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• Rivalry Renewed: Whitecaps, Sounders set to tangle in MLS West semifinals

  27-10-2017 23:58 via theprovince.com
  Having just shaken a giant playoff gorilla off their back, the Vancouver Whitecaps want to get greedy.
  The club picked up its first-ever post-season victory Wednesday with an emphatic 5-0 home defeat of the San Jose Earthquakes in Major League Soccer’s single-elimination knockout round to set up a mouth-watering Western Conference semifinal with the rival Seattle Sounders.
  The Whitecaps host the first game Sunday at B.C. Place Stadium, with the return fixture of the two-legged aggregate se
  
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• Daily Poll: Do you agree with Catalonia's declaration of independence from Spain?

  27-10-2017 23:56 via vancouversun.com
  Catalonia declared independence from Spain Friday, after a week of failed negotiations between Madrid and Barcelona. Catalan MPs backed the motion 70-10 in a ballot boycotted by the opposition., according to the BBC.
  After the declaration, Spain’s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy tweeted a call for tranquility, saying the rule of law will restore legality in Catalonia.  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau commented on the Catalan political debate on Friday, saying Canada recognizes o
  
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• Brian Minter: The real terrors living in the bottom of your garden

  27-10-2017 23:45 via vancouversun.com
  In recognition of Halloween and all things scary, I thought it might be interesting to explore some of the not-so-nice plants that could be hanging out in many gardens — plants like those in author Agatha Christie’s garden that served as inspiration and as accessories to murder in several of her mystery novels. American author Amy Stewart has written a fun and informative book called Wicked Plants: Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln’s Mother and Other Botanic
  
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• Douglas Todd: Can Canadians learn from world's largest Muslim country?

  27-10-2017 23:12 via vancouversun.com
  JAKARTA, Indonesia ­— When Canadians think about the Islamic world, they tend to focus on quasi-dictatorships in the Middle East, like Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Iran.
  But the world’s most populous Muslim nation is actually Indonesia.
  This equatorial Southeast Asian country is home to 260 million people, 87 per cent of whom are Sunni Muslims.
  It’s been a democracy for two decades, a rarity among Muslim-majority countries.
  Canada is a much different country, obviously. Our nati
  
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• Have you seen Tank? Surrey RCMP seek 8-week-old pit bull who was stolen from a woman

  27-10-2017 23:01 via globalnews.ca
  The woman was trying to sell him when two male suspects met up with her. One took the dog, the other punched her, police said.
  
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• Researchers develop earthquake forecaster that could detect one up to a week in advance

  27-10-2017 22:56 via globalnews.ca
  "When you rub rocks together, they emit sounds."
  
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• What is a ‘design jam’ and how will it shape Arbutus Greenway?

  27-10-2017 22:32
  
  This weekend, 100 Vancouver residents, city staff and technical experts, will gather for what's been dubbed a “design jam” for Arbutus Greenway. There will also be public open houses.
  
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• Father's fears deepen over missing Okanagan teen; digging continues

  27-10-2017 22:09 via vancouversun.com
  One of the five Okanagan women who vanished recently was in Vernon the same day as a man who lives on the farm where police are searching for human remains, court records show.
  Traci Genereaux, 18, was last seen in Vernon on May 29, and legal documents indicate Curtis Wayne Sagmoen was also in Vernon that same day.
  “It could mean nothing, but it could also mean quite a bit,” Traci’s emotional dad, Darcy Genereaux, said Thursday.
  “I just hope she’s safe and happy som
  
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• High-risk sex offender goes missing again in Vancouver

  27-10-2017 21:54 via vancouversun.com
  For the second time this year, a Canada-wide warrant has been issued for convicted sex offender Christopher Schafer for failing to return to his Vancouver halfway house.
  Being the subject of Canada-wide warrants is a regular occurrence for Schafer. On July 18, he was arrested by Vancouver police, five days after failing to return to his residential correctional facility. The federal offender also prompted Canada-wide warrants in 2016, 2013 and 2010 for walking away from his halfway house.
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• Halloween safety for pets

  27-10-2017 21:52 via globalnews.ca
  Dog behaviour therapist Sandy Yates on making Halloween less stressful for anxious pets,.
  
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• Stars align for UVic student, resulting in a cosmic thrill

  27-10-2017 21:43 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — The celestial observation in August of two neutron stars colliding and merging the first such event ever seen and recorded on Earth, has left one UVic astronomer thrilled and another one envious.
  Clare Higgs, a PhD student in the department of astronomy and physics at the University of Victoria, just happened to be at the Los Campanas Observatory in Chile on Aug. 17 when word went out of something unusual appearing in sky.
  “There was a whole bunch of people milling about,
  
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• Fine art auction preview

  27-10-2017 21:32 via globalnews.ca
  Robert Heffel from Heffel Fine Art Auction House with some works up for bidding at their fall auction in November.
  
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• B.C. local governments, police want money to enforce new pot laws

  27-10-2017 21:26 via vancouversun.com
  Police departments and local governments are asking British Columbia for a cut of marijuana revenues as the province crafts regulations for legalized pot.
  The provincial government asked for public input last month as it develops new rules. Submissions are posted online and will be accepted until Wednesday.
  Feedback so far includes recommendations from Port Coquitlam and View Royal, on Vancouver Island, for pot profits to be directed to municipalities to address costs associated with enforcement
  
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• South Okanagan park reserve plans revived by First Nations, B.C., Ottawa

  27-10-2017 21:12 via vancouversun.com
  OSOYOOS — The federal and B.C. governments as well as members of the Okanagan Nation have agreed to resume work to establish a new national park reserve in the south Okanagan.
  Plans for the park have been under discussion for almost 15 years but little has been done since 2012 when members of the Osoyoos and Lower Similkameen bands completed a feasibility study and issued a final report.
  Joe Foy, national campaign director of the Wilderness Committee, says in a news release his members are
  
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• 8 best horror movie travel destinations include 3 in Canada

  27-10-2017 21:10 via globalnews.ca
  Travellers seeking a spooky thrill could book a room at the Toronto boutique hotel made famous by IT or hunker down at the Vancouver cottage that became The Cabin in the Woods.
  
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• Province Sports Radio: Ed & Paul talk Canucks, Whitecaps … and all those flying balls

  27-10-2017 21:03 via theprovince.com
  “There were balls flying everywhere” is how Ed Willes put it. Which balls? Where were they flying?
  Well, you’ll have to listen to the return of the Ed Willes Province Sports Radio podcast to find out.
  What you will also find out: What are the Canucks at this point in their development? Are they what we thought they were? Are they a team of good young prospects on the rise or a dog’s breakfast of journeymen and kids ekeing out a mediocre existence in the NHL’s bottom
  
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• Canada C3 expedition looks to future at end of 150-day voyage along nation's coastlines

  27-10-2017 20:59 via vancouversun.com
  ABOARD THE MV POLAR PRINCE — In B.C., they walked amongst the ghostly teetering totems of Haida Gwaii, brushed shoulders with white Spirit Bears foraging for salmon on Gribbell Island, and worked with aboriginals to symbolically carve a western red cedar canoe in Powell River.
  Now, as Canada C3’s 72-metre icebreaker finishes its 150-day, 23,000-kilometre voyage around Canada’s Atlantic, Arctic and Pacific coastlines, it’s time to discern what it all meant and how to set a
  
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• Leadership Series: Glen Clark

  27-10-2017 20:50 via globalnews.ca
  Glen Clark is interviewed by Global News Hour at 6 BC anchor Chris Gailus as part of the 2017 Leadership Series.
  
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• Seattle to Budapest $596

  27-10-2017 20:41 via theprovince.com
  This deal for travel in June and July 2018 is roundtrip and includes all taxes.It was brought to our attention by Chris Myden at yvrdeals.com
  
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• Fraudster guilty of three crimes in Penticton hockey trip scam

  27-10-2017 20:34 via globalnews.ca
  Michael Elphicke was found guilty of fraud and theft over $5,000 and unauthorized management of a lottery scheme.
  
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• Whitecaps are just fine being the underdogs against the Sounders

  27-10-2017 20:29 via theprovince.com
  Let’s get this out of the way: the Whitecaps are the underdogs against the Seattle Sounders.
  The Sounders have just been that much better defensively in 2017.
  But … but … but …
  Well, this has been the story of the MLS Western Conference race: no team really taking charge, despite looking like they were going to seize the opportunity.
  The Whitecaps are as guilty as anyone of course, having stumbled over the final five games of the regular season. Seriously, one more poi
  
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• High risk police operation underway in Kamloops

  27-10-2017 20:14 via globalnews.ca
  Kamloops RCMP are on scene of what they are calling a "high risk police operation" right now.
  
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• Kamloops Mounties searching for man with gun near trailer park

  27-10-2017 20:09 via vancouversun.com
  KAMLOOPS — Traffic on Highway 5 North is backed up near Sun Rivers as a Mounties hunt for a man with a gun who may have shot at nearby construction workers.
  There are many police vehicles in the area of the G&M Trailer Park at the corner of Highway 5 North and G&M Road, while a police plane circles overhead.
  A few minutes earlier, a series of police vehicles, including an armoured truck, were seen speeding through Valleyview.
  There has also been a large police presence reported on
  
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• Town Talk: Polygon Gallery a reality on North Van waterfront - Vancouver Sun

  27-10-2017 20:01
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  Town Talk: Polygon Gallery a reality on North Van waterfront
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  Kelly Townsend chaired the first Vancouver running of the Boobyball M.J. DeCoteau founded to raise funds for breast-cancer programs. Malcolm Parry / PNG. Share Adjust Comment Print. SHIER DELIGHT: Anticipating its official opening Nov. 17, the ...and more »
  
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• Adventure and loss part of Gordon Smith's 'black paintings' - Vancouver Sun

  27-10-2017 20:01
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  Adventure and loss part of Gordon Smith's 'black paintings'
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  Gordon Smith's black paintings are, not surprisingly, predominantly black. But for Smith, black isn't necessarily about dark and destructive emotions. Many of his black paintings are associated with the years he spent in the Second World War as an ...
  
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• Town Talk: Polygon Gallery a reality on North Van waterfront

  27-10-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  SHIER DELIGHT: Anticipating its official opening Nov. 17, the 25,000-square-foot Polygon Gallery in North Vancouver held an art auction chaired by board president Iain Mant and artist Stan Douglas. The waterfront facility’s name recognizes Polygon Homes, whose founder, Michael Audain, and CEO, Neil Chrystal, were greeted by gallery director Reid Shier. Audain launched the project by donating $4 million from Polygon Homes and his and wife Yoshiko’s foundation. North Vancouver, Victori
  
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• Pedestrian dies after struck by car in Surrey

  27-10-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  A woman is dead after a motor vehicle collision in the Newton area of Surrey Friday morning.
  Surrey RCMP say at around 7 a.m., officers were called to a report of a pedestrian being struck  by a vehicle in the 7700-block of 120th Street.
  BC Ambulance Services and Surrey Fire Services attended to the woman however she died from her injuries.
  Police say the vehicle was travelling northbound on 120th Street when it struck the pedestrian who was crossing from the west side to the east
  
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• Missing Opera For Murdered and Vanished Aboriginal Women and Girls

  27-10-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Missing
  Nov. 3, 7, 9, 11, 8 p.m.; Nov. 5, 2 p.m. |York Theatre, 639 Commercial Dr.
  Tickets and info: From $22 at theCultch.com
  From magic flutes to Dons doing deals with the Devil, to Valkyries and seasonal rites, operas take on a lot of topics. Even in light of that fact, City Opera Vancouver and Pacific Opera Victoria commissioning a chamber work based upon the Canadian national tragedy of missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls stands out. 
  How do you translate something so raw,
  
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• Missing: New opera honours murdered and vanished Aboriginal women and girls - Vancouver Sun

  27-10-2017 20:00
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  Missing: New opera honours murdered and vanished Aboriginal women and girls
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  From magic flutes to Dons doing deals with the Devil, to Valkyries and seasonal rites, operas take on a lot of topics. Even in light of that fact, City Opera Vancouver and Pacific Opera Victoria commissioning a chamber work based upon the Canadian ...and more »
  
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• Fab 5: The big cover up

  27-10-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  After months of being on show, shoulders are finally going under cover — and that’s not all. Clavicles, elbows, midriffs, knees and even calves: yes, these all tend to go under wraps in the winter, but this season, instead of cashmere layers and chunky-knit sweaters, the demure, covered-up dress is the piece to invest in. From elegant, silk jacquard to classic, button-down cotton, Rebecca Tay presents five styles to try now:MIDI GROUND
  This floral silk ‘Laverne’ midi
  
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• B.C.: 15 best books of the week, Oct. 28

  27-10-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  1. Chasing Smoke: A Wildfire Memoir — Aaron Williams (Harbour Publishing). 
  2. Embers: One Ojibway’s Meditations — Richard Wagamese (Douglas & McIntyre). 
  3. Harry: A Wilderness Dog Saga — Chris Czajkowski (Harbour Publishing). 
  4. Speaking Our Truth: A Journey of Reconciliation — Monique Gray Smith (Orca Book Publishers).
  5. Hello Humpback! — Roy Henry Vickers and Robert Budd, illustrated by Roy
  
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• Ballet BC leaps into season with new work from Cayetano Soto - Vancouver Sun

  27-10-2017 20:00
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  Ballet BC leaps into season with new work from Cayetano Soto
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  Ballet B.C. dancer Scott Fowler and the rest of the Ballet B.C. will begin the new season with works by Cayetano Soto and Johan Inger. Michael Slobodian / PNG. Share Adjust Comment Print. Ballet B.C. Program 1. Nov 2-4, 8 p.m. | Queen Elizabeth Theatre.
  
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• Ballet B.C. leaps into new season with new Soto work

  27-10-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Ballet B.C. Program 1
  Nov 2-4, 8 p.m. | Queen Elizabeth Theatre
  Tickets: $15-$103 at ticketmaster.ca
  Ballet B.C.’s resident choreographer Cayetano Soto’s new work Eight Years of Silence is inspired by an emotion we all feel — fear.
  The new piece along with the North American premiere of choreographer Johan Inger’s B.R.I.S.A. opens Ballet B.C.’s 2017/18 season on Nov. 2.
  “While it is very personal this feeling it is also very universal. At the end of the d
  
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• Adventure and loss part of Gordon Smith's 'black paintings'

  27-10-2017 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Gordon Smith: The Black Paintings
  Until Feb. 4, 2018 | Vancouver Art Gallery
  More info: vanartgallery.bc.ca
  Gordon Smith’s black paintings are, not surprisingly, predominantly black. But for Smith, black isn’t necessarily about dark and destructive emotions.
  Many of his black paintings are associated with the years he spent in the Second World War as an intelligence officer drawing maps from photographs. As a result, the black in his black paintings came to be seen as evoking feeling
  
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• Efforts heat up to create a national park reserve in the south Okanagan

  27-10-2017 19:57 via globalnews.ca
  Planning discussions begin immediately and consideration will be given to continuing ranching and recreational opportunities in the region.
  
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• Efforts heat up to create a national park in the south Okanagan

  27-10-2017 19:57 via globalnews.ca
  Planning discussions begin immediately and consideration will be given to continuing ranching and recreational opportunities in the region.
  
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• Vancouver condo median sale price nears $900K

  27-10-2017 19:50
  
  $6.8 million Coal Harbour condo put on market as condo sale prices continue upwards trend
  
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• Luxury condo is priciest new listing as median Vancouver condo sale price nears $900K - Vancouver Courier

  27-10-2017 19:50
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  Luxury condo is priciest new listing as median Vancouver condo sale price nears $900K
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  This Coal Harbour condo with its amazing roof terrace was listed for $6.98m, the priciest of the week in Vancouver. Photograph By Listing agent: Shaun E Kimmins. REW market stats. Previous Next. A spectacular, 1,500-square-foot, landscaped-garden roof ...and more »
  
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• Viking adding more Longship river cruises

  27-10-2017 19:27 via theprovince.com
  After launching over 50 of its new Viking Longship river cruise vessels and a new fleet of spectacular oceangoing ships, Viking Cruises recently announced it will be bringing seven new Viking Longships to the rivers of Europe in 2019.
  The new, as-yet-unnamed Viking Longships will cruise Europe’s Rhine, Main and Danube Rivers. One additional vessel, with Longship-esque design elements, is being designed expressly for Portugal’s Douro River. By the time they enter service in 2019, Viki
  
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• Girls Like That poses tough but necessary questions for the social media age - Vancouver Sun

  27-10-2017 19:15
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  Girls Like That poses tough but necessary questions for the social media age
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  Girls LIke That, about social media shaming, features members of the Girls in Leadership Club at Templeton Secondary. Dana Gee More from Dana Gee. Published on: October 27, 2017 | Last Updated: October 27, 2017 10:15 AM PDT. Templeton Secondary ...and more »
  
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• Vancouver on track to meet 2050 clean energy targets: staff report - CBC.ca

  27-10-2017 18:01
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  Vancouver on track to meet 2050 clean energy targets: staff report
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  Vancouver's goal to run completely on renewable energy might only be two years old, but the city claims it's on track to hit the 2050 target. A new staff report to be presented to council on Tuesday suggests the city is on pace to meet its 2050 goal ...
  Vancouver building modular-housing project along Cambie corridorVancouver Sun
  Vancouver announces location of first 78 temporary modular homesGlobalnews.ca
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• At least 2 taken to hospital after reported hit and run outside Surrey school

  27-10-2017 17:56 via globalnews.ca
  At least two people were taken to hospital on Thursday after a reported hit and run outside a Surrey school.
  
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• Pedestrian struck and killed in Surrey

  27-10-2017 17:49 via globalnews.ca
  The intersection remains closed and there is still a heavy police presence in the area.
  
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• Kinder Morgan appeals to energy board over Burnaby permit delays for pipeline expansion

  27-10-2017 17:47 via vancouversun.com
  Kinder Morgan Canada Ltd. wants the National Energy Board to clear the way for work on the Burnaby portion of its Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project.
  A statement released by the company says it wants a determination from the board allowing the work to begin, even though it has failed to obtain municipal permits from the City of Burnaby.
  Kinder Morgan says Burnaby’s “failure to act in a timely manner raises serious issues of jurisdiction” related to the $7.4-billion pipel
  
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• The Morning Skate, Oct. 27: A bit of truth on the surprising Canucks

  27-10-2017 17:43 via theprovince.com
  Know your beers, folks.
  Especially if it’s for a casual bet with the other town’s mayor.
  LA mayor: I'll include LA craft beer in my bet with Houston mayor. LA brewers: That beer? Owned by foreign company. https://t.co/Tcjeyet5ER
  — Bill Shaikin (@BillShaikin) October 27, 2017“That’s like pairing one of our local breweries with Chipotle in the wager.”
  Ouch.
  Let’s get skating.
  The Home Team
  First: yes, I was skeptical in the off-season about the Canucks. Th
  
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• Kortney & Dave Wilson

  27-10-2017 17:41 via globalnews.ca
  Kortney and Dave Wilson from Masters of Flip talk about their show and share tips on how to add value to your home
  
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• B.C. man shot in Las Vegas faces threats online

  27-10-2017 17:25 via vancouversun.com
  A B.C. man who survived after he was shot in the head in the Las Vegas massacre has been tormented online.
  Like many of the victims saddled with U.S. medical bills and unexpected travel costs after the shooting, Braden Matejka from Lake Country, B.C., started a GoFundMe campaign with a goal of $25,000.
  He says on the page that the money will help cover his required time off work and other recovery costs after being shot in the back of the head.
  But it quickly turned hateful, and he has become th
  
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• Yet another sex offender doesn't return to Vancouver halfway house - Straight.com

  27-10-2017 17:04
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  Yet another sex offender doesn't return to Vancouver halfway house
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  Vancouver police have issued their second warning in four months about the same high-risk sex offender. RELATED STORIES. Why not use GPS to track sex offender who failed to return to Vancouver halfway house for third time? Vancouver police seek ...
  Vancouver police seek missing sex offenderCBC.ca
  Canada-wide warrant issued in Vancouver for high risk sex offenderGlobalnews.caall 7 news articles 
  
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• Winter weather forecast: What Canadians can expect from coast to coast

  27-10-2017 16:58 via globalnews.ca
  Parts of Canada could be in for a snowy and cold winter, according to chief meteorologist Anthony Farnell.
  
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• Daddy & Me, United Way

  27-10-2017 16:52 via globalnews.ca
  Nat Hilland, a Daddy & Me program participant and Kim Winchell from United Way talk about the free, drop-in program offering mentorship and resources to Dads in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows.
  
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