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• Sitting pretty at new Mosaic, or on NBA's billion-dollar benches

  07-07-2017 23:46 via vancouversun.com
  
  BULLS OF THE WEEK
  Major League Baseball is in a better place without the All-Star Game deciding home-field advantage for the World Series.
  ESPN is warming up for the 25th ESPYS, getting ready to make the most of the quietest night in North American professional sport the day after that MLB All-Star Game.
  The Saskatchewan Roughriders are still not winning, but their fans are sure sitting pretty at the new Mosaic Stadium, their $278 million, 33,350-seat venue in Regina, the capital city of the Can
  
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• B.C. mining company receives enforcement order for improper transport of coal

  07-07-2017 23:43 via vancouversun.com
  
  A mining company in northeast B.C. has received a provincial enforcement order to stop moving coal by truck instead of rail, a violation of its environmental certificate.
  The problem is that there is not currently an active rail line to Tumbler Ridge.
  Environmental Assessment Office documents show that a public complaint prompted an investigation into the transport of coal by Conuma Coal Resources Ltd. from its Wolverine coal mine near Tumbler Ridge.
  The company’s environmental certificate
  
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• Book review: Johnny Cash's Canadian connection makes a compelling read

  07-07-2017 23:30 via vancouversun.com
  
  The Man Who Carried Cash: Saul Holiff, Johnny Cash, and the Making of an American Icon
  By Julie Chadwick
  (Dundurn Press)“I thrive on pressure,” Saul Holiff wrote to Johnny Cash in a letter, and high-voltage pressure he was given from 1961 until 1973 acting as Cash’s manager. Holiff’s many responsibilities included promotion and lots of damage control. He actually carried cash in a briefcase, with a maple leaf on it, to pay people after performances.Holiff was part of many
  
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• B.C. continues to see steady job growth: Statistics Canada

  07-07-2017 23:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  Ahead of a looming interest rate hike next week, new job numbers from Statistics Canada show B.C. is still on solid footing.
  
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• Evacuations ordered as Ashcroft, B.C. wildfire grows to 700 hectares

  07-07-2017 23:17 via globalnews.ca
  
  In Ashcroft, immediate evacuations are underway for a wildfire burning out of control around the small village.
  
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• 66 things to do in Metro Vancouver on Saturday, July 8 - Straight.com (blog)

  07-07-2017 23:05
  
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  66 things to do in Metro Vancouver on Saturday, July 8
  Straight.com (blog)
  Looking for something to do on Saturday? The Straight's got you covered. Here are 66 events happening in or around Vancouver on Saturday, July 8. CONCERTS. Urban music festival FVDED in the Park continues with music by the Chainsmokers, ...
  
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• Vancouver cop lectures mom over kids left in hot car in viral video

  07-07-2017 23:04 via vancouversun.com
  
  Child protection officials are investigating following several 911 calls earlier this week about two children that were found in a locked vehicle on a warm day with the car alarm blaring.
  Vancouver police received multiples calls on Monday just before 4 p.m., from citizens who spotted the kids inside a car parked at a grocery store on Grandview Highway in east Vancouver.
  Temperatures that day reached the low to mid-20s, but temperatures inside enclosed spaces such as cars parked in the sun quick
  
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• 'Your children could have died': Vancouver officer scolds woman for leaving kids in hot car - CTV News

  07-07-2017 22:48
  
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  'Your children could have died': Vancouver officer scolds woman for leaving kids in hot car
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  A mother scolded by a police sergeant for leaving her two young children in a sweltering SUV while she shopped for groceries in Vancouver won't face charges, but the case has been turned over to children's services. A video of the visibly upset officer ...
  Video of Vancouver cop lecturing mom about kids left in hot car goes viralVancouver Sun
  Video of Vancouver officer taking mother to
  
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• Canada’s provinces and metropolitan areas ranked by job creation

  07-07-2017 22:33 via globalnews.ca
  
  If you're job-hunting, Quebec is the place to be
  
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• More than one person dies every day from drug overdose: Vancouver Police

  07-07-2017 22:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  The staggering numbers of the overdose crisis continue to rise with five overdose deaths reported in Vancouver during the week of June 26 alone.
  
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• Horses flee fire near Ashcroft

  07-07-2017 22:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  Global BC camera operator Pat Bell captured some images of horses fleeing a wildfire near Ashcroft, B.C. Friday afternoon.
  
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• Two U.S. tourists charged with mischief after Lions Gate Bridge climbing stunt

  07-07-2017 22:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Two American tourists are facing mischief charges after climbing the Lions Gate Bridge and backing up traffic for a photo-op on Thursday morning.
  
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• Campfires now banned throughout much of B.C.

  07-07-2017 22:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  With the threat of wildfires growing across B.C., the province is taking steps to try and minimize the risk of human-caused wildfires.
  
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• Vancouver Island RCMP officer charged in motorized scooter chase - CBC.ca

  07-07-2017 21:37
  
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  Vancouver Island RCMP officer charged in motorized scooter chase
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  Charges have been approved against a Duncan RCMP officer in relation to an on-duty police pursuit of an individual operating a motorized scooter. Const. David Buchanan has been charged with one count of dangerous driving causing bodily harm.
  Nanaimo RCMP officer charged with dangerous driving following 2016 on-duty car chaseVancouver Sunall 10 news articles »
  
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• Bard's Merchant of Venice a dark contemporary parable

  07-07-2017 21:37 via vancouversun.com
  
  The Merchant of Venice
  To Sept. 16 | Bard on the Beach, Vanier Park
  Tickets & Info: From $21 at bardonthebeach.org
  The Merchant of Venice is undoubtedly Shakespeare’s most difficult play for contemporary North American theatres and audiences. Is its portrait of the Jewish moneylender Shylock anti-Semitic, or was Shakespeare just documenting the anti-Semitism of 16th century Venice? 
  In the latest take on the play at Bard on the Beach, director Nigel Shawn Williams gives us a
  
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• Leash training your dog

  07-07-2017 21:29 via globalnews.ca
  
  Dog behaviour therapist Sandy Yates explains how to teach your dog to stop pulling on the their leash.
  
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• BUSINESS REPORT: Friday’s job report could be catalyst for surprise half per cent rate hike

  07-07-2017 21:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  With a rate hike in the bag for next Wednesday, is there enough positive economic activity to have the Bank of Canada nudge rates by 1/2 per cent instead of the expected 1/4?
  
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• Nanaimo officer charged with dangerous driving in 2016 car chase

  07-07-2017 21:07 via vancouversun.com
  
  A Nanaimo RCMP officer has been charged with dangerous driving following a 2016 car chase.
  On Feb. 20, 2016 in Duncan, Const. David Buchanan was on duty when police began pursuing an individual riding a motorized scooter. At the end of the chase, the individual allegedly had injuries.
  The case was investigation by the Independent Investigation Office, which recommended charges to Crown counsel. The charge was approved Thursday.
  Buchanan is expected in court on Aug. 1 at the Duncan courthouse.
  
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• Will the Blue Jays promotions of Bichette, Guerrero lead to Warmoth bypassing stint in Vancouver?

  07-07-2017 21:03 via theprovince.com
  
  Vancouver Canadians’ fans will get a better feel in the coming few days for the Toronto Blue Jays’ belief system when it comes to advancing prospects.
  The C’s are the Blue Jays’ short-season single-A affiliate. One rung above them in the Toronto farm system are the single-A Lansing Lugnuts, a Michigan-based team in the Midwest League. The Blue Jays announced earlier this week that Lansing’s two star players, shortstop Bo Bichette and third baseman Vladimir Guerrero,
  
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• 100 Mile House fire grows over night

  07-07-2017 21:03 via globalnews.ca
  
  A massive wildfire near 100 Mile House continues to burn out of control. As Jordan Armstrong reports, the Gustafsen wildfire has grown to 12-hundred hectares in just the past 24-hours.
  
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• Town Talk: Nat and Flora Bosa make the Empress fit for a queen again

  07-07-2017 21:01 via vancouversun.com
  
  EMPRESS REDUX: Two Victoria institutions rang in the changes recently. Belleville Street’s 120-year-old B.C. legislature saw NDP and Green party leaders John Horgan and Andrew Weaver oust a 16-year B.C. Liberal government. Kitty-corner across Government Street, Natale “Nat” and Flora Bosa celebrated the refurbishment of the 119-year old Empress Hotel they bought in 2014. “On our first visit, the staff wore tennis shoes, so they knew they’d have to run fast,” d
  
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• Todd: Forgotten struggle for Canadian 'unity' leads to 'silos'

  07-07-2017 21:01 via vancouversun.com
  
  Andreas Kargut moved out of Richmond forever on the weekend that Canada marked its 150th anniversary.
  The effort that Kargut, his immigrant wife and others put into fighting for the right to have their strata council meetings conducted in English, not Mandarin, had caused too much grief.
  Kargut and six others filed a complaint last year with the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal because they couldn’t participate in the Mandarin-only meetings in their 54-unit complex.
  Former B.C. premier Ujjal Dos
  
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• VPD officer confronts woman who left kids in hot car

  07-07-2017 21:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  A viral video shows Vancouver police officer confronting a woman who left her two small children in a hot car. The incident happened Monday at a grocery store on Grandview Highway.
  
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• Video of Vancouver officer berating mother accused of leaving kids in hot car goes viral

  07-07-2017 20:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  Vancouver Police Chief Adam Palmer says the Ministry of Children and Families (MCFD) is now involved in a case involving children who were left in a hot car.
  
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• This Week in History: Theatre Under the Stars home Malkin Bowl opens

  07-07-2017 20:31 via vancouversun.com
  
  History tends to repeat itself.
  No one knows that better than my colleague John Mackie, who has been writing the “This Week in History” feature for some time. So when he took a couple weeks off and left me with instructions to fill in, I knew it would be a challenge to find something he hadn’t already written about.
  Mackie gave me a tour of the Vancouver Historical Index, a massive library cataloguing people, places and things in the city’s history. It’s often his s
  
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• Richmond officer pulls ducklings from drain pipe in cutest rescue ever

  07-07-2017 20:18 via vancouversun.com
  
  A Richmond RCMP officer is being praised for her rescue of a group of ducklings that had wandered off and fallen down a drain pipe Thursday.
  Const. Dawn But was called just before 7:30 a.m. about “children reportedly in distress,” according to a police media release.
  Upon arrival, But found what appeared to be more than a dozen ducklings trapped down a drain pipe filled with mud.
  Richmond RCMP Const. Dawn But is being praised for her quick thinking and rescue of a group of 14 ducklin
  
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• RJ Aquino and David Chudnovsky: Why we're running—Vancouver needs OneCity - Straight.com

  07-07-2017 19:29
  
  Straight.com
  RJ Aquino and David Chudnovsky: Why we're running—Vancouver needs OneCity
  Straight.com
  On July 4, Geoff Meggs announced his resignation from Vancouver city council, which triggers a by-election for his council seat. We wish Meggs all the best in enacting the NDP's progressive agenda, and we thank him for his years of service, especially ...and more »
  
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• Ed Willes: New CFL commish will listen, learn before attacking long laundry list

  07-07-2017 19:24 via theprovince.com
  
  MONTREAL — Randy Ambroise, the CFL’s new commissioner, has been on the job for almost 48 hours, but there’s still a problem in Toronto, a new CBA to be negotiated, and a lingering stadium issue in Calgary.
  He’s asked if he’s going to need another day to fix all that.
  “I’ve got a six-point plan I’ve worked out overnight,” Ambrosie said the after Alouettes-Lions game on Thursday night.
  “But it’s a secret six-point plan.”
  Not b
  
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• Vancouver police called after dogs left in car

  07-07-2017 19:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  Fri, Jul 7: People along Vancouver’s Robson spotted dogs left in a car Thursday afternoon. Global has reached out to the VPD for comment.
  
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• Feminist Ferron drawn back to Vancouver Folk Music Festival - Vancouver Sun

  07-07-2017 19:00
  
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  Feminist Ferron drawn back to Vancouver Folk Music Festival
  Vancouver Sun
  Vancouver-born singer-songwriter Ferron is performing at the 2017 Vancouver Folk Music Festival. Jeanne Mayer Freebody / SRO Artists. Share Adjust Comment Print. Vancouver Folk Music Festival. July 13-16 | Jericho Beach Park. Tickets and info: Free, ...and more »
  
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• Vancouver Island brothers 'just having fun' draw Mountie tactical team, helicopter - Vancouver Sun

  07-07-2017 18:50
  
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  Vancouver Island brothers 'just having fun' draw Mountie tactical team, helicopter
  Vancouver Sun
  Karl Lofstrom,18, left, and his brother Tylor, 23, dressed in camouflage gear and carrying airsoft guns that resemble high-powered rifles. Linda Lofstrom, Victoria Times Colonist / PNG. Share Adjust Comment Print. Reports of two men in camouflage gear ...and more »
  
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• Vancouver Island brothers ‘just having fun’ draw Mountie tactical team

  07-07-2017 18:50 via vancouversun.com
  
  Reports of two men in camouflage gear carrying what looked to be high-powered rifles led an RCMP helicopter, a tactical team, a canine team and several Mounties to surround a rural property south of Nanaimo on Wednesday night.
  Once two brothers realized they might have attracted the heavy police presence, they walked over to the police blockade — without their guns — and told the officers they were playing an army game with non-lethal airsoft guns.
  It started when Karl and Tylor Lofs
  
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• Sentencing hearing continues in case of B.C. Mountie’s death

  07-07-2017 18:50 via globalnews.ca
  
  A sentencing hearing continues today for Kenneth Fenton, who pleaded guilty in the death of RCMP Const. Sarah Beckett in Langford last April.
  
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• B.C. wildfire near 100 Mile House doubles in size Friday to 1,200 ha

  07-07-2017 18:49 via vancouversun.com
  
  A wild fire sparked Thursday near 100 Mile House has more than doubled in size overnight to 1,200 hectares and growing.
  As of Friday at 8:30 a.m., the fire was recorded as being nearly triple the size of Vancouver’s Stanley Park, which measures 405 hectares, and was still zero per cent contained.
  Some 120 firefighters, 25 support staff members, six helicopters, and more than a dozen pieces of heavy equipment are expected to remain on site throughout the day to continue battling the blaze,
  
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• Man once known as David Lee Roth impersonator in Ontario now facing child sex charges in B.C.

  07-07-2017 18:47
  
  You might say he was Runnin' with the Devil.
  
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• Before she was 'the girl in the tent,' she was a beloved sister

  07-07-2017 18:42 via vancouversun.com
  
  “Little,” as she was known on the streets of Newton, stood just over five feet tall and weighed only 110 pounds, her dark brown eyes always framed by thick glasses to correct her poor vision.
  At times brash and outspoken, she was also fiercely protective of her three younger siblings, never wanting them to experience her own life of drug addiction and homelessness.
  Santanna Scott-Huntinghawk was 19 when she died on Nov. 30, 2016 in a tent hidden in some trees just off a busy Surrey s
  
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• BBQ tips: Southern style turkey breast

  07-07-2017 17:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  Rusty Johnson of Rusty’s BBQ shows us his take on BBQ turkey breast. He also gives us some tips on how to keep meals hot without overcooking them or drying them out.
  
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• 100 Mile House blaze grows to more than 1,200 hectares

  07-07-2017 17:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  Reporter Jordan Armstrong has the latest on the fire burning near 100 Mile House. It is now estimated to be about three times the size of Vancouver’s Stanley Park.
  
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• Daphne Bramham: Can a charm offensive buy the Canadian navy support?

  07-07-2017 17:22 via vancouversun.com
  
  The Royal Canadian Navy is on a charm offensive. It’s come after the Liberal government’s plans to increase defence spending by 73 per cent to $62-billion over the next decade.
  Before the 2016 federal budget, Canadians were asked for their 15 top picks for where their money should be spent. Health care was first and defence spending was 14th, with only five per cent support.
  Canadians may love the idea of peacekeepers, but are less keen on combat troops. Since the Second World War, C
  
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• Stuart McNish: Desh Pillay on the many languages that are English

  07-07-2017 17:14 via vancouversun.com
  
  This week’s Conversation That Matters is about English and how it grew to be the No. 1 and No. 2 language in the world. There are so many versions of English that learning the language is one thing, learning the local dialect is another.
  “Heavy accents make it harder to get emergency help, get or give directions and they can hinder your career,” said Desh Pillay of Change Your Accent.
  Prof. Molly Babel takes us on a guided tour of how and why English took off as
  
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• Letters: Here’s a three-step way to deal with excessive speeders

  07-07-2017 17:00 via theprovince.com
  
  The recently clocked Ferrari going 210 km/h on the Lions Gate Bridge by a multiple offender triggered a memory of an encounter I had with an RCMP traffic officer some years ago while working in the field of traffic safety.
  In a roundtable discussion on correcting unsafe speed and impaired driving, he stood up, leaned in and laid out a three-part intervention plan.
  First offence: A stern warning. Second offence: Crush the car. Third offence: Put the offender in the car and crush both of
  
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• Vancouver summers are about to heat up: report - News1130

  07-07-2017 16:53
  
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  Vancouver summers are about to heat up: report
  News1130
  VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – Summer months in Vancouver usually average a daily high of 20 degrees, now imagine that another seven degrees higher. A new report predicts the city's weather will resemble that of Chicago's sweltering summers if carbon ...and more »
  
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• Daily Poll: Does Instagram promote risks in the North Shore mountains?

  07-07-2017 16:40 via vancouversun.com
  
  This week, rescuers reminded those heading into the North Shore mountains in search of that perfect Instagram snap at the top of a cliff to be cautious and prepared, after they conducted five rescues in just four days.
  Victor Penman, chief of the District of North Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services, spoke to reporter Nick Eagland about how dangerous forays into the mountains in search of waterfalls, cliffs, and hard-to-find views has become almost something to brag about online through perfectly
  
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• Apartment building in Parksville goes up in flames

  07-07-2017 15:55 via globalnews.ca
  
  A woman had to be rescued from a burning apartment building in Parksville on Thursday night.
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: Horgan gets it right by naming Wright deputy minister

  07-07-2017 15:51 via vancouversun.com
  
  VICTORIA — Premier-designate John Horgan sent an encouraging signal this week when he named Don Wright as deputy minister to himself and head of the public service in the incoming NDP government.
  Wright’s credentials are impressive. PhD in economics from Harvard. Former top executive at a public university, a private forest company and the umbrella financial institution for 144 credit unions.
  He’s a broad-based contemporary thinker, witness his pronouncements over the year
  
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• Vancouver police called after 3 dogs left in car for more than an hour

  07-07-2017 15:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  Police across B.C. have been reminding residents that as the weather heats up, not to leave  pets in cars.
  
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• Vancouver police called after 3 dogs left in car for more than a hour

  07-07-2017 15:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  Police across B.C. have been reminding residents that as the weather heats up, not to leave  pets in cars.
  
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• Hundreds lose power after Thursday night fire in Burnaby, B.C.

  07-07-2017 15:10 via globalnews.ca
  
  Nobody was hurt after a two-alarm arson fire in Burnaby Thursday night, but 327 hydro customers are still in the dark this morning.
  
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• 58% of Canadians uncomfortable with gender neutral birth certificates: Poll

  07-07-2017 15:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  A new poll suggests most Canadians are uncomfortable with, or opposed to, the idea of gender-neutral birth certificates.
  
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• Five Things to Know: Mayor Robertson's breakup, social media stunts, Airbnb enforcement - Vancouver Sun

  07-07-2017 14:03
  
  Vancouver Sun
  Five Things to Know: Mayor Robertson's breakup, social media stunts, Airbnb enforcement
  Vancouver Sun
  Singer-songwriter Wanting Qu, front, and Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson, back, leave the field after Robertson presented the man of the match award after Canada and Japan played a rugby test match in Vancouver, B.C., on Saturday June 11, 2016.
  Gregor left Wanting? Vancouver mayor and pop star girlfriend split upCTV News
  Vancouver Mayor Forced To Confirm Breakup With Wanting Qu A
  
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