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• Douglas Todd: Who are the most and least educated in Canada?

  10-02-2018 23:37 via vancouversun.com
  Canadians of colour and children of immigrants tend to be far more educated than Canadian whites and aboriginals, according to two studies.
  “Canada’s white males are the least likely to hold university degrees in the knowledge economy,” says a report by Jack Jedwab, president of the Canadian Institute for Identities and Migration.
  Only 24 per cent of white Canadian men between ages 35 and 44 have university degrees, according to Jedwab’s research. That is less than half t
  
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• Andrew Wilkinson shaking up B.C Liberal leadership team

  10-02-2018 23:30 via globalnews.ca
  The former finance minister is being replaced in the pivotal leadership role by Mary Polak.
  
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• Young man killed in targeted shooting in Langley Friday night

  10-02-2018 23:22 via vancouversun.com
  The victim of a targeted shooting in Langley Friday night has been identified as 23-year-old Tarek Ali Al-Romeshi of Surrey.
  The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says at around 9 p.m., the Langley RCMP received reports of shots being fired at a townhouse complex in the 8200-block of 204B Street.  
  Victim of last night's fatal shooting in #LangleyBC identified as 23 y/o Tarek Ali Al-Romeshi of Surrey. A burning white Nissan 370Z was found nearby site of shooting. Believed related.
  
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• First Nations groups decry Colten Boushie murder trial verdict

  10-02-2018 23:01
  
  "This is the racism that exists within the justice system," Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations chief says.
  
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• Vehicle on fire at Vancouver Airport parkade

  10-02-2018 22:48 via globalnews.ca
  Flight operations are not impacted by the fire.
  
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• Zero-waste movement goes mainstream in Vancouver

  10-02-2018 22:05 via vancouversun.com
  2017 was a relatively wasteful year for Shia and Hanno Su, and it’s all Shia’s fault. 
  She broke a mug and a bowl — nearly doubling their annual waste output for the year, which fits in a one-litre jar. 
  The couple’s garbage includes thermal paper receipts, toothbrush bristles, a Band-aid, and plastic bits and bobs. 
  Shia Su and her husband Hanno Su live a zero-waste lifestyle, trying to reduce waste and minimize their ecological footprint.
  “At first
  
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• West Vancouver’s coolest house? Listed for a cool $22.88M

  10-02-2018 21:55
  
  This incredible Russell Hollingsworth-designed Caulfeild home was priciest new listing of last week
  
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• Teammates revive hockey player who suffered post-game heart attack

  10-02-2018 21:26 via globalnews.ca
  "I clinically died. And then you come back from death, and that's hard to wrap your head around."
  
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• Friday night targeted shooting in Langley leaves one person dead

  10-02-2018 21:14 via vancouversun.com
  One man is dead and homicide detectives have been called in after a targeted shooting in Langley Friday.
  The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says at around 9 p.m., the Langley RCMP received reports of shots being fired at a townhouse complex in the 8200-block of 204B Street.  
  Officers found a man with gunshot wounds inside a vehicle.  He  was taken to hospital and pronounced dead.
  IHIT was called in and investigators believe the shooting was a targeted hit.
  Anyone wit
  
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• PyeongChang 2018: The unloved Olympics?

  10-02-2018 21:00
  
  For watching Olympics live, primetime is 2 a.m.
  
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• PROFILE: BC Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson works to shed elitist image

  10-02-2018 21:00 via globalnews.ca
  New BC Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson is trying to convince voters he's more than a brainiac with a law and medical degree.
  
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• Thomas Haas’ Valentine’s Day Sweat Treats

  10-02-2018 19:35 via globalnews.ca
  Thomas Haas in the kitchen making some sweet treats for the love in your life this Valentine’s Day.
  
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• Egg Freezing FAQ

  10-02-2018 19:32 via globalnews.ca
  Fertility expert Dr Beth Taylor seperates the fact from fiction around the hot topic of egg freezing
  
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• Whistler Ladies Ski Day

  10-02-2018 19:29 via globalnews.ca
  Jennifer DeMunck tells us what we can expect from Whistler’s Ladies Ski Day
  
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• Jury makes 29 recommendations in Vancouver police shooting death of Tony Du

  10-02-2018 19:29 via vancouversun.com
  A B.C. coroner’s jury has made 29 recommendations following an inquest into the police shooting of a mentally ill man in downtown Vancouver four years ago.
  The recommendations into the death of Phuong Na (Tony) Du are directed at several agencies, including the Independent Investigations Office, the Vancouver Police Department, the Ministry of Health and the City of Vancouver.
  Du was shot by Vancouver police officers on Nov. 22, 2014 at 41st Avenue and Knight Street. Du was swinging a 
  
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• Variety Sunshine Coach Program

  10-02-2018 19:25 via globalnews.ca
  Peter Chipman tells us about the incredible work the Variety Sunshine Coach Program does.
  
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• How many goals could new Giant’s record-holder Ronning score this season?

  10-02-2018 19:24 via theprovince.com
  History.
  #48 #49 @TyRonning7 pic.twitter.com/Y7FfpTovq9
  — Vancouver Giants (@WHLGiants) February 10, 2018Ty Ronning  now has the Vancouver Giants’ season goal-scoring record. Where can he take it from here?
  Ronning beat Seattle Thunderbirds goaltender Liam Hughes with a deke to the backhand coming off the left wing at 1:42 of overtime on Friday at the Langley Events Centre to propel the Giants to a 2-1 win and give Ronning his 49th marker of the season.
  Evander Kane had the prev
  
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• Open House – Home Show

  10-02-2018 19:22 via globalnews.ca
  Sat, Feb 10: Kaitlyn Herbst finds out about some of the creative ways homeowners are dealing with the lack of affordable housing in Metro Vancouver.
  
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• 1 person killed in Langley townhouse shooting

  10-02-2018 18:10 via globalnews.ca
  One person is dead after a shooting near 204B Street and 82nd Avenue last night.
  
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• Friday night shooting in Langley leaves one person dead

  10-02-2018 17:42 via vancouversun.com
  One person is dead and homicide detectives have been called in after a shooting in Langley Friday.
  The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team confirmed Saturday it is investigating a shooting at a residence near 204B Street and 82nd Avenue.
  Investigators have not released much information, but say more is expected later Saturday.
  #IHIT in 8200 block of 204B ST, #LangleyBC for shooting from last night that has left 1 dead victim. News release & presser later today. Time/location to be announc
  
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• Why Olympic-calibre athletes need to maintain mental, as well as, physical health

  10-02-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  As Nola Mountain watches athletes competing in Pyeongchang over the next two weeks, the driven 14-year-old will have one thing on her mind: making it to the 2024 Summer Games in Paris as a member of the Canadian women’s softball team.
  And this whiz kid from Surrey has a game plan to get there: Her sprinting trainer is Canadian relay gold-medallist Robert Esmie; Team Canada softball player Larissa Franklin is her hitting coach; and her private instructor is Douglas College softball hea
  
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• Massive Oakridge project means more bikes, drivers, transit

  10-02-2018 16:00
  
  If Oakridge Centre redevelopers’ predictions prove correct, once the massive project is completed, it will attract 42 million visitors annually.
  
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• Sold (Bought): Custom coach house noteworthy for striking finishes

  10-02-2018 15:40 via vancouversun.com
  A snapshot of recent residential real estate activity in Metro Vancouver
  1838 Alma Street, Vancouver
  Type: Three-bedroom, two-bathroom detached
  Size: 1,108 sq. ft.
  B.C. Assessment: $1,369,000
  Listed for: $1,498,000
  Sold for: $1,520,000
  Sold on: Nov. 27
  Days on market: 61
  Listing agent: Faith Wilson at Faith Wilson Group
  Buyers agent: Jannelle de la Torre at ReMax Select Realty
  The big sell: This three-bedroom strata-titled coach house was custom built in 2017 in Kitsilano, close to Jericho Beach
  
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• The Home Front: Interior design cheats for rental homes

  10-02-2018 15:35 via vancouversun.com
  Just because you don’t own the home you live in doesn’t mean you can’t completely make it your own, says Vancouver interior designer and home stylist Laura Melling. 
  “More and more, Vancouver is just too expensive,” she says. “I think a lot of people are intentionally choosing to rent, and  just because it’s a rental, it doesn’t mean you should spend any less time or energy on a space because at the end of the day, it’s still t
  
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• Hensley an amenity-rich addition to Coquitlam

  10-02-2018 15:25 via vancouversun.com
  The top level of Hensley, Cressey Development Group’s planned new residential tower in West Coquitlam, will accommodate upscale amenities rather than the more typical penthouse suites.
  Inspired by the success of the amenity space in the top two floors of its MThree tower, also in Coquitlam, the Hensley amenities are a big part of the buying decision for potential homeowners in the 33-level highrise at 430 Westview Street, says Jason Turcotte, Cressey’s vice-president of developm
  
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• Canucks fall 4-1 in Carolina

  10-02-2018 13:24 via globalnews.ca
  Mark another loss for the Vancouver Canucks on Friday night.
  
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• B.C. lawyer concerned with proposed roadside THC test

  10-02-2018 13:18 via globalnews.ca
  A proposed roadside prohibition program for those allegedly driving while high is causing some concern for a B.C. lawyer.
  
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• A B.C. lawyer is concerned with a proposed roadside THC test

  10-02-2018 13:18 via globalnews.ca
  A proposed roadside prohibition program for those allegedly driving while high is causing some concern for a B.C. lawyer.
  
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• For cows, a pasture can be half empty or half full: study

  10-02-2018 12:00
  
  Cows can be born inherently optimistic or pessimistic, a study from UBC's animal welfare program says.
  
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• Coroners inquest makes 29 recommendations in fatal police shooting of Tony Du

  10-02-2018 09:34 via globalnews.ca
  The inquest into Tony Du's fatal shooting by police has made 29 recommendations.
  
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• The Provies: The Marky dunk, the Stecher heart, The Gooch’s arrival and, yes, a Burrows defence

  10-02-2018 07:20 via theprovince.com
  BEST PITY
  A Carolina media member left the Canucks locker room and the post-game session with Travis Green shaking his head, dispirited and looking at the floor of an elevator.
  What’s wrong?
  “I just feel so bad for these guys.”
  Don’t feel bad, this is a man’s league, it was pointed out, where participants are paid millions of dollars to cope with this type of hardship.
  “Yeah, true, but the whole air in there, it’s heavy. It just feels like the Buffalo Sa
  
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• Opinion: It’s time to fix B.C.’s broken democracy

  10-02-2018 06:19 via vancouversun.com
  The day after an election, a majority — usually six out of 10 voters — effectively find themselves with a government in Victoria they didn’t choose.
  The result? The majority must live with what the minority has chosen. Not terribly representative or democratic.
  Since last May’s provincial election, public opinion polls have shown time and time again that most British Columbians think we need a new way to elect our government. That’s hardly surprising.
  For more than
  
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• Global News Hour at 6: Feb 9

  10-02-2018 05:55 via globalnews.ca
  Watch Global News Hour at 6 with Chris Gailus and Sophie Lui for Friday, February 9, 2018.
  
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• Watchdog admits it took too long to investigate police shooting of mentally ill man

  10-02-2018 05:38 via vancouversun.com
  The delay in the investigation into the death of a man shot by Vancouver police was largely due to a backlog in lab work, a coroner’s inquest into the shooting of Phuong Na (Tony) Du heard on Friday.
  Du, who had lived with schizophrenia for over 25 years, was shot in November 2014 by an officer while yelling and waving a two-metre-long two-by-four board at 41st Avenue and Knight Street.
  It took 11 months for the Independent Investigations Office of B.C., an agency that investigates police
  
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• B.C. announces nearly $900K to train over 100 new teachers, but union says more is needed

  10-02-2018 05:09 via globalnews.ca
  "...our graduates are being hired during the final practicum," said a UBC associate dean.
  
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• Opinion: New Canada Food Guide: Why We Must Get It Right this Time

  10-02-2018 05:00 via vancouversun.com
  Soon Health Canada will unveil its new Canada Food Guide; the last version was released 10 years ago and the previous, 15 years earlier. The food we eat is a very important, if not the most important, factor affecting our health. The new guide will, therefore, have a profound, long-term impact on Canadians, so it is critical that we get it right this time.
  Canadians might be surprised to learn that the high-carbohydrate, low-fat diet, recommended by Heath Canada for the last 50 years has never b
  
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• Letters: B.C. LNG will aid global effort to reduce emissions

  10-02-2018 05:00 via vancouversun.com
  Re: British Columbians deserve to hear the real cost of LNG, Opinion, Feb. 2.
  Merran Smith and Dan Woynillowicz say “we can only truly control what happens in our own backyard” as the justification for not developing a liquefied natural-gas (LNG) industry in B.C. Yet this is exactly the reason B.C. should develop an LNG industry.
  B.C. would be the only LNG-producing jurisdiction in the world requiring by law that LNG projects must be below a strict emissions-intensity benchmark. B.C.
  
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• Editorial: Retail cannabis plan mixes good with the bad

  10-02-2018 05:00 via vancouversun.com
  There is much to praise in the B.C. government’s new retail regulatory regime for recreational cannabis. But there are also a few oddities which suggest Victoria hasn’t moved beyond reefer madness as far as we thought.
  Handing responsibility for licensing and oversight of private pot shops to the Liquor Control and Licensing Branch seems a prudent move to ensure an orderly transition of store fronts operating outside the law to legal status. Allowing the B.C. Liquor Distribution Bran
  
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• Hurricanes 4, Canucks 1: Lesser without Boeser, blown out by ‘Canes

  10-02-2018 04:55 via theprovince.com
  RALEIGH, N.C. — Life without Brock Boeser unfolded for the Canucks exactly how you’d expect.
  It was a dark, bleak and hopeless place for the team after Boeser missed Friday’s NHL game here with a wrist injury.
  The Canucks were easily pushed aside by a bad Hurricanes team. They played poorly defensively and rarely threatened to score.
  The final was 4-1 Carolina, the fourth straight loss for Vancouver and third on a four-game road trip that ends Sunday in Dallas.
  This is what we
  
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• Satellite Debris: Feb 9

  10-02-2018 04:41 via globalnews.ca
  Squire Barnes’ latest Satellite Debris
  
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• Canadian Food Labels To Become More Truthful

  10-02-2018 04:37 via globalnews.ca
  Changes are coming to food labeling in Canada – designed to provide a more accurate picture of exactly how healthy the item is. As Allison Vuchnich reports, it could mean some of your favorite foods won’t end up in your shopping cart.
  
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• The power of music brings people of all stripes together

  10-02-2018 04:34 via globalnews.ca
  A handful of professional musicians gather in Victoria each Friday with a group of “special” performers who find great joy in singing their hearts out. Kylie Stanton has their heartwarming story.
  
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• Renowned B.C. artist returns to annual charity event

  10-02-2018 04:34 via globalnews.ca
  The Variety Show of Hearts telethon is taking place this Sunday and back by popular demand is the Robert Bateman print. And it turns out this year’s piece has a special connection to Variety. Here’s Sonia Sunger.
  
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• While the snow has stopped in most parts of B.C., some interior highways remain treacherous

  10-02-2018 04:30 via globalnews.ca
  While Metro Vancouver will begin this long weekend in almost spring-like conditions, that’s not the case in other parts of the province and country. John Hua reports.
  
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• Teammates save the life of Vancouver hockey player who suffers heart attack

  10-02-2018 04:30 via globalnews.ca
  A young, seemingly fit Vancouver lawyer, was playing hockey when he suffered a heart attack but his teammates stepped in to save his life. As Aaron McArthur reports, it’s another example of the importance of knowing what to do – and having the right equipment – in an emergency.
  
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• BC NDP government announces a change in Family Day and tough new crackdown on distracted driving

  10-02-2018 04:30 via globalnews.ca
  The province confirms the Family Day holiday is being moved from the second to third week in February next year. And Victoria is considering roadside suspensions for distracted drivers.
  
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• Questions raised about police policies on road safety

  10-02-2018 04:27 via globalnews.ca
  Dashcam video shows a number of cars speeding through red lights in Richmond but it turns out that most of them were police vehicles. Jill Bennett looks at what the policies are and whether they adequately protect the public.
  
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• B.C. government announces plan to increase number of teachers

  10-02-2018 04:27 via globalnews.ca
  The province has announced nearly $1 million in funding to train more than 130 new teachers. As Tanya Beja reports, the money is aimed at easing the chronic teacher shortage that followed a landmark Supreme Court ruling.
  
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• Independent Investigations Office accepts it took too long to investigate police shooting of mentally ill man

  10-02-2018 04:07 via vancouversun.com
  The delay in the investigation into the death of a man shot by Vancouver police was largely due to a backlog in lab work, a coroner’s inquest into the shooting of Phuong Na (Tony) Du heard on Friday.
  Du, who had lived with schizophrenia for over 25 years, was shot in November 2014 by an officer while yelling and waving a two-metre long two-by-four board at 41st Avenue and Knight Street.
  It took 11 months for the Independent Investigations Office, an agency that investigates police shooting
  
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• Bowen Island water taxi abruptly ends service to dismay of daily commuters

  10-02-2018 03:50 via vancouversun.com
  Bowen Islanders are sending out a distress signal after their water-taxi commuter service to Vancouver lost access to a public dock on Friday and made its final sailing hours later.
  The Bowen Land and Sea Taxi, which made three round trips between Snug Cove on Bowen Island and Coal Harbour every week day, lost access to a public dock near the Vancouver Convention Centre after the Vancouver park board determined it requires repairs. 
  Mike Shannon, 43, owner and operator of Bowen Land and Sea
  
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