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• Todd Stone campaign admits it knew about problem memberships by mid-January

  03-02-2018 23:02 via globalnews.ca
  In a new statement, the campaign says it was first notified with "concerns" about the memberships on Jan. 12.
  
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• 2 people, 2 horses dead after collision near Yahk, BC

  03-02-2018 22:00 via globalnews.ca
  One person is in critical condition following a crash in B.C.'s southern interior.
  
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• 1 in critical condition after crash near Yahk, BC

  03-02-2018 22:00 via globalnews.ca
  One person is in critical condition following a crash in B.C.'s southern interior.
  
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• WATCH LIVE: BC Liberals to announce leadership vote results

  03-02-2018 21:06 via globalnews.ca
  A sometimes bruising leadership campaign ends Saturday as the BC Liberals select a new leader.
  
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• B.C. Liberals to elect new leader today as party rebuilds after 16 years in power

  03-02-2018 21:06 via globalnews.ca
  A sometimes bruising leadership campaign ends today in Vancouver for British Columbia's Liberals as they elect a new leader.
  
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• B.C. Liberals elect new leader today as party rebuilds after 16 years in power

  03-02-2018 21:06 via globalnews.ca
  A sometimes bruising leadership campaign ends today in Vancouver for British Columbia's Liberals as they elect a new leader.
  
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• Makeover: Transforming a timeless classic look

  03-02-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  On Valentine’s Day, why not enhance your everyday black “Cat Eye” liner with a pop of copper-red? Here’s a look at how I transform a timeless classic look with shades from the Huda Beauty Desert Dusk Eyeshadow Palette. It’s a great way to transition from work to evening!Step 1
  You’ll want to start by applying your classic black eye liner. Using a blending brush, contour the eye with the shade Eden, which is a warm coral-orange shade. 
  Step 2
  Next, using a
  
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• B.C. Liberals will select a new leader Saturday night

  03-02-2018 19:39 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — B.C. Liberal Party members will elect a new leader tonight, ending months of campaigning by six candidates in a long, and at times, bitter race.
  The new party leader will be named at a convention in downtown Vancouver just after 6 p.m. The candidates are Mike de Jong, Michael Lee, Todd Stone, Sam Sullivan, Dianne Watts and Andrew Wilkinson.
  The Liberal party says almost 60,000 members will be eligible to vote, with roughly half its new members signed up by the candidates during
  
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• Gardenworks

  03-02-2018 19:17 via globalnews.ca
  Scott from Gardenworks shows you how to decoratively plant some winter conifers.
  
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• Spring Break Camps

  03-02-2018 19:14 via globalnews.ca
  Erin Jeffrey – yoyomama contributor – shares her pick of the best Spring break camps that will keep your kids entertained.
  
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• From the archives: Reflections on Dave Barrett

  03-02-2018 19:09
  
  The “people’s premier,” they called him. Or sometimes “the little fat guy.” No airs, no bodyguards. A quick wit, fierce commitment, social worker, rugby player. Always a politician in a hurry, the brash upstart outsider who dared to challenge the system. And change it.
  
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• Open House – Cleaning hacks

  03-02-2018 19:00 via globalnews.ca
  Sat, Feb 3: From a home-made kitchen cleaner to a genius way to get your metals sparkling – Kaitlyn Herbst has some top cleaning hacks.
  
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• Motown: The Musical tells Berry Gordy Jr.'s story in song

  03-02-2018 18:16 via vancouversun.com
  Motown: The Musical
  When: Feb. 6-11, various times 
  Where: Queen Elizabeth Theatre
  Tickets and info: From $30.50 at ticketmaster.com or 1-855-985-5000
  On Jan. 12, 1959, Berry Gordy Jr. founded Tamla Records in Detroit. By April 14, 1960, the label was renamed Motown — a mix of motor and town in recognition of the city’s nickname. An African-American musical revolution began. 
  The small label would chart 79 top 10 records in the next decade and introduce such seminal artists
  
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• Daily Poll: Do you think email membership snafu will cost Todd Stone the Liberal leadership?

  03-02-2018 17:39 via vancouversun.com
  The team behind Todd Stone’s B.C. Liberal leadership bid has admitted 1,349 party memberships tied to the campaign had to be cancelled because they were using improper email addresses after concerns raised by auditors within the party. Stone’s campaign co-chair, Peter Fassbender, said Friday that a social media marketing company the campaign had contracted, called AggregateIQ, created domain names and email portals to attach email addresses to new members, who were mainly Chines
  
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• Takashi Murakami 'eats his own leg' at Vancouver Art Gallery

  03-02-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  An exhibition by Takashi Murakami, one of the world’s most-successful and recognized contemporary artists from Japan, opens at the Vancouver Art Gallery on Saturday.
  Murakami is one of the rare artists who have broken out from the art world into popular culture. He’s done that by, among other things, working with major international brands such as Issey Miyake and Louis Vuitton. He’s also worked with high-profile musicians Kanye West — he made a video and the album cover
  
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• Motown: The Musical tells Barry Gordy Jr.'s story in song

  03-02-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  Motown: The Musical
  When: Feb. 6-11, various times 
  Where: Queen Elizabeth Theatre
  Tickets and info: From $30.50 at ticketmaster.com or 1-855-985-5000
  On Jan. 12, 1959, Berry Gordy Jr. founded Tamla Records in Detroit. By April 14, 1960, the label was renamed Motown — a mix of motor and town in recognition of the city’s nickname. An African-American musical revolution began. 
  The small label would chart 79 top 10 records in the next decade and introduce such seminal artists
  
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• For Whistler's Peter Pans, growing up is hard

  03-02-2018 17:00
  
  Whistler has long had a reputation of being a place full of Peter Pans, but as the resort grows up are they growing up too?
  
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• North Vancouver mayors tackle condos and commutes

  03-02-2018 16:00
  
  North Shore struggling to get workers because housing is too expensive, says City Mayor
  
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• Sold (Bought): West Van home showcases a clean, contemporary look

  03-02-2018 15:42 via vancouversun.com
  A snapshot of recent residential real estate activity in Metro Vancouver
  1388 Inglewood Avenue, West Vancouver
  Type: Five-bedroom, five-bathroom detached
  Size: 3,904 sq. ft.
  B.C. Assessment: $3,506,000
  Listed for: $3,998,000
  Sold for: $3,800,000
  Sold on: Sept. 11
  Days on market: 84
  Listing agent: Devon Owen at Royal Pacific Realty and Carleigh Hofman at Oakwyn Realty
  Buyers agent: Brock Smeaton at Royal LePage Sussex
  The big sell: This five-bedroom, five-bathroom home was designed by Mason 
  
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• The Home Front: A co-working space for creatives in Vancouver

  03-02-2018 15:09 via vancouversun.com
  The curiosity that’s sparked by the light, airy, storefront window of Mount Pleasant’s The Aviary was something co-founders Andrea McLean and Stella Boyland were counting on when they decided on the space for their co-working studio for creatives, which they launched two years ago.
  As designers, both McLean and Boyland were looking for a different kind of environment to work in. McLean was working from home, and Boyland for a large corporate firm, and they were inspired to creat
  
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• Buyers flocking to Concord Brentwood's Hillside East

  03-02-2018 15:06 via vancouversun.com
  The buyer response to Concord’s latest highrise offering in the newly emerging Brentwood town centre community has been brisk, with buyers taking numbers to line up for appointments with sales agents to purchase one of the 500 homes in the gleaming 55-storey tower.
  Grant Murray, Concord’s senior vice-president of sales, said the rush on the first of two highrises — together, the Hillside East phase of the Concord Brentwood 26-acre development — came as no surprise.
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• Theatre review: A comic love letter to the theatre

  03-02-2018 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  Jitters
  When: To Feb. 25
  Where: Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage
  Tickets/Info: From $29 at artsclub.com 
  The final scene of David French’s Jitters takes place the day after opening night of a new Canadian play. The reviews are in and one of the actors has been badly panned. (The critic is a pompous idiot. The paper is not The Vancouver Sun.) Bruised feelings lead to arguments and recrimination.
  The director, as usual, has to intervene: “Let’s sit down and talk about this
  
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• Now you can get DNA test to see which medications work for you

  03-02-2018 15:00
  
  Vancouver pharmacies participating in MyDNA to determine people's reactions to prescription drugs.
  
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• Canucks Game Day: Can shot-blocker Tanev stop Lightning strikes?

  03-02-2018 14:00 via theprovince.com
  Vancouver Canucks vs. Tampa Bay Lightning
  Saturday, 7 p.m. TV: CBC Hockey Night in Canada; Radio: SNET 650 AM
  THE BIG MATCHUP
  Nikita Kucherov vs. Chris Tanev
  Only Alex Ovechkin (30) had scored more goals than Nikita Kucherov (27) heading into league play Friday. The league’s top point producer (64) and Hart Trophy contender is complemented by Steven Stamkos, who was fourth in scoring with 59 points (19-40).
  Tampa is third in even-strength scoring and fourth in power-play percentage. It&rsq
  
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• Vancouver landmarks will be lit in red during PyeongChang Olympic Games

  03-02-2018 13:31 via globalnews.ca
  "Hopefully we see everyone getting their flags back out and just cheering for Canada as we get through the games."
  
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• Vancouver Island group urging farmers to produce environmentally-friendly crops

  03-02-2018 13:26 via globalnews.ca
  "We're just getting people excited about 'how can we do this in our community?'"
  
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• How to buy weed in Canada when it’s legalized

  03-02-2018 12:30 via globalnews.ca
  Across the country, it's looking like each province is taking quite a different approach to pot legalization.
  
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• The Last Continent: Antarctic remains an enigma

  03-02-2018 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  Postmedia columnist Daphne Bramham crosses the notoriously rough Drake Passage from the Falkland Islands to South Georgia — known as the Serengeti of the Southern Ocean — to Antarctica. Her daily reports from the 18-day expedition will cover issues from climate change and micro plastics in the ocean to Japan’s continuing whale hunt, the antics of penguins and the world’s wild race to tour, and exploit, this last frontier.PUNTA ARENAS, Chile — A continent at the bott
  
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• Andrew Wilkinson wins B.C. Liberal leadership after party's 2017 defeat

  03-02-2018 10:00
  Wilkinson, 60, is a doctor, lawyer and Rhodes Scholar.
  
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• Ronning closes in on Kane’s Giants goal record and hopes to “surpass that and push for 50 or 60”

  03-02-2018 09:07 via theprovince.com
  February 2 Vancouver Giants vs Calgary Hitmen Highlights: https://t.co/Gs0yhLeDpt via @YouTube
  — Vancouver Giants (@WHLGiants) February 3, 2018Here’s what we learned from the Vancouver Giants’ 4-2 win over the Calgary Hitmen on Friday at the Langley Events Centre.
  *Ty Ronning scored a pair of goals for Vancouver, giving him 46, two shy of Evander Kane’s team record, set in in 2008-09.
  It took Kane 61 games in his 17-year-old season to get to 48 goals.
  Vancouver will play
  
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• WHL Roundup: Ronning nets two as Giants beat Hitmen, Yamamoto has five-point night

  03-02-2018 08:19 via theprovince.com
  GIANTS 4 HITMEN 2
  Bowen Byram and Ty Ronning both scored twice as Vancouver handed Calgary its fourth loss in a row in a Friday night tilt at the Langley Events Centre.
  Brayden Watts had three assists while Trent Miner kicked out 31 shots for the Giants (27-16-8).
  Luke Coleman and Tristen Nielsen scored for the Hitmen (15-30-6). Nick Schneider turned away 36 shots in defeat.
  COUGARS 3 WHEAT KINGS 2
  Ilijah Colina’s second goal of the night proved to be the winner as the Prince George Cougar
  
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• Kelowna Rockets defeated by Everett Silvertips

  03-02-2018 07:44 via globalnews.ca
  The Rockets lost 3-2 to the Silvertips on home ice.
  
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• Ben Kuzma: Sedins will wait for end of season to decide playing futures

  03-02-2018 07:41 via theprovince.com
  Encouraged rather than discouraged.
  That’s the optimistic outlook of Vancouver Canucks general manager Jim Benning following a meeting earlier this week with Henrik and Daniel Sedin, in which the pending unrestricted free agents confirmed they will wait until the end of this National Hockey League season to decide their playing futures.
  “That was a mutual thing between us,” Benning said Friday. “I didn’t want the whole thing to be where I was forcing them into makin
  
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• Peachland crash sends two to hospital

  03-02-2018 07:01 via globalnews.ca
  A four vehicle collision shut down Highway 97 in Peachland Friday evening for about an hour.
  
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• Rio Theatre launches petition to save historic venue from redevelopment threat

  03-02-2018 05:55 via vancouversun.com
  The Rio Theatre has launched a petition aimed at demonstrating the community’s support for saving the East Vancouver venue, and at least one prominent filmmaker has stepped up to offer his assistance.
  A pamphlet advertising the property at Broadway and Commercial recently hit the internet, and Rio proprietor Corinne Lea swiftly confirmed that the building had been listed for sale. While she assured fans that the Rio has an eight-year lease and hopes to remain in operation, the petitio
  
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• Province Sports Radio: Super Bowl edition, on location at La-Z-Boy Coquitlam

  03-02-2018 05:46 via theprovince.com
  Ed Willes, Paul Chapman and JJ Adams sat down in luxurious comfort at the La-Z-Boy gallery in Coquitlam to record their Super Bowl podcast.
  They talk about the game itself, who are the key players, how the Eagles could end up as champions and how the game will unfold.http://media.blubrry.com/theprovincesports/p/archive.org/download/provsports_superbowl/PROVSPORTS_SUPERBOWL.mp3The lads then talk about Tom Brady: Ed thinks he may be the greatest football player of all time, while Paul wonders, if
  
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• Opinion: The case for electoral reform

  03-02-2018 05:00 via vancouversun.com
  Much ink has been spilled on the crisis of democracy in recent years. Across the globe, democracy seems to be on the defensive and appears to be in real trouble in states as varied as India, the Philippines, Brazil, Venezuela, Egypt and Turkey. Of course, one need look no further than south of the border to gain an acute awareness of the travails of representative democratic institutions under the now one-yearold presidency of Donald Trump. According to a 2014 study conducted by professors Marti
  
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• Opinion: In the push for better buildings, B.C. leads the pack

  03-02-2018 05:00 via vancouversun.com
  In mid-December, with little fanfare, B.C. took a bold step toward a future in which every new home, school, office, store — the works — will be built to the highest possible level of energy efficiency.
  As builders who produce new homes that are more efficient than what the building-code now demands, we’re excited by this future — especially since it’s not actually that far off. In 2032, the province will require every new building to be designed and constructed so
  
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• Letters: Not so fast on transportation plan; it needs a rethink

  03-02-2018 05:00 via vancouversun.com
  Re: Time to make a decision on Mayors Council transportation plan is now, Opinion, Jan. 28.
  Perhaps it’s also time to consider the fact that many municipalities pay more than their fair share to provide Vancouver with Cadillac transit services. The costs of building a subway are enormous — not only with tunnelling, but also track, rolling stock and station maintenance, servicing of electrical equipment, such as escalators and elevators, and the cost of security.
  And those costs carry
  
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• Editorial: Fixing ICBC is now NDP's burden

  03-02-2018 05:00 via vancouversun.com
  The New Democrat government has made much ado about the previous Liberal government’s mismanagement of the Insurance Corp. of British Columbia, the Crown corporation responsible for auto insurance, driver-licensing and vehicle registration.
  Attorney-General David Eby blamed the Liberals for ICBC’s $1.3-billion shortfall this fiscal year, claimed they transferred more than $1 billion from the corp. to government coffers, and ignored warnings and recommendations by independent consulta
  
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• Global News Hour at 6: Feb 2

  03-02-2018 04:58 via globalnews.ca
  Watch Global News Hour at 6 with Chris Gailus and Sophie Lui for Friday, February 2, 2018.
  
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• B.C. man recalls the night he ‘escaped death’ at a suspected serial killer’s hands

  03-02-2018 04:19 via globalnews.ca
  "I am absolutely sure I escaped death that evening."
  
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• Reaction to the death of ex-premier Dave Barrett

  03-02-2018 04:13 via globalnews.ca
  Legislative bureau chief Keith Baldrey has the reaction to the death of Dave Barrett.
  
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• BC Evening Weather Forecast: Feb 2

  03-02-2018 04:13 via globalnews.ca
  The Friday, February 2, 2018 evening weather forecast for Vancouver, British Columbia and the surrounding area.
  
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• Parents of young gang member killed speak out

  03-02-2018 04:12 via globalnews.ca
  The parents of the man gunned down in Chilliwack earlier this week are speaking out tonight. Cody Isaacson’s parents say authorities failed their son. John Hua reports.
  
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• Residents of an Abbotsford apartment out of their homes tonight after fire

  03-02-2018 04:09 via globalnews.ca
  A raging fire forced residents out of their Abbotsford apartment last night. The smoke was so bad that many had to be rescued from their balconies. Jennifer Palma reports.
  
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• Former B.C premier Dave Barrett Dies

  03-02-2018 04:09 via globalnews.ca
  B.C.’s first NDP premier died at his home in Victoria today at the age of 87. Linda Aylesworth takes a look back at his life and legacy.
  
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• B.C. man with connection to suspected Toronto serial killer

  03-02-2018 04:09 via globalnews.ca
  A B.C. man is recounting his terrifying brush with suspected Toronto serial killer Bruce McArthur. Ted Chernecki has his story.
  
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• Protesters interrupt prime minister’s last town hall in Nanaimo

  03-02-2018 04:05 via globalnews.ca
  Three people had to be kicked out of Prime Minister Trudeau’s last stop on his cross-country town hall tour. Jill Bennett reports.
  
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• Dave Barrett recalled as a visionary progressive … and a great wit

  03-02-2018 03:58 via vancouversun.com
  Dave Barrett was magic onstage.
  “He could play an audience like a violin, and they sang back to him,” said a former colleague, Bob Williams.
  But Barrett was far more than just a gifted campaigner. Another former B.C. premier, Glen Clark, marvels at how much Barrett accomplished in his three years of power between 1972 and 1975.
  “I think he’s the most underestimated or underrated individual that I can imagine in British Columbia,” said Clark.
  “People don’
  
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