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• BC Liberals introduce finance reform legislation, NDP to follow suit next week

  13-09-2017 23:55 via globalnews.ca
  Even though the BC NDP says they will be introducing finance reform legislation next week, the Liberal opposition isn't waiting.
  
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• Coffee leaf innovator Wize Monkey to hit 300 U.S. stores

  13-09-2017 23:45 via vancouversun.com
  B.C.’s burgeoning social enterprise Wize Monkey is poised for expansion into the US market in 300 new stores this October, more than doubling their distribution.
  What started as a graduate school project on building a business with global reach has become just that, employing more than 100 people in Nicaragua with a head office and packaging operation in Vancouver.
  Wize Monkey’s coffee leaf tea — a product of the same plant that produces coffee beans — will be on shelves
  
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• Vancouver Park Board to mull motion on banning balloons in parks

  13-09-2017 23:09 via vancouversun.com
  The Vancouver Park Board is being asked to consider sticking a pin in the presence of latex and plastic balloons in city parks.
  The board, which is responsible for all activities in parks and community centres, will consider a motion at its next regular meeting to ban balloons.
  The motion — tabled by commissioner Stuart MacKinnon — says balloons are non-renewable, clog landfills and should not be permitted.
  It says the colourful inflatables pose a risk to birds, sea turtles, dolphins
  
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• Surrey RCMP ask for help to find owners of stolen camera and wedding photos

  13-09-2017 23:05 via globalnews.ca
  Surrey RCMP are asking for your help to reunite a camera filled with precious memories with its rightful owners.
  
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• Details of severance payments to former B.C. Liberal government staffers revealed

  13-09-2017 22:58 via vancouversun.com
  Details about the severance payments made to government appointees fired after the NDP assumed power in early July have been revealed.
  Following a freedom of information request by Postmedia, details are now available on many of the lump sums paid out to 133 people this summer.
  In all, $11.3 million was paid out. 
  On average $85,000 has been paid out per person.
  The top five payments are led by Christy Clark’s former deputy minister, Kim Henderson, who received $540,955. Athana Mentse
  
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• RCMP drug unit investigates townhouse explosion in Aldergrove

  13-09-2017 22:55 via vancouversun.com
  Two men are in hospital following an explosion and fire at an Aldergrove townhouse on Wednesday morning.
  Police and fire crews responded to a report of an explosion at Creekside Estates in the 27100 block of 31 A Avenue just after midnight.Langley RCMP says three residences were on fire when they arrived and two men suffering from severe burns were found in the middle garage.
  One of the men was transported to hospital by air ambulance and the other by ground ambulance. 
  Police bel
  
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• Kate Winslet is pining for Vancouver — and her favourite doughnuts

  13-09-2017 22:38
  
  Star of The Mountain Between Us tells TIFF that she regrets having to leave the city and Deep Cove bakery behind.
  
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• Honey's Doughnuts basks in the love of its famous customer: Kate Winslet

  13-09-2017 22:38
  
  Star of The Mountain Between Us tells TIFF that she regrets having to leave the city and Deep Cove bakery behind.
  
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• What not to miss at 2017 Vancouver Fringe Festival

  13-09-2017 22:16 via globalnews.ca
  The Vancouver Fringe Festival’s underway until September 17th at Granville Island. Fringe Festival board member Aaron Pinto tells us the five things you want to miss this year.
  
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• District of Elkford placed on evacuation alert due to wildfires

  13-09-2017 22:15 via globalnews.ca
  The Regional District of East Kootenay, the District of Elkford and the District of Sparwood have issued an evacuation alert for a number of residents due to two wildfires in the area.
  
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• B.C. Greens and NDP at odds over renters’ rebate and child care

  13-09-2017 22:12 via globalnews.ca
  BC Green Party leader Andrew Weaver says two noticeable omissions from Monday's budget update will remain off the table if the policies don't change.
  
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• Former U.S. vice president Joe Biden to speak in Vancouver next month

  13-09-2017 21:55 via vancouversun.com
  Former U.S. vice president Joe Biden will be in Vancouver next month to headline The Art of Leadership conference.
  Biden leads off a lineup that includes Bloomberg TV Canada anchor and journalist Amanda Lang, author and former executive creative director of Cirque du Soleil Welby Altidor, and New York Times bestselling authors Dr. Tasha Eurich and Vince Molinaro.
  Biden was the 47th vice president of the United States alongside former president Barack Obama.
  Since leaving the White House, Biden h
  
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• Apple unveils latest iPhones and watch

  13-09-2017 21:51 via globalnews.ca
  Mike Agerbo from Get Connected Media takes us through the latest Apple products, from their features to how much they cost.
  
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• Breaking down the hype over Apple’s latest products

  13-09-2017 21:48 via globalnews.ca
  Get Connected Media’s Andy Baryer looks at the iPhone X and the other new products announced Tuesday to let us know which items are must gets and which you can pass on.
  
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• Ferrari driver clocked doing 210 km/h will fight charges

  13-09-2017 21:46 via globalnews.ca
  The lawyer for a West Vancouver man accused of excessive speeding on the Lions Gate Bridge earlier this summer is challenging the charges.
  
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• Explosive fire tears through Aldergrove townhouse

  13-09-2017 21:46 via globalnews.ca
  Two people are in hospital after an explosion and fire at a townhouse complex in Aldergrove. Jordan Armstrong reports.
  
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• Wanted: person who inadvertently sold wedding rings at Kitsilano garage sale

  13-09-2017 21:44
  
  Woman who bought used David Alexander purse discovers valuable heirlooms in pocket. She wants to return them.
  
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• Are these your wedding photos? Surrey RCMP is looking for you

  13-09-2017 21:42 via vancouversun.com
  If there’s one thing every married couple knows, it’s “get a good photographer.”
  No one ever thinks, “don’t get your wedding pics stolen.”
  Unfortunately, it seems one couple is out there, somewhere, desperately hoping their photos turn up.
  Surrey RCMP are hoping to find the owner of a camera that’s filled with photos of a wedding.
  At the end of April, Mounties found “numerous pieces of lost or stolen property” inside a vehicle that was
  
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• The Sound of Music now playing at Queen Elizabeth theatre

  13-09-2017 21:29 via globalnews.ca
  The touring production of The Sound of Music has hit the stage in Vancouver. We speak to the actor playing the role of “Captain von Trapp”
  
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• Two UBC students hitchhike across Canada, spending a total of $10

  13-09-2017 21:21
  Philippe Roberge and Ori Nevares hitchhiked from Whitehorse to St. John's over the summer in an effort to see the country and mark Canada's 150th anniversary.
  
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• Over half of trucks fail safety check in Vancouver

  13-09-2017 21:05 via globalnews.ca
  Vancouver Police say more than half of the commercial vehicles checked during a recent road-safety blitz were so badly maintained they were immediately ordered off the road.
  
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• B.C. Crown wants four years for man who created revenge website against ex-wife

  13-09-2017 21:05 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — A Crown prosecutor is asking a British Columbia judge to deliver a sentence of up to four years to a man convicted of criminally harassing his ex-wife through a revenge website.
  Mark Myhre says Patrick Fox should be sentenced to two to three years for criminal harassment, plus six to 12 months for a conviction for illegally possessing firearms.
  After accounting for time served, Fox would be incarcerated for two years less a day, plus three years of probation the Crown is also s
  
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• Honey Donuts in Deep Cove gets titanic shoutout from Kate Winslet

  13-09-2017 21:04 via vancouversun.com
  Peering with intensity into a camera on the paparazzi-lined red carpet at the Toronto Film Festival, Kate Winslet had something very important to tell the world.
  “I pine for Honey’s Donuts in Deep Cove. I pine for Honey’s Donuts in Deep Cove,” the Titanic star repeated for emphasis.
  Physically Winslet was attending the premiere of The Mountain Between Us, the mountain survival movie she filmed with Idris Elba in British Columbia last year, but her mind was in the sce
  
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• Pacific salmon star in new round of Hinterland Who's Who

  13-09-2017 20:38 via vancouversun.com
  The Canadian Wildlife Federation has released a new set of three videos starring the Pacific salmon in the memorable style of Hinterland Who’s Who.
  The public service announcements are timed to promote awareness of a research project designed to explain the persistently poor returns of Chinook salmon in the Yukon River.
  “We wanted to focus on species that are both iconic and important in Canada’s history and Pacific salmon is one of those,” said Annie Langlois, the H
  
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• Spokane school shooting leaves 1 student dead, multiple injured: report

  13-09-2017 20:27 via globalnews.ca
  A shooting at a high school near Spokane, Wash., has left multiple injured, according to reports.
  
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• Vancouver incomes rise from lowest to third-lowest

  13-09-2017 20:26
  Vancouver family incomes are higher than Toronto or Montreal - but still much lower than most other Canadian cities
  
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• Calgary professor seeks video of fireball that streaked across Alberta, BC

  13-09-2017 20:19 via globalnews.ca
  A University of Calgary professor is asking anyone who may have video of a fireball that streaked through the sky on Sept. 4, 2017 to send it his way.
  
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• Wine Guy: Sipping through September never gets old

  13-09-2017 20:00 via theprovince.com
  Building on last week’s theme, it’s time to maintain an air of change as we keep open-minded while sipping through September. This week’s focus is on wine, and while there are many new wineries and new bottles to explore, I want to discuss one new wine style in particular. Really it’s a very old type of wine, but as with many newsworthy things, what’s old often becomes new and invigorating again — and anyways, it’s a relatively new focus for B.C. winemak
  
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• Q&A: New exhibition highlights innovation in Coast Salish Art

  13-09-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Untitled by Tracy Williams.
  Intangible: Memory and Innovation in Coast Salish Art
  Sept. 13 to Dec. 10 | Bill Reid Gallery (639 Hornby St., Vancouver 
  Tickets and info: Billreidgallery.ca
  You can tell a lot about a culture by the art of its people.  
  From family history to language — and virtually everything in between — art creations tell a unique story of the lives of individuals and the communities they reside in. A new exhibition titled Intangible: Memory and Innova
  
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• Author Q&A: Matt Price talks Engagement Organizing

  13-09-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Ignite Campaigns — #IgniteYVR
  Sept. 21, 7:30-9:30 p.m. | Anza Club, 3 West 8th Ave., Vancouver
  Tickets and info: Free; bit.ly/2gHul4J
  We live in a time when people are ready to DO something. 
  But there’s a difference between doing and accomplishing — and the latter is something Matt Price is hoping to help people with via his new release Engagement Organizing: The Old Art and New Science of Winning Campaigns.
  Price recently chatted with Postmedia News about his n
  
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• Growth across the board in B.C. income and households: Stats Can

  13-09-2017 19:35 via vancouversun.com
  There has been considerable growth in household incomes across the board in British Columbia since 2005, according to the latest 2016 Census data on income.
  The median household income in B.C. was $69,995 in 2015, a 12.2 per cent growth from the median income of $62,372 British Columbians reported in 2005. The median is the level of income at which half the population made more and half made less. Nationally, the median income was $70,336, a 10.8 per cent increase.
  The B.C. community with the hi
  
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• Theatre review: Sometimes it's hard to be a woman

  13-09-2017 19:25 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver Fringe Festival
  To Sept. 17 | Various venues
  Tickets & Info: $14 at vancouverfringe.com
  Women definitely rule at the 2017 Fringe but not all their stories end happily. This day’s fringing took me to three shows by and about women facing challenges of various kinds.
  Almost a Stepmom at Arts Umbrella
  Keara Barnes moved to Ireland where she fell in love with Joe, a self-described Man United-aholic. She also fell in love with Joe’s sweet six-year-old daughter, Aoife. S
  
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• Commercial truck blitz underway in Vancouver as more than half fail safety check

  13-09-2017 18:27
  75 trucks were checked Tuesday; 40 had to be taken out of service while drivers of the remaining 35 rigs were ticketed for at least one infraction.
  
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• BUSINESS REPORT: The new iPhone X lives up to its hype, but will you pay the price?

  13-09-2017 18:02 via globalnews.ca
  The initial cost of the iPhone X could be tough for consumers to take.
  
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• Mann Cup takes testy turn Tuesday with ceremonial face-off fracas

  13-09-2017 17:50 via theprovince.com
  You may not want to miss the ceremonial face-off for tonight’s Game 5 of the Mann Cup between the New Westminster Salmonbellies and Peterborough Lakers at Queen’s Park Arena.
  The teams had words in the pre-game event for Game 4 Tuesday night, with the Salmonbellies apparently upset that Peterborough captain Robert Hope had tried to show up New Westminster captain Curtis Hodgson in the Game 3 draw.
  It’s funny. I did hear from a veteran coach during Game 3 who maintained New West
  
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• Daily Poll: Are you OK with artists locking your phones up during concerts?

  13-09-2017 17:40 via vancouversun.com
  Comedian Chris Rock is making fans stow their smartphones away in lockable pouches during his performance Thursday night at UBC’s Doug Mitchell Arena.
  Rock is using a service called Yondr.
  Related
  Chris Rock to bring phone-locking service to Vancouver for the first timeUpon entering the venue, all smartphones, cameras, recording devices and smart watches will be locked in individual Yondr pouches and returned to the guest. Fans, who paid $150 to see Rock, will only be able to acc
  
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• Malcolm Bird: Provincial governments will bear the burden of legalized marijuana

  13-09-2017 17:15 via theprovince.com
  The Trudeau government is set on legalizing marijuana by next summer. While they will enjoy the political payoff of appearing progressive on the issue, all of the problems and logistics of legalizing pot will fall on provincial governments.
  There are strong correlations between how a drug or an indulgence like gambling is made available to the public and the propensity for individuals to indulge in it, and the negative health and social outcomes associated with its use.
  Provincial governments mi
  
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• ‘No airbags, we die like real men’: driver pulled over for excessive speeding

  13-09-2017 17:12 via globalnews.ca
  The message about dangerous driving and excessive speeding apparently didn't get through to one driver in West Vancouver.
  
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• Vancouver police to crack down on unsafe commercial vehicles

  13-09-2017 16:49 via vancouversun.com
  Of the 75 commercial vehicles randomly checked by Vancouver police on Tuesday, none were able to drive off scot free.
  The Vancouver Police Department launched a campaign targeting unsafe commercial vehicles this week and by checking trucks and vans at five random locations throughout the city on Tuesday.
  “The vast majority of commercial vehicles are operated safely and are well maintained,” said Sgt. Jason Robillard in a media release.
  “Inspectors will be focusing on trucks tha
  
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• Aldergrove townhouse fire considered suspicious

  13-09-2017 16:29 via globalnews.ca
  Wed, Sep 13: Reporter Jordan Armstrong is live at the scene of a fire at an Aldergrove townhouse complex this morning. Residents say they heard an explosion before the fire started and it is considered suspicious.
  
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• Victim in fatal hit-and-run crash near Hope identified as mother of 4

  13-09-2017 15:19 via globalnews.ca
  The victim of a crash just outside of Hope has been identified as a 35-year-old mother of four.
  
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• Harbour Air flights imminent between downtown Vancouver and Seattle

  13-09-2017 14:55 via vancouversun.com
  Harbour Air is expected to start offering direct seaplane service between downtown Vancouver and downtown Seattle next year — a move that would create a long-desired transportation link between the two urban cities and boost Vancouver’s emerging reputation as a technology hub. 
  Starting in early spring, Harbour Air and Washington-based Kenmore Air plan to offer four flights daily between downtown Vancouver’s Coal Harbour and Lake Union in downtown Seattle, near Amazon
  
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• Man charged with excessive speeding on Lions Gate Bridge to appear in court

  13-09-2017 14:50 via globalnews.ca
  The West Vancouver man accused of excessive speeding on the Lions Gate Bridge earlier this summer will make his first court appearance today.
  
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• Lawyer for man charged with excessive speeding on Lions Gate Bridge is challenging the charges

  13-09-2017 14:50 via globalnews.ca
  The West Vancouver man accused of excessive speeding on the Lions Gate Bridge earlier this summer will make his first court appearance today.
  
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• The Morning Skate, Sept. 13: Who’s bigger, Markstrom or Nilsson?

  13-09-2017 14:04 via theprovince.com
  Three skates today. (First session is at 9 a.m. Yes it’s all open to the public.)
  Three skates tomorrow.
  Three skates Friday. Two more skates on Saturday, then a 2 pm game in LA. AND THEN: the debut of the Vegas Golden Knights, yes, here, in Vancouver. Again 2 p.m.
  The buzz will be strong no doubt.
  Ok, let’s get skating, litterally.
  The Home Team
  The players finally hit the ice officially this morning. Yesterday they met with the media.Nilsson looks like the after photo from when Mar
  
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• Neighbourhood series: Nimbyism in Metro Vancouver

  13-09-2017 14:00 via globalnews.ca
  The CKNW and Global News Neighbourhood Series is an annual series that explores neighbourhoods in Vancouver, Surrey, and the Tri-Cities.
  
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• Geek vs. Greek: NFL Picks, Week 2

  13-09-2017 14:00 via theprovince.com
  Our armchair quarterbacks hit double digits in Week 1, as both J.J. ‘The Geek’ Adams and Mike ‘The Greek’ Raptis had ten wins apiece to start the season at 10-5.
  They’re sitting pretty in their La-z-Boys, or so they think. On with Week 2.
  THE GEEK’S GAME OF THE WEEK:
  Green Bay at Atlanta
  As if the Atlanta Falcons didn’t leave their fan base disillusioned enough with their epic collapse against the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl, they had to
  
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• Three sent to hospital in townhouse fire in Aldergrove, B.C.

  13-09-2017 13:55 via globalnews.ca
  A massive three-alarm townhouse fire in the Aldergrove area of Langley has sent three people to hospital and displaced several others.
  
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• Surrey RCMP asks for help in finding missing woman

  13-09-2017 13:55 via globalnews.ca
  Surrey Mounties are looking for a 65-year-old woman not seen since Monday evening.
  
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• One sent to hospital in townhouse fire in Aldergrove, B.C.

  13-09-2017 13:55 via globalnews.ca
  One person has been taken to hospital with serious burns following a townhouse fire in Aldergrove early Wednesday morning.
  
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