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• VPD officer cleared in shooting of axe-wielding man

  02-03-2018 23:56
  
  A Vancouver police officer involved in the shooting last September of an axe-wielding man near West 18th Avenue and Manitoba Street has been cleared of any wrongdoing.
  
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• Suspect identified and located in kicking of Richmond librarian

  02-03-2018 23:48 via globalnews.ca
  "We remind people to exercise a critical lens in what they see, hear, or read before any judgments are made," said an RCMP statement.
  
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• Here's the kicker: Suspect in Richmond Library assault has been located, police say

  02-03-2018 23:46 via vancouversun.com
  Police say they have identified and located the individual responsible for an assault at the Richmond Public Library on Wednesday.
  In a video that made the rounds on social media throughout the day, a man was seen kicking a librarian in the stomach before sprinting away.
  The woman, in her early 60s, was knocked to the floor by the kick. But while she was shaken up, she was not injured, police said. 
  A librarian is kicked by an attendant at a modular housing open house in Richmond Thursday m
  
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• Fort St. John receives almost as much snow in 24 hours as the average for all of March

  02-03-2018 23:19 via globalnews.ca
  Residents in northern B.C. are digging out from a ton of snow.
  
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• Tom Mayenknecht: Olympians, Raptors, Seattle turn golden, NCAA basketball becomes tin

  02-03-2018 23:06 via vancouversun.com
  Bulls of the week: The Canadian Olympic Committee and Own the Podium basked in the afterglow of a record medal haul for Canada at the Winter Olympics in South Korea. The Own the Podium (OTP) goal for Pyeongchang called for more medals than ever before and Canadian athletes responded in kind with 29 (11 gold, eight silver and 10 bronze). The fact that women were in on 59 per cent of the Canadian medals only made this week’s federal budget pronouncements for additional funding for gender equ
  
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• Sport Market Movie Awards: Edgy I, Tonya 2017's best, recalls train wrecks of '94

  02-03-2018 23:00 via vancouversun.com
  No matter how tragic or dysfunctional, great stories tend to make great movies. That’s true in sport as it is in life in general.
  On that front, history will show that the year 1994 — six Winter Olympic cycles ago — was a statistical outlier in terms of the human tragedies and bad events that offset the terrific personal and team success stories at that year’s Winter Olympics, FIFA World Cup and Commonwealth Games. It was a year in which a players strike cost Major League
  
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• Machete, knives, airsoft pistol, ski masks allegedly found on B.C. man during arrest

  02-03-2018 22:53 via globalnews.ca
  The Abbotsford man was wanted on a Canada-wide warrant when transit police pulled him over.
  
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• Vernon RCMP surprised missing woman is in jail

  02-03-2018 22:50 via globalnews.ca
  Emily Daley was last seen January 31st.
  
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• B.C. NDP government breaks ground on its first affordable rental-unit project

  02-03-2018 22:41 via globalnews.ca
  Heather Place, which is being built at 725-799 West 14 Ave, is the first project to move forward as part of the province’s goal to build 1,700 affordable rental-housing units over the next four years.
  
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• SFU falls to Seattle Pacific in conference playoff opener, ending women’s hoops season

  02-03-2018 22:39 via theprovince.com
  The young, upstart SFU Clan have seen their women’s basketball season come to an end.
  Coach Bruce Langford’s crew, which featured just eight players led by two juniors, dropped an 85-59 decision to the Seattle Pacific Falcons in the opening round of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference playoffs Thursday in Anchorage, Alaska.
  Seattle Pacific was the No. 3 seed, Simon Fraser University No. 6. The Clan had won their final three games to grab the last playoff spot. They finish th
  
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• Pregnant woman’s split-second heroics prevented suicide attempt on Granville bridge

  02-03-2018 22:39
  
  Everyday citizens honoured for heroism at annual police awards.
  
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• Luke Skywalker once held this Lightsaber. Now it's coming to Vancouver

  02-03-2018 22:32
  
  Once brandished by Mark Hamill in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, it will be on display at Science World March 9 to 19
  
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• Memorials for Dave Barrett to be held Saturday in Victoria, Sunday in Vancouver

  02-03-2018 22:26 via vancouversun.com
  A state memorial service for former B.C. premier Dave Barrett will be held in Victoria on Saturday, while a celebration of life will be held on Sunday in Vancouver.
  The Saturday memorial in Victoria is open to the public, and mourners can contribute to an online book of condolences.
  In addition to the online version, the government says a book of condolences will be available at the Farquhar Auditorium, where the service will be held.
  All messages will be presented to the Barrett family.
  In
  
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• Severely emaciated boxer on road to recovery after being rescued by BC SPCA

  02-03-2018 22:24 via globalnews.ca
  A cruelty investigation into what happened to Cedric is now underway.
  
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• Kitimat taking wait and see approach on U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs

  02-03-2018 22:10 via globalnews.ca
  Kitimat is a major aluminum producer and may be impacted by the American tariffs on steel and aluminum.
  
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• B.C. police watchdog withdraws court petition in Myles Gray case

  02-03-2018 22:04 via vancouversun.com
  A B.C. police watchdog has withdrawn a court petition that sought to force a police officer to provide it evidence in the death of Myles Gray in Burnaby after a confrontation with police three years ago.
  The Independent Investigations Office of B.C. said the officer has now been interviewed, and so the court petition has been withdrawn.
  “I am pleased that we were able to find a way of resolving this matter,” said Ron MacDonald, the IIO’s chief civilian director. “I a
  
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• Long stretch of Rail Trail in Kelowna will be paved this summer

  02-03-2018 21:46 via globalnews.ca
  The Okanagan Rail Trail from Dilworth Drive to the UBCO campus in Kelowna will be paved this summer.
  
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• Whitecaps ship Tim Parker to New York Red Bulls

  02-03-2018 21:45 via theprovince.com
  The Whitecaps’s tally of players shipped out in the 2017-18 off-season now stands at 18.
  Tim Parker’s time with the Whitecaps is now over, as the team did what had been rumoured for a week, trading him to the New York Red Bulls after the player and the team couldn’t agree on a contract extension.
  Parker’s deal was due to expire at the end of the season and both player and team recognized a raise was due. But in the end, the number the Whitecaps saw him as being worth didn
  
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• How to incorporate South Asian fashion into your wardrobe

  02-03-2018 21:34 via globalnews.ca
  Stylist Kam Bains gives us a preview of South Asian Fashion Week and discusses issues around cultural appropriation when looking at fashion.
  
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• Comic release: Ali Siddiq brings his standup to Vancouver

  02-03-2018 21:32
  Standup comedian and ex-prisoner talks to Metro before JFL NorthWest fest
  
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• Cache of weapons seized during arrest of Abbotsford man on Canada-wide warrant

  02-03-2018 21:31 via vancouversun.com
  Three new charges have been laid against an Abbotsford man who was arrested last month on a Canada-wide warrant during a traffic stop in which he was allegedly found in possession of cache of weapons.
  On Feb. 5, Metro Vancouver Transit police officers driving between Surrey SkyTrain stations pulled over a vehicle with expired insurance.
  Despite providing an alias and fraudulent identification, the driver was identified as Albert Edgar Fontaine, a man wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for paro
  
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• Park Board to appeal ruling exempting Vancouver Aquarium from cetacean ban

  02-03-2018 21:06 via globalnews.ca
  Last month the BC Supreme Court ruled the board's ban didn't apply to the aquarium because of a binding contract with the facility.
  
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• Town Talk: Bramwell Tovey bows out at Symphony Ball

  02-03-2018 21:00 via vancouversun.com
  FINE FINALE: When the 28th annual Vancouver Symphony Ball filled the Vancouver Convention Centre West’s waterfront ballroom recently, VSO board chair Fred Withers honoured now-retired 18-year music director Bramwell Tovey. “He has been a passionate advocate for providing musical experiences to students and people of all backgrounds,” Withers said. Maintaining the ball’s tradition, a young violinist performed alongside orchestra members who had donated their services. Jess
  
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• Track issue resolved on Canada Line service

  02-03-2018 20:52 via vancouversun.com
  TransLink says a service delay on the Canada Line SkyTrain has been resolved.
  Earlier service was restored between King Edward and Waterfront stations, but not between Olympic Village and Waterfront. Now TransLink says full service is resuming to all areas of the line.
  TransLink says it may take time to clear crowding and resume regular spacing between trains.
  The delays caused crowding some stations – particularly Olympic Village.
  A bus bridge was set up between Olympic Village and W
  
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• Soggy weather dampened tourist enthusiasm for Kelowna last summer

  02-03-2018 20:48 via globalnews.ca
  "We know that the weather had an impact on local accommodators."
  
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• Langley RCMP investigating concerning online posts about school

  02-03-2018 20:45 via vancouversun.com
  School officials in Langley are looking to calm nerves after a social media post by a Langley child read “planning a mass shooting” and drew a police investigation.
  In a letter sent on Wednesday to parents at Langley Fine Arts School, administrators say the post didn’t point to a specific school but said social media chatter in the community had suggested the school was a possible target.
  After an investigation by the RCMP, it has been determined there was no threat to the scho
  
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• Metro Vancouver detached home sales slump in February

  02-03-2018 20:23
  
  Condo prices keep rising as inventory fails to keep up with demand, but single-family homes are in a buyer’s market
  
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• B.C. government, Metro Vancouver break ground on affordable-housing project

  02-03-2018 20:08 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. government broke ground Friday on the first phase of an affordable-housing project that will replace replace 86 aging housing units with 230 new rental homes to provide affordable housing for people with a mix of incomes in Vancouver’s Fairview neighbourhood.
  Heather Place, which is being built at 725-799 West 14th Ave in partnership with the Metro Vancouver Housing Corporation, is the first project in the province’s commitment to build 1,700 affordable r
  
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• Bride who vented frustrations online ordered to pay photographer $115,000

  02-03-2018 20:02
  
  There are consequences to making defamatory comments online, judge says
  
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• Spring Arts Preview: Artists explore personal experiences, history

  02-03-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Requiem for Mirrors and Tigers
  When: Feb. 22-April 21
  Where: Grunt Gallery
  Tickets and info: grunt.ca
  A figure lies on his side, his head cradled in his arms, looking like he’s sound asleep.
  He’s lying on a roughly assembled bed made out of layers of materials such as stuffing from a sofa, cushions, fabric and a frayed straw mat. He’s in a formal, European-style room. The soundscape is the calming crackle of a fire burning in a fabulously ornate, carved wooden firepla
  
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• Vancouver park board appeals supreme court ruling on cetacean ban

  02-03-2018 19:46
  
  Vancouver Park Board is appealing the supreme court ruling that struck down its cetacean ban at Vancouver Aquarium.
  
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• Grieving mothers pleads with government to support Safe Care Act

  02-03-2018 19:46 via globalnews.ca
  A Squamish mother is hoping other mothers don't have to live through the pain she has.
  
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• #HowIWillChange conference in Vancouver to address men's role in #MeToo

  02-03-2018 19:42 via vancouversun.com
  Violence against women is a men’s issue.
  That’s the message of a unique conference being held in Vancouver on Saturday to promote men’s accountability.
  The Men’s Accountability Project #HowIWillChange event is billed as “a conference for men to deal with our sh#t.”
  It is a day-long event that will be held at the RayCam Community Centre on East Hastings Street.
  Organizers say thanks to the women in the #MeToo movement, now is a good time to promote men’s
  
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• Province Sports Radio: Negative media and trade deadlines

  02-03-2018 19:28 via theprovince.com
  Ed Willes joins Paul Chapman on Province Sports Radio to break down the trade deadline from the Canucks perspective, the overall direction and blueprint from the front office and what the rest of the season means to the team.
  http://media.blubrry.com/theprovincesports/p/archive.org/download/provsports_mar2/PROVSPORTS_MAR2.mp3
  They talk about the holes left on the team, and who they have coming who could possibly fill them. 
  You’ll also hear about the flap this week about the impact &l
  
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• Track issue disrupting Canada Line service

  02-03-2018 19:19 via vancouversun.com
  There’s a service delay on the Canada Line SkyTrain. TransLink says although service has been restored between King Edward and Waterfront stations, there is still reduced service between Olympic Village and Waterfront.
  As a result, there will continue to be delays and crowding at some stations – particularly Olympic Village, said TransLink.
  TransLink said it is providing additional staff at stations, particularly Olympic Village to assist with customers.
  Also it will  provide a
  
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• Vancouver-filmed Ghost Wars is now on Netflix

  02-03-2018 19:16
  
  First season shoots interior shots in old downtown post office while Fort Langley and Squamish double as remote Alaskan town.
  
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• Obituary: Peter McCulloch, the tallest promoter in Western Canada

  02-03-2018 19:03 via vancouversun.com
  Peter McCulloch could only have come from Vancouver.
  He started out as a stockbroker, dropped out to become a hippie, then became Western Canada’s leading alternative rock promoter.
  Put it this way — he was probably the only friend of Margaret Trudeau who promoted concerts by Nirvana, the Pogues and Jonathan Richman.
  McCulloch died in his sleep on Dec. 16 at the age of 75. A celebration of his life will be held Sunday at 1 p.m. at the Commodore Ballroom, where he promoted countless c
  
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• Emaciated boxer dog makes 'terrific strides' in recovery: SPCA

  02-03-2018 19:03 via vancouversun.com
  Cedric, an emaciated boxer dog formerly known as Tank, is making “terrific strides” in recovery, the BC SPCA said Friday.
  The SPCA issued a plea last month for help to pay for Tank’s recovery after the dog was found in January severely emaciated and shivering to keep warm. The two year old dog has since been renamed Cedric.
  BC SPCA Vancouver branch manager Jodi Dunlop says Cedric has come along way in his recovery. 
  “Every day I see more of his true personality shine
  
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• Spring Arts Preview: Classic Velveteen Rabbit spearheads family-friendly fun

  02-03-2018 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  The Velveteen Rabbit
  When: March 3-25
  Where: Waterfront Theatre
  Tickets and info: from $18, tickets.carouseltheatre.caIt’s the season of the rabbit in Vancouver theatre.
  Just after the wrap of the York Theatre run of Old Trout Puppet Workshop’s Jabberwocky, which features anthropomorphic hares, Carousel Theatre is presenting another lifelike rabbit. In this show, the bunny in question is the star of a stage adaptation of a children’s classic The Velveteen Rabbit.
  “It
  
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• DAZN picks up MLS streaming rights in Canada

  02-03-2018 18:43 via theprovince.com
  Two weeks after Major League Soccer announced they were closing down their in-house MLS Live streaming service, digital viewers in Canada now have a new place to watch.
  The league and digital broadcaster DAZN announced Friday that they’ve signed a three-year deal.
  The 262 games involving American teams will be available live, while the 129 games involving the three Canadian squads will be on a 48-hour delay, due to the MLS’s preexisting Canadian rights deal with TSN.
  “It’
  
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• B.C. wedding company awarded $115K after bride’s online vitriol shuts it down

  02-03-2018 18:32 via globalnews.ca
  Its owners have now been awarded $115,000 in a B.C. Supreme Court ruling.
  
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• Spring Arts Preview: Theatre lovers get a juicy drama with The Humans

  02-03-2018 18:00 via vancouversun.com
  The Humans
  When: March 22-April 22
  Where: Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage
  Tickets and info: artsclub.comTheatre companies this spring seem to be looking in every direction. The Firehall reaches back to remount its highly successful Chelsea Hotel: The Songs of Leonard Cohen, while the Arts Club re-stages its popular 1990s musical Mamma Mia!
  The Cultch, meanwhile, gazes grimly into the future with the Belgian production World Without Us, described as “a poignant premonition of eco-disaster
  
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• Dana Gee’s 2018 Oscar predictions

  02-03-2018 17:38 via globalnews.ca
  Dana Gee gives us her guess on who will win on Oscar night and who she thinks really should take home the awards this Sunday.
  
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• State memorial held Saturday for Dave Barrett

  02-03-2018 17:37 via vancouversun.com
  A state memorial service for former B.C. premier Dave Barrett will be held in Victoria on Saturday.
  The service is open to the public, and mourners can contribute to an online book of condolences.
  In addition to the online version, the government says a book of condolences will be available at the Farquhar Auditorium, where the service will be held.
  All messages will be presented to the Barrett family.
  In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be directed to the Alzheimer’s S
  
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• B.C. woman fined for living in late mother’s condo because she’s too young

  02-03-2018 17:34 via globalnews.ca
  Coralee is now living in a trailer and is not sure what to do. The apartment is currently sitting empty.
  
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• Movie reviews: Red Sparrow, Never Steady, Never Still and Loveless

  02-03-2018 17:17 via globalnews.ca
  It’s a good weekend for small movie releases. Dana Gee takes a look at the new releases hitting the Box Office this weekend including Red Sparrow, Never Steady, Never Still, A Fantastic Woman and Loveless.
  
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• Review of one of the most popular books ever written by a Canadian

  02-03-2018 17:05 via vancouversun.com
  It’s not often a Canadian writes the best-selling book in North America and much of the English-speaking world. Some commentators are calling this Canadian the most influential thinker in the Western World right now.
  That’s part of the amazing response to the work of clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson, a veteran therapist and researcher at the University of Toronto. Peterson has become a lightening-rod for people on the poles of the right and left, with both sides tending to pigeo
  
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• Spring Arts Preview: Dual festivals deliver classical music for the season

  02-03-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  VSO Spring Festival
  When: March 17-26
  Tickets and info: vancouversymphony.ca
  Vancouver Opera Festival
  When: April 28-May 6
  Tickets and info: vancouveropera.caFor classical music fans, the highlight of spring  has to be two festivals offered by our home teams, Vancouver Opera and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.
  This is VSO music director Bramwell Tovey’s farewell season, and the remaining months of the Tovey era are crammed with special events, including a concert vers
  
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• Shen Wei Dance Arts company set to soar during Vancouver International Dance Festival

  02-03-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  Shen Wei Dance Arts
  When: March 2-3, 8 p.m.
  Where: Vancouver Playhouse
  Tickets: $65 at VIDF
  As part of this year’s Vancouver International Dance Festival, March 1-24, the world-renowned, New York-based Shen Wei Dance Arts company will be here March 2-3 to deliver two very different programs.
  Led by choreographer Shen Wei, who was born in Hunan, China, and then moved to N.Y. in his teens, the company is known for its stunning and elegant performances. Shen was the lead choreo
  
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• Letters to The Province, March 2, 2018: Province should consider closing Coquihalla Highway during bad weather to prevent wipeouts

  02-03-2018 17:00 via theprovince.com
  Sunday evening there was another huge accident on the Coquihalla Highway, which sent 29 people to hospital and closed the road.Perhaps the next time the highway has an “alert” they might just as well close it to traffic. After a major accident, it’s frequently closed anyway. It certainly would save the Insurance Corp. of B.C. a lot of money, as well as the costs for health care and ambulance service.   
  It’s also time that the government star
  
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