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• Vancouver murals by Indigenous artists unveiled for Canada 150+

  22-07-2017 23:59 via vancouversun.com
  A series of murals created by Indigenous artists and teams in honour of Vancouver’s Canada 150+ celebrations were unveiled this week throughout the city.
  Four of the six projects were completed this week and will be featured in a free walking tour offered as part of the Drum is Calling Festival this Sunday, Monday and Wednesday.
  The artists for the six projects were selected from 47 applicants by a panel of Indigenous artists and art professionals; 70 per cent of applicants were applying t
  
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• Air survey shows wildfire near Banff covers 4,100 hectares

  22-07-2017 23:35 via globalnews.ca
  Parks Canada says it has been able to get a better idea of the size of a wildfire that's been burning close to Banff. 
  
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• Port Coquitlam arborist heading to world tree climbing championships

  22-07-2017 23:28 via vancouversun.com
  Certified arborist Kali Alcorn ascends a tree with ropes. Alcorn will be competing in the International Tree Climbing Championships in Washington, D.C. on July 28-30.
  Kali Alcorn aimed and threw, arcing a weighted sack the size of a beanbag and attached to a thin rope over the branch she had targeted, 50 feet above her head.
  It wasn’t some bare branch sticking out all on its lonesome; she hit her target through a crowded canopy of jumbled branches and leaves.
  It’s important she clear
  
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• 44 things to do in Metro Vancouver on Sunday, July 23 - Straight.com (blog)

  22-07-2017 23:02 via straight.com
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  44 things to do in Metro Vancouver on Sunday, July 23
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  Looking for something to do on Sunday? The Straight's got you covered. Here are 44 events happening in or around Vancouver on Sunday, July 23. CONCERTS. Day two of The Drum is Calling Festival, a nine-day festival of indigenous and diverse arts and ...
  
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• How Vancouver's Georgia Straight became a 'hippie newspaper' - CBC.ca

  22-07-2017 22:58 via cbc.ca
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  How Vancouver's Georgia Straight became a 'hippie newspaper'
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  The inaugural issue of the Georgia Straight newspaper would have been its last if Vancouver's mayor at the time had gotten his way. The May 5, 1967 issue featured a photo of Kitsilano's hippie mecca on West Fourth Avenue. After it was published, ...and more »
  
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• PoCo arborist heading to world tree climbing championships

  22-07-2017 22:50 via vancouversun.com
  Certified arborist Kali Alcorn ascends a tree with ropes. Alcorn will be competing in the International Tree Climbing Championships in Washington, D.C. on July 28-30.
  Kali Alcorn aimed and threw, arcing a weighted sack the size of a beanbag and attached to a thin rope over the branch she had targeted, 50 feet above her head.
  It wasn’t some bare branch sticking out all on its lonesome; she hit her target through a crowded canopy of jumbled branches and leaves.
  It’s important she clear
  
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• Saturday Sips: Buy local BC Wines

  22-07-2017 22:39 via globalnews.ca
  Sat, Jul 22: BC Wine Institute Sommelier David Stansfield showcases some of the best wines produced around our province. From sparkling to dessert wines, he has a locally grown and bottled variety for every pallet.
  
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• Saturday Chef: Cherries galore

  22-07-2017 22:39 via globalnews.ca
  Sat, Jul 22: Delicious cuisine and recipes cooked up on the Saturday Morning News. Cherry season is in full swing. Nutritionist and BC Tree Fruits grower Darcel Markgraf shows hosts Lynn Colliar and Shanel Pratap how to make spicy chicken with cardamom cherries. She also shows off a cherry cake and cherry cocktail.
  
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• Gardenworks: Hanging basket renovation

  22-07-2017 22:35 via globalnews.ca
  Sat, Jul 22: Top gardening tips from the folks at Gardenworks. After weeks of dry weather, could you hanging baskets use a facelift? Gardening expert Scott Pearce from Gardenworks shows Yvonne Schalle how to give your baskets a new lease on life.
  
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• Open House: PNE Prize Home Tour

  22-07-2017 22:31 via globalnews.ca
  Sat, Jul 22: This week in Open House, host Kaitlyn Herbst takes a tour of the incredible 2017 PNE prize home. The three-bedroom house, which is equipped with an open concept kitchen and home theatre, will be relocated to Naramata.
  
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• Covers for the cause

  22-07-2017 22:31 via globalnews.ca
  Sat, Jul 22: Music Heals is teaming with artists and bands of all genres to raise money and awareness for music therapy – plus the charity is giving them the chance to perform live in front of the huge crowds at the Honda Celebration of Lights. Music Heals Executive Director Chris Brandt explains how the...
  
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• Liberals attack NDP over ICBC following report leak

  22-07-2017 22:18 via vancouversun.com
  The fingerpointing is underway in earnest after a leaked report warned B.C. motorists will get hit with auto insurance rate hikes of almost 30 per cent in the next two years if the government doesn’t massively overhaul ICBC’s basic insurance system.
  The 203-page report by Ernst & Young says drastic measures are needed that could include capping payouts for pain and suffering for minor injuries, re-introducing photo radar, changing red-light cameras so they also catch speeders, bo
  
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• NDP must come clean about plans for ICBC, Liberal Opposition demands - Vancouver Sun

  22-07-2017 22:15 via vancouversun.com
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  NDP must come clean about plans for ICBC, Liberal Opposition demands
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  A worker examines damaged vehicle at an ICBC lot at the south end of the Queensborough Bridge in Richmond. NICK PROCAYLO / PNG. Share Adjust Comment Print. The fingerpointing is underway in earnest after a leaked report warned B.C. motorists will ...and more »
  
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• Whitecaps’ Sam Adekugbe bound for Sweden

  22-07-2017 21:37 via theprovince.com
  Sam Adekugbe is on the move again.
  The young Canadian left back is on the Whitecaps’ books, but spent the 2016-17 English season on loan with Brighton and Hove Albion.
  He returned to Vancouver this spring after battling hamstring problems for much of the season, but when he did play he did well by all accounts.
  And though he hasn’t suited up for the Whitecaps since returning from England — his leg problem kept him out of training for a good while — he showed well at the G
  
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• Warm weekend weather raises further B.C. wildfire concerns

  22-07-2017 21:16 via globalnews.ca
  The forecast presents challenges to relief efforts across the province.
  
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• No injuries as gunfire erupts Friday evening near Surrey banquet hall

  22-07-2017 21:10 via vancouversun.com
  Police are investigating after shots were fired in Surrey near a banquet hall Friday evening.
  Around 11:30 p.m., calls were made to 911 about gunfire erupting in the 12,300-block Pattullo Place. Officers found evidence of that shots had been fired, but no one was was found injured at the scene and no shooting injuries were reported at local hospitals.
  Investigators are looking for a black SUV that was spotted speeding away from the area.
  “The investigation is still in its early stages, but
  
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• Renters of Vancouver: “I asked, pleaded, and begged them to fix it” - Straight.com

  22-07-2017 21:02 via straight.com
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  Renters of Vancouver: “I asked, pleaded, and begged them to fix it”
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  “Renters of Vancouver” takes an intimate look at how the city's residents are dealing with the housing crisis. RELATED STORIES. Renters of Vancouver: “That's when the bidding war started” · Renters of Vancouver: “Something needs to be done to correct ...
  
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• Vancouver asks council to green light additional $600000 to fight opioid crisis - CTV News

  22-07-2017 20:46 via bc.ctvnews.ca
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  Vancouver asks council to green light additional $600000 to fight opioid crisis
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  VANCOUVER - The City of Vancouver says it will ask council to approve an additional $600,000 in spending on the opioid crisis as officials estimate over 400 people could die of illicit drug deaths by the end of the year. It says in a news release that ...
  
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• Surrey neighbourhood on edge after shots fired overnight

  22-07-2017 20:07 via globalnews.ca
  No one appears to have been injured from the gunfire, and police do not have a suspect.
  
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• No injuries as gunfire erupts Friday evening near Surrey banquet hall - Vancouver Sun

  22-07-2017 20:05 via vancouversun.com
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  No injuries as gunfire erupts Friday evening near Surrey banquet hall
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  Police are investigating after shots were fired in Surrey near a banquet hall Friday evening. Around 11:30 p.m., multiple calls were made to 911 about gunfire erupting in the 12300-block Pattullo Place. Officers who arrived on scene found evidence of ...
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• Vancouver Canadians could punch their playoff ticket tonight, bringing postseason ball back to the Nat for first ... - The Province

  22-07-2017 19:26 via theprovince.com
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  Vancouver Canadians could punch their playoff ticket tonight, bringing postseason ball back to the Nat for first ...
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  Manager Rich Miller's Vancouver Canadians can clinch a playoff spot on Saturday night. Francis Georgian / PNG FILE PHOTO. A win in Salem-Keizer or a Tri-City loss to Eugene assures C's a share of first place with two days to go, and Vancouver would ...and more »
  
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• Vancouver Canadians could punch their playoff ticket tonight, bringing postseason ball back to the Nat for first time since 2014

  22-07-2017 19:23 via theprovince.com
  The Vancouver Canadians can clinch their Northwest League’s North Division first-half pennant Saturday night with a road victory over the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes or a Tri-City Dust Devils’ loss at home to the Eugene Emeralds.
  The C’s, the short-season, single-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays, are looking for their first visit to the postseason since 2014, when they lost to the Hillsboro Hops in the best-of-three league final after beating the Spokane Indians in the best-of-t
  
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• Stunning view of White Lake fire from Soda Creek Road

  22-07-2017 19:23 via globalnews.ca
  Sat, Jul 22: A driver headed along Soda Creek Road caught a front-row seat to the fire raging in the area northeast of Williams Lake.
  
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• Jason Botchford: Lions fans looking for a good time, whatever that means

  22-07-2017 19:04 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. Lions need another Brandon McKewan.
  Actually, thousands more.
  McKewan is a 22-year-old Lions fan who has been coming to Canadian Football League games since he was 12 apples high.
  He loves the team, the stadium and his seats, especially because he paid just $200 for season tickets and they even let him buy those on a payment plan.
  That’s quite the price point for the entertainment the Lions have been pumping out this season, a trend that continued to climb toward electric in Frida
  
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• Makeover: Rediscovering a natural look

  22-07-2017 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  Heather Priban is a 35-year-0ld business development manager who was expecting a baby and wanted a style that would be less work and more stylish.
  Heather has very long, thick and naturally wavy hair. It was previously lightened and her ends were looking brassy and feeling dry. She was tired of her long, unruly hair so we immediately removed several inches from her length. To soften her colour, I started by applying weave foils around the hair line and sprinkled a few through the top. I added a
  
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• Weekend Poll: Minority Report? Or just the VPD being innovative?

  22-07-2017 18:54 via vancouversun.com
  This week, the Vancouver Police Department announced it would introduce a new crime-prevention model that could stop crimes before they happen.
  The VPD will be the first in Canada to use the computerized model, which allows officers to forecast the location of property crime and take measures to prevent it. The program was launched following a six-month pilot study last year that contributed to a substantial decrease in residential break-ins.The program uses analytics to identify areas where res
  
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• B.C. transgender inmate wins right to move to a women's prison

  22-07-2017 18:17 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — A transgender inmate in British Columbia has won a years-long battle to serve the remainder of her sentence for first-degree murder at a women’s prison.
  Fallon Aubee is one of the first federal prisoners to relocate under policy changes at Correctional Services Canada that allow inmates to transfer facilities based on gender identity and not physical anatomy, said Jennifer Metcalfe, a spokeswoman for the West Coast Prison Justice Society.
  “It’s a really big de
  
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• Got rats? Call Jack, Vancouver's only working canine exterminator - CBC.ca

  22-07-2017 18:01 via cbc.ca
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  Got rats? Call Jack, Vancouver's only working canine exterminator
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  Yoram Adler can't imagine a better work colleague. Jack is always up, always ready to take on a tough job, and always ready to kill. "My daughter didn't want me to tell you this, but he's killed 36 rats and 11 mice. And two squirrels, by mistake," said ...
  
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• Granite at McKinley Beach offers best of both worlds

  22-07-2017 17:56 via vancouversun.com
  Granite at McKinley Beach,a project from Acorn Communities, will have 122 residences and be positioned near Kelowna above the waterfront of Okanagan Lake.
  Those who buy a townhome or condo apartment at Granite at McKinley Beach will have the best of both worlds. Their country world is perched on a solid granite hill facing west with panoramic views of Lake Okanagan while the urban world lies just 20 minutes down the road in the bustling, growing city of Kelowna.
  “This is for people who lik
  
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• Here’s what you were talking about this week on social media

  22-07-2017 16:00 via globalnews.ca
  Here are the top stories from the week that resonated with the Global News social media audience.
  
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• Marcon's Mirabel at English Bay takes prime position in the West End

  22-07-2017 15:24 via vancouversun.com
  An artist’s rendering of Mirabel, a project from Marcon Developments in Vancouver.
  With livability as a priority for its new residential projects, Marcon Developments focused on this theme for Mirabel at English Bay, side-by-side 18- and 19-storey buildings in Vancouver’s West End, one of the city’s most central and character-filled neighbourhoods.
  Nic Paolella, director of development for Marcon says the two concrete highrises on Davie Street are designed to fit right into the
  
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• Vancouver maps out plan to help the city's renters - The Globe and Mail

  22-07-2017 15:00 via theglobeandmail.com
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  Vancouver maps out plan to help the city's renters
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  Life in Vancouver for a renter such as Ian Martin is a tightrope walk every month across the financial abyss. The 51-year-old makes $31,000 a year as a delivery driver for a commercial printing company. The cheapest livable apartment he has been able ...
  
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• ICBC rates to soar unless there are major reforms

  22-07-2017 12:30 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — B.C. motorists will get hit with auto insurance rate hikes of almost 30 per cent in the next two years if the government doesn’t massively overhaul ICBC’s basic insurance system, says a confidential report obtained by Postmedia News.
  The 203-page report by Ernst & Young says drastic measures are needed that could include capping payouts for pain and suffering for minor injuries, re-introducing photo radar, changing red-light cameras so they also catch speede
  
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• Huge ICBC rate hikes loom unless drastic reforms happen fast, report warns - Vancouver Sun

  22-07-2017 12:30 via vancouversun.com
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  Huge ICBC rate hikes loom unless drastic reforms happen fast, report warns
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  A worker examines damaged vehicle at an ICBC lot at the south end of the Queensborough Bridge in Richmond. NICK PROCAYLO / PNG. Share Adjust Comment Print. VICTORIA — B.C. motorists will get hit with auto insurance rate hikes of almost 30 per ...and more »
  
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• Mike Smyth: Horgan’s 100-day plan is ambitious, aggressive

  22-07-2017 12:00 via theprovince.com
  Premier John Horgan heads to Ottawa and Washington, D.C., this week to make B.C.’s case on the softwood lumber dispute with the Americans while pressing our federal government for money and assistance at home.
  It’s part of an aggressive agenda for the new NDP government that will unfold in the coming days and weeks in a busy 100-day plan for the province.
  “We want to let the decision-makers in Washington know there’s a new government up and running in British Columbia,&rd
  
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• Lions beat Bombers on late field goal

  22-07-2017 09:53 via globalnews.ca
  VANCOUVER – Ty Long was talking to his dad earlier this week about how quickly momentum can swing in the CFL. The rookie kicker has another story to tell the next time they speak. Long booted a 34-yard field goal with 52 seconds left on the clock as the B.C. Lions scored 18 unanswered points...
  
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• Man Fights Grizzly

  22-07-2017 09:11 via globalnews.ca
  Fri, Jul 21: A BC man got more than he bargained for when a grizzly bear came out of nowhere while he was on a central coast beach. Nadia Stewart has more
  
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• Lions rally to beat Bombers 45-42 in a game of miscues, momentum shifts

  22-07-2017 07:48 via theprovince.com
  Ty Long kicked a 34-yard field goal with 56 seconds left on the clock Friday night as the B.C. Lions picked up a wild 45-42 victory over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
  The winning points were set up after Robbie Yell intercepted Bombers quarterback Matt Nichols and returned the ball to the Winnipeg 35 with 1:21 left on the clock.
  After two running plays, Long — the rookie kicker who the Lions kept in favour of veteran Swayze Waters — split the uprights with his third field goal of the ni
  
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• Jason Botchford: Fans looking for a good time, but Lions must figure out what that means

  22-07-2017 07:38 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. Lions need another Brandon McKewan.
  Actually, thousands more.
  McKewan is a 22-year-old Lions fan who has been coming to Canadian Football League games since he was 12 apples high.
  He loves the team, the stadium and his seats, especially because he paid just $200 for season tickets and they even let him buy those on a payment plan.
  That’s quite the price point for the entertainment the Lions have been pumping out this season, a trend that continued to climb toward electric in Frida
  
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• Rate increase should prompt Canadians to reduce their debts

  22-07-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  Re: Bank of Canada raises interest rate for first time in 7 years to 0.75%, July 12 
  Last Wednesday, the Bank of Canada announced its decision to increase its benchmark interest rate, from .5 to .75 per cent. With that, it now costs more to borrow money in Canada.
  Canadians with variable rate mortgages and lines of credit will be impacted right away. As for the rest of us, we will feel it when we apply for credit or renew an existing credit obligation. Mortgages. Personal loans. Car loans.
  
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• Indigenous relationship principles important for all Canadians

  22-07-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  The principles respecting the Government of Canada’s relationship with Indigenous peoples recently released by the federal government promise a way forward for Crown-Aboriginal relations. These principles lead me to reflect.  
  I began my legal career in 1982. As was known then, in most of British Columbia the ‘Indian Land Question’ remained unaddressed and assimilation efforts had scorched many communities. Lands and resources throughout the territories of the Indigenous p
  
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• Fans looking for a good time, but Lions must figure out what that means

  22-07-2017 07:00 via theprovince.com
  The B.C. Lions need another Brandon McKewan.
  Actually, thousands more.
  McKewan is a 22-year-old Lions’ fan who has been coming to Canadian Football League games since he was 12 apples high.
  He loves the team, the stadium and his seats, especially because he paid just $200 for season tickets and they even let him buy those on a payment plan.
  That’s quite the price point for the entertainment the Lions have been pumping out this season, a trend that continued to climb toward electric i
  
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• Editorial: The challenges facing the new cabinet

  22-07-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  Premier John Horgan’s mostly fresh-faced gender-balanced cabinet begins it mandate under trial by fire. More than 40,000 British Columbians have been forced from their homes by 152 wildfires burning in B.C.’s interior. One of the incoming government’s first actions was to extend a provincial state of emergency and announce payments, drawn from a $100-million emergency wildfire fund, to evacuees of $600 a household for every 14 days they are unable to return home.  The soci
  
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• Change needed to rental law that works against seniors’ best interests

  22-07-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  Speaking in Victoria last month, B.C. NDP Leader John Horgan said his government would fix loopholes in the Residential Tenancy Act (RTA) that favour bad landlords and add supply to address the critical housing shortage for renters in the province. The B.C. Seniors Living Association (BCSLA) urges him to go even further and fix what we believe are RTA deficiencies that are forcing seniors out of their retirement communities.
  Earlier this month, Abbeyfield House, a non-profit retirement home for
  
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• Canada settled with Khadr to respect the rule of law

  22-07-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  Over the past week, there has been much discussion about the $10.5-million settlement paid to Omar Khadr by the federal government.
  Debate still rages over what Khadr did in 2002, along with how he suffered during his decade-long detention in the United States’ Guantanamo Bay prison.
  In 2002, Canadian-born Khadr was a 15-year-old child soldier, who was taken by his father to Afghanistan to fight for the al-Qaida terrorist group. He was captured in July of that year after a firefight with A
  
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• Some B.C. wildfire evacuees still waiting on Red Cross financial support

  22-07-2017 06:57 via globalnews.ca
  Some wildfire evacuees in B.C. are still waiting for financial support from the Red Cross
  
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• Global News Hour at 6: Jul 21

  22-07-2017 05:08 via globalnews.ca
  Watch Global News Hour at 6 with Chris Gailus and Sophie Lui for Friday, July 21, 2017.
  
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• Vancouver Canucks: Jim Benning is safe for 2018 - The Canuck Way

  22-07-2017 04:46 via thecanuckway.com
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  Vancouver Canucks: Jim Benning is safe for 2018
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  Though many Vancouver Canucks fans have seemingly been clamoring for general manager Jim Benning to get fired, his job should be safe for 2018. It's been a long time since the majority of Vancouver Canucks fans have been fully invested in a general ...and more »
  
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• Private long-term care facility snubs Sechelt, locates in Gibsons

  22-07-2017 04:45 via vancouversun.com
  A 135-bed long-term care home originally slated to be built in Sechelt will be built in Gibsons instead, a 30-minute drive away.
  Trellis Seniors Services has been contracted by Vancouver Coastal Health to build and run the facility, while 108 beds at two government-run care homes in Sechelt are to close.
  Originally, the plan was to move the residents from the aging Shornecliffe Intermediate Care Facility and Totem Lodge to a private facility to be built and run by Trellis in Sechelt.
  Howeve
  
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• BC Evening Weather Forecast: Jul 21

  22-07-2017 04:43 via globalnews.ca
  The Friday, July 21, 2017 evening weather forecast for Vancouver, British Columbia and the surrounding area.
  
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