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• Penticton’s airport to receive multimillion-dollar improvements

  12-03-2018 23:17 via globalnews.ca
  Penticton’s airport is getting a facelift. Transport Canada is spending $6.4 million to modernize the busy airport and improve security and safety.
  
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• Ian Mulgrew: More lawyers, not more money, is remedy to legal woes?

  12-03-2018 23:06 via vancouversun.com
  Anyone who thinks 5,000 lawyers in chains at the bottom of the ocean is a good start hasn’t met Victoria lawyer Kevin McCullough.
  “We need more lawyers!” he insists. “More lawyers, that’s the answer.”
  While the rest of the legal community wrings its hands about an onslaught of self-represented litigants, the lack of access to justice and beggarly legal aid rates, McCullough sneers: “Give me a break.”
  He thinks the current Legal Services Society&nbs
  
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• Four-legged infection fighter hits the road to sniff out C. difficile

  12-03-2018 23:00
  
  Angus, the three-year-old English springer spaniel, is taking his sniffing skills on the road in search of C. difficile spores in hospital environments.
  
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• Island football community mourns 'well loved' dad found dead after disturbance call

  12-03-2018 22:59 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Joe Gauthier loved nothing more than watching his 13-year-old son, Joey, play football with the Saanich Wolverines, his friends and family say.
  The 35-year-old father, who was found dead in Victoria early Saturday, was a fixture on the sidelines at his son’s games.
  ”The absolute joy in his life was watching his son on the football field,” said Jodene Rogers, Gauthier’s former partner and Joey’s mother.
  “He was always there — very well kn
  
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• Chris Hemsworth talks style — and that Thor costume — in Vancouver

  12-03-2018 22:41 via vancouversun.com
  If you happen upon Australian actor Chris Hemsworth while he’s in town shooting his latest film, you’re welcome to call him Thor. No really, call him Thor.
  “I have sort of become synonymous with that character,” he says with a laugh of his Marvel character’s moniker.
  “And Chris has very rapidly disappeared into the background.” 
  So, just how often does the 34-year-old actor, who is in Vancouver filming the Drew Goddard-directed thriller Bad Tim
  
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• A wealth of reasons why B.C.’s Speculation Tax misses the mark

  12-03-2018 22:14
  
  As Courier readers may recall, when the provincial budget was first released, I wrote it was a good start to tackling the housing affordability crisis.
  
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• Lower Mainland could see record high temperatures today

  12-03-2018 22:00
  
  It’s a beautiful day in Richmond today and temperatures across the Lower Mainland could reach record highs.
  
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• Petition calls for maximum penalty for Duncan couple accused of ‘horrific act of animal abuse’

  12-03-2018 21:59 via globalnews.ca
  The dog was found severely emaciated and with a neck wound so deep his head was three times its normal size.
  
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• Could a guaranteed basic income help people in B.C. escape the ‘welfare trap?’

  12-03-2018 21:37 via globalnews.ca
  "Most people actually don't want to live their whole lives on $17,000 a year, they want a bit more than that. And they want a bit more comfort, a bit more luxury than [it] will give them."
  
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• ’Twas ever thus? Vancouver real estate headlines 30 years ago

  12-03-2018 21:35
  
  Decades-old news clippings from columnist Michael Geller’s scrapbooks show some things in real estate never change – but some do…
  
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• Vancouver Giants need help from Silvertips to get home ice against Royals in WHL’s first round

  12-03-2018 21:23 via theprovince.com
  The Vancouver Giants are fans of the Everett Silvertips this week.
  With three games left in their regular season, the Giants (35-25-6-3) are five points in back of the Victoria Royals (39-25-4-2) in the race for second spot in the B.C. Division and the home-ice advantage in the first round of the playoffs that comes with it.
  Vancouver has a game in hand on Victoria.
  The Royals wrap league play Friday and Saturday with a home-and-home against the Silvertips (45-19-2-3), while Vancouver visits the
  
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• Hiker missing overnight near Grouse Mountain found by Metro Vancouver staff

  12-03-2018 21:22 via vancouversun.com
  Update: Vancouver police say a man who went missing on Sunday while hiking near Grouse Mountain has been found.
  “He is cold but otherwise OK,” said Sgt. Jason Robillard.
  According to an update by North Shore Rescue, the man was found by Metro Vancouver staff in the Capilano Watershed.Previously: Vancouver police are seeking the public’s help in tracking down a man who went missing while hiking on the weekend.
  Saeid Mirzaei Katik Lahijani, 25, was last in contact with his f
  
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• Ryan Reynolds pitches in to help to save Vancouver's Rio Theatre

  12-03-2018 21:10 via vancouversun.com
  Actor Ryan Reynolds has added his name to the list of famous donors helping to save east Vancouver’s beloved Rio Theatre.
  “The Rio Theatre is legendary. Spoiler Alert: I plan to be buried there,” the Deadpool star tweeted late Sunday evening, alongside the hashtag #savetherio and a link to the theatre’s ongoing Indiegogo campaign to buy the building and save it from potential re-development.
  The Rio Theatre in Vancouver is legendary. Spoiler Alert: I plan to be buried the
  
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• Beyoncé and Jay-Z announce joint On The Run II tour, 1 Canadian date

  12-03-2018 21:02 via globalnews.ca
  Vancouver, B.C., is the only Canadian stop on the hip-hop super couple's second joint tour.
  
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• Vancouver musicians rally around injured guitarist

  12-03-2018 20:54
  
  Celebrated folk singer/guitarist Dan Bern severed his fingertips in a snowblower accident March 8 near his home in upstate New York.
  
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• Vancouver musicians rally around guitarist injured in snowblower accident

  12-03-2018 20:54
  
  Celebrated folk singer/guitarist Dan Bern severed his fingertips in a snowblower accident March 8 near his home in upstate New York.
  
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• 47th Juno Awards broadcast announces final performers including Diana Krall

  12-03-2018 20:38 via vancouversun.com
  Juno Awards Broadcast
  When: March 25, 5 p.m.
  Where: Rogers Arena
  Tickets and Info: From $59 at junoawards.ca
  The final list of performers to appear at the 47th annual Juno Awards Broadcast has been announced and it rounds out a list which already includes nine time Juno winners Arcade Fire, rising soul star Daniel Cesar, graphic novellist and concept pop artist Lights, vocalist Jesse Reyez and rockers the Arkells.
  Nanaimo jazz singer and star Diana Krall, Iqualuit sensations The Jerry Cans,
  
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• Okanagan man skips another trial, pleads guilty to second-degree murder

  12-03-2018 20:34 via globalnews.ca
  Matthew Stephen Foerster has pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of Taylor Van Diest.
  
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• One woman dead after single-vehicle collision near Revelstoke

  12-03-2018 20:13 via globalnews.ca
  A driver who went over the embankment of the Trans Canada Highway near Eagle Creek died in the crash.
  
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• Blind Surrey man has been missing since March 6

  12-03-2018 20:13 via vancouversun.com
  Surrey RCMP are requesting the public’s assistance in locating 48-year-old Danny Bayer, who went missing last week.
  Bayer, who is legally blind, was last seen at 5 p.m. on March 6 in the 10300-block of 148th Street in Surrey.
  He is described as a white male, 5-foot-9, 165 pounds with blond, medium-length hair and blue eyes. Bayer is fitted with a facial prosthetic that replaces his nose; however, police do not believe he was wearing it at the time of his disappearance.
  
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• Air Canada delays cause major frustration at YVR

  12-03-2018 20:07 via globalnews.ca
  Global News spoke with frustrated passengers at Vancouver International Airport after Air Canada experienced significant delays from a nationwide network outage.
  
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• VPD searching for 9-year-old missing boy

  12-03-2018 20:04 via globalnews.ca
  Vancouver police have issued an update about a nine-year-old Emerson Cusworth who may be the victim of a parental abduction.
  
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• Stanley Park's Skookum Festival to unveil music line-up on Tuesday

  12-03-2018 19:54 via vancouversun.com
  The music lineup for the inaugural Skookum Festival in Vancouver’s Stanley Park will be announced on Tuesday afternoon.
  The music, food and art festival will take place Sept. 7 to 9, 2018, in downtown Vancouver’s picturesque Stanley Park, on Brockton Field.
  BrandLive, which previously produced the Squamish Valley Music Festival, will present the in-town event. The company had previously produced a 2012 fundraiser concert in Stanley Park for the Sarah McLachlan School of Music.
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• Two children transported by air ambulance following serious Abbotsford MVA

  12-03-2018 19:39 via globalnews.ca
  Paramedics have reportedly transported two children injured in a serious motor vehicle accident near Ridgeview Drive in Abbotsford. Global 1 captured these images from the scene Monday morning.
  
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• Grandmother and her 2 grandchildren hit by car in Abbotsford

  12-03-2018 19:36 via globalnews.ca
  The grandchildren are ages two and five.
  
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• B.C. court orders further DNA testing in Tallio murder case

  12-03-2018 19:27 via vancouversun.com
  A B.C. Court of Appeal decision Monday paves the way for further DNA testing in the case of Phillip Tallio, a B.C. man who’s been in prison for 34 years for a murder he says he didn’t commit.
  A unanimous decision signed by three B.C. Court of Appeal judges and delivered Monday morning says “it is in the interests of justice to allow the testing to occur.”
  Tallio was arrested in 1983 for the murder of a 22-month-old child on the Bella Coola First Nation reserve. At his tri
  
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• Search continues for boy allegedly abducted by mother

  12-03-2018 19:26
  
  Police are looking for nine-year-old Emerson Cusworth and his mother, Shawana Chaudhary, 34.
  
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• Kelowna man facing charges after gun incident

  12-03-2018 19:03 via globalnews.ca
  A 31-year-old Kelowna man is in custody facing possible charges after allegedly firing a gun Saturday night.
  
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• Concert announcement: Bon Iver set to play Deer Lake Park this spring

  12-03-2018 19:02 via vancouversun.com
  Bon Iver will perform at Burnaby’s Deer Lake Park this May.
  Justin Vernon is bringing his band to the Festival Lawn at Deer Lake on May 26, 2018 as part of a North American tour this summer. The tour includes three Canadian dates in Vancouver, Edmonton and Calgary.
  The newly announced dates fill out Bon Iver’s schedule, which already includes several festival appearances and a string of European dates.
  Vernon’s most recent album 22, A Million was released in 2016. Bon Iver has
  
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• Q& A: Actor Peter Anderson talks theatrical thrill-ride Butcher

  12-03-2018 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  Butcher
  When: March 20-31
  Where: Cultch Historic Theatre
  Tickets and info: from $22, tickets.thecultch.comIn Butcher, an old man is dropped off at a Toronto police station with a Santa hat on his head and the words “arrest me” on a butcher hook around his neck.
  Written by Governor General Award-winning playwright (for 2013’s Fault Lines) Nicolas Billon, the 2014 play is a suspense thriller full of twists and turns. But beneath its knotty plot are questions about revenge an
  
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• Hiker lost near Grouse Mountain located safely

  12-03-2018 18:59 via globalnews.ca
  Lahijani said he was going hiking on Sunday, and hasn't been heard from since.
  
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• Pedestrian accident: Abbotsford grandmother, two grandkids sent to hospital

  12-03-2018 18:48 via vancouversun.com
  A woman and her two grandchildren were sent to hospital Monday morning after they were struck by a car in a residential area of Abbotsford.
  The woman, who police say is in her 60s, and two children, aged 2 and 5, were hit by a Toyota Yaris on Ridgeview Drive, east of the intersection with Townline Road, at around 8:15 a.m.
  Police say the woman and her five-year-old grandchild were transported to hospital via air ambulance with serious injuries. The two-year-old was taken to hospital with wh
  
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• UPDATED: Police looking for missing Vancouver man

  12-03-2018 18:33
  
  It’s believed 25-year-old Saeid Mirzaei Katik Lahijani went hiking near Grouse Mountain
  
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• Search continues for 9-year-old B.C. boy allegedly abducted by his mother

  12-03-2018 18:23 via globalnews.ca
  Police believe Emerson was taken by his mother, contrary to a court imposed custody order.
  
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• Vancouver police seek help locating missing hiker near Grouse Mountain

  12-03-2018 18:17 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver police are seeking the public’s help in tracking down a man who went missing while hiking on the weekend.
  Saeid Mirzaei Katik Lahijani, 25, was last in contact with his family around 5 p.m. on Sunday, when he told them he planned to go hiking in the Grouse Mountain area. Lahijani told family members he would call when he returned but he has not been heard from. Police say Lahijani has not been in contact with friends either.
  Police say Lahijani is not prepared for the conditions
  
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• Seven things to do in the Lower Mainland this week: Haida Now, Kristi Lane Sinclair, and more

  12-03-2018 18:00 via vancouversun.com
   
  Shaman, Chief and Human wood sculpture by an uncredited artist is part of the Haida Now exhibition at Museum of Vancouver.
  Haida Now: A Visual Feast of Innovation and Tradition
  When: March 18 to June 15
  Where: Museum of Vancouver
  Tickets and info: Museum of Vancouver
  In partnership with the Haida Gwaii Museum, this exhibit is co-curated by Haida curator Kwiaahwah Jones and MOV’s Viviane Gosselin. It features over 450 works of art and culture dating back as to 1890. Besides the histo
  
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• 5 reasons to see Cohen tribute Chelsea Hotel at Firehall

  12-03-2018 18:00 via vancouversun.com
  Chelsea Hotel: The Songs of Leonard Cohen
  When: March 17-April 21
  Where: Firehall Arts Centre
  Tickets and info: $25, firehallartscentre.ca1. The music. Chelsea Hotel: The Songs of Leonard Cohen features a wealth of material culled from the breadth of the late bard’s decades-spanning career. And, yes, that means Hallelujah.
  2. Firehall Arts Centre. For its 35th anniversary, the venerable theatre presents its final production of the show. The Firehall produced and developed Chelsea Hotel wit
  
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• Air Canada system outage leading to long delays at Vancouver Airport

  12-03-2018 17:12 via globalnews.ca
  Due to a malfunction with Air Canada's system, passengers are unable to check in and drop off baggage.
  
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• Marpole residents' appeal against temporary modular housing dismissed

  12-03-2018 17:05 via vancouversun.com
  A judge has dismissed an appeal from a group of Marpole residents frustrated by the city’s plans to build temporary modular housing in the neighbourhood.
  It is the second blow to the group’s legal attempts to block the 78-unit temporary modular housing project, located on Heather Street.
  The Caring Citizens of Vancouver Society had previously filed a petition in December, claiming the city had failed to provide proper notice of a public hearing. When that petition was dismissed in Ja
  
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• How foods can help heal and prevent disease

  12-03-2018 16:42 via globalnews.ca
  Dietitian Jess Pirnak takes a look at foods that can help prevent chronic diseases.
  
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• Ryan Reynolds tweets his support for Vancouver’s ‘legendary’ Rio Theatre

  12-03-2018 16:26 via globalnews.ca
  The Rio has so far raised $135,500 from just over 1,600 backers but that's still just nine per cent of $1.5 million the owner wants to raise in the next three weeks.
  
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• Daily Poll: Are you in favour of a bike path through Kitsilano Beach Park?

  12-03-2018 16:15 via vancouversun.com
  A proposal to construct a paved bike path through Kitsilano Beach Park will be put before Vancouver Park Board on Monday.
  Related
  Vancouver: Proposed Kits Beach bike path divides park users
  The proposed bike routes could cut through the treed grove between Ogden and McNicoll Avenue, the green space on the west side of Arbutus, behind the tennis courts and then join what is now a footpath on the Cornwall side of the park.
  City staff, in a report to the park board, says the separate bike lane is n
  
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• Concert announcement: Beyonce, Jay-Z bring On The Run II to Vancouver

  12-03-2018 16:05 via vancouversun.com
  Driver, roll up the partition please.
  Music power couple Beyonce and Jay-Z are bringing their On The Run II tour to Vancouver this fall.
  News of the tour was unveiled Monday morning, with shows beginning in June and stretching across the U.K., Europe and North America. The pair will perform at Vancouver’s B.C. Place on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018, which is currently the last stop of the tour.
  The outing, titled On The Run II, will kick off in June and is an ode to the couple’s previous tou
  
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• Style Q&A: Vancouver designer prepares for VFW show

  12-03-2018 16:00 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver Fashion Week
  When: March 19-25
  Where: David Lam Hal (50 East Pender St., Vancouver)
  Tickets and info: From $30; vanfashionweek.comIf discovering cool, local and international designers is your MO for spring/summer 2018, you may want to stop by Vancouver Fashion Week. The style event provides an introduction to new and new-to-you brands that you likely won’t find in any old department store. 
  And one such designer is Alex S. Yu. 
  Yu took a moment out of the pre
  
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• Vancouver weather: Sunny with possible record-setting temperatures

  12-03-2018 14:49 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C.: March 12, 2018 – In the words of Rob Thomas (and Santana), it’s a hot one. Monday’s weather will see temperatures of 13 degrees along the water and up to 20 degrees inland, making you forget that just last week, there was still frost on your car windshield in the morning.
  Skies are expected to be sunny throughout the day and into the night, though clouds will return while you’re sleeping including a low of plus 5.
  It’s possible there could be some r
  
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