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• NDP government sends Site C dam for independent review

  02-08-2017 23:41 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — B.C.’s new NDP government has followed through with a campaign promise to send the controversial Site C hydroelectric dam project to an independent review.
  Energy Minister Michelle Mungall made the announcement at the legislature Wednesday. The review will start Aug. 9.
  “Rather than questioning whether or not the project should have started, the review will focus on looking forward,” said Mungall.
  The NDP had promised during the May election campaign to send th
  
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• How cops ended Son of Sam’s reign of terror

  02-08-2017 23:40
  
  The fear gripping its filthy streets hadNew York City terrified from the Bronxto the Bowery.
  
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• Fraser Lake RCMP continue search for missing man

  02-08-2017 23:33 via globalnews.ca
  Investigators said Krietz was spotted in Prince George on July 8 where he checked out of a local motel, and may have had plans to head towards the Lower Mainland.
  
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• Surrey RCMP looking for man who attacked, robbed woman

  02-08-2017 23:29 via vancouversun.com
  Surrey RCMP are looking for a man who they allege threatened a woman with a hobby knife and then robbed her outside her Newton home last month.
  According to a news release, at 12:50 a.m. on July 20 a man approached the woman from behind in the 13700 block of 72A Avenue. He grabbed her and threatened her with what the Mounties describe as an X-Acto knife.
  After forcing her inside her apartment building, police say the suspect had the woman empty her pockets. He then forced her to walked towa
  
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• District of North Vancouver says Lynn Canyon swimming ban unlikely

  02-08-2017 23:26 via globalnews.ca
  There have been 31 deaths in Lynn Canyon in the last 24 years.
  
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• B.C. asks utilities commission to review $8.8-billion Site C dam megaproject

  02-08-2017 23:14
  The regulator will be tasked with determining the economic viability of the megaproject.
  
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• 'C'est absurde': French cuts decried, as 5% more bilingual Vancouverites

  02-08-2017 23:00
  7,500 more French-and-English-speaking Metro Vancouverites than 2006, new Census reveals — making school board cuts all the more baffling, argue Canadian Parents for French
  
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• Family of boy who cycled to New Westminster thanks those who helped

  02-08-2017 22:44 via vancouversun.com
  The family of a young boy who went missing last week and cycled from Vancouver’s Stanley Park to New Westminster is thanking the many people who helped in the search.
  “Coming from Vancouver Island, we are so thankful to our friends and family who immediately rushed to the park on bikes and on foot and provided words of support during the search,” said Bruneau Fulton’s mom Danica Rice.
  Bruneau, 11, became separated from his family last Wednesday when they were cycling the
  
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• Vancouver’s benchmark house price cracks $1M

  02-08-2017 22:41 via globalnews.ca
  The board says the composite benchmark price for all residential properties in the area is currently $1,019,400, up 8.7 per cent from July 2016.
  
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• Letters: Mayor’s decisions as variable as the weather

  02-08-2017 22:39 via theprovince.com
  Re: City considering snow readiness plan, July 26.
  I seem to recall our venerable mayor, Gregor Robertson, in response to the city’s terrible response to last winter’s snow, saying that it was a one-off — i.e., one of those once-in-a-century events.
  Now, in typical knee-jerk fashion, Vancouver City Hall is going all-out in the snow-clearing department at considerable cost to taxpayers. It appears there’s one thing more unpredictable than the weather; the mayor’s shi
  
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• PHOTOS: Wildfires blanket B.C. in smoke and haze

  02-08-2017 22:16 via globalnews.ca
  These conditions have now prompted an air quality advisory and heat wave warning for Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley.
  
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• Man drowns in Oliver-area lake

  02-08-2017 22:13 via globalnews.ca
  Police were called Tuesday afternoon because a man’s body was discovered in the lake.
  
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• Heavy traffic expected on southern Vancouver Island

  02-08-2017 22:10 via globalnews.ca
  Southern Vancouver Island expect higher traffic volumes from Aug. 3 to 8.
  
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• Back to school, back to office tech supplies

  02-08-2017 21:52 via globalnews.ca
  Mike Agerbo of Get Connected Media shows us the latest high tech gadgets for your office.
  
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• The fashion news to know now

  02-08-2017 21:47 via vancouversun.com
  Canadian retailer Joe Fresh is expanding its size range for fall. 
  The company recently announced its upcoming collection will be available to shoppers in sizes 0-22 (XS to 3X).   
  “We are thrilled to expand our womenswear line and now offer a selection of our favourite styles in extended sizes,” Ian Freedman, president of Joe Fresh said in a news release.“As our brand continues to evolve, we are committed to providing our customers with products that suit their
  
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• Squire gets the skinny on horse jockeys

  02-08-2017 21:46 via globalnews.ca
  In order to win big, you can’t be too big, that’s the life of a jockey. But as Squire Barnes reports, you must be strong without the size.
  
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• Former RCMP member thwarts theft near Vernon

  02-08-2017 21:40 via globalnews.ca
  A 26-year-old man allegedly tried to steal a vehicle belonging to a retired RCMP member.
  
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• Vancouver residential property benchmark prices cracks $1 million

  02-08-2017 21:39 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says the typical price of a home in Metro Vancouver has surpassed $1 million.
  The board says the composite benchmark price for all residential properties in the area is currently $1,019,400, up 8.7 per cent from July 2016.
  The benchmark price for detached properties in the area is about $1.612 million, for attached properties $763,700 and for apartments $616,600.
  While home prices jumped, there were more listings and fewer sales in Met
  
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• Plan the perfect picnic

  02-08-2017 21:29 via globalnews.ca
  Joy Pecknold from Fashion Magazine has a quick and easy guide to planning the perfect picnic.
  
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• Driver arrested following 3-car collision in East Vancouver

  02-08-2017 21:29 via globalnews.ca
  A three-car collision, which involved a police car, happened at East 13th Ave. and Victoria Drive this morning.
  
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• Body found in burned SUV in Surrey

  02-08-2017 21:12
  Police asking for public’s help after body was discovered in the 18700 block of 24th Avenue.
  
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• Intense outdoor exercise not recommended in the Okanagan as smoke lingers

  02-08-2017 21:06 via globalnews.ca
  A Smoky Skies Bulletin continues for many areas of the province including Okanagan and Shuswap.
  
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• Surrey RCMP seeks help to identify suspect for assault and robbery

  02-08-2017 20:35 via globalnews.ca
  Surrey RCMP is asking for the public's help to identify a suspect from an assault and robbery that occurred in the city.
  
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• Five things you should know about Vancouver's second night of fireworks

  02-08-2017 20:35
  
  United Kingdom’s fireworks presentation begin at dusk Aug. 2
  
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• Smoke may create some 'interesting' effects for Vancouver's fireworks show

  02-08-2017 20:34
  
  300,000 people expected to gather in the West End for United Kingdom's August 2 display
  
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• OKIB lifts final flooding evacuation order

  02-08-2017 20:24 via globalnews.ca
  The Okanagan Indian Band has lifted its last evacuation order related to this year’s flood.
  
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• Aerial view of burned out SUV along 24th Ave in Surrey

  02-08-2017 20:16 via globalnews.ca
  Surrey RCMP were called to the 18700 block of 24th Avenue after reports of a car on fire. Global 1 captured images of a burned out SUV where upon investigation a body was discovered.
  
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• Photos: Vancouver's sky so smoky from wildfires it's visible from space

  02-08-2017 20:13
  Thick smoke from Interior wildfires blankets the Lower Mainland in these NASA photos.
  
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• Wine Guy: Beautiful B.C. wines

  02-08-2017 20:00 via theprovince.com
  Is the summer halfway point already here? In British Columbia, this question is really rhetorical. Without fail, the B.C. Day long weekend arrives as a poignant summer marker, and never mind that this year B.C. Day falls on Monday, Aug. 7 — the latest possible date!
  Best to make a point of getting out there and enjoying the rest of summer’s (waning) days, ideally with a glass of something local to toast our province. With wineries continuing to proliferate across the province it&rsqu
  
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• Raise a glass to Pride

  02-08-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  A slew of Vancouver bars and restaurants are getting into the spirit of Pride — while also raising funds for a good cause — by inviting patrons to raise a glass (or two). 
  More than 45 establishments including Bauhaus, Royal Dinette, Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar, Tacofino, The Union and more, have pledged support to the Dr. Peter AIDS Foundation by crafting a variety of signature themed cocktails inspired by Pride.
  Dubbed the Pride Cocktail Crawl, the fundraiser sees the e
  
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• Harmonizing Israeli sisters blend Yemeni folk songs and hip-hop beats

  02-08-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  A-WA
  Aug. 8 at 9 p.m. | Biltmore Cabaret
  Tickets: $29.50 at ticketfly.com and Red Cat Records
  Israeli trio A-WA plays the Biltmore Cabaret Aug. 8.
  Tair, Liron and Tagel Haim grew up in a family of six siblings in the tiny village of Shaharut in southern Israel, not far from the Egyptian border. From a young age, the three sisters studied music, sang, danced and performed together and separately. They formed A-WA and last year released their debut album, Habib Galbi (Love of My Heart). Inspired b
  
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• ‘The Magician’ conjured up rugby magic after cross-Canada trek

  02-08-2017 19:56 via theprovince.com
  In 2012, Elissa Alarie quit her accounting job, sublet her apartment and packed up her 2010 Honda Civic to drive cross-country to Victoria.
  The native of Trois-Rivieres, Que., was going all-in on rugby.
  Alarie had no invitation to join the Canadian women’s sevens team but had played for Quebec. She knew the players recently centralized in Victoria and believed she could compete with them.
  “I didn’t want to wake up 15 years later and be like ‘What if?”’ she sai
  
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• Air quality advisory, heat wave warning continues for B.C. south coast

  02-08-2017 19:56 via globalnews.ca
  The advisory continues for Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley because of high concentrations of fine particulate matter that are expected to persist for several days.
  
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• Reduced visibility on Highway 97 due to smoke

  02-08-2017 19:54 via globalnews.ca
  Global BC’s Nadia Stewart reports on the effects of heavy wildfire smoke along Highway 97 outside Cache Creek.
  
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• Dwindling rehearsal space has Vancouver musicians in a jam

  02-08-2017 19:52
  
  Imagine a world where beer and software trump bylaws and neighbours as a musician’s worst nightmare. That scenario is very much in play right now, and it’s forcing hundreds of musicians across Vancouver to scramble to find rehearsal space.
  
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• Wildfire closes big stretch of highway through B.C.'s Kootenay National Park

  02-08-2017 19:50 via vancouversun.com
  BANFF, Alta. — A wildfire has shut a big stretch of the highway that runs through British Columbia’s Kootenay National Park.
  The park says Highway 93 is closed from Castle Junction on the Trans-Canada Highway to the town of Radium Hot Springs some 100 kilometres south.
  Earlier, Parks Canada had warned that wildfire smoke was affecting visibility on the winding scenic highway.
  Adding to driving woes in the Rockies, B.C. is warning an accident 25 kilometres east of Golden is expected t
  
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• Indigenous feast to drive new East Van murals' stories

  02-08-2017 19:41
  At an event Wednesday afternoon, the Hastings-Sunrise and Grandview-Woodlands neighbourhoods' narratives are central to mural artists' process.
  
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• Two injured in small plane crash off coast of Tofino

  02-08-2017 19:22 via globalnews.ca
  The Transportation Safety Board says the private plane went down and flipped onto Vargas beach Tuesday afternoon.
  
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• Haze days: smoke and high heat prompt health warnings in Metro Vancouver

  02-08-2017 18:46
  People with respiratory or cardiac conditions advised to avoid exertion, seek air-conditioned spaces
  
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• Federal NDP hopefuls target British Columbia as fertile ground for growth

  02-08-2017 18:35 via vancouversun.com
  OTTAWA — Federal NDP leadership hopefuls will make a critical pitch tonight to supporters in British Columbia — a province where party members are finding renewed hope after the swearing-in of NDP Premier John Horgan.
  Ontario legislator Jagmeet Singh, Manitoba MP Niki Ashton and Quebec MP Guy Caron will go head-to-head in Victoria, though Ontario MP Charlie Angus is unable to attend the event due to a serious illness in his family.
  The debate comes at a key time for all of the candid
  
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• BUSINESS REPORT: It’s all about the Dow and Apple

  02-08-2017 18:06 via globalnews.ca
  As Apple traded up to new all-time highs – over $159 per share at market opening – the DOW moved over the 22,000 mark for the first time in its 121 year history.
  
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• BC Court of Appeal reverse ruling on 10-year-old car accident

  02-08-2017 17:53 via globalnews.ca
  The crash took place a decade ago near the Dry Lake campground, where five teens had travelled to via car.
  
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• Body found inside burned out SUV in South Surrey Wednesday morning

  02-08-2017 17:41 via vancouversun.com
  Police are investigating after a body was found inside a vehicle that had been set on fire in South Surrey on Wednesday.
  Around 12:20 a.m. Wednesday, Surrey RCMP were called to the 18700-block 24th Avenue for a car on fire.
  When police arrived and the fire had been put out, a body was found inside the burned out SUV.
  Police have since closed off 24th Avenue between 184th Street and 188th Street, as well as the intersection of 25th Avenue and 188th Street, as part of the investigation. The closur
  
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• Homicide team called after body found in burned vehicle in Surrey

  02-08-2017 17:33 via globalnews.ca
  The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) has been called in after a body was found in a burned vehicle in Surrey this morning.
  
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• Air quality continues to be hazy over Metro Vancouver due to wildfires

  02-08-2017 17:07 via vancouversun.com
  With temperatures reaching the 30s and smoke continuing to filter throughout the region, your best bet this week is to stay inside close to an air conditioner where it’s cool and clear.
  Air quality advisories remain active for the Metro Vancouver region on Wednesday, with outflow winds continuing to bring smoke from the B.C. interior wildfires out toward the coast, according to Environment Canada.
  Smoke has been mixed down closer to the ground, and forecast models note that smoke will like
  
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• Hot, smoky conditions continue for Metro Vancouver, south coast and B.C. Interior

  02-08-2017 17:06 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — Environment Canada’s air quality advisory and special weather statement have been extended for much of British Columbia’s south coast.
  Winds from the wildfire-ridden Interior brought a smoky haze over the Lower Mainland Tuesday causing high concentrations of fine particulate matter that are expected to last for several days.
  The province’s air quality index shows a high health risk for central and south Okanagan, Metro Vancouver, eastern Fraser Valley, Squamis
  
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• B.C. wildfire status Wednesday: Arson suspected in 2 wildfires

  02-08-2017 17:01 via globalnews.ca
  Fire officials are now saying at least two wildfires in B.C. this season are likely to be human-caused.
  
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• Highway 1 closed east of Golden to B.C. Alberta border; delays expected

  02-08-2017 16:49 via globalnews.ca
  The road has been closed 25 kilometres east of Golden due to a vehicle collision.
  
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• Daily Poll: Would you support a distracted walking ban in B.C.?

  02-08-2017 15:46 via vancouversun.com
  This week, reporter Randy Shore spoke to Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart about distracted walking.
  Stewart had taken to Facebook to publicly shame a ‘zombie’ who had stepped out into his cycling path without looking up from her phone.
  “She gave me an F-bomb and she’s not the only one to get angry,” he said. “I’ve had a few pedestrians walk in front of my bicycle and my car. It’s starting to become so commonplace, people are risking their lives.&rdq
  
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• Salish Raven to go into service early on Southern Gulf Islands ferry run

  02-08-2017 15:24 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. Ferries’ new Salish Raven will sail into service Thursday, a few months ahead of schedule, to replace the Queen of Nanaimo, which is under repair for the second time in recent weeks.
  The 53-year-old Queen of Nanaimo, set to be retired from the fleet in the fall, has a propeller problem that engineers are trying to diagnose and repair.
  The Queen of Nanaimo was also sidelined in June because of propeller issues and other mechanical concerns.
  The Salish Raven is the last of three Polish-
  
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