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• B.C. school district posts want ad for on-call teachers, no teaching certificate needed

  19-02-2018 23:41 via globalnews.ca
  According to a want ad posted online, the North Okanagan-Shuswap School District is looking for teacher "replacements" for on-call work.
  
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• That’s not a tower blocking your view, it’s a ‘celebratory moment in the skyline’

  19-02-2018 23:19
  
  You’ve probably heard by now the city has approved some big changes to Northeast False Creek.
  
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• Have the mountains have been getting 'weirder' this season?

  19-02-2018 22:46
  
  Observe and obey... two little words that can make your whole day .
  
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• Have the mountains been getting 'weirder' this season?

  19-02-2018 22:46
  
  Observe and obey... two little words that can make your whole day.
  
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• No quick fix: B.C.’s Attorney General says money laundering problem will take years to solve

  19-02-2018 22:40 via globalnews.ca
  "I feel like we pull on a string here and it's connected in so many other places you end up following it out to a whole sweater," said David Eby.
  
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• No quick fix: BC’s Attorney General says money laundering in real estate, casinos will take years solve

  19-02-2018 22:40 via globalnews.ca
  "I feel like we pull on a string here and it's connected in so many other places you end up following it out to a whole sweater," said David Eby.
  
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• Snowboarder dies at Big White

  19-02-2018 22:11 via globalnews.ca
  A snowboarder died from a head injury at Big White over the weekend.
  
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• NPA rookie city councillor sets sights on Vancouver mayor's chair - Vancouver Courier

  19-02-2018 22:03
  NPA rookie city councillor sets sights on Vancouver mayor's chair
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  Hector Bremner won the Oct. 14 byelection to increase the NPA's representation on the 11-member council to four. He now wants to run for what will soon be the vacant mayor's chair, when Mayor Gregor Robertson concludes his term this fall. Photo Dan ...
  
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• Men charged with 2nd-degree murder in 2016 Vancouver death - CBC.ca

  19-02-2018 22:01
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  Men charged with 2nd-degree murder in 2016 Vancouver death
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  A pair of men are accused of second-degree murder in a death that marked Vancouver's first homicide of 2016. Almost two years to the day that Christopher Denis Kwik was shot in a Granville Street apartment, a charge of second-degree murder has been ...and more »
  
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• NPA rookie city councillor sets sights on Vancouver mayor’s chair

  19-02-2018 21:59
  
  NPA Coun. Hector Bremner confirmed Monday that he is seeking the nod to be his party's mayoral candidate. Four others have indicated an interest in the position.
  
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• NPA councillor Hector Bremner to seek mayoral nomination in Vancouver

  19-02-2018 21:55 via vancouversun.com
  NPA Coun. Hector Bremner will seek the mayoral nomination, it was announced Monday.
  “I’m excited today — with the support of my wife Virginia and two kids Carlo and Gianluca — to confirm that I am seeking the NPA nomination for mayor of our great city Vancouver,” Bremner wrote in a statement shared to Facebook.
  Bremner was elected to Vancouver city council in a byelection in October, after Vision Vancouver’s Geoff Meggs was lured away from city hall to work as
  
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• Spring Break 2018 camps in Metro Vancouver

  19-02-2018 21:53 via globalnews.ca
  Vancouvermom.ca’s Christine Pilkington goes through some great kids camps that still have room for spring break.
  
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• Alberta – BC trade dispute isn’t beneficial for employment or environment: Political scientist

  19-02-2018 21:53 via globalnews.ca
  University of Alberta political scientist Laurie Adkin is weighing on the Alberta B.C. trade dispute, saying governments must work together to strengthen both economies while also protecting the environment. She joined Jennifer Crosby on Global News at Noon to explain.
  
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• Yaletown businesses plan rally against removal of parking spaces

  19-02-2018 21:48
  
  The city plans to remove more than 100 parking spaces on Mainland and Hamilton streets to allow easier access for fire trucks.
  
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• Vancouver Island man jailed for beating puppy to death

  19-02-2018 21:48 via globalnews.ca
  When a necropsy was done on the mixed-breed puppy, Dux, results found he had suffered blunt force trauma to his head and right rib.
  
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• Freezin' for a reason: Polar Plunge on Kits beach is Mar. 3

  19-02-2018 21:36
  
  Annual English Bay swim raises money for Special Olympics BC
  
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• NPA councillor Hector Bremner to seek mayoral nomination in Vancouver - Vancouver Sun

  19-02-2018 21:26
  NPA councillor Hector Bremner to seek mayoral nomination in Vancouver
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  NPA councillor Hector Bremner will throw his name into consideration for the NPA's mayoral nomination. He is pictured inside Vancouver City Hall chambers in this January 2018 file photo. Francis Georgian / PNG. Share Adjust Comment Print. NPA Coun ...and more »
  
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• Dashcam captures car nearly hitting pedestrian at crosswalk

  19-02-2018 21:16 via globalnews.ca
  Footage from a dashboard camera captured in Richmond on Sunday, shows how close a car came to hitting a pedestrian
  
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• Dash cam captures car nearly hitting pedestrian at crosswalk

  19-02-2018 21:16 via globalnews.ca
  Footage from a dashboard camera captured in Richmond on Sunday, shows how close a car came to hitting a pedestrian
  
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• It's Good To Be Back! Sun Run Round 2

  19-02-2018 21:14 via vancouversun.com
  Oh, how good it feels to be back! Returning for my second year of The Vancouver Sun Run and Intraining Run Clinics, I couldn’t be more excited! Returning to Brittania to find many familiar faces and plenty of new runners. Like that first day back to school after summer vacation, it is good to be back and see everyone excited and motivated!
  One of the most exciting things about this year is the addition of the new group. In addition to the Learn to Walk 10km, Learn to Run 10Km and Run Stron
  
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• Coquitlam drive-by shooting house known to police

  19-02-2018 21:03 via globalnews.ca
  A drive-by shooting outside a home has rattled a typically quiet port Coquitlam neighbourhood. RCMP believe it was targeted. As Jordan Armstrong reports, the people living in the home are known to police.
  
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• Five reasons to enjoy free Winter Jazz concerts

  19-02-2018 21:00 via vancouversun.com
  Winter Jazz
  When: Feb. 23-25
  Where: Performance Works
  Free: coastaljazz.ca1. Atomic. Enjoy some jazz, pop and roots courtesy of Coastal Jazz and Granville Island. The free three-day Winter Jazz concert series features local and international acts, including Scandinavian jazz band Atomic. “While the complexity of the writing might come off as fussy in lesser hands, for Atomic it never feels less than charged, with fresh concepts speeding by breathless moment after breathless moment,”
  
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• Dash cam captures car almost hitting pedestrian in Richmond

  19-02-2018 20:57 via globalnews.ca
  Allan Wilson’s dash camera caught an incident in Richmond Sunday after he stopped to let a pedestrian cross. However, the car behind him did not want to wait and swerved around him, narrowly missing the pedestrian in the crosswalk.
  
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• Delta high school put under ‘code yellow,’ students kept in classrooms

  19-02-2018 20:52 via globalnews.ca
  The Delta School District says a code yellow is used when there is an incident taking place outside the building and there is no immediate or active threat. 
  
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• Delta high school put on ‘code yellow’ after woman groped on school track

  19-02-2018 20:52 via globalnews.ca
  The Delta School District says a code yellow is used when there is an incident taking place outside the building and there is no immediate or active threat. 
  
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• John Horgan video pumps budget, slaps Alberta for ‘unfair trade practices’

  19-02-2018 20:21 via globalnews.ca
  "I say to Alberta and other jurisdictions that B.C. Stands resolute to protect our coast, to protect our environment and to protect our economy," Horgan says in the video.
  
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• A lost 'psychedelic, nude, paint, dance happening' from Vancouver in the1960s resurfaces - Vancouver Sun

  19-02-2018 20:12
  A lost 'psychedelic, nude, paint, dance happening' from Vancouver in the1960s resurfaces
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  Nude psychedelic dancer 'Sandi' at the Shanghai Junk cabaret in Chinatown on Feb. 18, 1967. Ray Allan / PNG. Share Adjust Comment Print. In February 1967, the Shanghai Junk nightclub in Chinatown hosted a “psychedelic, nude, paint, dance happening ...
  
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• B.C. government to formally challenge Alberta’s wine ban

  19-02-2018 20:08 via globalnews.ca
  The B.C. government is formally challenging Alberta's ban on B.C. wines through the Canadian Free Trade Agreement dispute settlement process.
  
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• Hearts bleed at Queer Arts Festival Valentine’s Day fundraiser

  19-02-2018 20:07
  
  Works by queer artists such as Joe Average, Paul Wong and Adrian Stimson went on the auction block at the second staging of the Queer Arts Festival’s winter fundraiser, Bleeding Hearts & Artists.
  
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• Region's third shooting in four days leaves bullet holes, no injuries

  19-02-2018 19:55 via vancouversun.com
  Metro Vancouver’s third shooting in four days left bullet holes in a home and two vehicles but caused no injuries.
  A Port Coquitlam residence located in the 3800 block of Ulster Street was the most recent scene of a shooting, where a drive-by Sunday around 8:30 p.m. left bullet holes in the home’s garage door and shattered the rear windshields of two parked vehicles.
  There are no injuries, however, police believe the shooting was a targeted incident and that the residence is known to
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Vallee murder trial verdict coming June 1st

  19-02-2018 19:54 via vancouversun.com
  The Cory Vallee murder trial finally ended last Wednesday. B.C. Supreme Court Justice Janice Dillon will give her verdict on June 1st. I wrote this summary of the case, highlighting all the unsolved murders that were mentioned during the trial.Here’s the story:
  Brutality of UN, Red Scorpion gang war highlighted in year-long trial
   
   Kevin LeClair had just left the Browns Socialhouse in Langley’s Thunderbird Mall on a cold Friday afternoon nine years ago.
  He got into his pic
  
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• B.C. to challenge Alberta's wine boycott under free trade agreement

  19-02-2018 19:46 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. plans to put the corkscrews to Alberta over its wine boycott by filing a formal dispute under Canada’s free trade agreement.
  In a statement shared Monday, the B.C. government announced it is formally challenging the Alberta ban on B.C. wine that was announced earlier this month.
  “B.C.’s wine industry is an important contributor to our economy, creating good jobs and other economic benefits for people in B.C.,” said Bruce Ralston, minister of jobs, trade and technolog
  
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• B.C. government ‘cautiously optimistic’ about balanced budget

  19-02-2018 19:38 via globalnews.ca
  The B.C. government is promising to give back to British Columbians in the form of child care support and housing measures in the 2018 provincial budget.
  
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• B.C. launches formal challenge against Alberta's wine ban

  19-02-2018 19:34
  On Friday, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley threatened to ratchet up the pressure if B.C. doesn't reverse its decision on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.
  
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• Metro Vancouver's third shooting in four days leaves bullet holes but no injuries - Vancouver Sun

  19-02-2018 19:26
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  Metro Vancouver's third shooting in four days leaves bullet holes but no injuries
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  A Port Coquitlam residence was the most recent scene of a shooting on Sunday evening, where a drive-by left bullet holes in the home's garage door. No injuries were reported at the time. Nick Procaylo / PNG. Share Adjust Comment Print. Metro Vancouver ...and more »
  
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• Coquihalla Highway closed southbound Monday morning

  19-02-2018 19:22 via globalnews.ca
  Truck drivers on the Coquihalla say conditions are very treacherous Monday morning.
  
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• B.C.'s Hedley withdraws from Juno nominations amid #MeToo allegations

  19-02-2018 18:52 via vancouversun.com
  Hedley has withdrawn their name from Junos consideration this year but will continue to tour while under fire for allegations of sexual misconduct.
  The B.C. pop-rock act was up for three Juno awards and was slated to perform during the show, but was dropped following a number of allegations circulating online that claim the band engaged in inappropriate conduct with underage fans over the years.
  “In the coming days – and throughout this current tour – we intend to take res
  
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• Sailboat crew calls for help off coast of Richmond; ferries respond

  19-02-2018 18:33
  
  Rescue crews were called to Sands Head near Steveston after a 60-foot sailboat issued a mayday call Sunday afternoon.
  
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• Canadian families choosing ‘small living’ over suburban sprawl amid rising housing prices

  19-02-2018 18:23 via globalnews.ca
  Skyrocketing real estate and rental markets across much of the country have some families choosing small spaces over suburban sprawl -- and finding unexpected benefits.
  
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• Man sentenced to four months in jail after beating puppy to death

  19-02-2018 17:47 via vancouversun.com
  A Duncan man who beat his 16-week-old puppy to death is headed to jail and will be banned from owning animals for a decade.
  Robert Carolan has been sentenced to four months in jail after it was found his puppy Dux had suffered severed blunt force trauma.
  Carolan initially told authorities the puppy had accidentally drowned after he left him in a bathtub and stepped out for a smoke, but could not explain why the puppy was bleeding and had other injuries.
  A necropsy found that Dux, a mixed-breed p
  
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• Paul Kershaw: B.C. budget will be unhealthy if medical care gets most of the new spending

  19-02-2018 17:00 via theprovince.com
  In last year’s B.C. election, the NDP campaigned on a platform that promised to increase spending on medical care more than any other social policy.
  But new research published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal cautions Premier John Horgan against this strategy. Don’t grow medical-care spending more than other social spending, the research warns, because health doesn’t start with health care.
  That’s the finding from decades of science. It shows that health starts
  
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• National Margarita Day: Here are three easy recipes to mix and enjoy

  19-02-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  The winter doldrums have long set in. But, while we can all dream about a sun-soaked beach vacation, we can’t all jet off on one.
  So, what’s the next best way to get into vacation mode without splashing out on an actual trip? Sipping a sweet margarita, of course.Thankfully, National Margarita Day takes place Feb. 22 (National Tequila Day is July 24, in case you somehow missed that memo), and we’re more than ready to indulge in a few vacation-worthy drinks. 
  So, w
  
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• Letters to The Province, Feb. 19, 2018: Alberta is already building wind power to energize its electrical grid

  19-02-2018 17:00 via theprovince.com
  Letter writer Robert Tritschler wrote on Feb. 14 that “the oil business is nearly over and we don’t realize it” and, from his place on Vancouver Island, advises that “Alberta should be looking at huge solar arrays and wind farms.” Has he been to Alberta lately?
  Has he been out along Highway 3 from the Crowsnest Pass to Fort Macleod and Lethbridge, or on the road from Waterton to Cardston and Magrath, not to mention the roads that parallel the foothills south fr
  
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• Vancouver weather: Sunny today, cloud tonight, snow to return later th

  19-02-2018 16:13 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C.: FEB. 19, 2018 – It will be a week of cold weather beginning Monday, followed by a brief mix of sun and cloud that serves only to warm up the Metro Vancouver region just enough before snow returns on Wednesday.
  Just a handful of residents across the Metro Vancouver region were without power on Monday morning, after a storm over the weekend knocked out service in some areas.Weather: Vancouver, B.C.
  Today: Sunny with a high of plus 1.
  Tonight: Clear skies, with some cloud in
  
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• Daily Poll: Do you support these proposals for DT's Granville Street?

  19-02-2018 16:08 via vancouversun.com
   
  Vancouver Coun. George Affleck has proposed changes to the downtown Granville entertainment district that would see more restaurant patios, extended bar hours, better late-night transportation options and surveillance cameras.
  Related
  Vancouver councillor seeks changes, even cameras, on Granville strip
  Affleck’s motion comes just a few weeks after a nightclub employee was fatally stabbed on Granville Street while trying to break-up a late-night altercation outside Cabana Lounge. The
  
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• South Vancouver rental building to be Canada’s largest multi-unit Passive House

  19-02-2018 16:00
  
  Super-high energy efficiency should dramatically reduce tenants’ energy bills – and rents will be below market rates
  
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• Shooting in Port Coquitlam overnight

  19-02-2018 16:00 via globalnews.ca
  Jordan Armstrong is on scene in Port Coquitlam Monday morning after a drive-by shooting at a home overnight. Bullet holes can be seen in the garage and the car in the driveway.
  
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