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• Canada in line of fire between North Korea and U.S.

  12-08-2017 23:42
  
  North Korea shouldn’t be the only nation“very, very nervous” about its stand-offwith the United States, as PresidentDonald Trump suggested this week.
  
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• Perseid meteor shower coming to B.C. skies Saturday night — if weather cooperates

  12-08-2017 23:21
  Experts say a dark, clear sky is key to catching astronomical events like meteor showers.
  
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• NDP orders review of government reliance on industry-hired experts

  12-08-2017 23:11 via vancouversun.com
  The NDP government has ordered a review of B.C.’s controversial “professional reliance” system, which uses experts hired by industry to assess the environmental risks associated with logging, mining and other projects.
  Environment Minister George Heyman said in an interview that the province previously relied on its own professionals to protect the public interest. But the Liberal government shifted much of that responsibility to professionals hired by project proponents &mdash
  
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• Diane McIntosh: B.C. Pharmacare is letting down British Columbians

  12-08-2017 23:00 via theprovince.com
  The fentanyl crisis is largely a mental health crisis, as I pointed out in a recent commentary. One of the reasons for that situation is the lack of access to timely and appropriate mental health and addiction treatment. This includes the lack of access to skilled mental health care providers and to safe, effective, tolerable treatments.
  Media reports and online forums often perpetuate myths regarding psychiatric medications: they don’t work, they’re all the same, they make everyone
  
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• Dreams, doodads and the ideal bungalow: the PNE Prize Home through history

  12-08-2017 22:49 via theprovince.com
  The 2017 PNE Prize Home is a large contemporary home brimming with all the latest trends and doodads, such as a double height ceiling in the living room, white Corian countertops and a media room with $6,000 theatre seats and a 92-inch projector screen.
  It comes with a double-sided gas fireplace in the living room that’s set into the wall, chic maple barn doors in the kitchen, and a master bedroom and ensuite that’s bigger than many Vancouver condos.
  Wine cooler? Check. Subway tile?
  
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• Dreams and doodads: The PNE Prize Home through the ages

  12-08-2017 22:46 via vancouversun.com
  The 2017 PNE Prize Home is a large contemporary home brimming with all the latest trends and doodads, such as a double height ceiling in the living room, white Corian countertops and a media room with $6,000 theatre seats and a 92-inch projector screen.
  It comes with a double-sided gas fireplace in the living room that’s set into the wall, chic maple barn doors in the kitchen, and a master bedroom and ensuite that’s bigger than many Vancouver condos.
  Wine cooler? Check. Subway tile?
  
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• B.C. government removes 4 of 5 board members overseeing Port Mann Bridge

  12-08-2017 22:42
  The BC New Democrats have rescinded the appointments of four of five board members overseeing the corporation in charge of the Port Mann Bridge.
  
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• Air quality advisory lifted for Metro Vancouver and Fraser Valley

  12-08-2017 22:22 via vancouversun.com
  An air quality advisory for the Metro Vancouver and Fraser Valley stemming from the B.C. interior wildfires has been lifted.
  The advisory was issued Aug. 1 and alerted residents to “fine particulate matter” in the air, which had wafted across the region from wildfires burning throughout B.C.
  Due to changes in weather patterns and winds, much of the haze has started to lift beginning Saturday, allowing for the air quality advisory to be cancelled.
  “Note that forest fires in area
  
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• Air quality advisory for Metro Vancouver, Fraser Valley cancelled

  12-08-2017 22:11
  It was the longest air quality advisory in the region since the regional district started an advisory system back in the 1970s.
  
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• Judge sends message with sentences in child-bride case

  12-08-2017 22:04 via vancouversun.com
  CRANBROOK — The B.C. judge who sentenced a man and a woman to jail for taking a 13-year-old girl to the United States to marry the leader of their religious sect says he wants to “send a clear message” about the removal of children to the others in the polygamous community of Bountiful.
  Brandon Blackmore, 71, has been sentenced to a year in jail, while his ex-wife, Gail Blackmore, 60, was handed a term of seven months. Both have been ordered to serve 18 months of probation.
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• Fire officials want smoking drivers to stop flicking ashes out windows

  12-08-2017 21:51 via vancouversun.com
  Fire officials want to remind city dwellers who smoke that a fire risk exists in Vancouver as well, not just in B.C.’s interior.
  “Grass fires on the side of the roadways are still happening and it just is amazing – in the province of B.C. right now, with all the education out there – that people continually drive down the street with their cigarette hanging out the window,” said Asst. Fire Chief Joe Foster with Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services.
  On Friday, there we
  
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• Gardenworks: Tips on keeping your plants water happy

  12-08-2017 20:17
  Sat, Aug 12: Top gardening tips from the folks at Gardenworks.
  
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• Whistler’s Finn Iles stars in the latest Reb Bull film about mountian biking

  12-08-2017 20:10
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• Vancouver Mural Festival

  12-08-2017 20:10
  Sat, Aug 12: David Vertesi from the Vancouver Mural Festival talks about how the buildings and alleys around the False Creek flats and Mount Pleasant will be much more colourful this weekend.
  
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• Larry Thomas – Seinfeld’s ‘The Soup Nazi’

  12-08-2017 20:06
  Sat, Aug 12: The iconic Seinfeld character is in BC for a unique fundraiser to aid in fighting BC’s wildfires.
  
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• Bhaskar & Daksha Narsing – Daksha’s Gourmet Spices

  12-08-2017 20:06
  Sat, Aug 12: Delicious cuisine and recipes cooked up on the Saturday Morning News.
  
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• Space Talk

  12-08-2017 20:02
  Sat, Aug 12: Scott McGillivray of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada talks about the Perseid Meteor shower and safe ways to view the solar eclipse happening this August 21.
  
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• Open House

  12-08-2017 19:58
  Sat, Aug 12:
  
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• Vancouver Canucks: Sven Baertschi aims for 20 goals - The Canuck Way

  12-08-2017 19:20 via thecanuckway.com
  Vancouver Canucks: Sven Baertschi aims for 20 goals
  The Canuck Way
  Here at The Canuck Way, we'll take an in-depth look at the Vancouver Canucks players as we near the 2017-18 season. Up next is Sven Baertschi, who looks to hit the 20-goal mark for the first time. Often lost in the dark 2016-17 Vancouver Canucks season ...
  
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• Shambhala Music Festival on evacuation alert due to growing wildfire

  12-08-2017 19:03 via vancouversun.com
  An official evacuation alert has been expanded to cover the Shambhala Music Festival and the community of Nelway ordered to evacuate, as the McCormick Creek wildfire continues to grow.
  Updates shared Saturday morning said the fire had jumped the Salmo River and is moving closer toward the electronic music festival, located at the Salmo River Ranch. The growth of the fire prompted officials to expand the evacuation alert to cover the music festival, which began Friday and ends Monday.
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• Vancouver welcomed 'an age of peace' at 1987 Harmonic Convergence - CBC.ca

  12-08-2017 19:01 via cbc.ca
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  Vancouver welcomed 'an age of peace' at 1987 Harmonic Convergence
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  It was supposed to usher in an era of peace for the entire planet — humankind just needed to gather at "energy centres" around the globe and meditate together to welcome the new age. The date was August 16, 1987, and the so-called Harmonic ...
  
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• B.C. wildfire: Attendees at Shambhala Music Festival under evacuation alert

  12-08-2017 19:01
  The B.C. Wildfire Service says a nearby fire has jumped over the Salmo River toward the Shambhala Music Festival.
  
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• Western Force cut from Super Rugby; Australian chief resigns hours later

  12-08-2017 18:57 via theprovince.com
  SYDNEY, Australia — Australian rugby faced renewed upheaval Friday when chief executive Bill Pulver resigned only hours after the organization decided to cut the Perth-based Western Force from Super Rugby for the 2018 season.
  Super Rugby’s governing body, SANZAAR, ruled earlier this year that the 2018 competition would be reduced from 18 to 15 teams by the removal of two teams from South Africa and one from Australia.
  The Australian Rugby Union hoped to end a period of turmoil when i
  
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• Shambhala Music Festival ends a day early as wildfire rages nearby

  12-08-2017 18:41
  About $500,000 in revenue will be lost with Shambhala ending early, festival founder Jimmy Bundschuh said.
  
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• Whitecaps look to wrap up road swing on a high in New England

  12-08-2017 18:37 via theprovince.com
  Before every season, Whitecaps head coach Carl Robinson maps out how many roads wins he believes his team will need to make the playoffs.
  He isn’t about to share the number publicly, but rest assured the Major League Soccer club is ahead of schedule in 2017.
  Vancouver heads into the finale of a three-game road trip Saturday against the New England Revolution (5 p.m. PT, TSN2) with the second-best away record in the Western Conference at 4-5-2.
  The Whitecaps have seven of a p
  
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• The Home Front: The future of rug design

  12-08-2017 16:03 via vancouversun.com
  Rug design manufacturer Nani Marquina believes in moving forward at a constant pace, weaving the history of traditional rug design, and her own company — launched in Barcelona in the late ’80s — into every new collection, while always focusing on the future.
  Marquina is celebrating her brand’s 30th anniversary by releasing the Mia collection: her first range of customizable rugs, which clients can order online.
  “Mía means mine in Spanish,” Marquina
  
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• Their fathers saved a priceless Dutch art collection from the Nazis

  12-08-2017 16:00 via theprovince.com
  In the final months of the Second World War, in an underground cavern close to the German front, Dutch art curator Willy Auping would, by lamplight, unveil priceless works of art to a rapt audience of doctors and nurses who were enduring the bitter, final days of the war together.
  The underground bunker where the paintings were hidden was in the Netherlands on the grounds of the Kröller-Müller Museum. The museum had been turned into a Red Cross hospital after the nearby city of Arnhem
  
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• With The Yates on Yates, Chard continues to be active in Victoria

  12-08-2017 15:52 via vancouversun.com
  As part of its ongoing commitment to contribute to the revitalization of downtown Victoria, Chard Development is adding its ninth residential mixed-use project to the capital city with The Yates on Yates, a 20-storey tower.
  “We have been very strong on [supporting] a more vibrant downtown Victoria. Residents in Chard developments have helped keep restaurants, shops and services more vital,” says the developer’s president and CEO, David Chard. “By bringing in these new res
  
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• Developer's reputation drives interest in The Parker - Vancouver Sun

  12-08-2017 15:37 via vancouversun.com
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  Developer's reputation drives interest in The Parker
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  An artist's rendering of The Parker,a project from Townline in Vancouver. Supplied. [PNG Merlin Archive] PNG PNG. Share Adjust Comment Print. Savvy buyers of new apartments in Metro Vancouver tend to do their research on who's building them.
  
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• Developer's reputation drives interest in The Parker

  12-08-2017 15:36 via vancouversun.com
  Savvy buyers of new apartments in Metro Vancouver tend to do their research on who’s building them. Good reputations take years to develop and the people at Townline are using the company’s reputation for quality in their sales pitch for The Parker, a new 47-home development in the ever-popular Cambie corridor.
  Townline is a local operation that has been building homes in Vancouver since 1981. Back then, it was single-family homes, but the company has since branched out to building m
  
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• Sold (Bought): Vancouver condo has stunning outlooks from its 45th-storey location

  12-08-2017 15:13 via vancouversun.com
  This two-bedroom condo is located on the 45th-floor in downtown Vancouver’s One Wall Centre.
   
  4503 — 938 Nelson Street, Vancouver
  Type: Two-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment
  Size: 1,566 sq. ft.
  B.C. Assessment: $1,739,000
  Listed for: $2,100,000
  Sold for: $2,150,000
  Sold on: April 26
  Days on market: Two
  Listing agent: Mike Rampf and Shawn Anderson at Engel & Volkers Vancouver
  Buyers agent: Sue Chen at Sutton Group – West Coast Realty
  The big sell: This 45th-floor condo i
  
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• Global News readers consumed by mysterious carnivorous sea creatures

  12-08-2017 15:00
  A ghostly ship, a mysterious ocean attack, a hilarious geography lesson and a Hollywood star's homecoming — here's a look at this week's top trending stories on social media. 
  
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• Five Things to Know: Bridge tollers ousted, Lorde coming to PNE

  12-08-2017 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. NDP is not long for bridge tolls, a Surrey woman crossed the Port Mann bridge in the wrong direction, and a witness shares what he saw on the day a 22-year-old was killed in a Burnaby Starbucks. Here are five things you need to know.
  Witness account of fatal coffee shop sucker-punch
  More information is trickling out about 22-year-old Michael Page-Vincelli, who died in July after being sucker-punched in a Burnaby Starbucks.
  The Canadian Press spoke to Michael Zimeras, 73, who was si
  
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• Children of two war-weary men who saved a priceless Dutch art collection from Nazis meet in Vancouver

  12-08-2017 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  In the final months of the Second World War, in an underground cavern close to the German front, Dutch art curator Willy Auping would, by lamplight, unveil priceless works of art to a rapt audience of doctors and nurses who were enduring the bitter, final days of the war together.
  The underground bunker where the paintings were hidden was in the Netherlands on the grounds of the Kröller-Müller Museum. The museum had been turned into a Red Cross hospital after the nearby city of Arnhem
  
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• The bankruptcy trustee carrying out Rashida Samji’s case is taking an alleged benefactor to court

  12-08-2017 13:54
  The trustee claims a benefactor in Rashida Samji's Ponzi scheme made approximately $300,000 in profit, which belongs to the investors that lost money.
  
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• This Victoria duplex is half family home, half Airbnb party house, and all headache

  12-08-2017 07:44
  “I know you want a mojito but please don’t take my mint.”
  
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• Rock the Lake entertains Kelowna

  12-08-2017 07:19
  A lineup of Canadian classic rock acts is taking to the stage until Sunday in Kelowna.
  
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• Truck plunges into lake at Kelowna boat launch

  12-08-2017 07:06
  A pick-up truck accidentally became submerged Friday afternoon when the owner was launching his boat into Okanagan Lake.
  
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• Opinion: Human Rights Commission should not be used as a political football

  12-08-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  Premier John Horgan has announced his government’s intention to re-establish a human rights commission in B.C. “By re-establishing a human rights commission, we will create a more-inclusive and just society, where we work together to eliminate inequality and prevent discrimination on the basis of race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression,” said Horgan.
  The previous commission that had been established in January 1997 was dismantled by the Gordon
  
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• Opinion: Drug-checking services could help prevent overdoses

  12-08-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  In recent years across B.C., a public-health tragedy has resulted in thousands of preventable deaths from street drugs containing powerful opioids such as fentanyl or its analogs.
  Toxicity from adulteration has occurred not just in the heroin supply, but also in stimulants, club drugs and counterfeit pills. Border agents and police have tried to reduce or disrupt the supply, but they have had little success in stemming the tide of illicit drug importation and consequent deaths.
  A public health e
  
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• Letters: Movie critic needs a history lesson

  12-08-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  Re: American revisionism revised, Jamie Portman column, July 28.
  Those who ignore, or are ignorant of the lessons of history, are condemned to write embarrassingly ill-informed newspaper articles.
  I agree with the professed target of his piece, namely the shameless disregard for historical accuracy often shown by American filmmakers over the years. Unfortunately his article is thoroughly discredited by the writer’s adoption of the same cultural bias and appalling historical ignorance in hi
  
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• Editorial: How to bungle a termination

  12-08-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  “I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue,” said Cato the Elder. Had Premier John Horgan and Jobs Minister Bruce Ralston heeded the Roman senator’s sage advice the government appointee they sacked last week would have packed up his paperweights and moved on.
  It is, after all, the prerogative of any incoming government to replace key players in the public service with candidates of its own choosing. Horgan and his minister had every right to fire Gordon Wilson, who was
  
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• Too much sun a concern for some Okanagan fruit growers

  12-08-2017 06:58
  With precipitation in the forecast Sunday, no one is looking forward to rain more than Okanagan fruit growers. While the Okanagan is a perfect fruit growing region because of the hot summers, sometimes you can get too much of a good thing. Travis Lowe reports.
  
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• Osoyoos shop owner who confronted Harjit Sajjan says people are threatening him

  12-08-2017 06:30
  Sajjan himself has gone to great lengths to protect the shop owner.
  
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• Smoke gives way to blue skies, but Metro air quality advisory extended

  12-08-2017 05:39 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouverites rarely celebrate a cloudy sky, perhaps because they’re so common out here.
  But after a week under a blanket of smoke that’s blocked out seemingly everything about Vancouver’s natural scenery, from the mountains to the ocean to, yes, even the cloudy sky, glimpses of cirri and cumuli in the evening air on Friday were practically a cause for celebration.Is that blue sky I see!?! #BCWildfire #vancouver #clearskies pic.twitter.com/E898sdozOv
  — Bradley Wou(@bradle
  
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• Surrey strata president told he can’t use cameras to fine residents. He disagrees

  12-08-2017 05:17
  "The cameras are not watching them."
  
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• Mike Smyth: B.C.’s pipeline showdown begins

  12-08-2017 05:16 via theprovince.com
  When Environment Minister George Heyman announced the NDP’s new plan to fight Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project, he was asked about all those workers who would be out of a job if the project is stopped.
  The Alberta-to-B.C. oil pipeline — scheduled to start construction in just a few weeks — was supposed to employ 15,000 construction workers.
  “This government has many plans for capital infrastructure, plans that we will proceed with over the c
  
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• Global News Hour at 6: Aug 11

  12-08-2017 05:07
  Watch Global News Hour at 6 with Chris Gailus and Sophie Lui for Friday, August 11, 2017.
  
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• Penticton bank robbery suspect shed clothes during getaway

  12-08-2017 05:05
  It happened at 12:50 p.m. Aug. 9 at 184 Main St. in the south Okanagan town.
  
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• The backcountry in the Cariboo is closed due to the wildfire threat.

  12-08-2017 04:32
  The ongoing wildfire threat has forced the closure of the backcountry on crown land in the Cariboo. Jennifer Palma reports.
  
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