  19-06-2017 21:45 via vancouversun.com
  
  Spacious Music at the Atrium
  June 25, July 23, Aug. 27, Sept. 24, 5 p.m. | Woodward’s Atrium (351 Abbott St.)
  Tickets | Free
  John Korsrud, composer and founder/director of the intrepid Hard Rubber Orchestra, has never been afraid of trying out new and sometimes edgy ideas. (Consider his Olympic year project “Ice Age” — new music meets skaters in a hockey arena.)
  He’s at it again this summer with a quartet of events collectively called Spacious Music i
  
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• A celebration of Canadian cuisine with The Dirty Apron

  19-06-2017 21:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  In celebration of Canada Day, the Dirty Apron is holding a special week of Canadian inspired cooking classes. Chef David Robertson tells us more about “Fresh, Local and Wild: Celebrating Canadian cuisine from Coast to Coast.”
  
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• Is an outdoor swimming pool coming to a Vancouver neighbourhood near you?

  19-06-2017 21:27
  
  New outdoor features at Killarney and Britainnia community centres, as well as the Fraser River, will be considered by Vancouver Parks Board June 19
  
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• Jail break: Four out of five bears returned after escaping Langley wildlife facility

  19-06-2017 21:22 via globalnews.ca
  
  A Langley wildlife care facility is missing one young bear cub after the roof of its enclosure collapsed on Sunday afternoon around 4 p.m.
  
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• The Jon McComb Show: New supportive housing offers gateway for kids aging out of care

  19-06-2017 21:18 via globalnews.ca
  
  An innovative new non-profit Surrey housing project is offering hope – and a potential model – for kids aging out of care.
  
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• Dirty Apron’s poached sablefish with buttered crab recipe

  19-06-2017 21:16 via globalnews.ca
  In celebration of Canada Day, the Dirty Apron is holding a special week of Canadian inspired cooking classes. Chef David Robertson shows us how to make poached sablefish with buttered crab.
  
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• Granville Street manslaughter trial begins

  19-06-2017 21:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  A woman charged with manslaughter in connection with a deadly Vancouver nightclub attack in August 2016 made a court appearance today. Jordan Armstrong has the details.
  
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• Seven things to do this week, June 23-29: The Winter's Tale, Brandford Marsalis, Sonics, and more

  19-06-2017 21:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Bard on the Beach: The Winter’s Tale
  Until Sept. 23 | Vanier Park
  Tickets and info: from $21, bardonthebeach.org
  Nothing kicks a story into motion like a seriously jealous king. In William Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale, when King Leontes decides his wife Queen Hermione has been unfaithful with his closest compadre, he pulls out all the stops to mete out punishment. The wheels he sets in motion come back to restore order and good in the world 16 years later. Set in a
  
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• Car swept away in Highway 20 washout

  19-06-2017 21:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  One person was rescued after a major B.C. highway near Williams Lake was washed out.
  
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• Earthquake measuring 4.3 hits Vancouver Island

  19-06-2017 20:48 via vancouversun.com
  
  A 4.3 magnitude earthquake struck Vancouver Island, about 79 kilometers west of Campbell River, Monday morning.
  The quake, which hit at 10:22 a.m, was lightly felt on central Vancouver Island but no damage has been reported and no tsunami is expected, according to Earthquakes Canada.
   
  
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• Magnitude 4.6 quake hits Vancouver Island, no damage reported

  19-06-2017 20:40
  
  Natural Resources Canada says the shaker hit at 10:22 a.m. and was centred 41 kilometres west of Gold River.
  
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• Jenny Banai & Bre McDaniel @ Bez Arts Hub, Langley, BC

  19-06-2017 20:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  Soulful music by singers/song writers Banai & McDaniel. We know you will love Jenny and Bre with their beautiful melodies, artful songwriting and profound perspective. All this blends effortlessly for an unforgettable evening. Limited seating.
  
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• Kelowna teen eyes English Channel after 11-hour swim around Bowen Island

  19-06-2017 20:25 via vancouversun.com
  
  BOWEN ISLAND — It took nearly 11 hours, but a 17-year-old girl from Kelowna, has completed her gruelling goal of swimming around an island off the coast of Vancouver.
  Instead of resting, Emily Epp is now reaching for another milestone — she plans to swim across the English Channel next month and she’s raising thousands of dollars for a children’s hospice in the process.
  “Her dad and I are super proud,” said Cheryl Epp, Emily’s mom. “She blows us aw
  
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• Dermod Travis: B.C.’s shady world of election spending

  19-06-2017 20:18 via theprovince.com
  
  Athletes seek it. Why wouldn’t politicians try and do the same?
  The little things that can help a party gain an edge in a campaign where every vote really did count this time.
  Those edges run the gamut from a sudden desire to visit every region of the province on government business while simultaneously holding party fundraisers to bombarding TV viewers with government ads underscored with “uplifting music.”
  Ever wonder why B.C. political parties need so much cash?
  To see if th
  
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• Vancouver proposes to bisect Strathcona Park with big road

  19-06-2017 20:11 via vancouversun.com
  
  In the 1960s and early ’70s, Strathcona residents bitterly fought the City of Vancouver over a freeway that would have sliced up Union Street all the way to Burnaby.
  The freeway plans were nixed, but one part of the freeway was built — the Georgia Viaduct. And traffic from the viaduct was routed along residential Prior Street, an ongoing sore point between Strathcona residents and the city.
  With the city planning to take the viaduct down and Providence Health Care looking to build a
  
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• B.C. home sales to exceed 100,000 units for third straight year: association

  19-06-2017 19:56 via vancouversun.com
  
  VANCOUVER — The British Columbia Real Estate Association says housing sales in the province are expected to drop 10 per cent in 2017 compared with last year, but it is still predicting a strong year ahead for the industry.
  The association says residential sales should reach 101,000 units this year, down from the 112,200 sold in 2016 but far ahead of the 10-year provincial average of 84,700 units.
  The association expects sales to remain healthy this year, saying demand has mostly shed the e
  
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• Parole review scheduled for B.C. man who raped and murdered three-year-old

  19-06-2017 19:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  A man who raped and murdered a three-year-old girl on the Sunshine Coast more than 30 years ago is up for full parole review.  
  
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• Concert Announcement: A Perfect Circle heading to Pacific Coliseum

  19-06-2017 19:28 via vancouversun.com
  
  2017 is year of Maynard in Vancouver.
  Singer Maynard James Keenan, whose band Tool rocked Rogers Arena on June 15, will be back in town on Nov. 30 when his supergroup A Perfect Circle plays Pacific Coliseum.
  Formed in 1999, A Perfect Circle currently features Keenan, Ashes Divide guitarist Billy Howerdel, former Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha, Puscifer drummer Jeff Friedl and Eagles of Death Metal bassist Matt McJunkins. Past incarnations of A Perfect Circle included members fro
  
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• B.C. home sales to exceed 100K units for third straight year: Report

  19-06-2017 19:21
  
  Economist Cameron Muir says the number of homes for sale has not matched demand, resulting in higher prices for condos and detached houses.
  
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• Five credit card mistakes that can ruin your credit rating

  19-06-2017 19:10 via theprovince.com
  
  Q: My boyfriend and I have recently moved in together and we started talking about how to share the bills. He likes to pay for everything with his credit cards to get points, but he’s also mentioned that some months he has to decide between making all of his payments and buying groceries. I usually pay my bills with cash and only use my credit card for emergencies, so I could help him out by making payments to his cards for my portion of the bills. But in the long run, if he can’t ge
  
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• Lindsay Gordon reappointed chancellor of University of British Columbia

  19-06-2017 19:01 via vancouversun.com
  
   Lindsay Gordon has been reappointed to a second three-year term as chancellor of the University of British Columbia.
  Gordon, the former president and CEO of the HSBC Bank Canada, has served as chancellor since July 2014.
  “During his first term, he has provided leadership in the role of Chancellor, as the chair of the Convocation and a member of the Board of Governors, Senates, and alumni UBC,”  Stuart Belkin, chair of the UBC board of governors, said in a statement.
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• Jobs on the line as U.S. slated to add new softwood lumber duty

  19-06-2017 18:53 via globalnews.ca
  
  It could be a while before Canada and the U.S. reach a new trade agreement, as both sides dig in.
  
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• BC Liberals end ‘real-time’ reporting of political donations

  19-06-2017 18:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  The BC Liberals are ending a program that saw them publicly report political donations ever two weeks.
  
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• Daily Poll: Would you vote differently if B.C. held a snap election?

  19-06-2017 18:21 via vancouversun.com
  
  The B.C. legislature will sit Thursday for the first time since the May 9 B.C. election.
  Premier Christy Clark, who leads a minority government that is expected to be ousted in confidence vote by the NDP/Green Alliance, has recalled the legislature for a throne speech that will feature a number of social reforms, including hikes to welfare and disability rates.
   Clark’s Liberals won the most seats in the May 9 election, but not a majority. It has 43 seats compared to a combined 44 for
  
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• Claire Eccles records first win for Victoria HarbourCats

  19-06-2017 18:11 via theprovince.com
  
  Claire Eccles recorded the win in her first start with the Victoria HarbourCats, giving up two earned runs over three innings in an 11-2 exhibition triumph over the visiting Kitsap BlueJackets on Sunday before a crowd of 2,373 at Royal Athletic Athletic.
  Eccles, 19, a left-hander who became the first woman to take part in a West Coast League game when she came out of the bullpen in a June 7 contest, walked three and struck out one in the seven-inning contest, which was the opener of a doublehead
  
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• Fundraising underway to support child who lost both parents, including gas-and-dash victim Maryam Rashidi

  19-06-2017 18:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  Family members say they will take Ahmad Nourani Shallo's body back to his home country of Iran, but the financial burden is growing.
  
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• Christy Clark to focus on social reforms in B.C. throne speech

  19-06-2017 17:53 via vancouversun.com
  
  VICTORIA – Premier Christy Clark will use what could be her government’s final throne speech Thursday to offer a host of social reforms, including hikes to the welfare and disability rates.
  The Liberal government is expected to announce a $100 increase to monthly social assistance payments, bringing the rate to $710 a month.
  It’s the first rate increase in 10 years, and marks a climb-down for the Clark administration, which has long rejected welfare increases and argued that go
  
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• B.C. teen Emily Epp prepares to swim across English Channel

  19-06-2017 17:53 via globalnews.ca
  
  It took nearly 11 hours, but a 17-year-old girl from Kelowna, B.C., has completed her gruelling goal of swimming around an island off the coast of Vancouver.
  
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• One person OK after wash out on B.C. highway west of Williams Lake

  19-06-2017 17:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  One person needed to be pulled to safety after an early morning wash out along a rural British Columbia highway swept away at least one vehicle.
  
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• Bear escapes wildlife care facility in Langley

  19-06-2017 17:31 via vancouversun.com
  
  Langley’s Critter Care Wildlife Society is missing one bear this morning after it escaped its enclosure and scampered into the woods on Sunday.
  Staff at Critter Care, a rehabilitation centre for injured and orphaned wildlife located at 481 216 Street, say five bears broke out of their enclosure when part of its roof collapsed just after 4 p.m.
  In a Facebook posting, Critter Care says all protocols were followed and conservation officers were notified but only four of the five bears were su
  
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• Car swept away, but one person OK in wash out near Williams Lake

  19-06-2017 17:22 via vancouversun.com
  
  WILLIAMS LAKE — One person needed to be pulled to safety after an early morning wash out along a rural British Columbia highway swept away at least one vehicle.
  A news release from North District RCMP say the wash out occurred just after 3 a.m. on Highway 20, about 25 kilometres west of Williams Lake about 300 kilometres north of Vancouver.
  Rescuers were able to reach one person on a car that had been washed into the rushing water and that person has been taken to hospital for treatment.
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• 70th annual Penticton Peach Festival

  19-06-2017 17:18 via globalnews.ca
  The largest free festival in Western Canada featuring RCAF Snowbirds, Trooper, 5440, Aaron Pritchett, the Powder Blues Band and the largest parade in the B.C. Interior
  
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• Summer camp offers life-changing support for young burn survivors

  19-06-2017 17:05 via theprovince.com
  
  The night before she was to start Grade 11, Clarisse Atwill was making dinner with a deep fryer when the hot oil caught on fire. Her first thought was to get the small appliance outside. As she walked toward her home’s sliding glass door, the dining-room ceiling fan blew the flames right at her.
  Upon arriving at the hospital in Mission, where she lived at the time, the 15-year-old was airlifted to BC Children’s Hospital. There, she was admitted to intensive care for third-degree burn
  
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• Driver who killed teen still on the road; ‘tough pill to swallow,’ mom says

  19-06-2017 17:04 via globalnews.ca
  
  On average, 59 pedestrians and 10 cyclists are killed in B.C. every year after being struck by a motor vehicle.
  
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• Record reviews: Big Boi, Steve Earle, Dogs Do Dream, Ninjaspy and Jennifer Hershman

  19-06-2017 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Big Boi: Boomiverse (Epic/Sony Records):By Album 3, Big Boi’s mix of Atlanta hip hop, Detroit house and other EDM styles with good, old, dirty funk is a template to his solo career. That it also happens to be some of the most-engaging rap being released is a bonus. An album that moves from the looped honky-tonk piano and slurred sleaze of All Night to the ridiculously banging Chocolate (f. Troze) and the almost Daft-Punk-meets-Prince pulse of Freakonomics is destined to appeal to a wide-ra
  
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• Niels Veldhuis and Charles Lammam: Higher taxes and less-competitive economy could be coming to B.C.

  19-06-2017 17:00 via theprovince.com
  
  Amid all the speculation about politics and who will form a government in B.C., it’s easy to lose sight of the real impact of policy changes awaiting British Columbians.
  Take tax policy, for example, which will directly hit the pocketbooks of B.C. residents and have significant ramifications for the provincial economy.
  If an NDP-Green government is formed, average B.C. families would be forced to pay higher taxes and the province would become a much less-attractive place to invest, work an
  
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• Life is cheap: Open season on cyclists in B.C. until laws are changed according to cycling advocates

  19-06-2017 17:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Time after time, careless drivers who killed cyclists are being let off the hook without severe penalties. As Kelly Hayes reports, cycling advocates believe that until the consequences to drivers change, cyclists will be taking their lives into their own hands.
  
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• Letters: Vision has made mess of Vancouver’s West End, reader says

  19-06-2017 17:00 via theprovince.com
  
  Here we go again, Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson bashing the West End. More parking meters, this time eliminating the two-hour zones. We don’t know how this will help with the parking problems, along with the big hike in the cost of the resident permit parking.
  City hall should leave the West End alone. They have done enough damage in the last few years. West of Denman Street was a quiet area until the city blocked off the streets. Chico, Comox and Gilford streets are now
  
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• Car swept away, person rescued in wash out near Williams Lake, B.C.

  19-06-2017 16:43
  
  North District RCMP say the wash out occurred just after 3 a.m. on Highway 20, about 300 kilometres north of Vancouver.
  
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• BC Liberals pledging to raise welfare rates, ban big money in Throne Speech

  19-06-2017 16:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  The BC Liberals are promising an increase to income assistance rates in Thursday's throne speech.
  
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• Sunday night gunfire in Port Coquitlam ends with apparent suicide

  19-06-2017 16:35 via vancouversun.com
  
  An armed police response to reports of gunfire in Port Coquitlam on Sunday night ended with an apparent suicide.
  Coquitlam RCMP and Integrated Lower Mainland Emergency Response Team were called to a home on 2103 Audrey Drive just after 7 p.m. after receiving a report that a distraught man with a gun was firing shots in the air outside his home.The man allegedly fired more shots when the Mounties arrived.
  Emergency response team members later found the man dead behind a vehicle from what was beli
  
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