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• Vaughn Palmer: Mighty Hughes was a watchdog with integrity, noted bite

  17-11-2017 23:56 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — During a break in the partisan follies at the legislature recently, MLAs, officials and staffers gathered in the foyer of the library to honour a great watchdog — Ted Hughes.
  B.C.’s first conflict commissioner. Inquiry commissioner. High court judge in Saskatchewan. Advocate for First Nations here and elsewhere. Six decades of public service in all.
  The occasion was the publication of a book about Hughes, written by my friend Craig McInnes, former Victoria burea
  
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• Man who killed 4, including Mountie, won’t win back daypasses from prison

  17-11-2017 23:54 via globalnews.ca
  The Parole Board found LeClair is capable of extreme and impulsive violence, and had problems disclosing his emotions.
  
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• New lounge inspired by eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes

  17-11-2017 23:33
  
  HJU:Z at the Westin Bayshore pays homage to the time Hughes arrived at the hotel unexpectedly in 1972 and stayed for six months.
  
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• CN Rail hiring spree to continue into 2018 amid upsurge in shipments

  17-11-2017 23:31 via globalnews.ca
  Canada's biggest freight railroad scrambles is scrambling to catch up with surging shipments and fill vacancies, a company official said on Friday.
  
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• Dangerous offender, suspected in Nova Scotia cold case, is denied parole in B.C.

  17-11-2017 23:30 via globalnews.ca
  Andrew Paul Johnson has been in jail in B.C. since 1998 and is in jail for the failed abduction of three different 12-year-old girls within a couple of hours where he posed as a police officer.
  
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• The Patcast: No dice

  17-11-2017 23:25 via theprovince.com
  JPat and Botch are back with the Pat-cast, powered by Eagle Ridge GM, to cover the Canucks’ no show vs. Vegas, to ponder why isn’t Jake Virtanen playing, where the offence is supposed to come from and the goaltending situation,
  Plus, how much do the Canucks miss Chris Tanev and a look at the tough road trip ahead.
  http://media.blubrry.com/thepatcast/p/theprovincepodcasts.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/20171117-Patcast.mp3This is Province Sports Radio.
  
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• Mobi bike share extending into East Vancouver, and it’s a sign of growing demand: UBC Prof

  17-11-2017 23:12 via globalnews.ca
  "There was a lot of demand on that eastern edge of the city to bring the bike-share over there. There's also demand on the west side to do that too."
  
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• Whitecaps fold Vancouver-based USL team, turn to Fresno

  17-11-2017 23:07 via theprovince.com
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps have folded their feeder team and have signed a new affiliation agreement with USL expansion club Fresno FC.
  Major League Soccer’s Whitecaps announced Friday that Whitecaps FC 2 will not be returning for the 2018 USL season. The team struggled to gain traction in the Vancouver area, playing to small crowds at on the University of British Columbia campus or in suburban Langley.
  “First of all, we would like to thank every person who has worked
  
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• Kelowna teenager assaulted and robbed of sentimental gold ring

  17-11-2017 23:05 via globalnews.ca
  "The suspect produced a knife, demanded money and fled the area with an undisclosed amount of cash."
  
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• Fernie rink still closed as RCMP investigation continues into deaths of three men

  17-11-2017 22:55 via vancouversun.com
  FERNIE — There’s no word on when residents of the southeastern B.C., community of Fernie will have access to the rink where three men died of an ammonia leak a month ago.
  Police have been investigating at the Fernie Memorial Arena, and a post on the City of Fernie’s website says members of the Elk Valley detachment are now at the site before WorkSafeBC will begin its investigation there.
  The city says in the statement that it and other agencies won’t have access to the ar
  
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• Greens' Weaver convinced NDP will support Site C, as dam decision looms

  17-11-2017 22:36 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — The future of the Site C hydroelectric dam is the subject of pointed questions from labour unions, environmental groups, Indigenous Peoples and high-ranking civil servants with the B.C. government who want answers about the projected costs of scrapping the $8.3-billion project.
  The New Democrat government says it will decide by the end of the year whether to cancel the megaproject or continue construction, but one opponent already senses the government will complete Site C.
  Gree
  
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• Death of man who fell out of ambulance an accident, coroner's jury finds

  17-11-2017 22:33 via vancouversun.com
  PRINCE GEORGE — A coroner’s jury has deemed an accident the death of a Quesnel man who fell out of the back of an ambulance and has issued recommendations to prevent a similar event from happening in the future.
  Ebony Aaron Wood, 36, died on Nov. 7, 2016, two days after the incident.
  He had been involved in a motor vehicle incident and reportedly walked a short distance from the scene to ask someone to call 911.
  RCMP attended the scene and Wood was subsequently placed in the back of
  
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• Much debated Casa Mia gets green light for seniors care facility

  17-11-2017 22:25
  
  A revamped proposal for the once-controversial plan to convert Casa Mia into a seniors care facility won unanimous support at a public hearing at city hall earlier this week.
  
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• Family of six escapes house fire in Surrey

  17-11-2017 22:25 via vancouversun.com
  A family of six in Surrey escaped a raging house fire unharmed early Friday.
  Surrey Fire battalion chief  Reo Jerome says four adults and two kids were woken up in the middle of the night by a huge bang, and then fire spreading rapidly through the house.
  The two-storey house, in southeast Newton at 14120 Sunridge Place, was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived sometime after midnight.
  All members of the family made it out safely, and no one was treated for injuries.
  Fire crews
  
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• Federal documents reveal repeated cases of pigs dying en route to Langley slaughterhouse

  17-11-2017 22:17 via vancouversun.com
  Federal access-to-information documents reveal that 46 pigs died — some displaying necrotic hues of green and purple — in seven separate incidents last year involving transport to a Langley slaughterhouse.
  One case detailed in Canadian Food Inspection Agency documents obtained by Postmedia shows that a trailer with 275 market pigs was loaded on the morning of April 20, 2016, in Alberta and unloaded late the same day at Donald’s Fine Foods (Britco Pork) on Fraser Highw
  
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• Feds to spend more than $325M to tackle gangs and gun crime

  17-11-2017 22:09 via globalnews.ca
  It's still unclear how the money will be spent, or how much will make it to B.C.
  
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• Realtors threaten legal action after website publishes pre-sale flipping information

  17-11-2017 21:54
  Vancouver real estate board wants condo pre-sales flipping information removed, but lawyer says the threat is toothless
  
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• ART SEEN: Gesture leaks out in works by Jeremy Hof at Monte Clark Gallery

  17-11-2017 21:42 via vancouversun.com
  They look like coloured blocks of concrete left over from a construction site or maybe rocks used in some industrial process. In fact, they’re leftovers from making traditional sculptures out of materials such as soapstone. They’re distinctive because of their unusual combination of rough and smooth surfaces.
  What’s particularly striking are the colours: they’re in several pastel shades that include yellow, mauve, and olive.
  They started out as found objects but they&rsqu
  
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• B.C. government announces new mental health and addiction centre at Riverview lands

  17-11-2017 21:40 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. government will reopen the Riverview psychiatric hospital in Coquitlam as a 105-bed mental health and addiction wellness centre. 
  Premier John Horgan says the $101 million centre will create “a new beginning” for wellness and healing at the Riverview lands.  
  Horgan was joined Friday morning by Mental Health and Addictions Minister Judy Darcy, and Housing Minister Selina Robinson, as well as First Nations members, at the site of the now closed Riverview Hospital in
  
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• Vernon flagger seriously injured, hospitalized after being hit by vehicle

  17-11-2017 21:35 via vancouversun.com
  VERNON — A road flagger has been hit by a vehicle and seriously injured near this north Okanagan city.
  First responders say the woman was working at a site just east of the city when she was struck.
  Lavington Fire Chief Marty Wright says the flagger was airlifted to hospital with undetermined injuries.
  He says the driver of the car remained at the scene.
  An RCMP investigation is underway.
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• Alan Doyle is a featured speaker at The Vancouver Writers Fest

  17-11-2017 21:33 via globalnews.ca
  Singer and songwriter Alan Doyle talks about the stories that inspired his new book “A Newfoundlander in Canada.”
  
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• Town Talk: Million-dollar gala helps build Chinatown's 'resilient community'

  17-11-2017 21:00 via vancouversun.com
  PENDER MENDING: Rolly Ford’s photo of 1959 Pender Street dominated the Hotel Vancouver’s B.C. Ballroom when the Vancouver Chinatown Foundation’s second annual Autumn Gala reportedly raised $1 million. Foundation chair Carol Lee thanked foundation directors Peter Eng, Tony Letvinchuk, Peter Yeh and Ben Yeung, who were present along with gala chairs Leslie Diamond and Carole Taylor.  She also related progress on the “mission to build a more resilient community …
  
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• Douglas Todd: Who decides the land is 'sacred'?

  17-11-2017 21:00 via vancouversun.com
  Ktunaxa elder Chris Luke Sr. lives in B.C.’s Purcell Mountains, about 1,000 kilometres east of Vancouver. He doesn’t speak English and he knows how to keep his silence.
  Still, Luke is a powerful man.
  For eight years, the elder’s religious vision has seized the attention of Canada’s top courts, demanding the focus of hundreds of lawyers, judges, civil servants and politicians.
  Their work became necessary because Luke said he had an epiphany in 2004 — which he did not
  
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• Conversations That Matter: Combating frailty

  17-11-2017 21:00 via vancouversun.com
  Many people still believe frailty is associated with aging. We use to think it was an inevitable part of growing old. However, frailty is not a natural part of aging. There is more and more research that demonstrates we can avoid frailty.
  As you age, you can make a choice to avoid frailty and keep yourself functioning independently longer by getting informed and participating in your health. Basically you have two choices, you can work to ensure your body functions optimally,
  
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• Canucks prospect Kole Lind ready for Giants and LEC crowd Saturday

  17-11-2017 20:57 via theprovince.com
  Here’s betting there will be a few Kole Lind fans at the Langley Events Centre this weekend.
  On Saturday, Lind plays his first game in the Lower Mainland since the Vancouver Canucks picked him in the second round of last summer’s NHL Draft, leading the Kelowna Rockets up against the host Vancouver Giants (7 p.m., TSN 1410).
  “It’s definitely a cool feeling that I have a lot more people pulling for me now,” Lind, 19, explained.
  “I’m excited about this week
  
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• Okanagan flag person hit by car; taken to hospital by helicopter

  17-11-2017 20:46 via globalnews.ca
  The woman was air-lifted to hospital with undetermined injuries.
  
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• Adopt-A-School: Vancouver Sun Children's fund distributed $604,000 in emergency funds last year

  17-11-2017 20:46 via vancouversun.com
  Today marks the start of the seventh annual Adopt-A-School campaign during which we are again appealing to readers to consider the plight of children coming to school unfed, improperly dressed and suffering the psychological effects of living in poverty.
  We are not talking about a few children. We are talking about thousands. And they are found in every school district in this province, no exceptions.
  Last year The Vancouver Sun Children’s Fund which administers AAS distributed $604,000 in
  
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• Lost and The 100 actor Henry Ian Cusick turns his hand to online storytelling

  17-11-2017 20:45 via vancouversun.com
  When the TV sensation Lost blew up over a decade ago, one of its stars kind of missed the whole must-see TV hullabaloo that surrounded the one-hour drama.
  “Because I lived in Hawaii we were sort of cut off from the rest of the world,” said Henry Ian Cusick, who played Desmond Hume on Lost and is in Vancouver shooting the CW sci-fi drama series The 100.
  “It was my first show in the States, so I just assumed that this is how it was for all of the shows. I didn’t really know
  
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• Brian Minter: Container ideas to brighten your winter

  17-11-2017 20:15 via vancouversun.com
  Our brief introduction to winter in early November certainly ended our outdoor container displays of annuals.  Instead of looking at tired, empty pots, why not create something exciting to enjoy during the winter months ahead?
  By making the right choices for colour and hardiness, you’ll be surprised how great winter planters can look, adding life and vibrancy to any patio and balcony.
  The usual considerations go out the window at this time of year. With the short days of winter and th
  
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• Okanagan man sent to prison for ripping off investors in Ponzi scheme

  17-11-2017 20:09 via globalnews.ca
  Brian Wilfred Clemens, 49, pleaded guilty to fraud and laundering the proceeds of crime.
  
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• Haunted event raises scary amount of money for historic Okanagan ranch

  17-11-2017 19:07 via globalnews.ca
  More than 18,000 Field of Screams tickets were sold generating a net income of almost $120,000 for the ranch.
  
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• Bulls & Bears: The CFL's Green Machine brings in the green, while the Azzurri are feeling blue

  17-11-2017 19:07 via vancouversun.com
  BULLS OF THE WEEK
  Amidst some grumbling about a CFL playoff structure which does not necessarily reward the league’s best clubs — especially in a year in which no Eastern team finished above .500 — the Saskatchewan Roughriders are proving again this week that they are the crown jewel of Three Down Nation.
  None of the other teams in the CFL moves the needle as much as the Roughriders do when it comes to national television audiences, merchandising and attendance (both at home in
  
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• Victoria set to tighten limits on number of dogs in area parks

  17-11-2017 19:04 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Victoria-area politicians are considering putting limits on the number of dogs people can walk and charging a fee for dog-walking businesses who use regional parks amid complaints about packs of wandering animals.
  Capital Regional District politicians are poised to approve a bylaw next month that would cap the number of dogs walked at one time to three for individuals and eight for professional walkers.
  Mayor David Screech of the suburban community of View Royal said in an inter
  
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• Riverview Hospital site to see new centre for adults with mental health and addiction challenges

  17-11-2017 18:56 via globalnews.ca
  However, the Liberal government made a similar announcement back in 2015 about a facility built at Riverview
  
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• BC premier to make an announcement at Riverview Hospital

  17-11-2017 18:56 via globalnews.ca
  B.C. Premier John Horgan, health officials and members of the Kwikwetlem First Nation are set to make an announcement Friday morning at the site of the closed Riverview psychiatric hospital in Coquitlam.
  
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• This Week in History: 1909 The Red Widow is acquitted of murder in Paris

  17-11-2017 18:34 via vancouversun.com
  Marguerite Steinheil was one of the most famous women in France in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Much to her chagrin.
  Steinheil was implicated in two great scandals, the death of French president Felix Faure in 1899 and the murder of her husband and mother in 1908. The press gave her a nickname, the Red Widow.
  Steinheil was supposedly having sex with Fauve when he had a cerebral hemorrhage and died on Feb. 16, 1899. But any connection between the two was kept out of the press until her
  
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• App designed by Kelowna-based company could offer some safety to sex trade workers

  17-11-2017 18:28 via globalnews.ca
  Angie Lohr is starting a pilot project through Hope Outreach, with donations from YodelMe, to begin getting a new app into the hands of women she encounters on Okanagan streets.
  
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• Academic takes on Vancouver's housing-supply 'myth' - The Globe and Mail

  17-11-2017 18:23 via theglobeandmail.com
  The Globe and Mail
  Academic takes on Vancouver's housing-supply 'myth'
  The Globe and Mail
  In Vancouver, the detached house owner is often vilified. So too, is the resident who protests density. They are vilified by what one academic is calling "the housing supply myth," which is the belief that we need more housing in order to lower costs.
  
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• BUSINESS REPORT – The loonie is falling again

  17-11-2017 18:18 via globalnews.ca
  It looks like the Canadian dollar is on its way down again.
  
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• Hundreds of millions of penalties issued by B.C. Securities Commission going unpaid

  17-11-2017 18:02 via vancouversun.com
  In March 2015, the B.C. Securities Commission handed out one of its biggest penalties ever.
  Michael Lathigee and Earle Pasquill were each slapped with a $15-million fine and ordered to pay back $21.7 million raised fraudulently in 2008 from nearly 700 investors.
  They were also banned from B.C.’s investment markets.
  A judicial panel of the commission — which holds hearings and makes rulings on violations of B.C.’s Securities Act — found the pair had raised millions without
  
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• Turn on a blue light to honour Const. John Davidson Saturday night

  17-11-2017 17:59 via globalnews.ca
  If you have any blue lights at your house, the Abbotsford Police Department is hoping you can turn them on Saturday night.
  
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• Sunwing hosts Jamaica pop-up in Yaletown

  17-11-2017 17:42 via globalnews.ca
  Yesterday, Claire Newell with Travel Best Bets, introduced the new Vancouver to Montego Bay flight. Today, Rachel Goldrick from Sunwing joined Global News Morning to share some more on the limited time offer and talk about a pop-up helping you to escape the Vancouver rain this weekend.
  
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• Mountain pine beetles from Jasper National Park moving east into commercial forest

  17-11-2017 17:35 via globalnews.ca
  The mountain pine beetle outbreak which has killed thousands of trees in Jasper National Park is moving east into Alberta's commercial forests, and researchers blame Parks staff for not doing enough to stop the spread.
  
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• Conservation service to free B.C. deer with purple hammock twined in its antlers

  17-11-2017 17:35 via vancouversun.com
  PRINCE RUPERT — Help is on the way for Hammy, the northwestern British Columbia buck whose unusual antler adornment has endeared him to area residents and turned him into an internet sensation.
  The Conservation Officer Service says part of a purple hammock entangled in the deer’s antlers could endanger him, or another deer, as mating season gets underway and male deer butt heads to establish mating rights.
  Conservation officers did not originally plan to intervene, saying the problem
  
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• Family of six escape massive house fire in Surrey

  17-11-2017 17:22 via vancouversun.com
  A family of six in Surrey escaped a major house fire unharmed early Friday.
  Surrey Fire battalion chief  Reo Jerome says four adults and two kids were woken up in the middle of the night by a huge bang, and then fire spreading rapidly through the whole house.
  The two-storey house, located in southeast Newton at 14120 Sunridge Place, was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived sometime after midnight.
  All members of the family made it out safely, and no one was treated for injuries
  
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• New Movies with Dana Gee: Nov 17

  17-11-2017 17:20 via globalnews.ca
  From a young boy with facial differences who attends a mainstream school to Disney Pixar’s Coco, Dana Gee looks at this week’s new releases.
  
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• Covenant House Sleep Out: raising awareness for youth homelessness

  17-11-2017 17:16 via globalnews.ca
  B.C. business leaders are throwing their support behind covenant house today. They spent the night sleeping outside to raise awareness for youth homelessness. Global BC’s Kaitlyn Herbst took part in this year’s event.
  
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• MARKETPLACE: Long-term car loans are lemons

  17-11-2017 17:07
  
  Car dealerships push longer-term loans as a way to make cars seem more affordable, but an undercover Marketplace investigation reveals some salespeople are either unable or unwilling to honestly explain to customers how those seemingly sweet deals could load them up with debt down the road.
  
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• 5 things to do this weekend – Friday, Nov. 17

  17-11-2017 17:05 via globalnews.ca
  Here are your five things to do this weekend for Friday, Nov. 17.
  
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• Daily Poll: Are double-decker buses a good idea for Metro Vancouver?

  17-11-2017 16:37 via vancouversun.com
  Beginning next week, TransLink is testing out two double-decker buses on three highway routes. So we’re asking do you think these buses, popular in Britain, are a good idea for Metro Vancouver?Take Our Poll 
   
  
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