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• Wildfire devastation at Boston Flats

  11-07-2017 23:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  Tue, Jul 11: A look at the 60-unit trailer park at Boston Flats destroyed by wildfire
  
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• B.C. Wildfire: Quesnel mayor warns of fake fire marshals going door-to-door issuing evacuation alerts

  11-07-2017 23:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  The mayor of Quesnel said he has received "disturbing reports" of residents receiving evacuation alerts from people going door-to-door posing as fire marshals.
  
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• BC Liberals begin forming opposition team

  11-07-2017 23:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  With outgoing premier Christy Clark transitioning to her new role as leader of the official opposition, we’re getting a closer look at her new inner circle.
  
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• Vancouver regulations on Airbnb-like rentals go to public hearing

  11-07-2017 23:23
  
  But some councillors expressed concerns about the city’s ability to enforce the proposed rules
  
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• BUSINESS REPORT: Hudson’s Bay facing different problem among retailers

  11-07-2017 22:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  With problems at Sears Canada continuing to mount, the Hudson’s Bay Company is facing a much different dilemma.
  
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• B.C. Wildfires Live: RCMP make 10 arrests in evacuated areas

  11-07-2017 22:34 via vancouversun.com
  
  In a press conference Tuesday, RCMP said they have mobilized resources including 300 additional members from troop and tactical units across the province and 40 from Alberta to assist with evacuations orders in fire-affected B.C. communities. 
  Officers are offering 24-hour patrols of evacuated areas, evacuation assistance, road safety in addition to continuing with core duties.
  Ten arrests have been made in the evacuated 100-Mile House and Williams Lake areas for break and enter and mischie
  
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• Rosy pink: Mistakenly painted horse brings levity to wildfire fight

  11-07-2017 22:05 via vancouversun.com
  
  LIKELY, B.C. — It’s definitely a horse of a different colour.
  Pictures of Rosy, a white-and-brown mare mistakenly painted neon pink by a teen in the British Columbia Interior, are providing some welcome levity to residents dealing with wildfires.
  Rosy ended up pink thanks to a problem pretty much every parent can identify with — a miscommunication between a mom and her 15-year-old son.
  Jacob Sharkey said his mother asked him to paint their phone number on 19-year-old Rosy, who
  
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• Christy Clark retools her staff for opposition

  11-07-2017 22:02 via vancouversun.com
  
  VICTORIA — Outgoing premier Christy Clark has set her new staff as she transitions to leader of B.C.’s opposition.
  Clark on Tuesday named Nick Koolsbergen as her opposition chief of staff, Jessica Wolford as deputy chief of staff and Stephen Smart as executive director of communications and issues management.
  Several of her most high-profile staff do not appear to be making the transition from premier’s office to opposition, including chief of staff Mike McDonald (who said
  
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• 87-year-old man struck in Granville Island crash dies of injuries

  11-07-2017 21:55 via globalnews.ca
  
  An 87-year-old man died of his injuries after being hit by a car near the entrance of Vancouver's Granville Island in late May.
  
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• Adopt a Pet

  11-07-2017 21:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  Zoe and Chewie (mom and her son). You can find them at the Vancouver SPCA.
  
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• Vancouver police arrest suspected serial bank robber

  11-07-2017 21:51 via vancouversun.com
  
  Vancouver police have arrested a man wanted in a string of bank robberies stretching from Calgary to North Vancouver.
  The 25-year-old was arrested in Vancouver on June 30 following an investigation involving police departments in Vancouver, Calgary, West Vancouver, Abbotsford, New Westminster and RCMP in North Vancouver and Burnaby.
  The arrest was in connection with nine robberies including a June 28 bank robbery at Lynn Valley Mall in which a man pulled a handgun and robbed the teller of an und
  
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• Horgan names key staff for new B.C. premier's office

  11-07-2017 21:51 via vancouversun.com
  
  VICTORIA — Premier-designate John Horgan has named his new communications team as he prepares to assume power July 18.
  Four New Democrats who worked on Horgan’s election campaign will now handle the key messaging from the new premier’s office.
  Horgan named Sage Aaron his new communications director, Jen Holmwood as deputy communications director, Sheena McConnell as press secretary and Marie Della Mattia a communications “special adviser.”
  Kate Van Meer-Mass was nam
  
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• BC RCMP arrest 10 for looting, re-deploy 300 officers to help with wildfires

  11-07-2017 21:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  BC RCMP have re-deployed 300 officers to help with wildfires across the province.
  
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• Wildfire evacuees gather in Kamloops

  11-07-2017 21:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  Tue, Jul 11: Evacuated residents arriving in Kamloops collect donated supplies and describe their harrowing experiences.
  
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• Alberta sending 40 RCMP officers to help with B.C. wildfire emergency

  11-07-2017 21:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  RCMP in British Columbia have asked for help and Alberta is responding by sending 40 officers with the Special Tactical Operations unit to help in the wildfire effort.
  
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• Vancouver places third top most liveable city in global survey - Straight.com

  11-07-2017 21:16
  
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  Vancouver places third top most liveable city in global survey
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  Vancouver made it to the top 10 list of most liveable cities in the world in a new global survey. The city placed third in the 2017 edition of the Ipsos Top Cities Index, sharing the spot with Abu Dhabi. Zurich is in first place, followed second by Sydney.and more »
  
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• Vancouver police arrest suspected serial bank robber - Vancouver Sun

  11-07-2017 21:08
  
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  Vancouver police arrest suspected serial bank robber
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  Vancouver police arrested man wanted in a string of bank robberies stretching from Calgary to North Vancouver. The 25-year-old was arrested in Vancouver on June 30 following a multi-jurisdictional investigation involving police departments in Vancouver ...and more »
  
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• John Horgan names key staff for new premier's office - Vancouver Sun

  11-07-2017 21:04
  
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  John Horgan names key staff for new premier's office
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  John Horgan buttons up his jacket after speaking to the media on Monday from the Rose Garden in Victoria. CHAD HIPOLITO / The Canadian Press. Share Adjust Comment Print. VICTORIA — Premier-designate John Horgan has named his new ...and more »
  
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• Cineplex adding adult-only comforts for movie watching in Vancouver

  11-07-2017 21:04 via vancouversun.com
  
  Cineplex is expanding its adults-only cinema offerings in Metro Vancouver.
  The Canadian movie theatre giant is opening two new cinemas — one in West Van and another in Burnaby —  that signal its continued march toward more VIP-style service in the company’s expanding local footprint.
  Cineplex recently announced plans to build a new 44,000-square-foot cinema at Park Royal shopping centre in West Vancouver. The new theatre on the south side of the mall will have 11 screens,
  
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• B.C. wildfire photos: Images show devastation as fires ravage parts of B.C.

  11-07-2017 21:04 via globalnews.ca
  
  Here are some of the images coming in from around B.C. showing the devastation of the recent wildfires.
  
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• Christy Clark retools her senior staff for opposition - Vancouver Sun

  11-07-2017 20:48
  
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  Christy Clark retools her senior staff for opposition
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  Christy Clark walks from her premier's office at the legislature with press secretary Stephen Smart. Smart remains in the job as part of Clark's new opposition staff team. DARRYL DYCK / THE CANADIAN PRESS. Share Adjust Comment Print. VICTORIA ...and more »
  
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• Wildfire smoke closes Williams Lake airport

  11-07-2017 20:47 via globalnews.ca
  
  Tue, Jul 11: Smoke from the BC wildfires shuts down the airport at Williams Lake
  
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• Vancouver warning system aims to alert users about overdoses - The Globe and Mail

  11-07-2017 20:46
  
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  Vancouver warning system aims to alert users about overdoses
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  Medical health officers in the Vancouver area are aiming to quickly warn drug users about clusters of overdoses and batches of contaminated drugs based on reports from people who use illegal substances. Vancouver Coastal Health says the data will help ...and more »
  
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• Canada Cup Softball Championship

  11-07-2017 20:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  Canada Cup Softball tournament brings some of the best players from around the world to Surrey for a ten day tournament July 7 - 17
  
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• Supporters Week - Vancouver Whitecaps Front Office - Eighty Six Forever

  11-07-2017 20:27
  
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  Supporters Week - Vancouver Whitecaps Front Office
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  We start our week-long Supporters Culture series with a look at how the Vancouver Whitecaps organization collaborates with the three largest supporters' groups. In talking with the Whitecaps organization, we wanted to provide fans with a better ...
  
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• Evacuation alert continues for Williams Lake

  11-07-2017 20:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  Tue, Jul 11: Jordan Armstrong interviews Cariboo Regional District Chair Al Richmond about the latest wildfire evacuation alerts and possible orders
  
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• Vancouver homebuyers' stress levels some of highest in the country: survey - Business in Vancouver

  11-07-2017 20:12
  
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  Vancouver homebuyers' stress levels some of highest in the country: survey
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  Canadians are generally optimistic about the housing market, but new homebuyers in Vancouver and Toronto have the lowest levels of optimism and the highest stress levels about home purchasing, according to a new survey by Mortgage Professionals ...
  
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• B.C. wildfire: What evacuees should do after they’ve fled their homes

  11-07-2017 20:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  A province-wide state of emergency continues in B.C. as hundreds of wildfires burn.
  
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• Mendelssohn, Brahms, and Reich for summer listening

  11-07-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Mendelssohn in the Morning
  July 13, 10:30 a.m. | Ryerson United Church
  July 14, 10:30 a.m. | Christ Church Cathedral
  Brahms at Pyatt Hall
  July 13 & July 14, 7:30 p.m. | Pyatt Hall, VSO School of Music
  Music Talks: June Goldsmith and Jamie Parker on Brahms’ Piano Music
  July 13, 5 p.m. | Orpheum Annex
  Reich at the Roundhouse
  July 15, 7:30 p.m. | Roundhouse Exhibition Hall 
  Tickets and info: from $20, musicinthemorning.org
  July brings something a little bit new in music festivals, a
  
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• 21 people rescued from tour boat off of Point Roberts

  11-07-2017 19:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  21 people were rescued Monday night after a tour boat started taking on water.
  
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• Cocktails take centre stage at Sons of Vancouver Distillery - North Shore News

  11-07-2017 19:37
  
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  Cocktails take centre stage at Sons of Vancouver Distillery
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  A charcuterie plate on the menu offers an assortment of meat and cheese, including prosciutto, landjager, and speck, with grainy mustard from the Cowichan Valley at Sons of Vancouver Distillery. photos Mike Wakefield, North Shore News. I'm almost loath ...
  
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• Ferrari driver nabbed doing 210 km/h over Lions Gate gets 16-month ban

  11-07-2017 19:31 via vancouversun.com
  
  A 16-month driving prohibition has been handed to a West Vancouver driver caught crossing the Lions Gate Bridge at 210 km/hr.
  The 22-year-old driver was travelling three-and-a-half times the posted speed limit of 60 km/h when he was pulled over by a West Vancouver police officer on July 13 at the north end of the bridge.
  His vehicle, a 2015 Ferrari 458, was initially impounded for seven days under Immediate Roadside Prohibition program.  The impound was later extended to 60 days.
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• B.C. lumber, mining industries hit by wildfires; hydro outages rising

  11-07-2017 19:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  Wildfires in British Columbia are taking a toll on the province's resource sector, as blazes forced lumber and mining companies to shut down or cut back on operations Tuesday and damaged parts of the provincial hydro utility's electricity grid.
  
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• Meet stylish Vancouverite Jon Wiebe

  11-07-2017 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Name: Jon Wiebe
  Occupation: Style blogger and pastor 
  Personal style in one word: Dapper
  Get social: @theroadtodapper on Instagram
  Get the look: Love Jon’s outfit? Here are a few options to help you recreate it.The jacket
  A simple suiting blazer gets a seasonally appropriate update thanks to a linen-chambray fabric. This Bosco jacket features a semi-slim fit, so it’s tailored enough to wear to the office, but also comfortable enough that you’ll be happy to wear it on
  
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• B.C. wildfire status Tuesday: Williams Lake remains under evacuation alert

  11-07-2017 17:04 via globalnews.ca
  
  A province-wide state of emergency remains in place Tuesday due to the wildfires burning across B.C.
  
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• Style Q&A: thredUP brings secondhand fashion finds to Canada

  11-07-2017 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  What do you do with your clothes when they no longer fit — literally or figuratively — into your wardrobe? 
  James Reinhart hopes the answer is this: You sell them. 
  The “serial entrepreneur” is the brain (he’s officially the founder and chief executive officer) behind the online thrift shop thredUP, which recently launched in Canada. 
  Reinhart recently chatted with Postmedia News about shopping secondhand, treasure hunting and getting shoppers to reth
  
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• Letters: U.S. has traditionally beaten world’s ‘big bullies,’ not been one, reader says

  11-07-2017 17:00 via theprovince.com
  
  Letter-writer Ken Linforth, commenting on the U.S., wrote, “imagine if they built new avenues for the betterment of mankind” instead of being “big bullies on the block.”
  These “bullies,” with their allies, defeated Nazi Germany, Japan and Italy in the Second World War, who were attempting world domination. Peaceful/appeasement overtures were offered and rejected. More than 60 million people were slaughtered before the Allies won.
  Currently, we have North Korea
  
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• Fabian Dawson: Aga Khan’s diamond jubilee brings focus to spiritual leader’s contributions to world

  11-07-2017 17:00 via theprovince.com
  
  As I began to write this column, I googled the word “Islam” for a snapshot of news coverage about the only religion that is now growing faster than the world’s population.
  It was only after 10 pages, and about 100 stories, one appeared with a positive tone. The rest, as you can guess, were about terrorism, war, hate, blasphemy and extremism.
  But there is another side to Islam, one we rarely see, read or hear about. One that inspires with pluralism, humanitarianism and action fr
  
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• Woman drowns while tubing in dangerous section of Cowichan River

  11-07-2017 16:54 via vancouversun.com
  
  A woman in her early 50s has died after falling into the rapids on a dangerous stretch of the Cowichan River on Saturday.
  The woman was tubing with friends when she passed the “pull-out” zone and entered the rough water near Horseshoe Bend and Marie Canyon, said RCMP spokeswoman Cpl. Janelle Shoihet. The woman tried to make it to the river bank, but fell off her tube and became trapped under the fast-flowing water.
  The 33-year-old man she was with pulled her from the water and tried
  
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• Daily Poll: Do we need to change the way we manage B.C.'s forests?

  11-07-2017 16:44 via vancouversun.com
  
  An associate professor of forest ecology at the University of British Columbia says our firefighting success over the last century has created a situation where our forests are more prone to fires.
  More than 14,000 people are under evacuation orders as firefighters battle more than 231 wildfires covering 320 square kilometres in the B.C. Interior.
  Lori Daniels told the Canadian Press that our firefighting efforts  have allowed for denser forests with a lot of dead material on the groun
  
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• Video shows terrifying drive to escape B.C. wildfire

  11-07-2017 16:11 via globalnews.ca
  
  Dramatic video shared to social media shows two people making a terrifying drive to escape the Hanceville fires, about  60 kilometres southwest of Williams Lake.
  
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• PROULX: You'll love a #Summer Of Yes

  11-07-2017 16:09
  
  SHAUN PROULX/ 24 HOURS
  
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• No rain in the forecast yet for B.C.’s wildfires

  11-07-2017 15:10 via globalnews.ca
  
  Still no rain in the forecast for the southern and central interior of British Columbia where more than 200 wildfires continue to burn
  
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• Project underway to test text-message and web-based overdose reporting

  11-07-2017 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  When a toxic batch of drugs is triggering potentially fatal overdoses, one of the most crucial antidotes is to get the word out as fast as possible to alert other users.
  A new research project to develop a more speedy way to communicate information about clusters of drug overdoses will be announced today by Vancouver Coastal Health and the B.C. Centre for Disease Control.
  “Vancouver Coastal’s pilot project will give medical health officers access to what’s happening when it&rsq
  
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• Ashcroft wildfire grows to 6,150 hectares: Evacuation orders remain in place

  11-07-2017 14:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  The B.C. Wildfire Service says structures have been lost due to this fire but it has not been determined how many at this time.
  
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• 2,000-hectare fire north of Princeton remains 0% contained and ‘out of control’

  11-07-2017 14:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  A 1,500 hectare burning north of Princeton today remains zero per cent contained.
  
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• The Morning Skate, July 11: Um, Sports?

  11-07-2017 14:05 via theprovince.com
  
  Remember, today’s the day made in marketing heaven: it’s 7-Eleven Day.
  Always have been impressed by the sharpness of the idea.
  Still not as good as this all-time great commercial though: 
  Is today the slowest sports morning of the year? Or is tomorrow’s?
  I guess the fact there was no Tour de France yesterday but there is racing today and tomorrow….so was it really yesterday?
  I don’t know. It’s all a little quiet.@risingaction Pity whoever has the Tuesda
  
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• Legal quagmire must be addressed, ageless Oppal insists

  11-07-2017 12:30 via vancouversun.com
  
  Former Liberal Attorney General, erstwhile appeal justice, past Supreme Court justice, ex-County Court judge, former prosecutor, lawyer Wally Oppal sat amid a bespoke lunch crowd and indicted the legal system.
  “I’m really concerned,” confided the man who has been a member of the legal elite for nearly four decades.
  “We have arguably the best system in the world. We listen to everybody. We have no institutional corruption, no political interference, our wrongful conviction
  
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• Watch: Couple's terrifying drive through B.C. wildfires caught on video

  11-07-2017 10:00
  
  Sally Aitken hopes the video will be instructive to people hesitant to flee hundreds of fires raging across B.C.
  
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• For the record, July 11, 2017 - Business in Vancouver

  11-07-2017 09:12
  
  For the record, July 11, 2017
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  Email your For the Record information to: [email protected]. Please include a high-resolution, colour headshot where possible. | July 11, 2017, midnight. Development/Construction. Cody Brown has been appointed director of operations for Govan ...
  
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