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• ‘A big sense of relief’: Global BC anchor on vacation in Hawaii talks false missile alert 

  13-01-2018 22:43 via globalnews.ca
  "Everybody is hugging each other, there are lots of 'Alohas.' There's a big sense of relief."
  
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• UBC psychologist steps aside from teaching as practice placed under supervision

  13-01-2018 22:26 via vancouversun.com
  A UBC professor known for his work on lie detection has been reprimanded by the College of Psychologists of British Columbia and has stepped aside from his teaching duties.
  In an online notice posted on Dec. 29, the college said Stephen Porter had consented to having his practice put under regulatory supervision for 18 months, with a “particular focus” on boundary issues, sexual harassment and power differentials.
  Although the notice did not provide details of what led to the or
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Identification of Maple Ridge murder victim confirmed

  13-01-2018 21:30 via vancouversun.com
  I have tried to get more information on the murders that happened around Christmas when I was off. There wasn’t much of an update from the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team about the Dec. 22 Gavinder Grewal murder in North Vancouver. 
  Cpl. David Lee said investigators have still not determined if Grewal’s death was linked to his involvement in gangs and the drug trade. His body was found in a rented suite in the 1500-block of Fern Street about 8:30 p.m. on the Friday before
  
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• Gardenworks: Staghorn Fern

  13-01-2018 19:43 via globalnews.ca
  Leanne from Gardenworks shows us why the staghorn fern is the must-have indoor plant for your home.
  
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• Elevate Challenge 2018

  13-01-2018 19:43 via globalnews.ca
  Registered Dietician Desiree Nielsen is back for week three of our Elevate 2018 challenge. Today she tells us how and why we should be reaching our daily protein goals.
  
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• Saturday Chef

  13-01-2018 19:40 via globalnews.ca
  Ocean Wise Executive Chef, Ned Bell, is in the kitchen ahead of the Ocean Wise Pop-up café with his recipe for a torched tuna tataki salad.
  
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• Prepping for Peru 

  13-01-2018 18:00 via theprovince.com
  Reader Mary Charleson writes about her preparations to go to Peru with two friends. Written a week before they left this article is about the preparation phase. Later this month we’ll publish her “after” report reflecting as much on the experience as the adequate (or not) preparation!I’ll readily admit I had little knowledge of what would be involved when I eagerly said “sure, let’s do it” to visiting Machu Picchu, over one too many glasses of
  
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• Put it in words: How writing and reading by women influenced art in the '70s

  13-01-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  While it may be true that you can’t judge a book by its cover, many of the covers in the Rereading Room are at least visually interesting enough to persuade you to pick them up.
  Some will probably even trigger memories of having read them before.
  One of the most recognizable is the objectified torso of a women hanging from a bar on the front of Germaine Greer’s The Female Eunuch, a standard book in many university political science and sociology classes in the 1970s.
  There are paperb
  
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• BC couple will sell oceanfront house for bitcoin – but how many?

  13-01-2018 17:00
  
  Luxury Qualicum Beach house listed for $2.78 million, or equivalent in the cryptocurrency
  
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• Location influences Semiah's look, inside and out

  13-01-2018 15:35 via vancouversun.com
  Marcon Developments is making the most of the location of its new mid-rise residential tower in White Rock. The architecture of the 14-storey Semiah was influenced by the view of Semiahmoo Bay, while beach sand, driftwood, sand dollars and seagulls inspired the interior design.
  Semiah will have only 88 residences, and combined with plans for spacious interiors, offer a boutique feel, says Nic Paolella, Marcon’s director of development.
  “We focused on creating good, livable homes, whi
  
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• Large Burnaby home rich with impressive extras

  13-01-2018 15:28 via vancouversun.com
  A snapshot of recent residential real estate activity in Metro Vancouver
  6460 Aubrey Street, Burnaby
  Type: Eight-bedroom, seven-bathroom detached
  Size: 4,843 sq. ft.
  B.C. Assessment: $3,075,000
  Listed for: $2,945,000
  Sold for: $2,650,000
  Sold on: Dec. 3
  Days on market: 25
  Listing agent: Sophia Gee at ReMax Central and Brian Vidas at Sutton Centre Realty
  Buyers agent: Diane Morris at HomeLife Benchmark Realty
  The big sell: This 2016 home exudes West Coast style with an exterior that combines
  
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• The Home Front: Designs on workplace happiness

  13-01-2018 14:57 via vancouversun.com
  When it comes to office design, some companies are going way further than ping-pong tables and beer fridge gimmicks to attract and retain employees, and are now investing in design that improves the happiness and productivity of their workers, says designer Amber Kingsnorth of Mak Interiors.
  Mak Interiors recently completed the new office design for Gastown digital marketing agency WiderFunnel, which specializes in “conversion rate optimization”  — or getting more people t
  
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• City engineering department gets its very own artist in residence

  13-01-2018 13:55
  
  "I’m sure I’m not alone in being curious about the often-hidden workings of the urban and natural environments," says Germaine Koh.
  
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• Canucks snap 5-game losing streak against the Columbus Blue Jackets

  13-01-2018 12:41 via globalnews.ca
  Vancouver came away with a much-needed win after defeating the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-2 Friday night.
  
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• UBC psychologist’s practice placed under regulatory supervision

  13-01-2018 12:30 via globalnews.ca
  A professor at UBC has had his practice put under regulatory supervision.
  
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• Fuelled by fentanyl crisis, St. Paul's unique rapid-treatment centre sees a five-fold increase in visitors in first year

  13-01-2018 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  When she was mired in a seemingly endless drug addiction, Phyliss Sauvé couldn’t slog her way through the health care and social services systems that were intended to help her.
  It was nearly impossible to make or keep appointments with doctors, drug counsellors and social workers when she had no home, no phone, no car. “You don’t see any way out, and I would get frustrated, so I would just keep doing what I was doing.”
  Today, after five years of sobriety, she
  
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• The Provies: The Gud train, the Gun train, the R-word and the Holland situation

  13-01-2018 07:39 via theprovince.com
  BEST LEGEND
  The Travis Green meeting mythology just peaked.
  If you’ve been following the Canucks this season, and who wouldn’t be, you know several surprisingly positive moments players have had were preceded by mini-summits with their head coach.
  Remember when Loui Eriksson put up 10 points in 10 games?
  Actually, no.
  But it happened. And right before it, so did a meeting with Green.
  So you couldn’t help but wonder watching Gudbranson have one of his best games of the season.
  H
  
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• Kelowna Rockets improve on record with win against Seattle Thunderbirds

  13-01-2018 07:28 via globalnews.ca
  The Kelowna Rockets out shot, out scored and outplayed the Seattle Thunderbirds Friday night in Kent, Wash. The Rockets won 6-2 over the Thunderbirds, improving their record to 27-12-2-1 and remain on top in the B.C. Division of the WHL.
  
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• Editorial: A ban on foreign buyers is a bad idea

  13-01-2018 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  Green Party Leader Andrew Weaver is calling for a ban on foreign buyers investing in B.C. real estate. He says the move is necessary to curb the demand side of the market and make home ownership a reality for more people.
  The idea has appeal for many who have been shut out of the Vancouver housing market as foreign buyers disconnected real estate prices from local incomes. Vancouver’s median income grew only 5.2 per cent from 2010 to 2015 adjusted for inflation while real estate prices soa
  
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• Global News Hour at 6: Jan 12

  13-01-2018 05:25 via globalnews.ca
  Watch Global News Hour at 6 with Chris Gailus and Sophie Lui for Friday, January 12, 2018.
  
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• Vancouver Police Department adds to its ranks

  13-01-2018 05:00
  
  Fifteen new officers were sworn in Friday morning.
  
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• Opinion: The missing link between overdose crisis and drug policy

  13-01-2018 05:00 via vancouversun.com
  “I just learned that my cousin overdosed at a friend’s party. His friends were afraid of calling 911 and left him alone. He was eventually brought to the hospital but remained in a coma and died the following day.” Biting her lips, my patient told me this painful news while seeing me in the clinic. I thought I wouldn’t be hearing these kinds of tragedies again after the Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act came into legislation last year. Her story not only broke my heart, bu
  
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• Opinion: Improve planning, build more to resolve affordability issue

  13-01-2018 05:00 via vancouversun.com
  As 2018 rolls in, so too do the many predictions for the new year when it comes to issues of extreme importance to British Columbians — including real estate prices and housing affordability. From dinner parties to coffee shops and always in the media, there is plenty of talk about prices, housing strategies, action plans and new taxes.
  But if the last few years are an indication, making accurate predictions is a risky endeavour — especially when so many people, industry groups and g
  
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• Opinion: B.C.'s Mental Health Act is about treating mental illness

  13-01-2018 05:00 via vancouversun.com
  A response to Improving B.C.’s Mental Health Act is about respecting rights, Opinion, Jan. 2, by Mark Itengar.
  The purpose of the B.C. Mental Health Act is to help ill people receive the medical treatment they need and deserve so that they can regain their health. 
  Many people with schizophrenia and other mental illnesses resist hospitalization and treatment because they do not believe that there is anything wrong with them. Core features of brain illness — delusions, hallucinat
  
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• Letters: Editorial on meat tax sets record straight

  13-01-2018 05:00 via vancouversun.com
  I was so pleased to see your editorial where you replied to the misleading article by PETA concerning the use of meat, fish and dairy products. Although PETA does perform important services, it isn’t a body of nutritionists.
  Although consuming too much meat can cause many of the health issues they discussed, lack of milk, fish and dairy can also cause serious health problems, which can only be addressed by supplementation to a degree, and not as well as the food they replace.
  Most serious
  
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• Editorial: Gregor Robertson changed the city with his vision

  13-01-2018 05:00 via vancouversun.com
  Long before Canada embraced a youthful, handsome, selfie-solicitous, sunny-ways prime minister, Vancouver had elected a photogenic, two-wheeling, happy planet politician who vowed to lead the city to a greener sustainable future. And he did.
  Mayor Gregor Robertson led his Vision Vancouver party to three consecutive election victories — 2008, 2011 and 2014 — and will become the city’s longest serving mayor by the time he bows out. And that time has come: Robertson announced this
  
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• Monster trucks roll into the Okanagan

  13-01-2018 04:49 via globalnews.ca
  Prospera Place was preparing for a monster truck show but the trucks failed to show up on time for rehearsals. Travis Lowe learned that even monster trucks aren’t invincible.
  
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• Councillor calls for review to protect Vancouver’s ‘heart and soul’ small businesses

  13-01-2018 04:35 via globalnews.ca
  "We're seeing the heart and soul of a lot of communities across the city losing those basic things that they need."
  
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• Why parts of the Fraser Valley were pounded with freezing rain this week

  13-01-2018 04:30 via globalnews.ca
  Standing in the rain didn't exactly make for a pleasant time in the Fraser Valley this week.
  
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• Canucks 5, Blue Jackets 2: Discovering winning in Columbus, with luck

  13-01-2018 04:14 via theprovince.com
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — There was nothing wrong with the Vancouver Canucks’ offence that some luck couldn’t fix on Friday.
  The Canucks got a month’s worth of puck luck all in one period, riding a wave of good fortune to a 5-2 NHL win against the Columbus Blue Jackets.
  This is what we learned:
  Canucks get several gifts from hockey gods
  The first Canucks’ goal went in after the puck was deflected multiple times.
  Another one came from their stay-at-home defenceman. Another we
  
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• Modular housing program for Surrey gets mixed reviews

  13-01-2018 04:13 via globalnews.ca
  A program to bring modular housing to Surrey, where a huge tent city has become ground zero for Metro Vancouver’s homeless crisis, is getting mixed reviews. Jennifer Palma reports.
  
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• Drone drops drugs in Abbotsford prison

  13-01-2018 04:13 via globalnews.ca
  Like something out of a movie, a drone was used to drop thousands of dollars worth of drugs over a prison wall in Abbotsford. John Hua reports.
  
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• BC Evening Weather Forecast: Jan 12

  13-01-2018 04:13 via globalnews.ca
  The Friday, January 12, 2018 evening weather forecast for Vancouver, British Columbia and the surrounding area.
  
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• Robson Street pot vendors raising concerns

  13-01-2018 04:12 via globalnews.ca
  The growing number of unlicensed cannabis vendors plying their trade along a section of Robson Street in downtown Vancouver is raising concerns. Aaron McArthur reports on why it’s allowed, and what, if anything, the city plans to do about it.
  
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• Marijuana expo opens in Vancouver

  13-01-2018 04:09 via globalnews.ca
  With the legalization of marijuana on the horizon, Canada’s largest pot trade show opening in Vancouver this weekend is taking on a decidedly bullish tone. Linda Aylesworth reports.
  
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• Man shot dead in Maple Ridge was connected to Hells Angels

  13-01-2018 04:00 via vancouversun.com
  A young man shot to death in Maple Ridge last month is the son of one Hells Angel and the great-nephew of another, Postmedia has learned.
  Manricco “Ricco” Sansalone, 26, died from gunshot wounds on Dec. 22, after making his way to Ridge Meadows hospital from nearby Kin Park, where the shooting is believed to have occurred at about 6 a.m.The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team said at the time that the victim was known to police, but did not release his name or other details about
  
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• Dan Fumano: All sides of affordability debate await next month's provincial budget

  13-01-2018 03:16 via vancouversun.com
  Everyone with an interest in housing affordability in B.C. — which is to say, quite a few people — is keenly awaiting next month’s provincial budget.
  Among them is Andy Yan, director of Simon Fraser University’s City Program, who has spent years studying foreign property ownership in Vancouver, a subject he says has “generated more heat than light” in recent years.
  Urban planners like Yan have complained for years about a lack of clear information on the
  
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• Avalanche rescue dogs training in Revelstoke

  13-01-2018 02:53 via globalnews.ca
  Skiers and snowboarders in Revelstoke were treated to a unique sight this week.
  
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• Man who died in Okanagan Falls mobile home fire identified

  13-01-2018 02:41 via globalnews.ca
  A father of five and long-time resident of Okanagan Falls has perished in a mobile home fire. Shelby Thom reports.
  
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• Crown gets green light to prosecute Greek shipping company in English Bay fuel spill

  13-01-2018 02:34 via globalnews.ca
  The charges followed a Transport Canada investigation into the MV Marathassa, which leaked 2,700 litres of bunker fuel in April 2015.
  
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• Just one-third of ‘social housing’ at 58 West Hastings Street to be guaranteed at welfare rates

  13-01-2018 02:31 via globalnews.ca
  Gregor Robertson in 2016: "We’re going to be putting pressure on the B.C. and federal government to commit to making sure that all of those rooms can be a shelter welfare rates.”
  
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• 11-year-old struck by car in Saanich suffers brain damage, requires spinal surgery: Mom

  13-01-2018 01:50 via globalnews.ca
  Her mother hopes that she'll give some kind of sign when she wakes up.
  
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• Trump's 'countries that are like dirty toilets' remark disappoints but doesn't surprise

  13-01-2018 01:47 via vancouversun.com
  Wow, the president of the United States just called your native country a poo pit, how’s that feel?
  Given this president, not shocking, not surprising, but disappointing, said Daniel Mekonnen.
  “He is not supposed to be like this as president of the U.S.A,” Mekonnen, a native Ethiopian, said inside his Commercial Drive restaurant, Harambe.
  “(Donald Trump) likes to be controversial, but this guy is acting like a dictator. I follow politics back in Ethiopia because it’
  
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• New passenger record at Kelowna’s airport

  13-01-2018 01:46 via globalnews.ca
  The number of passengers at Kelowna International Airport is taking off.
  Almost 1.9 million people were through the doors last year, setting a new record every month.
  
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• City of Victoria bans single-use plastic bags

  13-01-2018 01:39 via globalnews.ca
  Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps says she'd like to see the entire province adopt the ban.
  
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• Province moves to rename soggy, record-setting Henderson Lake at request of First Nation

  13-01-2018 01:20 via vancouversun.com
  Bit by bit, First Nations are putting their mark on the map of British Columbia.
  In 2009, the B.C. government reached a landmark agreement with the Haida to rename the Queen Charlotte Islands as Haida Gwaii, meaning Islands of the People.
  Today, only a few months after the election of an NDP government committed to reconciliation, First Nations are lining up before the Geographical Names Office to submit more of their names for official recognition.
  One of those involves a request by Vancou
  
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• Sounds of construction reverberate through small Okanagan community

  13-01-2018 01:09 via globalnews.ca
  There were just over 40 residential housing starts last year in Enderby. In 2016, there were five.
  
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• Healthy, re-signed Sanchez visits Vancouver to pump up his Blue Jays

  13-01-2018 00:17 via theprovince.com
  Aaron Sanchez has a new contract and the same old feelings about the New York Yankees.
  The right-handed pitcher is in the Lower Mainland this weekend, as part of the Toronto Blue Jays’ Winter Tour, and during a Friday visit with the media at Gilmore Community School in Burnaby Sanchez confirmed he had come to an agreement with the club.
  Reports have Sanchez reaching a one-year, $2.7 million contract to avoid arbitration on Friday.
  The signing was one of several topics touched on by Sanchez
  
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