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• Baking with ready-to-eat cookie dough

  26-10-2017 23:52 via globalnews.ca
  You can now make these recipes at home.
  
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• RCMP say fraudsters pulled lotto ticket scam in Richmond mall

  26-10-2017 23:51 via vancouversun.com
  The RCMP is circulating photos of people they believe used a fake lottery ticket to scam a senior out of thousands of dollars at a Richmond mall last month. The alleged fraud took place Sept. 26 at the Richmond Centre.
  The victim, a man over 65 years old, was approached by a stranger who claimed he needed help cashing his winning lottery ticket. 
  The suspected scammer, who spoke broken English, said he couldn’t claim the winnings because he was an illegal immigrant. Soon a second man,
  
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• Movie Minute: Suburbicon reviewed in 60 seconds

  26-10-2017 23:47 via vancouversun.com
  Arts writers Aleesha Harris and Dana Gee talk George Clooney’s latest entry, Suburbicon.
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• Keyboard Kimura: Garbrandt off base in two-step plan to take over the world

  26-10-2017 23:26 via theprovince.com
  Cody Garbrandt’s plan is pretty straightforward and involves only two steps:
  Step 1: Smash T.J. Dillashaw next weekend at UFC 217 at Madison Square Garden. Step 2: Call the shots and collect all the money.
  As far as the 26-year-old bantamweight champion is concerned, dispatching Dillashaw would mean he’s cleaned out the 135-pound ranks and if he does that, he should have his choice of opponents.
  “With a win over T.J., I’ve wiped out the division,” Garbrandt sai
  
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• Vancouver announces location of first 78 temporary modular homes

  26-10-2017 23:18 via globalnews.ca
  The units are part of Vancouver's plans to address housing for the homeless
  
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• 72 things to do in Metro Vancouver on Friday, October 27 - Straight.com

  26-10-2017 23:00
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  72 things to do in Metro Vancouver on Friday, October 27
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  Looking for something to do on Friday? The Straight's got you covered. Here are 72 events happening in or around Vancouver on Friday, October 27. CONCERTS. Desert punk-blues group from Mali, Songhoy Blues, plays the Biltmore Cabaret. American ...
  
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• ART SEEN: City thinks outside the box with artist-in-residence in engineering

  26-10-2017 22:47 via vancouversun.com
  When the city builds the next protected bikeway, could it be both functional and fun? What about sewers: is there a different and maybe greener way to design them? And don’t forget the little things: is there a better way to build specialized broom holders for trucks?
  Some, or none of them, could be part of a new program to marry art and engineering in the city of Vancouver.
  The city is looking to embed three artists for consecutive 18-month periods in the engineering department. The innov
  
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• Vancouver police seek witness to baseball-bat beating - Vancouver Sun

  26-10-2017 22:37
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  VPD would like to speak with a motorcyclist who witnessed an assault in the Downtown Eastside on Monday. Shane MacKichan / PNG. Share Adjust Comment Print. Vancouver police want to speak with a motorcyclist who witnessed an assault in the ...
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• Deshaun Watson’s next test: Texans face Seahawks in Seattle

  26-10-2017 22:06 via theprovince.com
  SEATTLE — Deshaun Watson was brilliant against New England. He handled Tennessee and Cleveland, and only threw five touchdowns against Kansas City.
  Watson has done all the Houston Texans could ask of him through the first five starts of his career.
  For his next act, Watson will be asked to solve the best scoring defence in the NFL, featuring some of the best defensive backs of this generation in one of the loudest, most hostile road venues in the league.
  “You play music and try to cr
  
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• Are B.C. and Alberta on a collision course?

  26-10-2017 22:04 via globalnews.ca
  It certainly seems so if Jason Kenney wins the leadership of the United Conservative Party in Alberta this week. Voting begins Thursday and concludes on Saturday.
  
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• Queensborough neighbourhood bands together for 27 hours of no power

  26-10-2017 21:58 via globalnews.ca
  Local firehall, Sikh temple, and casino provided services during the outage.
  
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• UBC student found not criminally responsible for assault due to mental disorder

  26-10-2017 21:57 via vancouversun.com
  A former UBC student accused of attempting to murder another student in her university dorm has been found guilty of the assault but not criminally responsible due to a mental disorder.
  B.C. Supreme Court Justice Margot Fleming delivered her verdict in the case of Thamer Almestadi, an international student from Saudi Arabia, in a Vancouver courtroom Thursday.
  MORE TO COME.
  Mary Hare, the UBC student allegedly attacked by a knife-wielding assailant inside her dorm outside the Vancouver Law Courts
  
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• Travelling with an injury

  26-10-2017 21:53 via globalnews.ca
  Claire Newell gives tips on what to do if you injure yourself before you leave for a planned vacation, and don’t want to cancel your big trip.
  
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• Sagmoen farm: Curtis Sagmoen makes second court appearance

  26-10-2017 21:46 via vancouversun.com
  VERNON — The man linked to a farm where human remains were discovered last week made his second appearance in court Thursday morning via teleconference. 
  Curtis Sagmoen
  Curtis Wayne Sagmoen, 36, wore an orange jumper during his brief appearance on-screen inside Vernon provincial court, which was scheduled as an arraignment and bail hearing, crown attorney Juan O’Quinn told reporters outside. 
  O’Quinn said the hearing served as an “update” to Sagmoen&r
  
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• Members of Vancouver nightlife scene named in #metoo movement

  26-10-2017 21:46 via vancouversun.com
  Several prominent men in the local nightlife scene have been accused of recent and historic sex assaults in the midst of the #metoo social media movement. 
  One tally of accusations posted on social media now lists the names of seven men followed by hash marks to denote the number of separate accusations made against them. On the list are DJs and others in the entertainment industry, and the reports against them number more than 20.
  The reports are disturbing, they are at times graphic, and
  
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• B.C. kids in government care have lower grades than counterparts: report

  26-10-2017 21:44 via vancouversun.com
  School kids in B.C. government care are struggling compared with their counterparts, with significantly lower grades and fewer high school graduates, says a new children and youth report.
  The troubling results of the Representative for Children and Youth study, released Thursday, have led to six recommendations, including calling on the government for specific funding for school districts to better support young people in government care.
  In the 2014/15, school year, for example, only 34 pe
  
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• Ready-To-Eat Cookie Dough

  26-10-2017 21:31 via globalnews.ca
  Angie Quaale from Well Seasoned Gourmet Food Store will join us to make cookie dough sundaes with chocolate sauce, cookie dough cheesecake and cookie dough fudge.
  
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• Depeche Mode play Rogers Arena

  26-10-2017 21:24 via vancouversun.com
  Depeche Mode Global Spirit Tour
  Oct. 25, 9 p.m. | Rogers Arena
  Tickets/info: ticketmaster.ca
  For a band that was lumped in with the whole short-lived New Romantic movement, Depeche Mode seemed an unlikely candidate for global stardom. But the group not only achieved it, it also established a template for electro pop in the 1980s that has remained the standard for the genre. Pounding grooves, cathartic choruses and dark, moody lyrics addressing the underbelly of society. 
  The influence of th
  
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• Curtis Sagmoen in Vernon court, remains in custody

  26-10-2017 21:24 via globalnews.ca
  Sagmoen, 36, is charged with six offenses against a prostitute stemming from an incident in late August.
  
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• Marpole site chosen for Vancouver's second modular housing

  26-10-2017 21:10
  Neighbours concerned about needles and crime, but city staff say building will house homeless from the neighbourhood.
  
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• Abandoned, sunken ship on Vancouver Island underscores need for updated law: MP

  26-10-2017 21:06 via vancouversun.com
  LADYSMITH — A New Democrat member of Parliament from British Columbia is criticizing the federal government for failing to act quickly enough to deal with derelict vessels.
  The complaints come days after the 27-meter Anapaya, a wooden fishing boat, sank in Ladysmith Harbour on the east coast of Vancouver Island.
  Nanaimo-Ladysmith New Democrat MP Sheila Malcolmson spoke during Question Period Tuesday calling the sinking the “latest example of the Liberal’s failed boat-by-boat ap
  
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• Queensborough back in business after Wednesday’s chaos

  26-10-2017 21:03 via globalnews.ca
  Relief for tens of thousands of people in Queensborough after power returns to the community. An electrical fire caused commuter chaos Wednesday and left many in the dark. But as Jordan Armstrong reports, crews are now focused on making sure this doesn’t happen again.
  
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• Verdict for the man accused of viciously attacking a woman at UBC

  26-10-2017 21:00 via globalnews.ca
  A man has been found criminally not responsible for slashing a woman in the throat in her UBC dormitory a year ago. Jill Bennett has more on what that means for the attacker.
  
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• ‘No ill feelings towards the minister’: B.C. fish scientist speaks out

  26-10-2017 20:59 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — A B.C. government fish pathologist, whose research into fish farms has put him at odds with environmentalists and sparked a politically charged review of the entire provincial lab, says he’s surprised to find himself at the centre of a political firestorm involving Agriculture Minister Lana Popham.
  Gary Marty, the senior provincial fish pathologist at the Animal Health Centre, said he holds no ill will towards Popham despite being initially targeted by her as part of an in
  
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• Hometown kid Cholowski looking to lead Prince George over Giants at LEC

  26-10-2017 20:52 via theprovince.com
  Dennis Cholowski will be one of more talented visiting players the Vancouver Giants’ faithful sees at the Langley Events Centre this season.
  He’ll be one of the more inspired to be there, too.
  Cholowski, 19, a Prince George Cougars defenceman selected 20th overall in the 2016 NHL Draft by the Detroit Red Wings, is a Langley native. He says he’ll have a large crew of family and friends at the LEC when Prince George makes their first of four trips there this WHL season on Friday
  
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• UBC needs to beat Regina to earn right to host Rams in Canada West football playoffs

  26-10-2017 20:41 via theprovince.com
  For the UBC Thunderbirds and Regina Rams, revenge is a dish best served often.
  In their Canada West football regular season finale at Thunderbird Stadium on Saturday (1 p.m.), the T-Birds will be looking for payback for a 36-20 loss to the Rams in Regina on Sept. 1.
  That game was payback for the Rams, who had dropped 40-34 decision at home to UBC in the Canada West Hardy Cup semifinals to end the 2016 season. That, of course, had been payback for the T-Birds, who dropped a pair of regular season
  
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• Vancouver building modular housing project along Cambie corridor

  26-10-2017 20:36 via vancouversun.com
  Two temporary modular housing buildings, containing 78 new homes, are being constructed to address the immediate housing needs for homeless residents in Vancouver
  The new homes, announced Thursday morning by the  City of Vancouver, B.C. government and the Vancouver Affordable Housing Agency, are part of a $66 million commitment from the province towards constructing 600 units of temporary modular housing in Vancouver.
  The buildings are planned for the Pearson-Dogwood loc
  
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• Revelstoke RCMP warn about several sexual assaults in the city

  26-10-2017 20:26 via globalnews.ca
  "We know that it is happening a lot more in our community than we think," RCMP said.
  
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• Fall Classic too good to miss, unless a Princess puts her slipper down

  26-10-2017 19:53 via vancouversun.com
  High on a hill in the thriving Township of Langley sits Castle Kurenoff, where Princess Lisa has a comfy throne and rules when I’m not home (wink, wink).
  My “super” training for scuba diving in Australia began last Sunday in White Rock when I ripped the head off a dangerous land shark in the Great Pumpkin Run/Walk!
  She slammed her royal foot down last month — in a glass slipper, of course — when this peasant jogger blogger suggested we delay our much-needed vacation
  
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• Convicted B.C. fentanyl dealer will not serve jail time, despite appeals court directive

  26-10-2017 19:32 via vancouversun.com
  A Provincial Court judge has ignored a B.C. Court of Appeal directive and given a 21-year-old dial-a-dope fentanyl dealer a suspended sentence with three years’ probation instead of jail time.
  The Crown argued there were no special circumstances, and Ajay Joon of North Vancouver deserved two years less a day in prison.
  Judge Joanne Challenger in 2006.
  Judge Joanne Challenger’s decision to spare the rod undercut the tough-nosed message of the appellate justices, who wanted much stiffe
  
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• UBC international student charged with attempted murder found not criminally responsible

  26-10-2017 19:25 via globalnews.ca
  The 18 year old man attacked a classmate on UBC in 2016
  
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• Woman charged following violent break-in at West Vancouver home

  26-10-2017 18:29 via globalnews.ca
  The homeowners did not immediately call police.
  
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• Vancouver police looking for motorcycle-riding witness

  26-10-2017 18:16
  
  Vancouver police are looking for a motorcyclist who witnessed an assault in the Downtown Eastside.
  
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• The Morning Skate, Oct. 26: The Whitecaps take centre stage

  26-10-2017 18:07 via theprovince.com
  Leave no doubt: that was the game Whitecaps fans had been waiting for, and the game the Whitecaps needed to play to pull in everyone else.
  In crushing San Jose 5-0 at the Dome, the Caps showed they can both entertain and also can put games away.
  Now it gets harder. The Seattle Sounders are in so many ways what the San Jose Earthquakes were not: the Emerald City club has attacking firepower in spades, is rock-solid defensively and they’ve got the numbers to back it all up.
  Sunday should be
  
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• Vancouver police seek witness to baseball bat beating

  26-10-2017 17:54 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver police want to speak with a motorcyclist who witnessed an assault in the Downtown Eastside on Oct. 24.
  The VPD say a motorcyclist pulled next to another motorist near Main Street and Keefer and pleaded with him to call 9-1-1 because he had just witnessed someone being beaten with a baseball bat.
  The motorcyclist then rode off without leaving his contact information.
  The incident happened at around 8 a.m.
  VPD searched the area but were unable to find a victim, witnesses, or a crime scen
  
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• Travel best bets – Oct. 26

  26-10-2017 17:48 via globalnews.ca
  New U.S. airline security procedures and British Airways’ response to bedbug-infested flights.
  
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• Canada’s Al Charron to be inducted in to World Rugby Hall of Fame

  26-10-2017 17:41 via theprovince.com
  Canadian rugby is getting its second hall of famer.
  World Rugby, the global body which oversees rugby union, announced Thursday in Dublin that Al Charron is in the 2017 hall of fame class.
  There are four others who will be honoured Nov. 10 in the English town of Rugby, which is home to the World Rugby Hall of Fame: Argentina’s Felipe Contepomi, England’s Rob Andrew, France’s Fabien Pelous and the USA’s Phaidra Knight. There are now 137 honoured members of the hall.
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• Easy Halloween costumes for the entire family

  26-10-2017 17:39 via globalnews.ca
  Lifestyle expert Carey McBeth shows us some easy costume ideas for every member of your family including the dogs. Plus she explains how one of the costumes could be reused in the spring.
  
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• Clear and cool forecast for Halloween night in Metro Vancouver

  26-10-2017 17:23 via vancouversun.com
  Metro Vancouver trick or treaters may not get drenched this year, but the forecast still looks chilling.
  Environment Canada predicts the weather will be clear Tuesday night, but with temperatures expected to drop down to five degrees C.
  During the day though, the federal weather agency forecasts plenty of sunshine and highs of 13 degrees C.
  The Weather Network said Thursday that parents may want to add extra layers of clothing under their kids’ Halloween costumes.
  Network chief meteorologi
  
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• Anthony Gismondi: B.C. wine of the week, wine to cellar, what's on

  26-10-2017 17:20 via vancouversun.com
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  • Even if soup is notoriously tough to serve with wine, I love the idea of Soup Saturdays from noon to 5 p.m. at Blue Grouse Estate Winery in Duncan on Vancouver Island.
  Until December 23, visitors can enjoy a bowl of delicious homemade soup made with locally sourced seasonal ingredients, a Cowichan Valley True Grain baguette, and a 5oz glass of wine for only $14.
  Some of the soup and wine pairings on the menu include squash and apple with 2016 Quill Off-Dry White, leek
  
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• Letters: Blood-covered toy chainsaw has young man questioning Halloween’s meaning

  26-10-2017 17:00 via theprovince.com
  Earlier this month, the world was shocked when Stephen Paddock shot down 58 innocent people and then took his own life. The horror of the Las Vegas shooting seems to have little impact as we move on to celebrate death through Halloween.
  I was in Value Village recently and my little brother picked up a toy chainsaw. As we looked at it closer we realized that it had imitation blood splattered all over it. I couldn’t help but think, “What are we celebrating?”
  Micah Schouten, Langl
  
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• Don't think archery, think food at Bows and Arrows

  26-10-2017 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  Bows and Arrows
  4194 Fraser St. | 604-620-7657
  Open: Daily for breakfast and lunch; Wednesday to Saturday for dinner; bowsxarrows.ca
  Sometimes I walk into a room and suddenly feel freshly showered and laundered. Bows and Arrows is like that — natural light washes over you (in daylight, at least) and the white walls, spare wood furnishings (including a gorgeous 26-foot fir table) and great music floats you to a Zen place.
  It’s always been a great spot for serious coffee and a des
  
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• The Fun’s Not Done – Rainy Day Activities

  26-10-2017 16:51 via globalnews.ca
  Josie Heisig from Destination gives us some ideas for rainy day activities around the province.
  
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• Power restored after fire under New Westminster bridge darkens neighbourhood

  26-10-2017 16:44 via vancouversun.com
  NEW WESTMINSTER — Officials in New Westminster say power has been restored to thousands of residents, but why high voltage lines under a major bridge exploded and burned is still under investigation.
  A tweet from the city says the electrical lines damaged early Wednesday have been replaced and re-energized.
  Homes, businesses and two schools at the eastern tip of Lulu Island, in the Queensborough neigbourhood were blacked out when the lines under the Queensborough Bridge burst into flames.
  
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• Mounties warn of winning lotto ticket scam in Richmond

  26-10-2017 16:25 via globalnews.ca
  Richmond Mounties are warning that a so-called winning ticket scam could come up with big losses.
  
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• Hydro restored after power lines explode under B.C. bridge

  26-10-2017 16:23
  Homes, businesses and two schools at the eastern tip of Lulu Island were blacked out when the lines under the Queensborough Bridge burst into flames.
  
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• Grey Cup 2017 in Ottawa next month is sold out

  26-10-2017 16:22 via globalnews.ca
  With exactly one month to go until 2017 Grey Cup, the game in Ottawa is now sold out.
  
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• Vancouver development community shocked by 'new normal’ in real estate prices

  26-10-2017 16:00
  
  Urban Analytics' Michael Ferreira remarked that if he had predicted these price increases two years ago, people would have laughed him out of the room.
  
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• Vancouver development community shocked by new normal’ in real estate prices

  26-10-2017 16:00
  
  Urban Analytics' Michael Ferreira remarked that if he had predicted these price increases two years ago, people would have laughed him out of the room.
  
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