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• Moving day at B.C. Legislature for political parties

  17-07-2017 23:48 via globalnews.ca
  
  Mon, Jul 17: It’s moving day for the BC Liberals as the province prepares for a change in government. For the first time in 16 years, the BC NDP will be taking over tomorrow at the BC Legislature.
  
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• B.C. Wildfires Live: Big Lake man faces looting charges

  17-07-2017 23:31 via vancouversun.com
  
  A spate of wildfires in the Interior have led to provincewide state of emergency being declared in British Columbia. Follow along for our latest updates on the efforts to combat the blazes that have forced 37,000 from their homes.
  A 38-year-old man is in custody and facing changes in connection with the possession of goods stolen from B.C. wildfire evacuees.
  Members of the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of British Columbia have been engaged in proactive enforcement in th
  
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• B.C. Liberals complain about new, publicly funded NDP-Green office

  17-07-2017 23:28 via vancouversun.com
  
  VICTORIA — The incoming NDP government’s plan to spend public money on a new office to manage its political relationship with the Green party is a misuse of taxpayer funds, the B.C. Liberals allege.
  The Liberal party filed a written complaint to acting Comptroller General Carl Fischer on Monday, saying the new Confidence and Supply Agreement Secretariat announced in premier-designate John Horgan’s office will inappropriately use public service resources for political purposes.
  
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• B.C. wildfires leave haze over Metro Vancouver

  17-07-2017 23:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  Mon, Jul 17: The wildfires raging in parts of the province are having an impact on air quality as far away as Vancouver.
  
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• Love, loneliness and vibrators star in play In the Next Room

  17-07-2017 23:10 via vancouversun.com
  
  In The Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)
  To Aug. 17 | Jericho Arts Centre
  Tickets and info: $17.50-$27, ensembletheatrecompany.ca
  “I’ll have what she’s having.”
  That famous line from the 1989 film When Harry Met Sally, spoken by a woman in the restaurant where Meg Ryan has just loudly faked an orgasm for Billy Crystal’s benefit, could be the subtitle for Sarah Ruhl’s play, In The Next Room.
  The Vancouver premiere of Ruhl’s 2010 Tony-nominated comic drama
  
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• Quesnel area residents scrambled to save belongings when fire jumped the Fraser River

  17-07-2017 22:39 via vancouversun.com
  
  QUESNEL — When Ty Lucas got into cellphone range after a backcountry trip in the south coast of B.C., dozens of waiting messages alerted him to the fact his home south of this city had come close to burning down.
  A fire west of the Fraser River jumped to the east side of the river on Friday, July 7, a fire sparked by lightning as with other blazes all through the Cariboo.
  Family and friends mobilized immediately to help move vehicles and other valuables as the fire advanced Friday evening.
  
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• Big Lake, B.C. man charged with $65K worth of stolen property near wildfire evacuations

  17-07-2017 22:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  A 38-year-old man is facing charges after police found $65,000 worth of property stolen from wildfire evacuees. 
  
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• Jury finds German man guilty of importing opium into Canada

  17-07-2017 22:08 via vancouversun.com
  
  A jury has found a German man guilty of smuggling six kilograms of opium inside two suitcases at Vancouver International Airport.
  The B.C. Supreme Court jury convicted Erol Ureten, 49, of one count of importing a controlled substance and one count of possessing a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking.
  The court was told that the accused was arrested after he flew from Hamburg, Germany to Vancouver on Jan. 11, 2016.
  When customs officials searched Ureten’s suitcase and the sui
  
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• How to make the most of summer with kids

  17-07-2017 21:53 via globalnews.ca
  
  Christine Pilkington from VancouverMom.ca has tips for entertaining kids during the summer months.
  
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• Canadian dark web kingpin kills self in Thai jail

  17-07-2017 21:45
  
  The Canadian man suspected of being themastermind behind the dark web’smalevolent marketplace has hangedhimself with a towel in a Bangkok jailcell.
  
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• Hyper Miler 101

  17-07-2017 21:40 via theprovince.com
  
  We put the call out for hyper milers, and you answered.
  This coming weekend we’ll be putting four Metro Vancouver drivers in a 2017 Toyota Prius Tech and have them travel a 70-kilometre drive route to see who can get the lowest fuel economy rating. The drive route is part highway, part city roads, and we expect some of them — perhaps all — to better the Natural Resources Canada combined rating of 4.5L/100km.
  How? Hyper miling.
  Okay, not metrically correct but the term applies i
  
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• Surrey musician’s beloved ‘Purple Haze’ car stolen

  17-07-2017 21:38 via vancouversun.com
  
  Musician Ranj Singh is seeing red after his beloved “Purple Haze” car was stolen in broad daylight in Surrey.
  The 1999 Honda Civic hatchback has a whopping 1.2 million kilometres on it, yet Singh is very anxious to get the vehicle back.
  “That car means everything to me, it’s like part of the family,” Singh said Monday as he drove a rental vehicle in search of his stolen car.
  “If my dog went missing, I’d scour the neighbourhood looking for her,
  
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• BC Afternoon Weather Forecast: Jul 17

  17-07-2017 21:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Monday, July 17, 2017 afternoon weather forecast for Vancouver, British Columbia and the surrounding area.
  
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• RCMP searching for male suspect connected to attempted grab of 11-year-old girl

  17-07-2017 21:33 via globalnews.ca
  
  Nanaimo RCMP are investigating after a man allegedly tried to grab an 11-year-old girl as she walked through a park on Sunday afternoon.
  
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• Cadeaux Bakery’s bruleed cheesecake tart

  17-07-2017 21:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  Chef Eleanor Chow is here from Cadeaux Bakery on Powell Street. She’s here to tell us about one of the hottest culinary festivals in the country and how to make a bruleed cheesecake tart.
  
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• Ashcroft wildfire grows to 52,600 hectares: Officials confirm homes destroyed

  17-07-2017 21:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  Officials confirm homes in Ashcoft and Loon Lake have been destroyed due to the unpredictable wildfire that is still classified as "out of control."
  
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• Space available for B.C. wildfire evacuees in Prince George

  17-07-2017 21:10 via globalnews.ca
  
  The City of Prince George is reminding wildfire evacuees that they still have space at their evacuation centres for anyone needing a place to stay.
  
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• Volunteers step up to help B.C. wildfire victims

  17-07-2017 21:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  Thousands of evacuees are now at the Kamloops evacuation centre. Catherine Urquhart has more on the situation there and how volunteers are really stepping up to help.
  
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• Frightening break and enter incident for Surrey residents

  17-07-2017 21:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  A frightening incident for residents in Surrey last night. A man was banging on the doors of a number of homes – demanding to get in – then managed to break into a home. Jill Bennett has the latest.
  
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• Putting together an NDP cabinet will be challenging for incoming Premier John Horgan

  17-07-2017 20:48 via globalnews.ca
  
  Global BC's Legislative Bureau Chief Keith Baldrey weighs in on possible options for premier-designate John Horgan's cabinet.
  
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• New satirical website pokes fun at all things Vancouver

  17-07-2017 20:39
  
  John Swift is in a cagey mood when reached for a phone interview with the Courier. For starters, his name is not John Swift.
  
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• Ten Neil Diamond Hits for Other Artists

  17-07-2017 20:30 via vancouversun.com
  
  Neil Diamond
  July 24, 8 p.m. | Rogers Arena
  Tickets: From $35, at ticketmaster.com
  Neil Leslie Diamond was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1941, into a family descended from Russian and Polish Jewish immigrants who worked as dry goods merchants. 
  Along with classmate Barbra Streisand, he attended Erasmus Hall High School. There, he sang in the chorus and began developing his musical skills after receiving his first guitar at age 16. 
  While writing music was an immediate passion, Di
  
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• Prince George woman opens her farm to evacuees and their animals

  17-07-2017 20:22 via vancouversun.com
  
  PRINCE GEORGE – On Saturday afternoon, there are 31 horses, six sheep, one pig, 10 dogs and four cats at Shelagh Stadel’s acreage just east of this city.
  There are also 17 people living in trailers or rooms in Stadel’s house.
  One young woman, Tracie Allery, is staying in the well-appointed sleeping quarters of Stadel’s horse trailer with her cat Solaire.
  They are evacuees from Williams Lake and area. Some are family and friends, but some complete strangers.
  Stadel has ope
  
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• Vancouver byelection set for Oct. 14

  17-07-2017 20:16
  
  The city announced Monday that Oct. 14 will be the date that Vancouverites go to the polls to cast a ballot for a candidate to replace Geoff Meggs who resigned this month to become premier-designate John Horgan’s chief of staff.
  
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• City of Vancouver proposes date for council by-election

  17-07-2017 20:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  The City of Vancouver is proposing to hold a by-election on Oct. 14 for the council seat left vacant by the resignation of Vision Councillor Geoff Meggs.
  
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• Parq Vancouver resort's restaurants will fuse Asian, Pacific Northwest flavours

  17-07-2017 19:56 via vancouversun.com
  
  Parq Vancouver, the $640-million urban resort being built next to B.C. Place Stadium, will boast eight restaurants and lounges when it opens in the fall.
  Paragon Development says each of its eight eateries will offer “a distinctive dining journey inspired by regional ingredients and multicultural influences.”
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  Paragon poised to put its Parq mark on B.C. Place with 'urban resort'Vegas power couple brings culinary expertise to Parq VancouverHiring blitz: Parq Vancouver to fill o
  
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• Officials count loss, damages after wildfire flare-ups on B.C. wildfires

  17-07-2017 19:52 via vancouversun.com
  
  KAMLOOPS — Officials in British Columbia have managed to tally some of the heartbreaking losses from out-of-control wildfires that prompted the provincial state of emergency.
  Cariboo Regional District chairman Al Richmond says their teams have gained access to areas where houses and other buildings have been destroyed northwest of 100 Mile House.
  He says they’ll be contacting each resident today with the news.
  Further north from those fires, Richmond says crews have managed to hold b
  
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• Seven things to do this week, July 21-27: Bob Gruen exhibit, Uptown Live Music Festival and Street Party, and more

  17-07-2017 19:30 via vancouversun.com
  
  Bob Gruen rock ‘n’ roll photography exhibition
  July 24-Aug. 25 | Pendulum Gallery, 885 West Georgia
  Info: pendulumgallery.bc.ca
  Photographer Bob Gruen has been snapping portraits and candid photos of the leading rock ‘n’ roll stars for the last four decades. His work has graced the pages of almost every major music magazine as well as hanging in the National Portrait Gallery in London and MoMA in New York. This exhibition, curated by Liss Gallery founder Brian Liss,
  
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• Music reviews: Shabazz Palaces, Charles Lloyd, Circle and Laibach

  17-07-2017 19:26 via vancouversun.com
  
  Shabazz Palaces: Quazarz: Born on a Gangster Star and Quazarz vs. The Jealous Machines (Sub Pop): There is something so deeply refreshing about this project between Digable Planets rapper Ishmael Butler and Zimbabwean-American, multi-instrumentalist Tendai Maraire. So much contemporary hip hop, even that which purports to be somewhat experimental, tends to cover the same old familiar lyrical terrain, but this album and it’s “bonus” partner are definitely fresh. Much of the app
  
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• BUSINESS REPORT: How big can Canada’s marijuana sector be?

  17-07-2017 19:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  Throughout the rollercoaster that has been the share prices of marijuana stocks a key question for the medicinal and the recreational market is: how big can this sector be?
  
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• Most wildfire evacuees in Lake Country are going home

  17-07-2017 19:03 via globalnews.ca
  
  Most of the people ordered to evacuate Lake Country because of the Okanagan Centre wildfire that ripped through on Saturday are being allowed to go home.
  
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• Toronto now officially a buyers’ market, amid nationwide home sales slump: CREA report

  17-07-2017 19:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  Home prices, meanwhile, were virtually flat compared to a year ago.
  
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• B.C. wildfires prompt Taseko to idle Gibraltar copper mine operations

  17-07-2017 18:19 via vancouversun.com
  
  VANCOUVER — Taseko Mines Ltd. says it has idled its Gibraltar copper operation in British Columbia’s Cariboo region due to the ongoing wildfires.
  While there are no fires threatening the mine, the company says evacuation orders for nearby communities have made it difficult for employees to travel to the site.
  Taseko says it’s unclear when operations will resume.
  The B.C. government declared a provincial state of emergency — its first for a wildfire since 2003 — on J
  
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• Daily Poll: Could partisan politics hamper B.C. firefighting efforts?

  17-07-2017 17:49 via vancouversun.com
  
  NDP Leader John Horgan is expected to be sworn as B.C.’s 36th premier on Tuesday.
  Postmedia columnist Rob Shaw says the wildfires raging through the Interior will provide the new premier with a “timely lesson on the value of bipartisanship as he looks to form a cabinet that will be lacking in rural representation.”
  Related
  Rob Shaw: Wildfire emergency changes political dynamics for NDP37,000 people now evacuated from their homes across B.C.B.C. Wildfires Live: Hot, dry con
  
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• Surrey RCMP warn parents after 3-year-old falls out second storey window

  17-07-2017 17:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  Surrey RCMP are asking parents to remain vigilant following a ‘tragic accident that could have ended much worse.’
  
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• Man falls to his death from 16th floor of Yaletown apartment

  17-07-2017 17:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  A man is dead after falling from the 16th floor of an apartment building in Yaletown.
  
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• B.C. wildfire status Monday: Season shaping up to be one of the most destructive

  17-07-2017 17:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  The wildfires have already forced closed to 40,000 people to flee their homes and brought in firefighters, first responders and support staff from across Canada.
  
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• Music reviews Vancouver Sun

  17-07-2017 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Shabazz Palaces: Quazarz: Born on a Gangster Star and Quazarz vs. The Jealous Machines (Sub Pop): There is something so deeply refreshing about this project between Digable Planets rapper Ishmael Butler and Zimbabwean-American, multi-instrumentalist Tendai Maraire. So much contemporary hip hop, even that which purports to be somewhat experimental, tends to cover the same old familiar lyrical terrain, but this album and it’s “bonus” partner are definitely fresh. Much of the app
  
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• Surrey toddler in hospital following two-storey fall from a window

  17-07-2017 16:32 via vancouversun.com
  
  A three-year-old Surrey girl was sent to hospital with serious injuries after a fall from a two-storey window Sunday evening.
  Surrey RCMP said the girl had leaned against the window and screen gave way.
  The incident happened just before 8 p.m. at a home in the 13900 block of 64A Avenue.
   The Ministry of Children and Family Services was advised and will be following up with the family.
  “This appears to be a tragic accident that could have ended much worse,’ said Surrey RCMP&
  
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• No rain in the forecast today in B.C.’s fire zone

  17-07-2017 16:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  The forecast for the central and southern interior calls for calmer winds and no rain for the first part of this week.
  
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• Warmer temperatures, fewer rainy days and less fog

  17-07-2017 15:45 via vancouversun.com
  
  Located just blocks from the beaches of Semiahmoo Bay with panoramic views of nearby Blaine, Wash. and Vancouver Island on the horizon, Foster Martin by Landmark Premiere Properties Ltd. is a unique master-planned urban community in White Rock.
  In fact, Foster Martin provides an entirely new residential experience to the popular seaside city, comprised of three elegant towers and 334 condos (with views from every balcony of the southern sunsets) and the White Rock Commons public plaza, which is
  
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• The Morning Skate, July 17: Torts laughs all the way to the bank

  17-07-2017 14:23 via theprovince.com
  
  When she was a puppy, my parents’s dog once stared intently at the dog on the TV screen, barked — and then got fed up that the other dog wasn’t paying attention.
  Then she wandered away, never again to peer at the electronic flashing screen.
  I’ve always wondered why she lost total interest.
  Maybe it’s because she’s wiser than all of us — and knows things out in the garden are much more interesting.Think I've found my favourite ever GIF pic.twitter.com/CVD
  
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• ‘They could’ve been taken to a shelter,’ Vancouver woman questions response to family sleeping in park

  17-07-2017 14:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  A Vancouver woman wants to know why a parent who appeared to be unconscious at a Strathcona park, with his two young children, were not given better help by first responders.
  
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• Meet Hanna Bohman, the Canadian G.I. Jane who's fighting ISIS after joining the YPJ's revolution

  17-07-2017 13:58
  
  Canada’s G.I. Jane found worth andmeaning inside one of the most dangerousareas on the planet.
  
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• Five things you can do to help set your college-bound kids up for success

  17-07-2017 13:00 via theprovince.com
  
  Q: I’ve got a daughter in her 30’s from my first marriage and she’s great with money. However, I’m worried about my sons. One just graduated from high school and plans to attend college next January, but he’s terrible with money. He’s worked part-time for about three years and has almost nothing to show for it. Having to apply for student loans was an eye-opening experience, and lately I’ve seen him trying to save a bit of what he earns. I’ve also
  
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• Willes’ Musings: Lulay shows that he’s still an elite quarterback

  17-07-2017 12:30 via theprovince.com
  Before leaving on vacation we leave you with a final instalment on the Monday morning musings and meditations on the world of sports, you lucky dogs.
  • During the B.C. Lions training camp in early June, it was pointed out to Travis Lulay that his arm looks better than it has since his salad days in the early part of this decade.
  The veteran quarterback did not disagree.
  “I can tell you it’s the best it’s felt since 2012,” Lulay said. “Now I’m not thinking
  
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• Daphne Bramham: Bountiful's victims deserve compensation

  17-07-2017 12:30 via vancouversun.com
  
  Nearly a decade ago, a B.C. government social worker got a fax from Texas child protective services outlining how a 13-year-old girl from the fundamentalist Mormon community had been illegally taken by her parents to the United State to marry their church’s prophet.
  That fax also included details about two 12-year-old girls from Bountiful who had been taken by their parents in 2005 to marry Warren Jeffs, who by then was a fugitive wanted on charges of sexually abusing under-aged girls.
  Tha
  
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• One man in custody after vehicle fire sparks major police response in Surrey B.C.

  17-07-2017 12:03 via globalnews.ca
  
  A 37-year-old man is in custody after a vehicle fire in Surrey Sunday night.
  
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• Surrey B.C. RCMP looking for witnesses to Sunday hit-and-run

  17-07-2017 10:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  A 47-year-old Surrey woman is recovering from head and neck injuries after what RCMP say was a hit-and-run on Sunday.
  
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• Riverview Village aims to improve quality of life for mentally ill

  17-07-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  We fret about the future of the Riverview lands as if they were an idyllic place fixed in time, where any change to the way we use the lands, or any imaginative idea for them, is hard to countenance.
  We should instead ask ourselves how the lands can best be used to help those who suffer from serious mental illness — the historical legacy of Riverview — and take it from there. 
  With that as our imperative, we’re proposing, as the backbone of the lands, an  “inten
  
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