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• Thousands brave wind and rain in downtown Vancouver for women's march

  20-01-2018 23:43 via vancouversun.com
  Thousands gathered downtown Vancouver Saturday for the Women’s March 2018.
  In Vancouver, the event is organized by March On Vancouver, and it is one of hundreds of similar rallies being held around the world to empower women. It also marks one year since the historic Jan. 21 Women’s March in Washington to protest Donald Trump’s inauguration as U.S. president.
  The Vancouver march began at Jack Poole Plaza at 10 a.m. More than 2,000 women and supporters attended in the downpour,
  
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• Premier John Horgan departs for 10-day Asian trade mission

  20-01-2018 23:34 via globalnews.ca
  The 10-day tour will involve trade talks in China, South Korea and Japan.
  
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• Fatal shooting in Abbotsford, B.C., believed to be targeted: police

  20-01-2018 23:16
  Homicide investigators identified the shooting victim as 24-year-old Lovepreet 'Jason' Dhaliwal.
  
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• What Tom Petty's death says about Vancouver's overdose crisis

  20-01-2018 23:09
  
  Singer’s family says many who overdose begin with trying to deal with a legitimate injury.
  
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• Enderby mayor: Ride-hailing services could provide big benefit to small cities

  20-01-2018 23:00 via vancouversun.com
  For Enderby residents without a car, a doctor’s appointment in Salmon Arm, where many medical services are located, can take a full day.
  A B.C. Transit bus departs the northern Okanagan city of 3,000 once a week on Wednesday mornings and doesn’t return until afternoon. A 20-minute car ride and a 15-minute appointment can easily turn into an eight-hour excursion, said Enderby Mayor Greg McCune.
  “It can be hard to get an appointment on a Wednesday — and afterward, you&rsquo
  
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• Vancouver police holding open call for witnesses to double fatal shooting

  20-01-2018 22:57 via globalnews.ca
  If you near Broadway and Ontario Street last Saturday night, Vancouver police want to speak with you today.
  
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• Thousands brave wind and rain to in downtown Vancouver for women's march

  20-01-2018 22:15 via vancouversun.com
  Thousands have gathered downtown Vancouver Saturday for the Women’s March 2018.
  In Vancouver, the event is organized by March On Vancouver, and it is one of hundreds of similar rallies being held around the world to empower women. It also marks one year since the historic Jan. 21 Women’s March in Washington to protest Donald Trump’s inauguration as U.S. president.
  The Vancouver march began at Jack Poole Plaza at 10 a.m. More than 2,000 women and supporters attended in the downp
  
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• Mike Smyth: B.C. Liberal leadership fight enters the final rounds with Watts pushing unbeaten record

  20-01-2018 22:05 via theprovince.com
  Dianne Watts jumped into the B.C. Liberal party leadership race with several advantages over her rivals.
  She enjoyed lofty public profile as the popular former mayor of Surrey and as a Conservative MP. She consistently topped opinion polls as the best choice to replace Christy Clark as new Liberal leader.
  And, most of all, she knew how to win, having never lost an election at the municipal or federal levels — a key attribute for a defeated provincial party looking to regain power.
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• Gusts up to 100 km/h anticipated as wind warning issued for Metro Vancouver

  20-01-2018 21:50 via vancouversun.com
  A wind warning is in effect for Metro Vancouver and Vancouver Island, with gusts of up to 100 km/h expected in some areas.
  Environment Canada posted the warning Saturday, saying southeast winds up to 80 km/h will develop late in the afternoon over the Sunshine Coast and East Vancouver Island, then spread to Metro Vancouver, the Gulf Islands and Victoria overnight.
  The federal weather agency says southerly winds up to 100 km/h will develop over western Vancouver Island overnight.
  The winds are ex
  
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• Pacific Coliseum greets dawn of next half-century without marquee tenant

  20-01-2018 21:17 via vancouversun.com
  The Pacific Coliseum has had a storied first 50 years, but its prospects in the decades ahead without a marquee sports tenant and with increased competition from new arenas is unclear.
  As a sports palace, the arena saw two Canucks Stanley Cup runs, a 2007 Memorial Cup win by the Vancouver Giants and golden glory for Canadian figure skaters and short-track speed skaters in the 2010 Olympics.
  The Giants – its last anchor team –  departed in 2016, however, leaving Pacific Coliseum
  
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• B.C. figure skater heading to Winter Olympics thanks to total stranger

  20-01-2018 21:06 via globalnews.ca
  "My first inclination was to throw $100 at her and wish her good luck. Then I started thinking, there's only one way to do something: do it right."
  
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• Pacific Coliseum at 50: The Rink on Renfrew in photos

  20-01-2018 21:00 via vancouversun.com
  It isn’t as big as B.C. Place or as flashy as Rogers Arena. But the Pacific Coliseum will always hold a special place in the hearts of Vancouver sports and music fans.
  After all, it was the first home of the Canucks’ NHL franchise, and a beloved concert venue where Jimi Hendrix, the Rolling Stones and David Bowie all appeared.
  It has also been quite versatile. Over the years the Coliseum has featured in movies like Best in Show, Slam Dunk Earnest and Miracle on Ice. It’s hosted
  
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• Seattle Thunderbirds blast past the Kelowna Rockets 7-2

  20-01-2018 20:55 via globalnews.ca
  The Seattle Thunderbirds defeated the Kelowna Rockets 7-2 on Friday night at the ShoWare Center in Kent, WA.
  
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• Open House – Kitchen Hacks

  20-01-2018 20:08 via globalnews.ca
  From softening your butter to ripen avocados – Kaitlyn Herbst has some nifty kitchen hacks.
  
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• Chef Jeff Koop’s Southern-Style Side Dish Recipes

  20-01-2018 20:08 via globalnews.ca
  Chef Jeff Koop from Mamie Taylor’s is in the kitchen with some southern-style side dish recipes.
  
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• LIVE — Thousands gather at rally in downtown Vancouver for women's march

  20-01-2018 20:07 via vancouversun.com
  Thousands have gathered downtown Vancouver Saturday for the Women’s March 2018.
  In Vancouver, the event is organized by March On Vancouver, and it is one of hundreds of similar rallies being held around the world to empower women. It also marks one year since the historic Jan. 21 Women’s March in Washington to protest Donald Trump’s inauguration as U.S. president.
  The Vancouver march began at Jack Poole Plaza at 10 a.m. An estimated 2,000 women and supporters attended in the do
  
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• Gardenworks: Surrounding Yourself With Plants

  20-01-2018 20:05 via globalnews.ca
  Scott from GardenWorks shows you some decorative ways to surround yourself with plants.
  
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• Meet the Chef: Adrian Beaty has a taste for local ingredients

  20-01-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Chef Adrian Beaty has taken the road less travelled, a road that eventually led to a farm. Since moving on from restaurant cooking, Beaty is catering farm events and parties, teaching and sourcing unique local ingredients.
  Q: What motivates and inspires you as a chef?
  A: My biggest inspiration comes from meeting and talking to producers. It’s their dedication and love of what they produce that motivates me. It really makes me focus on the ingredient, allowing it to shine!
  Q: How would you
  
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• Makeover: A lighter look for the colder days

  20-01-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Margot Watt is a 34-year-0ld event planner and wanted to lighten up her colour for the winter season. 
  Margot has medium textured, natural curly hair. She hasn’t coloured her hair in almost 15 years and wanted to incorporate natural looking highlights to brighten her overall colour. I opted for foil colour placement in her hair, which is a blend of fine weave foils around the face with hair painted ribbons throughout the rest of the hair. I used a high lifting colour formula to create
  
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• B.C.-made log car sold at auction three times for a total of $350K

  20-01-2018 19:24 via globalnews.ca
  Proceeds from the sales will go to several veterans groups in the U.S. and Canada, including the Royal Canadian Legion.
  
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• Winnipeg man arrested in connection to August homicide

  20-01-2018 18:04 via globalnews.ca
  Winnipeg Police have arrested a third man in connection with a homicide from August 2017.
  
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• Chilliwack trustee Barry Neufeld rejects government's call for resignation

  20-01-2018 17:54 via vancouversun.com
  Chilliwack school trustee Barry Neufeld says he won’t bow to pressure after B.C.’s education minister and the school board called for his resignation over controversial “child abuse” remarks he made about transgender students.
  Evelyn Novak, the Chilliwack superintendent of schools, said in a statement that the board called for Neufeld to resign because of a loss in confidence in his ability to effectively perform the duties of a trustee.
  She said groups in the commun
  
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• This Week in History, 1966: LSD and marijuana hit Vancouver, police freak out

  20-01-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  On Jan. 17, 1966, The Vancouver Sun published a small story with an alarming headline, “Man Goes Berserk While Using Drug.”
  LSD had hit the city.
  “Police said they found the man, clad only in his pants, running around the 1600-block Yew shortly after 3 a.m., screaming that he was God,” said the story.
  “The man, aged 36, was frothing at the mouth, had a wild-eyed appearance and was completely devoid of reason, police said.
  “Police checked the man’s apartm
  
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• This $2.88M Steveston house has a hidden history

  20-01-2018 16:27
  
  Contemporary family home for sale was once the home of something very different
  
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• Comics stump for votes to decide 'Vancouver’s Next Top Mayor’

  20-01-2018 16:00
  
  If nothing else, a good comic knows to strike when the iron is hot. Graham Clark will capitalize on that point Jan. 27 when he rolls out his latest comedy show, Vancouver’s Next Top Mayor.
  
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• Sold (Bought): Surrey townhome close to schools, shops and transit

  20-01-2018 15:47 via vancouversun.com
  A snapshot of recent residential real estate activity in Metro Vancouver 
  24 — 6110 138 Street, Surrey
  Type: Three-bedroom, three-bathroom townhouse
  Size: 2,006 sq. ft.
  B.C. Assessment: $576,000
  Listed for: $629,000
  Sold for: $627,500
  Sold on: Nov. 11
  Days on market: 26
  Listing agent: Owen Bigland at Macdonald Realty Westmar
  Buyers agent: Lindy Leclair at Macdonald Realty
  The big sell: Listing agent Owen Bigland reports that his clients were looking for a larger home with a backy
  
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• The Home Front: Emerging and established lighting design talent in Vancouver

  20-01-2018 15:35 via vancouversun.com
  Becoming a full-time lighting designer and manufacturer wasn’t something Dan Emery of Vancouver-based East Van Light ever planned on, but sometimes hobbies we’re passionate about become much more than that.
  Emery says that while living in Montreal, along with a successful career in film and television production, he spent 10 years flipping homes, purchasing rundown apartments and duplexes, gutting them “to the beams” and completely revitalizing them into fresh new sp
  
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• Customs House takes an iconic location on Victoria's Inner Harbour

  20-01-2018 15:01 via vancouversun.com
  Redesigning a building that sits alongside the Empress Hotel and the B.C. legislature — the “grand dames” of Victoria’s Inner Harbour — could be an intimidating exercise for any architect, even one as experienced as Paul Merrick.
  The renowned B.C. architect, whose honour-winning heritage projects range eclectically from the Orpheum Theatre and Pennsylvania Hotel in Vancouver to Victoria’s St. Ann’s Academy, knew there would be high expectations in an est
  
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• Healing Miss Daisy: VOKRA says declawed cat’s behaviour shows why practice should be banned

  20-01-2018 14:00
  
  Refusal to use kitter litter and biting can be traced back to being declawed, Vancouver cat organization says of its newest charge.
  
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• Canucks Game Day: Can visitors foil the Oil, pass them in standings?

  20-01-2018 14:00 via theprovince.com
  The Vancouver Canucks return to work tonight after a five-day break. And, it should be noted, on the heels of a 3-2 overtime win against the Wild in Minnesota. The Canucks (18-21-6, 42 points) face the Oilers at 7 p.m. in Edmonton, a team only one point ahead of them (20-23-3, 43 points). The game is at Edmonton’s Rogers Place (CBC, SNET 650 AM):
  Defenceman Chris Tanev of the Vancouver Canucks will be counted on tonight to keep tabs on Connor McDavid of the Edmonton Oilers.
  THE BIG MATCHUP
  
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• Wilkinson and de Jong strike deal to support each other in Liberal leadership race

  20-01-2018 13:00 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — B.C. Liberal leadership candidates Andrew Wilkinson and Mike de Jong have reached a deal to encourage their supporters to make each other their second ballot choices in the party’s leadership race.
  The agreement is the first in what’s expected to be a flurry of negotiations among contenders to try to lock up second, third and even fourth choices on the preferential ballots, in the likely event none of the six candidates wins a majority of first-choice votes on the in
  
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• Jack Poole Plaza to host weekend ‘March on Vancouver’

  20-01-2018 12:13 via globalnews.ca
  An organizer says the march is about encouraging women and speaking out against sexual assault.
  
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• Giants fall to Royals in shoot-out in possible playoff preview

  20-01-2018 09:03 via theprovince.com
  January 19 Vancouver Giants vs Victoria Royals Highlights: https://t.co/9NCLJjFjpf via @YouTube
  — Vancouver Giants (@WHLGiants) January 20, 2018Here’s what we learned from the Vancouver Giants’ 4-3 shoot-out loss to the Victoria Royals on Friday at the Langley Events Centre.
  *Vancouver fans can hang their hat on the fact the Giants probably deserved a better fate, since they had the majority of play through regulation and overtime, outshooting the Royals 43-25 in that time.
  Sin
  
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• REAL SCOOP: The violence continues with Abbotsford murder

  20-01-2018 08:46 via vancouversun.com
  The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team is on the scene of a fatal shooting in Abbotsford tonight.
  A young man in his 20s, involved in the gang conflict according to my sources, was killed in the 3500-block of Promontory Court.
  The victim was found in a vehicle, right near police cameras set up on the street after a rash of gang shootings in the same area in 2015.
  One of those shootings led to the death of innocent 74-year-old bystander Ping Shun Au, who lived next door to the house targ
  
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• Chilliwack trustee Barry Neufeld says he ‘must remain on the board’ to ‘protect impressionable children’

  20-01-2018 07:10 via globalnews.ca
  In a statement, Neufeld says he believes children will be confused and harmed.
  
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• Man dies after targeted shooting in Abbotsford

  20-01-2018 06:37 via vancouversun.com
  A male in his mid-20s is dead following a Friday night shooting in Abbotsford.
  At 6:30 p.m., Abbotsford police responded to multiple 911 calls reporting shots fired in the 3500-block of Promontory Court, according to a news release.Police said they arrived to find a man in a van suffering from a gunshot wound in what appears to be a targeted incident. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.
  The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has been called in to take over the investigation.
  An
  
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• 1 dead following Abbotsford shooting

  20-01-2018 06:16 via globalnews.ca
  A man in his mid-20s was pronounced dead at the scene.
  
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• Global News Hour at 6: Jan 19

  20-01-2018 05:33 via globalnews.ca
  Watch Global News Hour at 6 with Chris Gailus and Sophie Lui for Friday, January 19, 2018.
  
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• Hollywood North: Prince Harry, Meghan Markle Lifetime movie set to film in Vancouver

  20-01-2018 05:23 via vancouversun.com
  Cable network Lifetime is set to film a movie about the love story of Prince Harry and Canadian Meghan Markle in Vancouver.
  The movie, which will shoot from Feb. 13 to March 9, according to a Directors Guild of Canada production list, is titled Harry & Meghan: A Royal Love Story.
  That’s just silly. How is it not called When Harry Met Meghan?
  That wasted opportunity aside, Harry & Meghan really is the ideal Lifetime movie: it’s about a prince who falls in love. And Vancou
  
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• Opinion: Horse and carriage critics short on facts, devalue operators

  20-01-2018 05:00 via vancouversun.com
  After almost 10 years working in the Victoria horse and carriage industry, I know its operators are caring, compassionate and completely committed to the health and well-being of their animals.
  So it saddens me when false statements are made on radio, in print, internet and over social media claiming the industry should be closed. In fact it’s because I love horses and care for their health that I say the industry really needs your support.
  It’s a different model from the one most do
  
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• Editorial: Mobility pricing another tax grab

  20-01-2018 05:00 via vancouversun.com
  Most everyone can agree that traffic congestion is a problem in Metro Vancouver. There is also a broad consensus that more public transit is desirable. Approaches to address these issues, however, could not be more contentious.
  The report from the Mobility Pricing Independent Commission released this week has proposed two options: congestion point tolls and charges based on kilometres driven. The first would charge drivers at busy locations and choke points like bridges and tunnels. The second w
  
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• An illegal open pot market thrives in downtown Vancouver, as B.C. seizes $40K in whiskey

  20-01-2018 04:51 via globalnews.ca
  Pot and pot products are being sold openly on Robson Street in downtown Vancouver.
  
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• Bit by Bitcoin: tax scammers using cryptocurrency prompt warning from North Vancouver RCMP

  20-01-2018 04:42 via vancouversun.com
  You cannot pay your taxes with Bitcoin, say North Vancouver Mounties.
  The cryptocurrency may be making great leaps forward in value — one Bitcoin currently equals about $14,730 Canadian — but the Canada Revenue Agency would still prefer you pay in regular reserve currency.  
  It’s a lesson one North Vancouver resident learned the hard way, after losing $3,000 in a telephone tax scam. 
  According to police, on Jan. 18, the victim received a phone call from a man all
  
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• Maple Ridge street to be renamed 'Jim Robson Way' in honour of legendary Canucks broadcaster

  20-01-2018 04:25 via vancouversun.com
  The City of Maple Ridge will be renaming a section of 105th Avenue in honour of legendary Canucks announcer Jim Robson.
  On Saturday, Jan. 27, the Ridge Meadows Minor Hockey Association (RMMHA) will celebrate its 50th anniversary. As part of the event, the section of 105th Avenue that leads to Planet Ice and the Albion Fairgrounds will be rechristened Jim Robson Way.
  Fittingly, it will be the Canucks’ current play-by-play announcer, John Shorthouse, who acts as emcee for the event
  
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• Richmond pub shocked by violence

  20-01-2018 04:20 via globalnews.ca
  Some frightening moments in a packed neighbourhood pub in Richmond, when a masked man with a firearm burst in. Kristen Robinson explains why police are being accused of racial profiling in their search for a suspect.
  
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• Vancouver police make urgent appeal in double-fatal shooting

  20-01-2018 04:17 via globalnews.ca
  Vancouver police are making an urgent appeal to the public for information that could lead to an arrest in a shooting that killed two young men, including an innocent teenager. Rumina Daya reports.
  
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• Surrey Fire Service develops drug overdose technology

  20-01-2018 04:17 via globalnews.ca
  The Surrey fire department says it’s developed a way to save lives by using software that spots clusters of drug overdoses. John Hua has the details.
  
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