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• Surrey Central SkyTrain station and bus loop re-opened following fire

  23-09-2017 23:39 via vancouversun.com
  The Surrey Central SkyTrain station and bus loop has re-opened after being closed earlier on Saturday due to thick smoke from a fire nearby.
  “Surrey Fire Department has released the scene and trains are stopping at Surrey Central again,” said TransLink spokeswoman Jill Drews around 2 p.m.
  The fire, located in the 10000-block of City Parkway, sent thick, dark smoke billowing into the sky, obscuring the Surrey Central SkyTrain station platform. TransLink then closed the station, with t
  
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• B.C. film production to top $2.6B in 2017, setting new record

  23-09-2017 23:17 via globalnews.ca
  Expenditures are up an estimated 35 per cent over last year.
  
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• B.C. film production to top $2.6 billion in 2017, setting new record

  23-09-2017 23:17 via globalnews.ca
  Expenditures are up an estimated 35 per cent over last year.
  
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• Jordan Subban one of 10 players cut from Canucks roster

  23-09-2017 22:47 via theprovince.com
  The Vancouver Canucks cut 10 players from their pre-season roster on Saturday, including defenceman Jordan Subban.
  Joining Subban on the trip back to the Utica Comets are Michael Carcone, Yan-Pavel Laplante, Evan McEneny, Zack MacEwen, Griffin Molino and Ashton Sautner.
  Three other players cut — Alexis D’Aoust, Aaron Irving and Brett McKenzie — will attend the Comets training camp.
  Ben Kuzma: Subban keeps stiff upper lip even though Canucks' defence looks set
  
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• Beached newborn whale in Haida Gwaii rescued by locals

  23-09-2017 22:37 via globalnews.ca
  Residents in Haida Gwaii helped a beached newborn whale return safely to the water.
  
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• Haida Gwaii residents help beached whale

  23-09-2017 22:36 via globalnews.ca
  Residents in Haida Gwaii helped a beached whale return safely to the water.
  
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• B.C. film and TV production booming with all-time high of $2.6B spent

  23-09-2017 22:36 via vancouversun.com
  Keep the cameras rolling.
  Film production in B.C. is at a “all-time high,” according to the latest numbers released by the provincial government on Saturday.
  For the 2016-17 fiscal year, film and TV productions spent an estimated $2.6 billion in B.C., an all-time high. That figure represents an increase of more than 35 per cent compared to the previous fiscal year, when $1.9 billion was spent.
  A total of 338 tax-credit certifications were also approved by Creative B.C. this year, com
  
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• Kidney donation allows Burnaby mom to take care of dying son

  23-09-2017 20:57 via vancouversun.com
  Robin Gage’s son Bryan lived for seven months after the Burnaby mom got a life-saving kidney transplant. The extra time together was a gift, made possible by a stranger.
  In December of 2015, Gage sent a Christmas letter to family and friends titled “Robin needs a kidney, and she really hates to ask for help.”
  Struggling with kidney failure and facing a 10-year wait for a transplant, Gage hoped to find a live donor so she could continue to care for her 28-year-old son Bryan, who
  
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• Neighbourhood series: Tackling downtown Vancouver’s trash problem

  23-09-2017 20:31 via globalnews.ca
  Downtown residents are lucky to have a view of the mountains, the ocean, and a beautiful city skyline. But unfortunately, garbage and litter has become a part of that landscape as well.
  
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• Style update brightens, blends out natural silver

  23-09-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Diane Jamieson, 56, is retired and wanted to treat herself to a style update.
  Jamieson has thick and previously coloured hair. She has a lot of silver outgrowth, and was frustrated with the amount of maintenance it needed. I wanted to brighten up her overall colour to complement her blue eyes and complexion, as well as to eliminate the brassy tones from her existing colour.
  I also wanted to create a formula that would soften and blend out the natural silver in her hair. I started by applying a t
  
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• Weekend Poll: Should SFU's sports teams change the Clan team name?

  23-09-2017 19:57 via vancouversun.com
  For decades, Simon Fraser University’s sports teams have played under the name The Clan to honour the Scottish heritage of the man the school was named after.
  But a new petition is calling for the university to change that name, in response to the racially charged unrest south of the border.
  Related
  Petition launched to change Clan team name at Simon Fraser UniversityPhilosophy professor Holly Andersen, who started the petition, notes that regardless of how it’s spelled, the team nam
  
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• Saturday Chef: Stewed tomato chickpeas

  23-09-2017 19:46 via globalnews.ca
  Katie Ruddell, owner of new vegan restaurant Kokomo, unveils a dish from her their fall menu. The stewed tomato chickpea recipe, served in a macro bowl, is healthy and filling comfort food perfect for the cooler days ahead.
  
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• Gardenworks: Planting spring bulbs

  23-09-2017 19:46 via globalnews.ca
  It may only be the first weekend of fall, but our gardening experts from Gardenworks are already planning for spring. Peter Fitzmaurice explains why some bulbs need to go in the ground now.
  
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• Vancouver Open at Northview this weekend

  23-09-2017 19:39 via globalnews.ca
  Sat, Sep 23: The Vancouver Golf Tour culminates this weekend with the Vancouver Open at Northview Golf and Country Club. VGT President and commissioner Fraser Mulholland has the details.
  
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• Open House: Replacing appliances

  23-09-2017 19:36 via globalnews.ca
  Sat, Sep 23: How do you know if your household appliances are nearing the end of their life spans? This week in Open House, Kaitlyn Herbst has tips on how to tell when it is likely time to replace them.
  
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• Nick Taylor returns to BC for charity tournament

  23-09-2017 19:36 via globalnews.ca
  Sat, Sep 23: PGA golfer Nick Taylor is back in his native Abbotsford to host a special tournament raising money for a golf program close to his heart.
  
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• SkyTrain service restored at Surrey Central Station after fire at local hockey shop

  23-09-2017 18:55 via globalnews.ca
  A fire broke out around 7:30 a.m. at The Hockey Shop, a popular sporting goods store located across the street from the station.
  
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• Fire at local hockey shop shuts down Surrey Central SkyTrain station

  23-09-2017 18:55 via globalnews.ca
  A fire broke out around 7:30 a.m. at The Hockey Shop, a popular sporting goods store located across the street from the station.
  
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• Surrey Central SkyTrain station and bus loop closed due to nearby fire

  23-09-2017 18:12 via vancouversun.com
  The Surrey Central SkyTrain station and bus loop has been closed Saturday morning due to thick smoke from a fire nearby.
  “Surrey Central SkyTrain Station on Expo Line is currently closed due to a fire at a business across the street. Heavy smoke is blowing into the station,” read a statement issued by TransLink spokeswoman Jill Drews. “Buses which would normally stop at Surrey Central have been rerouted to King George Station.”
   Trains on the Expo Line will continue
  
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• Giants host Royals in home opener tonight, looking to rally from Friday rout

  23-09-2017 17:40 via theprovince.com
  At least the Vancouver Giants won’t have to wait long to try to avenge their season debut.
  The Giants play their home opener tonight (7 p.m., TSN 1410) at the Langley Events Centre, taking on the Victoria Royals. The Royals trounced the Giants 7-1 in Friday in WHL opening night at Save-On-Foods Memorial Arena in Victoria.
  Calgary Flames prospect and Canadian world junior team candidate Matthew Phillips scored three times and set up another for Victoria. Ryan Peckford had two goals and one
  
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• Despite a shootout loss, Canucks and NHL can claim modest victory in China

  23-09-2017 17:31 via theprovince.com
  BEIJING – It will take the NHL another five years to fully measure the success of this experiment but, in the aftermath of the China Games, the league could claim a modest victory in its first foray into the Eastern Empire.
  The Vancouver Canucks, meanwhile, had more immediate concerns from this two-game series but, after a shaky start, the Canucks could claim their own modest victory on Saturday night.
  Add it up and it might not have been a win-win in the conventional sense but both sides,
  
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• Willes: Three thoughts on Saturday’s Canucks-Kings game in Beijing

  23-09-2017 17:29 via theprovince.com
  1. The penalties (or lack thereof)
  Thursday night’s game in Shanghai was reduced to a special team’s contest with the two teams combining for 17 power plays. Saturday night’s affair in Beijing, which didn’t look any different on the ice, produced six power plays, three per team. So how do you explain the discrepancy?
  Uh, if you think the league sent out instructions to cut back on the penalties while they’re trying to put on a show in China, congratulate yourself on
  
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• Southside takes a quiet, but amenity-rich location

  23-09-2017 15:56 via vancouversun.com
  Louise Roos couldn’t stay away from the South Surrey site where her new home was going up. As a former welder-turned-structural engineer, she couldn’t resist dropping by — almost daily — to see how Miracon Development and its crew were doing in building her single-family home.
  “They told me ‘Well, you can go inside, Louise, but just don’t start giving orders to workers,’” she laughed. “I was able to look at everything, from geotechnical
  
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• The Home Front: Green house

  23-09-2017 15:21 via vancouversun.com
  Nature, along with wellness and well-being, will continue to hugely influence home decor and furnishings this fall, and we see it particularly in the colour green that is dominating furniture, textiles and paint, Canadian designers say.
  “It’s organic, it’s rich, and warm and really inviting,” says Victoria Lambert, president of The FAT Paint Company in New Westminster, describing the “updated version of 90s forest green” she sees trending everywhere. Her compa
  
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• Options abound at Polygon's Currents at Water's Edge

  23-09-2017 15:19 via vancouversun.com
  In just a few years, the 130-acre piece of land between Boundary Road and Kerr Street in south Vancouver has been transformed beyond all recognition. The area’s industrial past is long gone and the master-planned residential community known as the River District is rapidly taking shape.
  Polygon’s Currents at Water’s Edge is the latest River District project to benefit from the growing number of local amenities and proximity to the waterfront along the Fraser River. The project
  
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• Sold (Bought): Arts and Crafts home showcases both original and modern touches

  23-09-2017 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  A snapshot of residential real estate activity in Metro Vancouver
  4691 St. Catherines Street, Vancouver
  Type: Four-bedroom, two-bathroom detached
  Size: 2,700 sq. ft.
  B.C. Assessment: $1,496,000
  Listed for: $1,490,000
  Sold for: $1,750,000
  Sold on: June 16
  Days on market: Four
  Listing agent: Matt Kerr at RE/MAX Real Estate Services
  Buyers agent: Paul Toffoli at TRG – The Residential Group Realty
  The big sell: This 1913 Arts and Crafts property has undergone a complete renovation while at the
  
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• Five Things to Know: Indian production company, suspect arrested in fatal crash, SFU Clan

  23-09-2017 14:00 via vancouversun.com
  An Indian production company is coming to Vancouver, the SFU Clan should consider a name change, and a road rage incident was caught on camera. Here are five things you need to know.
  Money laundering concerns at B.C. casinos
  B.C. Attorney General David Eby has ordered an independent review of money-laundering controls in B.C. casinos after VIPs used gambling chips bought with stacks of cash that could be “proceeds of crime,” Postmedia has learned.
  This comes from a report releas
  
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• B.C. Lions lose cat fight on home turf Friday night

  23-09-2017 13:54 via globalnews.ca
  The Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeated the B.C. Lions Friday night at B.C. Place.
  
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• B.C. teacher suspended for questionable interactions with a student

  23-09-2017 13:42 via globalnews.ca
  The student says she felt so uncomfortable by him that she ended plans to upgrade courses because he was still working at the school.
  
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• Two New Coast realtors fined by B.C. council in one week

  23-09-2017 13:32 via globalnews.ca
  Daniel Deng has to pay B.C.'s real estate council 45-hundred dollars after not telling his clients he was providing services through his personal corporation.
  
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• Todd: Taxpayer funding of politics the norm in democracies

  23-09-2017 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  British Columbia took a step this week to join the club of advanced democracies.
  But you might not realize it, in light of the feverish reaction to the B.C. NDP’s proposed bill to ban corporate, union, foreign and out-of-province political donations.
  The Opposition B.C. Liberals stirred up a surge of media attention by hammering one section of the proposed bill, which asks taxpayers to directly finance part of the budgets of political parties.
  Many British Columbians may not realize most d
  
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• Music brightens the often bleak lives of elderly in residential care

  23-09-2017 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  With one thin, veined hand over the other, he tapped in time as the Borealis String Quartet played a very special concert.
  Across the room, a woman nodded her head along with the beat, while a man closed his eyes, perhaps transported somewhere else. Still, another woman looked slightly alarmed as violinist Patricia Shih occasionally rose and twisted in her chair, fully engaged with the music.
  Of course, there were critics. “They’re playing too loud,” a man said to the woman nex
  
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• Arrest Made in Hope Crash Case

  23-09-2017 08:24 via globalnews.ca
  A new development in a dramatic hit-and-run crash last week where a mother of 4 was left to die. 35 year old Danielle Charlton was killed, and her family says her boyfriend, the driver, fled the scene. As Tanya Beja reports, the suspect wanted in connection with that fatal collision has now been arrested.
  
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• Tiger-Cats get the last kick in cat fight, knock off Lions 24-23

  23-09-2017 08:23 via theprovince.com
  For the confounding B.C. Lions, a last-place club that has lost its identity, the upcoming bye week is a double-edged sword.
  Win Friday against the sad-sack Hamilton Tiger-Cats at B.C. Place Stadium and you can’t wait to play again to sustain momentum. Lose and the last thing you need to find your game is more time away from the practice field and to think about a Canadian Football League season going further south.
  So, what are we to make of a 24-23 loss before 18,091 fans in which the Li
  
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• Global Okanagan has grown with the valley during 60 years of television

  23-09-2017 08:00 via globalnews.ca
  When Global Okanagan went on the air as CHBC Television in 1957, the valley boasted a population of about 30,000. In the last six decades, we have brought stories about growth to our viewers.
  
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• Global Okanagan has covered the roots of the valley’s economy: agriculture

  23-09-2017 08:00 via globalnews.ca
  The Okanagan has provided plenty of stories about farming and local food in the 60 years we’ve been on the air. When Global Okanagan began broadcasting Sept. 21, 1957 as CHBC Television, farming was very important to the community.
  
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• Global Okanagan has covered 60 years of extreme weather events that made the news

  23-09-2017 08:00 via globalnews.ca
  Global Okanagan has brought extreme weather events to our viewers for 60 years. Since going on the air as CHBC Television in 1957, we have brought coverage of events to our viewers throughout the Okanagan Valley.
  
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• Global Okanagan celebrates 60 years of sports coverage

  23-09-2017 08:00 via globalnews.ca
  When Global Okanagan went on the air as CHBC Television in 1957, there were many sports events that took place in communities across the valley. Sports coverage has been an important part of bringing local news to our community.
  
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• Global Okanagan celebrates 60 years covering fun

  23-09-2017 07:59 via globalnews.ca
  As Global Okanagan celebrates 60 years since going on the air Sept. 21, 1957, we look back at all the fun events we covered in the last six decades.
  
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• Rockets blast Blazers at season opener

  23-09-2017 07:54 via globalnews.ca
  The Kelowna Rockets won 6-2 over the Kamloops Blazers in the season opener for the two WHL league teams.
  
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• Road closures, SkyTrain delays expected in Vancouver this weekend - CBC.ca

  23-09-2017 07:42
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  Road closures, SkyTrain delays expected in Vancouver this weekend
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  It might be prudent to add extra time to your travel plans this weekend as Vancouver is expected to be fairly busy with a high volume of cruise ships arriving, the closure of the Burrard Street for repaving, and delays for SkyTrain upgrades. There are ...
  
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• Oilers get the best of Canucks’ Comet-like lineup in 5-3 pre-season win

  23-09-2017 07:17 via theprovince.com
  By Shane Jones
  EDMONTON — Kailer Yamamoto is definitely making a strong case for a longer look with the Edmonton Oilers.
  Yamamoto and Iiro Pakarinen both had two goals as the Oilers emerged with a 5-3 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Friday.
  Drafted 22nd overall in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, Yamamoto has four goals and an assist in three pre-season games.
  “I just expected to come in and work as hard as a I could to be the player I am and not do too much, just to stick with what I
  
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• At 61 metres, the Lions Gate Bridge is too low for new cruise ships to fit under

  23-09-2017 07:15 via globalnews.ca
  The cruise ship industry is worth about $2 billion to B.C.'s economy.
  
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• Vancouver paramedic in Mexico says more help is needed to find survivors

  23-09-2017 07:07 via globalnews.ca
  He says search and rescue teams are needed in Mexico on the ground as soon as possible.
  
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• Opinion: Legacy journalism? We need it now, more than ever

  23-09-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  As hurricanes and tornadoes and earthquakes and flash floods and forest fires unleashed their fiery force across North America and the Caribbean these past weeks, leaving death and devastation in their unforgiving wake, those of us in safe zones were transfixed by our television screens, our laptops and smart phones, unable to turn away from every last surge warning, every crumpled structure, every breathtaking rescue.
  Because this is what we do when the news is so big and so disastrous.
  We seek
  
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• Letters: Tax fraud explains 'low income' in Richmond

  23-09-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  Re: B.C.’s poor unable to bridge income gap, Sept. 14
  Iglika Ivanova’s explanation of why Richmond has the highest percentage of the population that falls below the poverty line in Metro Vancouver, significantly higher than the B.C. average and way above the percentage for Canada as a whole, shows either a lack of depth in researching the problem or a left-wing bias that comes from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.
  Homes in Richmond are some of the most expensive in the pr
  
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• Editorial: Taxpayers pick up tab for banned corporate, union donations

  23-09-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  We should have seen it coming: Taxpayers will replace the money foregone by banning donations to political parties from corporations and unions. Perhaps we didn’t see it coming because Premier John Horgan said during the election campaign that he wouldn’t do it.
  In introducing the bill Monday that grants a public subsidy of $27.5 million to political parties over the next four to five years, Horgan said it ensures that the election three months ago would be the last “dictated b
  
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• Patients remember hope and healing at B.C. Children's

  23-09-2017 06:47 via vancouversun.com
  Madeline Lauener spent some of the worst days of her life at B.C. Children’s hospital. Now, she can’t wait to go back. 
  The 19-year-old has an enduring connection with the hospital where her life was saved. Like so many former patients, the memories of the most difficult time in her life are interwoven with gratitude and a desire to give back. So, when the B.C. Women and Children’s hospitals redevelopment team asked Lauener to tell her story as it prepares to open its
  
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• Global News Hour at 6: Sep 22

  23-09-2017 05:52 via globalnews.ca
  Watch Global News Hour at 6 with Chris Gailus and Sophie Lui for Friday, September 22, 2017.
  
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• Someone shot this great blue heron so bad, it couldn’t stand up or defend itself

  23-09-2017 05:34 via globalnews.ca
  It was euthanized.
  
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