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• Surrey council approves ‘iconic’ highrise project that aims to revitalize Whalley

  27-06-2017 23:53 via vancouversun.com
  
  Redevelopment plans for Whalley’s Flamingo Block are moving ahead after city council approved the application Monday night.
  Council gave third reading to the project described as “innovative” and “critical” to Whalley’s revitalization.
  James Stewart, who has been a lawyer in Surrey for nearly 40 years, told city council that his office in the Gateway tower faces Whalley and that he’s “watched the community evolve, and in some cases deterioriate ove
  
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• Dad collapses after border-guard daughter gets 11 years for letting 182 kg of cocaine into country

  27-06-2017 23:42
  
  Border guard Stefanie McClelland has received an 11-year sentence for letting 182 kilograms of cocaine across the Champlain—St-Bernard-de-Lacolle border.
  
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• YVR president says he's set to take on Jackie Chan

  27-06-2017 23:32 via vancouversun.com
  
  Vancouver International Airport’s newest “airline partner” Hong Kong Airlines is bringing Jackie Chan to town.
  To celebrate the new partnership, the airport’s communications staff has put together a pump-up video featuring Craig Richmond, president and CEO of the Vancouver Airport Authority, prepping to take on Chan. The movie star is a brand ambassador for Hong Kong Airlines.
  “When YVR CEO Craig Richmond finds out Jackie Chan is coming to Vancouver on the inau
  
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• Anti-homelessness activists occupy Vancouver Council chambers in protest

  27-06-2017 23:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  A Vancouver City Council meeting Tuesday morning didn't exactly go as planned when the demand for more social housing took over the chamber.
  
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• VPD investigating homicide in Downtown Eastside

  27-06-2017 23:29 via globalnews.ca
  
  Officers were called to the 200-block of East Hastings just after 8 a.m. following a report of a serious assault.
  
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• B.C. finance minister to rush out unaudited financial update before confidence vote

  27-06-2017 23:17 via vancouversun.com
  
  VICTORIA – B.C.’s Liberal government, facing imminent defeat by its opponents in the legislature, is rushing out the province’s year-end financial figures before they can be certified by the independent auditor general.
  Finance Minister Mike de Jong said he’ll release a “financial update” on the year-end public accounts on Wednesday — one day before his Liberal government is expected to be defeated on a vote of confidence in the legislature.
  De Jong said
  
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• Vancouver casino construction fire sends hundreds of workers into the streets - CBC.ca

  27-06-2017 23:02
  
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  Hundreds of workers have been forced to evacuate the construction site of downtown Vancouver's new casino after a fire broke out. Working fire 700blk Pacific #vanworkingfire pic.twitter.com/BQ5J0h3KWw. — @VanFireRescue. Unconfirmed reports say a ...
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• Kerrisdale businesses consider future after fire

  27-06-2017 22:48
  
  Last week’s massive fire has left a hole in Kerrisdale’s business community. “The fire is a huge tragedy and a shock for all of us who lost stores,” said Evefay Hua, owner of On The Go Fashion.
  
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• Abbotsford Police Chief pens proposal to fight opioid crisis

  27-06-2017 22:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  Abbotsford Police Chief Bob Rich says there’s no time to waste when it comes to fighting the overdose crisis.
  
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• What Vancouver was like 150 years ago - Vancouver Courier

  27-06-2017 22:21
  
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  A group of men stand around the old maple tree in Gastown in 1886. The photo was taken at Water and Carrall Street, with the steps of the old Deighton House Hotel at the far right. PHOTO City of Vancouver archives. Today Vancouver is one of Canada's ...
  
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• UBC's Wade Davis champions diversity, sees fear of change driving social divide

  27-06-2017 22:11 via vancouversun.com
  
  From Nepal to Nunavut, Polynesia to Peru, National Geographic adventurer Wade Davis has spent 40 years studying people.
  During that time the anthropologist/ethnobotanist and the B.C. Leadership Chair in Cultures and Ecosystems at Risk at the University of B.C. has produced 17 films, 275 published articles and 20 books.
  It’s his recent book Wade Davis: Photographs that is being celebrated with the George Ryga Award for Social Awareness. The award will be presented to Davis on Thursday
  
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• Vancouver firefighters extinguish construction blaze at Parq casino project

  27-06-2017 22:02 via vancouversun.com
  
  Vancouver firefighters battled a fire Tuesday at the construction site of the Parq Vancouver casino resort in the 700-block of Pacific Avenue near B.C. Place Stadium.
  At least two engines were called to scene at around 11:30 a.m. Black smoke was seen above the casino project.
  The fire was contained to a generator area on the building’s sixth level.
  “We can confirm there was a small incident caused by load testing the generators. The fire was immediately contained and there were
  
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• Liberals ask for clarity on B.C. legislature rules, as defeat looms

  27-06-2017 21:55 via vancouversun.com
  
  VICTORIA – B.C.’s Liberal government is seeking clarity on the rules of the legislature just days before it is set to fall on a confidence vote, in a move its political opponents say is a blatant attempt to trigger a new election.
  Liberal house leader and Finance Minister Mike de Jong sent a letter to Speaker Steve Thomson on Tuesday morning, requesting clarity on how a future Speaker might break tie votes in the house and manage other procedural problems stemming from a minority par
  
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• Adopt a pet: Orion the American Staffordshire Terrier

  27-06-2017 21:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  Meet Orion, he’s a six-year-old escape artist currently at the Maple Ridge SPCA. He loves people but needs an experienced forever home to help him with his manners.
  
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• Live: Vancouver city council disrupted by housing activists

  27-06-2017 21:53 via vancouversun.com
  
  Tuesday’s meeting of Vancouver city council was brought to a halt after housing activists interrupted proceedings at City Hall to demand an urgent end to homelessness.
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  Judge reluctantly grants injunction to clear out Vancouver tent city by WednesdayHomeless campers ordered to leave Main Street tent cityEvacuated Balmoral Hotel deemed an 'active construction zone'Moving day at Balmoral brings stress, but also 'a fresh start'In a statement sent to media outlets, the group, representi
  
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• Surrey safe-injection sites approved to supervise snorting drugs or taking them orally

  27-06-2017 21:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  Two Surrey drug injection sites became the first of its kind to get approval from Health Canada to allow users to snort illicit substances or take them orally under medical supervision.
  
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• Letter by BC Liberals asks for clarification on role of Speaker of the House

  27-06-2017 21:33 via globalnews.ca
  
  The political rollercoaster continues in Victoria as the BC Liberals presented a letter asking for clarification from the Speaker of the House on the role.
  
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• Healthy eating habits on summer road trip with kids

  27-06-2017 21:29 via globalnews.ca
  
  Dietician Diana Steele has tips for keeping healthy on the road while on summer vacation.
  
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• Elections B.C. gearing up for possibility of a snap election call

  27-06-2017 21:26 via vancouversun.com
  
  Elections B.C. had barely finished counting ballots from the May 9 provincial election before its staff began preparing to jump back into the electoral fray in maintaining its mandate to “maintain a constant state of election readiness,” according to spokesman Andrew Watson.
  Watson said Elections B.C. isn’t presuming a particular outcome from the legislature related to the fall of Premier Christy Clark’s government, or the failure of the NDP-Green party coalition to estab
  
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• Surrey RCMP investigate shooting in Bridgeview home

  27-06-2017 21:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  More gun violence in Surrey overnight. Shots fired at a home in the city’s Bridgeview neighbourhood. As Jordan Armstrong reports, it comes just days after a drive by shooting that sent two men to hospital.
  
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• B.C. judge sets aside dismissal of Air Canada employee fired for stealing nuts and lotion

  27-06-2017 20:57 via vancouversun.com
  
  A judge has set aside the dismissal of an Air Canada employee who was fired for stealing some nuts and hand lotion from an aircraft in Vancouver.
  “What are discarded nuts and hand lotion left behind by a first-class passenger on an Air Canada flight worth?” asked B.C. Supreme Court Justice Barry Davies in his ruling on the case.
  “For Neena Cheema, an employee with Air Canada, they were worth the job she had worked at for 17 years.”
  The incident that resulted in Cheema&rsq
  
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• International pineapple day: Pineapple black bean salad recipe

  27-06-2017 20:48 via globalnews.ca
  
  Make these pineapple-themed recipes at home.
  
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• Okanagan woman charged following alleged threats against Christy Clark and Steve Thomson

  27-06-2017 20:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  Charges have been approved in relation to alleged threats made against Premier Christy Clark and now-speaker of the house Steve Thomson.
  
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• Kelowna woman faces charges for threats against Premier Christy Clark

  27-06-2017 20:39
  
  Pavla Janeckova is scheduled to appear in Provincial Court for allegedly uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm.
  
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• Jon Washburn to step down as artistic director of the Vancouver Chamber Choir

  27-06-2017 20:36 via vancouversun.com
  
  Change and renewal have come to many of Vancouver’s pre-eminent classical music organizations in recent years. On Monday it was announced that Jon Washburn, founder and Artistic and Executive Director of the Vancouver Chamber Choir, will step down at the end of the 2018/19 season.
  As has increasingly become local practice, Washburn will stay on with the ensemble during two transition seasons to begin what will no doubt be a complex search process for a new leader, a search given extra inte
  
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• Kelowna woman charged with threatening Premier Christy Clark, Speaker Steve Thomson

  27-06-2017 20:29 via vancouversun.com
  
  A special prosecutor has approved charges against Pavla Janeckova of Kelowna for allegedly uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm against B.C. Premier Christy Clark and Speaker of the Legislative Assembly Steve Thomson, the B.C. Prosecution Service announced Tuesday.
  The BCPS did not release the exact nature of the threats, which are alleged to have occurred on or about April 30 in Kelowna.
  Janeckova’s first appearance on the charges is scheduled for June 30 at the Kelowna Pro
  
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• Alarming increase in overdose deaths in the Okanagan

  27-06-2017 20:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  There have been 50 overdose deaths in the Okanagan in the first four months of 2017 compared to 76 in all of 2016.
  
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• Coyote drags four-year-old girl to ground in Surrey

  27-06-2017 20:17 via vancouversun.com
  
  A small coyote appeared to stalk and take down a four-year-old girl on the sidewalk in front of Mary Jane Shannon elementary school in Surrey on Monday evening.
  A woman said she arrived on the scene seconds later, at 144 Street and 108 Avenue at about 6:15 p.m., honking her car horn and screaming.
  “(I) slammed on my horn, started screaming out the window,” witness Cheryl O’Donnell said.
  “As I was doing that, I seen the coyote take that little four-year-old girl down to th
  
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• What do Canadians think about immigration levels? Three poll results

  27-06-2017 20:02 via vancouversun.com
  
  Global migration has escalated into a key topic of public discussion in Europe and most English-speaking countries.
  The influential Economist magazine, which targets the business elite, devotes one or two articles each week to migration trends in Western countries, which are among the few that formally welcome immigrants.
  Despite calls from those on the left, centre and right for a fair debate over immigration, however, the topic of migration is often avoided or muted in Canada.
  And even many fa
  
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• Sartorial Solution: 10 must-pack beach vacation essentials

  27-06-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Q. I’m headed on a beach vacation this summer but have limited packing space. Are there any essentials I should keep in mind? 
  A. Beach vacations can be some of the most fun holidays of the year — to go on and to pack for. From sun-soaked days to poolside dinners, a waterside getaway is sure to serve up some much-needed rest and relaxation. And a tan, of course (but don’t forget to apply sunscreen!).
  Whether you’re boating in the Okanagan, jetting to Maui o
  
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• Fab Five: The big 150

  27-06-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  As if you needed reminding, today marks the 150th birthday of our home and native land. And while there will be fireworks and drinks aplenty, let’s not let the celebrations end there! From patriotic pants to flag-adorned flip flops, here are five styles that will have you wearing your Canadian pride far beyond the first of July.
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  Every summer wardrobe needs a white tank or three, and while chances are, you’ve already met your quota, this tank is clearly different. Y
  
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• Polls: With Trump and weak Loonie, Canadians look down on U.S. travel

  27-06-2017 19:58 via vancouversun.com
  
  Disapproval for Trump and a weak Loonie have Canadians looking down upon their southern neighbour, according to a pair of new surveys.
  Vancouver marketing-research firm Insights West released a poll Tuesday which found 78 per cent of Canadians said the slumping Loonie had an impact on their travel plans, while the current political climate in the U.S. had 31 per cent of changing or thinking about changing those plans.
  Meanwhile, a survey from the Pew Research Center found that the U.S.’s i
  
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• Surrey’s drug consumption sites OK’d for nasal, oral drug use

  27-06-2017 19:53
  
  The Health Canada exemption is the first such in Canada and is aimed at reducing fatal overdoses amid B.C.’s ongoing illicit opioid overdose epidemic
  
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• No immediate end to testy relationship between Vancouver crow and Canada Post

  27-06-2017 19:47 via vancouversun.com
  
  VANCOUVER — Snow, rain and heat don’t stop mail carriers from making deliveries, but Canada Post draws the line at crows.
  The Crown corporation has stopped delivery to several homes on Vancouver’s east side after the mail carrier was repeatedly harassed and injured by Canuck the crow, the notorious bird who adopted the neighbourhood and built its first nest this year.
  Canuck the Crow, seen in this undated handout photo from the bird’s Facebook page, is holding a kitchen k
  
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• Health Canada approves supervised consumption of oral and intra-nasal substances at two Surrey sites

  27-06-2017 19:38 via vancouversun.com
  
  Illicit drug users in Surrey will soon be allowed consume oral and intra-nasal substances in addition to intravenous injections at the city’s two supervised consumption sites.
  Health Canada approved Fraser Health’s request to provide supervised consumption of oral and intra-nasal substances — the first time such an exemption has been granted in Canada — at SafePoint on 135A Street, which opened on June 8, and Quibble Creek Sobering and Assessment Centr
  
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• Black Lives Matter plans to make March on Pride an annual event

  27-06-2017 19:35
  
  Organizers of Sunday’s police-free Black Lives Matter-organized march in Vancouver say they plan on making it an annual event.
  
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• Salmonella outbreak linked to frozen raw breaded chicken hits BC, Alberta, Ontario and New Brunswick

  27-06-2017 19:29 via globalnews.ca
  
  Two people have been hospitalized as a result of the outbreak.
  
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• Tent city residents at 950 Main ordered to leave

  27-06-2017 19:24
  
  Lu'ma Native Housing Society plans to build 25 units of social housing at the site, but homeless campers say they have nowhere else to go.
  
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• Fight or flight? Notorious Vancouver crow sets sights on Canada Post worker

  27-06-2017 19:24
  
  Delivery to several homes on Vancouver's east side has stopped after a mail carrier was harassed by infamous local crow named Canuck.
  
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• Soccer star Sydney Leroux to be inducted into Little League Hall of Excellence

  27-06-2017 19:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team forward and 2015 Women’s World Cup Champion Sydney Leroux to be enshrined into the Little League Hall of Excellence.
  
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• Five Canadian films to check out as part of Cinematheque's free screenings week

  27-06-2017 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Canada On Screen: A Week of Free Screenings
  July 1-7 | Cinematheque
  Info: thecinematheque.ca
  1. Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal). In honour of our sesquicentennial, critics, scholars, and industry professionals from across the country were asked to select 150 essential Canuck filmworks. Cinematheque has been screening selections from the list all year, and the commemorative event continues with a week of free screenings. Denys Arcand’s acclaimed (Jury Prize winner at Can
  
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• Former Rugby Canada coach Ric Suggitt dies suddenly

  27-06-2017 18:59 via theprovince.com
  
  Ric Suggitt, who coached both the men’s and women’s national rugby teams, has died. He was 58.
  The University of Lethbridge announced the shocking news on Tuesday morning.
  According to a statement from the university’s athletics department, Suggitt died from a “medical complication.” He was in the company of family.
  He was the women’s rugby coach at the university, whose teams are known as the Pronghorns.
  “He was a larger-than-life figure that deman
  
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• Celebrating Canada Day around B.C.

  27-06-2017 18:41 via theprovince.com
  
  As if Canadians aren’t proud enough already, Canada Day is the time to celebrate being Strong, Proud and Free. And this sesquicentennial—a big word for a big deal–marks 150 years since the colonies of Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick formed the Canadian Confederation on July 1, 1867. While Vancouver will be the biggest bash outside of Ottawa, towns all across British Columbia are ready to party.
  So in true patriotic fashion, pack your best red and white outfit and join the
  
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• Crews fighting Miller Bench wildfire near Pemberton

  27-06-2017 18:33 via globalnews.ca
  
  More than 20 firefighters are battling a human-caused wildfire 10 kilometres northwest of Pemberton.
  
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• Whitecaps teen star Davies headlines young Canadian Gold Cup squad

  27-06-2017 18:27 via theprovince.com
  
  Vancouver Whitecaps rising star Alphonso Davies headlines a young Canadian squad for the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
  The Canadian Soccer Association announced its 23-player squad Tuesday for the biennial championship for teams from North and Central America and the Caribbean.
  The squad features 14 Gold Cup debutantes including Davies, a 16-year-old Ghana-born midfielder who recently received his Canadian citizenship.
  Veterans include Vancouver’s Marcel de Jong, who was named to his fifth Gold
  
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• BUSINESS REPORT: Walmart stepping up retail fight against Amazon

  27-06-2017 18:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  Walmart is stepping up the fight against Amazon, and it’s right on Amazon’s home turf.
  
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• Sexting doesn't actually lead to sex

  27-06-2017 17:32
  
  What happens on your cellphone, stays on your cellphone.
  
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• Daily Poll: Are you avoiding the U.S. due to the political climate there?

  27-06-2017 17:18 via vancouversun.com
  
  A pair of surveys released this week suggest the Canadian view of the U.S. has never been more negative — and we are planning more “staycations” north of the border because of it.
  According to an Insights West survey on Canadian travel plans this summer, 31 per cent of respondents said they have changed their plans for travelling to the United States because of the current political climate in that country — a proportion that rises to 35 per cent in British Colu
  
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• 80 Canna Clinic marijuana dispensary employees charged after raids in Toronto, Vancouver

  27-06-2017 17:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  Seven Canna Clinic marijuana dispensaries and six residences were targeted in coordinated raids across Toronto Thursday, while Vancouver police executed six search warrants at undisclosed locations in the Vancouver and Denman Island areas.
  
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• Warrant issued for Saanich home invasion suspect considered armed and dangerous

  27-06-2017 17:03 via globalnews.ca
  
  An arrest warrant is now out for a suspect in a violent home invasion in Saanich.
  
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