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• Vancouver police search for 2 parolees wanted on Canada-wide warrants

  10-03-2018 23:53 via globalnews.ca
  Stanley Porter, 47, and Kevin Jerome Holden, 42, both failed to show up for curfew at their Vancouver halfway house.
  
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• Vancouver police searching for man who escaped halfway house

  10-03-2018 23:51 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver police are searching for 42-year-old Kevin Jerome Holden, a parolee who failed to return for his curfew at a Vancouver halfway house.
  The VPD says a Canada-wide warrant has been issued for Holden’s arrest. 
  He is serving a five-year sentence for a 2013 hostage taking and has 34 prior convictions for breach of trust, violence, and property related offences.
  Holden is described by police as white, six-feet tall, and weighs 160 pounds. He has short blonde hair, b
  
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• Recipe: Afternoon tea crepes

  10-03-2018 23:44 via globalnews.ca
  Executive chef Christopher Oliveira from Honey Salt at Parq Vancouver shows how to make a decadent crepe.
  
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• Police investigating death in Victoria neighbourhood

  10-03-2018 22:42 via globalnews.ca
  Victoria police say the Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit has been called in to investigate "a serious incident."
  
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• Two New Westminster schools to receive seismic upgrading

  10-03-2018 21:29 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. government says two schools at a high risk for earthquake damage in New Westminster will undergo seismic upgrades.
  Construction on Richard McBride and Lord Tweedsmuir is scheduled to begin this summer, and expected to be complete in fall 2020.
  The New Westminster School District already has replaced seismic high-risk John Robson with the new École Qayqayt Elementary, and has recently completed a seismic upgrade at F.W. Howay Elementary. When Lord Tweedsmuir and Richard
  
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• LIVE: Thousands protest Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion in Burnaby

  10-03-2018 21:02 via vancouversun.com
  Thousands of protesters have gathered in Burnaby for the Protect the Inlet demonstration against the $7.4-billion Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. 
  The rally is going ahead despite an injunction granted to Trans Mountain Friday in B.C. Supreme Court to stop activists from protesting at the company’s two terminals in Burnaby. The injunction restricts protesters from coming within 50 metresof the work site.
  Many Indigenous activists said the injunction would not sto
  
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• Thousands march in Burnaby to protest Trans Mountain pipeline expansion

  10-03-2018 20:57 via globalnews.ca
  The Protect the Inlet march to Burnaby Mountain happened the same day pro-pipeline demonstrators gathered in downtown Vancouver.
  
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• Vancouver Firefighter Charities Snack for Kids

  10-03-2018 19:22 via globalnews.ca
  Adam Dornbierer and Bryden Pelletier from Vancouver Firefighter Charities tells us about how they are helping feed hungry kids this Spring Break with their program – Snack for Kids
  
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• Saturday Chef – Afternoon Tea

  10-03-2018 19:22 via globalnews.ca
  Executive Chef Christopher Oliveira from Honey Salt at Parq Vancouver is demonstrating his recipe for afternoon tea with a twist – crepes.
  
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• Halifax’s Team Jones wins gold for Canada at World Junior Curling Championship

  10-03-2018 19:21 via globalnews.ca
  The team, composed of Kaitlyn Jones, Lindsey Burgess, Karlee Burgess, Kristin Clarke, Lauren Lenentine and coach Andrew Atherton are based out of the Halifax Curling Club.
  
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• Open House: Deep Clean Hacks

  10-03-2018 19:18 via globalnews.ca
  It’s almost time to start thinking about the big Spring Clean – Kaitlyn Herbst finds out some deep cleaning tips and tricks to help your house sparkle.
  
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• SFU study concludes no adverse effects to B.C. coast from Fukushima

  10-03-2018 19:17 via vancouversun.com
  A Simon Fraser University researcher has determined that no serious damage was done to B.C.’s coast following the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster in Japan seven years ago.
  SFU chemist Krzysztof Starosta analyzed soil and salmon samples, after concerns were raised that radioactive waste from the accident might taint the fish people consume.
  Starosta and his team used high-resolution gamma-ray spectroscopy to search West Coast soil and salmon for signs of radioactive isotopes Ces
  
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• LIVE: 2018 Canada 7s day one

  10-03-2018 19:11 via theprovince.com
  Good morning folks! It’s the third edition of the Canada Sevens.
  The action gets going today at 9:30 a.m. with a barn burner: New Zealand vs. Scotland.
  The gates have just opened and fans are starting to file in. Have to say the guys dressed as LMFAO that I spotted on the SkyTrain on my way in get top marks so far for dedication to fandom.
  I’ll be back in a little bit to set things up, but first…coffee!
  Oh, and the day’s schedule (everything is streamed live at cbcsports
  
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• Luke Skywalker's iconic lightsaber on display at Vancouver's Science World

  10-03-2018 18:43 via vancouversun.com
  Science World became Science Fiction World on Friday, unveiling a rare item from a galaxy far, far away.
  For the next ten days, the science centre will be home to the original lightsaber used by Luke Skywalker in 1977’s Star Wars and 1980’s Star Wars: The Empire Strikes back. 
  It’s the lightsaber from Skywalker’s iconic duel with Darth Vader on Cloud City — the one he loses when the villain cuts off his right hand, moments before we learn (spoiler alert!) that
  
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• Ronning tallies, Roman returns but Giants lose game to Tri-City and ground on Victoria

  10-03-2018 18:06 via theprovince.com
  Another Ty Ronning goal and the return to the line-up by Milos Roman were among the few positives to come out of the Vancouver Giants’ trip to Kennewick, Wash., on Friday night.
  Vancouver dropped a 6-2 decision to the host Tri-City Americans and they lost ground in the race for second place in the WHL’s B.C. Division, as the Victoria Royals scored a 4-3 overtime win over the visiting Prince George Cougars.
  Vancouver (34-24-6-3) is five points in back of the Royals (38-25-4-2) with tw
  
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• Invent a new donut flavour with Cartems

  10-03-2018 18:04
  
  What does your dream donut taste like? If Cartems has yet to put the flavour you’ve always wanted on their menu, now is your chance to pitch them your ideas.
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Sunny all weekend

  10-03-2018 17:55 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. – It’s a good weekend to get outside, as Saturday and Sunday’s weather looks fantastic. Environment Canada says Metro Vancouver can expect sunshine and highs of 9 C on Saturday, warming up to 12 C on Sunday, and 15 C inland.Weather: Vancouver, B.C.
  Today: Sunny. High 9 C, and 12 C inland.
  Tonight: A few clouds. Low 2 C.
  Tomorrow: Mainly sunny. High 12 C, and 15 C inland.
  Traffic: Lower Mainland
  Here’s a live traffic map of what’s happe
  
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• One man dead in Surrey shooting Friday night

  10-03-2018 17:30 via vancouversun.com
  Homicide detectives have been called in after one man was shot dead in Surrey Friday night.
   
  Surrey RCMP say shortly after 7 p.m., officers responded to a report of shots fired in the 6500-block of 137A Street.  
   
  A man suffering from gunshot injuries was transported to a local hospital, where he died from his injuries.
   
  Investigators believe the shooting was targeted and that both the suspect and victim knew each other. No arrests have been made.
   
  The Inte
  
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• Automation vs. jobs and human contact

  10-03-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  In the future of retail, it is likely that bricks-and-mortar stores and online commerce will merge into a seamless and convenient entity, says Vancouver tech entrepreneur Igor Faletski. 
  As CEO of the Vancouver-based online-commerce platform Mobify, Faletski has had a front-row view of the trend toward using technology to create a “frictionless transaction” that maximizes convenience for consumers while minimizing the amount of time they spend waiting in line.
  “The days of
  
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• Park board motion aimed at women’s safety at big events

  10-03-2018 16:32
  
  Vision park board commissioner Catherine Evans’s motion would compel event organizers to have a violence prevention strategy.
  
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• Canada this week: New money, more snow, more heartwarming moments

  10-03-2018 16:10 via globalnews.ca
  Will it ever stop snowing? Do we love new money? Do we like when hockey teams make kids' dreams come true? All that and more will be answered in this weeks Social Desk Roundup!
  
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• Gatsby-esque British Properties mansion listed for $19.8M (PHOTOS)

  10-03-2018 16:02
  
  Palatial house on incredible view lot in gated estate is region’s top-priced new listing of last week
  
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• Canopy offers park-side living on a grand scale

  10-03-2018 15:48 via vancouversun.com
  At Canopy, StreetSide Developments’ new residential community in north Surrey, the townhomes include the design elements that make them increasingly popular in the Lower Mainland — individual entries, garages and private outdoor spaces — but the project also has an extra. The huge 302-unit community is surrounded on two sides by green space.
  That green space is Tynehead Park, 642 acres of meadow and forest on the banks of the Serpentine River headwaters. The park is a habitat f
  
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• The Home Front: The line between public and private spaces blurs in downtown Vancouver

  10-03-2018 15:27 via vancouversun.com
  As downtown Vancouver becomes more densified, the line between private and public spaces is becoming increasingly blurred, with new thoughts surrounding “community in urbanism” emerging, says architect Michael Leckie, co-founder and principal of Leckie Studio Architecture + Design Inc. 
  “I think what we’re starting to see, particularly in downtown in neighbourhoods like Yaletown,and Gastown, where we’re getting higher-density residential combined with commercia
  
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• Burnaby bungalow has easy access to multiple amenities

  10-03-2018 15:23 via vancouversun.com
  A snapshot of recent residential real estate activity in Metro Vancouver
  4101 Oxford Street, Burnaby
  Type: Four-bedroom, two-bathroom detached
  Size: 1,778 sq. ft.
  B.C. Assessment: $1,212,100
  Listed for: $1,348,000
  Sold for: $1,300,000
  Sold on: Nov. 7
  Days on market: Five
  Listing agent: Andrew Hasman at ReMax Andrew Hasman
  Buyers agent: Justin Li at Metro Edge Realty
  The big sell: Burnaby’s Vancouver Heights neighbourhood has always enjoyed a sense of community, and access to myriad ameniti
  
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• Dog rescued after being trapped in neighbour's empty house for 23 days

  10-03-2018 14:00
  
  Chase the dog survives by drinking water from the bathroom toilet; he's nine pounds lighter but otherwise in good health.
  
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• Saturday will see protests and rallies both for and against Trans Mountain Pipeline

  10-03-2018 13:56 via globalnews.ca
  Pipeline protesters and supporters will both be taking to the streets of Metro Vancouver on Saturday.
  
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• Vancouver man calls ‘Men Working Above’ signs discriminatory

  10-03-2018 13:50 via globalnews.ca
  A Vancouver man thinks 'Men Working Above' signs are discriminatory, and wants the City of Vancouver to do something about it.
  
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• Ferrari owner suing ICBC for repair costs, insurer says it’s already paid

  10-03-2018 13:45 via globalnews.ca
  ICBC says it's paid for repairs to the supercar, but the owner claims the insurer still owes him money.
  
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• One man dead after Friday night shooting in Surrey

  10-03-2018 13:39 via globalnews.ca
  One man is dead after a Friday night shooting in Surrey
  
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• The Provies: The Tank job, the Boeser hangover, the Dowd thing and unwrapping the Hutton saga

  10-03-2018 10:13 via theprovince.com
  BEST WORRIED NOT WORRIED
  Jussi Jokinen is everything that is right with the Canucks.
  And everything that’s wrong, too.
  When it was over, he was leaning on his locker stall, his face bloodied and weathered.
  He was oozing old-time hockey effort.
  He was thankful to be playing, fortunate still to be getting regular shifts in the NHL. (Spoiler alert: It wouldn’t be happening on any other team and he knows it.)
  Jussi had finished a performance where he had given all he has at this point of
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Fatal shooting in Surrey Friday night

  10-03-2018 09:57 via vancouversun.com
  Surrey RCMP says a man shot about 7 p.m. Friday has now died of his injuries.
  Local Mounties were called to a report of shots fired in the 6500-block of 137A Street and found the man suffering from  gunshot wounds. He was transported to a local hospital but did not survive.
   
  “Officers are conducting neighbourhood canvassing and speaking with witnesses to obtain further information,” Sgt. Andrea McKinney said in a news release. “The investigation is still in its early
  
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• Glass Tiger 11 at 11

  10-03-2018 08:31 via globalnews.ca
  In the midst of their lengthy Canadian tour, we caught up with them and fired off random questions in this 11 at 11.
  
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• Polygamy ruling

  10-03-2018 08:28 via globalnews.ca
  A BC judge tossed out a challenge of Canada’s polygamy laws today quashing the appeal efforts of two men found guilty of the offence in our province. Catherine Uruqhart reports.
  
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• Cold-weather shelter dilemma prompts community meeting in Kelowna

  10-03-2018 07:51 via globalnews.ca
  A controversial new tenant in downtown Kelowna has been the epicenter of a debate between businesses, City of Kelowna officials, RCMP and social service agencies.
  
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• Eric Staal scores 37th goal of season to lead Wild over Canucks 5-2

  10-03-2018 07:44 via globalnews.ca
  Eric Staal scored the go-ahead goal as the Minnesota Wild defeated the Vancouver Canucks 5-2 on Friday night at Rogers Arena. Staal’s up to 37 goals on the season with 11 in his last nine games. The red-hot centre is only three behind Washington’s Alex Ovechkin for the league lead in goals. Zach Parise, Matt...
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Vancouver company trafficked, aided Sinaloa cartel, U.S. says

  10-03-2018 07:35 via vancouversun.com
  I was tipped to this interesting story late Wednesday and spent a day and a half tracking it down before finding the U.S. charging documents early Friday morning.
  Vancouver encryption company, Phantom Secure, owned by Vincent Ramos, has been aiding international drug traffickers for years, including the notorious Sinaloa cartel headed by El Chapo, the U.S. says.
  Ramos is now in jail south of the border facing a series of charges. His home and business was raided here Wednesday, though the RCMP w
  
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• Art program expands in Kelowna

  10-03-2018 07:24 via globalnews.ca
  Kelowna's Cool Arts Society has expanded to a space on the second floor of Kelowna's Rotary Centre for the Arts.
  
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• Wild 5 Canucks 2: Vancouver much too mild to tame the Wild

  10-03-2018 07:05 via theprovince.com
  The Brock Boeser injury didn’t get any easier to stomach on Friday.
  The Vancouver Canucks improved, but clearly lacked the impact player the NHL squad needs to beat a team like the Minnesota Wild.
  Vancouver scored first at Rogers Arena, but a weak goal not long after seemed to set the tone in a 5-2 loss.
  This is what we learned:
  At least the Canucks tried
  It wasn’t the effort to blame this time. It was talent. The Canucks, it turns out, don’t have much of it these days.
  Injurie
  
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• Scrappy Burnaby hoop squads punch tickets to quad-A, triple-A finals

  10-03-2018 06:24 via theprovince.com
  It was a good night Friday for Burnaby basketball at the Langley Events Centre.
  The No. 8-seeded Burnaby South Rebels defeated the No. 13 Belmont Bulldogs 70-58 in a quad-A boys’ provincial basketball semifinal and will face either the No. 2 Tamanawis Wildcats or the No. 6 Semiahmoo Totems in Saturday’s 8:15 p.m. championship game at the LEC.
  Tamanawis and Semiahmoo, both of Surrey, squared off in Friday’s late semifinal showdown.
  The 6 p.m. triple-A title game on Saturday will
  
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• Owner of Vancouver encryption company trafficked drugs, aided cartel, U.S. says

  10-03-2018 06:00 via vancouversun.com
  The owner of a Vancouver company that sells encrypted BlackBerrys popular with B.C. gangsters is facing charges in the U.S. of racketeering, conspiracy and drug trafficking.
  Vincent Ramos, who started Phantom Secure in 2008, is even alleged in U.S. court documents to have sold his specialized devices to “some members of the (Mexican) Sinaloa (drug) cartel.”
  Ramos, 41, was arrested in the U.S. on Wednesday, as police in Metro Vancouver raided his business and home.
  U.S. court document
  
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• Going to St. Ives

  10-03-2018 06:00 via globalnews.ca
  In the pleasant living room of a beautiful country home in the quiet village of St. Ives, England, two brilliant women exchange pleasantries over cups of tea and scones. However, we soon realize that this is no ordinary meeting. e action of this exquisite play takes us to the heart of modern Africa, and vividly...
  
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• Squamish climber missing in Alaska after snowstorm

  10-03-2018 05:51
  
  Marc-Andre Leclerc, and friend George "Ryan" Johnson, had planned to hike and ski back to Juneau by Wednesday.
  
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• After the Colten Boushie trial: defence offers condolences; province explains why it won't appeal

  10-03-2018 05:34
  
  "There is no going back; there is no making it right," Gerald Stanley's lawyer says.
  
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• There’s only 1 home on this massive Vancouver lot. There may be enough room for 21 homes

  10-03-2018 05:26 via globalnews.ca
  "I think for years, many of us have argued that we should densify the arterials," said a Vancouver architect.
  
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• Luke Skywalker's iconic lightsaber unveiled at Science World

  10-03-2018 05:09 via vancouversun.com
  Science World became Science Fiction World on Friday, unveiling a rare item from a galaxy far, far away.
  For the next ten days, the science centre will be home to the original lightsaber used by Luke Skywalker in 1977’s Star Wars and 1980’s Star Wars: The Empire Strikes back. 
  It’s the lightsaber from Skywalker’s iconic duel with Darth Vader on Cloud City — the one he loses when the villain cuts off his right hand, moments before we learn (spoiler alert!) that
  
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• Gas tax to fund solar project in Summerland

  10-03-2018 05:06 via globalnews.ca
  The District of Summerland will harness the power of the sun to create energy.
  
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• Editorial: Delay B.C. speculation tax for a year

  10-03-2018 05:03 via vancouversun.com
  The best that can be said for the NDP government’s so-called speculation tax is that it isn’t in effect yet.
  The measure introduced in the February budget isn’t a speculation tax at all, of course, it’s a second homes tax. Anyone who owns a property that is not lived in full time in designated areas — namely the Capital, Nanaimo, Metro Vancouver and Fraser Valley regional districts, plus the municipalities of Kelowna and West Kelowna — may be subject to the ta
  
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• Opinion: Respect science and protect our steelhead and salmon

  10-03-2018 05:00 via vancouversun.com
  Many West Coast Indigenous people call themselves the “salmon people” — because salmon are so integral to their culture, diet, community, and way of life. In a larger sense, all British Columbians are salmon people. The silver flash of leaping coho, the long struggle of spawning sockeye, the spectacle of bears flipping chum onto a stream bank and orcas streaking after a school of Chinook are central to us all.
  But today, our salmon and other sea-going fish are not only in deep
  
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• Elizabeth Murphy: B.C. undermines municipal tax base and affordability

  10-03-2018 05:00 via vancouversun.com
  The province recently introduced their budget, the first, full-year budget for the new NDP government. They claim it “puts people first, makes life more affordable for British Columbians.” Although there are many aspects to the budget that are a welcome shift from the previous administration, the proposed provincial infringement into the municipal property-tax base is particularly problematic.
  There are a number of valid measures to curb foreign speculation and capital used to purcha
  
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