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• Toxic algae near Kamloops possibly linked to cattle deaths, sick dogs

  07-09-2017 23:51
  KAMLOOPS — Visitors to a popular recreational lake in British Columbia’s southern Interior want better warnings about a potentially dangerous strain of algae suspected to be growing in the water.
  Kamloops resident Anita Ashton says she and her family visited Tunkwa Lake, west of Kamloops, over the Labour Day weekend but the trip was interrupted when their dog Rufuss suddenly collapsed.
  Ashton says the vet determined Rufuss would pull through but had likely consumed something that con
  
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• NPA council candidate focused on affordability

  07-09-2017 23:51
  
  Hector Bremner, 36, won the NPA’s nomination battle Wednesday, beating out former NPA school trustee Penny Noble and businessman Glen Chernen, the former leader of the Cedar Party.
  
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• Mann Cup eluded Heard as a player, but he’s chasing one now as Salmonbellies assistant coach

  07-09-2017 23:49 via theprovince.com
  Russ Heard is probably in the top 10 per cent of lacrosse players all time. He’s definitely in the top 99 per cent of people in this country without a Mann Cup national title.
  Heard, 53, does get a crack at that crown starting this week, as an assistant coach with the New Westminster Salmonbellies, who are hosting the Peterborough Lakers in the best-of-seven Canadian Senior A championship starting Friday at Queen’s Park Arena.
  He never took part even in one as a player, despite being
  
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• Driver sent to hospital following Highway 1 shootout in Langley

  07-09-2017 23:31
  A man is in hospital recovering from gunshot wounds after being shot while driving through Langley Wednesday night.
  Langley RCMP say the man was driving a white Jeep SUV westbound on Highway 1 between 200th Street and 192nd Street when he was fired upon by occupants in a mid-90s black Acura.
  Despite being shot, Mounties say the man, whose name was not released, was able to drive to the area of 96th Avenue and 176th Street in Surrey where he awaited assistance before being taken to hospital
  
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• City of Richmond fighting against proposed third runway for Vancouver International Airport

  07-09-2017 23:29 via globalnews.ca
  Richmond City Council is asking Transport Canada to reject the Vancouver Airport Authority's application
  
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• Delta casino site gets preliminary approval

  07-09-2017 23:14
  The B.C. Lottery Corporation has given preliminary approval for a casino to open in Delta.
  Gateway Casinos & Entertainment Ltd. wants to relocate the Newton Community Gaming Centre in Surrey to the Delta Town and Country Inn.
  The Newton facility has operated as a bingo hall since 2014, when the BCLC stripped the facility of its 150 slot machines at the request of Surrey city council.
  The Corporation of Delta recommended the Delta Town and Country Inn as the only suitable site &mdas
  
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• Person in custody after dead man discovered in Surrey house fire

  07-09-2017 23:12
  A fire investigation has given way to a murder investigation after a dead man was found inside a burning house in Surrey early Thursday morning.
  Surrey RCMP were called to a house fire at 112A Avenue and 124 Street at 12:41 a.m., after firefighters discovered the body of a deceased male.
  The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team took over the investigation after it was determined the man died under suspicious circumstances. The cause of the fire was also deemed suspicious.
  One person
  
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• Cellar-dwelling Lions to lean on Lulay against Alouettes

  07-09-2017 22:29 via theprovince.com
  Wally Buono relaxed on the picturesque Sunshine Coast for a couple of days before taking a trip up to Whistler. Solomon Elimimian visited friends south of the border and found himself at a Seattle restaurant eating fried grasshoppers.
  No matter how or where the B.C. Lions chose to unwind during their bye week, the three consecutive losses that helped push them into the basement of the CFL’s ultra-competitive West Division loomed overhead like the smoky haze from wildfires that continue to
  
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• First Nations protesters build tiny homes in Kinder Morgan pipeline path

  07-09-2017 22:19 via globalnews.ca
  Members of the Secwepemc Nation in British Columbia say they are building the first of 10 tiny homes that will be placed directly in the path of Kinder Morgan's $7.4-billion Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.
  
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• Green party will run three candidates in Vancouver school board election

  07-09-2017 22:15
  The Green Party of Vancouver has unveiled its three candidates to run for the nine open positions on the Vancouver school board.
  Dr. Janet Fraser, a chemist and former VSB trustee, Estrellita Gonzalez, a wellness consultant, and Dr. Judy Zaichkowsky, professor of marketing at Simon Fraser University, will be among the names on the ballot to repopulated the vacant Vancouver school board.
  Former education minister Mike Bernier fired the Vancouver school board trustees for failing to
  
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• Cops say alert citizen helped police nab guitar thief in Vancouver

  07-09-2017 22:12
  An alert citizen who reported suspicious activity to police is credited with helping to recover a stolen guitar.
  Vancouver police say the 911 call came in around 7 p.m. Wednesday from a man who had spotted “suspicious behaviour” in the area of Keefer Street and Heatley Avenue. The citizen said he had seen two people kneeling beside a parked car with a smashed window before running off with a guitar case.
  Information shared by the citizen helped police to locate and arrest a suspect a
  
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• Giants’ crowded crease a conundrum ahead of pre-season tourney at LEC

  07-09-2017 22:03 via theprovince.com
  The Vancouver Giants head into their final weekend of pre-season action with four goalies in tow and a plethora of possibilities for who’s minding their net come league play.
  General manager Glen Hanlon, whose team opens up an exhibition tournament at the Langley Events Centre on Friday (7 p.m.) with a match-up against the Prince George Cougars, didn’t rule out starting the regular season with three goalies on the roster.
  Of course, he didn’t say it was a certainty, either.
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• What you need to know when travelling during hurricane season

  07-09-2017 21:51 via globalnews.ca
  Claire Newell has high tech solutions to make traveling a little bit easier and she also tells us what to do if Hurricane Irma is affecting your travel plans.
  
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• North Vancouver police seek man who performed indecent act in public

  07-09-2017 21:51
  North Vancouver police are hoping the public can help identify a man who performed an indecent act in front of a woman last month.
  On Aug. 9 around 1 p.m., an elderly woman was walking alone in the Lynn Valley area when she was approached by an unknown man. The man then performed an indecent act in front of her and then rode away on an older navy blue mountain bike. He was wearing a silver and blue bike helmet.
  “Thankfully the female victim was not physically injured,” said Cpl. Rich
  
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• Diversity, youth invigorate B.C. NDP caucus

  07-09-2017 21:43 via globalnews.ca
  The B.C. legislature will have a noticeably different look when it resumes sitting later this week, as a sea of new faces – 27 of them! -- will take their places as rookie MLAs.
  
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• Whitecaps will need to rely on squad depth during difficult stretch of games

  07-09-2017 21:36 via theprovince.com
  Sandy, Utah and Hicksville, N.Y., are 3,500 kilometres apart, but on one night last April for Tim Parker, they could have been the same town.
  Thick, heavy snow started drifting down at halftime of the Whitecaps’ game against Real Salt Lake at Rio Tinto Stadium, blanketing the field, the fans and the players, as RSL blanked the visitors 3-0.
  “It was cold,” said the Caps centre back. “It was a really, really hard game to play in. I don’t think we even look back at it
  
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• Construction worker seriously injured in workplace accident in Chilliwack

  07-09-2017 21:35 via globalnews.ca
  A construction worker has been seriously injured after a workplace accident in Chilliwack.
  
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• Finlay Creek fire grows to 1,300 ha, now 15% contained

  07-09-2017 21:30 via globalnews.ca
  Calmer winds are helping firefighters battling the Finlay Creek wildfire between Peachland and Summerland.
  
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• Fall comfort food: rice pudding and candied butternut squash

  07-09-2017 21:28 via globalnews.ca
  Angie Quaale of Well Seasoned helps ease us into fall with a delicious rice pudding and candied butternut squash.
  
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• Body found in Surrey house fire

  07-09-2017 21:00 via globalnews.ca
  An early morning house fire in Surrey is now the scene of a homicide investigation after a body was found inside the burnt out home. Jordan Armstrong reports.
  
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• Drug overdose deaths continue to rise in B.C.; fentanyl detected in 81% of cases

  07-09-2017 20:47 via globalnews.ca
  New statistics released by the BC Coroners Service shows fentanyl was found in 81 per cent of illicit drug overdose deaths in the province this year.
  
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• NDP heavyweight Peter Julian backs Jagmeet Singh's leadership bid

  07-09-2017 20:29
  Veteran politician and former leadership rival, Peter Julian, has been impressed by the breakthrough Singh had made in signing up new members for the NDP.
  
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• NPA names candidates for Vancouver council and school board byelection

  07-09-2017 20:22
  Hector Bremner, an energy company lobbyist and former Liberal government staffer, has been selected to represent the NPA in the Oct. 14 Vancouver city council byelection.
  Currently vice-president of public affairs for the media relations firm Pace Group, Bremner is a former B.C. Liberal candidate who worked in various roles in 2014 and 2015 for former deputy premier Rich Coleman.
  Related
  NPA nomination contest for Vancouver seat marked by controversyDiego Cardona named Vision candidate
  
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• Fentanyl detected in 81 per cent of overdose deaths in 2017: coroners

  07-09-2017 20:15
  About three people died per day of an overdose in the month of July, according to the latest numbers released by the B.C. Coroners Service.
  There were 91 suspected drug overdose deaths in July, which is about three per day and which represents a 30 per cent increase over the same month last year. That brings the year’s total of overdose deaths up to 876, an 82 per cent increase over the same period in 2016 when 482 deaths were recorded from January to July.
  Of those 876 deaths, fentanyl wa
  
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• Fentanyl detected in 81 per cent of drug deaths in B.C.

  07-09-2017 20:06
  
  Vancouver, Victoria and Surrey continue to record the highest number of suspected drug overdose deaths in B.C. this year.
  
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• Fab 5: Eighties redux

  07-09-2017 20:00
  Our obsession with the 1980s continues, and while some of the fashion from the decade is pretty cringe-y (especially if you wore it the first time around), there are options that are definitely palatable. You might even call them cool. From mom jeans to designer fanny packs, Rebecca Tay presents five ’80s styles to give a try.
  SHOE BUSINESS
  Stilettos like these probably had Keith Haring-style prints, graffiti or spray paint motifs on them the first time around, but there’s something
  
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• Demi-Gods: Book details incestuous adolescent relationships

  07-09-2017 20:00
  Demi-Gods
  Eliza Robertson 
  Hamish Hamilton | $29.95
  Don’t let the summery, slightly sexy cover of this book fool you. It’s neither as bright nor as carefree as the cover art — what with its bathing suit-clad girls and blue sky — would have you imagine.
  In fact, the tale bound between the hardcover confines is unsettling, slightly odd — and a tad bit incestuous. 
  Montreal-based author Eliza Robertson brings readers to her native Vancouver Island in her
  
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• Add weight and warmth to your daily wines for fall

  07-09-2017 19:47
  Summer’s not gone yet, but those long, warm evenings are quickly dissipating. With fall knocking on the door it’s time to consider exchanging those rosé and the light whites you been drinking all summer for a bit more weight and warmth in your daily wines.
  White wine isn’t so much a problem, but finding what I would term affordable reds for everyday drinking isn’t as easy as it once was. The affordable part in B.C. is almost laughable, and when you combine it with
  
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• Kelowna courthouse evacuated after suspicious package found

  07-09-2017 19:32 via globalnews.ca
  The Kelowna courthouse was evacuated Thursday morning after a suspicious package was found on the courthouse premises.
  
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• The Rock invites 10-year-old hero to visit him in Vancouver

  07-09-2017 19:28
  Jacob O'Connor saved his younger brother by stealing a Dwayne Johnson scene in the movie St. Andreas
  
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• Keyboard Kimura: It’s time to start embracing Demetrious Johnson’s accomplishments

  07-09-2017 19:19 via theprovince.com
  Records are a part of the fabric of sports. They serve as a way to measure greatness and help put individual performances and overall career achievements into context.
  DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak. Gretzky’s 92 goals and 215 points. Wilt scoring 100 points on the Knicks in 1962. The undefeated 1972 Miami Dolphins.
  Not only do those marks carry historical significance, but they serves as benchmarks for future generations to target, which is why Cal Ripken playing in his 2,131st c
  
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• REAL SCOOP: B.C. woman linked to bizarre U.S. kidnapping plot

  07-09-2017 18:50
  Someone on twitter tipped me to this weird story out of Tennessee implicating a Williams Lake woman in an American plot to kidnap a judge and a sheriff. When I started looking at Suzanne Holland’s local history, I found that she was already facing criminal charges here. And I found several court rulings by B.C. judges calling her a “vexatious” litigant. She tried unsuccessfully to sue the B.C. and federal governments, as well as the American Dental Association over mercury fill
  
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• Hepatitis A pineapple chunks recall expands to other products

  07-09-2017 18:33 via globalnews.ca
  The Hepatitis A pineapple chunks recall, issued by health authorities in B.C. last week, has now been expanded to include other products.
  
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• Man shot while driving on Highway 1

  07-09-2017 17:32 via globalnews.ca
  Police are investigating after a white Jeep SUV was fired at while driving near 192 Street on Wednesday night.
  
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• Homicide investigators called to scene of Surrey fire

  07-09-2017 17:30 via globalnews.ca
  The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) has been called to a home on 112A Avenue in Surrey. Jordan Armstrong has details of this developing story.
  
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• Top 5 things to see and do at Vancouver International Film Festival

  07-09-2017 17:17 via globalnews.ca
  Jacqueline Dupuis of the Vancouver International Film Festival tells us the top five things to see and do at the 2017 festival.
  
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• Homicide police to investigate fatal house fire in Surrey

  07-09-2017 16:52
  Homicide police have been called in to investigate a fatal house fire that took place early Thursday morning in Surrey.
  The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team is reportedly on scene at 112A Avenue and 124 Street, where a fire in a home was reported just after midnight.
  Early reports say one man was found dead in the fire though officials have yet to comment.
  A call to the Surrey Fire Service was directed to the Surrey RCMP. Messages left with police seeking comment have not yet been returned
  
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• Fall harvest activities around B.C.

  07-09-2017 16:49 via globalnews.ca
  Just because school’s back and summer is coming to an end doesn’t mean it’s time to stop exploring BC. Heather McGillivray of Destination BC takes a look at some of the fun fall harvest activities around the province.
  
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• Man shot while driving on Highway 1 in Surrey: reports

  07-09-2017 16:11
  Police are investigating after a man was shot while driving on Highway 1 late Wednesday evening.
  The driver was headed west when the incident occurred around 10 p.m.; he then pulled off the highway and stopped near 176th Street and 96th Avenue on the border between Surrey and Langley. He has reportedly been taken to hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries.
  Police then closed a section of Highway 1 for about two hours while combing the scene for clues.
  Surrey RCMP have not release
  
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• Runner beans do best in cooler weather

  07-09-2017 15:38 via theprovince.com
  Q. Though our scarlet runner beans flowered profusely on strong vines this summer, few of the flowers turned into beans. It looks as though the blooms have fallen or been nipped off, leaving just the flower stems.
  A. This is a common summer complaint from home gardeners. The blossom drop you describe happens when the flowers are not pollinated or the weather is too hot. Runner beans, unlike common pole and bush beans, require pollination by bees or hummingbirds. They do best in cool summer weath
  
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• Condo Smarts: Gas appliances can present a vexing issue for strata

  07-09-2017 15:32 via theprovince.com
  Dear Tony: Our strata is debating the safety of outdoor gas appliances and considering a bylaw to completely ban their use.Since 2001, we have had two incidents involving gas barbecues: One, an exploded glass balcony wall and another where there was over $20,000 in damage caused by a fire on the balcony of a unit with wicker furniture.We have a group of vigilant owners who claim it is their right to have a barbecue and gas patio heater and the strata cannot prevent their use.We contacted our loc
  
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• Abbotsford police warn of high-risk sex offender in the community

  07-09-2017 15:26 via globalnews.ca
  Abbotsford police are warning of a high-risk sex offender who has just been released.
  
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• Theatre review: Mr. Foote's Other Leg has its kicks

  07-09-2017 15:01
  Mr. Foote’s Other Leg
  To Sept. 24 | Jericho Arts Centre
  Tickets & Info: $20-$26 at http://www.unitedplayers.com
  When the Playhouse Theatre Company folded in 2012, it left a void in Vancouver’s theatrical landscape. Who would do the British classics? They’re expensive — big casts, lots of costumes — and who wants to see that old stuff anyway.
  We still get plenty of Shakespeare, but not much else of the Brits, except from United Players. They opened last season wi
  
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• Vancouver teen pens children's novel

  07-09-2017 15:00
  Big Adventures Come in Small Packages  
  By Jessica Haight
  Wildflower Books
  While most teens would be worrying about whether to post that selfie to social media, Vancouverite Jessica Haight was wondering whether she should publish her first novel.
  The 18-year-old decided the time was right to release her tale of a young guinea pig, and Big Adventures Come in Small Packages was the result. 
  Haight took a break from post-publishing promotions and pre-college prep, to chat with Postme
  
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• MRG Concerts brings Westward Music Festival energy

  07-09-2017 15:00
  Westward Music Festival
  Sept. 14-17, various times | Vogue Theatre, Biltmore Cabaret, Imperial and Venue
  Tickets and info: Wristbands from $59.50. Assorted individual concert tickets too at westwardfest.com
  Matthew Gibbons is a positive attitude person. The founder of MRG Group is behind the new Westward Music Festival, a multi-venue event taking place in Vancouver which aims to prove that big music festivals aren’t over in our immediate area. They just need to be presented differentl
  
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• Homicide team called after Surrey house fire

  07-09-2017 14:50 via globalnews.ca
  Flames broke out at the home on 112A Avenue just after midnight.
  
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• Nature-inspired design showcased at The Parker

  07-09-2017 14:41 via theprovince.com
  At the centre of the contemporary design at The Parker new-home project lies a deep knowledge of craftsmanship and history of woodworking esthetics and design.
  As visitors take in the fine detail of the wood in a bedroom headboard, the wood grain of the kitchen cabinetry and wine storage millwork, they see a contemporary take on an art rooted in tradition, says Cristina Oberti, the designer behind The Parker, Townline’s condo community off the Cambie corridor.
  The Parker is a new home proj
  
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• Man shot while driving on Highway 1 in Surrey

  07-09-2017 14:34 via globalnews.ca
  There was more gun violence in the Lower Mainland overnight as a man is in hospital after being shot while driving on Highway 1.
  
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• Vancouver Canucks: 3 Stats that must improve in 2018 - The Canuck Way

  07-09-2017 14:22 via thecanuckway.com
  The Canuck Way
  Vancouver Canucks: 3 Stats that must improve in 2018
  The Canuck Way
  The Vancouver Canucks have consistently ranked near the bottom of the league in many statistical categories. If they're to win more games in 2017-18, they will have to improve on these three stats. Legendary NFL head coach Bill Parcells once said “You ...
  
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• Vancouver looks to make Gastown a 'pedestrian priority area' - CBC.ca

  07-09-2017 14:01 via cbc.ca
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  Vancouver looks to make Gastown a 'pedestrian priority area'
  CBC.ca
  Gastown is the oldest and smallest neighbourhood in Vancouver — but could it be the only one without cars at its centre? Next month, the City of Vancouver will begin developing a transportation plan for the area. One of the four stated goals is to ...
  
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