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• Transit cops receive barrage of insults during Surrey traffic stop

  16-10-2017 23:59 via vancouversun.com
  A pair of Metro Vancouver transit officers are being commended for their restraint after a video surfaced showing the two unnamed officers on the receiving end of a verbal thrashing while issuing a speeding ticket in Surrey.
  The video, which was uploaded to YouTube and circulated on Reddit, was recorded by someone inside a Jeep SUV during a traffic stop at 88th Avenue and King George Highway on Oct. 12 In the video, both the driver and a passenger of the Jeep get irate when the officer
  
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• Stories of giving: Why women and girls are donating their hair to Canadian Cancer Society Wig Bank

  16-10-2017 23:46 via globalnews.ca
  In their own words, the participants have shared their personal stories about why they're choosing to donate their hair.
  
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• Tedx Vancouver – Distortion

  16-10-2017 23:33 via globalnews.ca
  TedxVancouver returns for it's 8th year of Ted style speaking series. 12 speakers, 4 venues to watch and host Olympian Karina Leblanc as host, TedxVancouver's theme this year is Distortion.
  
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• Slower sales cap wobbly September for Vancouver real estate

  16-10-2017 23:24
  
  Last week of September shows lower median sale prices – but sellers still listing high
  
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• New small business tax changes miss the mark: B.C. business group

  16-10-2017 23:17 via globalnews.ca
  "The small business tax was never the issue," says the president of the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade.
  
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• B.C. restaurant staffing crisis: Low wages, small workforce leaves booming eateries without chefs

  16-10-2017 23:06 via vancouversun.com
  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 on 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’s hours or
  
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• B.C. junior hockey team in Kimberley scores multimillion-dollar donation

  16-10-2017 22:59 via vancouversun.com
  CALGARY — Mike Gould’s love of family and hockey was behind the Alberta man’s decision to make a multimillion-dollar donation to a hockey club in southeastern B.C.
  Giving $7.5 million to the junior B Kimberley Dynamiters of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League will help the team in a number of ways, Gould said in an interview Monday.
  “They’re going to get a new bus, I do know that for a fact,” Gould said from Calgary. “It is going to help out
  
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• B.C. pharmacists call for immediate expansion of services to remote communities

  16-10-2017 22:48 via vancouversun.com
  The head of the B.C. Pharmacy Association says chronic opioid-users in rural and remote communities should have access to supervised injectable treatment that is already available in the Vancouver area.
  Geraldine Vance says the overdose epidemic demands immediate involvement by community pharmacists and up to 20 pilot projects should be started in underserved parts of B.C.
  Vance says there’s already a pilot study in Vancouver to expand on injectable treatment provided at the city’s C
  
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• Hollywood North: 10 productions shot in Vancouver in 2017

  16-10-2017 22:43 via vancouversun.com
  It’s been a year blockbuster year for the third largest film and TV production centre in North America. Here are 10 star-studded productions shot in Vancouver in 2017.
  
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• Rental cost of one-bedroom apartments in Vancouver jump up to $2,120

  16-10-2017 22:42 via vancouversun.com
  It’s not a treat and it’s no trick either: October’s median asking price for a one-bedroom apartment in Vancouver has climbed up to a scary $2,120 a month.
  PadMapper’s latest Canadian rent report was released Monday and shows the asking price for Vancouver rental listings have gone up again, keeping the city in the top spot as the country’s most expensive rental market.
  A one-bedroom apartment in Vancouver now goes for the median asking price of about $2,120, a five
  
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• Hollywood North: The Rock charms Surrey before moving to downtown Vancouver

  16-10-2017 22:12 via vancouversun.com
  Has there ever been a friendlier movie star than Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson?
  The Hollywood action hero is proving he really is the “people’s champion” with the personal interactions he’s having with Vancouver fans while filming his latest blockbuster, Skyscraper.
  Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson meets with fan in Surrey on Oct. 14.
  Johnson, who was still in makeup following a grueling shoot near Surrey’s city hall, waded into a crowd of star-gazers l
  
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• Vancouver mayor to introduce condo pre-sales motion

  16-10-2017 22:11
  Locals-first idea has drawn ire from real estate developers.
  
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• Parenting expert provides Halloween costume ideas for you kids

  16-10-2017 21:52 via globalnews.ca
  Still looking for the perfect costume for your child’s Halloween? Look no further. Parenting expert Christine Pilkington has some suggestions with a Vancouver flair.
  
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• Former Giants star Jonathon Blum in running for U.S. Olympic spot

  16-10-2017 21:46 via theprovince.com
  Jonathon Blum’s world tour could take him to the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang.
  Blum, the former Vancouver Giants defenceman from Santa Margarita, Calif., who’s now plying his trade in eastern Russia with Admiral Vladivostok of the KHL, is on USA Hockey’s radar for next February’s Olympics.
  Blum, via Twitter direct message, explained that he’s heard from USA Hockey and he’s hopeful to be part of the Team USA entry that will take part in the Deutschland C
  
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• Vancouver made film wins at Cannes

  16-10-2017 21:29 via globalnews.ca
  Morgan Inglis and Martin Fisher are behind “The Heart of the Arctic.” It’s the story of Kylik Kisoun Taylor, a First Nations cultural ambassador who has found his passion. The film was recently honoured at the Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards. The pair talk about what inspired them to make a series of films...
  
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• BC NDP says crackdown on scalper bots is in the works

  16-10-2017 21:24 via globalnews.ca
  B.C.'s NDP government says it's weighing its options to crack down on computer programs that snap up concert tickets in seconds, only to resell them at higher prices.
  
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• One-bedroom rents in Vancouver rise to $2,120

  16-10-2017 21:16
  
  The median rental price for a one-bedroom apartment in Vancouver has gone up by five per cent in the last month, according to PadMapper.
  
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• Police say boater fortunate to survive after falling into Okanagan Lake

  16-10-2017 21:12 via globalnews.ca
  Police say the 35-year-old fell off the boat in rough waters and it kept going.
  
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• West Broadway fire

  16-10-2017 21:00 via globalnews.ca
  A two alarm blaze broke out at the African Arts and Percussion Shop Sunday night. Residents living above were forced to scramble to safety. Jordan Armstrong reports.
  
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• The Pat-cast: Road Trippin’

  16-10-2017 20:59 via theprovince.com
  Jeff and Botch are on the road!http://media.blubrry.com/theprovincesports/p/archive.org/download/patcast_oct_16/patcast_oct_16.mp3It’s the Pat-cast from Ottawa, site of game one of the first road trip of the Canucks season.
  There’s chatter about what was learned in the first four games of the season, what continue to look wrong about the power play, how the team will cope with injuries to Alex Edler and Loui Eriksson and, of course, there’s time to talk about benching players.
  
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• Whales show brains, social interaction go together: study

  16-10-2017 20:50 via vancouversun.com
  The rich social interaction and highly evolved brains of some whales are linked in a kind of evolutionary feedback loop, a newly published paper suggests.
  The research, largely done at the University of British Columbia, sheds new light on similarities between whale and human evolution.
  “Similar pressures and possibilities in the environment can select for a similar outcome,” said Kieran Fox, now a post-doctoral student at California’s Stanford University and co-author of the n
  
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• Transportation minister to update efforts to bring ride sharing to B.C.

  16-10-2017 20:43 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — British Columbia is expected to provide more details today on its plans to bring ride-hailing to the province.
  Transportation Minister Claire Trevena has scheduled a news conference to discuss the government’s next moves.
  The New Democrats promised during last spring’s election campaign to bring services like those offered by Uber and Lyft to B.C. by the end of this year.
  But Trevena recently suggested more work needs to be done, especially on safety issues and under
  
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• City of Vancouver ‘disappointed’ in low civic byelection turnout

  16-10-2017 20:27 via globalnews.ca
  Just 11 per cent of Vancouver voters showed up to choose a new councillor and school board.
  
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• WATCH: Fishing group has a close encounter with large pod of orcas

  16-10-2017 20:26 via globalnews.ca
  A fishing group had a close encounter with a pod of orcas and they are now sharing the video with Global News.
  
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• Kelowna store and customer robbed at knife-point Sunday

  16-10-2017 20:24 via globalnews.ca
  The robber demanded money from the till and forced a customer to hand over her purse.
  
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• Vancouver police identify victim in Commercial Drive homicide

  16-10-2017 20:19
  
  Vancouver police have identified the victim of Thursday’s homicide on Commercial Drive.
  
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• Vancouver police investigating after woman found dead in West End apartment

  16-10-2017 20:15
  
  Vancouver police are investigating the city’s 17th homicide of the year after a woman was found dead Friday afternoon.
  
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• Abbotsford police seeking suspect in bank robbery

  16-10-2017 20:07 via vancouversun.com
  Police have released security footage in an effort to track down a man who robbed a bank in Abbotsford on Sunday.
  Abbotsford Police were called to the 32900-block of South Fraser Way on Sunday around 12:25 p.m. after a report of a robbery in progress.
  A man had entered the bank and handed a teller a note demanding money. When the teller did not comply, the man jumped over the counter, held a knife to her neck and forced her to hand over some cash.
  Abbotsford Police are seeking a suspect in
  
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• Canucks to face Senators star Erik Karlsson in his NHL season debut

  16-10-2017 20:01 via theprovince.com
  OTTAWA — Star Ottawa defenceman Erik Karlsson will make his season debut when the Senators host the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday night.
  Senators head coach Guy Boucher confirmed his captain’s return to the lineup at today’s practice.
  Karlsson missed Ottawa’s first five games of the 2017-18 campaign after undergoing off-season surgery to repair tendons in his left foot.
  He had 71 points in 74 games last season, and added 18 points in 19 games in the Senators’ run to
  
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• Don't tell Dina Del Bucchia what to do

  16-10-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Dina Del Bucchia’s new book of short fiction is titled Don’t Tell Me What To Do.
  True Confessions and Tall Tales at the Vancouver International Writers Fest
  Oct. 20, 8:30 p.m. | Revue Stage, 1601 Johnston St., Vancouver
  Tickets and info: $20, writersfest.bc.ca 
  When Dina Del Bucchia’s new book of short fiction, Don’t Tell Me What To Do (Arsenal) came out this fall, the author was prepared to make some noise about it herself — but she didn’t
  
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• Large pod of orcas spotted off Vancouver Island

  16-10-2017 19:51 via globalnews.ca
  Mon. Oct. 16: Global BC viewers Dale Peterson and Scott Goodman sent in this video of a large pod of orcas spotted off the coast of Vancouver Island in August.
  
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• Abbotsford police searching for bank robbery suspect

  16-10-2017 19:35 via globalnews.ca
  Police say the man held a 40-year-old teller at knifepoint.
  
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• Behind the microphone with David Duchovny

  16-10-2017 19:31 via globalnews.ca
  You know him best from his on-screen roles in The X-Files and Californication, but David Duchovny took to a Vancouver stage in another role this weekend: Singer-songwriter.
  
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• Pair of storms forecast to hit B.C. south coast this week

  16-10-2017 17:56 via vancouversun.com
  Get your rain boots ready.
  Two storm systems are expected to hit the B.C. south coast this week, with more than 100 millimetres of rain expected by the end of the week.
  The first of two storms will hit on Monday, according to a special weather statement issued by Environment Canada. That storm will see heavy rain and winds throughout the Sea-to-Sky region, Metro Vancouver and the North Shore, with up to 70 millimetres expected in some regions by Tuesday.
  The rain will taper off Tuesday but retur
  
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• Looking Good While Staying Dry

  16-10-2017 17:41 via globalnews.ca
  Stylist Susie Wall has some tips and tricks to stay fashionable without getting soaked by the wet weather this fall.
  
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• Vancouver Sun music reviews: Oct. 16, 2017

  16-10-2017 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  P!nk: Beautiful Trauma (Sony Music): Five years since The Truth About Love and three since the You+Me project with City and Colour, P!nk returns with an album that shows her largely keeping the course with upbeat, electro-tinged material that packs in some edge. Working with hitmaker Jack Antonoff (Taylor Swift, fun), songs such as What About Us are the arena-friendly, EDM-tinged type of song that Swift dropped on 1989. This makes tracks such as the title tune, Revenge, and a few others certain
  
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• Rainfall warning issued for parts of B.C.

  16-10-2017 16:36 via globalnews.ca
  Environment Canada says a frontal system over central B.C. will move south today and into Tuesday.
  
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• Business in Vancouver Oct 16

  16-10-2017 15:43 via globalnews.ca
  Federal Government to cut small business tax to 9%
  
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• Daily Poll: Do you support this school's ban on Halloween costumes?

  16-10-2017 15:31 via vancouversun.com
  A school in Winnipeg has banned Halloween costumes and instead, will replace the usual Oct. 31 festivities with four dress-up days the same week.
  Ecole Sage Creek School principal Marc Poirier said the decision was made following a length discussion with staff and a student committee. Some of the reasons for the costume ban was to avoid the possibility of scary or gory costumes and prop weapons, or other costumes that are cultural insensitive or inappropriate.
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• Canadians trips to the U.S. have been in decline for five years

  16-10-2017 15:31 via vancouversun.com
  Incidents of mass violence and racial rhetoric from the White House are discouraging some Canadians from travelling to the United States.
  “I’m choosing not to go because it’s not a safe choice for my family,” said Vancouver market researcher Barb Justason. “There’s a lot of gun violence, you don’t know who is carrying and who is not and you don’t know who is crazy.”
  The mass shootings at Sandy Hook, where 20 six- and seven-year-old children w
  
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• Former B.C. government staffer admits breach of trust in ethnic outreach scheme

  16-10-2017 15:30
  'A lot to say when the time comes,' Brian Bonney's lawyer tells Metro, as client pleads guilty to one count related to 'quick wins' scandal.
  
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• Residents of B.C. townhouse complex told no Halloween decorations allowed

  16-10-2017 15:13 via globalnews.ca
  Residents in a townhouse complex in Maple Ridge have been told to take down their Halloween decorations or they will be thrown out. 
  
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• B.C. casinos knowingly accepted 'banned' cash: report

  16-10-2017 15:02 via vancouversun.com
  River Rock Casino in Richmond knowingly accepted millions in suspicious cash that was provided to VIP gamblers by lenders who were banned from B.C. casinos, an internal audit obtained by Postmedia News alleges.
  The June 2016 audit by the B.C. gaming policy and enforcement branch suggests that River Rock staff in 2015, for some reason, allowed high-rollers to buy chips with funds from Richmond private lenders who were under B.C. Lottery Corp. anti-money-laundering restrictions and who were subjec
  
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• Firefighters battle blaze at African arts store on West Broadway

  16-10-2017 14:24 via globalnews.ca
  Vancouver firefighters battled a blaze at an African arts and drum store on West Broadway on Sunday, after flames broke out after 10 p.m.
  
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• The Morning Skate, Oct. 16: Who dares, wins

  16-10-2017 14:17 via theprovince.com
  Ticket prices are all the talk.
  The Canucks haven’t been a truly fun team to watch in half a decade, but ticket prices remain as they were.
  The Lions haven’t been a try fun team to watch in half a decade, but ticket prices remain as they were.
  Sound familiar?
  More and more, it’s becoming clear Vancouver’s sports teams are struggling to sell themselves to the market.
  Even the Whitecaps, who have managed to maintain a different buzz from their first day, aren’t provin
  
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• Leadership Series: Vancouverite inspires people one clean-up at a time

  16-10-2017 14:00 via globalnews.ca
  This four-week long original series will examine leadership through special reports, interviews and profiles of leaders that focus on innovative thinking and styles that impact our business, our culture, and our community.
  
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• Take the fright out of Halloween spending – simple money saving tips

  16-10-2017 13:00 via theprovince.com
  Q: We live in a closely-knit neighbourhood where a lot of our neighbours go all out in preparation for Halloween. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy the decorations, costumes and fireworks as much as anyone else but we’re still recovering from back to school expenses for our three preteen kids and Christmas is not far off. We don’t want to disappoint our kids but between the “what’s cool this year” costumes they want to wear, a party for their friends at our house, d
  
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• Casinos knowingly accepted 'banned' cash: report

  16-10-2017 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  River Rock Casino in Richmond knowingly accepted millions in suspicious cash that was provided to VIP gamblers by lenders who were banned from B.C. casinos, an internal audit obtained by Postmedia News alleges.
  The June 2016 audit by the B.C. gaming policy and enforcement branch suggests that River Rock staff in 2015, for some reason, allowed high-rollers to buy chips with funds from Richmond private lenders who were under B.C. Lottery Corp. anti-money-laundering restrictions and who were subjec
  
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• Fire engulfs West Broadway building, knocks out power in Mt. Pleasant

  16-10-2017 10:26 via vancouversun.com
  A large fire in Vancouver destroyed a West Broadway building Sunday night.
  Vancouver firefighters were able to contain the blaze to just one building, the African Arts and Percussions building at 163 West Broadway.
  Staff at Martini’s Restaurant, which is next door, said about 50 diners and staff were in the restaurant where the fire started, sometime after 9:30 p.m.
  They said there appeared to be no damage to their building.
  Just after 10 p.m., B.C. Hydro crews cut power to the surrounding
  
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• Covenant House Sleep Out

  16-10-2017 09:00 via globalnews.ca
  The Covenant House helps youth aged 16 to 24 who have fled physical, emotional and/or sexual abuse; those who have been forced from their homes; and those who have aged out of foster care.
  
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