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• Security footage captures Domino’s Pizza delivery driver eating pizza toppings

  23-01-2018 23:54 via globalnews.ca
  The driver selects a floor and as the door closes, he crouches on the ground and appears to put the pizza delivery bag on the floor.
  
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• Dashcam video released in Burnaby Cariboo Road pedestrian hit-and-run

  23-01-2018 23:42 via globalnews.ca
  The vehicle is believed to be a black Dodge Charger.
  
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• TransLink unveils accessible fare-gate program for SkyTrain, SeaBus

  23-01-2018 23:37 via vancouversun.com
  For the two years he’s lived in Vancouver, Omar Al-azawi has been an avid transit-user.
  As a student at the B.C. Institute of Technology and Emily Carr University, the 25-year-old takes SkyTrain to get to class from his East Vancouver home, and uses buses, SeaBus and HandyDart to get to and from appointments and commitments.
  “It’s a lifestyle, it’s not just transportation,” said Al-azawi.
  Al-azawi has found transit easy to use, with one exception: He has quadriplegi
  
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• Tsunami scare a 'useful exercise' in emergency preparedness: Expert

  23-01-2018 23:31 via vancouversun.com
  Tuesday’s short-lived tsunami warning was the closest thing to an emergency response practice without actually being a practice for many B.C. coastal communities.
  A tsunami warning for the coastal areas of B.C. has been cancelled after a magnitude 7.9 earthquake in Alaska. The warning was issued early Tuesday, shortly after 1:30 a.m. However, at 4:30 a.m., an urgent message from Emergency Management B.C. stated that all warnings for coastal B.C. had been cancelled.
  “We were fortunate
  
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• Majority of overdose deaths occur indoors, affect men disproportionately: Fraser Health

  23-01-2018 22:54 via vancouversun.com
  The opioid overdose crisis is disproportionately affecting men and often takes place away from the public eye, according to a new Fraser Health report that attempts to shed light on the people most affected by what it called a “hidden epidemic”. 
  The Opioid Overdose Emergency in Fraser Health found that 85 per cent of overdose deaths in the region are among men, with 30- to 39-year-olds being the most at risk. 
  The vast majority of overdose deaths — 90 per cent &mdash
  
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• B.C. doppelgangers found with Google Arts & Culture app

  23-01-2018 22:52 via vancouversun.com
  There is only one thing our smartphone-addicted populace enjoys more than fine art — and that’s selfies, so it’s not surprising that Google Arts & Culture has become the most viral must-have app since Pokemon Go. 
  Originally released in 2016, Google Arts & Culture recently became the No. 1 app for both Android and iPhone, surpassing Instagram and YouTube, with the addition of a feature that allows users to match a selfie with art from the collection of museums incl
  
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• Vision’s Kerry Jang won’t seek re-election

  23-01-2018 22:50
  
  And then there were two. Vision veterans Raymond Louie and Heather Deal are staying on to seek a fourth term at city hall. Kerry Jang confirmed Tuesday he's out.
  
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• Security camera catches delivery man eating toppings off pizza

  23-01-2018 22:41 via globalnews.ca
  Security camera footage from a Surrey elevator appears to show a Domino’s Pizza delivery man put a customer’s pizza box on the floor, open it up, pick toppings off and consume it.
  
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• Opinion: Let’s get real on real estate affordability studies

  23-01-2018 22:07
  Ever wonder how more and more people are buying homes when reports tell us they’re getting less and less “affordable”?
  
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• Vancouver councillor Kerry Jang says he won’t seek re-election

  23-01-2018 22:05 via globalnews.ca
  "I actually had told Gregor when I was elected last term that this would indeed be my last term."
  
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• 'Island of congestion' choking North Shore businesses

  23-01-2018 22:04 via vancouversun.com
  When engineering consulting firm COWI was searching for a new office, it seriously considered leaving North Vancouver, in spite of its more than 40-year history there.
  The main issue was transportation — transit connections on the North Shore can be tricky, and the streets have steadily grown more congested.
  “It’s increasingly challenging to get here, and it’s challenging to settle here,” said Efrosini Drimoussis, director, projects and development for COWI, formerl
  
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• ‘Inevitable’ 9.0 earthquake, tsunami will hit Canada’s West Coast: expert

  23-01-2018 21:37 via globalnews.ca
  Canadian experts are preparing for the "big one," a massive earthquake that could hit the Pacific Northwest - leaving thousands dead.
  
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• UPDATED: Canucks Game Day: Virtanen, Hutton return; Gaunce, Pouliot scratched

  23-01-2018 21:32 via theprovince.com
  The Vancouver Canucks, who haven’t played a home game since a 5-0 loss to the Anaheim Ducks on Jan. 2, will begin a five-game home stand tonight against the Los Angeles Kings. The Canucks (18-23-6), coming off a sleep-inducing 1-0 loss in Winnipeg on Sunday night, face a Kings crew (25-17-5) that’s fighting to stay in playoff contention. Tonight’s game at Rogers Arena starts at 7 p.m. (SNETP, SNET 650 AM):
  Veteran defenceman Alex Edler of the Vancouver Canucks will have his han
  
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• Home Depot Canada is going on a hiring spree

  23-01-2018 21:26
  
  Job fairs will be hosted at locations across the country
  
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• Made-in-B.C. solution improves access to TransLink fare-gate system

  23-01-2018 21:11
  
  TransLink introduced a new system Tuesday — the first of its kind in the world — that allows people with disabilities to pass through fare gates without having to tap their Compass Card.
  
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• Dashcam video released of Cariboo Road hit and run suspect’s car

  23-01-2018 21:04 via globalnews.ca
  Burnaby RCMP have released video of a black Dodge Charger wanted in a pedestrian hit and run at Cariboo Road. If you have any information about the incident that occurred Saturday January 20, please call Burnaby RCMP at 604-646-9999.
  
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• TransLink unveils accessible transit fare gate program for SkyTrain, SeaBus

  23-01-2018 21:01 via vancouversun.com
  Almost two years after the fare gates closed across Metro Vancouver’s transit system, TransLink is launching its hands-free gate access technology for people with disabilities.
  “It is extremely important that our customers have access to our transit system and are free to travel independently around our region,” said TransLink CEO Kevin Desmond.
  The Universal Fare Gate Access Program involves installing long-range Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) sensors above the accessib
  
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• West Vancouver school closed Tuesday after possible threat to student safety

  23-01-2018 21:00 via globalnews.ca
  West Vancouver Secondary School has now been closed for the remainder of the day.
  
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• Early morning tsunami warning sends coastal BC residents in search of higher ground

  23-01-2018 21:00 via globalnews.ca
  It’s been an unnerving morning for many people living along the BC coast. In the wee hours, a tsunami warning was sent out after a powerful earthquake off the coast of Alaska. As Jordan Armstrong reports, it sent thousands in search of higher ground.
  
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• Steve Ewen: Giants, Chiefs won’t Ty one on with rival stars

  23-01-2018 20:55 via theprovince.com
  The Langley Events Centre isn’t getting a Ty Ronning vs. Ty Smith showdown.
  Smith, the Spokane Chiefs’ defenceman projected by some to be a top-10 pick in June’s NHL Entry Draft, won’t be part of Spokane’s contingent that takes on the Giants and 42-goal man Ronning on Wednesday (7 p.m, TSN 1040) at the LEC.
  Smith, 17, is taking part in the CHL Top Prospects Game on Thursday in Guelph, Ont., and has already left the Chiefs to start preparations for that. The Lloydmin
  
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• Four arrested at Robson Street pot market

  23-01-2018 20:47
  
  Arrests were the result of six-week investigation by Vancouver police.
  
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• BC Corrections officer attacked by inmate amid calls for better safety for guards

  23-01-2018 20:45 via globalnews.ca
  Another B.C. Corrections officer has been violently attacked by an inmate in the second incident this month.
  
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• Lake Louise ice-carving festival provides perfect backdrop for winter vacation

  23-01-2018 20:42 via vancouversun.com
  The ice carvers gather before sunrise in the warmth of the Poppy Brasserie in the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise.
  Outside, it is snowing and minus eight, the perfect temperature for their trade.
  There are ten pairs of sculptors who each have 34 hours over three days to turn ten, 300 pound blocks of ice into works of art that capture the essence of the Canadian Rocky Mountains.
  When the artists get to work at 8 a.m. that morning, the only sounds are the whirr of small electric chainsaws and sc
  
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• To the surprise of no one, Vancouver named third least affordable city in study - Vancouver Courier

  23-01-2018 20:39 via vancourier.com
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  To the surprise of no one, Vancouver named third least affordable city in study
  Vancouver Courier
  Vancouver earned a median multiple score of 12.6 in the latest Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey. That puts it just below Hong Kong (19.4) and Sydney (12.9) in least-affordable cities. Photo Dan Toulgoet. In not-so-surprising news ...
  Vancouver remains third least affordable global city: DemographiaBusiness in Vancouver
  Vancouver housing affordability got bad
  
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• Meet the new Vancouver School Board boss

  23-01-2018 20:33
  
  There’s a new boss at the Vancouver School Board and she’s hoping to make it into a “magnet district” that draws in people who “could just die to be a teacher here.”
  
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• Five people face charges after police bust Vancouver pot market

  23-01-2018 20:30 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver police are recommending 11 criminal charges be laid against five people in connection with Sunday’s bust of an open-air marijuana market in Vancouver’s Robson Square.
  VPD Deputy Chief Howard Chow says four people were arrested — and another is pending — after police descended on Robson in the block between Hornby and Howe late Sunday evening.
  Related
  Marijuana market in Robson Square shut down by Vancouver police
  The square, which was permanently closed to
  
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• Slayer’s final world tour hits Vancouver May 16

  23-01-2018 20:20
  
  Over a 35-year career, the American thrash metal titans showed no mercy
  
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• Five people face charges after police bust Vancouver pot market ... - Vancouver Sun

  23-01-2018 20:04 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver Sun
  Five people face charges after police bust Vancouver pot market ...
  Vancouver Sun
  Vancouver police are recommending 11 criminal charges be laid against five people in connection with Sunday's bust of an open-air marijuana market in Vancouver's Robson Square.
  'Bring it on': pop-up cannabis vendors defy Vancouver police crackdownCBC.ca
  4 arrested after raid of pot market in Vancouver's Robson Square ...CTV News
  Pop-up pot shop? Vancouver Police bust open-air drug market in Robson Sq
  
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• Style Q&A: B.C. brand takes on the Grammy Awards

  23-01-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  It’s not every day a new brand gets the opportunity to take part in the epic Grammy Awards gifting process. 
  But that’s exactly what’s about to happen for the Vancouver-based company, MYO Cosmetic Cases.
  Suzanne Carter, the brand’s founder and inventor, chatted with Postmedia News about her unique cases, the Grammy Awards, and where she plans to go from here.  
  Suzanne Carter, the founder of the Vancouver-based company MYO Cosmetic Cases.
  Q. For t
  
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• Style in The City: Arielle Berze

  23-01-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Name: Arielle Berze
  Occupation: Community Engagement Manager
  Personal style in one word: Girlie
  Social media: Instagram on @casualncouture
  Love Arielle’s look? Here’s how to recreate it. The coat 
  When it’s chilly outside, you simply can’t beat a cosy faux-fur coat. The plush toppers are warm — as well as impossibly chic. While we love the wild, woolly coat Arielle’s sporting above, we’re equally enamoured with a multicoloured s
  
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• Stephen Fearing takes up songwriter’s tools against a Blowhard Nation

  23-01-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Stephen Fearing
  Jan 27 at 7:30 p.m. | Massey Theatre
  Tickets: $35 adult/$25 students and seniors/$15 children under 12 at ticketsnw.ca  
  Stephen Fearing’s new album is called Every Soul’s a Sailor. It’s the ninth solo album in his 30-year career. That run includes albums with the blues-rock band Blackie and the Rodeo Kings as well as the duo (with Andy White) Fearing & White. We talked to Fearing, who is now based in Victoria, about growing up in Dublin, tools of
  
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• Five reasons to check out Taboo … the naughty but nice sex show

  23-01-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Taboo … the naughty but nice sex show
  Feb. 2-4 | Vancouver Convention Centre
  Tickets and info: $20 at the door/$15 in advance at tabooshow.com/Vancouver
  1. The Fictionals Comedy Co. Now in its 17th year, the annual Taboo sex show is shaking things up with some improv comedy. Vancouver’s own Fictionals troupe will bring some (intentional) laughs to the three-day event. The troupe is promising three shows, including the Comedy Cupid Show. Group member Daniel Chai describes it as &ldqu
  
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• Classical music: VSO principal oboe Roger Cole and his Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra in the concert spotlight

  23-01-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Fantastique!with Roger Cole and the Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra
  When: Jan. 27, 8 p.m.
  Where: Orpheum Theatre
  Tickets and info: from $18.75, vancouversymphony.caThe Vancouver Symphony will end January with a blockbuster concert, a grandiose project featuring Berlioz’s “sex and drugs” saga Symphonie Fantastique. (Think I’m kidding? Berlioz says the music’s about “a young musician of morbidly sensitive temperament and fiery imagination poisons hi
  
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• Port Alberni residents awakened to tsunami warning sirens

  23-01-2018 19:53 via globalnews.ca
  The sounds of sirens were heard ringing over the Vancouver Island community of Port Alberni early Tuesday morning following an earthquake off the Alaskan coast.
  
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• Journalism students challenge police, mayor on opioid crisis

  23-01-2018 19:53
  
  Journalism students interviewed Police Chief Adam Palmer, Insp. Bill Spearn and Mayor Gregor Robertson on the state of the city's opioid crisis.
  
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• With a pay-as-you-drive tax, Metro Vancouver may get blindsided - The Globe and Mail

  23-01-2018 19:06 via theglobeandmail.com
  The Globe and Mail
  With a pay-as-you-drive tax, Metro Vancouver may get blindsided
  The Globe and Mail
  There's very little to hate about New York other than the traffic. It's always been the worst part about travelling to one of the greatest cities in the world. It's been a problem talked about for decades, but the political cost of doing anything about ...
  
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• Haida Gwaii residents on effectiveness of tsunami warning system

  23-01-2018 18:51 via globalnews.ca
  Haida Gwaii resident Gord Bailey explains how a tsunami warning system alerted people early this morning after a large earthquake struck early morning in Alaska.
  
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• BUSINESS REPORT: Horgan surprises critics, emerging as possible saviour of B.C.’s LNG industry

  23-01-2018 18:42 via globalnews.ca
  Horgan will need support, however, from the BC Greens.
  
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• Seismologist explains how Canada’s tsunami warning system works

  23-01-2018 18:38 via globalnews.ca
  Seismologist Allison Bird from Natural Resources Canada explains how a strike-slip earthquake works and how tsunami warning information was disseminated from the centre in Sidney, BC.
  
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• Alaska earthquake triggered very small tsunami but B.C. is very lucky: expert

  23-01-2018 18:14 via globalnews.ca
  Residents along the B.C.'s coast were woken up by warning sirens shortly after the quake struck off the coast of Alaska.
  
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• Vancouver's tsunami risk low but that doesn't mean we can't be hit by big wave

  23-01-2018 17:38
  
  An earthquake could trigger a mudslide that could generate massive upsurge in water
  
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• Fire at Port Coquitlam rail yard forced closure of Lougheed Highway

  23-01-2018 16:55 via vancouversun.com
  A large fire broke out at a rail yard in Port Coquitlam and forced the closure of Lougheed Highway late Monday evening.
  According to a Canadian Pacific Railway spokesperson, a train operating on the railway’s Port Coquitlam yard was involved in a collision with a fuel truck near the yard’s northern entrance.
  CP crews worked with Coquitlam RCMP and the Port Coquitlam Fire Department to secure the area and put out the fire. Hours later, after the fire had been put out and crews packed
  
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• BC Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth on tsunami warning

  23-01-2018 16:40 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, Jan 23: B.C.’s Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth joins Sonia Sunger and Paul Haysom live with the latest on the warning system in place for residents following a tsunami warning for coastal B.C.
  
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• TransLink to unveil accessible transit fare gate program for SkyTrain

  23-01-2018 16:37 via vancouversun.com
  Almost two years after the fare gates closed across Metro Vancouver’s transit system, TransLink is launching its hands-free gate access technology for people with disabilities.
  A news conference is scheduled for Tuesday morning for the announcement. It’s expected that politicians from the provincial and federal governments will be in attendance, along with a representative from Disability Alliance B.C.
  The Universal Fare Gate Access Program involves installing long-range Radio Freque
  
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• Tofino resident on early morning tsunami warning

  23-01-2018 16:36 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, Jan 23: Tofino resident Catherine Lempke joins the Morning News via phone from Tofino just moments after the tsunami warning was cancelled.
  
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• Geophysicist on what triggers a tsunami warning

  23-01-2018 16:33 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, Jan 23: Geophysicist Mika McKinnon joins Sonia Sunger and Paul Haysom live with details on the Alaska earthquake and what triggers a tsunami warning.
  
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• Geo-physicist on what triggers a tsunami warning

  23-01-2018 16:33 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, Jan 23: Geo-physicist Mika McKinnon joins Sonia Sunger and Paul Haysom live with details on the Alaska earthquake and what triggers a tsunami warning.
  
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• Tsunami warning cancelled for coastal B.C. after large 7.9 earthquake in Alaska

  23-01-2018 16:21 via vancouversun.com
  A tsunami warning for the coastal areas of B.C. has been cancelled following a magnitude 7.9 earthquake in Alaska.
  The warning was issued early Tuesday, shortly after 1:30 a.m., and Emergency B.C. was warning anyone in affected areas to evacuate. However, at 4:30 a.m., an urgent message from Emergency Management B.C. stated that all warnings for coastal B.C. had been cancelled.
  “No zones of coastal British Columbia are at risk.  Repeat, no zones of coastal British Columbia are at risk
  
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• Sigh of relief as tsunami alert is lifted in BC

  23-01-2018 16:21 via globalnews.ca
  Earthquake in Alaska forced hundreds to seek shelter
  
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• Coastal tsunami alert cancelled after 7.9 magnitude earthquake near Alaska

  23-01-2018 16:21
  
  Vancouver was not included in warning area
  
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