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• Burned West End home's first tenant built Birks Clock

  29-01-2018 23:58 via vancouversun.com
  A unique, century-old home in Vancouver’s West End that burned down over the weekend was home to jeweller George Trorey, the man who first built and owned the iconic Birks Clock.
  Montreal-based jeweller Henry Birks & Sons bought Trorey’s store on the corner of Hastings and Granville streets in 1907, along with the clock he had installed on the street outside his doors.
  “The Birks Clock used to be called the Trorey Clock, until Birks bought it,” said Patrick Gunn,
  
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• Palm Springs and Modernism Mania

  29-01-2018 23:34 via theprovince.com
  Since Ol’ Blue Eyes made this desert oasis his playground it has become a hot spot for cool year-round, particularly if you love clean lines and sleek designs.
  Mid- century modern really took off here in 1950s and 60s. What started as an economical way to build homes culminates in Modernism Week from February 15 – 25, but you can peek into the lives of the rich and famous, including a tour of Sinatra’s home, anytime.
  With mid-century modern expert Kurt Cyr at Palm Springs Mod S
  
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• 2 Alberta snowmobilers rescued after being stuck in Sicamous park overnight

  29-01-2018 23:18 via globalnews.ca
  Two Albertans were rescued by a helicopter Monday morning after getting stuck in deep snow while snowmobiling with a group in Sicamous, B.C. Sunday.
  
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• Pedestrian hit by train near Chase, B.C.

  29-01-2018 23:13 via globalnews.ca
  A pedestrian was hit by a CP train at a crossing in Chase, B.C., which is approximately two hours north of Kelowna.
  
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• One in 10 Vancouver homeowners faces Empty Homes fine

  29-01-2018 23:03
  
  Mayor Gregor Robertson urged owners of some 21,000 homes across Vancouver to submit their empty homes tax declarations before Friday’s deadline.
  
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• City makes final push to get empty homes declared before Friday’s deadline

  29-01-2018 23:03
  
  Mayor Gregor Robertson urged owners of some 21,000 homes across Vancouver to submit their empty homes tax declarations before Friday’s deadline.
  
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• Tiny den for $1,000/month, and more Vancouver rental gems

  29-01-2018 22:51
  
  Anyone looking to rent a room in Vancouver has some real peaches to choose from…
  
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• Five things about the deadline for Vancouver's Empty Homes Tax

  29-01-2018 22:41 via vancouversun.com
  The deadline for Vancouver homeowners to declare whether or not their home is occupied is this Friday, Feb. 2, 2018.
  Those who fail to declare or who declare that their home is unoccupied will be subject to the empty homes tax of 1 per cent tax on the assessed taxable value of their home.
  Here’s five things to know about the tax, the deadline and what’s next.
  What happens if I miss the deadline?
  A homeowner who fails to make a declaration by the deadline will be charged a $250 penalt
  
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• BC Attorney General addresses ICBC’s financial crisis

  29-01-2018 22:06 via globalnews.ca
  ICBC is reporting an annual net loss of more than a billion dollars. Jordan Armstrong and Keith Baldrey report on how the government plans to deal with this crisis.
  
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• Four Vancouver council stories to watch this week - Vancouver Courier

  29-01-2018 22:04
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  Four Vancouver council stories to watch this week
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  City council reconvenes this week with a hefty agenda, including voting on a plan for developing Northeast False Creek. Photo Dan Toulgoet. Vancouver city council is back at it again this week with two days of what looks to be some long meetings ...
  
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• ICBC situation deemed a ‘financial dumpster fire’ as rates expected to soar

  29-01-2018 22:02
  
  Insurance company projects $1.3 billion net loss by end of 2017/18 fiscal year.
  
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• ICBC a ‘financial dumpster fire’

  29-01-2018 22:02
  
  Insurance company projects $1.3 billion net loss by end of 2017/18 fiscal year.
  
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• Fire crews rescue woman from upside down car after B.C. road washed out

  29-01-2018 22:02 via vancouversun.com
  Fire department officials are reporting a dramatic rescue of a woman whose car was caught in a mudslide in Lanzville on Vancouver Island.
  Deputy chief John Marment says the road was completely washed away and the woman was standing on an upside-down car at the bottom of the slide when emergency crews arrived just after midnight.
  He says she had mud and water almost up to her waist and the car was continuously sliding while crews set up rescue lines but they managed
  
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• Heavy rain brings flooding and landslides to Vancouver Island

  29-01-2018 21:57 via globalnews.ca
  A rain storm has hit B.C.’s South Coast hard and that’s caused flooding and landslides across parts of central Vancouver island. In Lantzville a mudslide washed out a road taking a woman down a 75 foot embankment.
  
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• Four Vancouver council stories to watch this week

  29-01-2018 21:52
  
  Vancouver city council is back at it again this week with two days of what looks to be some long meetings covering a variety of topics, including the future of Northeast False Creek.
  
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• B.C. orders probe into B.C. Liberals' $1B ICBC 'dumpster fire'

  29-01-2018 21:47
  Attorney General says taxpayers 'not told the truth' about the public insurer's sky-high losses
  
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• 11% of Vancouver homeowners haven’t filed empty home tax declaration as deadline looms

  29-01-2018 21:42 via globalnews.ca
  Failure to submit will result in an automatic assumption that the home is vacant and will be subject to the tax, which is one per cent of the assessed home value.
  
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• BC Attorney General pledges to fix ICBC ‘dumpster fire’

  29-01-2018 21:13 via globalnews.ca
  The government is not planning on a financial bail out for the insurer.
  
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• Province puts brakes on ride-share drivers with fines

  29-01-2018 21:08
  
  It’s the driver, not the app, that’s operating illegally: Ministry of Transportation.
  
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• Province puts brakes on ride-share drivers

  29-01-2018 21:08
  
  It’s the driver, not the app, that’s operating illegally: Ministry of Transportation.
  
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• Attorney General David Eby calls ICBC's $1.3B loss a "dumpster fire"

  29-01-2018 20:58 via vancouversun.com
  Attorney General David Eby called ICBC’s current situation a “financial dumpster fire” during a news conference Monday.
  Eby’s comments came in response to a $1.3-billion operating loss that had been projected for ICBC’s current fiscal year.
  The massive figure, reported this weekend by Postmedia’s Mike Smyth, is $1 billion higher than what was projected just three months earlier.
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  Mike Smyth: Shocking massive losses revealed at ICBC, huge rate hikes
  
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• Metro gas prices jump 10 cents a litre overnight

  29-01-2018 20:45 via vancouversun.com
  Gas prices appear to be on the rise in Metro Vancouver.
  This morning, drivers were posting prices to gasbuddy.com of $1.47 a litre, a hike of 10 cents a litre from what others were reporting the night before.
  Pump prices were reported between $1.36 and $1.38 a litre at three stations on or near SW Marine Drive late Sunday and early today, according to gasbuddy.com.
  Starting around 9 a.m., motorists were reporting prices at $1.47 a litre at four stations, three in Vancouver and one in Surrey.
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• Vancouver fan Ricky Gervais is back in town. Are we still his favourite city? - Vancouver Courier

  29-01-2018 20:33
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  Vancouver fan Ricky Gervais is back in town. Are we still his favourite city?
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  Comedian Ricky Gervais may be in town to entertain his fans, but he may also be Vancouver's biggest fan. January 29 and 30 mark the last two days of Gervais' year-long "Humanity" tour, and it's probably no accident he is wrapping up a gruelling run on ...
  
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• Death stats don’t represent full magnitude of overdose epidemic

  29-01-2018 20:27
  
  A member of the Vancouver Police Board says overdose death statistics do not represent the full magnitude of the opioid crisis.
  
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• WestJet expands service from Vancouver with 60 more flights

  29-01-2018 20:23 via vancouversun.com
  Westjet is increasing service out of Vancouver International Airport by adding 60 more flights weekly.
  The Vancouver to Calgary service is getting the biggest boost with the addition of 24 new flights per week, 88 to 112, for a total of 16 flights daily.
  Westjet is also increasing service to Edmonton (50 to 59 flights weekly), Kelowna (40 to 49), and Ottawa (seven to 14).
  “WestJet is again providing additional service to benefit both the business traveller as well as the leisure guest
  
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• WestJet expands service from Vancouver with 60 more flights - Vancouver Sun

  29-01-2018 20:22
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  WestJet expands service from Vancouver with 60 more flights
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  WestJet is expanded service out of Vancouver by adding 60 more flights weekly. DARRYL DYCK / THE CANADIAN PRESS. Share Adjust Comment Print. Westjet is increasing service out of Vancouver International Airport by adding 60 more flights weekly. The ...
  WestJet to increase summer service between Ottawa and Vancouver, TorontoOttawa Business Journal
  WestJet expands service out of Kelowna, VancouverKelowna Capita
  
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• Former ICBC executive Nick Geer, killed in Calif. crash, remembered as family man

  29-01-2018 20:18 via vancouversun.com
   
   
  Nick Geer, a former Insurance Corp. of B.C. chief executive, is being remembered as a dedicated family man after his death in a motor-vehicle accident.Geer, 75, was killed Monday in the crash near Sacramento, California. His wife of 49 years, Penny, was hospitalized at the Enloe Medical Centre in Chico. She has since been moved to the intensive-care unit at Vancouver General Hospital.
   The couple had been on their way to Loreto Bay, which family members said was their favourit
  
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• What will the BC government do for the rest of the fiscal year?

  29-01-2018 20:14 via globalnews.ca
  After learning that public auto insurer is facing a financial loss of $1.3 billion in its third quarter, what will the BC NDP’s do about ICBC?
  
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• Will the BC NDP be able to fund their 2018 budget initiatives?

  29-01-2018 20:13 via globalnews.ca
  David Eby explains what news of ICBC’s losses mean for the NDP’s upcoming budget set to be released in February.
  
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• Why is this information about ICBC’s financial loss just coming out now?

  29-01-2018 20:12 via globalnews.ca
  Attorney General David Eby tells the media at a press conference on Monday why his government is just telling the public now about the crown corporation’s projected $1.3 billion loss.
  
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• What will this financial loss mean for ICBC rates?

  29-01-2018 20:11 via globalnews.ca
  B.C. Attorney General David Eby answers a question about how the NDP plan to get ICBC costs under control and will there be insurance rate increases?
  
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• ‘Those that were in charge at the time need to explain how that happened’: David Eby

  29-01-2018 20:08 via globalnews.ca
  At a press conference Monday, Attorney General David Eby is asked by a reporter if a corruption inquiry will be ordered following ICBC’s projected $1.3 billion losses.
  
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• Will the BC government move to ‘no-fault’ insurance?

  29-01-2018 20:07 via globalnews.ca
  Attorney General David Eby responds to a question at a press conference Monday about replacing British Columbians’ ability to get car damages adjudicated.
  
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• What initiatives will the BC NDP take to make ICBC financially stable?

  29-01-2018 20:05 via globalnews.ca
  B.C. Attorney General David Eby responds to a question about the possibility of the government bailing out ICBC and what initiatives will the NDP take moving forward?
  
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• B.C. Attorney General on major losses and reforms at ICBC

  29-01-2018 20:01 via globalnews.ca
  At a press conference held Monday, B.C. Attorney General David Eby updates the public on the financial status of ICBC and the impact the projected loss of $1.3 billion will have on British Columbians.
  
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• Heavy rains to soak Vancouver again today - Vancouver Courier

  29-01-2018 19:58
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  Heavy rains to soak Vancouver again today
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  It's raining, it's pouring. Actually, it's raining so much and so hard in Metro Vancouver that Environment Canada has issued a rainfall warning for the region. The warning, issued early Monday morning, covers the City of Vancouver, Burnaby, New ...
  Prepare for a soggy Monday in Metro Vancouver: Environment CanadaCTV News
  Rainfall warning continues for Metro VancouverNews1130all 12 news articles »
  
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• Watch: Super moon, lunar eclipse, king tides converging on Wednesday

  29-01-2018 19:54
  'Extraordinary' super blue blood moon will make for a spectacular night for stargazers in Western Canada— and it won't be seen again until 2037.
  
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• WestJet announces more flights to Kelowna

  29-01-2018 19:53 via globalnews.ca
  West Jet will add another nine flights to Kelowna from Vancouver each week.
  
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• Pacific Coliseum celebrates 50 years of music, memories and mayhem (PHOTOS)

  29-01-2018 19:39
  
  Depending on whom — or what — you believe, hockey fans may have divine intervention to thank for the Canucks’ entry into the NHL close to five decades ago.
  
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• B.C. Attorney General to respond to ICBC losses

  29-01-2018 19:31 via globalnews.ca
  The projected loss now stands at $1.3 billion for the entire fiscal year.
  
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• B.C. government says it's cracking down on illegal ride-hailing services

  29-01-2018 19:20 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. government is targeting drivers in its crackdown on illegal ride-hailing services operating in Metro Vancouver.
  Several companies — operating under the names Longmao, Udi Kuaiche, U Drop, RaccoonGo, GoKabu, Dingdang Carpool and AO Rideshare — have developed Chinese-language ride-sourcing apps and are recruiting drivers to operate their personal vehicles as unlicensed taxis.
  The Ministry of Transportation is warning the drivers working for ride-hailing apps that the
  
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• Kelowna crash sends 3 adults, 1 child to hospital

  29-01-2018 19:10 via globalnews.ca
  Four people were sent to hospital following a crash in Kelowna early Monday morning.
  
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• Emergency declared in District of Nanaimo due to flooding, landslide

  29-01-2018 19:07 via globalnews.ca
  "So far, 30 to 50 millimetres have fallen over Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley, 70 to 150 millimetres over Howe Sound, and in excess of 200 millimetres on parts of West Vancouver Island," Mark Madryga says.
  
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• Celeb chefs up to the challenge in support of BC Cancer Agency

  29-01-2018 18:47
  
  21 would-be-chefs entered the Dirty Apron Cooking School kitchen to demonstrate their culinary skills and passion for food, while supporting ovarian cancer research.
  
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• Nazareth, Trooper and Loverboy headline Rock Ambleside Park

  29-01-2018 17:57 via vancouversun.com
  All your grandpa’s favourite bands will gather in West Vancouver for the Rock Ambleside Park music festival, Aug. 17-19.
  Organizers have revealed the 11-band lineup for the three-day classic rock festival.
  Metal queen Lee Aaron will open the festival on Day 1 ahead of Sweet, best known for their hit Ballroom Blitz, and Canadian hitmakers Loverboy.Day 2 features Rik Emmett of Triumph, Chilliwack, Kim Mitchell and Trooper.Doug & The Slugs, Toronto, Little River Band and Scottish rockers
  
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• B.C. government to respond Monday to ICBC's $1.3B operating loss

  29-01-2018 17:56 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. government will respond today to the $1.3-billion operating loss projected for ICBC’s current fiscal year.
  Attorney General David Eby will speak at a news conference scheduled for 11 a.m. at the Vancouver Cabinet Office in downtown Vancouver. He will address the steps required to halt the massive financial losses at B.C.’s public auto insurer.
  The massive figure, reported this weekend by Postmedia’s Mike Smyth, is $1 billion higher than what was projected just thr
  
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• Popping In: Jan 29

  29-01-2018 17:31 via globalnews.ca
  Dana Gee is Popping in with all the latest pop culture news including: No president Oprah, the latest Big Little Lie cast rumours and a Harry Potter cruise.
  
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• New Year, New You: How to get better sleep

  29-01-2018 17:28 via globalnews.ca
  Certified Sleep Consultant, Kim Valade, shares some tips and advice that will help you get a good night’s rest.
  
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• Ask an Expert: Pamela McDonald

  29-01-2018 17:24 via globalnews.ca
  Pamela McDonald from BC Securities Commission has important information that will help you get to know your investment better. Your questions answered by the Global BC experts.
  
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