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• B.C. moves to make winter driving safer

  04-04-2018 23:55 via globalnews.ca
  The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure is working to improve winter driving conditions on B.C. highways.
  
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• Researchers look at cannabis and prescription heroin to tackle opioid crisis

  04-04-2018 23:37
  
  As the opioid crisis rages on across North America, a number of recent studies are pointing to cannabis and prescription heroin as viable options in curbing the consumption of lethal street opiates.
  
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• UBC unveils First Nation street signs on Point Grey campus

  04-04-2018 23:23 via globalnews.ca
  UBC has unveiled Musqueam street signs across the Point Grey campus to give a bilingual experience when travelling across the institution. 
  
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• Aldergrove woman sexually assaulted as she was putting out her trash

  04-04-2018 23:08 via globalnews.ca
  "This type of assault affects the safety and security of the entire community."
  
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• Vancouver home sales fell twice as fast as a bank thought they would after BC NDP’s new taxes

  04-04-2018 23:00 via globalnews.ca
  Prices dropped too. But a bank noted that they held up "relatively well."
  
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• Transit Police get 10% pay hike. Union argues they’re more than ‘highly paid fare checkers’

  04-04-2018 22:57 via globalnews.ca
  The pay increase if part of a move to put transit officers’ wages in par with the Vancouver Police Union, that is, equal salary to a First Class Constable’s salary.
  
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• Charges laid in brutal Surrey bus assault on 61-yr-old Burnaby woman

  04-04-2018 22:55
  
  A 28-year-old woman and 37-year-old man have been charged in connection with a violent bus assault and robbery last month that left a 61-year-old Burnaby woman with a broken arm, cracked sternum and head trauma.
  
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• The Pat-cast: Fond farewell

  04-04-2018 22:41 via theprovince.com
  With the Sedins on their way out, it’s time for another Pat-cast, powered by Eagle Ridge GM.
  http://media.blubrry.com/theprovincesports/p/archive.org/download/patcast_apr_4/patcast_apr_4.mp3
  Jeff Paterson and Jason Botchford discuss Monday’s announcement and what it means moving forward. They share Sedin memories of being around them for years on and off the ice, relive the night at Rogers Arena on Tuesday and the outpouring of emotion.
  The team has suggested some names of possible l
  
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• Vision Vancouver not running a candidate for mayor in 2018 election

  04-04-2018 22:28 via vancouversun.com
  Vision Vancouver, which has held the city’s mayor’s chair since 2008, has announced it won’t be running a candidate for mayor in this fall’s election.
  “At this time, Vision is not formally opening a nomination process for the mayoral race,” the party said Wednesday in a media release.
  Party co-chair Sheena Sargeant said Vision will likely endorse an independent candidate for mayor. It’s all about keeping the Non-Partisan Association away from leadership.
  
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• Last chance to have your say on ICBC changes

  04-04-2018 22:22
  
  There’s just one day left for British Columbians to have a say in how the government will make changes to ICBC.
  
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• Theatre review: Operatic emotion evident in Renegade Arts' Rent

  04-04-2018 22:10 via vancouversun.com
  Rent
  When: To April 14
  Where: The Shop Theatre, 3030 E. Broadway
  Tickets: $20-$29, renegaderent.brownpapertickets.comAs musicals go, no title would seem more topical at this moment in our local history than Jonathan Larson’s Rent, unless the show were retitled Buy or Rent.
  Set in New York’s East Village during the AIDS crisis of the 1990s, Rent focuses on a community of young people living hand to mouth, trying to find love, make art and their rent while the vacant lot next door
  
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• Documentary reveals high rates of PTSD and suicide among paramedics

  04-04-2018 21:56
  
  They’re the heroes who race into peril when everyone else is running in the opposite direction: police officers, firefighters, paramedics.
  
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• VPD on standoff in downtown Vancouver

  04-04-2018 21:55 via globalnews.ca
  Const. Jason Doucette, Media Spokesperson for the VPD spoke to Global News about the ongoing police incident in Vancouver.
  
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• Viking pairs European river and ocean cruises

  04-04-2018 21:54 via theprovince.com
  You can never have too much of a good thing. That’s the thinking over at Viking Cruises, which has just released its 2019 combination river and ocean cruises that offer up one of Viking’s award-winning river voyages through Europe, paired with a cruise on one of the line’s trendsetting new oceangoing vessels.
  Viking’s first two combination ocean and river voyages debut this June, but they’ve been sold out for some time now. Fans of Viking (and those who just want to
  
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• Spring panzanella salad with lunchtime leftovers

  04-04-2018 21:54 via globalnews.ca
  Make the most out of a leftover loaf of focaccia bread with this tasty recipe from Dan Clapson.
  
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• B.C. doctors no longer allowed to bill for extra fees starting Oct. 1

  04-04-2018 21:45 via globalnews.ca
  Health Minister Adrian Dix announced Wednesday that effective Oct. 1, the NDP government will fully ban what is known as 'extra billing' by doctors.
  
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• Arrests made in violent Surrey bus assault that left woman with broken arm, cracked sternum

  04-04-2018 21:15 via theprovince.com
  Police have arrested a woman and a man linked to a violent Surrey bus assault that left a 61-year-old woman with a broken arm and a cracked sternum.
  Cristina Sasha Ponce, 28, and Dylan James Miranda, 34, are charged in connection with the incident last month on board a Surrey bus.
  On March 20, a 61-year-old woman boarded a bus at Surrey Central and sat down next to a second woman who allegedly pushed her out of the seat. The second woman said she had been saving the seat for her husband. The hus
  
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• Seniors’ discount returns to B.C. Ferries

  04-04-2018 21:14
  
  As of April 1, the seniors’ discount on passenger fares on B.C. Ferries has been restored.
  
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• North Vancouver RCMP warn public not to fall for the Bitcoin tax scam

  04-04-2018 21:13 via theprovince.com
  The RCMP is reminding the public that you can not pay your taxes with bitcoin — and anybody who calls you demanding that you do pay a tax bill with cryptocurrency is a fraudster.
  A North Vancouver woman was scammed out of $6,000 last month by a male caller who pretended to be an employee of the Canada Revenue Agency. The fake CRA agent threatened the woman with arrest if she didn’t immediately transfer $6,000 in unpaid taxes.
  The victim was directed to a bitcoin terminal on
  
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• Vancouver weather: Cold and wet the rest of the week

  04-04-2018 21:12 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C. – Wednesday’s weather in Metro Vancouver is expected to be mostly cloudy, with temperatures reaching a chilly 8ºC. Environment Canada says rain is likely to begin late this afternoon and continue through the evening.
  The wet weather continues through the week, with up to 10 millimetres of rain on Thursday and periods of rain on Friday. Looking ahead to the weekend, the agency says Vancouver can expect more rain, with highs of 10ºC and 11ºC on Saturday a
  
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• Leftovers at brunch

  04-04-2018 21:11 via globalnews.ca
  Make the most out of a leftover loaf of focaccia bread with this tasty recipe from Dan Clapson.
  
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• Region’s home prices still creeping up despite market jitters

  04-04-2018 21:03
  
  Buyer and seller caution is preventing a hot spring market this year, but lack of inventory keeps prices lifted, says real estate board
  
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• Province to ban extra billing by doctors

  04-04-2018 21:02 via globalnews.ca
  The B.C. government announced plans to enforce a law that’s been on the books for 15-years. As Keith Baldrey reports, the province is going to start cracking down on doctors for extra billing.
  
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• Spa review: Caudalie Vinoperfect Radiance Facial at CHI, The Spa at Shangri La

  04-04-2018 21:01 via vancouversun.com
  CHI, The Spa at Shangri La
  1128 W Georgia St., 604-695-2447
  The Treatment: Vinoperfect Radiance Facial, From $175 When you book into a facial, it’s easy to expect that you will leave the spa with glowing skin. But a nearly head-to-toe experience resulting in full-body relaxation mode?
  Well, that’s not exactly expected.
  Nevertheless, that’s precisely what you get with the blissfully pampering Vinoperfect Radiance Facial. The 60-minute treatment features a full fac
  
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• Police standoff underway in downtown Vancouver

  04-04-2018 21:00 via globalnews.ca
  Vancouver police responded to a disturbance at an apartment building on Hornby near Drake early Wednesday morning in Vancouver. Jordan Armstrong reports.
  
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• Tech Talk: gaming gear

  04-04-2018 20:59 via globalnews.ca
  Tech expert Mike Agerbo shows off some of the latest gear for gamers.
  
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• First-ever Metro Vancouver youth homeless count begins Wednesday

  04-04-2018 20:40 via vancouversun.com
  Metro Vancouver’s first-ever youth homeless count began on Wednesday.
  The count, which is being carried out by the B.C. Non-Profit Housing Association, is meant to give Metro a better idea of the extent of youth homelessness in the region than the triennial regional homeless counts, find out the causes and conditions that lead to youth homelessness and raise awareness.
  The 2017 region-wide homeless count found that a total of 378 homeless youth under 25, which included 199 children under 1
  
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• B.C. Ferries announces $98 million worth of fare reductions, discounts

  04-04-2018 20:28 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. Ferries is lowering its fares on 22 routes beginning this week.
  Ticket prices for the 21 inter-island and northern routes as well as the Horseshoe Bay-Langdale route have been reduced by an average of 15 per cent, while fares on the three Metro Vancouver-Vancouver Island routes are being held at current rates.
  The weekday discount for B.C. seniors to travel on board B.C. Ferries is also being increased from a 50 per cent discount to a 100 per cent discount. The discount is valid for travel
  
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• Heavy police presence along Beach Avenue in Vancouver

  04-04-2018 20:25 via globalnews.ca
  Vancouver police confirm officers were first called to a disturbance at an apartment building on Hornby Street near Drake Street around 4 a.m. Wednesday.
  
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• Transit police identify and charge suspects involved in brutal bus attack

  04-04-2018 20:11 via globalnews.ca
  The victim was taken to hospital with a broken arm, a cracked sternum and head trauma.
  
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• Wine Guy: Wining into spring

  04-04-2018 20:00 via theprovince.com
  Though the weather is attempting to suggest otherwise, the calendar clearly shows that spring has officially begun. So in the spirit of wining into spring, I am transitioning my menu and bottle selections. Goodbye braised short ribs and so long Shiraz, hello pea shoots on toast and Sémillon. Or something like that. There’s no need to get dogmatic, but I do find allowing our tastebuds to evolve with the ebb and flow of the seasons adds to overall food and wine enjoyment.
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• Kasey Wilson: It's always a good time for a grilled cheese sandwich

  04-04-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Soul-satisfying croque monsieur sandwiches are perfect with a glass of local riesling or rosé. For Kasey Wilson’s column on April 5, 2018. [PNG Merlin Archive]There’s a designated day for nearly every foodstuff imaginable, and on April 12 the grilled cheese sandwich gets its turn.
  The fact is, though, that any day 10-year-old twins Mia and Julien come for lunch is Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day at my house. For each sandwich I butter two slices of Cobs white sandwich bread on bot
  
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• Classical Music: Violinist returns to Vancouver as part of star trio

  04-04-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Benedetti Elschenbroich Grynyuk Trio
  When: Sunday, April 8, 3 p.m.
  Where: The Vancouver Playhouse
  Tickets and info: vanrecital.com
  Nicola Benedetti, one of Vancouver’s favourite violinists, returns Sunday to play for the Vancouver Recital Society with two musical friends in tow: cellist Leonard Elschenbroich and pianist Alexei Grynyuk. The Benedetti Elschenbroich Grynyuk Trio offers an extraordinarily rich program at the Vancouver Playhouse on the afternoon of April 8, its Canadian debut.
  
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• Autostrada: An Italian road trip

  04-04-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
   Autostrada
  Where: 4811 Main St., 604-428-6820
  When: Open Wednesday to Sunday for dinner. Soon expanding to seven days a week.
  Info: autostradahospitality.ca
  In Italy, you can be lost on a highway, stop at a gas station and find expertly made cappuccino and a sandwich. The Autostrade, the country’s road arteries, are conduits to serendipitous eating and drinking.
  That’s the idea behind Autostrada, on Main Street, run by Lucas Syme and partner Dustin Dockendorf. Enter and a roads
  
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• Acrobats and skaters share tricks of the trade in Crystal, Cirque du Soleil's first-ever ice show

  04-04-2018 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Cirque du Soleil: Crystal
  When: April 11 to 15
  Where: Abbotsford Centre
  Tickets: starting at $40 at ticketmaster.com
  For Cirque du Soleil’s first-ever ice show, Robin Johnstone gets flung between two acrobats.
  It’s a new stunt for the Winnipeg-raised figure skater.
  “In the finale, I have an acrobat on either side of me holding my arms and legs, and they throw me about 10 feet across the ice,” said Johnstone. “My feet are in the air, my head’s facing the ice, a
  
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• Vancouver police negotiators called in after early morning ‘disturbance’ in West End

  04-04-2018 19:57
  
  Drivers are being asked to avoid the 900-block of Beach Avenue as police attempt to negotiate with a man who fled from officers following an early morning disturbance.
  
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• UPDATED: Vancouver police negotiators called in after early morning ‘disturbance’ in West End

  04-04-2018 19:57
  
  Drivers are being asked to avoid the 900-block of Beach Avenue as police attempt to negotiate with a man who fled from officers following an early morning disturbance.
  
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• Jason Botchford: The Sedins are ordinary superstars, which is what sets them apart

  04-04-2018 19:56 via theprovince.com
  This week is as much about what the Sedins meant off the ice as what they meant on it.
  In their ongoing farewell, there have been countless stories shared about their decency. Sometimes you forget what kind of impact a star can have by being a good, down-to-earth person who treats others with dignity.
  The outpouring from the city, which thundered with emotion in Rogers Arena Tuesday in the first of a three-game, season-ending, two-city curtain call, is in many ways because of who the Sedins are
  
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• Straws, coffee cups targets of Vancouver strategy to cut down on plastic garbage

  04-04-2018 19:43
  The city says plastic straws and stir sticks make up about three per cent of shoreline litter in Vancouver, while Canadians throw out about 57 million straws every day.
  
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• ART SEEN: New non-commercial video screen opens this summer in Mount Pleasant

  04-04-2018 19:21 via vancouversun.com
  An East Vancouver art gallery is holding free workshops to create videos for a non-commercial outdoor urban screen in Mount Pleasant.
  Starting this month, grunt gallery will be the venue for six, four-hour long workshops. They’re open to anyone living in Mount Pleasant.
  The best videos will be chosen to show on the screen on the RIZE building on Kingsway and Broadway.
  Kate Barry, screen coordinator, said the videos will likely be one to three minutes in length. The launch of the new screen
  
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• Rock the Shores returns to Victoria with Brian Wilson as a headliner

  04-04-2018 19:07
  
  Colwood music festival Rock the Shores will return to the stage this summer with sets from Brian Wilson, Social Distortion, Bahamas and X Ambassadors, among others.
  
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• City of Vancouver moving to reduce use of straws in bars, restaurants

  04-04-2018 19:04 via globalnews.ca
  The City of Vancouver is bringing its single-use reduction plan to a vote next month.
  
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• ICBC rolls out new driver's licence testing for seniors over 80

  04-04-2018 19:00
  
  Doctor's note every two years, longer on-road test part of the changes
  
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• A Times Square-style video screen is coming to Broadway and Kingsway

  04-04-2018 18:51
  
  Mount Pleasant’s Grunt Gallery just announced that they’re “taking the reins” of a giant, non-commercial video screen being erected at Broadway and Fraser outside the new Rize development.
  
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• Ryan Reynolds auctions pink Deadpool suit for charity

  04-04-2018 18:49 via vancouversun.com
  Deadpool is back and he’s pretty in pink, well for the moment.
  The foul-mouthed, fabulous super’ish hero has dropped his regular red garb for a pink get up all in the name of giving a “big f-you to cancer.”
  Partnering with the online fundraising site Omaze the new very special Deadpool costume can be yours in all its tight, sassy, pink glory and possible star and Vancouverite Ryan Reynolds’ sweat for a mere donation of $10.The money raised goes to F–k Can
  
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• Fashion: One Night in Havana Gala

  04-04-2018 18:47 via globalnews.ca
  Stylist Nathalie Rees gives us tips on what to wear to the ‘One Night in Havana Gala’ in support of Variety.
  
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• Speculation tax expected to impact West Vancouver

  04-04-2018 18:37
  
  Experts are still left to speculate how B.C.’s incoming speculation tax will impact properties on the North Shore.
  
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• Luke Bryan at BC Place

  04-04-2018 18:25 via globalnews.ca
  Get ready for the biggest country music show of the year! Luke Bryan takes over BC Place October 13! Tickets go on sale April 13th!
  
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• One more day to have your say about changes to ICBC

  04-04-2018 18:22 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. government is reminding residents they have one more day to engage in discussion about changes to ICBC’s auto insurance system.
  Before 4 p.m. on April 5, 2018, those who want to participate in the design of rate fairness can visit the engagement website here.
  Attorney general David Eby says residents are asked about changes that could make high-risk drivers pay more, and low-risk drivers pay less, and to weigh in on options about how to make the system more fair.
  The que
  
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