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• The Last Continent: Ice makes Antarctica unforgettable and makes it habitable for penguins, whales, seals and seabirds

  18-02-2018 23:35 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 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.PETERMANN BAY, Antarctica — Wind and current have
  
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• Dogs and cats sought for blood donation

  18-02-2018 23:24 via vancouversun.com
  Jaxx is ready to save lives.
  The energetic border collie leaps onto a metal exam table and waits quietly for a veterinary assistant to draw his blood.
  The donation could help save three other dogs.
  Like people, sick and injured dogs and cats sometimes require blood transfusions for survival. The Animal Emergency Clinic of the Fraser Valley, which operates B.C.’s largest stand-alone animal blood bank in Langley, is seeking new donors.
  “As an emergency hospital, we need to ha
  
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• B.C. entitled to appeal ruling letting Trans Mountain avoid Burnaby bylaws: Horgan

  18-02-2018 23:18 via globalnews.ca
  "We're appealing as we're entitled to do. We have a whole host of initiatives that we're looking at," said Horgan.
  
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• Nurses say process to transfer international qualifications long, complicated

  18-02-2018 23:00 via vancouversun.com
  Nurses who were educated outside of Canada and want to work within our country can face a labyrinth of application procedures and a wait in limbo of two years or more, an Irish nurse said.
  “I’m part of an ever-expanding group of internationally qualified nurses being forced to wait an inordinate amount of time for our qualifications to be recognized,” Lisa McGowan said. “I will have waited three years come May.”
  Foreign nurses wanting to work in Canada begin their l
  
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• NDP's transit strategy gives Metro mayors what they want

  18-02-2018 22:21 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — When the B.C. NDP government handed over control of the Pattullo Bridge to Metro Vancouver politicians in 1999, it was part of an ambitious plan to give municipal politicians their much-demanded authority to develop and finance the Lower Mainland’s transit network through a new entity called TransLink.
  TransLink chairman George Puil used public transit to travel to the big press conference announcing the deal on April 1, 1999. Vancouver Sun reporter Harold Munro (now
  
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• Pig seized by SPCA at Revelstoke petting zoo had contagious bacterial

  18-02-2018 22:18 via vancouversun.com
  A pig at a Revelstoke petting zoo tested positive for a bacterial infection that can be transferred to humans, after the SPCA seized several animals from the roadside attraction.
  Between June and September, the SPCA received 13 animal cruelty complaints about the Revelstoke Petting Zoo, prompting officers to visit the property in early August, according to a recent decision by the Farm Industry Review Board, an independent tribunal that issues rulings when someone appeals an SPCA seizure.
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• Three temporary warming centres open today in response to cold weather

  18-02-2018 20:49 via vancouversun.com
  Three temporary warming centres in Vancouver were opened today and will remain open until Tuesday.
  Environment Canada forecast temperatures of minus 5 for Sunday night, and a high of minus 1 and low of minus 4 on Monday.
  “In response to anticipated cold weather and as part of the City of Vancouver’s Warming Centre Program, three temporary warming centres will be activated starting Feb. 18 through Feb. 20 to provide a safe, warm place for people living on the street,” read a new
  
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• Vancouver criticized for boasting about low pay of its tech workers in ... - National Post

  18-02-2018 20:41
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  After the failed bid proposal was posted online, observers questioned why the city would highlight that its tech workers have the 'lowest wages of all North American tech hubs'
  'We are the best value option': Inside Vancouver's failed Amazon HQ2 bidCBC.caall 3 news articles »
  
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• East Vancouver house fire claims the life of elderly man

  18-02-2018 20:19 via globalnews.ca
  "The fire was right near our entry point, where we wanted to get in, so we had to knock that fire back before we could get in and search for the person," said Assistant Vancouver Fire Chief Sheldon Young.
  
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• Chinese New Year Parade to welcome Year of the Dog to Vancouver

  18-02-2018 20:17 via vancouversun.com
  The 45th annual Chinese New Year Parade will take over Vancouver’s streets this Sunday.
  The 1.3-kilometre route begins at the Millennium Gate on Pender Street, between Shanghai Alley and Taylor Street, and heads eastbound. The route then turns south at Gore Street, before heading westbound at Keefer Street and ending at Abbott.
  The parade begins at 11 a.m. Sunday and runs for about two and a half hours. About 100,000 spectators have turned out annual to witness the festivities.
  During the
  
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• Body of missing Alberta skier found near Revelstoke, B.C.

  18-02-2018 20:09
  The body of Michael Foster, who was last seen Tuesday, was located by police following an extensive search by ski patrol and search and rescue crews.
  
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• Water taxi between Coal Harbour and Bowen Island back in business

  18-02-2018 20:03
  
  Harbour Cruises will let Bowen Land and Sea Taxi pick up and drop off passengers at its Coal Harbour dock.
  
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• RCMP search for 19-year-old who vanished after attending Sun Peaks house party

  18-02-2018 19:51 via globalnews.ca
  Kamloops Search and Rescue and the RCMP are looking for a 19-year-old man who disappeared in Sun Peaks.
  
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• Blast of winter weather leaves thousands without power on B.C.’s south coast

  18-02-2018 19:30 via globalnews.ca
  A combination of heavy snowfall and frigid temperatures kept BC Hydro crews busy for much of Saturday night.
  
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• Elderly man dead following basement fire in east Vancouver home

  18-02-2018 19:17
  Firefighters said there was heavy smoke coming out of the house when they arrived at the scene around 4 a.m.
  
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• International: 20 bestselling books of the week for Feb. 10

  18-02-2018 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  HARDCOVER FICTION
  1. Dark in Death — J.D. Robb
  1. Still Me — Jojo Moyes
  3. The Woman in the Window — A.J. Finn
  4. Fall From Grace — Danielle Steel
  5. Little Fires Everywhere — Celest Ng 
  6. Origin — Dan Brown
  7. The Rooster Bar — John Grisham
  8. Before We Were Yours — Lisa Wingate 
  9. The Immortalists — Chloe Benjamin 
  10. The Wife Between Us — Hendricks/Pekkanen
   
  HARDCOVER NONFICTION
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• Elderly man killed in overnight house fire in East Vancouver

  18-02-2018 18:33 via vancouversun.com
  Investigators are on the scene of a fatal house fire in East Vancouver. 
  A man in his 70s who was living in the basement suite of the two-storey home was found collapsed by firefighters responding to the fire at about 4 a.m. Sunday.
  Kevin Wilson, assistant chief of operations for Vancouver Fire Rescue said: “It’s a terrible tragedy. It’s something that never leaves anyone involved.”
  The home at 2625 East 47th Avenue had been converted into numerous suites. When firef
  
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• Cherry Blossom Festival looking for singers

  18-02-2018 18:02
  
  This year's festival has its own tune.
  
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• Metro Vancouver's only drive-in theatre to kick off new season

  18-02-2018 18:00
  
  Load up the car and hit the road to Aldergrove if you want an evening of pure movie-watching nostalgia.
  
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• Vancouver weather: Snow, below freezing temperatures to start week

  18-02-2018 17:59 via vancouversun.com
  Sunday, Feb. 18, 2018
  VANCOUVER, B.C. – The weather looks worse than it actually is. The Metro Vancouver region was hit by another dump of snow Saturday overnight, along with minus zero temperatures, making for some icy conditions on Sunday.
  Those conditions were expected to drop even lower on Monday, before warming up during the week – just in time for next weekend’s dump of snow.Weather: Vancouver, B.C.
  Today: Cloudy with a 40 per cent chance of flurries on Sunday morning, mi
  
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• Giants play red-hot Red Deer Sunday afternoon, ending stretch where they’ve been both busy and banged up

  18-02-2018 17:54 via theprovince.com
  Here’s what we learned from the Vancouver Giants’ 4-3 loss to the Victoria Royals on Saturday on Vancouver Island.
  *The Giants suffered one of their more bizarre defeats of the WHL season, with Dino Kambeitz scoring the winner for Victoria at the 19:49 mark of the third period after Ty Ronning had tied it for Vancouver with a power-play tally at 19:23 of the frame.
  Now, Vancouver has to get right back at it this afternoon, taking on one of the hottest teams in the WHL.
  The Red Deer R
  
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• Trans Mountain spat ‘is exactly why we have a federal government,’ Jagmeet Singh says

  18-02-2018 17:19 via globalnews.ca
  NDP leader Jagmeet Singh says the premiers of Alberta and British Columbia are each fulfilling their promises to constituents on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.
  
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• Meet the Chef: Derek Grey is focused on tradition

  18-02-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  Derek Grey has been methodically building his culinary skill set since opting for easy credit from a high school cafeteria class. Since then he graduated from the Northwest Culinary Academy and worked as a pasta cook at Cibo Trattoria and spent a year as a butcher. Today, he brings it all together as head chef at Osteria Savio Volpe, renowned for its traditional flavours:
  Q: What motivates and inspires you as a chef?
  A: My biggest motivation is my family first and foremost. I strive to give my s
  
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• Jean-Claude Moubarac: Grocery stores and Canadians are bulking up on ultra-processed foods

  18-02-2018 17:00 via theprovince.com
  In the 1960s, the biggest supermarkets only carried 10,000 items or fewer. Big supermarkets today offer almost 40,000 products.
  To be sure, among those extra items are more kinds of fresh fruits, vegetables and non-food items. But not 30,000. The vast majority of the additional food items are a huge range of ready-to-eat products from cookies to snacks to complete dinners that have a characteristic in common — they’re ultra-processed foods.
  And they’re not nourishing us.
  A new
  
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• Growing tiny house company builds a village at B.C. Home Show

  18-02-2018 16:00
  
  Shannon and Brian Persse have been busy the past few weeks. They’re scrambling to finish up tiny homes that will be showcased at this year’s B.C. Home and Garden Show, which runs Feb. 21 to 25.
  
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• Vancouver Canucks dominate the Boston Bruins at home

  18-02-2018 14:36 via globalnews.ca
  The Vancouver Canucks started Saturday night's game against Boston with a commanding lead that the Bruins never recovered from.
  
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• What to do when the food bank will always be your only option

  18-02-2018 14:00
  
  Study looks at clients' long-term reliance on the Greater Vancouver Food Bank — and why that's probably never going to change.
  
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• The Provies: The Scratch, The Sedins TOI, The Hutton thing, and busting one of the team’s long-running myths

  18-02-2018 09:33 via theprovince.com
  BEST REACTION
  You think you spit out your apple juice when you heard Baertschi was being scratched after a two-assist game, you should have been in the locker room.
  If Green was looking to get his squad’s attention by cutting one of his better veterans out of the lineup, he succeeded in spades.
  “He’s been playing well for us this  year, there’s no question about it,” Henrik said.
  “Whenever a guy like that gets scratched…
  “He could have easily
  
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• Canucks 6, Bruins 1: Revved up at Rogers, Vancouver blasts Boston

  18-02-2018 07:30 via theprovince.com
  It’s always better when the Vancouver Canucks beat the Boston Bruins.
  It will always mean more than most games in Vancouver.
  The Canucks looked deep and dangerous, on their way to a 6-1 win, Saturday night at Rogers Arena.
  Here’s what we learned …
  THE CANUCKS WERE AMPED TO PLAY THE BRUINS
  They had speed. Boy, did they have speed.
  They had skill. They made plays. The youngest players romped. They crashed the net.
  The oldest players were everything you’d hope the Sedins co
  
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• Vancouver weather: Fraser Valley snowfall warnings as arctic blast hits Metro

  18-02-2018 07:06 via vancouversun.com
  Environment Canada renewed a snowfall warning for the Fraser Valley as an arctic blast swept into Metro Vancouver, dipping temperatures below freezing.
  Earlier in the day the weather agency posted a special weather statement for the region, saying an arctic blast was due to hit the south coast on Saturday night.
  As the cold front moved in, a new warning was posted noting “rain has transitioned to snow over many areas” and was accumulating quickly inland.
  Snowfall accumulations o
  
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• Fred Lee’s Social Network: A toast to schooling, science, good fortune

  18-02-2018 07:00 via theprovince.com
  Feasting on fortune
  Scotiabank’s Feast of Fortune has raised nearly $5 million to support Mount Saint Joseph Hospital.
  From humble beginnings, the Chinese dinner at a Richmond restaurant has grown into one of the largest hospital fundraisers and leading dates on the Chinese social calendar. Now in its 11th year, the event is a festive celebration of Chinese New Year, combining great food and live performances with a highly anticipated live auction and paddle raise.
  This year, 650 guests ga
  
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• Canucks 6, Bruins 1: What we learned

  18-02-2018 06:56 via theprovince.com
  It’s always better when the Vancouver Canucks beat the Boston Bruins.
  It will always mean more than most games in Vancouver.
  The Canucks looked deep and dangerous, on their way to a 6-1 win, Saturday night at Rogers Arena.
  Here’s what we learned …
  THE CANUCKS WERE AMPED TO PLAY THE BRUINS
  They had speed. Boy, did they have speed.
  They had skill. They made plays. The youngest players romped. They crashed the net.
  The oldest players were everything you’d hope the Sedins co
  
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• Global News Hour at 6: Feb 17

  18-02-2018 04:31 via globalnews.ca
  Watch Global News Hour at 6 for Saturday, February 17, 2018. For the latest news and video, go to globalnews.ca/bc.
  
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• Remembering Cranbrook Firefighter

  18-02-2018 04:08 via globalnews.ca
  A sombre day in the East Kootenay where hundreds of people gathered to celebrate the life of Cpt. Clayton Murrell and his wife Joan Mackinnon. The couple were killed in a triple fatal crash earlier this month. Kristen Robinson reports.
  
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• BC Evening Weather Forecast: Feb 17

  18-02-2018 04:08 via globalnews.ca
  The Saturday, February 17, 2018 evening weather forecast for Vancouver, British Columbia and the surrounding area.
  
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• Snowy weekend on the South Coast

  18-02-2018 04:05 via globalnews.ca
  Snow and plummeting temperatures are hitting the South Coast this weekend with many parts of the province under snow fall warnings. It’s great news for local ski hills, but as Paul Johnson reports, it’s caused concern for avalanche experts.
  
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• Search for Vernon woman in Mexico

  18-02-2018 04:05 via globalnews.ca
  Divers in Mexico have entered their third day in a desperate search for a woman from Vernon who went missing. Gloria Miller’s family tells Global News how they are coping. Geoff Hastings reports.
  
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• Coquitlam deadly shooting

  18-02-2018 04:05 via globalnews.ca
  People living in a quiet neighbourhood in Coquitlam have been left in shock after a deadly shooting Friday night. Investigators now say they do believe this was a targeted hit. Jill Bennett reports.
  
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• Ambulance-involved crash in Richmond

  18-02-2018 04:02 via globalnews.ca
  RCMP say several people were hurt in a crash Saturday afternoon involving multiple vehicles – including an ambulance.
  
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• Video gives behind the scenes look at dramatic Crown Mountain rescue

  18-02-2018 03:38 via globalnews.ca
  The video documents the climbers efforts to stay warm overnight, before they are airlifted to safety by North Shore Rescue.
  
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• Unfair and unwarranted: lawyers group responds to Gerald Stanley verdict criticism

  18-02-2018 03:24
  
  Judge, lawyers and jury "did their best in fulfilling their oath and duty to society," says Saskatchewan Trial Lawyers Association
  
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• Silver Star hosts Emergency Services Day

  18-02-2018 02:48 via globalnews.ca
  Emergency responders in the Okanagan headed to Silver Star Mountain to give the public an inside look into some of their training and techniques. “I think it’s important for people to see this because it gives them a bit of an understanding when you don’t quite know what’s actually happening, or maybe it gives you...
  
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• Developer of stalled condo project offers pre-sale buyers unusual options

  18-02-2018 02:42 via vancouversun.com
  The developer of a New Westminster project is giving pre-sale condo buyers a few weeks to make a choice among unusual options that speak to the curveballs facing both builder and buyer in a market environment of rapidly rising prices for condominiums.
  Vancouver-based Jago Development Inc. told holders of the pre-sale contracts for the 55 one-, two- and three-bedroom units at Westbourne Residences — which sold out in mid-2016, but where construction has been delayed — that if they wan
  
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• More than 100K people expected at Vancouver Lunar New Year celebrations

  18-02-2018 02:17 via globalnews.ca
  The parade kicks off at 11 a.m. in Vancouver's Historic Chinatown.
  
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• Richmond farmers campaign against further house-size restrictions

  18-02-2018 02:13 via vancouversun.com
  A group of Richmond farmers has launched a campaign to dissuade government from further reducing the maximum allowable size of houses on agricultural land in the city.
  The Richmond Farmland Owners Association, which includes 50 member families with more than 2,500 acres of farmland, is concerned that after the city updated policy on house sizes last spring, “special interest groups” are now pressuring the city to make them even smaller, spokesman Gunraj Gill said.
  Last May, the
  
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• Ed Willes: Jim Benning says Canucks’ plan revolves around support for young players

  18-02-2018 01:06 via theprovince.com
  When couples visit a marriage counsellor, the first problem they cite in their relationship invariably concerns communication.
  You never listen to me, they’ll say, or you misconstrue my meaning or take it out of context. They’ll also say your message might be clear to you but it’s not clear to me. And they’ll complain their partner doesn’t take the time to fully explain themselves, leaving the other person to guess at what they’re trying to say.
  As it happens,
  
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• Vancouver artist’s cartoon of Florida school shooting resonates

  18-02-2018 00:09 via globalnews.ca
  Pia Guerra's "Hero's Welcome" shows a young girl leading football coach Aaron Feis by the hand to meet a crowd of other people killed in school shootings.
  
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