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• Fly by Night – Ziptrek’s Twilight Tours     

  10-01-2018 23:58 via theprovince.com
  Many visitors to Whistler are familiar with Ziptrek’s zipline tours, but did you know there’s more than one way to experience this high-flying ride? During the winter, Ziptrek offers Twilight Tours, where guests can enjoy the added excitement of whizzing through sheer darkness.
  Twilight Tours take guests across six ziplines and eight treetop bridges located on Whistler and Blackcomb Mountains. With departures starting at 3 p.m., the Twilight Tour is a perfect evening activity after a
  
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• Penticton Vees’ Jonny Tychonick a diminutive delight … like Troy Stecher

  10-01-2018 23:57 via theprovince.com
  Vancouver Canucks fans will appreciate what Penticton Vees coach Fred Harbinson has to say about defenceman Jonny Tychonick.
  “He reminds me a lot of Troy when I had him here,” Harbinson explained of Tychonick, the Vees’ rearguard who’s starting to get some buzz for the 2018 NHL Entry Draft. “He’s not the biggest guy on the ice, but he sure plays big.
  “He’s got a great competitive drive. He’ll will his way through a play.”
  The “Tro
  
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• Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson will not seek re-election

  10-01-2018 23:47 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson has announced that he will not be seeking re-election in October’s municipal election.
  Robertson, a three-term mayor who first elected in 2008, said in a Facebook post that he is stepping aside to make space for new leaders.
  “I took time with family and friends over the holidays to reflect on my future and made this bittersweet choice. I love Vancouver and our amazing people. I love serving our city as Mayor,” he wrote.
  “When I finish my t
  
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• Tickets to see Michelle Obama speak in Vancouver sell out before going on sale to general public

  10-01-2018 23:45 via globalnews.ca
  All of the tickets were snapped by by board of trade members the morning they went on sale.
  
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• Skater Reynolds may give Japan a twirl after last hurrah at nationals

  10-01-2018 23:22 via theprovince.com
  Kevin Reynolds loves Japan. Japan, or at least its skating fans, love him right back.
  That connection could continue.
  Reynolds, the 27-year-old from Coquitlam who has been one of the faces of Canadian figure skating for the past decade, says this week’s Canadian championships at the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre at UBC will be his final nationals. He hopes to do enough there to qualify for the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics and make that his final competition before retiring.
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• B.C. golf star Adam Hadwin looks for early PGA Tour win in 2018

  10-01-2018 23:16 via theprovince.com
  Coming off a season filled with milestones, Adam Hadwin believes there is no reason he can’t return to his winning ways early in 2018.
  The Canadian golfer will play his second tournament of the year next week at the CareerBuilder Challenge in La Quinta, Calif., an event where he has found a lot of success. He finished runner-up there in 2017 on the heels of his record 13-under-par 59 during the third round, and was sixth in 2016.
  “You can’t go to a place where you played well a
  
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• Break and Enter Suspect Identified But No Arrests Yet

  10-01-2018 23:10 via globalnews.ca
  Nichole-Huntely's Glenmore home was broken into in late summer.It happened in the middle of the day, when no one was home.
  
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• Winter storm warning issued for parts of Fraser Valley

  10-01-2018 23:01 via vancouversun.com
  A winter storm warning has been issued for the eastern part of the Fraser Valley.
  Environment Canada says a colder air mass combined with the overriding moisture will create the potential for significant snowfall with the risk of freezing rain on Thursday in Chilliwack and Hope.
  “At the moment it’s not certain how far the Arctic front will push into the Fraser Valley, nor where the rain-snow boundary and the greatest risk for freezing rain will be on Thursday,” the federal
  
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• Stanley Park murder random, but premeditated: police

  10-01-2018 23:01
  Tyler Lagimodiere, 29, charged with first-degree murder in the death of 61-year-old Lubo Kunik
  
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• Giants land Koch in deal with Oil Kings on WHL trade deadline day

  10-01-2018 22:51 via theprovince.com
  You can argue that the Vancouver Giants should be better after the WHL trade deadline than they were before.
  The Giants became more seasoned in their own zone Monday when they brought in 20-year-old defenceman Brennan Riddle from the Lethbridge Hurricanes in exchange for 20-year-old winger Brad Morrison. The Vancouver blue-line corps is loaded with puck movers. Riddle gives the Giants a second veteran, stay-at-home type, along with fellow over-age Darian Skeoch.
  The Giants replaced Morrison in t
  
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• With the finish line in sight, Patrick Chan finds inspiration in change of scenery

  10-01-2018 22:48 via theprovince.com
  VANCOUVER — Patrick Chan has found inspiration in the natural beauty of Canada’s west coast.
  The three-time world figure skating champion had a rough start to his final season, finishing off the podium at Skate Canada International in October for the first time in eight years.
  The finish line of his illustrious career was in sight, but Chan was labouring. So he opted for a change of scenery, leaving coach Marina Zoueva and Canton, Mich., in November to move to Vancouver.
  “I fel
  
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• Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson announces he will not seek re-election

  10-01-2018 22:48
  He announced in a Facebook post Wednesday that he will step aside after a decade in the city's top office
  
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• UPDATE: Mayor Gregor Robertson announces he will not seek re-election

  10-01-2018 22:26
  
  Mayor Gregor Robertson will not seek re-election later this year. Robertson made the announcement on social media Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• Mayor Gregor Robertson announces he will not seek re-election

  10-01-2018 22:26
  
  Mayor Gregor Robertson will not seek re-election later this year. Robertson made the announcement on social media Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson announces he won’t seek re-election

  10-01-2018 22:23 via globalnews.ca
  In a Facebook post the mayor wrote it was “one of the hardest decisions” of his life.
  
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• 3 Vancouver police officers injured during training exercise

  10-01-2018 22:21 via globalnews.ca
  Three officers were transported to hospital following an equipment malfunction during a training exercise.
  
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• Baldrey: BC’s top doctors want NDP to back off from using liquor stores to sell pot

  10-01-2018 22:11 via globalnews.ca
  They are leading the charge against what is a widespread assumption that liquor stores will indeed be the primary outlet for the sales of cannabis once it becomes legal on July 1st.
  
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• Victoria police issue warning after woman was pricked by needle

  10-01-2018 21:57 via globalnews.ca
  Officers say a woman who was out walking her dog got pricked in the finger when she pulled away a paper bag her dog was grabbing.
  
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• This Just In: Sulwhasoo Concentrated Ginseng Renewing Cream Ex, Dans un Jardin Mirabella Foaming Bath and KIEHL'S Creamy Eye Treatment with Avocado

  10-01-2018 21:55 via vancouversun.com
  Sulwhasoo
  Concentrated Ginseng Renewing Cream Ex
  They say: The brand’s bestselling cream gets an upgrade in celebration of 50 years of ginseng research with the new “Ex” version. The formulation features Compound K and Ginsenoside Re to deliver both”physical anti-aging”  and “spiritual anti-aging.” Suitable for all skin types. 
  We say: If you’re looking for a rich face cream that doesn’t feel heavy on skin, this
  
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• Get Connected: Consumer Electronics Show

  10-01-2018 21:53 via globalnews.ca
  Mike Agerbo reports from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, previewing new gadgets like a foldable TV, countertop dishwasher and a scanner to detect rotten food.
  
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• B.C. landlords want to weed out pot smoking in rentals

  10-01-2018 21:08
  
  LandlordBC would like to see the province give landlords the ability to ban the recreational smoking and growing of marijuana in rental housing.
  
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• Man convicted in gang-related kidnapping gets sentenced reduced

  10-01-2018 21:01 via vancouversun.com
  A man convicted in a gang-related kidnapping in Vancouver has had his jail sentence reduced on appeal.
  Van Van Vu was found guilty of conspiracy to commit the November 2011 abduction of Eric Low, and kidnapping and assault causing bodily harm.
  In July 2015, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Barbara Fisher sentenced Vu to four years and eight months in prison.
  The B.C. Court of Appeal has reduced the sentence by about a month — 38 days — after finding that there was a mistake in calculating
  
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• Stanley Park murder charges

  10-01-2018 21:00 via globalnews.ca
  We’re learning more today about the person charged in what appears to have been a premeditated, random murder in Stanley Park last year. Nadia Stewart has more on what lead police to the arrest, and whether the case may be connected to other attacks in the park.
  
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• Child pricked by discarded needle at Victoria McDonald's restaurant

  10-01-2018 20:54 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Police are investigating after a three-year-old child was pricked by a syringe Monday at a McDonald’s restaurant in Victoria.
  The parents, who said they were responding to their crying child in the eatery in the 900-block of Pandora Avenue, saw an uncapped syringe, said Victoria police spokesman Const. Matt Rutherford.
  The child was taken to hospital and has since been released.
  Dr. Murray Fyfe, Island Health medical health officer, said the child will likely undergo blood
  
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• ‘There’s so much work to be done’: David Eby on money laundering in B.C. casinos

  10-01-2018 20:48 via globalnews.ca
  This is after the internal memo showed some of the highest rollers at the River Rock Casino in 2015 listed their occupation as “housewife” or “student.”
  
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• Protesters chaining themselves to trees as crews try to clear Surrey’s Hawthorne Park

  10-01-2018 20:48 via globalnews.ca
  Work in Hawthorne Park to clear land for a planned roadway was stopped as protesters started chaining themselves to trees and equipment.
  
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• Things to do in Metro Vancouver this week: SYML, The Dumpling King, We Hunt Buffalo, and more

  10-01-2018 20:45 via vancouversun.com
  Looking for something to do? Check out our list of concerts, plays and family activities happening around Metro Vancouver between Jan. 11-17.
  OUR PICKS:1. SYML
  Jan. 12, 8 p.m. | The Cultch
  Tickets and info: From $22.50, tickets.thecultch.com
  Extra points if you knew that this moniker of Seattle-based singer/songwriter Brian Fennell translates as the Welsh for “simple.” As a founding member of the indie rock band Barcelona, Fennell saw a fair bit of success with pop song placement in
  
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• NPA councillor lobbies for small business lifeline

  10-01-2018 20:45
  
  A small business retention program, targeted tax reductions and a small business council are part George Affleck’s plan to offer some reprieve to a small business sector.
  
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• Masked robbers steal marijuana from licensed grow-op in Abbotsford

  10-01-2018 20:45 via vancouversun.com
  Police are investigating after three masked men robbed a licensed marijuana grow-op in Abbotsford early Wednesday morning.
  The call reporting the home invasion in the 2200-block of Windsor Street came shortly before 4:30 a.m.
  A resident called the police to report that he and his teenage son were sleeping when three masked men brandishing firearms broke into their home, and tied them up. 
  Police say the men robbed the dad and son of an undisclosed amount of marijuana and their 2011 white Fo
  
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• Passenger threatened with scissors on Vancouver SkyTrain

  10-01-2018 20:41 via vancouversun.com
  Transit police are hoping the public can help identify a man who allegedly threatened a SkyTrain passenger with a pair of scissors.
  Police say a 24-year-old man was confronted by a scissor-wielding assailant after boarding an eastbound SkyTrain at Nanaimo station at around 3:15 p.m. on Dec. 7.
  Transit police released a photo of a man alleged to have threatened a SkyTrain passenger with scissors on Dec. 7.
  “He looked up to see a man standing over him, allegedly with a pair of scis
  
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• Suspect charged in Stanley Park murder known to police

  10-01-2018 20:38
  
  Tyler Lagimodiere, 29, faces first-degree murder charge in February 2017 stabbing.
  
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• Metro Vancouver home prices to jump in 2018, pushed by low inventory

  10-01-2018 20:35 via vancouversun.com
  Home prices in Metro Vancouver are expected to rise again in 2018, as “exceptionally” low inventory pushes up cost, according to Royal Lepage’s latest market forecast.
  The real estate agency’s survey, released Wednesday, says prices increased in the fourth quarter of 2017, and predicts prices will continue to go up by 5.2 per cent by the end of the year.
  The survey found that the aggregate home price in Greater Vancouver increased 8.2 per cent to $1,267,769 in the three m
  
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• Vancouver police say Stanley Park stabbing death was premeditated

  10-01-2018 20:29 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver police allege the stabbing death of a man on Vancouver’s Stanley Park seawall last February was premeditated.
  VPD Superintendent Mike Porteous spoke at a news conference in Vancouver on Wednesday to address why the suspect in the homicide of 61-year-old dog walker Lubomir Kunik has been charged with first-degree murder.
  Porteous said investigators know a specific motive for the killing, but are withholding the information because the case is before the courts.
  “I cannot spe
  
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• North Vancouver RCMP search for missing man

  10-01-2018 20:24 via vancouversun.com
  North Vancouver RCMP is investigating the disappearance of  20-year-old Andrew Jutte.
  Jutte, who had just recently moved to B.C. from Ontario, has not been heard from since he was last seen Sept. 8 on the North Shore.
  “Police and family are concerned about his well-being,” North Vancouver RCMP said in a release.
  Jutte, who was previously reported missing August, is described by police as a white male, 5-foot-5 and 125 pounds, with black hair and green eyes.
  Anyone with know
  
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• Vancouver homicide in Stanley Park was random and premeditated say police

  10-01-2018 20:20 via globalnews.ca
  "Mr. Lagimodiere and Mr. Kunik did not know each other and as far as the evidence that we have, they've never met before this incident."
  
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• Transit Police looking for suspect who allegedly threatened passenger with scissors

  10-01-2018 20:02 via globalnews.ca
  Transit Police say the suspect allegedly threatened the victim on Dec. 7.
  
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• Wine Guy: Sussing out the SoCal wine scene

  10-01-2018 20:00 via theprovince.com
  Travel over the holidays landed me in the sunny confines of Southern California, and as with any good vacation, along with the pleasures attained from hitting pause on the regular routine there came the joy of sleuthing out different and new wines.
  I wasn’t simply focusing on California wines, but rather trying to better suss the SoCal wine scene in general. Really, it’s always humbling — yet also inspiring — to realize just how diverse the world of wine really is, how wi
  
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• Art Napoleon spills the beans on Moosemeat & Marmalade

  10-01-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Moosemeat & Marmalade
  Jan. 18 (season premiere) | APTN
  Now in its third season, Moosemeat & Marmalade asks the question: What happens when a First Nations Canadian cook gets together with a British-born chef? The APTN show features Art Napoleon and Dan Hayes as they travel, share cooking tips and eat. We talked to Napoleon about the show’s longevity, how he learned to cook and hearing his voice dubbed in French:
  Q: When you first started, did you think the show would last this long
  
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• Armed home invasion in Abbotsford

  10-01-2018 19:54 via globalnews.ca
  A licensed residential marijuana grow op on Windsor Street in Abbotsford suffered a home invasion early Wednesday morning. Three armed and masked men tied up two residents before making off with an unknown amount of marijuana and a pickup truck which has since been recovered.
  
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• VPD reveals new details in Stanley Park murder case

  10-01-2018 19:40 via globalnews.ca
  Vancouver Police have charged Tyler Anthony Lagimodiere, 29, for the murder of Lubomir Kunik in Stanley Park on February 1, 2017
  
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• Nanaimo senior ‘no worse for wear’ after fighting off masked man, say Mounties

  10-01-2018 19:23 via globalnews.ca
  Mounties say the elderly lady suffered some bumps and bruises after a shoving match with a masked man in her home.
  
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• Heavy snow expected for Coquihalla, Sea to Sky, Highway 3 Wednesday

  10-01-2018 18:44 via globalnews.ca
  Environment Canada has issued a warning for several B.C. highways Wednesday night and into Thursday as heavy snow is expected to fall.
  
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• Enderby believes ride-hailing would help rural B.C.

  10-01-2018 18:30 via globalnews.ca
  Without taxi services and with limited public transportation, it can be challenging to travel around some rural B.C. communities.
  
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• Snowfall warnings posted for several B.C. highways

  10-01-2018 18:17 via vancouversun.com
  Drivers travelling on several B.C. highways are being urged to take caution because of snow. 
  Early Wednesday morning, Environment Canada posted special weather statements for several major routes, including Highway 3, and the Coquihalla and Sea to Sky highways.
  The federal weather agency says an approaching storm will move across southern B.C. on Thursday, bringing snow to many parts of the southwestern Interior and Kootenay regions, and highway mountain passes.
  Snow will begin overnight W
  
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• Toronto Blue Jays bring stars to Vancouver for winter tour

  10-01-2018 18:00 via theprovince.com
  The Toronto Blue Jays are flying west for the winter and will be touching down in Metro Vancouver as part of the baseball club’s annual cross-Canada promotional tour.
  Blue Jays pitchers Marco Estrada and Aaron Sanchez, All-Star first baseman Justin Smoak, and Canadian utility player Dalton Pompey will take part in a pair of public this weekend at Burnaby’s Gilmore Community School and the Vancouver Convention Centre (East Building).
  The visit is a homecoming of sorts for the 25-year-
  
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• How stressed is your skin?

  10-01-2018 18:00 via vancouversun.com
  How stressed is your skin? Well, you need only glance in the mirror to answer that.   
  “We wear our stress on our faces,” Dr. Mark Lupin of Cosmedica in Victoria, says. “And stress can wear us down, leading to a more tired look.” 
  Dr. Lupin says the overall effect of a prolonged period of stress, like the recent Christmas season, perhaps, or a single event such as buying or selling a home, can have similarly severe effects on the skin. 
  “Bey
  
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• Latest trends at Consumer Electronics Show

  10-01-2018 17:46 via globalnews.ca
  Tech expert Andy Baryer with a look at the latest gadgets from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
  
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• B.C. financial whistleblower wins 'civil courage' award

  10-01-2018 17:46
  Lawyer Alayne Fleischmann was nicknamed 'the $9-billion witness' for exposing large-scale fraud by her former employer JPMorgan Chase.
  
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• Daily Poll: Should faith-based hospitals that receive government funding be required to provide assisted dying?

  10-01-2018 17:37 via vancouversun.com
  The debate over whether faith-based hospitals that are tax-payer funded should be allowed to opt out of assisted dying practices has been reignited. According to a Canadian Press report, a man being transferred last spring from St. Paul’s Hospital  in Vancouver was at risk of losing his capacity to consent to an assisted death. The man requested assistance on a Saturday but the paperwork was not filled out until four days later. According to the report, when the man arrived at Vancouv
  
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• Is taxi industry influencing the future of ride-sharing?

  10-01-2018 17:21 via globalnews.ca
  SFU political scientist David Moscrop on the influence of taxi company donations to BC political parties.
  
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