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• Are wildfires showing the worst or best of humanity?

  18-07-2017 23:56
  
  Arguments about human nature are almost as old as fire. Are we essentially good? Are we bad? Are we basically selfish, or are we altruistic beings capable of the noblest acts?
  
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• Premier John Horgan delivers message to British Columbians

  18-07-2017 23:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  B.C. has a new premier. NPD Leader John Horgan was officially sworn in Tuesday afternoon in Victoria and had this message for British Columbians.
  
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• Return of poisonous mushroom that claimed life of Victoria toddler prompts warning from Island Health

  18-07-2017 23:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  Last October a three-year-old Victoria boy died after ingesting an Amanita phalloides mushroom, commonly known as the “Death Cap” mushroom.
  
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• Q&A with B.C. Lions linebacker Tony Burnett

  18-07-2017 23:45 via theprovince.com
  
  Meet Tony Burnett: Graduate of USC, linebacker enjoying a good start to his first year with the B.C. Lions, and avid Game of Thrones fan.
  A three-year veteran in the Canadian Football League, Burnett may also have a future as a television show critic, as he offers his review of the Season 7 premiere of Game of Thrones and divulges with which house his allegiances lie in this epic Q&A with Cam Tucker:
  Q: How did Tony Burnett become a Game of Thrones fan?
  A: You hear the buzz about it, right?
  
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• The Reluctant Baker: London Fog Snickerdoodles

  18-07-2017 23:41 via globalnews.ca
  
  Global BC director Josh Hodding, aka the Reluctant Baker, displays his baking skills making delicious gluten-free London Fog cookies.
  
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• Premier John Horgan names cabinet for B.C. NDP government

  18-07-2017 23:37
  
  Premier names ministers at Tuesday’s swearing in of new government.
  
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• First Nation angry over timing of New Prosperity permits

  18-07-2017 23:29 via vancouversun.com
  
  The province last Friday issued drilling permits for Taseko Mines Ltd.’s controversial New Prosperity mine proposal while First Nations communities deeply opposed to it were busy dealing with wildfires and just days before a new government was due to take office.
  The three permits authorize Taseko to build 76 kilometres of trails, drill 122 holes, excavate 367 test pits and cut 20 kilometres of seismic lines. The Tsilhqot’in National Government and their communities are outraged over
  
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• Tallio Day 6: Can new DNA science offer definitive answers?

  18-07-2017 23:09 via vancouversun.com
  
  Sixth in a seven-part series
  In 2011, a pair of RCMP officers visited Phillip Tallio at Mountain Institution in Agassiz where he was imprisoned for the 1983 murder of a child.
  They asked Tallio what he knew about DNA testing, and asked if he’d provide a sample. He agreed.
  “What is DNA evidence to you?” an officer asked him. 
  “Freedom,” the prisoner responded.
  Phillip James Tallio as a teenager in the early 1980s. Not long after this photo was taken he pleaded g
  
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• Vancouver company and Telus looking to decrease incidences of distracted driving with eBrake app

  18-07-2017 23:07 via globalnews.ca
  
  In an effort to thwart drivers from texting, emailing or holding onto an electronic device, Telus has launched a pilot project with Vancouver-based distracted driving app eBrake.
  
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• Puppy sealed in bags, dumped in trash can: Cops

  18-07-2017 23:06
  
  Toronto Police want public assistanceintracking down a man believed to havesealed a three-month-old puppy inseveral plastic bags and dumped it inatrash can in a North York plaza.
  
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• Gordon Clark: Metro Vancouver’s urban forests a fire risk, too

  18-07-2017 23:00 via theprovince.com
  
  Lower Mainlanders who think they are immune from the devastating forest fires that have forced the evacuation of 40,000 people from the Interior should think again.
  That’s what University of B.C. associate forestry professor Lori Daniels said Monday when I called her about a concern I’ve had for some time about urban forests in Metro Vancouver.
  I walk my dog every day in Pacific Spirit Regional Park (which I still can’t help calling the University Endowment Lands) and I’v
  
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• B.C. wildfires spark Metro Vancouver air quality advisory

  18-07-2017 22:56
  
  The impact of the wildfires burning in the province has hit home with Metro Vancouver issuing an air quality advisory.
  
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• US Soldier says courts should have ruled on Omar Khadr payout

  18-07-2017 22:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  Injured Retired Sgt. Layne Morris tells Global News it was wrong for the Canadian government to settle Omar Khadr’s lawsuit.
  
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• Lotto winner in Kamloops donates money to wildfire relief

  18-07-2017 22:40 via vancouversun.com
  
  KAMLOOPS — A British Columbia lottery winner says he will donate some of his cash to the province’s wildfire battle.
  Jason Labby of Kamloops won $500,000 playing the Extra on the July 7 Lotto Max draw.
  Labby hasn’t said how much he will donate but that a portion of his winnings will help people affected by scores of wildfires.
  Labby also intends to use his windfall to buy a home.
  Another item at the top of his bucket list is to “relax more.”
  About 40,000 people have
  
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• Fear the flip-flop

  18-07-2017 22:36
  
  Flip-flops - the ubiquitous summer footwear - can be fingered for a fistful of orthopedic problems.
  
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• BC Ferries crew credited with marine rescue

  18-07-2017 22:26
  
  Two crew members on the Queen of Nanaimo rescued seven people from a boat that had run aground
  
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• Blitz: Lulay brothers had their own high school heroics

  18-07-2017 22:24 via theprovince.com
  
  In each edition of Blitz through the 2017 CFL season, we’ll get a Lions player to recall a memorable game from his past whether in pee wee, high school, college or the pro ranks. We’ll leave it to the player to determine whether the game was noteworthy due to the stakes, the venue, the playing conditions, individual performance or some other factor. Today’s entry: Travis Lulay.
   
  Playing high school football together under the bright lights was a dream that turned into a r
  
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• Criminal charge recommended in West Vancouver hit-and-run of cyclist

  18-07-2017 22:20 via vancouversun.com
  
  Police are recommending a criminal charge against a driver who allegedly hit a cyclist in West Vancouver last month and drove off.
  On June 10, a cyclist was hit by a pickup truck and taken to hospital with serious injuries. The cyclist, a 48-year-old man, has since been released from hospital but continues to recover from fractures in several ribs, as well as a concussion.
  Witnesses at the scene told police the truck, believed to be a Ford F-150, drove away without stopping. Investigators were a
  
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• Elderly Vancouver man charged in West End double murder

  18-07-2017 22:15 via vancouversun.com
  
  A man has been charged with two counts of murder following the death of two neighbours in a West End building.
  Vancouver police were called to 1835 Morton Ave. in Vancouver’s West End on July 9 around 5 p.m. When they arrived, police discovered a 57-year-old woman and a 51-year-old man, both of whom were dead.
  At the time, police said they had arrested a “person of interest.”On Tuesday, investigators announced Leonard Landrick, 73, had been charged with two counts of second-deg
  
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• Vancouver’s public bike share Mobi celebrates first birthday

  18-07-2017 22:12
  
  More than 6,400 people have enrolled as Mobi users.
  
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• B.C. NDP Cabinet 2017: John Horgan will be sworn in as 36th premier

  18-07-2017 22:08 via vancouversun.com
  
  B.C.’s new NDP government will officially assume power today and John Horgan will become the province’s 36th premier.Waiting for swearing in of @jjhorgan and cabinet at Government House at 2pm. No #emptypodium but 2 #emptychairs pic.twitter.com/GsusJIyXwW
  — Rob Shaw (@robshaw_vansun) July 18, 2017
  The New Democrats won 41 of the legislature’s 87 seats during in the May 9 election, two less than Christy Clark’s governing Liberals.
  But Horgan managed to broker a deal
  
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• First Nations call outgoing B.C. Liberals' Taseko mine permits 'unbelievable move'

  18-07-2017 22:02
  
  Indigenous anger at 'parting gift from Liberals to Taseko on last day of their government,' despite B.C. Liberal vows to maintain purely 'caretaker' government.
  
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• Nearly 1,100 wildfire evacuees now registered in Surrey

  18-07-2017 21:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  “It's horrible, our families have all gone different directions and we don't know if our town is going to burn down.”
  
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• Adopt a Pet: Scarlet and Rhett

  18-07-2017 21:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  On today’s Adopt a Pet segment we have two litter trained bunnies. Rhett and Scarlet are a bonded pair available at the Vancouver SPCA.
  
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• Vancouver man charged in double homicide in West End

  18-07-2017 21:46
  
  Police found two people dead at a West End apartment last week
  
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• B.C. Wildfires Live: Air quality advisory issued for Metro Vancouver

  18-07-2017 21:42 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.
  ​Metro Vancouver has issued an air quality advisory for Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley Regional District because of high concentrations of fine particulate matter due to wildfires outside of the region.
  The Lower Mainland is clouded with a haze o
  
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• Nutrition tips for long distance truck drivers

  18-07-2017 21:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  Registered dietitian Diana Steele has healthy eating tips for truck drivers and how they can improve their quality of life.
  
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• Tallio Day 7: Phillip Tallio describes the two thirds of his life spent behind bars

  18-07-2017 21:10 via vancouversun.com
  
  Final in a seven-part series
  After a nine-year-old boy found the body of his mother, dead from alcohol and pills on New Year’s Eve of 1974, he spent most of the next eight years shuttling around the province from Vancouver Island to the Cariboo, from group homes to foster families and a stint in juvenile detention.
  Shortly after that orphan, Phillip Tallio, turned 17, he returned home to the Nuxalk Nation reserve in Bella Coola. A few months later, according to Tallio’s account,
  
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• Burnaby demoviction protestors fight for affordable housing

  18-07-2017 21:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Metrotown area of Burnaby is undergoing a major transition but not everyone is happy with the changes. Jordan Armstrong has the details.
  
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• Cache Creek residents can go home

  18-07-2017 21:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Good news for evacuated residents of Cache Creek. As Neetu Garcha reports, they’ve spent 11 days out of their homes, but they are finally getting the green light to return.
  
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• ‘High to extreme’ danger across Alberta, BC parks spurs extension of fire ban

  18-07-2017 20:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  “It’s primarily in Kootenay National Park and Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park... It has not crossed the border into Banff.”
  
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• Port Moody calls byelection to fill empty council seat

  18-07-2017 20:57 via vancouversun.com
  
  The city of Port Moody has called a byelection for Sept. 30 to fill the council seat left vacant by Rick Glumac, who was elected as an NDP MLA for Port Moody-Coquitlam in the May 9 B.C. election.
  Glumac, who defeated Liberal incumbent Linda Reimer in the provincial election, announced he was leaving council last month.  
  On general voting day, there will be three polling stations: Port Moody Recreation Complex (300 Ioco Road), Heritage Mountain Community Centre (200 Panorama Place), an
  
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• Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week highlights 'strong, rich culture'

  18-07-2017 20:45 via vancouversun.com
  
  Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week
  July 26-29; 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. | Queen Elizabeth Theatre
  Free: vifw.webflow.io
  Joleen Mitton is no stranger to the world of fashion. 
  After being discovered at a fairgrounds in Vancouver as a teen, she was plucked from her normal urban life filled with school and basketball and catapulted into a wild world of runway shows and international photo shoots.
  Now, after stepping away from full-time modelling, Mitton is choosing to shine the spotlight on cultural c
  
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• Canadian in Aussie drug smuggling says she fears for her life

  18-07-2017 20:37
  
  One of the Quebec women busted inAustralia for trying to smuggle cocaineinto the country off a luxury cruiseliner claims her life was threatened.
  
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• Taxpayer-funded NDP-Green office 'dumb mistake': political scientist

  18-07-2017 20:12
  
  Liberals warn Secretariat to 'compromise the integrity of the Office of the Premier,' but expert agrees while 'technically right', Libs seem 'duplicitous'
  
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• Air quality warning for Metro Vancouver and Fraser Valley

  18-07-2017 20:10
  
  Smoke from wildfires raging in the Interior has drifted into the Metro Vancouver air shed, causing haze and health effects for some.
  
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• Young stars, old classic: Vancouver teens turn on romantic Shakespeare

  18-07-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Romeo and Juliet
  Carousel Theatre for Young People
  July 28-Aug. 12 | Performance Works Outdoor Stage, Granville Island
  Tickets | Free or $5 reserved, tickets.carouseltheatre.ca
  Summer is the perfect time to fall in love, so it makes sense for the original star-crossed lovers to reappear.
  Yes, those lovable but exasperating romantics Romeo and Juliet will be back on the boards, thanks to Carousel Theatre for Young People’s Teen Shakespeare Program.
  Starring 17-year-old Finnegan Howes as Rom
  
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• Nordstrom Anniversary Sale arrives in Vancouver

  18-07-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  H&M’s latest designer collaboration has been announced, and this time, the Swedish retailer has tapped into Canadian talent. 
  Montreal-born and now London-based designer Erdem Moralioglu has been announced as the latest designer to create a capsule collection for the international clothing company.  
  From left: Ann-Sofie Johansson, Erdem Moralioglu and Baz Luhrmann.
  “From the moment we started talking with Erdem about the collaboration, I was captured by his vision,&rdq
  
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• Looking to brighten up? Try these two new Caudalie products

  18-07-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  What it is: A line of skin care from the French beauty brand Caudalie that harnesses the power of grapes to perfect skin.
  The Caudalie Vinoperfect Concentrated Brightening Essence works to brighten skin by sweeping away dead skin cells through the use of glycolic acid. The formula is fortified with Caudalie’s organic grape water to soothe and hydrate skin, while white peony extract works to “enhance luminosity.” 
  The toner-like potion can be used day and night to bala
  
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• It's the Canucks' Erik Gudbranson — like you've never seen him before

  18-07-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  It’s not easy being a professional hockey player. 
  The workouts, the travelling, the fans, the endorsements … wait a minute! OK, while it may seem like these professional athletes have it easy, there is one place a few players admit they have a struggle: shopping. 
  “Hockey players are known to have big butts,” Erik Gudbranson, a defencemen with the Vancouver Canucks, says with a laugh when asked about the common issues he faces in the fitting room. &ldquo
  
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• Hops are slowly making a comeback in the Fraser Valley

  18-07-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  A few years ago, Abbotsford farmer Raymond Bredenhof decided to give his poultry farm a little boost.
  “I wanted to diversify my farm,” he told Postmedia News. “I wanted to do something that is a less-regulated industry; be more creative business-wise and marketing-wise. For me, (growing hops) was a new challenge.”
  Bredenhof, who is the chair of the B.C. Hop Growers Association, planted six acres of the plant on his own farm in spring of 2016, and eight more acres at anoth
  
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• Former theatre students' love for Lion fuels new production

  18-07-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Lion in the Streets
  July 20-22 and 27-29 | Pacific Theatre
  Tickets: $17 in advance at resonancetheatre.info or $20 at the door
  In Judith Thompson’s play Lion in the Streets, a Portuguese girl named Isobel roams through her neighbourhood. The audience, along with Isobel, catches glimpses of the lives of strangers in her community in dramatic, interconnected episodes. The catch: our protagonist, Isobel, is dead, and has been for 20 years, since she was killed as a nine-year-old.
  “This
  
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• B.C. summer anthology a warm, sunny antidote to our wacky world

  18-07-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  The new essay collection The Summer Book offers up some tastes of summer from 24 B.C. writers.
  The Summer Book
  24 B.C. writers
  Edited by Mona Fertig
  Mother Tongue Publishing
  There are a few universal rules when it comes to enjoying summer: Always use sunscreen, stay hydrated and make sure you have something to read.
  The summer read, while often light in nature, can be a weighty topic for sure.
  Some people put only fiction on their lazy days list. Others prefer going down memoir lane and some use
  
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• 3 new beauty products to try this week

  18-07-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  DermalogicaNightly Lip Treatment
  They say: An aptly named evening lip treatment that firms, hydrates and restores lips for a more youthful, line-free appearance. Using ingredients such as Indian Gentian Extract, Sesame Seed Extract and vitamin-rich Shea Butter, the product promises to reduce the visibility of fine lines and feathering in the perioral area. 
  We say: While this lip treatment won’t undo all the signs of aging around the mouth, it does a pretty good job trying. Our
  
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• Metro Vancouver air quality advisory issued due to B.C. wildfires

  18-07-2017 19:46 via vancouversun.com
  
  Metro Vancouver has issued an air quality advisory for both Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley Regional District due to high concentrations of smoke drifting down from wildfires in the interior of the province.
  Fine particulate matter — airborne solids and liquids — can penetrate indoors due to their small size and may sicken people who have diabetes, asthma, lung or heart disease.
  “If you are experiencing symptoms such as chest discomfort, shortness of breath, coughing or w
  
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• Some retailers pulling wasp traps after birds caught and killed

  18-07-2017 19:45
  
  Some Canadian retailers are pulling awasp trap from their shelves afterreports emerged that it was trappingbirds and killing them.
  
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• Grouse Mountain sold to investment company

  18-07-2017 19:36
  
  The landmark tourist destination has been sold to GM Resorts Limited Partnership.
  
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• B.C. NDP takes power for first time in 16 years amid wildfire crisis

  18-07-2017 19:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  B.C.'s first NDP government in 16 years will be sworn in this afternoon.
  
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• B.C. NDP take power for first time in 16 years amid wildfire crisis

  18-07-2017 19:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  B.C.'s first NDP government in 16 years will be sworn in this afternoon.
  
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• Wildfires prompt air quality advisory for Metro Vancouver, Fraser Valley

  18-07-2017 19:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  The wildfires burning in B.C. have now prompted Metro Vancouver to issue an air quality advisory for the region and for the Fraser Valley.
  
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