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• Three dozen windows smashed at a Kelowna elementary school

  01-09-2017 23:42
  RCMP say all 37 of the ground floor windows at Glenmore Elementary were broken.
  
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• Scotiabank opens vault for naming rights; Ticats reverse toxic hire

  01-09-2017 23:37 via vancouversun.com
  BULLS OF THE WEEK
  Jaws dropped Tuesday when Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment announced a 20-year, $800 million sponsorship agreement with Scotiabank. Beginning in July of 2018, the MLSE-owned Air Canada Centre will be known as Scotiabank Arena.
  At $40 million per year, it is the largest naming rights deal in the world, both in terms of annual revenues and total investment. It is double the annual fees of the next two richest deals — the $20 million paid by AT&T at the Dallas
  
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• Victim in Abbotsford targeted shooting identified; 2 others injured

  01-09-2017 23:34
  Police were called to the area of Huntingdon and Gladwin roads after several 911 calls of gunshots.
  
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• How do B.C. wines compare to the world's best?

  01-09-2017 23:30 via vancouversun.com
  The Judgment of B.C. wine tasting was held last month in Summerland, version three of the now yearly ritual featuring a handful of local wine professionals and a group of visiting internationals.
  The panel is convened to assess two key B.C. wine categories against similar wines from around the world, and in 2017 Pinot Gris and Merlot were on the tasting table. No doubt a pairing that earned approval from growers, because they are the two most widely planted grape varieties in the province.
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• REAL SCOOP: Targeted murder in Abbotsford Thursday – UPDATED

  01-09-2017 23:29 via vancouversun.com
  An 18-year old teenager with gang links has been identified as the victim of a targeted murder in Abbotsford Thursday evening.
  Sehajdeep Sidhu was shot to death about 6 p.m. while two others were wounded but are expected to survive.
  Cpl. Frank Jang, of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team, said Sidhu’s murder “is linked to other gang violence that has occurred in the Lower Mainland.”  
  He said investigators believe a suspect vehicle  fled the scene after the sho
  
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• B.C. premier announces end of post secondary tuition for kids in government care

  01-09-2017 23:27
  At a press conference on Friday, Premier John Horgan announces the end of tuition fees for kids in government care at 25 post secondary institutions in British Columbia.
  
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• Cam Tucker: Langley’s Allenby labours through a busy weekend

  01-09-2017 23:16 via theprovince.com
  James Allenby will put on some miles this Labour Day long weekend, touring around to three different Fraser Valley golf destinations.
  It won’t likely be a blissful, carefree time enjoying the remaining free days of summer. By now a seasoned pro in his career, Allenby was scheduled to tee off in the Fraser Valley Open on Friday.
  With stops at Chilliwack Golf Club on Friday, Sandpiper Golf Course on Saturday and The Falls for the final round Sunday, this marks the sixth major tournament of t
  
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• Q&A with Melanie Mark, Minister of Advanced Education

  01-09-2017 23:11 via vancouversun.com
  It has been a whirlwind six weeks for Melanie Mark since that memorable Monday she received a call from Premier John Horgan appointing her cabinet minister for advanced education, skills and training.
  The Vancouver-Mount Pleasant MLA has just completed a 4,800-kilometre tour of B.C.’s 25 post-secondary institutions that started at Camosun College in Victoria and ended Tuesday at Northwest Community College in Terrace.
  Earlier this month, the ministry has eliminated fees for adult basic edu
  
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• National chief speaks in support of occupiers on B.C. fish farms

  01-09-2017 22:45 via vancouversun.com
  The Assembly of First Nations’s national chief has spoken out in support of B.C. First Nations members currently occupying two local salmon farms.
  ‘I stand with First Nations in BC in their long struggle with federal and provincial governments to fully recognize and address the threat of salmon fish farms to wild salmon,” said AFN Chief Perry Bellegarde in a statement issued Friday.
  “First Nations have long identified the threat of the fish farm industry to wild salmon th
  
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• Hot spots from B.C. wildfires could linger until next spring: Official

  01-09-2017 22:25
  "We will be out dealing with these fires until well into October. And we will probably be back with many hot spots again come spring."
  
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• Huge wildfires in B.C. could smoulder until next spring, says official

  01-09-2017 22:23 via vancouversun.com
   
  WILLIAMS LAKE — The head of the Cariboo Regional District says he wouldn’t be surprised if wildfires that have chewed through more than 10,600 square kilometres of land won’t be fully out until next year.
  Al Richmond, the regional chairman, said hot spots from many of the largest fires likely won’t be doused until the spring, mirroring a Fort McMurray wildfire that Alberta officials said was finally declared extinguished on Aug. 2.
  “It goes down deep into the
  
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• Is it time for the Lower Mainland to amalgamate police forces?

  01-09-2017 22:18
  Officials call gang violence a regional problem. Is a regional police force the solution?
  
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• Paris museums offer culture in small doses

  01-09-2017 22:04 via theprovince.com
  If it’s your first time in Paris and you’re keen on adding a bit of culture to your trip, you’ll probably make a beeline for the “big three” museums — the Louvre, the Pompidou and the Musée d’Orsay.
  More than likely, you’ll come away exhausted both by the hordes of other tourists and the sheer volume of artwork on display.
  Next time, plan a visit to some of the city’s smaller museums. In two hours or less, you can see just about everyt
  
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• Ex-B.C. teacher quits Beijing job after past sexual conduct revealed

  01-09-2017 22:02 via vancouversun.com
  A former B.C. teacher has resigned from his job at Beijing’s Huijia Private School after Postmedia News revealed his past sexual contact with students.
  Robert John Robertson was stripped of his teaching credentials last year by B.C.’s Teacher Regulation Branch, based on allegations he had sex with three students aged 15 and 16 while employed by the Richmond School Board between 1974 and 1976.
  “I resigned today as a result of your article,” Robertson writes in an e-mail. &
  
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• Douglas Todd: Immigrants could prosper in small towns

  01-09-2017 21:56 via vancouversun.com
  “Canada is a big country,” the websites of immigration consultants say.
  True, Canada covers almost one million square kilometres. It’s second in geographic size only to Russia. Its forests, grasslands, mountains, rock and tundra stretch as far as the eye can see.
  But when it comes to human choices, Canada is not big at all: The vast majority of the country’s residents live in congestion on a tiny sliver of the country’s land mass, typically near the U.S. border.
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• Courier's blob video goes viral thanks to National Geographic, British tabloids

  01-09-2017 21:50
  
  International media intrigued by "mysterious" bryozoans discovered under the surface of Stanley Park's Lost Lagoon
  
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• Courier's blob video catches eye of National Geographic, Daily Mail

  01-09-2017 21:50
  
  International media intrigued by "mysterious" bryozoans discovered under the surface of Stanley Park's Lost Lagoon
  
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• Two people shot and killed in Langley

  01-09-2017 21:00
  A man and a woman were gunned down in Langley Friday morning. This is the second deadly shooting in the Lower Mainland in less than a day. Langley RCMP has multiple locations behind police tape. Jordan Armstrong has the latest.
  
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• Pucksters haul in $800,000 for Canucks Autism Network

  01-09-2017 21:00 via vancouversun.com
  GONE FISHING: Vancouver Canucks players, team officials and affluent fans left Sunday for the four-day Fishing For Kids tournament at Brian Legge and Rick Grange’s West Coast Fishing Club on Langara Island. The two expected the 2006 debut event would raise $250,000 for B.C. Children’s Hospital. It brought in $475,000. Since 2009, and by traditionally returning their big-money prizes, anglers have benefited the Canucks Autism Network by some $8 million. This year’s $12,500-a-tic
  
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• BC NDP kills 2021 deadline for $15 minimum wage

  01-09-2017 20:45
  The NDP says a $15 minimum wage is still coming, but has scrapped a four-year deadline.
  
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• Home goes up in flames in north Okanagan; two others damaged

  01-09-2017 20:28
  The blaze on Mabel Lake Road north of Lumby also damaged an adjacent home.
  
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• Ferry rates drop, real estate prices will likely rise on Sunshine Coast

  01-09-2017 20:08
  
  Housing prices have already increased 21 per cent from last July. "It will make a difference," realtor says of lowering the price to get to recreational properties.
  
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• Larry Amero, notorious B.C. Hells Angel, freed after cocaine charges stayed

  01-09-2017 19:39
  
  For years, friends of incarcerated Hells Angel Larry Amero have pasted “Free Larry” stickers on their Harleys to demand his release.
  
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• A scent for the working man

  01-09-2017 19:25 via vancouversun.com
  What it is: An “elegant” men’s cologne from Boss Parfum that offers, “a new dimension of modern masculinity,” according to a news release.
  The wearable scent is billed as being one that can seamlessly transition a man through the seasons — from summer to fall, and back again.
  The blue-bottled elixir features top notes of grapefruit, bitter orange, lemon and apple; heart notes of ginger, cinnamon, cloves and geranium; and base notes of vetiver and wood. 
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• Five traffic fluster clucks to avoid in Vancouver this long weekend

  01-09-2017 19:09
  
  Traffic is typically a hot mess every Labour Day weekend, and this one may prove to be particularly challenging for virtually anyone on the roads.
  
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• Two dead in early Friday morning targeted shooting in Langley

  01-09-2017 19:05 via vancouversun.com
  Investigators are on scene in Langley Friday morning investigating a double fatal shooting, police have confirmed.
  The site near 232nd Street and 64th Avenue has been cordoned off since around 6 a.m. Friday, while police comb the scene for clues. Investigators are expected to remain on scene for some time.
  According to Const. Craig Van Herk with the Langley RCMP, police were called to the area just after 5:30 a.m. Friday for the report of gunfire.First responders on scene found a man and a woman
  
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• Five goalies still in mix as Giants start WHL preseason

  01-09-2017 18:45 via vancouversun.com
  Outside of injured left winger Tyler Benson (lower body) and defenceman Bailey Dhaliwal (upper body), the Vancouver Giants will have their entire line-up available for this weekend’s preseason tournament in Everett, according to general manager Glen Hanlon.
  That’s 33 players, including five goalies — incumbents Ryan Kubic and David Tendeck and newcomers Jacob Wasserman, Todd Scott and Trent Miner. It’s easy to guess that all five will get a chance this weekend.
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• Giants start WHL preseason today in Everett with five goalies still in mix

  01-09-2017 18:31 via theprovince.com
  Outside of injured left winger Tyler Benson (lower body) and defenceman Bailey Dhaliwal (upper body), the Vancouver Giants will have their entire line-up available for this weekend’s preseason tournament in Everett, according to general manager Glen Hanlon.
  That’s 33 players, including five goalies — incumbents Ryan Kubic and David Tendeck and newcomers Jacob Wasserman, Todd Scott and Trent Miner. It’s easy to guess that all five will get a chance this weekend.
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• Jones, Vinc among stories to watch with Peterborough side facing Salmonbellies in Mann Cup

  01-09-2017 18:22 via vancouversun.com
  The Peterborough Lakers are coming to Queen’s Park Arena to battle the New Westminster Salmonbellies for the Mann Cup, but will they be missing some players for some games?
  The best-of-seven Senior A boxla national championship starts Sept. 8 at the venerable arena. Games 3-5 are all weeknight affairs, starting on Sept. 11.
  Two of the Lakers’ stars are goalie Matt Vinc and lefty sniper Adam Jones, who are both teachers by trade. Will they be able get the time off for all the contests
  
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• B.C. gas prices jump ahead of long weekend

  01-09-2017 17:45 via vancouversun.com
  CALGARY — The average gas price has risen ahead of the Labour Day long weekend amid reports of shortages due to extensive flooding in Texas and other states along the U.S. Gulf coast.
  Gasbuddy.com sources say prices in Quebec and British Columbia jumped by several cents per litre since Thursday.
  Gas prices Friday morning showed an average of $1.35 per litre in Vancouver, and $1.33 in the Fraser Valley.
  The Canadian average is now $1.16 per litre. Gasoline prices vary substantially by regio
  
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• How to make fried chicken and ribs on the BBQ

  01-09-2017 17:43
  Bryan Satterford of Vancouver’s Juke Fried Chicken shows how to make delicious fried chicken on the backyard BBQ.
  
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• Homicide investigators on scene of shooting in Langley

  01-09-2017 17:33
  Police and homicide investigators are on the scene of a second shooting in Langley.
  
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• Vancouver’s 2017’s dry summer sets a new record

  01-09-2017 17:29
  Just seven millimetres of rain fell in Vancouver for all of July and August.
  
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• Double homicide in Langley: Victims died following shooting

  01-09-2017 17:06
  There has been a double homicide in Langley Friday morning.
  
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• PNE ride supervisor is high on wooden roller-coaster

  01-09-2017 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  Asking Paul Rakhra to name his favourite rides at the PNE is like making him choose a favourite child. 
  The long-time PNE ride supervisor who is in charge of the track department has a clear favourite: The classic, wooden roller-coaster. 
  “It’s the best ride in the park,” said Rakhra. “It’s got the best reactions. Everyone loves that ride. But, he quickly added, “not that I don’t like my others. I like them all, but the coaster is the primo rid
  
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• Massive Elephant Hill wildfire jumps containment lines

  01-09-2017 16:58
  More crews are on the way Friday to the Elephant Hill wildfire as it jumped containment lines and is once again threatening communities.
  
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• Reports of a shooting in Langley Friday morning

  01-09-2017 16:33
  Reporter Ted Field is live in Langley Friday morning following reports of a possible shooting. Here’s what we know so far.
  
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• B.C. driver issued $575 ticket for tossing cigarette butt calls it ‘insane’

  01-09-2017 16:33
  Apparently people still are not getting the message about tossing cigarette butts out the window.
  
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• Daily Poll: Should the city cancel David Icke's talk at the Orpheum?

  01-09-2017 16:25 via vancouversun.com
  David Icke, a British author and conspiracy author, will be in Vancouver this weekend to speak at the Orpheum Theatre.
  Icke has previously spoken about his beliefs that the 9/11 attacks were an inside job, that the world is controlled by human-extraterrestrial reptilian crossbreeds, that the moon is hollow and that various Jewish figures secretly control the world.Nico Slobinsky, director for The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affair’s pacific region, called Icke a “modern day Holocaus
  
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• Elephant Hill wildfire continues to grow

  01-09-2017 16:05
  Nadia Stewart is live near Green Lake Friday morning with the latest on the Elephant Hill wildfire, which is still proving to be a difficult beast to fight for fire crews.
  
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• Daily Poll: Should David Icke's talk at Vancouver's Orpheum go on?

  01-09-2017 15:54 via vancouversun.com
  David Icke, a British author and conspiracy author, will be in Vancouver this weekend to speak at the Orpheum Theatre.
  Icke has previously spoken about his beliefs that the 9/11 attacks were an inside job, that the world is controlled by human-extraterrestrial reptilian crossbreeds, that the moon is hollow and that various Jewish figures secretly control the world.Nico Slobinsky, director for The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affair’s pacific region, called Icke a “modern day Holocaus
  
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• Asphalt milling machine almost crashes into North Vancouver building

  01-09-2017 15:16
  It was a late night wake-up for people living in a North Vancouver apartment building after an asphalt milling machine came way too close for comfort.
  
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• Tolls on the Port Mann and Golden Ears bridges end Friday

  01-09-2017 14:58
  There is no doubt a sigh of relief for many commuters Friday as bridge tolls on the Port Mann Bridge and the Golden Ears Bridge are no more.
  
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• Construction machine almost hits North Vancouver home

  01-09-2017 14:49
  Fri. Sept 1: Residents of one North Vancouver building had a rude awakening just after midnight Friday after a machine almost hit their building.
  
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• No more tolls on B.C. bridges

  01-09-2017 14:01
  Tolls on the Port Mann Bridge and the Golden Ears Bridge officially end today. Motorists are being told to settle up their final bills. Jay Durant reports.
  
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• Five Things to Know: Weekend heatwave, Abbotsford homicide

  01-09-2017 14:00 via vancouversun.com
  There’s been another gangland shooting in Abbotsford, the B.C. NDP’s minimum wage promise has been “altered”, and this weekend is going to be hot. Here are five things you need to know.
  Abbotsford homicide appears to be another gangland shooting
  A man has died after a shooting in Abbotsford on Thursday evening.
  Abbotsford Police were called to the corner of Gladwin and Huntingdon Road around 6 p.m. for a report of shots fired. When they arrived, they found one individual
  
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• B.C. gangsters start gun painting trend

  01-09-2017 14:00
  
  Police have begun seeing a new trend on Vancouver streets. Gang members with custom paint jobs for their firearms.
  
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• Abbotsford shooting and car fire

  01-09-2017 09:25
  One person is dead after gunshots rand out south of Abbotsford tonight. Police believe it was targetted. Catherine Urquhart has more.
  
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• ‘Rare’ diseases affect 1 in 3 children admitted to BC Children’s Hospital

  01-09-2017 09:00 via vancouversun.com
  Hours after she was born in Penticton in May 2015, Charlotte Palmer was flown to BC Children’s Hospital. Just 29 weeks old, baby Charlotte went on to endure months of infections and breathing problems. She was finally able to go home just before Christmas. However, her medical journey was just beginning.
  One day in early 2016, she stopped breathing. Charlotte’s mom, Christina, resuscitated her and called 911, and she was flown to BC Children’s again. She was found to have a dis
  
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