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• Want a lucky phone number? It could cost you

  26-08-2017 23:52 via vancouversun.com
  In a society where people and their phones are rarely parted, the market for desirable digits appears to be growing.
  On Craigslist Vancouver, a recent search brought up more than a dozen ads for unique phone numbers, ranging from combinations of lucky 7s and 8s, to memorable strings of zeros that roll easily off the tongue. A seller from Richmond was asking $900 for a coveted number containing 8s, while another was accepting offers for a series of six 7s.
  But compared to the amounts paid in othe
  
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• Man who assaulted three Vernon prostitutes missing from halfway house

  26-08-2017 23:23 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver police are hunting for a missing sex offender who once assaulted three Vernon prostitutes.
  A Canada-wide warrant has been issued for Michael Hans Bopfinger, 42, after he didn’t return to a Vancouver-area halfway house by curfew on Friday.
  Bopfinger was out on statutory release after serving part of an 11-year sentence for a string of violent sexual assaults.
  In 2011, the Lumby man pleaded guilty to aggravated sexual assault, unlawful confinement and uttering threats in relat
  
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• Vancouver venues gear up for Mayweather vs McGregor

  26-08-2017 23:02 via globalnews.ca
  "We released our tickets two weeks ago and within a day it completely sold out to our capacity."
  
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• Mike Smyth: With ‘friends’ like Andrew Weaver, does the NDP need enemies?

  26-08-2017 23:00 via theprovince.com
  By agreeing to prop up B.C.’s new minority NDP government, Green Leader Andrew Weaver became the kingmaker, the guy who crowned John Horgan as premier.
  But now the kingmaker is throwing haymakers at the Horgan government, smashing and bashing the NDP on a near-daily basis.
  With so much Green fury directed his way, Horgan must be asking himself: With a friend like Weaver, who needs enemies?
  The Green party boss was at it again on Friday, slamming Horgan’s decision to scrap tolls on th
  
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• David Sweanor: It’s time for visionary pragmatism on nicotine

  26-08-2017 23:00 via theprovince.com
  At the end of July, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration did something remarkable, even revolutionary. They decided to behave in a rational way about nicotine, embracing a sensible “harm reduction” approach. Canada would do well to follow.
  Instead, Canada has been focused on “risk aversion” where nicotine is concerned — and such a stance, ironically, protects the cigarette trade.
  Cigarette smoking, despite decades of efforts to eradicate it, still claims roughly 10
  
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• Canada-wide warrant issued for missing Vancouver sex offender

  26-08-2017 21:32 via globalnews.ca
  Bopfinger was on release and living in a Vancouver area halfway house, but failed to return home on Friday.
  
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• Renters of Vancouver: "My cat was getting sick constantly" - Straight.com

  26-08-2017 21:00 via straight.com
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  Renters of Vancouver: "My cat was getting sick constantly"
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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: “His foot went through the floor” · Renters of Vancouver: “An hour later he came back with an eviction ...
  
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• Boy who saved brother by mimicking “The Rock” to meet his idol in Vancouver

  26-08-2017 20:23 via globalnews.ca
  “Here's the best part. When you come to my movie sets, it's like Willy Wonka's chocolate factory, dude,” Johnson said.
  
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• A “spirited” tour of Eastern Europe with Darryl Lamb of the Legacy Liquor Store

  26-08-2017 19:57 via globalnews.ca
  Sat, Aug 26: Aren’t able to fly off to Europe? In a tribute to Burnaby’s European Festival, Darryl Lamb introduces us to some of the popular drinks from countries such as the Czech Republic and Estonia.
  
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• Gardenworks: Tropical Plants

  26-08-2017 19:47 via globalnews.ca
  Sat, Aug 26: Michelle Tornai of Gardenworks shows us how to bring life to our homes with tropical plants.
  
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• No muss, no fuss for Schuss as his OT winner puts Salmonbellies one win from Mann Cup berth

  26-08-2017 19:34 via theprovince.com
  A win Sunday on their home floor can send the New Westminster Salmonbellies back to the Mann Cup for the first time since 2010.
  The Bellies got a goal from Logan Schuss at 6:24 of overtime Friday to defeat the Victoria Shamrocks 9-8 at the Q Centre on Vancouver Island and give them a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven Western Lacrosse Association final.
  Victoria’s Rhys Duch had tied the game with 18.5 seconds remaining in regulation with a short-handed marker.
  Oddly enough, Schuss and Duch are
  
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• Giving pink salmon the love – Rockin’ Ronnie Shewchuk’s Saturday barbecuing tips.

  26-08-2017 19:23 via globalnews.ca
  Sat, Aug 26: Our Saturday Chefs fire up the grill to give you a preview of Vancouver’s Pink Salmon Festival.
  
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• How to go green and save money around your home

  26-08-2017 19:20 via globalnews.ca
  Sat, Aug 26: Dated, dingy, or just plain ugly home decor and furniture can be given new life by upcycling. Kaitlyn Herbst explains on Open House.
  
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• Oil and gas industry needs to be part of B.C.’s climate-change efforts

  26-08-2017 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  Drip. Drip. Drip. Can you hear it? It’s the sound of economic opportunities going down the drain, a drop at a time. It’s the feel of job prospects dissolving. It’s a young family that can’t afford decent housing or small luxuries for the kids.
  Is this the future we’re headed for? Surely we hope not. But, with all the best intentions, those who oppose any expansion of the oil and gas industry in B.C. could deprive many in the province’s present and future workf
  
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• Lush reveals new look on Robson Street

  26-08-2017 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  Lush is one of those stores that you can find by smell.
  The company, which specializes in colourful bath, beauty and body products, boasts a cheery scent that’s as much a benchmark of the brand as its black-and-white packaging and quirky product names.
  Lush recently marked the 20th anniversary of its Robson Street location by reopening the shop. At 2,340 square feet, the renovated store, which was among the brand’s original 10 shops to open in North America, is double the size of the
  
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• Gurjinder Basran delivers new novel, Someone You Love is Gone

  26-08-2017 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  Someone You Love is Gone
  By Gurjinder Basran
  Viking Canada
  In order to write her new novel, Someone You Love is Gone, Gurjinder Basran had to put the project aside for a few years.
  The novel focuses on a middle-aged Indo-Canadian woman named Simran as she deals with the death of her mother, her dying marriage, her complicated siblings and a distant daughter.
  Sadly for Basran, the death of a mother was something she became very familiar with.
  “Because of the circumstances of my mother&rsquo
  
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• B.C.'s 1st poverty-reduction minister: how he'll improve affordability

  26-08-2017 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  While toiling on the opposition benches for 12 years, Vancouver-Hastings NDP MLA Shane Simpson frequently criticized the former Liberal government over its treatment of society’s most-vulnerable people.
  Now, as the new NDP government’s minister for social development and poverty reduction, the longtime East Vancouver resident and community activist has the opportunity to help the very people he accused the Liberals of underserving.
  A Vancouver Sun investigation earlier this year foun
  
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• Canadian superhero helps the homeless on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside — and dresses like death

  26-08-2017 16:31
  In Vancouver, Thanatos dresses as the Grim Reaper to help the homeless. And sometimes, the costume does a lot of the work for him.
  
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• The Home Front: Stylish storage

  26-08-2017 15:51 via vancouversun.com
  The demand for furniture that fits small spaces and serves multiple purposes is growing in North America, says Antoine Roset, executive vice-president of Roset USA, the North American arm of high-end French furniture brand Ligne Roset.
  It’s something in which Roset and his family are specialists, having designed for the European market for over 150 years.
  “What people are buying is really different from what they were buying before,” he says. “People are a bit more cautio
  
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• Sold (Bought): Vancouver home has designer touches, far-reaching views - Vancouver Sun

  26-08-2017 15:29 via vancouversun.com
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  Sold (Bought): Vancouver home has designer touches, far-reaching views
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  This home at 3455 Triomph Street in Vancouver sold for $2,288,000. For Sold (Bought) in Westcoast Homes. [PNG Merlin Archive] PNG PNG. Share Adjust Comment Print. A snapshot of recent real estate activity in Metro Vancouver. 3455 Triumph Street ...
  
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• Sold (Bought): Vancouver home has designer touches, far-reaching views

  26-08-2017 15:29 via vancouversun.com
  A snapshot of recent real estate activity in Metro Vancouver
  3455 Triumph Street, Vancouver
  Type: Five-bedroom, five-bathroom detached
  Size: 2,732 sq. ft.
  B.C. Assessment: $2,028,000
  Listed for: $2,358,000
  Sold for: $2,288,000
  Sold on: May 30
  Days on market: 12
  Listing agent: Doug Williams at RE/MAX Crest Realty Westside
  Buyers agent: Alex Wong at Engel & Volkers Vancouver
  This home at 3455 Triomph Street in Vancouver sold for $2,288,000. 
  The big sell: This West Coast modern-style home
  
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• Sussex to be a standout in Burnaby

  26-08-2017 15:09 via vancouversun.com
  A range of signature amenities combined with a location on the quieter, north side of Kingsway in the Metrotown neighbourhood distinguishes the Sussex tower in the booming condo market in Burnaby.
  “Sussex is a short walk to the Metrotown SkyTrain station, you’ve got the mall (Metropolis) right there, universities are close by – so is BCIT and schools – yet it’s in a residential enclave,” says Chris Colbeck, vice-president, sales and marketing for developer Tow
  
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• Opinion: B.C. needs to harness the power of education

  26-08-2017 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  One of the challenges facing a new administration is to find the time and focus to seize upon great opportunities while contending with the day-to-day pressures of governing. Fortunately for B.C.’s new government, this province’s advanced education system provides just such an opportunity, which, if nurtured and deployed, can form the basis of a potent economic strategy to drive sustainable growth and prosperity for the benefit of all British Columbians.
  This opportunity is founded u
  
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• Five Things to Know: Bell tolls for bridge tolls, Uber ice cream fail

  26-08-2017 14:00 via vancouversun.com
  Bridge tolls are no more, Uber Ice Cream didn’t go so well, and Fraser Health has issued a public warning after 17 overdose deaths in a week. Here are five things you need to know.
  Bell tolls for bridge tolls
  Good news for commuters: beginning Sept. 1, the Port Mann Bridge and the Golden Ears Bridge will no longer be tolled.
  B.C. Premier John Horgan announced the policy change at a press conference Friday, calling the tolls “unfair” to people south of the Fraser.
  Forgetting the
  
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• City looking for ‘Arbutus Champions’ to collaborate at its ‘design jam’

  26-08-2017 14:00
  
  The city is inviting residents to apply for one of the 100 “Arbutus Champion” spots in the upcoming Arbutus Greenway Design Jam this fall.
  
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• Ambassador Dog program introduced to help YVR travellers snuff out stress

  26-08-2017 14:00
  
  In partnership with St. John Ambulance, YVR rolled out its Ambassador Dog program this week in an effort to take stress out of the travel experience.
  
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• Ambassador Dog program introduced at YVR

  26-08-2017 14:00
  
  In partnership with St. John Ambulance, YVR rolled out its Ambassador Dog program this week in an effort to take stress out of the travel experience.
  
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• How a murky company with ties to the People's Liberation Army set up shop in B.C.

  26-08-2017 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  One evening in downtown Vancouver last November, some of B.C.’s political and business elite rubbed elbows with executives of one of China’s largest state-owned corporations, China Poly Group.
  They were celebrating the launch of a boutique art gallery by one of China Poly’s many subsidiaries, Poly Culture Group, which operates the third-largest auction house in the world.
  Under the watchful eye of Vancouver police in tactical gear, attendees admired four rare bronze zodiac head
  
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• Uber's free ice cream promotion leaves Vancouver social media ... - CBC.ca

  26-08-2017 09:46 via cbc.ca
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  Uber's free ice cream promotion leaves Vancouver social media ...
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  Many users complained they were unable to get the free ice cream promised by the promotion. Business partner Earnest Ice Cream even declared the stunt "a ...
  Uber leaves Vancouver cold, Earnest Ice Cream admits 'mistake ...Vancouver Sunall 5 news articles »
  
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• Missing Abbotsford woman found dead

  26-08-2017 08:28 via globalnews.ca
  The body of Chelsea Gauthier has been found in Mission. Police are confirming that it is a homicide. Nadia Stewart has more.
  
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• Vancouver woman named bartender of the year in Mexico City

  26-08-2017 07:18 via vancouversun.com
  Kaitlyn Stewart from Canada, who won the title of ‘World’s Best Bartender’ at the final of the World Class Bartender of the Year competition in Mexico City on Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017. World Class is the world’s biggest bartending competition.
  A Vancouver woman has been named the world’s best bartender, adding more evidence that Vancouver is becoming one of the planet’s top cocktail cities.
  Kaitlyn Stewart, the bar manager at Royal Dinette on Dunsmuir Street, t
  
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• This Week in History: Bobby Orr becomes first NHL 'millionaire'

  26-08-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  In 1971, at 23 years of age, Bobby Orr signed what was described as the first million-dollar contract in the National Hockey League.
  Orr, a defenceman for the Boston Bruins, had just finished second in league scoring with 139 points, behind teammate Phil Esposito. It’s a record that still stands for defencemen. Orr had also won his fourth Norris Trophy.
  At a news conference, Orr was asked whether the five-year deal made him the highest paid in NHL history.
  “You can assume whatever yo
  
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• Theatre review: Showbiz isn't so glamorous in A Chorus Line

  26-08-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  A Chorus Line
  To Sept. 2 | Waterfront Theatre, Granville Island
  Tickets & Info: $35-$40 at http://www.fightingchanceproductions.ca 
  God, I hope I get it! God, I really blew it! Oh God, I need a job!
  The opening number of one of the great American musicals doesn’t waste any time getting to the point. Twenty-one dancers are auditioning for eight available spots in the chorus. Their desperation is palpable. Long before reality TV gave us Survivor, American Idol, The Apprentice an
  
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• Revitalized Guns N’ Roses to test Vancouver's appetite at B.C. Place

  26-08-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  Guns N’ Roses
  Sept. 1 at 7 p.m. | B.C. Place Stadium
  Tickets and info: $35 to $350; ticketmaster.ca
  Appetite for Destruction changed everything about rock in the ’80s.
  Released 30 years ago this summer, Guns N’ Roses’ first major-label album came out at a time when Bon Jovi was at the top of the charts, Ronald Reagan was president and glam metal was going strong, thanks to the heavy makeup and slick riffs of bands such as Twisted Sister, Whitesnake and Mötley Crü
  
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• Opinion: NDP will offer 'sustainable, strong and properly resourced education system'

  26-08-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  As a parent with young children, I know first-hand the important role our schools play in the lives of kids, families, and communities. I see my kids’ growing excitement as a new school year approaches and ask, will the year ahead help them grow as caring human beings and develop the skills they need for the future? As the new minister of education, I’ll do everything I can to make sure it does for all children and families.
  No investment is more important than a quality education. W
  
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• Editorial: B.C. NDP government's challenge? Avoid tax hikes

  26-08-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  You won’t hear the new NDP provincial government say much nice about the former Liberal administration leaving it a $2.7-billion budget surplus, although perhaps that’s for the best.
  First, it’s not like the NDP can use the cash for any of the expensive goodies it promised voters. Under the Budget Transparency and Accountability Act, the surplus must be used to pay down the provincial debt, which is expected to hit $69.8 billion by the end of this fiscal year. That’s more
  
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• Evacuees cope with uncertainty during Philpott Road fire

  26-08-2017 06:51 via globalnews.ca
  There is still much uncertaintly for the hundreds of families ordered out of their homes because of the Philpott Road fire in Joe Rich.  
  
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• Global News Hour at 6: Aug 25

  26-08-2017 05:26 via globalnews.ca
  Watch Global News Hour at 6 with Chris Gailus and Sophie Lui for Friday, August 25, 2017.
  
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• Beer on the Beach: Vancouverites plan to protest liquor laws by drinking at English Bay

  26-08-2017 05:05 via vancouversun.com
  You should be able to drink at the beach.
  That’s what Vancouverites will argue this Sunday when they gather for Beer on the Beach: A Picnic Protest, openly — but responsibly — flouting the province’s liquor policies by cracking a few cold ones in the sand.
  The event, which runs from noon to 2 p.m., is being organized by The Campaign for Real Ale Society of British Columbia or CAMRA B.C., a group that advocates on behalf of the province’s ever-growing contingent of c
  
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• Body found buried and wrapped in tarp is missing Vancouver Island woman

  26-08-2017 05:01 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Euarchol Wanichpan, a 25-year-old Vancouver Island woman who has been missing since late July, has been identified as the person found buried and wrapped in a tarp at S.J. Willis Educational Centre.
  Major crime investigators suspect foul play and are asking for the public’s help in trying to piece together Wanichpan’s movements between the time she was last seen and when her body was discovered.
  Wanichpan was last seen in the Lansdowne area of Saanich on July 30. She
  
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• Major weekend road closures for Vancouver due to filming ... - CBC.ca - CBC.ca

  26-08-2017 04:48 via cbc.ca
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  The city says significant filming will take place throughout downtown Vancouver over the next two weekends with full road closures and parking restrictions.and more »
  
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• He’s waited for a hospice bed for months. But someone basically has to die first

  26-08-2017 04:42 via globalnews.ca
  "This shouldn't be happening... this is Canada."
  
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• The Surrey school district is dealing with a portable shortage

  26-08-2017 04:35 via globalnews.ca
  B.C.’s biggest school district will not have enough portables in place when classes start for the new school year. Jennifer Palma reports on what that means for staff, students and parents in the overcrowded district.
  
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• Terminally ill man on Vancouver Island has waited months for a hospice bed.

  26-08-2017 04:31 via globalnews.ca
  His desperate family has been told by Island Health there’s nothing they can do, except wait for someone else to die. Neetu Garcha has the story.
  
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• Ongoing ‘Deadpool 2’ filming leads to more Vancouver road closures this weekend

  26-08-2017 04:31 via globalnews.ca
  More shooting for the Hollywood blockbuster starring Ryan Reynolds this weekend means significant road closures in Downtown Vancouver. Nadia Stewart reports.
  
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• Fraser Health warning after spike in drug overdoses

  26-08-2017 04:31 via globalnews.ca
  Today’s Global News Hour at 6 Health Matters is brought to you by Pharmasave.
  
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• Muji: Metrotown gets Lower Mainland's first store from Japanese retail giant

  26-08-2017 04:29 via vancouversun.com
  Opening-day festivities were attended by special guests as Japanese minimalist housewares and fashion retailer Muji gets set to open its first Metro Vancouver store in Burnaby this weekend.
  Here’s a sneak peek inside the store in Metropolis at Metrotown, which opens to the public Saturday, Aug. 26, at 10 a.m.
   
  All photos by Francis Georgian, PNG.
    
  
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• Victoria’s bid for the 2022 Commonwealth Games is over

  26-08-2017 04:28 via globalnews.ca
  The NDP government fails to promise funding for the games, killing the bid. Kristen Robinson reports.
  
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• NDP government eliminates tolls on the Port Mann and Golden Ears bridges starting next month

  26-08-2017 04:28 via globalnews.ca
  The provincial government follows through on a campaign promise to get rid of bridge tolls. But it raises the question of how to deal with the lost revenue. Ted Chernecki reports.
  
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• IHIT investigate the murder of 22-year-old Abbotsford woman

  26-08-2017 04:28 via globalnews.ca
  Police want to speak to any witnesses for information in the killing of Chelsey Gauthier. Her remains were found in Mission earlier this month. Rumina Daya has details.
  
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