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• Stuff You Should Know: Vancouver hosts wildly popular podcasters

  24-09-2017 23:46 via vancouversun.com
  Chuck Bryant and Josh Clark want you to know they’re not experts.
  The hosts of Stuff You Should Know, the second-most popular podcast in the world, prefer to be thought of as researchers. It’s a strategic choice.
  “I think one of the things that has allowed us to make it through to almost 1,000 episodes is, from the get-go, we have made clear that we’re not experts in anything, that we’re just researchers,” said Clark. “People like to take down exper
  
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• Ask an Expert: Hip dysplasia

  24-09-2017 23:32 via globalnews.ca
  Your questions answered by the Global BC experts. Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon Dr. Kishore Mulpuri from BC Children’s Hospital explains a groundbreaking program launched in Vancouver. ‘I’m a HIPpy’ is an initiative aimed at creating an international standard for hip dysplasia screening and treatment.
  
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• NHL hopes stronger stand on slashing will ‘change player behaviour,’ reduce injuries

  24-09-2017 23:20 via globalnews.ca
  Slashing has become such a regular element in NHL games that it necessitated 791 minor penalties last season with countless more going uncalled.
  
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• SFU prof says ‘Clan’ team name should change, puts student athletes at risk

  24-09-2017 23:10 via globalnews.ca
  An SFU professor said the team name could offend some Americans who may associate The Clan with the Ku Klux Klan.
  
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• Opposition grows to proposed quarry beside Sumas park

  24-09-2017 22:23 via vancouversun.com
  A park is no place for a mine, say opponents of a proposed rock quarry on Crown land adjacent to Sumas Mountain Interregional Park.
  On Friday, the Metro Vancouver board voted to join the growing opposition to a lease application submitted to the provincial Mines Ministry by a numbered company planning to develop a quarry for aggregate and decorative rock on the mountain. The company is seeking the removal of 59,000 tonnes each year for 10 years from a 10-hectare slice of land just outside the pa
  
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• ‘I’m all in’: Former Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts enters BC Liberal leadership race

  24-09-2017 22:22 via globalnews.ca
  Conservative MP and former Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts has thrown her hat in the ring in the race for the leadership of the BC Liberal Party. 
  
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• Tens of thousands walk for reconciliation in Vancouver

  24-09-2017 21:08 via globalnews.ca
  "It's going to take all of us making an effort to understand our history, why we got to the positions that we're in, and more importantly, what we need to do to move forward together."
  
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• Legal cannabis tops packed agenda at annual meeting of B.C.'s municipal leaders

  24-09-2017 21:03 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — Municipalities in British Columbia are clamouring to have a say in the marijuana policies they believe will fall largely on their shoulders to enforce when pot becomes legal next summer.
  Vancouver Coun. Kerry Jang, who is also the city’s point person on marijuana, said municipalities have largely been ignored by the federal government, which has so far taken a “father-knows-best approach.”
  “I think it’s a bit of snobbery or haughtiness on the part
  
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• REAL SCOOP: More shootings in Surrey minutes apart Sunday

  24-09-2017 20:44 via vancouversun.com
  Surrey RCMP is investigating two shootings minutes apart early Sunday morning.
  The first shooting took place about 5:10 a.m. in the 8400-block of 121A Street. No victims were located.  “Officers are conducting neighbourhood canvassing and speaking with witnesses to obtain further information. The investigation is still in its early stages,” Staff Sgt. Murray Hedderson said in a news release.
  Just 21 minutes later, police were called to the 14700-block of 30th Avenue fo
  
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• B.C. municipalities eager for finance reform breakthrough under new government

  24-09-2017 20:26 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — A years-long crusade to get big money out of British Columbia’s municipal elections may finally make headway now that a new provincial government is overhauling its own reputation as the campaign finance ne’er-do-well of the western world.
  Local government politicians say the time has come to rein in lax laws around political fundraising and spending, while the B.C. government moves to ban union and corporate donations and limit individual donations to $1,200 at the
  
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• Conservative MP Dianne Watts announces bid for B.C. Liberal leadership

  24-09-2017 20:21
  Dianne Watts is running to replace former premier Christy Clark as leader of the B.C. Liberals.
  
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• Vancouver police issue Canada-wide warrant for high-risk sex offender

  24-09-2017 19:58 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver police have issued a Canada-wide warrant for a high-risk sex offender who failed to return to his Vancouver halfway house.
  Vancouver police are searching for high-risk sex offender Gerald Richard McLean.
  Gerald Richard McLean is a two-time federal offender serving a long-term supervision order after completing a two-year sentence for sexual assault, police say.
  McLean is 48, white, five-foot-seven and weighs 175 pounds. He has a tattoo of an eagle on his left upper arm, a skull on
  
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• RCMP investigate 2 reports of shots fired in Surrey

  24-09-2017 19:56 via globalnews.ca
  Police have not said whether these incidents are related to Surrey's ongoing gang conflict.
  
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• RCMP on scene as shots fired at two locations in Surrey

  24-09-2017 19:47 via vancouversun.com
  RCMP are at two locations in Surrey investigating reports of shots being fired.
  At about 5:10 a.m. Sunday, Surrey RCMP responded to a report of shots fired in the 8400 block of 121A Street in Surrey.
  Then at about 5:21 a.m. Sunday, police responded to a report of shots fired in the 14700 block of 30th Avenue in Surrey.
  No victims were located in either incident.
  Officers are canvassing the area and speaking with witnesses.  
  Anyone with more information is asked to contact th
  
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• Hey peeps: Extra stuff-ing on Turkey Trot, North Van Run, BMO Marathon

  24-09-2017 19:24 via vancouversun.com
  True story: About 30 minutes before last year’s Granville Island 10K Turkey Trot, Carol, Ric and Susan Hyslop tapped me on the shoulder and asked who made “my amusing tuque.”
  That was kind of funny considering the three polite peeps, who I didn’t know until that moment, were wearing chic turkey hats, complete with drumsticks and wings.
  Informed them that Postmedia web editor Almas Meherally was the creative brains behind my cuckoo cap, albeit the stuffing under it was hom
  
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• Sloppy play in own zone among concerns for Giants after losing WHL home opener

  24-09-2017 19:21 via theprovince.com
  Highlight: Sept 23 2017 Giants vs Royals: https://t.co/vLzgm6zVk8 via @YouTube
  — Vancouver Giants (@WHLGiants) September 24, 2017
  Random thoughts from the Vancouver Giants’ home opener on Saturday, a 6-1 loss to the Victoria Royals at the Langley Events Centre:
  *Don’t be fooled by the stats page. The Giants outshot the Royals 47-30 and Victoria netminder Griffen Outhouse was named the game’s first star, but plenty of those Vancouver attempts were from the outside with no
  
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• Whitecaps down Colorado Rapids in Vancouver Saturday night

  24-09-2017 15:25 via globalnews.ca
  The Vancouver Whitecaps defeat the Colorado Rapids Saturday night at BC Place.
  
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• September snowfall, a lawn-mowing dream come true, and ticketed for going 1km/hr too fast

  24-09-2017 14:00 via globalnews.ca
  It can be a cold world out there, (especially when it snows while it's still summer!), but there are still some heartwarming moments in Canada and beyond.
  
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• MLA Andrew Wilkinson launches Liberal leadership

  24-09-2017 14:00 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Former cabinet minister Andrew Wilkinson will launch his campaign to lead the B.C. Liberal party on Monday, with a surprisingly large amount of rural support, a concerted push to remake his image and an early focus on tackling the provincial overdose crisis.
  Wilkinson will unveil his leadership campaign in Vancouver, joining what’s expected to be a crowded field of candidates to lead the party, including MLAs Sam Sullivan, Mike de Jong, Mike Bernier, Todd Stone and Michael
  
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• One man in critical condition after Vancouver police-involved shooting

  24-09-2017 13:38 via globalnews.ca
  One man is in critical condition after a police-involved shooting in Vancouver Saturday evening.
  
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• Canada-wide warrant issued for high-risk sex offender missing from Vancouver halfway house

  24-09-2017 12:46 via globalnews.ca
  Vancouver police are looking for high-risk sex offender Gerald Richard McLean after he didn't return to his halfway house.
  
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• Canucks in China: Team reaches out to old and new fans at home and across China

  24-09-2017 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  They played two exhibition games in Shanghai and Beijing against the Los Angeles Kings, visited the Great Wall of China, and now the Canucks have returned home.
  Up next, as the NHL seeks new supporters of hockey in China’s rising middle class — including mainland Chinese who travel and spend money overseas — many eyes will be on how the Canucks capitalize on Vancouver’s ties to these potential fans.
  “Hockey has the ability to be the thing that ties people toget
  
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• Michael Wolfson: Should loudest voices prevail on tax reform, even if it is shrill hyperbole?

  24-09-2017 07:00 via theprovince.com
  Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s proposals for tightening tax breaks associated with private companies is generating several kinds of responses. The most evident is an impressive deluge of evidence-free rhetoric claiming that the proposals are an attack on everything from the middle class to maternity leave for female doctors to farmers and even mom-and-pop corner stores.
  Far less visible, but probably much more important, are the number of economists and tax and accounting professionals wh
  
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• Fred Lee’s Social Network: Women tee it up for autism, alumni UBC holds Party of the Century

  24-09-2017 07:00 via theprovince.com
  SWINGING TO HELP KIDS
  Wendy Lisogar-Cocchia, the CEO of Absolute Spa Group and Crew Management, is one busy businesswoman.
  In addition to raising a family and building her Absolute Spa group into one of Canada’s largest independent spa chains — employing a team of more than 500 people — she is driven to make her community a better place.
  She and husband Sergio founded the Pacific Autism Family Foundation, a charitable organization that supports individuals with autism and their
  
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• Whitecaps 2, Rapids 1: Reyna’s magic with Montero pushes Caps past Colorado

  24-09-2017 06:41 via theprovince.com
  The Vancouver Whitecaps signed Yordy Reyna because he could score. What they didn’t know is when he could score.
  The magical midfielder scored his fifth goal of the season Saturday night against the Colorado Rapids, but more impressively, his fifth game-winner for the Caps as they ground out a 2-1 victory over the Western Conference’s last-place team.
  The victory pushed the Caps (14-6-9) four points up on the Portland Timbers (12-8-10) for first place in the West, followed by Sportin
  
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• Vancouver man in critical condition after police shooting

  24-09-2017 06:38 via vancouversun.com
  A Vancouver man in his early 30s is in critical condition after being shot by Vancouver Police on Saturday.
  According to a news release, VPD officers encountered the individual, “who confronted them with a weapon,” just after 4:30 p.m. near West 18th Avenue and Manitoba Street. 
  A witness says the man was brandishing an axe.
  Officers say they attempted to negotiate with the man, and “used less-lethal options to disarm him”, including firing several warning shots
  
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• Global News Hour at 6: Sep 23

  24-09-2017 05:17 via globalnews.ca
  Watch Global News Hour at 6 for Saturday, September 23, 2017. For the latest news and video, go to globalnews.ca/bc.
  
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• Dianne Watts: Revved up to fight and win again

  24-09-2017 05:00 via theprovince.com
  Dianne Watts is ready to come home and she wants to be premier.
  Watts has scheduled a news conference for Sunday afternoon at Surrey’s Guildford Hotel, where she will announce her candidacy for leadership of the B.C. Liberal Party.
  The Conservative MP and former Surrey mayor was careful not to confirm her intentions before everything becomes official.
  “I’ll have more to say on Sunday,” is all she would say about the Liberal leadership vacated by deposed premier Christy Cl
  
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• Diabetes Meals

  24-09-2017 04:36 via globalnews.ca
  Today’s Global News Hour at 6 Health Matters is brought to you by Pharmasave.
  
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• Shoes are 'modern-day baseball cards' at Vancouver show

  24-09-2017 04:15 via vancouversun.com
  Time was, people bought sneakers just to wear them, and did so until they wore them out. But a new generation of sneaker aficionados recommend a different approach: flex and flip.
  Flex, in this context, means to show off your fresh kicks, either on your Instagram page or in real life. But not too many times, lest you ruin their resale value with a scuff or a crease. Then, once you’ve flexed, you flip the shoes, often for a tidy profit.
  Sneakers have become “modern-day baseball cards,
  
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• Shoes are 'modern-day baseball cards' at Ultimate Sneaker Show

  24-09-2017 04:15 via vancouversun.com
  Time was, people bought sneakers just to wear them, and did so until they wore them out. But a new generation of sneaker aficionados recommend a different approach: flex and flip.
  Flex, in this context, means to show off your fresh kicks, either on your Instagram page or in real life. But not too many times, lest you ruin their resale value with a scuff or a crease. Then, once you’ve flexed, you flip the shoes, often for a tidy profit.
  Sneakers have become “modern-day baseball cards,
  
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• Petition against the name of SFU’s sports teams

  24-09-2017 04:07 via globalnews.ca
  Should sports teams at Simon Fraser University no longer be called “The Clan”? A petition has been launched to push the case. Paul Johnson has more.
  
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• Beached whale rescue

  24-09-2017 04:07 via globalnews.ca
  Incredible video of the rescue of a newborn minke whale beached in Haida Gwaii. Kristen Robinson reports.
  
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• Hockey Shop Fire in Surrey

  24-09-2017 04:04 via globalnews.ca
  A fire at “The Hockey Shop” in Surrey has left the story destroyed. Nadia Stewart has more.
  
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• Blue heron shot in the Fraser Valley

  24-09-2017 04:04 via globalnews.ca
  Questions surround why someone would open fire on a blue heron with a pellet gun in the Fraser Valley. Jill Bennett reporting.
  
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• B.C. wildfire season could lead to tree planting boom

  24-09-2017 03:18 via globalnews.ca
  "Into 2019 and beyond we'll definitely see numbers coming up."
  
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• Vancouver byelection: Council candidate pitches 'mansion tax'

  24-09-2017 02:53 via vancouversun.com
  A Vancouver council candidate proposing a “mansion tax” wants to take $174 million from the rich each year and give it to the poor.
  On Saturday, longtime anti-poverty activist Jean Swanson pitched two special property-tax brackets for high-value homes at a rally in Vancouver’s Point Grey neighbourhood, where listings for detached homes range from $2 million and up.
  “Chip in, Chip!” her supporters shouted as they marched down to the sprawling, $75.8-million wate
  
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• ‘I looked down and he was gone:’ Vancouver Island woman recalls husband’s fatal fall

  24-09-2017 02:06 via vancouversun.com
  As he tumbled over a 250-metre cliff to the water below, Saanich’s Joe Lescene called out his wife’s name. That’s the last time Sarah Jones Lescene heard the voice of the love of her life and her partner of 11 years. 
  “It happened so quickly,” said Sarah, who, almost two weeks after the accident, still can’t comprehend how a moderate hike along the Oregon coast turned fatal for the 51-year-old.
  “I looked down and he was gone.”
  The couple
  
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• Track work has TransLink warning weekend commuters of SkyTrain delays

  24-09-2017 02:05 via globalnews.ca
  "We typically do this sort of rail replacement work at night, but because this job is unique and requires a long period of shut down, it's going to mean that service is going to be impacted."
  
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• Burnham, Lions seeing red over red-zone ineffectiveness

  24-09-2017 02:00 via theprovince.com
  Bryan Burnham cut to the chase as well as he can cut on a passing route.
  The frustrated B.C. Lions slotback believes his last-place club beat itself Friday in a 24-23 Canadian Football League loss to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. The see-saw struggle was finally settled when Sergio Castillo kicked a 50-yard field goal with 10 seconds remaining at B.C. Place.
  As much as a 6-7 last-place record is unsettling, the manner in which the Lions continually stalled in the red zone before 18,091 fans was beyon
  
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• WATCH: Global News Hour at 6 – Sept. 23

  24-09-2017 01:59 via globalnews.ca
  Watch the online edition of Global News Hour at 6.
  
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• Recipe: Stewed Tomato Chickpeas in Med Bowl

  24-09-2017 00:43 via globalnews.ca
  Katie Ruddell, owner of Kokomo, shares a recipe for stewed tomato chickpeas.
  
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• Site C dam project draws criticism at Vancouver public input session

  24-09-2017 00:35 via vancouversun.com
  Critics of an $8.8-billion dam project in British Columbia voiced concerns over the long-term costs of the project during the first in a series of public input session.
  The province’s new NDP government directed the BC Utilities Commission to review the economic viability of the Site C hydroelectric dam project that was initiated by the former Liberal premier Christy Clark.
  Galen Armstrong with the Sierra Club BC says although the dam will be located on the Peace River in the northeast reg
  
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• Standing room only in Vancouver for first Site C dam public input session

  24-09-2017 00:29 via globalnews.ca
  It's the first in a series of public consultations over the next two weeks.
  
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• Little hope of third crossing to North Shore as traffic woes worsen

  24-09-2017 00:26 via globalnews.ca
  In 1960, there were nines lane of traffic to and from the North Shore. Fifty-seven years later, there are still nine lanes, and no more are in the works.
  
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• Texas lothario's sex game

  24-09-2017 00:09
  
  Jessie Bardwell’s dad called her JessieBoo.
  
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