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• Low wages, small workforce leaves booming B.C. restaurants without chefs

  14-10-2017 23:46 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — The restaurant industry may be booming in British Columbia, but a combination of the high cost of living, tight profit margins and a shrinking workforce has made it difficult for kitchens to find enough staff.
  Eric Pateman, president of Edible Canada, said the company’s restaurant at Vancouver’s popular tourist destination Granville Island has been short anywhere from two to five chefs at a time for more than two years. That’s meant scaling back the restaurant
  
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• Vancouver Opera's Turandot dazzles with bold sets, fresh insights, and powerful music - Straight.com

  14-10-2017 23:02
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  Vancouver Opera's Turandot dazzles with bold sets, fresh insights, and powerful music
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  Amber Wagner sings as the titular princess amid the massive sets and chorus of Turandot. Tim Matheson. By Giacomo Puccini. A Vancouver Opera production. At the Queen Elizabeth Theatre on Friday, October 13. Continues October 15, 19, and 21 ...and more »
  
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• New West police on lookout for missing 13-year-old boy

  14-10-2017 22:19 via globalnews.ca
  It's believed Adrian Isufi left his New Westminster home on his bike Friday night and is now in the Coquitlam area.
  
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• B.C. Liberal leadership candidate Mike Bernier bows out of race

  14-10-2017 22:14 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. Liberal leadership candidate Mike Bernier is taking his hat out of the ring.
  The announcement, made Saturday at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Vancouver, comes one day before the first candidates debate.
  The MLA for Peace River South and former education minister says it was a difficult decision, but he wants to make sure the party picks a leader who can beat New Democrat leader John Horgan.
  He’ll now be supporting former finance minister Mike de Jong’s bid to become party leader, a
  
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• Internment camp museum created in Sunshine Valley

  14-10-2017 22:00 via vancouversun.com
  Through the window of a moving car, the Sunshine Valley passes in a blur of white campers.
  Highway 3, which curves and climbs for much of the distance between Hope and Princeton, runs straight and flat through the recreational community dominated by a large RV campground.
  Seventy-five years ago, a traveller passing through the valley would have seen row upon row of tiny dwellings, said Ryan Ellan, a resident who recently opened a small museum dedicated to a dark chapter in Sunshine Valley’
  
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• Canucks Game Day: Who’s got better flow? And Edler is a no-go due to knee woe

  14-10-2017 21:23 via theprovince.com
  Points to ponder as the Canucks host the Flames at home at Rogers Arena to close out their season-opening four-game homestand (7 p.m., Hockey Night in Canada)…
  Brock Boeser chews on his mouthguard while waiting for a faceoff on Thursday.
  Boeser launches
  The kid finally played on Thursday and he made an immediate impact, assisting on a goal and showing lots of good work elsewhere. Oh, and he’s got good flow.
  There’s no doubt he’s going to make the power play better. And h
  
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• Mike Bernier drops out of BC Liberal leadership race

  14-10-2017 21:15 via globalnews.ca
  The former finance minister will become the co-chair of Mike de Jong's leadership campaign.
  
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• Renters of Vancouver: “They wanted to examine my current apartment before I signed a lease” - Straight.com

  14-10-2017 21:00
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  Renters of Vancouver: “They wanted to examine my current apartment before I signed a lease”
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  “Renters of Vancouver” takes an intimate look at how the city's residents are dealing with the housing crisis. RELATED STORIES. Renters of Vancouver: “They said it didn't matter what the laws were—they made the rules.” Renters of Vancouver: "They ...
  
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• Man arrested after triple stabbing in downtown Vancouver - CTV News

  14-10-2017 20:50
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  Man arrested after triple stabbing in downtown Vancouver
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  Police have arrested a man after a triple stabbing in downtown Vancouver that sent three other men to hospital overnight. In a statement, the VPD said a fight broke out just after midnight on Saturday between two groups of club-goers in the area of ...
  Three injured in Saturday downtown Vancouver stabbingVancouver Sun
  UPDATE: Man stabbed on Commercial Drive in Vancouver's 16th homicide of 2017Globalnews.ca
  Two homicides
  
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• Mike drop: Bernier bows out of BC Liberal leadership race - Vancouver Sun

  14-10-2017 20:15
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  Mike drop: Bernier bows out of BC Liberal leadership race
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  Mike Bernier announces he's dropping out of the B.C. Liberal leaders race to back Mike de Jong. Tiffany Crawford / PNG. Share Adjust Comment Print. B.C. Liberal leadership candidate Mike Bernier is taking his hat out of the ring. The announcement, made ...and more »
  
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• Giants face former teammate DeRoose as road trip continues tonight in Moose Jaw

  14-10-2017 20:08 via theprovince.com
  Can rugged forward Tristyn DeRoose play the same way against his old Vancouver Giant buddies as he does against everybody else?
  We expect to get an idea tonight, as the Giants visit the Moose Jaw Warriors (6 p.m.) in the second leg of their six-game Eastern Conference road trip. DeRoose, a fan favourite at the Langley Events Centre last season, was dealt by the Giants to the Warriors in early September in exchange for a sixth-round pick in the 2020 WHL bantam draft.
  DeRoose, 18, has played in fi
  
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• Meet the Chef: Red Wagon's Brad Miller feeds the soul

  14-10-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Chef Brad Miller is the owner and creative force behind Vancouver’s The Red Wagon and Bistro Wagon Rouge.
  Q: What motivates and inspires you as a chef?
  A: My family and my entrepreneurial spirit. I started cooking at a very young age with my grandmother. I baked bread with her as young as 5. I would knead the dough and use a tin can to cut rolls out for dinnertime. Around the age of 12, I would often make dinner. My mom raised me on her own so I was pretty motivated to have dinner ready fo
  
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• Makeover: Time for a reshape using face framing layers

  14-10-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Adina Dragasanu is a 31-year-old realtor in Vancouver and was in need of style reshape.
  Adina has naturally dark brown and curly hair. She loves her length but was having a hard time styling.
  I shampooed her hair using KMS Tame Frizzr Shampoo and Conditioner for frizz reduction and improved manageability. I added KMS Moist Repair — Revival Crème through her hair as a leave-in conditioner, then sectioned her hair into a central vertical parting. I cut her hair using diagonal back se
  
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• Fred Lee’s Social Network: Port gala raises $250,000; opioid crisis tugs at H’Artstrings; Growing Chefs celebrate

  14-10-2017 20:00 via theprovince.com
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  Port of Vancouver, Canada’s largest port, plays an important role in the region by delivering economic prosperity through trade, maintaining a healthy environment and enabling thriving communities. The Port Fundraising Gala is an ongoing initiative by five major port terminals — Port of Vancouver, Global Container Terminals, Fraser Surrey Docks, Western Stevedoring, and DP World Vancouver — and Vancouver Fraser Port Authority to be good neighbours, investing
  
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• Fab 5: Fancy pants

  14-10-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Statement sleeves, shoulder pads, asymmetric dresses … it was only a matter of time before pants got the embellishment treatment, too. And why shouldn’t our bottom halves get to indulge in a bit of fun? Who said only our arms and elbows could appreciate an extreme ruffle, or a unique print, or a fun flare? Rebecca Tay presents five pairs of fancy pants to give your look a leg up this fall:HOLEY MOLY
  Let your legs play peek-a-boo in this pair of lace, cropped ‘Stonecrop’
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Bacon applies to toss murder charges over delay

  14-10-2017 19:38 via vancouversun.com
  Next Thursday is the 10th anniversary of the Surrey Six murders. As I researched this anniversary story, I confirmed that the one man still to go to trial – Jamie Bacon – has applied to have his murder and conspiracy charge stayed because of the delays in getting to trial. He has been in custody for 8.5 years – a near record for an accused in B.C. awaiting trial.
  I reached out to the families of victims for this story. Only relatives of the two bystanders Ed Schellenberg and Ch
  
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• Paralympian search

  14-10-2017 19:29 via globalnews.ca
  Sat, Oct 14: Do you have what it takes to compete for Canada? Sign-up to take part in the paralympian search event at the Richmond Oval on October 22. Two-time paralympic medalist Trevor Hirschfield explains how you can get involved.
  
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• Gardenworks: Garlic

  14-10-2017 19:29 via globalnews.ca
  If you want to harvest garlic next summer, it is time to start planting. Gardening expert Peter Fitzmaurice from Gardenworks shows off his favourite varieties and how to get them started.
  
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• Strike a Chord Gala moving to bigger venue

  14-10-2017 19:22 via globalnews.ca
  Sat, Oct 14: Music Heals’ 4th annual Strike a Chord Gala is happening October 19 at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver. The all-star line-up is a secret.
  
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• Saturday Chef: Taste of Yaletown

  14-10-2017 19:16 via globalnews.ca
  Chef Erik Heck from WildTale Coastal Grill shares one of the dishes he’s serving up during Taste of Yaletown. The promotion runs at businesses around the neighbourhood until October 27.
  
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• Stealth captain hanging up his helmet

  14-10-2017 19:13 via globalnews.ca
  Sat, Oct 14: Captain Curtis Hodgson is bidding farewell to the Vancouver Stealth, The lacrosse team is going to retire his number next year.
  
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• Open House: Modern kitchen with vintage touches

  14-10-2017 19:06 via globalnews.ca
  Sat, Oct 14: This week in Open House, Kaitlyn Herbst takes a tour of a unique kitchen that marries old and new.
  
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• Three injured in Saturday downtown Vancouver stabbing

  14-10-2017 18:08 via vancouversun.com
  Three people are in hospital with stab wounds after a fight broke out early Saturday morning in downtown Vancouver.
  Vancouver police say one man has been arrested. The VPD says shortly after midnight, a fight broke out between two groups of clubgoers in the area of West Hastings and Cambie Street.
  When officers arrived, they found three men in their 20s suffering from stab wounds.
  They were taken to hospital with serious injuries, but are expected to survive.
  Police say a suspect was arrest
  
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• Remember when Mulder complained about rain and felt Vancouver's wrath? - CBC.ca

  14-10-2017 18:01
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  Remember when Mulder complained about rain and felt Vancouver's wrath?
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  A new X-Files trailer has been released, and a Hollywood star has drawn the ire of Vancouverites by complaining about our beloved city. Is it October 1997 all over again? Not quite — but it sure feels like it. Riverdale star KJ Apa is in hot water ...
  
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• One man arrested after triple stabbing in Vancouver

  14-10-2017 17:40 via globalnews.ca
  A man was arrested after a triple stabbing believed to have been sparked by an altercation outside a night club.
  
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• Game Day: Calgary Flames at Vancouver Canucks - Calgary Herald

  14-10-2017 17:38
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  Game Day: Calgary Flames at Vancouver Canucks
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  Vancouver Canucks' Wacey Hamilton, left, collides with Calgary Flames' Kris Versteeg during first period NHL pre-season action in Calgary, Alta., Wednesdy, Sept. 20, 2017. Larry MacDougal / THE CANADIAN PRESS. Share Adjust Comment Print. Calgary ...
  Preview: Calgary Flames @ Vancouver Canucks 10/14/17, (6/82): Who Are These Flames?Matchsticks and Gasoline
  Calgary Flames rebound with win over host Vancouver CanucksC
  
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• By-election day in Vancouver could influence the fate of several civic parties - Straight.com

  14-10-2017 17:18
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  By-election day in Vancouver could influence the fate of several civic parties
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  There's a great deal at stake for political parties and independents participating in today's Vancouver council by-election. A victory by Green candidate Pete Fry would firmly establish his party as the progressive alternative to Vision Vancouver and ...
  General voting day in Vancouver's byelection: what you need to knowCBC.ca
  Your quick guide to Saturday's Vancouver byelectionVancouver Sun
  
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• Opinion: Only ban on all grizzly hunting will ensure the slaughter ends

  14-10-2017 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  Last month, a hunter shot and killed a female grizzly bear after she wandered from Alberta into neighbouring B.C., where grizzly trophy hunting is still legal. Bear 148 was moved in July from the Bow Valley just outside Banff National Park to Kakwa Wildland Park, closer to the B.C.-Alberta border. According to the B.C. Conservation Service, the hunter who shot Bear 148 was well aware that the bear was wearing a research tracking collar but killed it anyway, which isn’t illegal.
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• Living large at Imperial

  14-10-2017 15:55 via vancouversun.com
  Gurveer Samra learned the homebuilding business quite literally from the ground up — on the Surrey properties where his dad has built homes for the past 40 years.
  “I was raised on a construction site,” said Samra with a laugh.
  “My three sisters and I would go after school and help my dad to clean up a construction site,” he said. “Dad always wanted to train us from the bottom up and we tried to learn as much as we could from start to finish by doing a lot of i
  
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• The Home Front: Up front with artist, designer and freedom fighter Jaime Hayon

  14-10-2017 15:49 via vancouversun.com
  Quartz surfaces manufacturer Caesarstone is known for bringing design stars to town for IDS Vancouver, and this year was no exception. Centerstage at the Vancouver Convention Centre West, where the interior design show ran late last month, was an installation by artist designer Jaime Hayon, whose work is both prolific and original.
  It’s not uncommon for designers to describe their approach to work as “childlike,” favouring the idea of being constantly curious about ev
  
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• Sold (Bought): Large Burnaby home showcases extensive renos

  14-10-2017 15:27 via vancouversun.com
  A snapshot of recent residential real estate activity in Metro Vancouver
  265 N Ellesmere Avenue, Burnaby
  Type: Six-bedroom, four-bathroom detached
  Size: 4,422 sq. ft.
  B.C. Assessment: $2,097,000
  Listed for: $3,380,000
  Sold for: $3,330,000
  Sold on: July 19
  Days on market: 36
  Listing agent: Sophia Gee at ReMax Central and Brian Vidas at Sutton Centre Realty
  Buyers agent: Amy Deng at Pacific Place – Arc Realty
  The big sell: Listing agents Sophia Gee and Brian Vidas report that approximately $
  
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• B.C. government announces first phase of spill response regulations

  14-10-2017 15:16 via globalnews.ca
  It’s been almost a year since the Nathan E. Stewart ran aground off the coast of Bella Bella, and spilled more than 100,000 litres of diesel. On Friday, the B.C. government has announced new spill response regulations. Environment Minister George Heyman says the announcement is phase one. He says the new regulations apply to transporters...
  
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• Jack DeJohnette is a Deluxe Drummer

  14-10-2017 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  HUDSON: Jack DeJohnette, Larry Grenadier, John Medeski, John Scofield
  Oct. 18, 8 p.m. | Chan Shun Concert Hall, UBC
  Tickets and info: From $52 at tickets.ubc.ca
  Jack DeJohnette is a living legend of jazz. With a career spanning five decades, the drummer has held down the beat for everyone from Miles Davis, Bill Evans and John Coltrane to leading such acclaimed bands as Gateway trio, Special Edition and now the supergroup Hudson. 
  Featuring DeJohnette, bassist Larry Grenadier, keyboardist Jo
  
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• B.C. animal advocacy group teams up to help pets of low-income owners

  14-10-2017 14:16 via globalnews.ca
  Follow-up care can cost as much as $10,000, which is usually covered by donations.
  
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• Canucks Game Day: Who’s got better flow?

  14-10-2017 13:55 via theprovince.com
  Points to ponder as the Canucks host the Flames at home at Rogers Arena to close out their season-opening four-game homestand (7 p.m., Hockey Night in Canada)…
  Brock Boeser chews on his mouthguard while waiting for a faceoff on Thursday.
  Boeser launches
  The kid finally played on Thursday and he made an immediate impact, assisting on a goal and showing lots of good work elsewhere. Oh, and he’s got good flow.
  There’s no doubt he’s going to make the power play better. And h
  
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• Daphne Bramham: Dean Hadley's 98-year journey from the Arctic to space

  14-10-2017 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  Eugene “Dean” Hadley was a 20-year-old corporal when he joined the crew of the St. Roch, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s 31.6-metre schooner that 28 months later would become the first vessel to transit the Northwest Passage from west to east.
  He had never been on a ship before.
  “That was the big attraction. I’m a Prairie boy,” says Hadley, who is now 98 and the last surviving member of the eight-man crew.
  The historic Arctic voyage from 1940 to 1942 was a
  
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• The McBarge, once a floating McDonald’s, preps for a new look under the sea

  14-10-2017 08:25 via globalnews.ca
  No, it's not sinking. But it may become a new ocean discovery centre.
  
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• Vancouver’s 17th homicide takes place in the West End tonight

  14-10-2017 08:24 via globalnews.ca
  A woman has been fouind dead in an apartment in Vancouver’s west end.
  
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• Expo 86 McBarge to become deep-sea museum in Vancouver - Times Colonist

  14-10-2017 07:52
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  Expo 86 McBarge to become deep-sea museum in Vancouver
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  VANCOUVER — The famous floating McBarge from Expo 86 has finally found a permanent home, as a deep-sea museum in Vancouver. The Deep Discovery Centre, which will celebrate the history of Pacific Ocean exploration and conservation, is under ...and more »
  
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• Fentanyl crisis being fought on several fronts in Okanagan Valley

  14-10-2017 07:40 via globalnews.ca
  With more than six dozen overdose deaths in the Okanagan already this year, there are growing calls for more action. But what can be done to save lives? The public health crisis is being targeted on several fronts. Lauren Pullen has more in the second of her two part special report.
  
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• Kelowna Rockets lose to Calgary Hitmen 4-3

  14-10-2017 07:20 via globalnews.ca
  Brodan Salmond falls to 3-2-0-1 stopping 22 of 26 shots he faced.
  
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• Hitmen defeat Rockets 4-3

  14-10-2017 07:20 via globalnews.ca
  The WHL Central Division fifth place team, the Calgary Hitmen, beat the B.C. division’s second place team, the Kelowna Rockets at Prospera Place Friday night. Brodan Salmond falls to 3-2-0-1 stopping 22 of 26 shots he faced.
  
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• Pink fans outraged as scalpers scoop up concert tickets in seconds

  14-10-2017 07:03 via vancouversun.com
  Some music fans are complaining about ticket scalpers after they lost out on tickets to see Pink’s Vancouver show in May.
  The tickets went on sale Friday morning and social media was flooded with messages from those who weren’t able to get tickets at regular prices — only to see them pop up on resale websites for $1,000 per ticket and more.
  Figured it’d be impossible again to get @Pink concert tickets for Vancouver:/ #TicketMaster #scalpers #EnoughAlready
  — Sha
  
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• Vancouver Sun letters to the editor for Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017

  14-10-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  Re: TransLink launching study as complaints get louder, Oct. 6.
  The rapid transit vehicles negotiating the tight curves in the Canada Line tunnel beneath Queen Elizabeth Park produce loud squealing sounds that are very painful to this transit rider’s ears. Also on the elevated line leaving the Grandview Cut on a sharp curve approaching the Gilmore Station, transit vehicles generate loud squealing sounds to disturb nearby residents.
  Rather than conducting a study, TransLink should install r
  
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• Opinion: Jagmeet Singh fails to typecast easily, despite CBC’s best efforts

  14-10-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  Nearly 70 years since South Asians won the right to vote in Canada, Jagmeet Singh has become the first non-white leader of one of the country’s major political parties.Media coverage of Singh’s historic victory has ranged from admiration of the new leader’s alpha-male swagger to questions of whether he will hinder his party’s appeal at the Quebec polls. While most stories have understandably commented on the visible symbols of his Sikh faith, a few have taken an oddly sus
  
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• Opinion: Donald Trump's simplistic view of trade could hurt everyone

  14-10-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  On the campaign trail, soon-to-be U.S. President Donald Trump made much of his dislike of NAFTA and the Trans-Pacific Partnership. He called NAFTA “the worst trade deal maybe ever signed anywhere” (first presidential debate), and the TPP a “job killer” (July 23, 2016 tweet) amounting to “another disaster done and pushed by special interests who want to rape our country” (June 28, 2016 tweet).
  If approved, he added, the TPP “would be the death blow to our
  
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• Brian Minter: The surprising popularity of growing your own hops

  14-10-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  A couple of years ago, I attended a garden trends seminar in Oregon, and one statistic really stood out: In America, over one million young men between the ages of 18 to 24 grow hops! Who knew?
  I mentioned this to John Briner, who has been affiliated with the hop-growing and brewing industry for many years, but he didn’t seem surprised. “Since the late ’90s, there’s been an amazing growth in both home brewing and the craft brewing industry,” he explained. Even back
  
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• His stereo’s so loud he was basically banned from driving. Then he doubled its power

  14-10-2017 06:53 via globalnews.ca
  "Some people like hockey, some people like lacrosse, I like car audio.”
  
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• Cops hold tongue in Matus murder

  14-10-2017 06:52
  
  Francesca Matus was big-hearted,attractive and smart.
  
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• Neo-Nazi posters plastered at UNBC, but RCMP say they’re not a hate crime

  14-10-2017 06:17 via globalnews.ca
  "We're certainly wanting to identify the persons responsible," said an RCMP spokesman.
  
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