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• Metro Vancouver penalizes trash haulers $200000-plus for banned items - Vancouver Sun

  19-07-2017 23:58 via vancouversun.com
  
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  The trash gets tossed in the Coquitlam Transfer Station in Coquitlam. Arlen Redekop / PNG Files. Share Adjust Comment Print. Metro Vancouver penalized trash haulers a total of $213,388 last year for delivering banned items such as electronic waste and ...and more »
  
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• It just takes one spark to ignite a brush fire

  19-07-2017 23:48
  
  With wildfires burning across the province and an increase in local brush fires due to warm, dry weather, Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services hosted an event July 19 for media to see first-hand how quickly brush fires can start and spread
  
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• Homicide police investigating death of 13-year-old girl found in Burnaby's Central Park

  19-07-2017 23:38
  
  Marissa Shen was found in the southeast part of Central Park early Wednesday morning
  
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• Spilled paint closes Highway 1 west of Revelstoke

  19-07-2017 23:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  The truck was carrying a load of paint that spilled on the highway.
  
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• Kinder Morgan Canada says Trans Mountain on track for September construction start

  19-07-2017 23:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  Kinder Morgan Canada says it is still on track to start construction of the Trans Mountain expansion project in September as it released its first quarterly results since going public in May.
  
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• Safety fears rise after 'shocking' death of Burnaby girl, 13 - Vancouver Sun

  19-07-2017 23:29 via vancouversun.com
  
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  Safety fears rise after 'shocking' death of Burnaby girl, 13
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  A 13-year-old Burnaby girl reported missing at 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday was found dead less than two hours later in a popular city park. “Something like this is the biggest fear I have,” Anthony Pezzolla said, cycling with his six-year-old son close to ...
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• Homicide investigation launched in Burnaby following death of 13-year-old girl - Vancouver Sun

  19-07-2017 23:29 via vancouversun.com
  
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  Homicide investigation launched in Burnaby following death of 13-year-old girl
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  A 13-year-old Burnaby girl reported missing at 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday was found dead less than two hours later in a popular city park. Burnaby RCMP said Marissa Shen's body was found in Central Park — in the brush near Patterson Avenue, not far from ...
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• Top Indigenous artists coming to Vancouver for Drum is Calling Festival - CBC.ca

  19-07-2017 23:20 via cbc.ca
  
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  Top Indigenous artists coming to Vancouver for Drum is Calling Festival
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  Some of Canada's top Indigenous artists are on their way to Vancouver for a nine-day festival of arts, music and culture. The Drum is Calling Festival starts this Saturday at Larwill Park and will feature a nightly concert series featuring musicians ...and more »
  
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• Bike thefts down in Vancouver but cyclists make it easy to steal, police say - CBC.ca

  19-07-2017 23:12 via cbc.ca
  
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  Bike thefts down in Vancouver but cyclists make it easy to steal, police say
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  When Laure Desjardins' bike was stolen around 11:30 p.m. on July 12 outside of a restaurant at Granville and Dunsmuir streets, she knew she was partly to blame. "My mistake was I tied my bike to a public pole, and I didn't realize the pole wasn't ...and more »
  
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• 10 to 15 people treated after pepper spray attack at Elbow Room Cafe in Vancouver

  19-07-2017 22:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  Police said someone walked into the Elbow Room Cafe on Davie Street at 10:30 a.m., deployed pepper spray and quickly left the restaurant.
  
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• Vancouver housing start plunge 'a surprise' - Business in Vancouver

  19-07-2017 22:38 via biv.com
  
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  Vancouver housing start plunge 'a surprise'
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  Vancouver's new housing sales have been on a blistering pace over the past two years and the inventory of new condos has fallen to historic lows, so it was a surprise to some when housing starts plunged through the first half of 2017. Total housing ...
  
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• Rock legends photographer Bob Gruen rocking on with Vancouver show

  19-07-2017 22:37 via vancouversun.com
  
  Bob Gruen: Rockers
  July 24-Aug. 25 | Pendulum Gallery 885 W. Georgia, Vancouver
  Tickets free | pendulumgallery.bc.ca
  Chances are if you ask someone if they know that photo of John Lennon, the one with arms crossed standing in front of the skyline in his “New York City” T-shirt, the answer you’ll most likely get is yes.
  The picture was taken in 1974 by 29-year-old Bob Gruen at an album cover shoot on the rooftop of Lennon’s New York penthouse (Lennon and Yoko Ono were on a
  
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• Rock legends photographer Bob Gruen rocking on with Vancouver show - Vancouver Sun

  19-07-2017 22:26 via vancouversun.com
  
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  Chances are if you ask someone if they know that photo of John Lennon, the one with arms crossed standing in front of the skyline in his “New York City” T-shirt, the answer you'll most likely get is yes. The picture was taken in 1974 by 29-year-old Bob ...and more »
  
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• Where was Marissa Shen’s body found?

  19-07-2017 22:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  IHIT and the Burnaby RCMP answer questions about the circumstances surrounding the discovery of 13-year-old Marissa Shen’s body in a Burnaby park.
  
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• Richmond retailer apologizes for ad seeking "Chinese" sales person - Vancouver Sun (blog)

  19-07-2017 22:23 via vancouversun.com
  
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  Furniture Land outlet owner Sam Manji says in a newspaper ad that "our error was in the wording" of the help wanted sign. Handout / PNG. Share Adjust Comment Print. The owner of a Furniture Land outlet in Richmond is formally apologizing to would-be ...and more »
  
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• Richmond retailer apologizes for ad for "Chinese" sales person

  19-07-2017 22:23 via vancouversun.com
  
  The owner of a Furniture Land outlet in Richmond is formally apologizing to would-be customers for erecting a sandwich board sign seeking a “Chinese” sales person.
  Sam Manj says in a newspaper ad that “our error was in the wording” of the sign, which was meant to seek “a sales person who could communicate in Chinese language.”
  Labour lawyer Lindsay Lyster told Postmedia that the original sign, which was removed by city staff for an unrelated reason, would be a
  
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• RCMP identify teenage girl found dead in Burnaby Central Park

  19-07-2017 22:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  RCMP and the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team update the public at a press conference on their investigation involving the suspicious death of 13-year-old Marissa Shen.
  
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• New Minister of Mental Health and Addictions challenged to visit injection site

  19-07-2017 22:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  "She'll get that grassroots frontline. She can talk to the people here and ask them questions on what they need."
  
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• Watch: Vancouver Aquarium needs your help naming this sea otter pup

  19-07-2017 22:16
  
  The baby sea otter is now two months old, and he needs a name. Thankfully, there's a contest already underway.
  
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• Air quality advisory cancelled for Metro Vancouver, Fraser Valley

  19-07-2017 22:16 via vancouversun.com
  
  Winds have pushed the smoke far enough away from the Lower Mainland that an air quality advisory has been cancelled for Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley Regional District.
  The advisory was put in effect on Tuesday due to elevated concentrations of fine particles in the air from the more 150 wildfires burning in B.C.’s Interior.
  Metro Vancouver says air quality in the region has now improved as a result of stronger winds in advance of an incoming low pressure system.
  If smoke from the
  
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• Who is Atticus? West Coast Canadian's short poems long on inspiration

  19-07-2017 22:13 via vancouversun.com
  
  To be honest, it would be so easy to dismiss an Instagram poet who doesn’t follow the rules of poetry, wears a mask and whose biggest supporters are a supermodel and coterie of young Hollywood stars.
  Oh, and who was voted “the world’s most tattoo-able” poet by Galore magazine.
  Yes, take that, you big drag Sylvia Plath.
  “I don’t mind it all,” says Atticus, the aforementioned anonymous Instagram poet about being called an Instagram poet and not just a poet
  
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• Air quality advisory lifted for Metro Vancouver and Fraser Valley region - CBC.ca

  19-07-2017 22:13 via cbc.ca
  
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  Air quality advisory lifted for Metro Vancouver and Fraser Valley region
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  The air quality advisory for Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley Regional District has been lifted as of late Wednesday morning. Metro Vancouver issued the air quality advisory on Tuesday, due to an elevated concentration of fine particulate matter ...
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• Two men sentenced to jail for assaulting Kamloops RCMP officer

  19-07-2017 22:08 via vancouversun.com
  
  Two men who initially avoided incarceration after being convicted of assaulting a police officer have had jail sentences imposed on them following an appeal by the Crown.
  In January, Leon Francis Leclerc, 47, and Jerry Lee Lamar, 52, received conditional sentences of two years less a day and two years probation after pleading guilty to the July 2014 assault of Kamloops RCMP Const. Paul Koester.
  The assault happened on a rural road near Pritchard, east of Kamloops, after Koester stopped a truck t
  
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• Summer travel tech to keep your phone charged

  19-07-2017 21:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  Andy Baryer from Get Connected Media has solutions for charging your phone while you’re on the go in the summertime.
  
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• Kelowna man charged after drugs and guns seized by gang unit police

  19-07-2017 21:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  A residence searchturned up nine firearms including a loaded 9mm handgun and two semi-automatic rifles.
  
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• Premier John Horgan extends state of emergency as B.C. deals with wildfires

  19-07-2017 21:51 via vancouversun.com
  
  VICTORIA – B.C. Premier John Horgan extended the provincial state of emergency for wildfires by an additional two weeks and boosted aid payments to those who were forced to evacuate their homes.
  Horgan emerged from his new government’s first cabinet meeting at the legislature to announce additional payments of $600 for each evacuee for every 14 days a person is unable to return home due the wildfires raging in the province’s interior.
  More than 45,000 people have been forced fr
  
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• Doug Roxburgh is the face of B.C. golf

  19-07-2017 21:47 via globalnews.ca
  
  115th BC Amateur Golf Championship is underway and living legend Doug Roxburgh has played in nearly half of them. Doug’s still teeing it up alongside the youngsters. As Jay Janower reports, one such player is favoured to win it all.
  
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• Make your trip to the U.S. as stress free as possible

  19-07-2017 21:42
  
  Increased security measures go into effect July 19. Here are tips for how to prepare for airplane travel to the States
  
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• New record: $2,090 a month is average cost of one-bedroom rental in Vancouver

  19-07-2017 21:34 via globalnews.ca
  
  In July, the average price of rent for a one-bedroom apartment in Vancouver hit $2,090 a month; which is the first time this type of property has cracked the $2,000 mark.
  
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• Benefits of buying large format wine bottles

  19-07-2017 21:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  Leeann Froese from Town Hall Brands explains why you may want to reach for that bigger bottle of wine the next time you’re at the liquor store.
  
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• How new increased security will affect Canadian travellers to U.S.

  19-07-2017 21:25
  
  Enhanced security measures introduced by Homeland Security went into effect July 19
  
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• B.C. cigarette smuggler receives conditional sentence, fine

  19-07-2017 21:21 via vancouversun.com
  
  A would-be smuggler has been handed a conditional sentence and a fine for attempting to sneak 202 cartons of cigarettes into Canada three years ago.  
  Ning Zang pleaded guilty last month to smuggling 202 cartons of undeclared cigarettes through the Point Roberts-Boundary Bay border crossing in 2014. 
  On June 26, Ning Zang pleaded guilty in Surrey Provincial Court to one count of smuggling and one count of possession of unstamped tobacco after being caught with the undeclared smoke
  
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• B.C. man allegedly threatens to kill firefighters

  19-07-2017 21:17
  
  RCMP confiscates gun after man allegedly issues death threats to firefighters in Williams Lake.
  
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• Evacuated workers stop fire from spreading at Lake Country business

  19-07-2017 21:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  Workers used a water hose to keep the fire from spreading into dry grasses.
  
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• Securities regulator warns of unauthorized stock exchange operating out of B.C.

  19-07-2017 21:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  The company is claiming to be the old Vancouver Stock Exchange, which no longer exists.
  
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• Marcel de Jong grows from just quiet to quiet leader

  19-07-2017 21:03 via theprovince.com
  
  Becoming the team’s old guy can sneak up on you.
  Marcel de Jong, now 30, has suddenly found himself a wise old hand for Canada’s national soccer squad.
  “It’s weird,” he said over the phone Tuesday from the team’s hotel in Phoenix, before adding that it’s a role he’s quickly getting comfortable with, even if it didn’t feel natural at first.
  “It’s something that I enjoy, helping the younger kids. It’s been an experience for me
  
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• Air quality advisory for Metro Vancouver, Fraser Valley ends - Globalnews.ca

  19-07-2017 20:59 via globalnews.ca
  
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  Air quality advisory for Metro Vancouver, Fraser Valley ends
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  The wildfires burning in B.C. prompted Metro Vancouver to issue an air quality advisory on Tuesday. This was due to fine particulate matter in the air due to the wildfire smoke. On Wednesday, air quality improved as a result of stronger winds in ...
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• Air quality advisory for Metro Vancouver, Fraser Valley ends - BC ... - Globalnews.ca

  19-07-2017 20:59 via globalnews.ca
  
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  Air quality advisory for Metro Vancouver, Fraser Valley ends - BC ...
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  The wildfires burning in B.C. prompted Metro Vancouver to issue an air quality advisory on Tuesday.
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  Metro Vancouver issues air quality advisory as a result of BC wildfiresStraight.com
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• Metro Vancouver air quality warning cancelled

  19-07-2017 20:50
  
  Smoke from Interior wildfires had drifted into Metro Vancouver's air shed, causing potential health effects for some residents.
  
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• Soap jugs containing drug-making chemicals fail to squeak by border services

  19-07-2017 20:39
  
  A recent Canada Border Services seizure in Vancouver has prevented millions of potential hits of ecstasy from hitting the streets.
  
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• B.C. cigarette smuggler receives conditional sentence, hefty fine

  19-07-2017 20:26 via vancouversun.com
  
  A would-be smuggler has been handed a conditional sentence and a hefty fine for attempting to sneak 202 cartons of cigarettes into Canada three years ago.  
  Ning Zang pleaded guilty last month to smuggling 202 cartons of undeclared cigarettes through the Point Roberts-Boundary Bay border crossing in 2014. 
  On June 26, Ning Zang pleaded guilty in Surrey Provincial Court to one count of smuggling and one count of possession of unstamped tobacco after being caught with the undeclared
  
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• Keyboard Kimura: It's make-or-break time for Chris Weidman

  19-07-2017 20:15 via vancouversun.com
  
  A little over four years ago, Chris Weidman walked into the Octagon and shocked the world, clipping Anderson Silva with a looping left hook as he pretended to be hurt, sending the Brazilian icon crashing to the canvas and bringing his long reign over the middleweight division to a surprising end.
  Saturday night on FOX, Weidman will make the walk to the cage with designs on ending an ugly three-fight losing streak and silencing questions about his place in the division he once ruled, when he take
  
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• RCMP investigating suspicious death of teenage girl in Burnaby

  19-07-2017 20:14 via vancouversun.com
  
  Homicide investigators will speak in Burnaby today following the suspicious death of a 13-year-old girl.
  The media conference will take place at 1:30 pm. Wednesday at the Burnaby RCMP detachment. RCMP and members of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team will be present.
  No further information was released about the victim, aside from her age.
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• Driver dies after being ejected from truck in Vernon crash

  19-07-2017 20:10 via globalnews.ca
  
  The driver was ejected from the pickup and died at the scene.
  
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• Premier Horgan and NDP name more staff for new B.C. government

  19-07-2017 20:03 via vancouversun.com
  
  VICTORIA – Premier John Horgan’s government has rounded out the top ranks of its new administration with a flurry of cabinet orders signed by the new premier.
  Mira Oreck was named director of stakeholder relations, with a salary of $120,000. She’s a former federal NDP candidate with deep roots in Vancouver politics, having worked on Gregor Robertson’s provincial and mayoral election campaigns.
  She’ll work closely with Horgan’s chief of staff, Geoff Meggs,
  
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• Wine Guy: Hazy beer days of summer

  19-07-2017 20:00 via theprovince.com
  
  The weather may be clear and sunny, but more beer being poured these days is cloudy — and it’s not just Hefeweizen! “Hazy” beers are having a moment, and these cloudy pale ales and IPAs are causing quite a storm among brewers and beer enthusiasts.
  These murky beers fly in the face of beer convention — typically a proper pint has been considered one that pours clear. And while there are some who decry these newfangled turbid ales, judging from the hazy glasses taking
  
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• Q&A: Bruce Thomas

  19-07-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Season Cycle
  Until Sept. 21 | Telus World of Science
  Info: scienceworld.ca
  In his Season Cycle exhibit, Bruce Thomas reinvents the B.C. landscape by drawing upon the personal recollections and thoughts of Canadians. The Revelstoke-based artist has been interviewing people across the country for what he is calling the PULSE Landscape Project. Season Cycle is one aspect of the ongoing work, in which Thomas uses the data he collects to inspire large-scale media compositions as well as sculptur
  
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• Let them eat cake: Blueridge Chamber Music Festival expands, explores - Vancouver Sun

  19-07-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  
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  Let them eat cake: Blueridge Chamber Music Festival expands, explores
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  Now on the verge of its eighth summer, the Blueridge Chamber Music Festival, co-founded by pianist Alejandro Ochoa and soprano Dorothea Hayley, will be providing some out-of-the-ordinary delights for the dog days of August. To begin with, as Hayley ...and more »
  
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• Let them eat cake: Blueridge Chamber Music Festival expands, explores

  19-07-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  THE BLUERIDGE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL PRESENTS:
  The Very Thought Of You
  Aug. 5, 7 p.m. | Mount Seymour United Church
  Aug. 9, 7 p.m. | Orpheum Annex
  I’ve Got You Under My Skin
  Aug. 11, 7 p.m. | St. Mark’s Anglican Church
  Aug. 12, 7 p.m. | Mount Seymour United Church
  Shoshana Telner in Recital
  Aug. 13, 7 p.m. | St. Mark’s Anglican Church
  Let Them Eat Cake
  Aug. 16, 7 p.m. | Orpheum Annex
  Aug. 20, 7 p.m. | Mount Seymour United Church
  I Thee Dread
  Aug. 18, 7 p.m. | Orpheum
  
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• Five reasons to check out this year's Deighton Cup

  19-07-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Deighton Cup
  July 22, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. | Hastings Racecourse
  Tickets: $85 at deighton-cup.com
  1. Fashion. Ticket-buyers are encouraged to wear their finest or wackiest attire to impress the judges in the Style Stakes competition. Two Best Dressed awards will be handed out. 
  2. Cocktails. For the first time in its five years, the signature event Cocktail Jockey Mixology Competition takes place one day ahead of the Cup and at an off-site location: the Rosewood Hotel Georgia. From noon to 3 p
  
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