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• NDP: B.C.'s surplus proof of 'unbalanced' approach

  23-08-2017 23:57
  
  The New Democrats say they will spend more to make life more affordable while delivering a balanced budget, after releasing audited public accounts that show the previous Liberal government banked a $2.74-billion surplus.
  
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• Housing costs swallow up to 80 per cent of Vancouverites’ income

  23-08-2017 23:27
  
  The costs of homeownership in Vancouver can total as much as 79 per cent of typical household income, according to the latest RBC Affordability Index.
  
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• B.C. firefighters fined for breaking campfire ban amid B.C. wildfires

  23-08-2017 23:23 via globalnews.ca
  They've now been ticketed and are on the hook for an $1,150 fine.
  
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• IHIT narrows timeline on Marrisa Shen homicide, looking for video from vigil and funeral

  23-08-2017 23:05 via globalnews.ca
  IHIT is set to give an update on the investigation into the death of Marrisa Shen.
  
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• Vancouver keeps its standing on world's most liveable city podium

  23-08-2017 22:47
  
  Cost of housing hasn’t damaged city’s ranking, although its points have slipped slightly in Economist report
  
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• Structure fire at Abbotsford barn

  23-08-2017 22:42 via globalnews.ca
  Investigators are at Willow View Farm in Abbotsford following a structure fire that destroyed a storefront and refrigeration unit.
  
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• Solar eclipse not to blame for massive fish farm escape: environmentalists

  23-08-2017 22:32 via globalnews.ca
  Officials are urging the public to catch as many fish as possible.
  
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• Piglets saved in barn fire made into sausages for firefighters who rescued them

  23-08-2017 21:52
  
  A number of piglets in England had their bacon saved from a barn fire.
  
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• Noise cancelling headphones and portable keyboards

  23-08-2017 21:52 via globalnews.ca
  Kristina Stoyanova from Get Connected Media shows us what’s new in headphones and keyboards just in time for back to school.
  
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• ‘Violent’ man wanted on Canada-wide warrant may be headed to Grande Prairie or Edmonton

  23-08-2017 21:41 via globalnews.ca
  Police have been looking for Christopher Lane Lindgren since July.
  
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• Alex Fraser Bridge improvements targeting traffic congestion and ice removal

  23-08-2017 21:21 via globalnews.ca
  Two new projects for the Alex Fraser Bridge are hoping to take a bite our of rush-hour queues and make wintertime commutes a little easier.
  
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• Thousands of salmon released after fish farm’s nets collapse in Washington state

  23-08-2017 21:18 via globalnews.ca
  Clean up is underway in the San Juans after an accidental salmon release over the weekend. Officials say high tides damaged nets at this salmon farm near Cypress Island, releasing as many as 5000 Atlantic salmon into the water.
  
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• Rally at Vancouver DFO offices against fish farms

  23-08-2017 21:02 via globalnews.ca
  First Nations groups add their voice to the opposition to fish farms a day after thousands of salmon escaped from nets near the San Juan Islands. Jordan Armstrong reports.
  
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• BC Green Leader calls for foreign buyer limits on agricultural land

  23-08-2017 20:50 via globalnews.ca
  "[It] is being viewed as a commodity that's traded like silver or gold, as opposed to a place to live or residence or place to actually farm."
  
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• Nardwuar marks 30 years on air…with 2-day audiovisual blitz

  23-08-2017 20:07
  'It will definitely be like an extended cut of him,' says radio manager as oddball, erudite Vancouver interviewer readies to host 20-hour radio blitz and 'video vault.'
  
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• BUSINESS REPORT – Canadian banks could set the tone for equity markets going into Fall

  23-08-2017 19:53 via globalnews.ca
  RBC is the first Canadian Bank to report this quarter, with a five per cent gain in net income over the same period last year.
  
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• B.C. moves ahead in Trans Mountain legal battle

  23-08-2017 19:21 via globalnews.ca
  The British Columbia government has applied for intervener status in court challenges against the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.
  
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• Agro tourism business in Abbotsford gets gutted by fire

  23-08-2017 19:06 via globalnews.ca
  Investigators are at an Abbotsford farm following a structure fire that destroyed a storefront Wednesday morning.
  
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• Canadian drug policy needs 'total rethink:' Four Pillars author

  23-08-2017 18:34
  Donald MacPherson says the overdose crisis is linked to drug prohibition, and is calling for "legal regulation" of all drugs.
  
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• Late summer TV highlights

  23-08-2017 17:23 via globalnews.ca
  TV Week’s Brent Furdyk talks about some of the late summer TV highlights.
  
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• Canadian soccer star teams up with MS Society of Canada

  23-08-2017 16:23 via globalnews.ca
  National soccer player Christine Sinclair talks about teaming up with A&W and the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada for the annual Burgers to Beat MS campaign.
  
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• B.C. wildfire status Wednesday: Active weather expected in the Cariboo

  23-08-2017 15:27 via globalnews.ca
  Weather is expected to bring some challenges to the firefighters battling the fires in the Cariboo and Southeast fire regions. 
  
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• New steps to fight the guns and gangs problem in Surrey, B.C.

  23-08-2017 14:57 via globalnews.ca
  The City of Surrey and the provincial government have announced a number of moves to fight the problems of gun violence and gangs.
  
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• The Morning Skate, Aug. 23: That special night

  23-08-2017 14:05 via theprovince.com
  Wish I’d gone last nightYou couldn't hand pick a better night #AtTheNat pic.twitter.com/UssPdvHfHW
  — Gregory Balloch (@GregBalloch) August 23, 2017Don't leave us, summer. pic.twitter.com/TYpz6FCd7E
  — Jason Brough (@JasonBroughTSN) August 23, 2017A good night for baseball at The Nat with @vancanadians @BlueJays #timrainesnight pic.twitter.com/2lTROP6PGB
  — Micheal Smith (@BCJaysFan77) August 23, 2017@vancanadians Colton Law catches for Hall of Famer Tim Raines at the Nat, b
  
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• The Morning Skate, Aug. 23: Nothing like a special night at The Nat

  23-08-2017 14:05 via theprovince.com
  Wish I’d gone last nightYou couldn't hand pick a better night #AtTheNat pic.twitter.com/UssPdvHfHW
  — Gregory Balloch (@GregBalloch) August 23, 2017Don't leave us, summer. pic.twitter.com/TYpz6FCd7E
  — Jason Brough (@JasonBroughTSN) August 23, 2017A good night for baseball at The Nat with @vancanadians @BlueJays #timrainesnight pic.twitter.com/2lTROP6PGB
  — Micheal Smith (@BCJaysFan77) August 23, 2017@vancanadians Colton Law catches for Hall of Famer Tim Raines at the Nat, b
  
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• Sun letters to the editor for Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017

  23-08-2017 12:30 via vancouversun.com
  Re: Douglas Todd’s Aug. 17 column regarding international students.
  I must reinforce in the strongest terms that there is no pressure from college administration to pass students who do not meet the learning outcomes of Langara courses.We make great efforts to ensure that students we admit are prepared for the high academic standards of our courses and programs. Langara has some of the highest English language admission requirements among B.C.’s post-secondary institutions. Those who
  
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• Vancouver police, Portland Hotel Society investigate fraud complaint

  23-08-2017 06:01 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver police and PHS Community Services Society are investigating an alleged incident of fraud involving a PHS client.
  “PHS is conducting an internal investigation of the incident, and the VPD is also conducting its own investigation,” PHS executive director Jennifer Breakspear told Postmedia News on Tuesday.
  “We are co-operating fully with the VPD, and have provided them with evidence as requested. We are working closely with police to ensure the invest
  
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• T-Birds doing Victory dance with ex-Congo star on men’s soccer team

  23-08-2017 05:52 via theprovince.com
  What’s in a name? Well, the UBC Thunderbirds men’s soccer team is hoping that Victory Shumbusho comes as advertised.
  T-Birds coach Mike Mosher is already sold, having initially seen the 5-8, 175-pound native of Goma, in the Democratic Republic Congo, in action as a Grade 11 player two years ago.
  “We had him out at an evaluation camp about a year ago, and he just jumped off the page,” said Mosher, who’s entering his 19th season as coach at UBC.
  “He just lit it
  
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• Family of Langley hit and run victim begs driver to come forward

  23-08-2017 05:52 via globalnews.ca
  An investigation is underway following a hit and run in Langley Sunday morning.
  
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• Global News Hour at 6: Aug 22

  23-08-2017 05:41 via globalnews.ca
  Watch Global News Hour at 6 with Chris Gailus and Sophie Lui for Tuesday, August 22, 2017.
  
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• Family survives aggressive bear on Sunshine Coast

  23-08-2017 04:28 via globalnews.ca
  A mother and her two small children were forced to barricade themselves in a bedroom as an aggressive bear wandered throughout their home. Paul Johnson reports on what happened and how the bear was eventually forced outside.
  
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• BC Evening Weather Forecast: Aug 22

  23-08-2017 04:27 via globalnews.ca
  The Tuesday, August 22, 2017 evening weather forecast for Vancouver, British Columbia and the surrounding area.
  
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• Weaver pushes foreign-buyer ban for B.C. farmland

  23-08-2017 04:25 via vancouversun.com
  B.C.’s government must fight raging land speculation by banning non-resident purchases of B.C. farmland and extending a residential foreign-buyer tax across the province, Green party Leader Andrew Weaver said Tuesday.
  In an interview, Weaver said the introduction of Metro Vancouver’s 15-per-cent, foreign-buyer tax in July 2016 initially cooled markets, but quickly led to speculation in other areas, such as Lower Mainland farmland.
  “It is critical we act,” Weaver said, not
  
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• Forest fires affect lumber supply in B.C.

  23-08-2017 04:24 via globalnews.ca
  B.C.’s construction industry is feeling the effects of the record-breaking forest fire season. As Grace Ke reports, the supply of lumber is taking a hit.
  
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• Wayward B.C. oriole released into the wild

  23-08-2017 04:23 via globalnews.ca
  Wayward B.C. oriole released into the wild A B.C. bird that was somehow found in Ontario has been released back into the B.C. wild, but it happened without the man who made it all possible. Linda Aylesworth reports.
  
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• Squire at the PNE: The Hockey Hall of Fame

  23-08-2017 04:20 via globalnews.ca
  Squire Barnes takes a look at one of the most popular exhibits at this year’s PNE: The traveling Hockey Hall of Fame.
  
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• Big drug and gun seizure in Surrey

  23-08-2017 04:20 via globalnews.ca
  Police are still looking for one suspect after a major drug and weapons seizure. Rumina Daya reports.
  
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• Tips to reduce children’s back-to-school anxiety

  23-08-2017 04:16 via globalnews.ca
  Today’s Global News Hour at 6 Health Matters is brought to you by Pharmasave.
  
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• School districts struggling to hire teachers

  23-08-2017 04:16 via globalnews.ca
  Many B.C. school districts are struggling to fill hundreds of teaching spots, after a Supreme Court ruling returned class sizes to 2002 levels. Tanya Beja reports.
  
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• New report rates Metro Vancouver transit 2nd in Canada

  23-08-2017 04:16 via globalnews.ca
  Metro Vancouver’s transit system has received a stellar report card, rated second best in Canada. Ted Chernecki explains why, and what might be ahead.
  
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• Major changes in the works for B.C. Ferries passengers

  23-08-2017 04:16 via globalnews.ca
  B.C. Ferries has announced major changes, including no passengers on the car decks and no smoking anywhere. Neetu Garcha reports.
  
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• Canadians wear Expos-themed jerseys on Tim Raines Night

  23-08-2017 03:59 via theprovince.com
  Great look Tuesday at the Nat, as the Vancouver Canadians honoured recently inducted Hall of Famer Tim Raines.Tonight's jerseys will be auctioned off on the concourse and all proceeds will go towards Vancouver Canadians Baseball Foundation #AtTheNat pic.twitter.com/d47P6RjnMX
  — Vancouver Canadians (@vancanadians) August 23, 2017
  The C’s will have a “vcb” crest on the front of their jersey, styled after the old “emb” logo of the lamented Expos.
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• Ed Willes: Jennings knows his job is to win, not force Lions to use Lulay

  23-08-2017 03:48 via theprovince.com
  Wally Buono has answered this question about 354 times in his three decades as a Canadian Football League head coach, so when the inevitable was brought up Tuesday the old Lion was ready.
  Yes, he’s aware quarterback Jonathon Jennings has struggled in his last two starts and, yes, he’s aware Travis Lulay offers an attractive alternative at the game’s important position.
  Before you ask, he’s also aware the B.C. Lions have lost two consecutive games and there’s some su
  
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• B.C. government seeks to join court case against Kinder Morgan

  23-08-2017 03:43 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA – The B.C. government has formally applied for intervener status in a court case involving Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline.
  Attorney General David Eby said government lawyers on Tuesday filed the required paperwork with the Federal Court of Appeal to seek intervener status in upcoming court proceedings that seek to overturn the project’s environmental approval.
  “The court has to grant us permission and this filing today is the first step in that process,&
  
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• Whitecaps fan gets to meet David Ousted — after getting punched in the face

  23-08-2017 03:40 via theprovince.com
  One Whitecaps fan got a real thrill on Saturday.
  It wasn’t just the excellent 2-1 win for the home side over the visiting Houston Dynamo — he also got to meet David Ousted afterwards.
  Steve Mousseau says a nearby fan who had too much to drink got loose with his fists during the second half of Saturday’s game and when he went to calm the man down, caught a punch in his eye.
  Ironically enough, the fan was wearing a green Whitecaps goalie jersey.
  After a large number of security g
  
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• TransLink expands Metro Vancouver bus service by 105,000 hours

  23-08-2017 03:23
  
  TransLink will expand Metro Vancouver bus service by 105,000 service hours in September.
  
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• Bacon trial: Now-dead Dhak gang bodyguard spotted near murder scene

  23-08-2017 03:23 via vancouversun.com
  KELOWNA — The bodyguard for the man accused of orchestrating the murder of Jonathan Bacon was in West Kelowna the morning of the shooting, surveillance tapes show.
  Thomas Mantel pumped gas into a silver pickup truck at a Shell station in West Kelowna at 3:23 a.m. on Aug. 14, 2011, as shown on security footage played Tuesday in B.C. Supreme Court in Kelowna.
  Surveillance tapes from inside the store show a burly man with tattoos on the back of his neck, dressed in black, his face clearly vis
  
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• B.C. Securities Commission finds insurance agent bilked 13 investors out of money

  23-08-2017 03:19
  
  A B.C. Securities Commission panel has found that a former insurance sales agent perpetrated a fraud on 13 investors by using their money for personal use, including gambling.
  
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