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• RCMP arrest pipeline protesters at Kinder Morgan site in Burnaby

  17-03-2018 23:18 via vancouversun.com
  Burnaby RCMP began arresting pipeline protesters on Saturday afternoon at the site of the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion project in Burnaby. 
  More than two dozen demonstrators were being arrested after they blocked Kinder Morgan’s tank farm front gate for hours, according to a news release from the protesters Saturday.
  On Thursday, a judge granted Trans Mountain an indefinite injunction aimed at preventing people from entering within five metres of work sites at the Burnaby and
  
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• Photos: RCMP arrest over two dozen pipeline protesters at Trans Mountain site

  17-03-2018 23:12
  Amina Moustaqim-Barrette, representing Protect the Inlet activists, said 28 people had been arrested by Saturday night after what she described as a "very peaceful" demonstration.
  
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• New market rental housing project breaks ground in Coquitlam

  17-03-2018 23:05 via globalnews.ca
  The 41-unit building in Austin Heights is the first market rental development to break ground in Coquitlam in 40 years.
  
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• Mike Smyth: No soccer for you! Inside the government’s fight with FIFA

  17-03-2018 22:42 via theprovince.com
  The opportunity to host World Cup soccer games was a dream scenario for Vancouver fans who hoped “the beautiful game” would visit our beautiful city in 2026.
  But when B.C. Place officials sat down to analyze the contract terms demanded by FIFA — the corruption-plagued world governing body for soccer — the dream turned into a financial nightmare.
  Now I can tell you some inside details of the proposed deal, which unravelled last week after the B.C. government demanded clari
  
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• Meet the Chef: On the spot with Danny Markowicz

  17-03-2018 22:00 via vancouversun.com
  White Spot’s executive chef Danny Markowicz has made some notable culinary stops — Diva at the Met and as a leader of menu development at Brown’s Social House. Today, he is putting a creative spin on menus at White Spot — arguably B.C.’s most iconic restaurant — incorporating global and diner-esque influences.
  Q: What motivates and inspires you as a chef?
  Danny Markowicz.
  A: Inspiration for me can come from a walk in the park, where I can be in nature and tune
  
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• RCMP searching for ‘armed and dangerous’ man in Maple Ridge

  17-03-2018 19:27 via globalnews.ca
  Police say Kenneth Lavallee is wanted on several firearms-related charges.
  
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• Here’s where to celebrate Macaron Day 2018 in Vancouver

  17-03-2018 19:00
  
  On March 20, bakeries will offer special deals on macarons, many with a charitable component
  
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• With playoffs looming, Giants looking for bounce-back effort tonight in Kelowna

  17-03-2018 18:46 via theprovince.com
  Here’s what we learned from the Vancouver Giants’ 5-2 loss to the Kelowna Rockets on Friday in their regular season home finale at the Langley Events Centre.
  *The Giants will get another chance to see how they can rally in their final league game on Saturday in Kelowna (7:05 p.m., TSN 1410).
  Vancouver had the run of the play early Friday, much to the delight of the large crowd of 4,624. The Giants seemed primed to take advantage of a Kelowna team resting three of its top four scorers
  
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• St. Patrick’s Day Irish Drinks

  17-03-2018 18:10 via globalnews.ca
  Darryl Lamb from legacy liquor shares his pick of the best irish liquors and ciders
  
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• Saturday Kitchen – Neverland Tea Salon

  17-03-2018 18:10 via globalnews.ca
  Terri Tatchell and Jessic Toews from Neverland Teas Salon share their recipe for a vegan Pots de crème and a tipsy tea
  
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• SFU Golf Team

  17-03-2018 18:06 via globalnews.ca
  The SFU Golf Team tell Jay about balancing school with golf
  
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• Belief, skill has Bhullar Wrestling Club members headed to nationals

  17-03-2018 18:00 via theprovince.com
  Marques Calapiz stood under the glare of the floodlights, the crowd hushed, his opponent across from him, and for the first time, he believed in himself.
  Seventy-two seconds later, he was a champion.
  When the Grade 10 Notre Dame student pinned Dylan Battye of Queen of Angels in the final of the B.C. High School wrestling championships in Port Alberni, winning the 48-kilogram weight class, it was his singular moment.
  “His finals match was probably his toughest, and he pinned the guy in a mi
  
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• Eire Born Dancers

  17-03-2018 17:59 via globalnews.ca
  Eire Born Irish Dancers treat us to a special St. Patrick’s Day performance
  
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• Open House: Cleaning Tools

  17-03-2018 17:56 via globalnews.ca
  Kaitlyn Herbst finds out some top cleaning tools that will help with your annual spring clean
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Sunny today, cloudy on Sunday

  17-03-2018 17:32 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. –  Saturday’s weather in Metro Vancouver is mainly sunny, with highs of 10 C, and 14 C inland. Environment Canada is forecasting cloudy, but dry, weather for Sunday and Monday. For the spring break week ahead, it looks like Tuesday will be clear and sunny, with highs of 12 C. However, then the agency is forecasting a return to rain for the rest of the week.Weather: Vancouver, B.C.
  Today: Mainly sunny. High 10 C, 14 C inland.
  Tonight: A few clouds. Incre
  
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• Protesters return to Burnaby to block Trans Mountain pipeline construction

  17-03-2018 17:32 via globalnews.ca
  The protests follow last week's demonstration that saw thousands of people march to Kinder Morgan's facility on Burnaby Mountain.
  
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• Protesters return to Burnaby to block Trans Mountain pipeline

  17-03-2018 17:32 via globalnews.ca
  The protests follow last week's demonstration that saw thousands of people march to Kinder Morgan's facility on Burnaby Mountain.
  
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• Juno Songwriters Circle entertaining way to learn a thing or two

  17-03-2018 17:28 via vancouversun.com
  Juno Songwriters Circle presented by SOCAN in association with Canadian Music Publishers Association
  When: March 25, noon
  Tickets: $39.50, ticketmaster.ca 
  While Juno Awards are handed out in Vancouver on March 25, it is worth remembering that without songs there would be no reason to celebrate.
  A few hours before the actual Michael Bublé-hosted awards take place at Rogers Arena, the craft of songwriting takes centre stage at the Juno Songwriters Circle at the Orpheum Theatre.
  C
  
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• UPDATE: Rescue vessel stolen in Agassiz found by RCMP

  17-03-2018 17:19 via globalnews.ca
  B.C.'s search and rescue association says thieves have made off with a vessel that saves lives. 
  
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• St. Patrick in Mexico a religious affair

  17-03-2018 16:52 via theprovince.com
  In San Patricio Melaque on Mexico’s Pacific Coast, for ten days in March, St. Patrick is loudly and joyously celebrated.
  At five o’clock one morning the town wakes to the whistles and explosions of fireworks, then peal after peal of church bells. At seven we watch a brass band marching behind a group of fifty, young and old. Some carry candles, others sway to the music, all heading to the Catholic church on the plaza.Patrick is the patron saint of the town. Every day from March 8th t
  
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• Top Juno winner offers up his fave Canadian classics

  17-03-2018 16:00 via vancouversun.com
  Songwriter Jim Vallance is probably best known as the songwriting partner of Bryan Adams. You may have heard of some of their hits: Cuts Like a Knife, Heaven and Summer of ’69?Currently he is working with Adams putting the finishing touches on the new Pretty Woman: The Musical. The show has a tryout run in Chicago this spring and is scheduled to open later in the summer on Broadway.
  “When we signed-on in 2015 we didn’t know it would be a three-year commitment! It’s m
  
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• Check out this ultra-contemporary Hollywood-style house for $10.8M (PHOTOS)

  17-03-2018 15:00
  
  One movie theatre not enough? This luxury West Vancouver home has two…
  
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• The Home Front: Springing in to home design

  17-03-2018 14:43 via vancouversun.com
  As the weather begins to warm up and dry out — a little — and our thoughts turn to spring and the desire to clear out our homes and begin anew.
  Those thoughts are fed by new spring and summer design collections of the likes of Italian brand Alessi.
  The Sun caught up with Alessi’s Canadian representative, Laura Bulley, in town from Toronto, to hear about their latest offerings for design and home lovers alike.
  Alessi is known for its long history of cutting edge and quality desi
  
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• Landmark on Robson takes a stellar site in downtown Vancouver

  17-03-2018 14:23 via vancouversun.com
   
   
  PDP London may be based thousands of kilometres away, but the architecture firm demonstrated a keen understanding of Vancouver when it came to the balconies in the two-towered Landmark on Robson. And it helped that this city provides such spectacular views and scenery, says David Hoggard, the firm’s managing director and partner.
  The firm, working with the locally based MCM, came up with a solution to ensure the homes have both shelter from the rain and panoramic views of the
  
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• Sold (Bought): Mid-century home has plenty of living space

  17-03-2018 14:13 via vancouversun.com
  A snapshot of recent residential real estate activity in Metro Vancouver
  438 East 37th Ave., Vancouver
  Type: Five-bedroom, three-bathroom detached
  Size: 2,948 sq. ft.
  B.C. Assessment: $2,023,000
  Listed for: $2,498,000
  Sold for: $2,350,000
  Sold on: Jan. 30
  Days on market: 85
  Listing agent: Shannon Ezekiel and Marni Tritt at Engel & Volkers Vancouver
  Buyers agent: Jennifer West at Macdonald Realty
  The big sell: This bright family home sits on an oversized 49.5-by-122-foot lot in the Main and F
  
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• Book review: Young Vancouver author probes the local real estate market

  17-03-2018 14:00 via vancouversun.com
  Property Values
  By Charles Demers
  Arsenal Pulp Press       April 2018
  $15.95                                    184 pp.Charles Demers, born in 1980, already has an impressive list of public accomplishments. The same year (2009) that he published his well-received first novel, Prescription Error
  
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• Canucks Game Day: Will the Canucks ever score again?

  17-03-2018 13:00 via theprovince.com
  The Vancouver Canucks will be desperate to score a goal, any kind of goal as they host the San Jose Sharks on Saturday, having gone three straight games without finding the twine.
  TV: CBC. Radio: Sportsnet 650, 7 p.m.
  THE BIG MATCHUP
  Canucks offence vs. history
  It’s been 212:09 minutes since the Canucks last scored a goal. If they go one more period and an additional three minutes Saturday without putting one in the net, it will set a new franchise record for playing time without scoring.
  
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• Dan Fumano: Labour group hopes to broker deal to defeat NPA

  17-03-2018 11:00 via vancouversun.com
  Could the future of Vancouver’s next civic government be shaped in the longshore union building down near the East Van waterfront?
  The Vancouver and District Labour Council, which represents union members working everywhere from the docks to the public service, has long played a role in local politics. The organization helped found city political party COPE 50 years ago, brokered deals between parties going back generations, and for the past decade have thrown its weight behind Vision
  
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• Vancouver Giants announce playoff dates against Victoria Royals

  17-03-2018 08:18 via theprovince.com
  Vancouver Giants sniper Ty Ronning extended his team-record goals total to 61 in Friday night’s loss to the Kelowna Rockets. The Giants confirmed their playoff dates against the Victoria Royals after the game.
  The Vancouver Giants lost 5-2 to the Kelowna Rockets on Friday night, locking them in as the lower seed in their first-round playoff series against the Victoria Royals.
  After the game, the team announced the dates for that series.
  The Giants will head to the Island for Games 1 and 2
  
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• Rescue crews in North Vancouver are ramping up their efforts to be ready in case of an outdoor emergency

  17-03-2018 07:25 via globalnews.ca
  Today, dozens of firefighters carried out mock drills for when they have to jump into action to save lives. Catherine Urquhart reports.
  
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• Okanagan BCHL teams take Friday night wins

  17-03-2018 06:33 via globalnews.ca
  There were two playoff games Friday night involving Okanagan based BCHL teams and both saw wins.
  
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• Emaciated eagle with broken wing rescued, put on back seat of truck and driven 118km for help

  17-03-2018 04:52 via globalnews.ca
  "If they didn't intervene when they did, unfortunately, the outcome would've definitely been death, and it probably would've been not a pretty one.”
  
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• Maple Ridge police warn of wanted man 'considered armed and dangerous'

  17-03-2018 04:28 via vancouversun.com
  Kenneth Lavallee is being sought by the Ridge Meadows RCMP on firearms charges.
  Police in the Maple Ridge area are warning the public about a wanted man who is believed to be “armed and dangerous.”
  An arrest warrant has been issued for Kenneth Lavallee, described as a 47-year-old white male, six feet tall, 240 pounds with a muscular build, shaved head and green eyes.
  Ridge Meadows RCMP spokeswoman Sgt. Brenda Gresiuk say he’s “wanted on several firearms-related charges an
  
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• Douglas Todd: We don’t agree on the line between flirting and harassment

  17-03-2018 04:15 via vancouversun.com
  “Really, everybody knows the difference between flirting and harassment.”
  We have heard this many times in reference to #MeToo and Hollywood’s #Timesup movement, with many saying only Neanderthals or the dangerously disingenuous do not distinguish between such relational right and wrong.
  But two major polls make it clear Canadians, and citizens of other countries, do not at all agree on what constitutes acceptable behaviour when it comes to workplaces, friendliness and flirting
  
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• Sedin Foundation sponsors First Nations youth to attend national leadership conference

  17-03-2018 04:10 via vancouversun.com
  The Sedin Family Foundation, the charity founded by Canucks superstars Daniel and Henrik Sedin and their wives, Johanna and Marinette, has announced that it will sponsor 15 First Nations youth and their chaperons to attend the Gathering Our Voices Indigenous Youth Leadership Training conference.
  The conference, now in its 15th year, which will be held next week in Richmond, is a national event held during spring break. Hosted by the B.C. Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres, its goal is
  
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• Global News Hour at 6: Mar 16

  17-03-2018 04:09 via globalnews.ca
  Watch Global News Hour at 6 with Chris Gailus and Sophie Lui for Friday, March 16, 2018.
  
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• Opinion: The last straw for entrepreneurs and businesses in Canada?

  17-03-2018 04:00 via vancouversun.com
  The idiom “the straw that broke the camel’s back” describes a minor or routine action that causes a large and sudden reaction because of the cumulative effects of many small actions over time. This might well describe the state of business investment and entrepreneurship in Canada.
  After years of mounting tax and increased regulation, coupled with a decidedly anti-business rhetoric from many capitals across the country, it seems the back of business investment and entrepreneurs
  
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• Letters: Anti-pipeline protesters are hypocrites

  17-03-2018 04:00 via vancouversun.com
  Re: Protests underline deep divide in B.C. over pipeline expansion, March 12
  I would like to point out the hypocrisy of the recent anti-pipeline protest in Burnaby.
  I live in northwestern Alberta and several years ago noticed a huge pipeline project being built that was to bring natural gas and fluids from B.C. into Alberta. I also note that the Site C dam is going to finish the job of destroying the Wood Buffalo wetlands (World Heritage Site) that the W.A.C. Bennett Dam started. This project wi
  
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• Keith Sashaw: Trans Mountain expansion project: How much is enough?

  17-03-2018 04:00 via vancouversun.com
  As an organization representing consulting engineers, ACEC-BC appreciates the need to study issues, weigh options and determine the most efficient and safest way to proceed. That is what our members’ clients expect when they engage a consulting engineer. We also recognize, however, that at some point further study and research is not going to yield any additional significant findings.
  The Trans Mountain Expansion Project has gone through extensive public hearings and has filed voluminous r
  
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• Joan Rush: Gender equity on boards should start at Sauder

  17-03-2018 04:00 via vancouversun.com
  In 1988, I wrote to the late Dr. Peter Lusztig, dean of what was then called the UBC Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration, to complain that there were no women on his Faculty Advisory Committee. I had graduated in 1982 from the combined UBC Commerce and Law program and had become a corporate lawyer. Nearly 40 per cent of Canadian undergraduate business students were female at that time, but few women sat on Canadian corporate boards. I argued that women advisors and role models at the
  
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• Editorial: Don't wreck Kits Beach Park with unnecessary bike lane

  17-03-2018 04:00 via vancouversun.com
  It has been discombobulating to see cycling advocates and green crusaders battling over a proposed bike lane through Kitsilano Beach Park. More often they are on the same side, chanting anti-car slogans in unison.
  For the beach-goers, picnickers, ball players, dog walkers, people watchers and others who treasure the little stretch of parkland that borders Arbutus to the east and salt water to the west, as well as the grassy knoll along Cornwall, the idea of laying a ribbon of asphalt through che
  
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• Vancouver police issue warning about unprovoked assaults in the city’s west side.

  17-03-2018 02:59 via globalnews.ca
  Rumina Daya reports on what police need to help identify the suspect.
  
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• What will be the impact of this transit funding deal?

  17-03-2018 02:55 via globalnews.ca
  Legislative bureau chief Keith Baldrey has more on the unanswered questions raised by the transit package.
  
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• Three B.C. communities are worried about their future after tough new duty on newsprint

  17-03-2018 02:52 via globalnews.ca
  With mills in Port Alberni, Crofton and Powell River, Catalyst Paper is now facing a 22-per-cent levy. John Hua reports from the Sunshine Coast, where there are fears this could lead to layoffs or even a shutdown
  
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• How will Phase Two of Metro Vancouver’s 10-year transit plan cost you?

  17-03-2018 02:51 via globalnews.ca
  Metro Vancouver mayors and the province revealed how they will cover a gap in regional transit funding for the second phase of their plan. Nadia Stewart breaks down how much you’re going to have to pay.
  
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• BC Evening Weather Forecast: Mar 16

  17-03-2018 02:51 via globalnews.ca
  The Friday, March 16, 2018 evening weather forecast for Vancouver, British Columbia and the surrounding area.
  
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• It’s game over for B.C.’s participation in the 2026 FIFA World Cup bid

  17-03-2018 02:48 via globalnews.ca
  Soccer Canada is speaking out for the first time about the recent controversy over the North American bid to host the FIFA World Cup bid. Richard Zussman reports.
  
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• B.C. government approves feasibility study on high-speed rail connecting Vancouver and Seattle

  17-03-2018 02:48 via globalnews.ca
  Ted Chernecki has more on how much B.C. is contributing to the study and what the potential project could cost.
  
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• A man sets himself on fire at a Vancouver McDonald’s

  17-03-2018 02:44 via globalnews.ca
  A man walked into a McDonald’s and set himself on fire. Jill Bennett has more on what happened, and why the police watchdog agency has been called in.
  
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• The flap over 100 chickens coming to a Victoria neighbourhood

  17-03-2018 02:40 via globalnews.ca
  A property owner in Victoria is hatching a plan that has neighbours in a flap. Kylie Stanton has more on the scheme that’s got residents squawking.
  
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