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• IIOBC probing man's death in Mental Heath Act attempted arrest

  15-10-2017 23:51 via vancouversun.com
  B.C.’s police watchdog has been called in to investigate after a man being sought by police was found dead outside his hotel room in Kelowna.
  On Saturday, around 5 p.m., Kelowna RCMP were called to a hotel in the 2400-block Highway 97 North for a complaint about a disturbance in a hotel room.
  Police who arrived determined that the individual inside the room was known to cops and was wanted under the Mental Health Act for an earlier incident.
  When officers were able to get into his locked h
  
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• Woman reconnects with B.C. man who saved her life in Vegas shooting

  15-10-2017 23:35 via vancouversun.com
  A woman injured in the mass shooting earlier this month at a Las Vegas music festival has been reconnected with the B.C. man who saved her life.
  Deena Hancock Chapman shared a Facebook post Friday evening looking for a man who she said saved her life during the events of Oct. 1.
  That evening, gunman Stephen Paddock opened fire from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay resort hotel, killing dozens and injuring hundreds of people at the Route 91 Harvest music festival across the street.
  In her post,
  
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• Teak, Vancouver police dog hall-of-famer, passes away after cheating death twice

  15-10-2017 23:20 via globalnews.ca
  "A true guardian of the night."
  
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• Is Vision Vancouver in trouble?

  15-10-2017 23:01 via globalnews.ca
  Vision Vancouver candidate Diego Cardona came in fifth in the city’s 2017 byelection. It’s given rise to questions over whether the party is in trouble. Urban planner Andy Yan joined BC1.
  
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• Are construction workers more at risk of fentanyl overdoses? And what is being done to help them?

  15-10-2017 22:56 via vancouversun.com
  Fraser Health, B.C.’s largest health board, had 335 deaths from illicit drug overdoses in the first eight months of this year, the highest number of any health region.
  Officials say a “disproportionate number” of those overdosing within Fraser Health — which stretches from Burnaby to Hope — are working-age men employed in the trades. Recently, construction-industry insiders sat down with health experts to talk about the crisis.
  We spoke with three people who were at
  
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• Vision hid from media in Saturday's byelection

  15-10-2017 21:19
  
  Vision candidate Diego Cardona was not made available to media in Saturday's byelection loss. The party, for the first time in its election night history, kept its get-together private.
  
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• Police set record straight about role in Alert Bay fish farm dispute

  15-10-2017 20:37 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. RCMP maintain they were not “escorting” fish farm workers who were restocking a farm near Alert Bay on Friday amid an ongoing protest.
  In a statement released over the weekend, police said they wanted to set the record straight over what they called “erroneous information” about their role in Friday’s events, when Marine Harvest Canada’s Viktoria Viking visited the Port Elizabeth farm.
  “For clarification, the RCMP is not taking part in the ongoing w
  
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• Caber, Canada’s first trauma dog, goes to Las Vegas to help shooting victims

  15-10-2017 20:34 via globalnews.ca
  "We came around the corner, and immediately everyone’s faces immediately lit up with joy at seeing Caber."
  
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• Byelection result could signal Vision’s swan song

  15-10-2017 20:24
  
  The boys and girls at Vision Vancouver had more than an inkling they were going to get badly beaten in Saturday’s byelection for that sole council seat.
  
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• Calgary Flames burn Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Arena

  15-10-2017 19:08 via globalnews.ca
  The Canucks are on a three-game skid after losing 5-2 to the Calgary Flames.
  
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• Daily Poll: Would you visit the McBarge deep sea museum?

  15-10-2017 17:59 via vancouversun.com
  The McBarge will soon be resurrected – this time, as a deep sea museum.
  The famous floating McDonalds, built for Expo 86 and which has been unused for about three decades, will be turned into the Deep Discovery Centre by the barge’s owner Howard Meakin.
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  Expo 86 McBarge to become deep sea museum in VancouverThe inside of the 57-metre-long barge has been gutted and will feature submersibles, deep sea artifacts and a movie theatre. It will take up about 15,400 square feet, and f
  
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• Once he lived in a tent. Now he helps find Hope in Shadows

  15-10-2017 16:00
  
  Claude Ranville's calendar photo of a tent in Oppenheimer Park evokes a strong connection to Vancouver's homeless population.
  
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• Here’s an interesting solution to an island’s housing problem: floating micro-homes

  15-10-2017 16:00
  
  Bowen Island's USSC Marina wants to build six duplex-style houses along its dinghy dock for its staff.
  
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• 5 things you didn’t know about the Vancouver Police Department

  15-10-2017 16:00
  
  Each week Vancouver Is Awesome will uncover some unusual and (hopefully) interesting facts about the city. This week it takes on the Vancouver Police Department.
  
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• The Provies Peak PP, Attendance woes, Radio Wars and Reasons JV18 was Scratched

  15-10-2017 09:39 via theprovince.com
  LOWEST PEAK
  There exists an entire subsection of film centred around repetition.
  They have had varying degrees of success but generally, movies like Vantage Point, Memento, Groundhog Day and Edge of Tomorrow, are pretty enjoyable.
  Turns out when it happens in real life, it actually sucks.
  There was Daniel Sedin after another loss trying to explain the inexplicable. The Canucks PP.
  Suddenly, four games seems like four weeks. Tonight just looked like so many of the losses last year..
  And tonight w
  
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• 'Vision is done' says new NPA councillor

  15-10-2017 08:56
  
  The NPA secured a fourth seat on Vancouver city council Saturday after Hector Bremner convincingly won a byelection race that saw Vision's candidate limp to a fifth-place finish.
  
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• Greens top school board byelection, lead way to split board

  15-10-2017 07:54
  
  Three Green Party school trustee candidates topped the school trustee polls Saturday night, leading the way to another split Vancouver School Board.
  
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• Vancouver byelection: NPA gains a fourth councillor while four ousted trustees return to school board

  15-10-2017 07:44 via vancouversun.com
  The Non-Partisan Association has snagged a fourth seat on Vancouver city council while four school board trustees fired last year by the previous provincial government will return to their positions.
  Saturday’s byelection, the city’s first in 25 years, drew nine council candidates to fill a single seat vacated over the summer by Vision Vancouver’s Geoff Meggs, who, after nine years in council chambers, left to take a job as Premier John Horgan’s chief of staff. 
  The
  
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• NPA candidate Hector Bremner wins Vancouver city council seat

  15-10-2017 07:42
  Vision Vancouver's candidate Diego Cardona came in a dismal fifth place, while voters chose a mix of parties for school board
  
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• Caps can clinch West with win over shaky Quakes

  15-10-2017 07:19 via theprovince.com
  The San Jose Earthquakes have been buried under a tsunami of goals and losses on the road this season, but that’s exactly what makes them dangerous to Carl Robinson and Co.
  Before an Aug. 27 3-0 win at L.A. the Quakes hadn’t won away from Avaya Stadium since May 20, when they beat Dallas 1-0 at home. Take the L.A. game out of the equation — the Galaxy are last in the entire MLS and have given up more goals than all 20 of the other 21 teams — and San Jose has gone 0-9
  
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• NPA's Bremner cruises to victory in Vancouver byelection

  15-10-2017 07:13
  
  Unofficial byelection results see strong showing by independent candidate Jean Swanson.
  
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• Flames 5, Canucks 2: Boeser’s believers a burgeoning bloc, Sedins a shadow of themselves

  15-10-2017 07:11 via theprovince.com
  The Vancouver Canucks scratched Jake Virtanen in the morning and things got worse from there.
  Virtually handed the game early with five first-period power plays, the Canucks rolled over instead.
  The Calgary Flames cruised to a 5-2 win that was littered with soft goaltending and nearly zero offensive push from the Canucks. Here’s what we learned:
  AT LEAST BROCK BOESER IS LIVING UP TO THE HYPE
  It was a game only a tanker could love.
  Jacob Markstrom was bad. The power play was worse. But ther
  
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• Vancouver byelection: NPA Hector Bremner wins council seat, new school board elected

  15-10-2017 07:10 via globalnews.ca
  Nine candidates were competing for the seat, including Green Party Pete Fry and independent Jean Swanson.
  
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• NPA's Hector Bremner wins council seat in Vancouver byelection - CBC.ca

  15-10-2017 06:50
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  NPA's Hector Bremner wins council seat in Vancouver byelection
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  The results are in: Hector Bremner will be Vancouver's newest city councillor. Bremner, the Non-Partisan Association's candidate, finished with 27.8 per cent of the vote, with COPE-endorsed independent candidate Jean Swanson next at 21.4 per cent, with ...
  Vancouver byelection: NPA gains a fourth councillor while four ousted trustees return to school boardVancouver Sun
  NPA's Hector Bremner elected to Vancouver council
  
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• Man jumps into Okanagan Lake after talking to police, goes missing

  15-10-2017 06:11 via vancouversun.com
  A man is missing after jumping into the Okanagan Lake following an encounter with Vernon police early Saturday morning.
  Vernon RCMP received a complaint of a suspicious man in the 8700 block of Okanagan Landing Road just after 3 a.m.
  The complainant told police that the man had tried to enter a house and appeared distraught when confronted by the homeowner. 
  Officers located a man matching the description and spoke to him. But the man allegedly became aggressive and fled on foot toward
  
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• Construction workers warned about overdose epidemic

  15-10-2017 06:00 via vancouversun.com
  Male construction workers have fallen victim to B.C.’s deadly overdose epidemic, prompting organizations representing them to brainstorm with health officials in Vancouver’s suburbs about how to better protect them.
  “I was shocked to learn that there’s a high rate of opioid overdose in men from ages 19 to 59 who come from the trades,” said Tom Sigurdson of the B.C. Building Trades Council, an umbrella group representing a number of construction unions including thos
  
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• BC construction workers warned about deadly overdose epidemic - Vancouver Sun

  15-10-2017 06:00
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  BC construction workers warned about deadly overdose epidemic
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  In the Fraser Health region, men aged 19-59 who work in the trades have disproportionately been the victims of the deadly fentanyl overdose epidemic. The health authority is reaching out to these workers to try to keep them safe. Lori Culbert More from ...and more »
  
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• Green Party candidates top polls in school board byelection

  15-10-2017 05:23
  
  Unofficial byelection results see 3 Greens, 3 Vision, 2 NPA and 1 OneCity candidate elected.
  
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• Global News Hour at 6: Oct 14

  15-10-2017 05:04 via globalnews.ca
  Watch Global News Hour at 6 with Chris Gailus and Sophie Lui for Saturday, October 14, 2017.
  
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• Vancouver By-election turnout

  15-10-2017 04:03 via globalnews.ca
  Nadia Stewart joins us before the final results from City Hall.
  
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• Closed chest open heart surgery

  15-10-2017 04:03 via globalnews.ca
  Today’s Global News Hour at 6 Health Matters is brought to you by Pharmasave.
  
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• BC trauma dog goes to Las Vegas

  15-10-2017 04:03 via globalnews.ca
  Trauma dog, Caber, has been helping victims of trauma here in BC and Alberta. So he and his handler didn’t think twice when a call for help came from Las Vegas. Jill Bennett has more.
  
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• Violence in Vancouver

  15-10-2017 04:00 via globalnews.ca
  Three violent acts in Vancouver in less than 24 hours has put many people on edge. Kristen Robinson has more.
  
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• Mike Bernier out of leadership race

  15-10-2017 04:00 via globalnews.ca
  One of the candidates vying for the next leader of the BC Liberal Party has dropped out of the race. Keith Baldrey has more.
  
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• Boy ran over by school bus

  15-10-2017 04:00 via globalnews.ca
  Family from the Fraser Valley is calling for greater safety measures after a seven year old boy was ran over by a school bus. A warning, the video may be disturbing to some people. Paul Johnson reports.
  
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• Blue Bombers secure playoff berth by beating Lions 26-20

  15-10-2017 03:50 via globalnews.ca
  T.J. Heath silenced the ribbing from some of his Blue Bombers teammates on Saturday afternoon.
  
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• Ed Willes: Inept offence pushes Lions off the edge into deep, dark funk

  15-10-2017 03:16 via theprovince.com
  WINNIPEG — This is how the B.C. Lions’ world ends.
  — In the first quarter, Ty Long delivers a near perfect 53-yard punt which Winnipeg’s Kevin Fogg fields near the boundary on his 12-yard line and returns 88 yards for a touchdown without being touched.
  — The Lions’ defence doesn’t allow a touchdown over 60 minutes. Still, with three minutes left in the game, the Leos are losing 26-6, largely because Long has punted nine times.
  — In the game’s
  
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• Pouliot gets his shot to find his game, slotting in for injured Edler

  15-10-2017 02:25 via theprovince.com
  Derrick Pouliot was commonly considered the best defenceman and Mathew Dumba the second on a powerhouse Portland Winterhawks team in 2013-14.
  As of Saturday morning, Dumba had played 231 NHL games. Pouliot was slated to play his 68th Saturday night for the Vancouver Canucks, taking the spot of injured Alex Edler (knee) against the Calgary Flames.
  Is this where Pouliot becomes an NHL regular? It sounds like he’ll certainly get a chance, as Canucks coach Travis Green said Saturday morning th
  
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• Video captures moment school bus runs over 7-year-old in Abbotsford, B.C.

  15-10-2017 02:02 via globalnews.ca
  The video began making the rounds on social media on Friday, despite the incident happening in the afternoon of Oct. 6.
  
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• 5 most expensive home sales in Vancouver: Sept 25-Oct 1

  15-10-2017 02:00
  
  Judging by these photos, which one of these West Side homes in our weekly feature is the likeliest teardown candidate?
  
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• Bombers 26, Lions 20: Leos' playoff hopes all but extinguished

  15-10-2017 01:37 via vancouversun.com
  WINNIPEG — Kevin Fogg returned a punt 88 yards for a touchdown and T.J. Heath took an interception return 64 yards for another TD as the Blue Bombers clinched a playoff spot in the CFL West Division with a 26-20 victory over the B.C. Lions on Saturday afternoon.
  Winnipeg’s (11-4) playoff picture could get a boost after Saturday night’s game between the Edmonton Eskimos and visiting Toronto Argonauts. An Edmonton loss would give the Bombers a home playoff date for the first time
  
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• Recipe: Blackened steelhead trout with braised kale, barley risotto and bay scallop beurre blanc

  15-10-2017 01:04 via globalnews.ca
  A recipe from Chef Erik Heck of WildTale Coastal Grill as part of Taste of Yaletown.
  
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• Boy gets hit by school bus in Abbotsford

  15-10-2017 00:49 via globalnews.ca
  GRAPHIC IMAGES: A neighbour’s security camera caught a seven-year-old boy exiting a school bus before being hit.
  
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• 'What true community is all about': New award for heroes who helped in B.C. wildfires

  15-10-2017 00:36
  Premier John Horgan says those who stepped up to help will be recognized with new "Above and Beyond" awards. The last day to submit a nomination is January 15, 2018.
  
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• Saturday Sips: Local wine and food pairings

  15-10-2017 00:30 via globalnews.ca
  Justin Everett, wine director for Wildebeest, shares the restaurant’s second vintage of their house wine, along with some special food pairings from their menu.
  
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• Saturday Chef: Steelhead trout for Taste of Yaletown

  15-10-2017 00:24 via globalnews.ca
  Chef Erik Heck from WildTale Coastal Grill shows you how to make this delicious blackened steelhead trout dish with barley risotto and bay scallop beurre blanc.
  
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