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• LIVE: B.C. budget spends big on child care and housing, expands foreign buyer tax

  20-02-2018 23:59 via vancouversun.com
  THE 2018/19 B.C. BUDGET AT A GLANCE:
  • A new child care program that makes care effectively free for some low-income families, and offers modest subsidies for others based on income. There’s no mention of when, or even if, government will meet its $10-a-day child care election promise.
  • An immediate increase to the foreign buyer tax from 15 per cent to 20 per cent, and an expansion to Kamloops, Kelowna, Greater Victoria and the Fraser Valley.
  • The elimination of Medical Se
  
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• B.C. Budget 2018: Take our poll – are you happy with the B.C. Budget?

  20-02-2018 23:54 via vancouversun.com
  On Tuesday, the B.C. government announced its budget, the first since Premier John Horgan and the B.C. NDP took over from the Liberals.
  What do you think of the B.C. budget?
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• It’s not $10-a-day, but NDP says $1B childcare plan will help thousands of familes

  20-02-2018 23:53 via globalnews.ca
  It’s not $10-a-day, but the NDP have unveiled a sweeping, billion-dollar new childcare program.
  
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• $1B NDP child care plan centres on licensed providers

  20-02-2018 23:53 via globalnews.ca
  It’s not $10 dollars a day, but the NDP have unveiled a sweeping, billion-dollar new childcare program.
  
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• Calgary toddler breaks leg after boot sucked into escalator at Vancouver airport

  20-02-2018 23:45 via globalnews.ca
  An ambulance was called to provide medical care for the child. A maintenance crew also inspected the escalator before it was started again.
  
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• Mexican labour leader living in exile in Vancouver nominated for Mexican senate seat

  20-02-2018 23:42 via vancouversun.com
  Mexico’s left-wing opposition party Morena has offered the name of Vancouver-exiled labour leader Napoleon Gomez Urrutia among its senate nominees, according to El Universal.
  A win could pave the way for a return to Mexico after more than a decade in Canada.
  Gomez Urrutia arrived in Vancouver with his wife and two sons in May 2006 after he was removed from his post as head of the National Union of Miners and Metalworkers, accused of plotting to dissolve a workers’ trust fund and
  
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• Dog from Mexico who went missing in B.C. found safe after 8-day search

  20-02-2018 23:42 via globalnews.ca
  Queenie, a two-year-old pointer mix from Puerto Vallarta, was set to go to her new Victoria-area home early last week.
  
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• B.C. Budget: a good start to tackling housing affordability crisis

  20-02-2018 23:33
  
  NDP comes up with 30-point plan that includes new housing, tax changes
  
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• NDP unveils $6B comprehensive housing plan, speculators in the crosshairs

  20-02-2018 23:26 via globalnews.ca
  We finally know the details of the NDP's hotly anticipated comprehensive housing strategy.
  
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• B.C. budget 2018: 11 things you need to know

  20-02-2018 23:07 via globalnews.ca
  The books have been balanced. The debt has gone up. New programs are in place. So what does B.C. Budget 2018 mean to you?
  
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• B.C. finance minister announces MSP premiums will be replaced by 2020

  20-02-2018 23:01 via globalnews.ca
  Finance Minister Carole James announces changes coming to MSP fees in the 2018 B.C. budget speech.
  
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• Vancouver's film and TV industry urged to join Yaletown parking rally

  20-02-2018 22:55
  
  "Yaletown is a valuable film location that we cannot afford to lose,” says B.C. chapter of Directors Guild of Canada.
  
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• B.C. finance minister addresses affordable housing in budget speech

  20-02-2018 22:50 via globalnews.ca
  Finance Minister Carole James announces new changes coming to the B.C.’s housing market with a plan to introduce new taxes and close loopholes.
  
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• B.C. budget 2018: Government plans to add speculation tax, eliminate MSP

  20-02-2018 22:45 via globalnews.ca
  The B.C. government is introducing a new speculation tax on residential properties in an attempt to deal with the ongoing housing affordability crisis in the province.
  
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• Budget speech commits to ‘made in B.C.’ childcare plan

  20-02-2018 22:44 via globalnews.ca
  During the 2018 budget speech, Minister of Finance Carole James announces the government’s plan for improved childcare programs in British Columbia.
  
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• BC Liberals questioning who knew about NDP’s Trans Mountain plans ahead of time

  20-02-2018 22:31 via globalnews.ca
  Environment critic Peter Milobar says Kinder Morgan lost $800 million in stock value ahead of the release of the government's intentions late last month.
  
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• Vancouver police say clearing your windshield is 'snow joke'

  20-02-2018 22:18 via vancouversun.com
  With snow in the forecast for later this week, Vancouver police are asking drivers to re-familiarize themselves with their snow brushes.
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  B.C. Hydro preps for 'near-record-breaking' energy demand during this week's cold snapVancouver Weather: Freezing temperatures in the morning, high of 2 C
  The VPD tweeted out a photo Tuesday of a vehicle with so much snow on the windshield that it blocked nearly two-thirds of the driver’s view of the road.
  When police pulled the car over, the driv
  
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• BUSINESS REPORT: Canadians can’t stop using their homes as piggy banks

  20-02-2018 21:46 via globalnews.ca
  Canadians continue to borrow against the value of their houses at the fastest pace we’ve seen in more than five years.
  
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• B.C. Hydro prepares for “near-record breaking” energy demand as cold snap hits B.C.

  20-02-2018 21:45 via globalnews.ca
  B.C. Hydro is preparing for "near-record breaking peak loads" as cold snap prompts energy demand to spike.
  
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• The benefits and nutrients in canned foods

  20-02-2018 21:30 via globalnews.ca
  Registered Dietitian Diana Steele explains the health benefits and nutrients in canned foods.
  
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• BC Hydro preps for "near-record breaking" energy use during cold snap

  20-02-2018 21:26 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. Hydro says it is preparing for “near-record-breaking peak loads” later this week as B.C. braces itself for another cold snap.
  Electricity use across the province spiked on Sunday and Monday, when temperatures dipped as low as -5 C.
  “Freezing temperatures resulted in a 10 per cent increase in overall provincial electricity demand on Feb. 18 and 19 compared to the same days last week,” according to an operational update from B.C. Hydro.
  In Metro Vancouver, temperatures
  
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• B.C. man pleads guilty to mother’s murder on Sunshine Coast

  20-02-2018 21:21 via globalnews.ca
  Sentencing is scheduled for the end of February.
  
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• Abbotsford homicide victim's family makes plea to find killer

  20-02-2018 21:19 via vancouversun.com
  The Abbotsford family of 23-year-old homicide victim Satkar Singh Sidhu is pleading for help to find his killer.
  A year ago, on Feb. 20, 2017,  Sidhu was shot and killed in the 30500-block of Steelhead Court in Abbotsford. Emergency crews responded, but were unable to revive him and he died from his injuries.
  The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team continues to investigate the homicide, but there have been no arrests and detectives still need help from anyone with information.
  At th
  
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• Mike Smyth: Eby talks tough on money-laundering, but will he back it up with real action?

  20-02-2018 21:11 via theprovince.com
  B.C. has become a haven of drug-dealing and money-laundering that’s killing hundreds of people from overdoses and pricing homes beyond the reach of law-abiding citizens.
  That’s the view of Attorney-General David Eby, who’s promising bold action to purge B.C.’s casinos and hyper-inflated real-estate markets from the influence of criminals.
  “We have an international reputation that’s in tatters,” Eby told me. “We will clean it up. My goal is to have
  
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• Letters to The Province, Feb. 20, 2018: B.C. needs to compensate skilled-trades workers better as their work is critical

  20-02-2018 21:03 via theprovince.com
  I’m a journeyman electrician with more than 30 years of experience and after reading the Feb. 15 story I’m not surprised at the trades-and-worker shortage.
  We go to school for four years and after that take upgrading courses, yet in non-union jobs we’re paid $28-$30 an hour, which is an insult. The benefits are also marginal. The local union pays $36 an hour. I was, until recently, one of the guys who flew to Fort McMurray and made Alberta money — more than $47 an ho
  
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• Freezing temperatures impact B.C.’s south coast

  20-02-2018 21:00 via globalnews.ca
  The sun is shining but it is cold out there. With overnight lows hitting below zero and snow in the forecast, this last blast of winter is hitting the south coast hard. And as Jordan Armstrong reports, it’s impacting the region’s most vulnerable the hardest.
  
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• Alberta shrugs off B.C. legal challenge on wine ban, says much more at stake

  20-02-2018 20:29 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta's economic development minister is shrugging off a legal challenge filed by British Columbia over Alberta's ban on B.C. wine.
  
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• Cold temperatures to remain for South Coast this week

  20-02-2018 20:22 via globalnews.ca
  Warming shelters have now opened up across the region as some of the permanent shelters are already full.
  
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• Vancouver Canucks sign Erik Gudbranson to a three-year extension

  20-02-2018 20:04 via theprovince.com
  Defenceman Erik Gudbranson has signed a three-year contract extension with the Vancouver Canucks.
  The contract, which was signed a week ahead of the Feb. 26 NHL trade deadline, will pay the 26-year-old blueliner an average of $4 million per season.
  Gudbranson, who is earning $3.5 million this season, was set to be an unrestricted free agent in July.
  Presuming the Canucks will have to trade vanek now. They can’t come out of this week with nothing for the future
  — Jason Botchford (@bot
  
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• UPDATED: Canucks Game Day: Avalanche roll into Rogers 14 points up on hosts

  20-02-2018 20:04 via theprovince.com
  Funny thing about the Vancouver Canucks’ February schedule before we head into the final five games of the month.
  The Canucks have hammered the Chicago Blackhawks, Dallas Stars and Boston Bruins, yet still manage to enter tonight’s game at Rogers Arena against the Colorado Avalanche with a 3-6 won-lost record on the calendar.
  The Avalanche, 14 points up on the Canucks heading into the Western Conference tilt, will be the first of five games in a nine-day span for the Canucks. The gam
  
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• Canada’s women’s hockey team set for gold medal re-match with U.S.

  20-02-2018 19:57
  
  Vancouver police Const. Meghan Agosta and Canada’s women’s hockey team will face off against the U.S. for gold Wednesday.
  
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• Behind the scenes of budget lockup

  20-02-2018 19:54 via globalnews.ca
  It’s B.C. budget day and reporters from all over the province are currently in lockup. Our Richard Zussman shows us what that means
  
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• These companies were named the 10 best places to work in B.C.

  20-02-2018 19:36 via vancouversun.com
  U.K.-launched cosmetics company Lush is the best place to work in B.C., according to a new ranking released today.
  The list of the 10 best places to work in British Columbia was compiled by job site Indeed, based on hundreds of thousands of company reviews from employees.
  In second place is the University of B.C., followed by Simon Fraser University in third. The Vancouver-headquartered construction company Ledcor comes in fourth place and tech retailer Best Buy rounds out the top five. The full
  
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• NDP's first budget is best chance for major change

  20-02-2018 19:18
  
  A brief rundown of some of the first budgets introduced by new governments over the years.
  
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• First budget is best chance for major change

  20-02-2018 19:18
  
  A brief rundown of some of the first budgets introduced by new governments over the years.
  
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• Truck driver survives crash, fall down 30-metre embankment on Coquihalla

  20-02-2018 19:11 via vancouversun.com
  The driver of a semi-truck is in hospital after a crash and 30-metre slide down an embankment on the Coquihalla Highway, narrowly missing a river.
  It took rescue crews two hours to perform a dramatic rope rescue and extricate the driver, who was trapped in the cab of his truck in some trees.  
   Agassiz deputy fire chief Gerald Basten says it appears the trees may have stopped the cab from sailing down further into the icy river, adding “the man is very lucky to be alive.&rdq
  
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• Ultra-luxury hybrid sports car‎ arrives in Vancouver

  20-02-2018 19:05 via vancouversun.com
  Karma Automotive of Costa Mesa, California has recently released the Revero, a ultra-luxury hybrid sports car‎ targeting the economical and environmentally sensitive automobile enthusiast.Karma is presently building one car a day for their global market with less than forty designated for the Western Canada market.The Wanxiang Group, a major Chinese auto parts supplier, bought Fisker in 2014 after the then struggling car company laid off workers and went into bankruptcy after losing funding
  
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• LETTER: Park board compromise on Spanish Banks parking still not acceptable

  20-02-2018 18:28
  
  "The 11,000 who have signed this petition believe that Spanish Banks should remain a place to visit without a fee," David Fine writes.
  
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• Promises, promises: What today’s budget could offer for housing affordability

  20-02-2018 18:03
  
  As I entered the budget lock-up at the provincial government cabinet offices earlier this morning, I had skating on my mind.
  
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• Man arrested for allegedly discharging bear spray at construction site

  20-02-2018 17:44 via vancouversun.com
  A man is facing a possible charge of assault with a weapon after he entered a West Vancouver construction site office and allegedly discharged bear spray.
  Police were called to a construction site office near Park Royal South on Monday around 8:30 a.m. for the disturbance.
  According to workers at the site, a man walked in and claimed he was looking for work. One of the workers thought they recognized the man as possibly being a suspect from a theft reported at the site last week.
  When a wor
  
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• Two injured after early morning stabbing in Vancouver

  20-02-2018 17:20 via globalnews.ca
  The stabbing happened at around 5:30 Tuesday morning.
  
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• Two injured in early Tuesday morning stabbing in Vancouver

  20-02-2018 17:15 via vancouversun.com
  A man has been arrested following a double stabbing in Vancouver on Tuesday morning.
  Around 5:30 a.m., Vancouver Police were called to the area of Princess Avenue and Powell Street for a possible disturbance. Officers who arrived at the scene located a 49-year-old man and a 31-year-old woman suffering from stab wounds.
  The pair was taken to hospital with serious injuries but both victims are expected to recover.
  Police interviewed the pair and found that the victims and the suspect are known to
  
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• Writing a play about a family facing Alzheimer's helped Jill Daum cope with her reality

  20-02-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  Forget About Tomorrow
  When: March 1-25
  Where: Arts Club’s BMO Theatre Centre
  Tickets: artsclub.comPlaywright Jill Daum’s therapist was so relieved that Daum’s new play, Forget About Tomorrow, got good reviews.
  “She said if the reviews weren’t good she was going to call in sick,” said Daum, with a laugh as she shrugged her shoulders in a ‘this-is-my-life’ kind of way while sitting on a Vancouver-bound ferry recently.
  Jill Daum poses for a photo
  
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• Letters, Feb. 20: B.C. needs to compensate skilled-trades workers better as their work is critical

  20-02-2018 17:00 via theprovince.com
  I’m a journeyman electrician with more than 30 years of experience and after reading the Feb. 15 story I’m not surprised at the trades-and-worker shortage.
  We go to school for four years and after that take upgrading courses, yet in non-union jobs we’re paid $28-$30 an hour, which is an insult. The benefits are also marginal. The local union pays $36 an hour. I was, until recently, one of the guys who flew to Fort McMurray and made Alberta money — more than $47 an ho
  
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• Fab 5: Pastel party

  20-02-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  Lavender, lemon, mint, strawberry meringue and cotton candy blue: if you’re not into pastels yet, get ready to be — these are the shades of the season.
  And it’s not all about pretty pairings, either: these pastels look great teamed with everything from neons to acid hues, in contrasting or tonal colours.
  From ready-to-wear that looks good enough to eat to accessories to complete every outfit, Rebecca Tay showcases five styles to help you get ahead of this new-season trend.
  
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• Daily Poll: Thoughts on the changes to the Spanish Banks paid parking?

  20-02-2018 15:50 via vancouversun.com
  Following push back from local citizens over its plan to implement seasonal paid parking at Spanish Banks, the city of Vancouver has modified its paid parking proposal.
  Initially, the city hoped to charge for parking during peak season, beginning April 1 and ending Sept. 30. Spanish Banks is the only park in the city where there remains free parking.
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  Vancouver modifies plan for pay parking at Spanish Banks
  But a recent online petition launched by David Fine garnered more than 11,000 sign
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Freezing temperatures in the morning, high of 2 C - Vancouver Sun

  20-02-2018 15:15
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  Vancouver Weather: Freezing temperatures in the morning, high of 2 C
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  Temperatures are expected to drop to -5 overnight Tuesday. More snow on Wednesday for Metro Vancouver. Jason Payne / PNG. Share Adjust Comment Print. VANCOUVER, B.C. – Vancouverites are waking up to frosty weather Tuesday morning with temperatures ...
  More snow forecast as chilly temperatures linger in Metro VancouverCBC.caall 2 news articles »
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Freezing temperatures in the morning, high of 2 C

  20-02-2018 15:09 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. – Vancouverites are waking up to frosty weather Tuesday morning with temperatures around -4 C. Environment Canada forecasts cloudy skies and then clearing to sunshine for most of the day. There’s no snow expected today, but there’s more on the way on Wednesday. Temperatures are expected to plunge to -5 C tonight.Weather: Vancouver, B.C.
  Today: Mainly cloudy and -4 C in the morning. Clearing this afternoon. Windy over southern sections late this afternoon. H
  
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• Judge to young Vancouver lawyers: Stop whining about driving to the Valley - CBC.ca

  20-02-2018 14:02
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  Judge to young Vancouver lawyers: Stop whining about driving to the Valley
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  A Vancouver-based lawyer who complained about having to drive to court in Abbotsford wasn't the first to grumble. Or the second. Or the third. But, unfortunately for him, he was the fall guy. A provincial court judge launched into a brief lecture after ...
  
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• Canucks’ Game Day: Avalanche roll into Rogers 14 points up on hosts

  20-02-2018 14:00 via theprovince.com
  Funny thing about the Vancouver Canucks’ February schedule before we head into the final five games of the month.
  The Canucks have hammered the Chicago Blackhawks, Dallas Stars and Boston Bruins, yet still manage to enter tonight’s game at Rogers Arena against the Colorado Avalanche with a 3-6 won-lost record on the calendar.
  The Avalanche, 14 points up on the Canucks in the Western Conference tilt, will be the first of five games in a nine-day span for the Canucks. The game starts a
  
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