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• Fees to pay for new transit plan worry tax group

  20-03-2018 23:58
  
  Canadian Taxpayer Association prefers taking 0.5 per cent of each city’s future tax revenue increase.
  
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• Kelowna’s population is getting larger and growing older

  20-03-2018 23:49 via globalnews.ca
  It's projected Kelowna will add about 50,000 new residents between now and 2040.
  
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• Metro Vancouver breaks tourism record with 10.3M visitors in 2017

  20-03-2018 23:45 via globalnews.ca
  This is the fourth consecutive record-breaking year for the region.
  
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• Plastic rope would have killed this sea lion without intervention: Vancouver Aquarium

  20-03-2018 23:32 via globalnews.ca
  The rope was so deeply embedded in the animal's neck that she could have died, the aquarium said.
  
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• Where to celebrate Easter in Vancouver - Vancouver Courier

  20-03-2018 23:31 via vancourier.com
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  Where to celebrate Easter in Vancouver
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  It's recommended you buy tickets in advance for Stanley Park's popular Easter train and egg hunt. Whether you're in the mood for egg hunts, miniature train rides or animated rabbit films, there's a slew of Easter events coming to Vancouver. Stanley ...and more »
  
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• He saved his 6-year-old brother from an icy Vernon pool. Now he’s been honoured with a medal

  20-03-2018 23:25 via globalnews.ca
  The honour came a year after Damien stepped up to pull his brother Brady from the pool.
  
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• Where to celebrate Easter in Vancouver

  20-03-2018 23:24
  
  Whether you’re in the mood for egg hunts, miniature train rides or animated rabbit films, there’s a slew of Easter events coming to Vancouver.
  
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• Swordfish and loggerhead turtle spotted off B.C. coast are powerful new evidence of ocean warming

  20-03-2018 23:20 via vancouversun.com
  Sightings along the B.C. coast of a swordfish and loggerhead turtle — species normally associated with warmer waters — are the latest startling evidence of local climate change.
  Both species were spotted by biologist Luke Halpin while travelling aboard the Canadian Coast Guard research vessel John P. Tully during pelagic seabird and marine mammal surveys on the west coast. His findings were recently published online in the journal BioOne.
  “None of these are in isolation,&r
  
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• Vancouver's Rogers Arena to host $27-million eSport tournament

  20-03-2018 23:09 via vancouversun.com
  The International Dota 2 Championships, the most lucrative eSports tournament in the world, is coming to Vancouver’s Rogers Arena this summer.
  Dota 2, also known by its official but seldom-used title Defense of the Ancients 2, is a multiplayer online video game in which mythical heroes battle in a fantasy realm. With more than 10 million active players, it is the most popular game on the Steam gaming platform.From Aug. 20 to 25, the world’s best teams will battle in fr
  
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• Terrace day care worried it will have to cut spaces due to NDP payroll tax

  20-03-2018 23:01 via globalnews.ca
  Willow Creek day care in Terrace may soon need to turn parents away. Owner Jennifer Maillet says the child care facility will be required to pay the province's new payroll tax next year, to a tune of $15,000 a year.
  
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• WestJet flight carrying 58 makes emergency landing in Nanaimo after smoke spotted on board

  20-03-2018 22:57 via globalnews.ca
  "We appreciate and recognize that this would be an unsettling experience for all involved and we apologize to our guests for this," WestJet said.
  
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• Crews investigating spill at Lafarge Lake in Coquitlam

  20-03-2018 22:44 via globalnews.ca
  A sample of the unknown substance has been taken to the lab.
  
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• Man charged after carrying controlled substance into Coquitlam RCMP detachment

  20-03-2018 22:41 via globalnews.ca
  The 55-year-old suspect allegedly walked into the detachment and started spreading a powdery substance he claimed was poison.
  
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• Whitecaps appeal Kendall Waston’s controversial red card in Atlanta game

  20-03-2018 22:37 via theprovince.com
  The Vancouver Whitecaps are appealing the straight red card handed to centre-back Kendall Waston during Saturday’s game against Atlanta FC.
  Waston was booked after a lengthy video assistant referee (VAR) call in the 13th minute put the Whitecaps down to 10 men at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, a game the Caps would go on to lose 4-1.
  Referee Ismail Elfath deemed Waston had swung his elbow in a violent manner on Atlanta defender Leandro González Pirez on a Five Stripes free kick.
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• Sea lion near Vancouver Island rescued, cut free from rope: video

  20-03-2018 22:32 via vancouversun.com
  The Vancouver Aquarium’s marine rescue team successfully freed a sea lion on Saturday from a piece of nylon that had become tangled around its neck and was digging into its flesh.
  Another sea lion, however, was too quick for rescue crews, pulling out a sedative dart and disappearing into the water before crews could get closer to help.
  “We’re happy we were able to save the female,” said head veterinarian Martin Haulena with the Vancouver Aquarium’s Marine Mammal Res
  
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• Food costs could go up as Vancouver gas prices approach record high

  20-03-2018 22:31 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver-area restaurateurs have their eyes on fuel prices as they weigh whether the high costs at the pump will stick around.
  The big question on the minds of business owners like Kenan Gov of Romano’s Pizza in Vancouver is whether they’ll need to raise prices for their customers to cover the higher costs they’re already paying for ingredients.
  “I’m shocked already and still we’re not in summer,” Gov said of the prices during lunchtime Tuesday.
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• Vancouver's Rogers Arena will host $27 million eSport tournament

  20-03-2018 22:17 via vancouversun.com
  The International Dota 2 Championships, the most lucrative eSports tournament in the world, is coming to Vancouver’s Rogers Arena this summer.
  Dota 2, also known by its official but seldom-used title Defense of the Ancients 2, is a multiplayer online video game in which mythical heroes battle in a fantasy realm. With more than 10 million active players, it is the most popular game on the Steam gaming platform.From Aug. 20 to 25, the world’s best teams will battle in fr
  
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• Will Wai Young scuttle the NPA’s mission to win back city hall?

  20-03-2018 22:12
  
  The NPA announced Tuesday it will hold its mayoral nomination contest on May 29. A long rumoured candidate, Wai Young, is now running with a new coalition.
  
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• Man with a handgun robs Vernon liquor store

  20-03-2018 22:01 via globalnews.ca
  "The clothing that was seized will be analyzed for a DNA profile which will aid police in hopefully identifying a suspect."
  
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• Watch: Sea lion with plastic rope around neck rescued by Vancouver Aquarium

  20-03-2018 21:54
  "The problem of plastic pollution in our oceans is becoming a crisis, and it's one that we all need to take more seriously in our daily lives," said Dr. Martin Haulena, the aquarium's head veterinarian.
  
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• Editorial: Is lodging one solution to our affordability crisis?

  20-03-2018 21:54
  
  New initiative that promotes renting out Vancouver’s glut of empty-nest spare bedrooms is a good start
  
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• Ed Willes: Upon further review, it’s time for video review

  20-03-2018 21:50 via theprovince.com
  When the NFL first introduced the concept in, yikes, the mid-’80s, video review was seen as cutting-edge technology that would drag the game into the modern era while all but eliminating game-changing officiating errors.
  And maybe, it has. To a degree. But a random sampling of recent stories on the sports schedule reveals that, 30 years later, the NFL didn’t create the perfect tool so much as it opened a Pandora’s Box. The NHL, which believed in opening goalie interference to a
  
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• Woman in wheelchair arrested at Kinder Morgan site in Burnaby

  20-03-2018 21:45 via globalnews.ca
  Protesters returned to the Trans Mountain pipeline work site in Burnaby Tuesday, zip tying themselves to the entry gates before being arrested by the RCMP.
  
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• Former Royal Jared Dmytriw will be key to Giants’ playoff hopes versus Victoria

  20-03-2018 21:27 via theprovince.com
  For the next couple of weeks, Jared Dmytriw hopes to be Matthew Phillips’ worst-case scenario instead of one of his best friends in hockey.
  The speedy, scrappy Dmytriw has been used frequently in a shutdown role in the second half of the season by Vancouver Giants coach Jason McKee, usually on a line with Owen Hardy and Brayden Watts. When it comes to the opposition, Dmytriw is forever in the way. He has a penchant for nuisance.
  It’s expected that McKee will call on Dmytriw to do the
  
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• Vancouver real estate is so crazy construction workers have to live ... - Macleans.ca

  20-03-2018 21:22 via macleans.ca
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  Vancouver real estate is so crazy construction workers have to live ...
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  Vancouver's real estate circus is driving even decently paid tradespeople to live in illegal encampments. So far, the city is turning a blind eye.
  Meet Vancouver's secret weapon in the fight against homelessnessCBC.ca
  Speculation tax will hurt rural BC and should be withdrawn: former senator Pat CarneyVancouver Sun
  Time for a guaranteed livable income in Vancouver?The Vancouver Observerall 37 news ar
  
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• 1 officer kicked in the head, others hurt while arresting Trans Mountain protesters

  20-03-2018 21:01 via globalnews.ca
  Police said one officer was kicked to the head, another suffered a knee injury, while a third suffered a hand injury.
  
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• Murder investigation launched after body found near Campbell River

  20-03-2018 20:56 via vancouversun.com
  A body found near Campbell River last month has been identified as 21-year-old Joshua Munro and RCMP are treating his death as a homicide.
  Munro’s body was discovered in a wooded area outside the city on Feb. 22. 
  Campbell River RCMP spokesperson Ron Vlooswyk says investigators believe he was the victim of a targeted homicide.
  Vlooswyk says the public is not considered to be at risk.
  Munro had a lengthy criminal record that included a history of property offences and fraud.
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• Concert announcement: Aussie rocker Courtney Barnett to play Vancouver Oct. 10

  20-03-2018 20:54 via vancouversun.com
  Aussie rocker Courtney Barnett, who will release new album Tell Me How You Really Feel on May 18, will perform at Vancouver’s Vogue Theatre on Oct. 10.
  Tickets are $37.50 and go on sale March 23 at ticketfly.com and voguetheatre.com.
  Barnett has been busy since releasing a collaborative album with Kurt Vile, titled Lotta Sea Lice, last fall with a tour that has taken her around the globe.
  The second single from her latest solo release is Need A Little Time. While a tad understate
  
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• 2 car fires outside one Aldergrove home in just over a month

  20-03-2018 20:54 via globalnews.ca
  Two car fires took place outside a home in Aldergrove in just over a month. The latest fire was captured Tuesday morning around 3:15 a.m. and is considered suspicious.
  
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• America's Musical History jazzes up Ken Burns effect for younger audience

  20-03-2018 20:47
  
  Science World's Omnimax Theatre makes for some stunning visuals in film where American cities get starring role.
  
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• When your life goes to the dogs: VPD kennel attendant living the dream

  20-03-2018 20:45 via vancouversun.com
  It started with a K-9 officer and his dog visiting St. Andrew’s Elementary when Rob Szpak was seven.
  Three upside-down pails were placed around the classroom, a screwdriver under one of them. The German shepherd immediately raced to the correct one and knocked the pail over with his nose, exposing the tool underneath.
  “I fell in love with police dogs,” says Szpak, now the attendant at the Vancouver Police Department’s Canine Unit kennels.
  For 25 years, starting in 19
  
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• Seawall along South False Creek reopens

  20-03-2018 20:29
  
  The City of Vancouver announced Monday afternoon the Seawall between Granville Island and Stamps Landing is open to walkers and cyclists once again, after being shut down since last October.
  
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• Adopt a Pet: Barclay the stray cat

  20-03-2018 20:26 via globalnews.ca
  A stray cat found wandering near Barclay Street in Vancouver’s West End has a tattoo, but the information is not up to date. The BC SPCA is hoping to track down the animal’s owners before they put her up for adoption.
  
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• 2 car fires flare up at 1 Aldergrove house in just over a month

  20-03-2018 20:25 via globalnews.ca
  The latest one is considered "suspicious."
  
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• Food costs could go up as Vancouver gas prices approach record high - Vancouver Sun

  20-03-2018 20:17 via vancouversun.com
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  Food costs could go up as Vancouver gas prices approach record high
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  Prices for pizza and other prepared foods could go up in step with rising gas prices. Peter Battistoni / Vancouver Sun. Share Adjust Comment Print. Vancouver restaurateurs are among many in the region with their eyes fixed on fuel prices as they weigh ...
  
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• Province to test B.C.-wide emergency alert system on Wednesday

  20-03-2018 20:15 via vancouversun.com
  Don’t panic — it’s just a practice.
  The province will conduct a test of a B.C.-wide emergency alert system on Wednesday afternoon at 1:55 p.m. The test will consist of television and radio alerts. Wireless alerts to smartphones will not be made.
  “This is part of a Canada-wide system — Alert Ready — that allows government officials to issue public safety alerts through major television and radio broadcasters,” read a notice issued Tuesday.
  “This sys
  
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• Vancouver ranked best North American city for quality of living - Richmond News

  20-03-2018 19:42 via richmond-news.com
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  Vancouver ranked best North American city for quality of living
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  We might be paying out the nose for our rentals and mortgages, but darn do we have it good here in Vancouver. At least we have it good enough to net Vancouver a fresh ranking as the number one North American city for “Quality of Living.” The ranking is ...
  Vancouver once again tops in North America when it comes to quality of life: MercerBusiness in Vancouverall 50 news articles »
  
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• Janet Austin appointed as new B.C. lieutenant-governor

  20-03-2018 19:31 via globalnews.ca
  The new lieutenant-governor of our province has been named. Janet Austin has been appointed to become the 30th lieutenant-governor of B.C.
  
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• Weekend bottle drive will help survivors of fatal Kelowna house fire

  20-03-2018 19:17 via globalnews.ca
  "Come drop off your unwanted cans/bottles or come help us sort," says organizer Megan Elmhurst.
  
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• Province to test B.C.-wide emergency alert system on Wednesday afternoon

  20-03-2018 19:14 via vancouversun.com
  Don’t panic – it’s just a practice.
  The province will conduct a test of a B.C.-wide emergency alert system on Wednesday afternoon at 1:55 p.m. The test will consist of television and radio alerts. Wireless alerts to smartphones will not be completed at this time.
  “This is part of a Canada-wide system – Alert Ready – that allows government officials to issue public safety alerts through major television and radio broadcasters,” read a notice shared Tuesda
  
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• Iconic Railway Club celebrates 85 years with Said the Whale, Hey Ocean!

  20-03-2018 19:08
  
  85th anniversary celebration at the Railway Stage & Beer Cafe means a long weekend of live music
  
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• Wry Dad drama opens B.C.-focused film fest

  20-03-2018 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  Maple Ridge Festival of B.C. Film
  When: March 23 to 25
  Where: The ACT Arts Centre (11944 Haney Place, Maple Ridge)
  Tickets: from $10 (single film tickets) to $20 (opening night films + reception) and $50 (Festival Pass-all films throughout the 3 days + opening night reception) at theactmapleridge.org
  Now in its second year, the Maple Ridge Festival of B.C. Film provides a showcase for locally made independent features and shorts. Kicking off this year’s festival is The Prodigal Dad, the fi
  
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• Teen girl sent to hospital, another arrested after Surrey house party

  20-03-2018 18:51 via vancouversun.com
  Police are investigating after a teen girl was injured after an argument broke out at a Surrey house party on Monday evening.
  The incident began after a party near 88th Avenue and King George Boulevard spilled out into the street, according to Surrey RCMP. The party had been attended by approximately 100 teenagers, many of whom where drinking alcohol.
  “Alcohol was a factor in this incident,” said Cpl. Elenore Sturko in a media release.
  The argument then led to a physical altercation
  
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• Police believe trio in vicious Ontario attack could be from B.C.

  20-03-2018 18:49 via vancouversun.com
  Local police are aware of the possible link between B.C. and a trio of suspects being sought in a vicious Mississauga, Ont., assault on a helpless, autistic man.
  “We have not been contacted about this incident,” said Sgt. Jason Robillard with the Vancouver Police on Tuesday morning.
  “However, we are aware of the crime and potential for a link to B.C.”
  The March 13 assault took place around 10:45 p.m. at the Mississauga mall’s bus station and was caught on surveillan
  
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• Global News Hour at 6: Mar 20

  20-03-2018 18:35 via globalnews.ca
  Watch Global News Hour at 6 with Chris Gailus and Sophie Lui for Tuesday, March 20, 2018.
  
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• Police arrest parolee who walked away from Vancouver halfway house - Vancouver Courier

  20-03-2018 18:26 via vancourier.com
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  Police arrest parolee who walked away from Vancouver halfway house
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  Police caught up with a convict wanted on a Canada-wide warrant after he failed to return to his Vancouver halfway house. Vancouver police Monday night arrested 42-year-old Kevin Jerome Holden, who is serving a five-year sentence for a hostage-taking ...
  
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• Wodak, Bruchet grab extra green in record runs at St. Patrick's Day 5K

  20-03-2018 18:23 via vancouversun.com
  As Lower Mainland mayors huddle to discuss how to move people and vehicles around these congested parts, “rapid transit” was on full display Saturday morning at Stanley Park.
  Natasha Wodak, with her proud mom looking on, set a new Canadian women’s record in winning the BMO St. Patrick’s Day 5K in 15:39. Lucas Bruchet chopped 10 seconds off his previous men’s course record to win in a blazing 14:12.
  Wodak clipped the old 5K record of 15:42 set in 2006 by Carol Montgo
  
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• Richmond passes 10-year affordable housing strategy

  20-03-2018 18:20
  
  City expects to add 50 more below-market-rent units per year, with developers of larger projects are required to build 10 per cent affordable units
  
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• Police arrest parolee who walked away from Vancouver halfway house

  20-03-2018 18:20
  
  Warrant issued for Kevin Jerome Holden after he failed to return for his curfew at his Vancouver halfway house.
  
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• Birder captures beautiful video of Anna's hummingbird

  20-03-2018 18:07
  
  Chris Dale had to stand in one spot for an hour and a half to wait for flighty visitor.
  
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